Chapter 78 Going Crazy Day 78 Nangong Family Goes Bankrupt
Chapter 78
Having said this, Tan Mo was silent for a long time.
The night wind seemed to have stopped blowing, cold stars were embedded in the night sky, and the lights of the nearby high-rise buildings no longer blinked. Everything seemed like a paper illusion, and people were the mold spots on the paper.
The rotten and moldy smell sticks tightly to the nose and mouth, making people feel uncomfortable.
Lu Xingjian pinched it lightly and the paper wrinkled.
It's always lonely at the top.
Lu Xingjian suddenly put his hand on the back of Tan Mo's hand.
He thought she must be cold.
Tan Mo was indeed very cold. She held the bag of cold sweet soup in her palm, and the back of her hand had lost its warmth due to the night wind.
She was trembling slightly.
Lu Xingjian's palms were warm, continuously supplying her with warmth.
He couldn't say anything.
Experiencing the death of both parents at such a young age is a tremendous pain. Any comfort is superficial, and words of comfort are useless except for being annoying.
All the people around you can do is accompany and listen.
This happened almost six years ago. After leaving her hometown, Tan Mo never talked about her parents with anyone.
Her classmates, colleagues, and friends all seemed to believe that she was young and her parents were still alive, and they never noticed anything unusual.
Tan Mo lowered her head, clenched her fists tightly, her long hair hanging on her cheeks, and emotions surged in her deep eyes.
She went through an emotional tug-of-war, and after a long, tired sigh, she had sorted out her addicted emotions.
When he spoke again, he was calm and collected.
"I heard that the boss in the city needed a batch of goods urgently that day, so my parents stayed up all night to deliver the goods to him and didn't get home until almost four in the morning."
"I had a car accident on my way home because I was driving while fatigued."
"The city boss came to the hospital to take a look and just said it was bad luck. Then he contacted a lawyer and offered me the cheapest compensation."
"Two people, two lives, 150,000 yuan each."
"I lost my parents that day and got three hundred thousand."
"I thought it was so boring at the time. Money was playing with other people's lives so casually, and it only cost 300,000 yuan."
"So why have I felt unhappy these past two days?"
"Because I feel like my fate has been toyed with by Nangong Xiong."
"To be honest, I don't really care whether I'm the real daughter of the Nangong family. Anyway, I have my own company and my own projects now. I am the daughter myself."
"But it still makes me uncomfortable that Nangong Xiong can play with me and everyone so easily."
This is why Tan Mo is unhappy.
"I really want to slap this old man twice."
After a while, Lu Xingjian said, "Why don't you draw Nangong Lie? Lao Deng can't draw it, but Lao Dengzi can."
Tan Mo: “…”
Nangong Lie suddenly woke up from his dream. He touched his chest in fear and said, "Damn, I even dreamed of being slapped."
Early the next morning, big news shocked everyone.
The Nangong family went bankrupt.
This news did not need to be announced by anyone. For a group as large as the Nangong family, bankruptcy was a big deal and naturally made the headlines.
When Tan Mo woke up in the morning and touched her phone, she saw it on the homepage.
Tan Mo was the calmest among these people. She knew that the Nangong family would face this disaster sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to happen so soon.
And this was after she and Lu Xingjian said bad things about Nangong Xiong last night.
She looked at Lu Xingjian with a slightly guilty conscience. Lu Xingjian seemed to know what she was thinking and pulled the corner of his mouth as if to comfort her.
The one who was most devastated was Nangong Lie.
He didn't want to be controlled by Nangong Xiong and tried every means to escape from the Nangong family, but he never thought that the Nangong family would go bankrupt.
The news also seemed to mention that Nangong Xiong was hospitalized due to anger and high blood pressure.
As soon as he heard the news, he rushed to the hospital without saying a word, and no one else said anything.
Tan Mo and Lu Xingjian were busy with their own things, but Xu Xiaonian was a little worried about Nangong Lie and whether he would collapse.
But after going through so much together, she was willing to believe him.
"Our reporter has the latest news: Nangong Group..."
When she heard the important words, Tan Mo, who was eating noodles, unconsciously looked up and looked at the TV.
"...For unknown reasons, Chairman Nangong Xiong was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment early this morning after declaring bankruptcy. While Director Nangong was lying in the hospital, our reporter received the latest news: the board of directors held an internal meeting to dismiss Nangong Xiong from his position as director, and the new director was the little-known Qin Ming."
No way?!
If the bankruptcy of the Nangong family and Nangong Xiong's hospitalization were still within Tan Mo's expectations, then Qin Ming's appointment as the new director of the group was really unexpected and she bit her tongue.
Lu Xingjian, who was originally sitting and peeling edamame, simply pinched the edamame in half.
"Is it fake?" Xu Xiaonian sat up directly from the stool.
Tan Mo frowned and covered her face in pain. After a few seconds, she recovered and waved to Lu Xingjian for water.
At this time, the TV screen was showing the scene of Qin Ming walking out of the group building with a happy face, surrounded by people on all sides, with flashes of light coming one after another.
At this moment, he is the center of the world.
A reporter broke through the bodyguards and asked Qin Ming, "Mr. Qin, how did you go from being unknown to being the chairman of the board?"
Qin Ming smiled: "I have a capable father."
Then he winked handsomely.
Xu Xiaonian was so angry that she turned off the TV. "Seeing such depressing news so early in the morning makes me feel bad."
Lu Xingjian also poured her a glass of water to help her calm down.
Tan Mo recalled what happened before and smiled strangely, "No wonder he was so arrogant when he kicked us out of Rose Manor that day."
"He knew that Nangong Lie was the real prince of the Nangong family and would return sooner or later, yet he still used such a tough method. It seems that he had long known that the group would change."
Xu Xiaonian was also curious, "Who is he? A capable father? Is his family also a member of the board of directors?"
Tan Mo shook her head. "I'm not sure about that. Let's ask your Nangong Lie when he comes back."
"The most urgent thing is for you to read well." Tan Mo reached for her phone, "And I need to call and look for an apartment."
Speaking of finding a house, the twists and turns involved still made Tan Mo sad for a while.
Based on her years of experience in battling wits and courage with agents, she knew that it was impossible to completely hand over the rental of a house to the agent and be a hands-off boss. This would only lead to being badly cheated by the agent.
She took out a few rental information sheets that she had peeled off from the supermarket entrance last night from her bag and contacted the landlord directly.
When I made the second call, I heard the noisy sound of mahjong playing and a woman's loud shout.
"Stop making noise! Someone is calling me!"
Tan Mo's heart skipped a beat. She had originally thought the sound of mahjong sounded familiar, but now she was sure of it.
"Hello? What's up?"
The woman on the phone was also impatient. As soon as she finished speaking, Tan Mo didn't reply in time, so she couldn't wait to ask: "Who is it? Are you kidding me? How dare you call me..."
The classic image of a woman with curly hair, red lips and a cigarette quickly emerged in Tan Mo's mind.
When I heard her speak again, I found that she really had the fiery demeanor of a landlady!
"Mrs. Bao...Mrs. Bao, I'm the tenant of Room 402 and I'm looking to rent a room." Tan Mo explained her purpose and then asked, "Why did you change your phone number?"
"If I had known it was you, I would have contacted you with another phone number." That phone number was the landlady's phone number when I rented Room 402.
Landlady: "Oh, there are too many houses. They need to be managed separately. The low-rent houses use the low-rent housing phone number, and the high-end houses use the high-end housing phone number."
"What kind of house do you want?"
Tan Mo: "For a big house, the most important requirement is that it must be big!"
"Oh, that's easy. I have 300 square meters, 400 square meters, 500 square meters, 600 square meters, and the largest is 800 square meters. If that's not enough, I also have a villa. When you have time, I can take you to see it in the afternoon."
Tan Mo: “…” Isn’t there a system that allows me to be reborn as the landlady’s daughter and inherit these properties?
Compared to all these properties, the mental damages she earned from enduring the turmoil of her husband and wife outside are nothing! !
After Tan Mo agreed, the landlady hung up the phone readily.
Lu Xingjian finally finished peeling the edamame. Seeing Tan Mo's sad face, he asked, "What's wrong? Did Qin Ming's incident upset you?"
Tan Mo shook her head sadly. “If you knew a person is born with so many houses, you would be the same as me. Amen.”
Nangong Lie returned home very late. When he saw the lights on in the house and the three people were still awake, Nangong Lie burst into tears before he could speak. "It's great! My original home is gone, but there is still a small home waiting for me."
"Among thousands of lights, there is also one for me!"
Tan Mo applied a facial mask, hugged Sang Biao, and glanced at Lu Xingjian who was cutting Sang Biao's toenails.
After looking at each other, they said in unison: "No, we are not waiting for you."
Lu Xingjian: "If Sang Biao hadn't been unwilling to cut his nails, we would have fought with him for more than an hour, otherwise we would have been lying down long ago."
Sang Biao licked his mouth mercilessly with his pink tongue and looked at him coldly.
Nangong Lie: "Anyway, my status is not as good as Sang Biao's."
Sang Biao: "Wang (you) Wang (finally) Wang (has) Wang (self) Wang (knows) Wang (knows) Wang (clear) Wang (now)"
Xu Xiaonian ran out to greet him, "I've been waiting for you."
"It's great to have you." Nangong Lie closed the door and hugged her tightly.
After Lu Xingjian finished clipping Sang Biao's last toe, he stood up and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Nangong Lie felt wronged: "Not yet."
"Oh, I left some food for you."
"Wow! I finally understand why Jiang Qingya calls you male mother. Xingjian, you really are a mother."
Lu Xingjian: “…” The meal was wasted.
While Nangong Lie was having dinner, Tan Mo asked, "What's going on over there?"
He was about to speak when tears came to his eyes again. If last time they were tears of emotion, this time they were tears of pain.
"Stop!" Tan Mo gestured, "Is this the time to cry? Let's get to the point!"
What's most annoying is people whining and crying without explaining themselves clearly.
"You are so nice, Mr. Tan, you still remember to encourage me." Nangong Lie's eyes were full of stars.
Tan Mo: “…” Not really, I just find you annoying.
Nangong Lie swallowed the rice and said with red eyes: "Uncle Song's plan finally succeeded."
"Ah?" Xu Xiaonian asked, "Really? Didn't they say they had already stopped it?"
Nangong Lie: "It's too late. Uncle Song has been colluding with Bo Yanli for many years. I don't know how many obstacles he has set up in secret. It's only been more than half a month since Bo Yanli's death."
"How could all the hard work of many years be undone in just half a month? Even if he was sent to the police station, Uncle Song refused to say a word."
"Besides, you don't know. Uncle Song has an illegitimate child who came out of nowhere..."
Tan Mo sat opposite and said, "Qin Ming."
"You all know everything?"
"No." Tan Mo shook her head. "It's just a guess. Qin Ming himself said in the news that he has a good father with wealth and background, but although we don't know the specific details about his family background, everyone has a pretty good guess."
It must be just average, otherwise there would be no need to work so hard.
Lu Xingjian sighed, "It's true that things change over time. Nangong Xiong fabricated the news about the real and fake princes in order to help Nangong Lie grow up. I didn't expect that Uncle Song really had an illegitimate son who was living abroad."
In addition to his feelings, Nangong Lie was more angry. "But my grandfather, after all, has not done anything wrong to them. He is an old man and is still in the hospital."
Xu Xiaonian stroked his back, "Is Grandpa okay now?"
"It's not a big deal. He's recuperating in the hospital, with doctors and nurses looking after him. But this incident must have been quite a blow to him. He looks quite haggard."
"I'm really worried that she'll leave me."
"No, don't think too much."
Nangong Lie felt that he had grown a lot. Now he could at least control his emotions and think calmly.
But his ability to handle things is still weak and he cannot find a good solution.
"Uncle Song will be out of the police station soon. Qin Ming drove my grandfather out of the old house and confiscated his property. It happened so suddenly that my grandfather had no time to deal with many things. So there is a big problem..." Nangong Lie paused for a moment and said, "We are very short of money. The daily expenses for my grandfather to stay in the hospital are not low."
“I don’t even know how to make money now.”
"Yes." Xu Xiaonian took off the sugar cube diamond ring from her finger and handed it to him, "Why don't you just pawn this?"
Nangong Lie held the diamond ring in his hand, feeling unhappy. Their Nangong family had fallen to such a state that they had to pawn their belongings to survive.
"It's a way, but it's temporary. I can't rely on those two rings for the rest of my life."
Nangong Lie said as a matter of course: "Besides, Qin Ming took the group from my grandfather. I can't just sit back and watch and not take it back, right?"
"This requires not only money, but also connections and my abilities." Nangong Lie said in frustration, "What I regret most now is that I only knew how to eat and drink and didn't learn any skills."
Xu Xiaonian was confused. "But didn't you say before that I could learn skills by following Tan Mo?"
"Yes." Nangong Lie looked at Tan Mo nervously, "I always felt that Mr. Tan was the most powerful and resourceful person around me. I have always been proud to be his assistant."
"I just don't know if I'm still considered her assistant and if I can still work with her."
Especially after they were driven out of Rose Manor by Nangong Xiong together.
"Okay, Nangong Lie, although you haven't learned any real skills, your ability to flatter is improving day by day." Tan Mo snorted and criticized him.
"No, no, I'm just telling the truth."
While Nangong Lie was making jokes, Tan Mo was actually thinking about her own territory planning.
She now owns a genetic testing company, but ultimately it is just a break-even business and doesn't make much money, which complements the gossip variety show project on hand.
If gossip variety shows can promote genetic testing companies well, they might be able to make a lot of money.
Gossip variety shows are ultimately part of the entertainment industry, and she is not familiar with it.
What Tan Mo is most familiar with and best at is digging up all kinds of bloody gossip about wealthy families.
Or you can take advantage of the system's bonus and open a company that specializes in solving the problem of wealthy family gossip. This way you can solve one problem and charge two fees.
However, if you want to start a company, you must hire employees to help you...
Tan Mo set her sights on the people in front of her and said, "Okay."
Before he could finish, he heard a thud and his knees fell heavily to the floor.
Nangong Lie held Tan Mo's hand tightly with tears in his eyes, "Dad! You are really my reincarnated parents!"
Ding Dong~
An electronic sound that I hadn't heard for a long time rang in my ears, and Nangong Lie's strategy mission was completed.
Eight million has arrived ~ Congratulations to the host ~
Tan Mo then remembered the task she had received not long ago, which was to ask Nangong Lie to call her dad.
It was completed without me even noticing!
Tan Mo was in a good mood, "Call me mom again."
Nangong Lie asked distressedly: "If I called your mother, then what did Lu Xingjian call? Dad?"
Tan Mo: “…”
Lu Xingjian was embarrassed and blushed. His clear eyes looked at Tan Mo from time to time, and when he saw that Tan Mo didn't say anything, he lowered his head again.
Tan Mo: "I asked you to call me mom, what does that have to do with Assistant Lu?"
Nangong Lie pointed at them and said, "Aren't you supposed to be a woman working outside and a man working inside?"
Tan Mo: “…”
Nangong Lie noticed Tan Mo's speechless yet feigned calm expression, fearing that the duck meat in his mouth would fly away, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tan, I will definitely complete the tasks you assign to me in the future with guaranteed quality and quantity."
"Don't be impatient." Tan Mo had a bad idea in mind. "Before that, you have to agree to one request of mine."
*
"Grandpa, I plan to marry Jiang Qingya, the daughter of the Jiang family."
"Grandpa, did you hear that?"
"I'll follow your advice and marry into the Jiang family."
"I was ignorant and stubborn before, which made you unhappy. I will definitely listen to you from now on, Grandpa. Please wake up soon."
"How are you going to watch me get married if you don't wake up?"
In a daze, Nangong Xiong heard someone whispering in his ear.
He was groggy in the hospital and rarely woke.
Is that person Nangong Lie, my grandson?
He said he wanted to marry into the Jiang family?
Nangong Xiong felt himself trapped in darkness, but still struggled to open his eyes.
The upper and lower lips moved, and the sound broke through the darkness before the eyes, "Okay... okay..."
"It would be great to marry into the Jiang family."
His voice was like an old, out-of-tune harp, playing a cheerful tune.
"The Nangong family has become what it is now. There is no better way to save it than through marriage."
"You have finally grown up and finally understood my good intentions." Nangong Xiong was so excited that he shed tears.
His eyes were already slightly open, and two vague figures were looming against the white background.
If he opens his eyes a little harder, he will be able to see his grandson!
"The Nangong family depends on you, Nangong Lie."
Nangong Xiong finally opened his eyes. He lay on the bed, breathing weakly.
"Grandpa, you finally woke up. Are you okay?" Nangong Lie stepped forward and poured him some water.
After drinking the water, Nangong Xiong looked in front of him again. There was a woman standing next to the bed, but... why was it Xu Xiaonian instead of Jiang Qingya?
Nangong Xiong grabbed Nangong Lie's wrist and asked in a hoarse voice: "Lie, did you just say that you wanted to marry into the Jiang family?"
"That's really..."
The word "good" was still stuck in his throat when Nangong Lie interrupted and said, "Grandpa, that's what I said just now. I wanted to see if you could wake up."
"I'm awake. When will you marry the daughter of the Jiang family?"
Nangong Lie pried open his fingers and smiled, "Grandpa, given our family's current situation, how could anyone want to marry us? But don't worry, I will take back what I lost."
"As for the person I'm going to marry." Nangong Lie walked over to Xu Xiaonian and took her hand. "I've already told you that Xiaonian will be my bride, and will be for life."
The feeling of being deceived was like a roller coaster. Nangong Xiong picked up the water cup on the bedside table and threw it at him, "You lied to me?!"
"Have you learned to lie to me?"
"I've already told you, as long as I'm around, you can never dream of marrying this woman!"
There was quite a bit of commotion in the room. Someone pushed the door open from the corridor and said, "You're already in the hospital, and you're still so angry."
"If you don't know, you might think that your Nangong family is still in its heyday and the tyrant of City A." Tan Mo looked at the disheveled Nangong Xiong calmly.
His mental state was really bad, his eye sockets and cheeks were very sunken, and his hair had turned a lot whiter. Because he had thrown the water cup with too much force just now, his upper body fell out of the bed.
In order to steady himself, Nangong Xiong had to lean on the edge of the bed.
Xu Xiaonian curled her lips unwillingly, "That's right, your Nangong family is not only bankrupt, but also owes the bank a lot of money. Now there are still women willing to marry your grandson, so you should just be happy."
"The eldest lady of the Jiang family, Qingya is not stupid."
Xu Xiaonian's scolding also included Nangong Lie, but he was in a better mood than Nangong Xiong and comforted him, "Okay, okay, I'm not angry anymore."
"Get out, all of you get out."
Nangong Lie tutted, "Be polite, grandpa."
"This is my boss, Mr. Tan." Nangong Lie pointed at Tan Mo. "Not only do you have no money on hand now, you even owe money. The hospital's expenses are so high, and a lot of it is supported by me working for Mr. Tan."
"If you scold her badly, will I still be able to do my job?" Nangong Lie pulled Xu Xiaonian out, "Since you asked us to leave, then we'll leave first."
The door slammed shut again, leaving only Tan Mo.
"You get out too. Why are you staying here?" Nangong Xiong pointed at Tan Mo and cursed.
"Of course I'm staying here to see you make a fool of yourself." Tan Mo was not angry, but laughed softly instead.
"you……"
"You should have heard what your grandson said just now. I advise you to be polite to me. If I get upset, you won't even be able to afford to stay in this hospital."
Nangong Xiong lowered his fingers unwillingly and averted his gaze. His head stared at the ground like a withered lotus pod in autumn.
"Were you excited to hear that your grandson was going to marry into the Jiang family? But when you heard that the person he was going to marry was Xu Xiaonian, your excitement was in vain."
"Don't you think this routine is very similar to your trick of playing the real and fake daughter?"
"You often play with the fate of ordinary people from a high position. Have you ever thought that one day you will also be played by ordinary people?"
"You must be feeling bad. The fruits of victory were so close, but they were taken away by someone else." Tan Mo laughed. "The Nangong family was defeated by you. It was taken away by someone you once thought was inferior to you. That kind of heartbreaking pain would wake you up even if you were asleep."
"You should really see how ugly you look now."
Nangong Xiong suddenly raised his head and laughed sinisterly a few times. He asked almost crazily, "You are not Tan Mo, who are you?"
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