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Chapter 43 - Borrowing Money
Chapter 43 - Borrowing Money
Chapter 43: Borrowing Money
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As the capital of China, Beijing was naturally the most bustling place.
One’s ears would be buzzing with the cacophony of deafening noise and the sound of horns, making it hard to hear anything.
The Tang family, a prestigious family, made their home on the highest point in the North Mountain. The entire mountain was the Tang family’s territory, and servants could be seen everywhere.
It had been a long time since Tang Wenyi was away. She looked at everything and thought to herself,?“This is where I should be.”
At the thought that this belonged to the Tang family, she felt honored. She was confident that the Tang family was not something that that little bastard, Lu Ming, could take down!
She strutted into the manor with her head held high. Before she could find Grandpa, an old man with white hair in a butler’s uniform walked over and said, “Third Miss Tang, Old Master wants you to kneel.”
Tang Wenyi was shocked. “Butler He, I didn’t make Grandpa angry, right?”
“On your knees.”
Butler He said calmly. His expressionless face was very dignified.
He had served the old master for decades and was very well-respected in the Tang family. His words represented the old man’s attitude, so basically no one dared to defy him.
Tang Wenyi knelt reluctantly on the imported carpet.
Butler He glanced at her and said, “On the floor.”
He was implying that she should not slack off.
What else could Tang Wenyi say?
She could only comply.
When her knees hit the wooden floor, they turned red in no time.
She did not dare to slack off. If her posture was slightly off, Butler He would swing a rattan cane at her.
There were already several red marks on her fair skin.
At this moment, four women in expensive clothes walked in at the same time. They looked a little like Tang Wenyi.
“Yo, our third sister is back? Why is she kneeling on the floor the moment she comes back?”
Tang Wanxi, who was ranked second, spoke first and said cynically.
Tang Rongrong quickly added, “I think Third Sister doesn’t know what she has done at all. She has really disgraced the family.”
“Fourth Sister is right.”
The oldest, Tang Nishang, crossed her arms in front of her. There was undisguised disgust in her eyes. Usually, Tang Wenyi flaunted herself like a peacock on heat everywhere she went just because she married a capable husband.
She said slowly, “Our Tang family is really unlucky to have a daughter like you! I thought that you would leave the family someday. I didn’t expect you to come back.”
Tang Wenyi glared at her. The four of them did not have a good relationship to begin with. Even if they gathered together, they would be just comparing notes. Who would have thought that it would be three against one now!
“This is only temporary! Soon Yaohua is so outstanding that he will definitely make a comeback! By then, our net worth will be higher than now!”
With a thud, the rattan cane hit her tender arm.
She gasped instantly.
Butler He said bluntly, “Please don’t move, Miss Tang.”
Mocking laughter could be heard from the side.
“It’s really hard on Butler He. In the past, when she came back, she turned up her nose on everyone. Wasn’t it just a few years of good luck? Look, as the saying goes, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good for reincarnation. Isn’t she on her knees now?”
Tang Wanxi said harshly.
Everyone knew that Old Master Tang punished people by making them kneel.
They had been kneeling since they were young and were more or less used to it.
It was just that, by comparison, Tang Wenyi rarely had to kneel, so she could not get used to it immediately.
However, this kind of thing rarely happened since they got married.
Now, Tang Wenyi was the first to be made to kneel!
She said unhappily, “You’re just envious that my husband dotes on me!”
Tang Wanxi had married a rich second-generation heir in a business-alliance marriage—a playboy husband who spent all his time fooling around outside. This matter was no secret between the sisters!
She said with a twisted expression, “Ha, at least Grandpa won’t punish me. Look at what decision you made back then! I knew it! Lu Yaohua would never be able to build a company!”
These words made Tang Wenyi want to stand up and argue, but as soon as she raised her left leg, another lash was delivered!
“Third Miss, if you move so much, I’ll have to tell Old Master.”
Laughter rang out from the side again.
Tang Nishang covered her mouth and smiled. “Third Sister, can’t you behave yourself? Butler He never holds back when he attacks. Do you want to go back with a body full of injuries?”
“What a defeated dog.”
Tang Rongrong said coldly.
The youngest, no. 5, was just over 20 years old. She had been silent from the start until now. She tugged at Tang Rongrong’s sleeve and said, “Grandpa is here.”
Her voice was not loud, but it was audible to the other sisters.
Instantly, everyone fell silent.
An old man in a traditional Chinese suit walked down the stairs with a crutch and sat down in the middle of the room.
He looked coldly at Tang Wenyi, who was kneeling on the floor, and said, “Do you know what you did wrong?”
She lowered her head helplessly. She did not think that she had provoked the old master.
“I knew it. Of the five sisters, you think the slowest.”
Tang Wenyi thought to herself,?“Isn’t he indirectly calling me stupid?”
She heard the laughter of the people behind her again.
“They are happy to see me suffer?”
She rolled her eyes inwardly!
Old Master Tang continued, “I won’t stop you from being with Lu Yaohua, but the news of the Lu Corporation has spread to the capital. Everyone knows that you, Tang Wenyi, are from the Tang family!”
As he spoke, he hit the ground with his crutch.
Now everyone knew that he was angry. Those who were still smiling immediately put on poker faces.
“You and Lu Yaohua are really something! You actually built tofu-dreg apartments. Not only did you build them, but this matter was also exposed! I laud you for being stupid!”
Old Master Tang said resentfully. After he calmed down a little, he took a sip of the freshly brewed tea and said, “Tell me, why did you come all the way to the capital?”
Tang Wenyi moved her lips slightly and said, “I… want to borrow money from you. Just about 100 million yuan will do. As long as we fill the shortfall in the company, the Lu Corporation can recover the money.”
“100 million yuan?”
Old Master Tang looked at her and said, “I say you’re stupid, but you’re really something! Why do you expect me to clean up your mess? And you want to drag the Tang family down with you?”
If the Tang family got involved and someone got the evidence, they would be in trouble too!
100 million yuan was not a big deal to the Tang family, but reputation was what mattered!
“Not only is the Lu Corporation in a tax evasion crisis, but the construction scandal has also been exposed. The Tang family can’t afford to be tormented by you!”