Chapter 830 Never Back Down

Do you want to get 25 million US dollars out of him for free?

He can forget about it!

Do you really think Xu Yi's money is so easy to get?

“I haven’t forgotten, but like I just said, as long as you still have this blood relation with Xu Chen, you can never sever ties!” Lu Jinan’s gaze was sharp as a knife as he looked at him: “So you’d better cooperate with me and hand over that fifty million US dollars, then everything will be fine, right?”

Bo Jinyan was able to make such a demand because he wanted the Xu family to bleed heavily; otherwise, he wouldn't have asked for such a high figure as fifty million US dollars.

Since that's the case, he'd be happy to see the Xu family suffer a huge financial loss.

Although they are in-laws, apart from the marriage agreement, they still live their own lives and keep their interests separate.

Xu Yi insisted, "I won't pay. It wasn't my fault, why should I pay so much money? Why should I pay just because you tell me to? Lu Jinan, threatening me won't work. Xu Chen caused this mess. If you're so capable, go ask Xu Chen for the money! What does this have to do with me?"

Why should he meddle in this other people's business?

Why should he pay those 25 million US dollars?

This is no small sum; if you convert it, it's over 100 million RMB. Why should he pay so much money for the trouble Xu Chen caused?

Even though Xu Chen was his biological son, he still found it very unreasonable.

"Fine, since that's the case, then from today onwards, my Nan Chu has nothing to do with Xu Chen, and the engagement between our two families is dissolved!" Lu Jinan said angrily, clearly pushed to the limit: "Your Xu family, from now on, don't even think about expanding into any business in the American financial world!"

He practically roared out his last sentence, which showed just how furious he was.

Compared to Lu Jinan's anger, Xu Yi spoke very casually: "If it's dissolved, it's dissolved. Anyway, these are all internal family matters of your Lu family, and have nothing to do with me, an outsider. There's no need for you to tell me these things."

From the moment he lost control of Xu Chen, he never thought of interfering in his affairs again.

When the child grows up, he can worry less.

"Uncle Xu, you should think twice before making a decision!" Lu Nanchu couldn't bear to watch the two of them arguing so fiercely and gently reminded them, "Some words, once spoken, are like water spilled; they can never be taken back!"

Dad has already said all that, so what if he comes up with 25 million US dollars?

With the Xu family's financial strength, this amount of money is nothing to them.

It's simply that they don't want to get involved or spend the money!

But now that things have happened and the difficulties are there, it's not like he can just renege on his promise and ignore it.

My father was right about something: as long as Xu Yi and Xu Chen are still related by blood, even if Xu Chen runs away to the ends of the earth, he will still be Xu Yi's son!

This is determined by blood ties, and it's not something he can change just because he wants to!

Hearing this, Xu Yi's gaze gradually returned to her: "Nan Chu, I know you want to persuade me to pay this money, but I didn't cause this mess, so why should I pay? Isn't that a bit too much of a rogue?"

The way he said it was practically calling Lu Jinan a hooligan.

To get him to pay this money, they've abandoned all sense of decency! They even dare to threaten him here!

Do you really think Xu Yi is someone to be trifled with?

Will he be threatened by him?

ridiculous.

“Uncle Xu, although you didn’t cause this, it was your son who did!” Lu Nanchu felt that he was just making excuses. He could have resolved the issue by simply discussing it properly and providing the money. “Uncle Xu, your indifference is really disheartening.”

She paused, then took her father's arm and said affectionately, "Dad, I think Uncle Xu has made up his mind. Let's go and let him think it over carefully, okay?"

Perhaps things will take a turn for the better once he has thought things through?

“Alright.” As if he understood her thoughts, Lu Jinan pondered for a moment before raising his eyes again: “In-law, I’ll only give you one day to consider. If you don’t give me an answer by tomorrow, then I won’t mind completely stopping the Xu family’s loan.”

"If you don't believe me, you can try it and see!"

After leaving those words, Lu Jinan turned and left.

Lu Nanchu followed him into the car before asking, "Dad, look at how things have turned out. What are we going to do? The board of directors only gave us three days. If we can't give them a satisfactory answer after three days, I'm afraid it will cause internal strife!"

The reason why Lu's Bank has been able to develop to this point is because of its fairness and impartiality. Although the shareholders are all members of the Lu family, not everyone obeys Dad.

If three days pass and Dad still hasn't given them an answer, his position as bank manager might be in jeopardy.

Things will get complicated then.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Xu Yi will take out the money." Although Xu Yi's words were full of refusal, Lu Jinan believed that Xu Yi would not really abandon Xu Chen, so he spoke with great certainty.

Upon hearing this, Lu Nanchu frowned, somewhat puzzled: "Dad, Uncle Xu made himself very clear just now. If he wanted to help, he would have done so already. He wouldn't have chosen to ignore us like this..."

"How can you be so sure that Uncle Xu will definitely take out the money?"

She heard clearly that Xu Yi had explicitly refused to pay, so why was her father saying now that he would definitely pay?

Where does his confidence come from?

“Although Xu Yi outwardly refuses to get involved in Xu Chen’s affairs, he has quite a bit of contact with Xu Chen in private.” Lu Jinan had long known about their secret meetings, but he hadn’t said it outright: “If he were really so heartless, why would he secretly meet with Xu Chen?”

This doesn't seem like they're ignoring him at all.

If he truly didn't care about Xu Chen, then no matter how many times they came to him, he should have ignored them or even refused to meet them.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he secretly contacted Xu Chen, which just shows that he couldn't break off his relationship with Xu Chen at all.

He's just being stubborn.

Lu Nanchu seemed to understand something in an instant, and suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I knew it. As Xu Chen's biological father, how could he not care about him? Moreover, Xu Chen is his only son. If he really didn't care, who would take care of him in his old age?"

Isn't he afraid of becoming a lonely old man?

Especially for someone of Xu Yi's age, although he hasn't retired yet, he's middle-aged. Unless he has another child, Xu Chen will likely be the one to inherit the family business in the future.