Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 22 Not a Nice Guy

Xu Zhiquan shook his head helplessly, looking as if he was waiting for something interesting to happen.

Xu Chen was also very satisfied with his father's reaction.

That's fine.

It turns out that my father Xu Zhiquan is not a pedantic "good guy"!

Xu Zhiquan didn't know what his son was thinking. He looked down at the 60,000 yuan on the table and said:
"Son, you made the third brother spend a lot of money today!"

Xu Chen smiled:
"He cheated you so much back then, this little money is nothing!"

Xu Zhiquan sighed, as if he was recalling something from the past that he didn't want to think about.

Xu Chen spoke again:

"Dad, you keep this 60,000 yuan. Someone will definitely want to quit tomorrow, so use this money to subsidize them."

Xu Zhiquan was stunned: "No way! I kept all that money. This 60,000 yuan is your earnings. Dad can't take it!"

Xu Chen: "Dad, your nursery business has just started, and you need money urgently. You have to spend every penny carefully... Just take this money!

Besides, you already give me so much pocket money every month and I can’t spend it all.

If you feel bad about it, just consider it as a loan to you, or as an investment from me!"

Xu Zhiquan laughed twice:

"What are you talking about? Everything that belongs to dad will be yours in the future.

I am not afraid to tell you that I have already made my will. If anything happens to me, everything will be yours and no one can take it away from you!"

Xu Chen: "Dad, don't say that again!"

……

……

Early the next morning.

Just as Xu Chen was about to get up and wash up, he heard a knock on the door.

A woman's voice came from outside the door:

"Are you up, Xiaochen? Auntie Lan has made breakfast for you!"

Xu Chen frowned and whispered to himself:
"How could I forget her..."

Aunt Lan is the financial accountant in my father’s factory.

She also has another hidden identity, which is that she is the girlfriend of her father Xu Zhiquan.

Of course, the relationship hasn't been exposed yet, but this implication is already obvious.

Xu Chen's mother passed away very early, and Xu Zhiquan has been busy with his career all these years and has been alone.

About two years ago, Aunt Lan came to my father's factory to work as a financial accountant through an introduction.

A middle-aged woman, a widow in middle age, and childless.

She looks gentle and virtuous, knows how to take care of people, and she comes from a finance background and has received a serious education.

Overall, she is indeed suitable to be a good wife.

But Xu Chen, who was reborn, knew that this Aunt Lan was not simple.

After my father’s factory went bankrupt in my previous life, Aunt Lan revealed her true colors and immediately ditched my father.

My father needed to pay off his debts, and when he was counting the factory's finances, he discovered that there were several inexplicable holes in the accounts.

Although the account is not large, it is obvious that someone is playing tricks.

After checking, we found out that it was Aunt Lan, who was in charge of finance, who was responsible.

But my father was bankrupt at the time and had no energy to investigate...

This Aunt Lan is also a huge hidden danger in the family.

If my father's business expands, who knows what kind of trouble Aunt Lan will cause, and I will need to find a way to clean her up.

While Xu Chen was thinking, he opened the door with a smile on his face.

"Auntie Lan!" he called out in a clever manner.

Aunt Lan appeared at the door with a tray of food in her hand, smiling.

She had big wavy hair and wore a dark red suit, looking graceful and exquisite.

In the towns and villages at that time, she was indeed a very outstanding woman.

Xu Chen took the plate, which contained a fried egg pancake and a cup of hot soy milk.

"Thank you Auntie Lan!"

"Your uncle and aunt have just arrived. Your father asked you to go down after breakfast."

"okay!"

After watching Aunt Lan go downstairs with a smile, Xu Chen returned to his room.

After eating a few bites, washing up and changing clothes, Xu Chen went downstairs.

In the living room on the first floor, the big table was already full of people.

"Xiao Chen is here!" "How come he has grown so much taller in just one month!"

"Xiao Chen will take the college entrance examination soon. Our Xu family is finally going to have a college student!"

……

Amidst the laughter, Xu Chen also greeted everyone politely.

The people who came were the three families who had run the factory with my father.

Uncle, and his son, who is Xu Chen's cousin.

Fourth uncle, fourth aunt.

Aunt, uncle.

The reason they were so warm and polite to Xu Chen was purely because he was Xu Zhiquan's son.

In fact, if Xu Zhiquan hadn't opened a factory, they would still be farming in their hometown...

Aunt Lan greeted everyone and made tea and smoked cigarettes.

After a while, Xu Zhiquan came out from the inner room with a bulging belly.

There was a look of sadness on his face.

Seeing Xu Zhiquan coming out, everyone except his uncle stood up in a hurry. Xu Zhiquan smiled innocently and asked everyone to sit down.

Xu Zhiquan is the second child. Although his uncle follows Xu Zhiquan in doing business, he still has some airs of an elder brother.

Everyone was chatting about family matters. Xu Chen sat in the corner, holding a cup of tea, just listening silently.

After chatting for a while, Xu Zhiquan finally got to the point.

"I called everyone here today because of something."

When Xu Zhiquan spoke, everyone fell silent.

“You are all concerned about the bidding of Guangming Machinery Factory, and now the result is out.

I won’t hide it from you, this deal is a failure.”

As soon as Xu Zhiquan finished speaking, his eldest uncle, fourth uncle, and aunt's families all looked surprised.

"what?!"

"Brother, please don't scare us..."

"How come it fell through? Didn't they say they were going to sign the contract a few days ago?"

"Yeah... Mr. Huang has such a strong background, doesn't that mean this bid is a sure win?"

……

Several companies attached great importance to the bid from Guangming Machinery Factory.

After all, if they can take it over, the Xu family's factory will be able to move up to a higher level, and the money these companies can earn every month will probably be even more.

Now hearing this result, several companies find it difficult to accept it.

Even feel a little annoyed.

Xu Zhiquan waved his hand to suppress the discussion of the crowd.

"This is the result. Whether it's good or bad, it has already happened."

"Uncle, why is that?"

The person who spoke was the uncle's son, Xu Chen's cousin.

Xu Zhiquan said:

“The matter is rather complicated and has something to do with Boss Huang.

I heard that the machinery factory is still bidding, but we can no longer participate here.”

As soon as the words fell, there was another series of complaints and sighs.

Xu Zhiquan picked up the tea, took a sip slowly, and waited for everyone to digest this information.

Aunt Lan, who was standing by, was also surprised. She held the teapot in her hand but forgot to add tea to Xu Zhiquan's cup.

Xu Zhiquan put down the empty teacup and cleared his throat. Everyone gradually quieted down, but they were still sighing.

“To be honest with you, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to run a factory now.

The order from the machinery factory has failed, and our factory will have difficulty continuing.

So I considered closing the factory.”

As soon as Xu Zhiquan finished speaking, the families became even more surprised.

"Ah?! Second brother, you can't do that!"

"Yeah, how can you just shut it down like that?"

"We all depend on the factory for our income. If the factory closes, how are we going to survive?!"

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(End of this chapter)