Chapter 212
In this world, some people live happily ever after, while others are overwhelmed with troubles.
When Han Bonan heard the voice on the phone saying "Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable, sorry, the number..." for the umpteenth time, he kicked his desk hard.
The sturdy table remained unmoved, but a sharp pain immediately shot through his foot.
"Damn it!" Han Bonan cursed, jumping up and down on one foot in pain.
The assistant, who had been holding his breath the whole time, quickly stepped forward to support his arm and helped him to sit down in the boss's chair: "Mr. Han, are you alright?"
"I have something to say!" Han Bonan threw his phone on the table and slammed it down so hard that the phone bounced. "Have you asked Li Pan? Why hasn't the second payment arrived yet? We can't contact the middleman. What are they trying to do!"
Li Pan is his current wife. She holds a leisurely position at the company, but she rarely comes to work.
The assistant said timidly, "Mr. Han, I asked, but Sister Li said you shouldn't worry, since it's not time yet, and the other party will definitely transfer the money on time."
Han Bonan asked suspiciously, "Then why can't we contact the middleman?"
The assistant said, "Sister Li said the middleman is currently in Africa and cannot be contacted."
When the contract was signed, the middleman did say that his business covered the globe and that he frequently traveled abroad.
Han Bonan felt a little relieved.
His gaze fell on the folder next to him, which contained his newly signed contract. It was introduced by Li Pan's friend as an intermediary, and the partner was a rising international brand.
Han Bonan was still worried, so he had his assistant check it out. The other party was developing very rapidly in the domestic market and this time they specifically wanted to export their products. There were no problems with the brand qualifications.
Besides, Li Pan wouldn't betray herself, would she? They're husband and wife, they're one, they even have a child together.
Han Bonan thought of the son his wife had already given birth to and the second child she was pregnant with, and his suspicions were dispelled.
But he was still a little impatient and complained to his assistant: "We agreed that we would transfer the money a few days in advance each time to make it easier to do the accounting. But now, after signing the contract, things have changed."
The assistant offered a few words of advice.
Han Bonan complained about Li Pan again, "Did she go to get a beauty treatment and manicure again? I told her before to cut back on those things, they're bad for the fetus, but she wouldn't listen."
The assistant didn't know how to respond, so he remained silent.
Han Bonan cursed a couple of times, then, finding it pointless, picked up his car keys from the table and instructed, "I'm going to Huanyuan. If Li Pan asks, you know what to say."
Huanyuan is the name of a residential complex where his latest mistress, a female college student, lives.
The girl was unaware that he was already married and had a family. She thought she had met a handsome older man and was captivated by his mature resume and generous spending.
Han Bonan was well-versed in the ways of keeping a mistress. He knew he could spend money on women as he pleased, buying them overpriced designer clothes and bags, and renting expensive luxury apartments, but he would never give them any fixed assets that could appreciate in value.
He enjoys playing romantic games with his naive and foolish young lover.
The assistant, who knew a lot about his private life, quickly replied, "If Sister Li asks, I'll just say you have a social engagement."
Han Bonan straightened his tie in front of the mirror, shook his head from side to side, examined himself with satisfaction, and then strode away.
After he left, his assistant went downstairs to buy a coffee, and then took the opportunity to make a phone call from a corner out of the surveillance cameras.
"Hey, Sister Li, he believed it. Yes, he's gone to Huanyuan now and shouldn't leave until after nine o'clock tomorrow. Okay, I'll go do it right away."
...
The next morning at 10 o'clock, Han Bonan arrived at the company late and found that his assistant was sick and had taken the day off. He didn't care and casually asked someone else to temporarily do his work.
He held two long meetings, instructed the finance department to urge the overseas companies to make payments, gave a perfunctory response to Li Pan's complaint that he wasn't coming home, and then went to a high-end club with his old friends for a night of fun.
Two days passed uneventfully. On the fourth day at noon, he finally remembered that today was the agreed-upon day for the payment. The money should have arrived by now, right?
Han Bonan called the finance department over for questioning, but the finance department said, "Mr. Han, I was just looking for you. The remittance that was supposed to arrive hasn't arrived yet."
"What? You haven't transferred the money yet?" Han Bonan said angrily. "What's going on? Did you contact the person who made the request?"
The finance person said, "I tried all the ways they could contact me, but I couldn't get through to them. I couldn't even get through to Sister Li."
Han Bonan was taken aback, then realized something was wrong: "I can't get through to Li Pan on the phone?"
He wanted to ask his assistant, Li Pan, what she had been doing lately, only to discover that she hadn't come to work for the past few days.
His heart sank. He immediately called home, and the nanny told him that Li Pan had left three days ago and had not returned.
Han Bonan hurriedly asked, "Where's the child?"
The nanny said in surprise, "Don't you know? The child went out with his mother. I even heard the child call you and call for his father before leaving."
Han Bonan felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
He hasn't spoken to Li Pan on the phone at all these past few days. Li Pan must have had the child pretend to call him to deceive the nanny.
Even now, he still couldn't believe that this was a trap set by Li Pan and his assistant. He rushed home with a glimmer of hope, only to find that the safe was empty and all the valuables were gone.
Han Bonan was dumbfounded.
His mind went blank, and no matter how much he refused to believe it, there was nothing he could do. He completely lost his strength and collapsed to the ground.
His phone rang, but he answered it blankly without even looking at it.
But a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Darling, are you looking for me? I'm already abroad, hehe. But since we're husband and wife, I won't force you to die. I left you a card under your pillow with 100,000 yuan in it, enough for you to escape."
Li Pan!
Han Bonan jumped up and shouted hoarsely, "Why! Why did you do this!"
What he couldn't understand was why Li Pan, who could have been a good wife to President Han, would betray him and conspire with her assistant to swindle his money and run away.
Li Pan exclaimed in surprise, "So you didn't know that?"
Han Bonan's eyelids twitched violently: "What should I know?"
Li Pan chuckled twice and said, "Of course it's about the child becoming less and less like you as they grow up."
The assistant's voice followed: "Mr. Han, thank you for helping me raise my child."
With a click, the call ended.
Han Bonan recalled what the nanny had said about the child talking to his father on the phone, and it turned out he really was the child's father...
He clutched his phone, his face flushed crimson, staggered a couple of steps, and then collapsed to the floor, clutching his heart.
Before he completely lost consciousness, he remembered his ex-wife's cold gaze and the prophetic words that came across time when they divorced.
"Han Bonan, you'll get your comeuppance sooner or later."
turn out to be.
Is this retribution?
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