Boss Wu is a very shrewd man. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been able to acquire such a huge fortune. Although he believed in Yu Wen and his own eyes, it was his first time dealing with Jiang Chao. No matter how good Jiang Chao's words were, he would still be cautious. He was the one who sent the housekeeper to keep an eye on the Jiang family. He would know immediately if there was any slight movement in the Jiang family.

So when he heard the butler's words, he immediately stood up, his face even uglier than their butler's: "Something happened to Master Jiang? What happened? Don't say a word! Explain it to me clearly."

Yu Wen also began to panic.

He was good friends with Mr. Wu, so he had dealt with this chief steward more than once. This chief steward was not only honest, but also steady in his work. He had never seen such a noisy person before. Moreover, his words also involved Jiang Chao, who was their business partner.

After Master Wu stood up, he also stood up nervously and asked, "General Manager, what happened to Master Jiang?"

The chief steward of the Wu family took a deep breath, swallowed his saliva, and seemed to calm down a little. Then he said, "I have been in Suzhou all the time, haven't I? But I haven't seen Mr. Jiang since the day before yesterday. I thought Mr. Jiang went to Ningbo before. But I always felt uneasy in my heart, so I tried to find out. Mr. Jiang did go to Ningbo, but the ancestral land that Mr. Jiang had pledged to the Song family was cashed out by the Song family. I thought that the Song family might be dissatisfied with Mr. Jiang and deliberately exposed the Jiang family's ugliness at this time. So I secretly went to the pawnshop where Mr. Jiang pawned the boat. The result..."

He had a tearful face and looked like he couldn't say anything.

Mr. Wu and Yu Wen's faces suddenly became even uglier, and they asked anxiously at the same time: "What's the result?"

The chief steward's eyes dimmed, and he said with some difficulty: "Four days ago, Master Jiang had already exchanged the living pawn for a dead pawn!"

With live pawning, you can redeem the item at an agreed time. With dead pawning, you have signed a death contract and cannot redeem the item even if you have money in the future. Moreover, the price of dead pawning is more than one third higher than that of live pawning.

Yu Wen's eyes went dark and he suddenly fell down on the armchair behind him.

Master Wu was swaying, but he was stronger than Yu Wen. He quickly stood up by holding the corner of the table and asked the chief steward in a hurry: "What about the Jiang family? Are his mother and sister still in Suzhou?"

"They are all here!" the chief steward said bitterly, "and it seems that they don't know that Jiang Chao is no longer in Suzhou. I didn't want to disturb the women and children, so I didn't say anything. I only announced your name and Master Yu's name, and said that I was going to visit Master Jiang..."

Mr. Wu had mixed feelings at this time, and didn't know what to say for a moment. He just nodded instinctively and said, "It's better not to say anything, so as not to worry the family. No matter what grudges we have with the Jiang family, we can't bully their widowed old lady. One thing is one thing. You did the right thing in this matter."

The chief steward lowered his head and whispered, "I went to Mr. Jiang's shop and other places he usually went, but I didn't see him. The shop assistants and the waiters in the wine shop and teahouse also said that they hadn't seen Mr. Jiang for several days. I also secretly inquired about it, and found that the families who invested in Mr. Jiang's maritime business all handed over their money to Mr. Jiang... I was thinking, should we go to Ningbo Prefecture..."

"Go!" Master Wu suddenly came to his senses after listening to this and said fiercely, "Ningbo Prefecture is not far from us anyway, and we don't lack this little travel expense. No matter what, we have to find out whether he went to Ningbo or not? What did he do in Ningbo? If it's a misunderstanding, I will compensate him."

But what if it wasn’t a misunderstanding?

So Jiang Chao ran away with the money they invested? !

Yu Tang felt as if a huge rock was blocking his chest, and he was unable to speak for a long time.

In his previous life, Jiang Chao was a successful and trustworthy businessman. Why did everything change when he came to her?

Did she misjudge the person or did her intervention cause things to become drastically different from their previous life?

Yu Tang's mouth twitched. He wanted to ask Mr. Wu, but he didn't know where to start.

Just as she was considering what to say, Shuang Tao called out in surprise, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Chen.

Chen didn't know when she fainted and her body was falling down.

"Mom!" Yu Tang took two steps at a time and supported Chen in one go.

Yu Wen was so frightened that his face turned pale. While helping Yu Tang hold Chen, he pinched Chen's philtrum and murmured in fear, "Don't scare me. You have finally recovered your health. If anything happens to you, what shall I do?"

Yu Tang was even more upset.

How could she forget that her mother was still there? She was only concerned with the gains and losses of her business and forgot to take care of her mother's feelings.

Their family invested six thousand taels of silver, which was a huge sum of money.

Many people have never seen six hundred taels of silver in their entire lives.

She hurriedly said to her father, "Mother is probably traumatized. Hurry up and take her back to the inner room. Shuangtao, go get a doctor."

Mr. Wu also came to his senses and said anxiously, "Huili, your daughter is right. Take your sister-in-law downstairs to rest. People are alive, but business is dead. You can't let your sister-in-law suffer because of business. We are in a hurry to make money, isn't it because we want everyone in the family to live a good life?"

Yu Wen was very grateful. He carried Chen into the inner room, poured a cup of hot tea and asked Yu Tang to feed Chen. Then he went outside to wait for the doctor.

Mr. Wu was anxiously waiting for Yu Wen outside. When he saw him come out, he immediately went up to him and said, "Business is important, but my sister-in-law's health is more important. Don't worry about Suzhou for now. I'll go there myself. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, so we have to celebrate it first."

Yu Wen felt guilty and grateful. He bowed to Mr. Wu and said shamelessly, "Brother Wu Shi, it's all my fault that you got into trouble."

"What are you talking about?" Mr. Wu pretended to be angry and said, "I am willing to form a partnership. Besides, doing business means both winning and losing. You should stay at home and take good care of your brother and sister-in-law. I will tell you as soon as I have any news."

Yu Wen shyly sent Mr. Wu out the door.

After that, they called the doctor, prepared the medicine, and boiled the medicine, which took them the whole afternoon. By the time Chen drank the medicine and calmed down under Yu Tang's comfort, it was time to light the lamps.

Chen had always respected her husband. Although such a big thing had happened, she was not so upset because she thought that her family was still together and safe. She asked Mrs. Chen to take her dressing box and give it to Yu Wen, and said gently, "Don't worry, I still have some jewelry and two hundred taels of silver notes here, which you gave me. You can take them first to deal with the emergency."

Yu Wen was too embarrassed to accept his wife's cash, so he said hurriedly, "I should be the one telling you this. Although the money is a lot, I said before that it was unexpected money, so just treat it as something we have lost. There is no need for you to use your cash to support me. Keep it quickly, our family doesn't need your money."

For a moment, I regretted not telling my wife about Yu Tu, otherwise she wouldn't be so worried.

While Yu Wen was hesitating, Yu Bo and his family came over.

This really proves the old saying that good news never travels far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. As soon as something happened to Yu Wen, Yu Bo knew about it immediately.

Wang and Xiang went to the inner room to comfort Chen. Yu Bo sat above Yu Wen with a stern face and said, "You are smarter than me. I have never cared about your affairs. This time you have to tell me the truth. Do you owe any debts to outsiders?" He added, "Although our shop doesn't make much money, it is better than the income from your farm. I think I can help you pay back Mr. Wu's money. On your side, list them in order first. If you can't pay it back, I will find a way to help you pay it back slowly!"

This means that Yu Wen still owes foreign debts.

I didn't believe what he said before about the unexpected fortune.

But at this moment, Yu Wen couldn't tell his brother directly.

He said awkwardly, "Brother, I am an adult now, and I have to be more or less sensible in what I do. That sum of money is really a windfall. As for Mr. Wu's money, Mr. Wu and I have a deal. You don't have to worry about it. Just do your business well."

"We are one family and we should not talk behind each other's backs." Wang came out of the inner room at some point, leaning against the door with a tired look on her face, and said, "My uncle also said before that if he made money, he would share half with us. Now that the business is losing money, naturally he should also count half from us. Although we can't give it to you right now, we will help you pay back the money by making some small contributions. My uncle, please don't be polite to us. You are having a hard time, and your brother and I can't eat meat and drink soup by ourselves. What kind of brothers are we?"

Yu Wen was very touched, but he really didn't need his brother to give him any money, so he could only look towards Yu Yuan for help, hoping that Yu Yuan could say a few good words for him.

Yu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

One lie often requires more lies to cover it up.

Originally, the matter of Yutu was concealed for the safety of the family, but now it has become an unspeakable secret.

But when he came, his father scolded him. He was still counting on his uncle to speak for him, but he could not persuade his father.

Three days later, Mr. Wu rushed back from Ningbo, exhausted. He did not enter his home but went straight to the Yu family.

"Something happened to Boss Wang." He didn't even have time to drink a sip of tea. He and Yu Wen stood in the courtyard and talked about the situation they had inquired about. "Didn't Boss Wang set up his own business from his old boss? The two sons of his old boss were probably afraid that Boss Wang would take their business, so they joined hands to frame Boss Wang and put all three of Boss Wang's sons in jail. Boss Wang was cruel. After paying a large sum of money to protect his sons, he sold the boat and ran away with his family. The money he had invested before was also taken away. Master Jiang was the first to feel that something was wrong, and he immediately rushed to Ningbo Prefecture, but he was still a step too late. He is now also anxiously guarding Ningbo Prefecture, trying to see if he can get something back to pay off his debts."

Yu Wen sighed after hearing this and said, "There's nothing we can do about it!"

The previous anger, worry and fear were instantly released.

He didn't misjudge the person, he just trusted the wrong person.

Mr. Wu also thought so and said, "We invested in Mr. Jiang because we were optimistic about his talent. Now that something like this has happened, we can't blame Mr. Jiang entirely. I think we shouldn't be anxious and wait and see what Mr. Jiang plans to do next."