C2 Buy It Immediately
Twenty minutes later, Lau Qingyan and her mother, Xu Feng, arrived at Jiqing Hall in a fluster.
When they entered the store, Lau Qingyan saw Lau Minghou and asked worriedly, "Dad, are you okay?"
"I'm okay," Lau Minghou continued unhappily. "It's just about the vase. They want me to compensate eight million yuan."
When Xu Feng, Lin Muyun's mother-in-law, heard that her husband had to pay eight million yuan for a vase, she almost fainted. She angrily scolded Lin Muyun who was standing on the side silently.
"Lin Muyun, you piece of trash! Is this how you take care of your father-in-law? Did you just stand there and watch as he caused such a big trouble? What's the point of us taking care of you for all these years?"
Getting blamed out of nowhere, Lin Muyun responded awkwardly, "Mom, dad said that a loser like me was not worthy to see such precious antique treasures. I had no choice but to wait outside as he told me to."
Xu Feng continued to shout in anger, "So, you were waiting outside? Are you a dog? How come you are so obedient now?"
It could be said that the only sensible one in the family was Lau Qingyan. She knew that her mother was deliberately looking for faults with her husband. She hurriedly interrupted, "Mom, what does this have to do with Lin Muyun? What's the use of scolding him?"
"Because I'm so angry!" Xu Feng replied to her daughter angrily. "I get angry every time I see his useless face! If it were not for him, your father would not have gotten into such a big trouble!"
Lin Muyun did not bother to say anything because he knew Xu Feng's character. She was unreasonable after all.
Lau Minghou watched Xu Feng shouting her head off while feeling anxious about the main crisis here. He could not help interrupting, "What's the use of shouting here? Quickly go and prepare the money. Do you really want me to die in prison?"
When Xu Feng heard this, her blood pressure dropped and she immediately felt that the world was spinning. She directly sat on the ground and started crying, "My God, why is my life so bitter? At this point, you are going to make us go bankrupt!"
The manager of Jiqing Hall spoke up, "Mrs. Lau, you have 24 hours to raise money. If you can't compensate within 24 hours, we will have to hand your husband over to the police."
At the entrance of Jiqing Hall, all of them, except Lau Minghou, were sent out to find the money.
Xu Feng was so anxious that she cried miserably. Clinging to Lau Qingyan, she said alarmingly, "Qingyan, where are we going to get eight million? Our family only has a total of two million in savings which is not even half of it!"
After wracking her brain for a while, Lau Qingyan quickly blurted out, "I still have two hundred thousand yuan in Alipay."
Xu Feng cried in despair, "That's not enough at all! Even if the house and cars are sold, it's still not enough!"
Suddenly, Lau Qingyan thought of an idea and she said, "I will give grandma a call. After all, dad would have to go to jail if this matter doesn't get solved out. She wouldn't just sit by and do nothing!"
As she spoke, she immediately took out her phone and called her grandma.
Old Lady Lau was the head of Lau Family and everything in the family was under her control. Although the Lau Family was not considered as a top billionaire in the country, it should still be a piece of cake for her to take out six million.
However, what Lau Qingyan did not expect was that Old Lady Lau immediately scolded her on the phone as soon as she realized the situation. Not only that, she also scolded Lau Qingyan's parents and her husband, Lin Muyun harshly.
After scolding to her heart's content, Old Lady Lau let out a breath and spoke in a domineering tone, "We are going to cooperate with the Wanhao Company now. Qingyan, if you still care about me, divorce your useless husband and marry the son of Wanhao Company's president as soon as possible. If you agree, I'm willing to take out the money for you!"
Hearing this kind of ridiculous deal, Lau Qingyan couldn't help retorting in disbelief, "Grandma, this matter has nothing to do with Lin Muyun!"
Old Lady Lau coldly snorted, "Fine then, this matter has nothing to do with me either!"
Lau Qingyan quickly argued, "But my father is your son! You cannot sit and watch him go to the jail just like that!"
Old Lady Lau heartlessly responded in disdain, "I don't need a useless son and a disobedient granddaughter like you either!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she directly hung up the phone.
Xu Feng had been listening to the conversation by the side the entire time. Seeing that Old Lady Lau had hung up the phone coldly, she glared at Lin Muyun and started berating fiercely once again, "What kind of bad luck is this! You trash and unlucky person! Our entire family is now miserably harmed by your mere existence!"
Lin Muyun watched his wife's dispirited expression and knew in his heart that Lau Qingyan did not have the ability to overcome this difficulty by herself. So, he opened his mouth and comforted, "Qingyan, let me think of a way to borrow money."
"You?" Xu Feng's brows were knitted tightly as she spat in disgust. "You are such a loser. How can you borrow so much money with your lacking ability? I only advise you to quickly divorce my daughter since this is for everyone's peace!"
Lau Qingyan sighed and said in distress, "Lin Muyun, you don't need to worry about this matter."
Xu Feng glared at Lin Muyun and said, "Qingyan, will you call Young Master Zhang for help or not? A few million is definitely nothing to him!"
As the guy's name was mentioned, Lau Qingyan could not help but frown.
The Young Master Zhang that Xu Feng mentioned was the son of the president of Wanhao and also the vice president of Wanhao, who was called Zhang Wenhao.
Zhang Wenhao, relying on his father who was the leader of the Wanhao Company, was extremely ill-mannered. He was a standard hedonistic playboy in Jinling, and there were many rumors which said that he had raped countless girls.
Recently, Zhang Wenhao had been openly pursuing Lau Qingyan with all his might. Not only did he send flowers to the company every single day, he also bought all kinds of valuable gifts for her.
Lau Qingyan never gave him any chance as all the gifts were returned.
However, Zhang Wenhao seemed to be getting more and more courageous as time passed by. The more Lau Qingyan rejected him, the more he pursued her. He even went out of his way to find Old Lady Lau to persuade her, saying that he wanted to marry Lau Qingyan.
Lau Qingyan naturally knew that his character was despicable and intentionally kept a distance from him. Now, when Xu Feng told her to ask Zhang Wenhao to borrow money, she was indeed very hesitant as she thought, 'Is this the only way?'
Coincidentally, at this moment, Xu Feng's phone suddenly rang. She picked it up, looked at the caller ID and exclaimed happily, "It's Zhang Wenhao calling!"
After saying that, she quickly answered the phone enthusiastically, "Aiya, it's Wenhao! Why are you calling me? In fact, I am talking about you with Qingyan just now."
On the other side, Zhang Wenhao smiled and said, "Auntie, Uncle Lau called me just now and said that he encountered some trouble. Hearing this, I was worried and quickly called Qingyan, but she seemed to have blacklisted my number. So I could only call you."
Xu Feng was stunned and immediately scolded Lau Qingyan, "Qingyan! How can you blacklist Wenhao's phone number? How can you do things like this?"
After saying that, she lowered her tone and hurriedly replied to Zhang Wenhao, "Wenhao, don't worry. I will definitely educate Qingyan well to make her not act so rudely towards you in the future!"
Zhang Wenhao said good-naturedly, "Forget it, auntie. I know her best. Qingyan has always had this kind of attitude and I respect it. In addition, I can help you with the problem uncle encountered. Please ask Qingyan to come to my office so that I can write a check for her and you guys can pay back the money to Jiqing Hall as soon as possible."
Having found a solution, Xu Feng was happy and she let out a relieved breath, "Okay! I will ask Qingyan to go to Wanhao Company to find you right this instant!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Feng told Qingyan agitatedly, "That's great. Zhang Wenhao is willing to lend us money. He asked you to come to his office to get the check."
When Lin Muyun heard this, he frowned and suddenly interrupted with an unusual stern voice, "Wait a minute. Qingyan, everyone in Jinling knows that Zhang Wenhao likes to do immoral things to the little girls in his office. It's dangerous. You must not go!"
Xu Feng wanted to beat him as she shouted in rage, "You useless thing, why are you wasting time here? If she does not borrow money from Zhang Wenhao, could you give her the money?"
After scolding Lin Muyun, she turned back to Lau Qingyan with a face full of grief and indignation and urged her, "Qingyan, your father is already old and he will suffer a lot if he has to go to prison. If your father goes to prison, will he still be able to come out alive?"
Lau Qingyan hesitated for a moment before she said, "Let's cool down and think about it carefully first. For now, I will go find my old classmate first and think of a way. You guys wait here for me."
Before Lin Muyun could say anything, Lau Qingyan had already got into the car and driven away.
Lin Muyun knew that Lau Qingyan must be very anxious. He stood there as he contemplated for a while before he hesitantly walked to the corner and dialed a number.
It didn't even take a beep before the call was picked up and there came an aggrieved voice, "Third Young Master! You finally called me!"
The one who spoke was the chief steward of Lin Family, Soong Yuluo. He waited four years for Lin Muyun to contact him. He always hoped that one day Lin Muyun would change his mind and come back home.
Without beating around the bush, Lin Muyun directly said, "I have encountered some trouble."
Without hesitation, Soong Yuluo blurted out, "I know about your situation. Not only is your father-in-law in trouble, but the Lau Family is also in trouble as your wife's family is about to go bankrupt. Only when Young Madam take the chance to cooperate with the Wanhao Company, will you have the chance to survive the crisis."
Lin Muyun was stunned for a moment before he bitterly reminded himself that he couldn't escape from the watch of his family wherever he went. He gritted out, "Well, since you know about it, then quickly lend me eight million yuan."
Soong Yuluo responded promptly, "Third Young Master, eight million yuan may solve your father-in-law's problem, but Young Madam's life in the Lau Family will become more and more difficult."
Lin Muyun gritted his teeth and said, "Then, help me buy the Wanhao Company. A mere Wanhao Company is nothing to the Lin Family, right?"
Soong Yuluo replied with determination, "Of course, the Wanhao Company is nothing. We can easily buy it from its parent company in a few minutes and hand it over to you."
A bulb lit up in Lin Muyun's head and he quickly ordered, "Then, buy it! Immediately!"