C99 crumbling (1/2)
The truth was just as Shi Xingcan had guessed. Qu Family who had lost his Crooked Father was already on the verge of collapse.
It was less than a month since the death of Crooked Father.
Shi Xingcan who had gotten the news could only sigh at the sky outside the window. Qu Family no longer had anything to do with her.
”Mommy! Look! ” Xiao Baozi happily walked to his side holding his mobile phone and picture book, ”Jiang Xiaopang's little brother is born! I drew a picture of him! ”
Shi Xingcan took over the thick picture book. Last month, Qin Yanmo registered with him as a painter, so Xiao Baozi's painting skills were no longer as frightening as before.
At least now he could see that he was drawing a man.
”Auntie Li! Come and see my brother! ” Jiang Xiaopang shouted excitedly.
He and Xiao Baozi would video chat everyday, and gradually, they became familiar with each other.
When Jiang Xiaopang's mother's baby was born, he and Xiao Baozi could only look at her stomach in anticipation.
”Jiang Anxiang, wake your brother up, be careful or I'll beat you up!” Little Fatty's father's voice came from the room next door, it wasn't very clear.
”Your voice is clearly louder than mine!” Jiang Xiaopang retorted unhappily.
Shi Xingcan did not know whether to laugh or cry, and reminded her: ”Little Fatty, I got the reverse number on my phone.”
I only saw your big round face. I didn't see your brother.
Jiang Xiaopang stared at his phone for more than ten seconds, before he exclaimed in realization.
Then, a small wrinkled pink child appeared in Shi Xingcan's line of sight.
Xiao Baozi curiously opened his eyes wide, and asked Shi Xingcan in a small voice: ”Why is he so ugly? Little Flower's sisters are all very cute. ”
Shi Xingcan rubbed his head and said smilingly: ”All children are like this when they are born. In the future, they will be as cute as Little Flower's little sister.”
Xiao Baozi nodded as if he understood something. Then, he heard Jiang Xiaopang's extremely arrogant voice: ”Is he very ugly? My mother always said I was cuter than he was! ”
Shi Xingcan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
”When he is cuter than me, I will already have grown up. At that time, being handsome will be my standard.” Jiang Xiaopang reasoned.
Xiao Baozi moved closer to the screen and asked Jiang Xiaopang: ”Is little brother fun?”
Just as Shi Xingcan wanted to explain that her brother wasn't someone to play with, Jiang Xiaopang said excitedly: ”It's fun! I poke him in the stomach and he cries! ”
”Jiang Xiaopang! You are not allowed to poke your little brother in the stomach! ”
Jiang Xiaopang curled his lips, and said in a small voice: ”I'll poke it out for you to see next time.”
Xiao Baozi opened his eyes wide and looked at the crumpled up child on the screen: ”Does he smell it?”
”It's salty and smelly!” Jiang Xiaopang looked at his with disdain, and muttered, ”It's like I just fished out of a pigsty.”
”Jiang Xiaopang!”
”The smell of the sea!” Jiang Xiaopang immediately explained.
Shi Xingcan laughed, thinking that it would be great if her own child could be as cute as Jiang Xiaopang in the future.
Following the violent trembling of the image, Shi Xingcan saw Jiang Xiaopang's round face and his sharp cry of a baby.
”Jiang Anxiang!” Did you drop your cell phone in the crib again! ”
”No!” Jiang Xiaopang immediately denied it and tiptoed to take out his phone. However, his hands were weak, and after a long while, he could only touch the baby's face.
Shi Xingcan hugged Xiao Baozi and watched Jiang Xiaopang's hands shake uncontrollably with a face full of black lines.
Following the sound of his father cursing as he opened the door, the video was cut off.
Shi Xingcan did not know whether to laugh or cry, and asked: ”Will Little Fatty be beaten up?”
”Nope.” Xiao Baozi shook his head, ”He said that he only knows how to take scoldings and not get beaten up.”
Shi Xingcan used her hands to prop herself up, looked at the sky, touched the sparkling diamond ring on her finger and muttered: ”Why isn't your father back yet?”
Qin Yanmo had been very busy recently. Although the Qu Family had gone bankrupt, the company he was working with was extremely popular. Under the operation of the Crooked Father, the company had a complete economic chain.
Qin Yanmo had previously acquired a large amount of retail shares in the Qu Family, and it was a good opportunity to take over the Qu Family. Otherwise, after the Qu Family was declared bankrupt, he would have to participate in the court auction to buy the company that owned the Qu Family.
The things in the court are not cheap.
What was even more anxious was kohlrabi fructus. Crooked Father had struggled for a lifetime for the company, no matter how foolish she was, he did not lose sight of this big picture.
Unfortunately, she had borrowed all her relatives and friends, but none of them were willing to help her. The 'little sisters' from before, who had come to suppress Shi Xingcan, either didn't accept her call on purpose, or just directly said that they had no money.
”Second Sister, as long as you are willing to lend me money, I can guarantee that I will pay you back twice the amount next year!” kohlrabi fructus shouted anxiously into the phone. She and Crooked Father's life's work was about to fall into someone else's hands.
”Sister, it's not that I don't want to lend it to you, it's just that my family really can't afford to lend it to you.”
kohlrabi fructus wiped the tears off her eyes and said with a trembling voice: ”Second sister, tell me the truth, why are you unwilling to lend me the money?”
Hearing the decisiveness in her words, Qu Zhong's Second Aunt carefully advised: ”Sister, don't do anything stupid.”
”I won't do anything stupid. Just be straightforward. No one else has lent me any money. I won't just hate you.”
Qu Zhong's Second Aunt hesitated and said: ”If your Old Qu is still here, borrowing money shouldn't be a problem, but once he leaves … How dare we give the money to Qu Zhong? ”
”You don't believe Little Zhong?” kohlrabi fructus frowned, anger and disbelief in her eyes: ”My family's Little Zhong graduated from a famous university!”