C1 Causing Trouble

"Hey, darling. I ran into some trouble in Antique Street and accidentally broke an ancient-looking bottle of someone else. Now, they want me to compensate eight million yuan!"

"What?!"

Lau Qingyan, who was currently being bullied by the Lau Family in the company, suddenly received a call from her good-for-nothing husband. When she received this phone call, she was so angry that her lungs felt like they were about to explode.

"Lin Muyun, isn't it enough for you to live and eat in our family for free? Why did you make such a big trouble for me? Do you have any idea that even if we sell our house, we couldn't have that much money?"

Just as she finished speaking, Lau Qingyan gritted her teeth and she continued, "I'm sorry to say this, but I can't do anything about this. Think of a way by yourself!"

After saying that, Lau Qingyan directly hung up the phone in anger.

Lin Muyun felt helpless as sweat started to ooze out of his forehead. He thought to himself, 'I haven't even finished speaking yet. It's not me, but your father, Lau Minghou, who just accidentally dropped the bottle.'

Furthermore, Lau Qingyan's father didn't even consider about him as he ran off. He left Lin Muyun alone here after causing trouble and the security guards in the antique shop have gone to catch Lau Minghou.

In a few minutes, his father-in-law, Lau Minghou, was brought back by several burly men who were tightly holding his arms.

At the sight of this, Lin Muyun couldn't help but laugh in his heart, thinking that Lau Minghou looked like a defeated rooster.

At this time, the manager of Jiqing Hall glared at Lau Minghou and spoke through gritted teeth, "You smashed our things and still want to run away? I'll give you an afternoon to prepare money. If the promised time passed and you still can't afford to pay, you will be sent to the police under the crime that you intentionally damaged other people's property. I'm sure that eight million yuan is enough for you to rot in prison for the rest of your life!"

Lau Minghou's eyes went wide and he began to tremble in fear. He looked at Lin Muyun as if he had seen a life-saving straw and shouted desperately, "Muyun, my good son-in-law! Help me, you can't ignore me!"

Lin Muyun replied helplessly, "Dad, you know my situation. I don't have a job. My daily job is to wash clothes, cook, sweep the floor and walk the dogs. I don't even have enough pocket money. There's nothing I can do..."

Hearing this, Lau Minghou quickly blurted out, "Then, go to jail for me. The Law Family has supported you for three years, right? It's time for you to repay me!"

Lin Muyun mentally cried and thought to himself, 'You damn old man, how can you have the face to say such things without batting an eyelid?'

'Did you forget that I have been serving you for three years in the Lau Family? Not only did I not have baby with your daughter out of respect, but I also didn't even ask for one yuan as salary.'

'Now, you want me to go to prison in your place? Am I that easy to bully?!'

Lin Muyun was about to refuse curtly when the manager of the store spoke first, "You are the one who broke the bottle. It has nothing to do with the young man. Even if he agrees to help you, I will not agree!"

After that, he turned to Lin Muyun and said politely, "Young man, you can leave now. However, you better give his family a call to let them think of a way for compensation . Otherwise, after this afternoon, I will send him to the police station."

Lin Muyun nodded slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Hearing this, Lau Minghou was so frightened that tears and snobs ran down his face and cried out, "You can't leave like this! What am I supposed to do if you leave me here?"

Lin Muyun sighed and said, "Dad, let me call Qingyan first."

"Yes, yes, yes. Call Qingyan!" Lau Minghou nodded expectantly.

Lin Muyun took out his phone and called Lau Qingyan once again, turning on the speaker afterwards.

He started, "Qingyan..." before he was interrupted.

"Lin Muyun! It's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that there's nothing I can do and most importantly, I can't afford that much money!"

"Qingyan, listen-"

"Lin Muyun, as you know, I have no privilege in our family. Our family's money is all in my mother's hands and I only have 200,000 for private money. If this money can be helpful, it will be given to you."

"Qingyan-"

"Lin Muyun, I'm sorry. I really can't afford that much money!"

Lau Minghou, who was listening by the side, couldn't help it anymore and suddenly cried out loudly, "Qingyan, it's me! I was the one who broke that bottle. If you don't pay up, they will send me to prison. I don't want to waste my life in prison. Hurry up and do something for your dad!"

Lau Qingyan would have never thought that the one who caused the trouble was not Lin Muyun, but her father!

Her heart trembled and she blurted out, "Dad, what's going on?"

Lau Minghou answered with snot and tears, "It's all my fault. That bottle was too beautiful and I couldn't bear to part with it. So, I wanted to take a picture and post it on my WeChat moments to show off, but when I took out my phone, my other hand was not steady, causing the bottle to fall to the ground and broke into pieces."

As he explained about the incident, Lau Minghou burst into tears and he cried hysterically, "It costs eight million yuan! If we don't pay up, I will have to go to jail."

Lau Qingyan instantly became anxious as she said, "Then, dad, wait for a moment. I'll give Mom a call. Where are you guys? We will come over there!"

After all, the troublemaker was her father, so Lau Qingyan immediately became anxious and called her mother. Just like that, the mother and daughter frantically rushed over.

Eight million yuan vase was definitely a huge amount for Lau Qingyan.

Although the Lau Family remained as a relatively famous family in Jinling and was known to have a lot of wealth, Lau Qingyan's family did not do well at all.

Her father, Lau Minghou, did not have much ability to manage the company affairs. So, without getting any property share from the family, he had been expelled from the company long ago. As for now, he spent all his time walking birds, playing chess and studying antiques.

Lau Qingyan, on the other hand, had been considered insignificant by the Lau Family group because she married a loser like Lin Muyun while disregarding the dignity of the family.

Technically, Lau Qingyan's family only had one house, one car, and less than two million in cash. It could be said that they were the poorest among the relatives in the Lau Family.

Currently, Lau Minghou had accidentally broke a Song Dynasty jade vase which cost up to eight million yuan. This undoubtedly made the family's situation worse and more pathetic.

Speaking of Lin Muyun, everyone in the Lau Family would grimace with disdain whenever they heard his name, and no one looked up to him.

Nevertheless, no one would have thought that while he was acting like a coward in Lau Qingyan's house, his real identity was none other than a young master of the Lin Family, which was one of the century-old families in the Yan Capital.

Four years ago, Lin Muyun was unwilling to accept the marriage arranged by his family. So, he stubbornly left his home alone and wandered around the country.

One day, he met the old master from the Lau Family when he traveled to Jinling.

Upon meeting him, he became aware that when it was way back in the feudal society, the ancestors of the Lau Family were the servants of the Lin Family for several generations. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the Lin Family gave them a considerable amount of money to settle down and let them return to their ancestral home.

Relying on the money given to them by the Lin Family, the servants turned it to the investment. Thus, after decades of development, the Lau Family gradually gained quite a bit of influence in the Jinling.

That was the reason why the old master of the Lau Family had full of respect for the Lin Family and favored Lin Muyun very much.

He invited Lin Muyun back to his own house, and even went against everyone's wishes as he married his favorite granddaughter, Lau Qingyan, to Lin Muyun.

According to Lin Muyun's wishes, the old master did not mention Lin Muyun's true identity to anyone.

Not long after the two of them got married, the old master passed away unexpectedly.

Since then, Lin Muyun had always been looked down upon by the Lau Family as a matrilocal son-in-law.

They felt that Lin Muyun was a loser who wandered around the streets. He was not even qualified to be a servant in the Lau Family, let alone becoming the son-in-law of the Lau Family. By marrying off Lau Qingyan to a useless person like that, wasn't this the biggest disgrace to the Lau Family after all?

Furthermore, Lau Qingyan was a famous beauty in Jinling whom everyone admired. Many wealthy people, such as the young masters with the powerful background, desired to marry her. Though in the end, she settled with marrying a loser like Lin Muyun instead. Everyone felt that it was a great waste of a beauty!

However, never in a million years would Lau Family think that their ancestors were originally the servants of the Lin Family!