Obediently, Ning Ran accepted the call.
“Ran, where are you?”
“Get straight to the point,” she said in a neutral tone.
“I want to see you.”
“It’s too late so it’s not very convenient for me. Just say what you want.”
“Well, the thing is, I received a call from the courthouse today informing me that they’re going to auction off our old house. I was wondering if you still wanted that house. If you do, you should buy it. You could keep it as a souvenir or something.”
“That’s my mother’s house! How could you have mortgaged it off?”
“I didn’t have a choice! The company was bankrupt so the only thing I could do was mortgage the house. The bank is filing a lawsuit now. That’s why they’re auctioning the house. I thought I should let you know...”
Ning Ran hung up, unwilling to listen to him anymore.
Once again, grief threatened to swallow her whole.
“What’s wrong?” Nan Chen queried in concern.
“Ning Ziqiang says that Mom’s house is going to be auctioned off. He mortgaged it to the bank. The house... I can’t even keep the house...”
She choked up, unable to continue speaking.
Nan Chen knitted his brows. After a while, he said, “Stop thinking about all this and go to sleep.”
“Sorry for affecting your mood as well. I didn’t mean to.”
“It’s fine. How about this? Agree to meet with Ning Ziqiang tomorrow at the snooker bar.”
“Why?”
“It’s already been proven that you’re not his biological daughter. He must be thinking that you owe him all this. You have to do something to repay him.”
don’t owe him anything!” she
That’s the truth. You might as well do something that will repay him for the years of care he’s given you and get him off
Am I really supposed to give him
that money can solve
Chen had the right to say that but Ning Ran most definitely did
took all of my mother’s property! Why should I give him any more money?
Nan Chen said nothing.
with you. You were the one who suggested I meet with him. Now I’m trying to talk about it with you but
tinted her
this for his sake but your mother’s. Since what your mother left behind is so meaningful to you, you should get them back. I’ll pay for them first. Think of
words left his lips, she
loan her the money, she had
was getting progressively larger. She had no idea how she
was the best policy, she declared bluntly, “I don’t want
scary about owing money. Even a large corporation like Nanshi Corporation has a certain ratio of liability. Nearly every single company does actually. It’s the liabilities that you can’t pay off that’s
don’t have the ability to pay
minimal income and are content. Yet that kind of life is meaningless. Is that the kind of life you want to lead?” Nan
money from you? Then I’ll have to work as a slave for the rest
adult and can make your own judgment. There’s
“Well, I refuse then.”
make a decision after you get a good night’s
not planning on sleeping here, are
see whether we’re in the same room. We
Ran was well aware he was making excuses but she could not do
that he was a gentleman and would not
whatever you
burrowed
the lights before
comfort wrapped around her. She wondered if she had imagined it as
...
next afternoon, in the same snooker bar
Chen was hiding behind the partition again since he had no
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