182 Yes or No (1/2)
Ten seconds later, the phone started ringing again.
Jin Chonglin thought of ignoring it but thinking of the consequences, he still decided to answer the phone. If he ignored Fan Luo's call, she would likely call him nonstop. Worse, she might decide to storm his house.
When he picked up the call, he hadn't even said anything yet before hearing her crying loudly.
”Big Brother Lin, I'm so sorry! I just feel so upset about what's happening to my family. Please don't be mad at me!” She sobbed hard.
His heart softened a bit. Although she frequently got on his nerves, he couldn't just discard the fact that he watched her grow up from a little girl to a woman.
Sighing, he told her in a gentler voice, ”Alright. Don't cry anymore.”
She cried some more before calming down. The she asked, ”Can I ask a favour?”
”What favour?”
”It's like this… Can you speak to Elder Brother Liwei? My dad, brothers and uncles don't mind the proposals he rejected anymore. Honestly! It's just that…there's this business project that our company really wants to participate in. My father says that we need this project to grow our company to the next level.”
”Is it a Jin Corporation project?” he asked.
”No.”
He frowned, confused. ”Then why do you need me to talk to my brother when it's not even his business project?”
”It's because ever since Jin Corporation rejected our last proposals, other companies started snubbing us. Even though Jin Corporation is not directly involved in this upcoming business project, the ones involved have connections with Jin Corporation. All we need is a good word from Elder Brother Liwei. Although he doesn't want to work with us anymore, that doesn't mean that he'll stop us from working with others, right? Please, Big Brother Lin! Can you talk to him? This is really important to my family!”
Jin Chonglin hesitated. ”I need to think about this first.”
”Big Brother Lin, please! I'm begging you!”
”Have you talked to my mother about this yet?”
”We did. Both Mom and I talked to Auntie. She said that she already tried talking to Elder Brother Liwei but he won't do anything. That's why I'm asking you, Big Brother Lin. Please do this for me! Or even just for the sake of our dead baby!”
He immediately scowled. ”Xiao Luo! We already talked about this. I told you not to use the child you miscarried like this.”
She started crying again. ”I know. I'm sorry. I'm just still so depressed over my miscarriage. Big Brother Lin, I want a baby!”
His lips pressed together into a thin line. ”We're not going to talk about this right now.”
”But I really want a baby. Mom and Auntie are also looking forward to a grandchild.”
”Xiao Luo!”
”Fine. I'll stop but I hope that you won't forget that we have a dead baby. Even if you don't want to talk about it, you can't erase that part of our past.”
Jin Chonglin massaged his temples. Lin Dong poured him a cup of orange juice. He nodded his thanks to his manager before drinking.
”Alright,” he said, sighing. ”I'll try talking to my brother.”
”Really? Thank you!”
”But don't get your hopes up. If even our mother can't persuade him, there's even less chance that he'll listen to me.”
”Please just try!”
He sighed again. ”Okay.”
”Thank you, Big Brother Lin! I love you so much!”