Bab 599: Chapter 599: Dowry

After a few rounds of drinking, the men were starting to get tipsy, their boasting reaching grandiose levels. Tong Yao felt the timing was right. She gave Gu Hongwei a look, then asked with a laugh, "Uncle Guo, I heard you say earlier that your family has also bought a house in the city?"

At these words, Deng Qiuxia became tense. She tried to give Guo Xinpei a hint, but he was too caught up in his bragging to take notice.

Guo Xinpei boasted, "Of course! Everyone knows we own a house in the city!"

Unaware that Guo Xinpei had mortgaged the house, his elder sister nodded in agreement, "My brother does indeed own a house in the city, it's no lie."

Fearing that Tong Yao would not believe, she even provided the location of the house without mentioning that it was bought with the money Guo Jinnian had earned.

Guo Jinnian was irritated and blurted out, "I bought that house."