Chapter 385 - Wang Xinyan's Family
Lin Yi paused. Wasn't Wang Xinyan supposed to go to Yanjing to take care of the funeral? Why was she calling him? Was she back already? It couldn't be, how many days had it been? It hadn't even been a week!
Lin Yi was a bit confused, but he picked up anyway. "Hello …"
But when he picked up the phone, the call was cut off.
What was the meaning of this? Did she call the wrong number? Or was it something else? Lin Yi hesitated for a moment before calling back. It was the first time Xinyan had called him, after all, and he couldn't just ignore it.
"I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is either powered off or out of service. Please try again later …"
The robotic voice told Lin Yi that the other party's phone had been turned off.
Lin Yi frowned- could it be that Xinyan was about to call him, and her phone ran out of battery?
Lin Yi shook his head and put the phone back in his pocket. There was nothing Lin Yi could do if he couldn't reach her. He was a little worried, but the two were strangers who'd met by chance, and Xinyan was far away in Yanjing. Lin Yi didn't even know where she was.
In a luxurious mansion in Yanjing, a man with a fierce look on his face snatched Xinyan's phone from her hands and smashed it on the ground, stomping on it a couple of times. "Stupid girl, are you trying to call someone over? I didn't think you'd have a phone on you! Good thing I didn't go too far to keep an eye on you, I'd've ruined everything! "
Xinyan looked at the phone that had been stomped on and raised her head coldly. "I'm your cousin, and this is how you're going to treat me?"
"Cousin? Hmph, spit out the Xiao family's assets first! " The man hmphed. "Grandpa's married you off to someone else in his will. Don't even think about leaving this room before he comes with a betrothal gift!"
After saying that, the man closed the door with a bang, and then the sound of the door being locked could be heard …
Xinyan sighed helplessly. She wouldn't have come back if she'd known that the Xiao family was in such dire straits. Not only were her parents under house arrest, but she herself was engaged to a man she didn't even know because of her grandfather's will!
It wasn't until she arrived at the Xiao family that Xinyan realized that the Xiao family wasn't as glamorous as it looked on the outside. The two uncles were fighting over the inheritance, but the Xiao family was already strong on the outside!
His grandfather had Alzheimer's disease. In the last few years of his life, he signed a few stupid contracts. Not only did he cause the company to lose a lot of money, but he also owed a lot of debt! Even if he sold the company now, it would be enough to pay off the debt!
The two uncles, who were originally fighting over the family property, surprisingly united again after finding out the amount of the family property! Now that he couldn't even pay his debts, how could he snatch the family's property? What property was there to fight over?
All that was left were the properties that Elder Xiao had bought when he was still alive, but the number of properties could be counted with one's fingers. There wasn't much point in fighting over it, so they could just split it evenly.
In the eyes of ordinary people, these villas and properties were already worth thousands of dollars. They could live a well-off life just by relying on the rent. However, for the two Xiao brothers who were used to living a lavish life, it was unbearable.
And so, they turned their attention to their sister, Wang Xinyan's mother, Xiao Qinlin, who had left home for many years.
Their reason was simple and shameless. Elder Xiao had given them fifty thousand kuai for travel expenses when Qinlin ran away from home to elope with Wang Xinyan's father, Wang Xuben!
This fifty thousand kuai was said to be Wang Xuben's investment in his company, and now they wanted him to pay it back with interest!
Of course, other than Elder Xiao's will, the Xiao brothers also had a promissory note, written by Qinlin all those years ago!
Back then, Old Man Xiao had given Xiao Qinlin fifty thousand yuan for the sake of his daughter, even though Xiao Qinlin had broken up with her family and eloped with Wang Xuben. No matter what, she was still his daughter, and he couldn't treat her badly.
But Qinlin had let her emotions get the better of her. Since she had broken off with the Xiao family, she naturally wouldn't take the Xiao family's money for free. She had written a promissory note to Elder Xiao, saying that she'd pay it back with interest when she became rich.
Elder Xiao didn't expect his daughter to pay it back, either. He merely laughed it off and told his eldest son, Xiao Ji, to throw the note away. Xiao Ji, however, was careful and hid the note.
After Elder Xiao's death, the note became evidence that the Xiao brothers were trying to blackmail Qinlin.
With the note and Elder Xiao's will, there was nothing Qinlin could do, no matter how angry she was. Who told her to write that note all those years ago? Of course, that wasn't the most infuriating thing. The most infuriating thing was that Elder Xiao had found a husband for Xinyan in his will. Wasn't it a little too early for a twelfth grader to get engaged?
The Xiao brothers were very cocky, saying that if Qinlin didn't hand over the twenty percent of their company's shares, they'd see it in court. They'd let the public see that Elder Xiao's daughter didn't care about his body after his death, and was even trying to steal her brothers' assets!
In all honesty, who was the one trying to steal whose assets?
Qinlin had decided to break off with her family for love, but she was still a filial person. She wouldn't have been able to put down everything she had on hand to handle Elder Xiao's funeral otherwise.
Naturally, Lin Yi didn't know what was going on with the Xiao family, but even if he did know, he wouldn't know how to intervene. Family matters like this were the hardest to solve.
Lin Yi returned to the villa to see Mengyao and Yushu digging something in the yard, each holding a small shovel. Yushu's face was covered in dirt, and Mengyao's clothes were a little dusty, but her face wasn't as bad as Yushu's.
Lin Yi parked the car in the yard and got out. He looked at the two curiously. "Yao Yao, Shu, what are you guys doing?"
"Oh? Shield Bro, you're back? We're digging for treasure, come help me and Yao Yao! We're so tired! "Yushu waved happily at Lin Yi when he came back.
"Shu, what did you call him for?" Mengyao glared at Yushu and lowered her voice. "What if he sees us? Don't you feel embarrassed?"
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