Seeing Zhou Chengzhi's denial, Xiang Pengfei realized that no matter how someone tries to hide their lies, they will eventually be exposed. He didn't expose Zhou Chengzhi further, but instead said, "Brother, please allow me to call you that one last time. You'd better be more careful in the future and not be so reckless. When I come back from Shanghai and divorce Yuxiang, we'll have nothing to do with each other anymore. If I ever see you hurt my aunt's family again, I'd rather die with you than let you go!"
Zhou Chengzhi chuckled awkwardly and said, "Alright! You still have to go to Shanghai for your uncle's surgery, I know what I'm doing, so don't worry about going!"
Xiang Pengfei then left Zhou Chengzhi's office, went to the newsstand across from the movie theater, and said to Lin Dongzhe, "Lin Dongzhe!"
Lin Dongzhe, who was attending to customers, turned to Xiang Pengfei and said, "What's wrong, brother?"
"I'm going to Shanghai these few days, and my aunt's family is counting on you. There are four people in the family, and three of them need to be taken care of, so please take good care of them!"
Lin Dongzhe asked, puzzled, "Brother, what are you going to Shanghai for? Is it a business trip?"
"No, my dad needs stent surgery. I have to get him to Shanghai for treatment. We can't cure him here!"
"Go to Shanghai! The cost of living there is high; this illness will cost at least 100,000 to 200,000 yuan!"
"I just borrowed 50,000 from Zhou Chengzhi, I hope it will be enough!"
"Brother, do you have a bank card and passbook?"
"What's the matter?"
"My cousin Ada promised to lend me 80,000 yuan. Here, I'll lend it to you to tide you over!"
"I'm so sorry!"
"We're all brothers, isn't this what we should do?"
"OK!"
Xiang Pengfei took out his bank card and had Lin Dongzhe write down the card number before he prepared to leave.
Just as he got into the car and turned the key to start it, he saw Huang Zijuan hurriedly get out of the car and greet Xiang Pengfei.
Xiang Pengfei stuck his head out of the window and asked, "What's wrong, sis?"
Huang Zijuan jogged over and said, "I've got the property certificate ready. Have Xiaoting put it away, then let's go back to the hospital!"
"Sure!"
Huang Zijuan handed a file folder to Lin Dongzhe and said, "Give this to Xiaoting. Tell her to hide it well this time, so it doesn't get lost again!"
"Okay, sis, don't worry, I'll definitely put it away safely!"
Huang Zijuan handed the property certificate to Lin Dongzhe, then turned and got into Xiang Pengfei's car. The two headed straight for the hospital.
After seeing Xiang Pengfei off, Zhou Chengzhi suddenly became somewhat melancholy.
At this moment, Wu Shanshan came out of the bedroom and said to Zhou Chengzhi, who had his head down, "Go ahead and cause trouble! The money we finally managed to get back is now being squandered. Let's see when you can shut up!"
Zhou Chengzhi turned to look at Wu Shanshan, shrugged, and said, "What can I do? My brother-in-law is asking for money, you can't refuse!"
"Didn't you hear Pengfei say that Yuxiang wants a divorce? If they get divorced, what does it have to do with us anymore!"
"Don't forget, he has two pieces of evidence against me. Even without that relationship, I can't ignore it. If I'm sued, I'll be in jail!"
"Alright! I won't hold it against you anymore, let's just forget about it. So how much money do we have left?"
"Seventeen thousand!"
"You'd better keep an eye on this money, or we'll go bankrupt and the baby won't have any formula!"
"I understand, honey. I'll make sure this money is safe, I can't let it go any less!"
Wu Shanshan sat down next to Zhou Chengzhi, rested her head on his shoulder, and prepared to say a few words of comfort to him.
Then there was another knock on the office door.
Zhou Chengzhi and Wu Shanshan both looked towards the door. Wu Shanshan said, "Who is this again? Is it someone asking for money again?"
Zhou Chengzhi said somewhat guiltily, "Impossible, right? Even if it were money, don't worry, I will never lend it out again!"
After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, he stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and saw who it was. His heart sank immediately.
The person who arrived was none other than Zhao Hujiang, the deputy factory director.
Upon seeing Zhao Hujiang, Zhou Chengzhi smiled and nodded, saying, "Brother, what brings you here again?"
"What? Can't I come?"
"Yes, yes, what brings you here?"
"To tell you the truth, I was robbed yesterday, and my money was stolen!"
"Yes, really? That's a bit tragic!"
Seeing that the other party wasn't surprised and even seemed a little afraid of seeing him, Zhao Hujiang couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy. But he still said, "Can I come in and talk?"
Zhou Chengzhi then realized that talking to someone at the door was extremely impolite, so he quickly invited Zhao Hujiang into the office.
As soon as Zhao Hujiang sat down on the sofa, he said, "It's like this, Boss Zhou, yesterday I didn't take 100,000 yuan from you, no, it was 110,000 yuan!"
"Yes, it's our cooperation fund, and it's also what I should give you as a token of my respect!"
"But the money was stolen. Although I reported it to the police, there were no clues and it was difficult to solve the case, so I naturally couldn't get the money back. But my second daughter is still waiting for surgery in the hospital. After thinking it over, I can only ask you for money!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chengzhi knew he was doomed. He would really have to pay the money today; otherwise, his plan would likely fall through!
Zhou Chengzhi thought for a moment, then pretended to be troubled and said, "Brother, to be honest, I want the development rights for our cotton mill, but I really don't have much start-up capital!"
"If you don't have much money, what do you need development rights for? You can't accomplish anything significant with less than 100,000. Don't tell me you're trying to get something for nothing!"
"this,,!"
"How about this, Mr. Zhou? We talked about profit sharing last time, but now I don't want any profit sharing. Just lend me 100,000 yuan, and I'll give you all the development rights and not worry about anything else. Is that okay?"
"But I really don't have that much money!"
How much can you lend me?
"At most 30,000!"
Zhou Chengzhi wanted to give him the stolen money, which was the last 30,000 yuan, so that he could pretend that he had not suffered any loss. So he immediately said 30,000 yuan.
Zhao Hujiang stared intently at Zhou Chengzhi, looking into his eyes, and said, "Could you add a little more, fifty thousand? That way I can borrow some more from others!"
"I'm sorry, Brother Zhao, this is all I can take, it's my limit!"
"Okay, I'll write you a note, consider it a loan from me!"
"Brother, no need. I know you're in trouble, I definitely don't need to pay it back!"
"No, one thing at a time. You can't just borrow money and not pay it back."
Zhou Chengzhi then took out the 30,000 yuan from the drawer, handed it to Zhao Hujiang, and said, "Brother, count it?"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hujiang didn't count the money. Instead, he looked at the serial numbers on the banknotes and said, "Brother, the money you gave me this time and the money you gave me last time are both new banknotes, and the serial numbers are consecutive!"
Zhou Chengzhi smiled again to cover his embarrassment and said, "Yes, I like to store new banknotes, so I specifically asked the bank to give me consecutive new banknotes!"
"Really? That's wonderful! I also like new banknotes so I can collect them, but unfortunately I need them urgently!"
"If you like it, that's easy. Once the project is finished, I'll give you a box of new banknotes!"
"Okay, thank you. Could you give me an IOU for 30,000?"
"This...isn't necessary?"
Go ahead and hit me! I'll definitely pay you back!
Seeing Zhao Hujiang's sincere demeanor, Zhou Chengzhi took out paper and pen and quickly wrote down an IOU for 30,000 yuan.
After watching him finish writing, Zhao Hujiang pushed the banknotes in front of Zhou Chengzhi and said, "Write down the serial number too!"
Zhou Chengzhi asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's going on?"
"It's nothing, just something to keep as a memento. It's one of my quirks!"
In order to get rid of Zhao Hujiang as soon as possible, Zhou Chengzhi had no choice but to comply. He wrote down the numbers of the first and last bills of each stack of money on a piece of paper and handed the money to Zhao Hujiang.
Zhao Hujiang picked up the IOU and the 30,000 yuan, got up and left.
Zhou Chengzhi hurriedly got up to see Zhao Hujiang off, but when he reached the door, Zhao Hujiang had already left without saying goodbye to him.
Zhou Chengzhi, who was walking to the door, was very puzzled. He turned around and saw a brand new banknote on the spot where Zhao Hujiang had been sitting. He quickly picked it up and looked at it. He immediately understood everything and was dumbfounded.
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