"Li Ke, Dad isn't here to ask you for money."
Li Yongtai quickly explained.
"Li Ke, Dad has something to ask you. Do you still keep the things your mom gave you when she left?"
Li Ke asked him defensively: "What? My mother didn't leave me any money."
When her mother left the Li family, she did give her a safe. In the safe were the household registration book, the property certificate of the villa they used to live in, some cash, some notes, etc.
Except for the household registration book and real estate certificate taken away by the scumbag father, the cash and notes were still in the safe. When Li Ke fled home with her younger siblings, she also took the safe away. Although there was not much money in it, it was the money her mother gave her.
Li Ke regarded the box as motherly love and treasured it very much.
"It's not money. I told you, Dad didn't come to you today to ask for money. Dad lent money to someone back then, and those two people wrote IOUs to Dad. Dad gave them to your mom for safekeeping. Dad wants you to look for them and see if you can find those two IOUs."
"If I can find that IOU, I can ask them for the money. I want to use that money to start my cardboard box business again. Li Ke, I know I was wrong. I was so wrong that I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness. All I can do is start my business again. If I'm lucky, I can make a comeback and pay off our family's debt."
"Li Ke, Dad promises to pay off all debts during his lifetime."
Li Ke said calmly, "When my mother left, she gave me a box with some IOUs in it. I looked at it and didn't touch it. I put it back in the box. It's been ten years. I wonder if those notes have rotted."
"Your mother has a safe. She gave it to you. Go check and see if the IOUs are there."
Li Ke was silent for a moment, then said, "Wait here for me. I'll go back to the dormitory to check."
"good."
Li Ke turned and left.
Li Yongtai walked to a stone bench and sat down, waiting for Li Ke to come back.
Li Ke returned to his residence.
When her sister-in-law saw her coming back, she asked her, "Big sister, are you off work?"
"No, it was Dad who came again. The eldest young lady asked me to see him. Dad said that someone had borrowed money from him before and gave the IOU to Mom for safekeeping. Mom gave me the box when she left and asked me to look for the IOU."
Hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly asked, "Did Dad tell me how much money others owe him?"
"I didn't ask. Even if I did, I still have to pay back the debt even if I get the money back. From what Dad said, he wants to get the money back and start the cardboard box business again. If Brother Qiang gives him a chance to make a comeback, maybe he can still do it."
Li Yan curled her lips and said, "I don't want him to be rich again. I just want him to be able to pay off all his debts. That way, he'll be like an ordinary person, without money or power. If he becomes rich and powerful, that bad woman will enjoy the benefits."
As children, they even had difficulty asking for living expenses. When that bad woman was in charge of the family, she often withheld their pocket money.
"Sister, hurry up and look for the IOU. If you find it, lie to him and say you didn't find it. We can go collect the debt with the IOU. If we get the money back, it will be just enough for me to use as startup capital."
Li Ke poked his sister's forehead with a smile and said, "Xiao Yan, you are still too naive. I wrote the IOU when Mom was still alive. It's been more than ten years, and the other party hasn't paid back the money. Do you think it's so easy to get the money back?"
"Nowadays, the ones who owe money are the bosses. If you go to ask for money, you have to act like a grandson. Even if you act like a grandson, they may not pay you back. Some people have planned not to pay you back from the moment they borrow money, even if they have money."
Li Yan said unconvincedly, "Can he just take the IOU and ask for the money back?"
Li Ke went into the room. She carried the safe her mother gave her wherever she went.
She took out the small safe from the drawer of the bedside table and opened it with the key she carried with her.
Li Yan and Li Ming came closer and saw some cash and a few notes inside.
Li Ke picked up the notes and opened them, and they were indeed IOUs.
"They both owe Dad money, each owing 500,000 yuan, a total of 1 million yuan."
One million yuan is a huge sum of money for the current Li family.
"Sister, can he really get the money back?"
"Think about what Brother Qiang and his gang are doing. When Dad gets an IOU, he'll tell the person who owes him money that if they don't pay him back, he'll tell Brother Qiang who owes him money and have him collect the debt. Once he gets the money, he'll pay it back to Brother Qiang."
"I think those who owe him money wouldn't dare not pay it back."
Li Ke looked at the debtors, frowned, and said, "Aren't these two debtors the brothers of that bad woman?"
Mrs. Li's mistress has been in power for ten years, so Li Ke naturally knows the names of Mrs. Li's brothers from her mother's side.
"It turns out they've been together for a long time, but Mom was kept in the dark. Dad also started helping that woman's brothers over a decade ago. That family is ungrateful and, thanks to Dad's help, they've become so wealthy in the company."
"Once the Li family went bankrupt, even that bad woman couldn't go back to her parents' home. Her brothers and sisters-in-law treated her like a monster and would just drive her away."
Mrs. Li’s brothers from her mother’s side are now worth at least tens of millions.
He made a fortune by relying on the Li family, but when the Li family got into trouble, he immediately distanced himself from it and even disowned his own sister. He was cruel enough.
"Does it specify the interest rate?"
Li Yan asked, and took the IOU from her sister to look at it.
"It's been written for over ten years. Calculating the interest based on what's written on the IOU, they're going to have to take quite a bit of money, both principal and interest."
Li Ke took the IOU back from his sister and said to his brothers and sisters, "Just focus on your homework and don't worry about anything else. I'll give these two IOUs to him."
As she said this, she locked the safe again, put it back in its original place, and left with the two IOUs.
Li Yongtai was waiting anxiously, wondering if he could still find the IOU, which was the capital for his comeback.
After he was discharged from the hospital, he immediately went to see Brother Qiang, pleaded with him and promised that as long as he could recover the debt and had the capital to make a comeback, he would work hard to run the factory and strive to pay off the money he owed to Brother Qiang as soon as possible.
Brother Qiang thought that the Li Ke sisters were now protected by the Jun family. If Li Yongtai really had to work to pay off his debts, it would be hard to say when he could pay them off. But if Li Yongtai could make a comeback, if everything went well, he would indeed be able to pay off his debts within a few years.
If there is a loss, it will only be the one million yuan that Li Yongtai lost, and the debt he owes to Brother Qiang will still exist.
After careful consideration, Brother Qiang agreed to Li Yongtai's request.
Seeing Li Ke coming back, Li Yongtai stood up suddenly and asked nervously: "Daughter, did you find the IOU?"
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