Two years ago, Tang Zehua tried to salvage the marriage, promising that "everything will be fine as long as we remarry."
Dai Ting refused resolutely at the time, showing considerable backbone. After all, her career was showing signs of improvement that year, and the company was on the verge of securing a new investment... Then, the so-called capital winter arrived. Not only did she lose the investment, but even the business she had painstakingly secured fell through.
"I never thought I would receive a call from you one day."
Listening to her ex-husband's voice, Dai Ting found that she felt much less disgusted with him than before. Perhaps this was the blow of reality?
She could only whisper, "That thing you told me about two years ago... does it still work?"
Tang Zehua: "Of course, my parents even asked me during the Chinese New Year if I could win you back."
"They don't know about you yet?"
Even Dai Ting was slightly surprised when she asked the question. In the past, she would never have said "your business," but rather "your pile of disgusting messy affairs." But now, the way she changed her words was so smooth and natural.
Tang Zehua sighed, "So I'm still very grateful to you. At least you saved me some face and prevented others from finding out..."
Dai Ting couldn't help but stick to her guns: "Because I don't want my daughter to live in that kind of shadow from a young age."
Tang Zehua said self-deprecatingly, "You're right, I should indeed think about my daughter. And not just my daughter, but also my employees, business partners, friends in the business world... I dare not let any of them know, so over the years I have been very careful in choosing people."
She was very careful in choosing her boyfriend, and even went so far as to travel thousands of miles to Chengdu to snatch a man away from her daughter.
Dai Ting wanted to complain, but she managed to hold it in.
She simply said in a low voice, "Then let's remarry."
Tang Zehua paused for a few seconds, then asked, "How's your career going?"
Dai Ting said bitterly, "If my career were going well... no, let alone well, if I could still manage, do you think I would come back?"
Tang Zehua replied without hesitation, "Definitely not. You've always been a stubborn person, for many years now. Unless you're forced into a corner, you would never go back to what you started."
Dai Ting sighed, "If you turn back, it means you weren't stubborn enough."
Tang Zehua smiled and asked, "How much does your company owe right now?"
Dai Ting: "It's a total of more than three million yuan, half of which is personal debt. Bankruptcy won't help. There's nothing I can do. I didn't time things well, my business was terrible, and I stubbornly refused to cut my losses, and now... I accept it."
Tang Zehua's tone suddenly became much more serious: "But you're also lucky. Most entrepreneurs won't have someone like you who can help you pay off your debts."
Dai Ting sighed, "I've already admitted defeat, are you still going to criticize me?"
Tang Zehua: "Okay, then it's settled. I'll make up for it for you. You come back and remarry me, and then go see my parents and fulfill their wishes. You don't need to start any business anymore. It's getting harder and harder to start from scratch now than when I first started. I'll support you."
Dai Ting whispered, "Thank you."
Tang Zehua: "No need to thank me. At this age, we're not living just for ourselves; we also have to think about our families."
Dai Ting: "Yes, I..."
From her hesitant tone, Tang Zehua seemed to sense something unspoken and asked directly, "Do you need something urgently right now?"
Dai Ting swallowed hard and said with some difficulty, "Yes."
Tang Hexing: "Is 300,000 enough?"
Dai Ting: "That should be enough..."
Tang Zehua readily agreed, "Okay, I'll transfer 300,000 to you right now. The rest will be given to you after we complete the formalities."
Dai Ting: "Thank you, that's all for now, goodnight."
"good evening."
After Tang Zehua finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Dai Ting put down her phone.
She stared blankly at herself in the mirror, suddenly feeling that something was missing from her eyes. Was it the urge to prove herself? The desire for entrepreneurial success? Or was it simply a heavy burden?
Suddenly, my phone vibrated. I picked it up and saw it was a bank notification that my money had been deposited into my account.
Three hundred thousand yuan was directly deposited into her personal account.
The moment I saw that string of numbers, the heavy burden that had been weighing on my shoulders for the past few months finally lifted off my shoulders.
She felt that her breathing was much easier.
Dai Ting opened the work group chat, ignoring that it was already midnight, and immediately tagged all her subordinates, sending out a notification:
I've secured a new investment, and everyone will be receiving their salaries soon—everyone, all of them!
The group chat immediately buzzed with activity, with a bunch of people sending emojis like "Thank you, boss." Of course, Dai Ting knew in her heart that these young people had probably complained about her countless times behind her back. Even if she paid them back their owed wages now, it probably wouldn't stop some of them from wanting to switch jobs.
However, it doesn't matter if I switch jobs or this company gradually closes down in the future, it doesn't really matter anyway...
With an unprecedented sense of relief, Dai Ting estimated the amount of salary she needed to pay, which was only a few tens of thousands of yuan. Her debts mainly stemmed from other businesses. However, those debts couldn't be covered by a mere 300,000 yuan; she could only wait until their remarriage was complete and have Lao Tang handle it.
In this way, I still have more than 200,000 yuan left.
Dai Ting transferred 100,000 yuan of it into WeChat, and then opened her daughter Tang Qi's WeChat account.
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The next morning, Tang Qi woke up before eight o'clock.
The girl sat up in bed, looking at the dim light outside the curtains, momentarily lost in thought. The alarm clock hadn't gone off, so why was she up so early today? She only got to eat Xiaodie's breakfast every day because of the alarm clock…
Tang Qi subconsciously groped around the pillow, found her phone, picked it up, turned on the screen, and suddenly froze.
She saw the WeChat transfer notification.
Upon opening it again, she saw that it was money transferred from her mother, with a string of zeros following the number 1. Tang Qi's breathing immediately became much heavier, and she quickly rubbed her eyes with her free hand, carefully counting the money.
"One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand yuan? No, no, where did she get the money?"
Tang Qi was about to make a call to ask for clarification when she suddenly noticed a message from her mother above the transfer record.
"Your father and I are getting remarried. You can use the money he gave me for now."
The girl was stunned as she read this passage.
After a while, tears suddenly welled up in her big, round eyes. Tang Qi blinked blankly, and tears involuntarily slid down her cheeks, leaving two clear streaks.
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