"But owing so much money, it just doesn't make sense!"
Hela adjusted her posture and spoke with grave sincerity. "Mother in law, as her mother, you really should get to the bottom of this."
"There's such a thing?" Ruth looked genuinely surprised, her acting utterly convincing.
Hela brought out a bag she had with her. Upon opening it, it was full of jewelry boxes.
She then said, "Mother in law, to be perfectly honest, when Nancy got married, the 'Three Golds', including the gold jewelry given by relatives, were worth nearly 10,000 dollars."
"I heard she sold some of it before. What's left with me is only worth about 5,000 dollars now."
"She even sold the gold jewelry?" Ruth took the bag and looked inside, exclaiming with a convincingly shocked expression.
