The next morning, Aunt Cao rushed to the hospital in a panic, her face looking extremely pale.
When Chu Yu went out, he saw her and asked with a half-smile, "Aunt Cao, where are you going?"
Aunt Cao was stunned. She always felt that this brat knew everything, as if she was controlling everything behind the scenes. She knew about Cao Gang and Liu Mingying's affair, knew that Qian Daqiang wanted to settle accounts with Cao Gang, and knew that Cao Gang's manhood had been destroyed.
But then she thought that she was probably just overthinking things. Chu Yu was just a little girl. What ability did she have to control all of this?
Cao Gang's lover is a local, and has absolutely no connection with Chu Yu. Chu Yu's reaction was probably just a coincidence; she couldn't possibly have known about Cao Gang beforehand.
Aunt Cao forced a smile, too ashamed to tell Chu Yu about her son becoming a cripple, and only said dryly:
"My relative is in the hospital, I'm going to visit."
"Then please take care." Chu Yu gave an exceptionally sweet smile.
The more Aunt Cao thought about it, the more she felt that she shouldn't have provoked this little vixen. If Cao Gang hadn't provoked Shu Hui, Cao Xueying hadn't provoked Dai Donglin, and their Cao family hadn't provoked this jinx, they wouldn't be in such a terrible situation!
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that all the misfortunes in her family were brought about by this mother and her three daughters.
Zhou Fangchun's mutual aid society defrauded 100 million yuan, and she also got involved in a case involving real and fake police officers. This was used as an achievement by Luo Kangcheng for publicity.
The National Evening News interviewed him and, with the help of experts, explained in detail the fraudulent model of the mutual aid society. This new type of fraud, called a "Ponzi scheme," entered the public eye for the first time.
Many people only then realized that so-called private lending and syndicated loans were all scams. They wanted the interest from the syndicate leader, but the syndicate leader wanted their principal. This kind of lending would inevitably collapse in the future.
The report shocked the nation and sparked considerable discussion among the public.
Meanwhile, Zhou Jian'an, who was far away in the port city, also received today's newspaper.
He had someone bring this from Guangdong Province. He was closely following domestic newspapers, hoping to see if the matter of the mutual aid society would be resolved, whether Zhou Fangchun would take the blame for him, and whether he would be able to return to China after he made money in the future.
Today's newspaper headline was about the mutual aid society. Zhou Jian'an's hands trembled as he held the newspaper. It took him nearly half an hour to read the report several times before he could extract a few key pieces of information.
First, Zhou Fangchun confessed, but she only confessed to her own crimes. The fact that Zhou Jian'an took half the funds and fled to Hong Kong has already been clearly stated in the reports. He has a criminal record in China, making it impossible for him to enter the country freely in the future; returning to the mainland will likely be very difficult for him in this lifetime.
Secondly, Zhou Fangchun had actually committed murder. Zhou Jian'an had initially hired someone to stop Zhou Fangchun, only intending to detain her for a few days to delay her escape to Hong Kong. However, he never expected that the petty thug would impersonate a policeman and be accidentally killed by Zhou Fangchun. Even though Zhou Jian'an hoped Zhou Fangchun would go to jail, he never intended to frame her for murder. Driving his own sister into becoming a murderer deeply affected Zhou Jian'an.
Thirdly, the police officer handling the case was Luo Kangcheng from Deyang. Zhou Jian'an knew this man's name; Luo Kangcheng was a household name in Deyang. Everyone knew about his miraculous recovery after becoming a vegetable. They knew how brave he was and how he spoke up for the people. But he never expected that Luo Kangcheng would go to Beijing, and that the case they committed in Beijing would ultimately fall into Luo Kangcheng's hands.
Life is truly wondrous; after all the twists and turns, it seems we've returned to where we started.
Zhou Jian'an sat on a chair by the river with mixed feelings, looking at Fei Xiang's "Seabirds," missing his sister who was in prison far away, his mother whose whereabouts were unknown, his father who was paralyzed in bed back home, and his life with Zhou Chufei in the port city.
After arriving in Hong Kong, Zhou Jianan lived in Kowloon Walled City.
This area was originally under the jurisdiction of the Qing government, but unfortunately, due to war, the government was too busy to take care of it, and the Royal Police, who occupied Hong Kong, had no jurisdiction. Later, Kowloon Walled City gradually developed into a "no man's land" that was neither under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government nor under the jurisdiction of the British Hong Kong government.
Kowloon Walled City was a melting pot of all sorts of people, a gathering place for many gangs. All sorts of people did there: murder, robbery, drug use, gambling... nothing was new. Many criminals lived there, and there were also quite a few like Zhou Jian'an, who had committed crimes and fled from the mainland.
The crowded houses and tangled electrical wires of Kowloon Walled City were just like Zhou Jian'an's chaotic life.
He had committed crimes in mainland China, and he absolutely did not want to experience that kind of relationship in Hong Kong. He had already made up his mind to start anew and, once he had money, fabricate a new identity and return home in glory.
Zhou Jian'an investigated many industries and finally settled on the home appliance industry.
In the suburbs of the port city, there is an old home appliance factory that produces small home appliances such as electric fans and ceiling fans. Nowadays, foreign electric fans have entered the port city market, and air conditioners have also become popular in the port city. Outdated electric fans and ceiling fans are no longer popular.
The appliance factory's business was gradually declining, and the owner's wife wanted to immigrate abroad, so she wanted to sell the factory while it was still making some money.
The business has reached this point, and now no one is willing to take it over.
It's common knowledge that profitable businesses don't change hands. If the appliance factory were truly profitable, why would the owner's wife be willing to sell her cash cow to someone else?
Ultimately, this business is not easy. Fewer and fewer people in the port city are buying electric fans. In addition, electric fans are durable; a fan can last for ten years without breaking down.
People who buy an electric fan rarely buy a second one. At this rate of replacement, the market in the port city has long been saturated. Where is there any business to be done?
Everyone was pessimistic, and Mao Xia certainly wasn't either. She stared at the dilapidated appliance factory, watching the workers toiling shirtless, and felt utterly disgusted.
"Uncle, are you sure this factory can make money? Look at this power plant, it's dilapidated and it has to support hundreds of workers. Wages are high in the port city. After deducting wages, how much money can you make just by selling electric fans?"
Zhou Jian'an, however, thought differently. "Although the profit margin of home appliance factories is not as high as that of real estate, with our savings, we simply don't have the money to invest in real estate. We can only start with small businesses; that's the safest approach. You're right, the electric fan market in Hong Kong is saturated, but so what? If we can't sell them in Hong Kong, we'll sell them to North America and Southeast Asia, or even back to China. There are always places in the world where people don't need air conditioning or can't afford it. There's still a market for electric fans."
Mao Xia didn't know how to do business. Her mother gave her more than 30 million yuan in funds. She listened to her mother and kept it a secret. Nobody believed her.
Even her uncle Zhou Jian'an was a threat to Mao Xia, who feared that he might try to take advantage of her money.
She didn't want to get involved in the same business deal as Zhou Jian'an.
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