kvmb Chapter 25 Surely I can't go to jail?
Chapter 25 Surely I can't go to jail?
Lu He and Xia Lan finally officially became roommates. However, Xia Lan insisted on paying rent. Lu He couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she had to let Xia Lan take care of Xiao Hua's living expenses as a contribution to the family and offset the rent.
Lu He prepared a room just for Xia Lan, filled with cushions and dolls, pink bed curtains, and the entire room was painted like a princess's bedroom in a fairy tale.
Xia Lan was overjoyed when she received this gift. She had been away from home for so many years that she had almost forgotten what her room looked like when she was a child, but the room that Lu He had arranged for her was indeed as close as possible to the room she had when she lived in the villa as a child.
Surprised and astonished, she turned around, wondering how Wen Shiyu knew what her childhood room looked like.
Lu He didn't intend to explain, but simply smiled and put a finger to her lips in a shushing gesture, indicating that she shouldn't ask any more questions.
Of course, there was no way to explain to her that I had seen those images in the system.
Xia Lan walked over and lay down on the soft bed, savoring the scent of home from her childhood. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath of the sun-kissed air on the bed. Her mind was filled with images of warm, sunny mornings streaming into their little courtyard, her mother smiling at her from the doorway.
Lu He tactfully left the room, gently closing the door behind her. She knew that at this moment, Xia Lan would prefer to be alone for a while, to immerse herself in her memories.
She had other things to take care of, so she turned and walked to the balcony, where she called the ever-reliable Xiao Yang. After a brief conversation, she hung up, satisfied, and casually took a white trench coat from the coat rack and put it on.
"Justin, tell Xiaolan when she comes out that I'll be back for dinner tonight."
Duanmu Cong was rushed home in a hurry. Not knowing why, he had just entered the house when Chairman Duanmu, who was also his father, threw a stack of documents at his face.
He looked up at his father's furious, bristling face, bent down to pick up the documents and examined them carefully. They were all photocopies of the contracts he and Erikson had signed, as well as a photocopy of the contract for Wen Yiming to take over the factory, a photocopy of the factory's equity transfer agreement, along with the accompanying financial transaction records between Duanmu Group and the factory, and the court notice that the factory was currently being urged to go bankrupt.
"Oh no!" Duanmu Cong exclaimed in alarm. The old man already knew, and now he had no authority to handle the matter.
He hesitated for a moment: "Dad..."
Chairman Duanmu was furious: "How dare you call me Dad? Don't you want to see what kind of low-level mistake you've made?"
Duanmu Cong lowered his head, but he still wanted to try: "Dad, I can handle this..."
"What are you going to do about it! Just sue Wen Yiming! Make the Wen family compensate me for all my losses!"
"Dad, if we do this, Wen Yiming will go to jail!" Duanmu Cong felt a pang of guilt.
"He deserves it! Wake up!" The old father, looking utterly exasperated, pounded his cane with rage. "Look what you've been ripped off! This is commercial fraud! When he was cheating you, did he even think about you? Did he think about the losses my Duanmu Group would suffer?"
"Dad...no..." Duanmu Cong lowered his head and his momentum weakened.
"Hmph, this is the Wen family's revenge. Back then, you refused the engagement and embarrassed them on the spot. I knew they wouldn't let it go!" The old chairman then lectured Duanmu Cong: "They are heartless, so don't blame us for being unjust! You are always too soft-hearted when you shouldn't be!"
Lu He rushed back to the Wen family home without stopping, waiting for Wen Yiming to come back and ask for help. Sure enough, as soon as the car entered the villa's yard, he saw Wen Yiming's car already parked in his spot in the garage.
Lu He curled his lips in disdain. Sure enough, everything was going according to my plan. The goal of this comic was just around the corner.
She had just parked her car and hadn't even stepped inside when she heard a series of arguments erupting from inside the house.
"Yes! I'm useless! But you're going to send me to jail?" It was Wen Yiming's voice.
"You unfilial son, you deserve to go in and reflect on your actions for betraying the family!" It was the voice of Wen's father in a fit of anger.
Lu He stopped and frowned. It seemed that her father was really angry this time, but she wasn't really going to send him to prison. She was hoping that he would turn against the male lead and watch them fight each other.
So she cleared her throat and called Wen's mother: "Mom! Where are you? Something terrible has happened at home. You have to come back and stop it, it's terrible!" She knew that if someone came out to stop it and give them a way out, Wen's father would be able to give in. After all, he couldn't really send his son to jail.
Soon, Wen's mother rushed back in a panic: "Oh dear, what happened? Xiaoyu, why are you standing outside? Why did you and your son start arguing as soon as I left?"
"Mom, Duanmu Group sued my brother. If he can't pay the compensation, he'll go to jail..." Lu He pretended to be very concerned and even shed a few crocodile tears.
"Oh no! What should we do? Is it that the master won't budge?" As expected of Madam Wen, she guessed right every time.
“Yes, so you need to go in and give them a way out. When you go in, just promise to use your savings to help him compensate. Anyway, Dad is just being stubborn. He will still give the money in the end, but it will be given in your name. He's just too proud to admit it.” Lu He finished speaking to Wen’s mother concisely and urged her to go in and save face.
Lu He knew that Wen's father wanted to use this opportunity to teach his son a lesson, but he certainly wouldn't really let him go to jail. The police would come early tomorrow morning to take Wen Yiming to cooperate with the investigation. It seemed that Wen's father would let him stay in there for two days before agreeing to the compensation. Although the compensation was only eight million, Wen's father wouldn't cover the hole for him without letting the kid learn a lesson.