"But if Shanshan knew, she would definitely..."
"No, Xiaoxi, please don't let Shanshan know about this, okay? The college entrance exam is less than a year away, and...how can a child be without a father?"
Wen Xi was silent.
It seems I have to start from another place.
"Auntie Lan, can you tell me why he hit you?"
Lan Yun has been holding it in for too long.
She knew it was useless to say these things to a child, but when she first met Wen Xi, she felt that they had a good relationship and couldn't help but confide in her.
It turned out that after her husband Xu Dekai's security company went bankrupt, he partnered with someone to open an advertising company.
As a result, the company became insolvent not long after it was established, and its partners came to collect debts.
He said that the capital contribution promised when they first formed a partnership had never been in place, and all the holes were filled by his partners first.
"Over the past few years, he has drained all our family money under the pretext of starting a business. The house now under Shanshan's name was bought by selling our old house. There is no way we can come up with the money to repay the huge debt he owes all at once."
"He wanted me to sell the paintings left by my ancestors to pay him back."
"You didn't agree, so he beat you?"
"Well, in order to support his business, we sold almost all the paintings left by our ancestors. Now there's only this one left. I wanted to leave it to Shanshan, at least as a keepsake, but he doesn't care. He insists..."
At this point, Lan Yun was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
Her ancestor was a famous painter during the Republic of China.
Later, because he refused to paint for the enemy, his family suffered misfortune. This iron-willed ancestor was imprisoned and his right hand was broken.
But he did not become depressed.
Start practicing painting with your left hand.
He eventually survived the disaster, and his left-hand paintings became famous both at home and abroad.
The descendants of the Lan family failed to inherit the talent of their ancestor, and most of them made a living by opening picture framing shops.
When the family was divided, her branch got three calligraphy and paintings.
It was carefully passed down from generation to generation, but unexpectedly it was not preserved in her hands.
Now this is the only painting left. No matter what, she has to leave it to her daughter and cannot give it to her husband.
The debts owed will be repaid slowly.
As long as you have the skills, are you still worried about paying it back?
But Xu Dekai was getting more and more anxious for her these days.
He said that he couldn't even raise his face after owing others money for so long, so the sooner he paid it back the better!
He insisted that she sell the paintings immediately to raise the money.
The couple argued and fought over this matter.
Lan Yun really didn't understand. It's not like she didn't want to pay it back. She was just paying it back in installments. What's wrong with that?
Xu Dekai said the creditor disagreed.
She asked Xu Dekai to call the creditor out so that she could persuade him, but he refused to do so, saying it was too embarrassing.
After hearing Lan Yun's words, Wen Xi felt something was wrong.
I opened a security company, but somehow I got into trouble with gangsters and ended up owing money.
He partnered with others to open an advertising company, but he didn't even want to tell his wife the name of the company. Less than a year after opening, he owed his partners money.
No matter how you sound, this is all an unclear and confusing mess.
He knew exactly how much he owed just by talking.
Who knows whether it is true or not?
After expressing his doubts, Wen Xi took out a notebook and wrote down a phone number.
"Auntie Lan, I suggest you don't rush to pay this debt. This lawyer is an old friend of my father's. You can ask him to help you check the situation first."
After Wen Xi left, Lan Yun stared at the number in her hand in a daze for a while.
Finally, he casually put the note into a book.
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