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Chapter 993 - 990: Really Giving Up Even Your Parents?

Chapter 993: Chapter 990: Really Giving Up Even Your Parents?

Although it was just a joke, when she mentioned finding someone else, Yan Bo couldn’t hold back and bit her cheek hard, "Fine, you win, just a yuan then!"

Tong Xiaohua wriggled out of his embrace with a giggle, grabbed her bag, and forced a yuan into Yan Bo’s palm.

"Here, paid in full!"

Latter, Yan Bo framed that one-yuan note and placed it in the most central drawer of his desk, locked together with important items like his safe key, a password device, and his personal seal and various other items.

On the fourth day of Tong Xiaohua’s stay at Yanhuang, in the afternoon, Yan Bo finally received a call from Tong’s eldest, saying the issue was resolved.

"At what cost?" Yan Bo asked in front of Tong Xiaohua.

"Let’s talk about it over dinner..." It seemed Tong’s eldest was still busy. He hung up quickly without even saying goodbye.

"Is it done?" Tong Xiaohua looked at Yan Bo, and from his expression, she roughly guessed what her Dad meant by that phone call.

"Yeah, Uncle Tong said we’ll discuss the details over dinner."

They didn’t have dinner at the Tong family’s place, because, besides the few of them, they had to entertain An Zijun, who had been working hard these past few days, and Qin Ming, who had been detained.

The dinner location was chosen at a restaurant in the suburbs, which had distinctive dishes and a quiet atmosphere, very suitable for discussing matters.

Tong’s eldest had said he would discuss the specifics at dinner, but by the time dinner came around, Tong’s eldest, Qin Ming, and Uncle Zheng were only busy celebrating that the issue was behind them, drinking glass after glass. They seemed genuinely happy.

"Zijun, what’s the situation?"

Yan Bo stealthily nudged An Zijun and asked in a low voice.

"The matter’s been settled, it’s as simple as that. As for the specifics, ask Tong’s eldest. I have professional ethics!"

"To hell with your professional ethics!" Yan Bo gave An Zijun a piercing glare but showed no intention of pressing further.

He thought that Tong’s eldest would later elaborate on the matter to him.

But even after the Tong family’s business operations had resumed normally for a couple of days, there still wasn’t a peep from Tong’s eldest.

When Yan Bo asked Tong Xiaohua, she was just as clueless as he was, with a bewildered look on her face.

"Dad won’t say, and when I sneakily asked Uncle Ming and Uncle Zheng, they brushed me off, saying that it’s in the past now and better left alone."

Yan Bo felt that something wasn’t right, but no matter how hard he racked his brain, he couldn’t figure out why. In the end, he had to call Wang Ju to inquire.

Wang Ju hemmed and hawed for a while and said, "Young Master, some things have been buried for many years, and there’s no need to dig them up again. I’m not very clear on the specifics either, because, in the end, it didn’t go through me."

Yan Bo wasn’t someone to be brushed off so easily.

"Who did it go through then?"

"Young Master, any more than that, and I really don’t know. Anyway, isn’t your future father-in-law fine now? He probably knows better than I do."

Unable to get any useful information, Yan Bo eventually let it go.

After all, both he and Tong Xiaohua had too much on their plates to keep fixating on certain matters.

Most of the Tong family’s enterprises, including KTVs, bars, banks, and casinos, after being closed for several days, were back in full swing. All the supervisors were pulling out all the stops, hoping to quickly win back the customers they had lost.

After wrapping up the important matters, Tong’s dad took Tong’s mom on a vacation, and the weight of the Tong family duties once again fell on Tong Xiaohua’s shoulders.

Once everything went back to normal operation in the Tong family, she was so busy she barely touched the ground. Several times, she only remembered to eat when Yan Bo would remind her with a phone call.

Yan Bo was also busy, because he feared his old man might put more obstacles in his way, he proceeded with caution in every aspect of the land development, and he was constantly following up on the progress of the other projects.

After suffering a financial loss once, Yan Bo didn’t dare to be careless and hasty again. After discussing with Tong Xiaohua, he had her transfer some funds to his personal account in several installments, just in case of emergency.

On the other hand, although the villas hadn’t been completed yet, he had already instructed the advertising department to start preparing various promotional campaigns.

As a result, he had been too busy to find time to meet with Tong Xiaohua for several days.

Even the once or twice a week he used to phone his parents had slipped his mind.

Of course, now when he called home, he would not look for Yan Zhong, but only for his mother.

That day, as he was in a meeting with several core members of the advertising department when the phone rang. At the moment he was making a key point, he gestured for Di Xu next to him to take the call for him.

After Di Xu answered, he seemed to be in shock, and after a stammering "Hello," came a series of stuttered words, "Oh... oh... You’re looking for the boss... just... just a moment!"

Yan Bo had just finished the key points and was surprised to look at Di Xu, then took the phone, "Hello, good day, I am Yan Bo!"

"You still have the surname Yan? I thought you had changed it to Tong!" Yan Zhong’s furious roar echoed thunderously in Yan Bo’s eardrums.

"Dad, what are you talking about?"

Yan Bo picked up the phone and left the conference room, quickly returning to his own office.

"What am I talking about? You’re impressive, relying on the Tong family as your support, you don’t even want your parents anymore, do you want to kill us with anger, is that it?"

Yan Zhong’s words were full of accusation, leaving Yan Bo utterly confused.

Although, that day in order to help the Tong family out of their predicament, he had recklessly declared he would renounce his relationship with his father, in fact, those were just words spoken in anger, with no actual intention of following through with the act.

And besides, he had been busy all these days, what time did he have to do something to upset them?

"Dad, can you clarify what you’re saying? If you’re still angry about what I said the other day, I apologize, but when you say I don’t want you guys and am trying to anger you to death, where is this coming from?"

They say there are no overnight grudges between father and son, and although Yan Bo was very unhappy with his father’s use of power against the Tong family, he never intended to sever father-son ties so drastically.

Even foes should resolve their issues, not prolong them, let alone between father and son, right?

"Denying it? Just think, how many days has it been since you called your mother? She thinks you really want to break off relations, she refuses to eat now and is making a scene with me all day!"

When it comes to the fear of the otherwise fearless Yan Zhong, there’s only one answer, his wife.

And Yan Bo, he too cared deeply about his mother. It wasn’t until Yan Zhong mentioned it that he remembered he hadn’t called her for almost a week.

"Dad, are you at home right now? Let mom take the phone."

At this point, the father and son seemed to intentionally avoid the subject of the Tong family, seeking a temporary, harmonious way to interact.

"I’m busy. Call home yourself!"

Before Yan Bo could say anything else, a "beep beep" busy tone came from the phone.

That really was just like dad’s style!

Yan Bo looked at the phone with a wry smile, and after gathering himself, he dialed the home number.

"Uncle Cui, it’s Xiao Bo, please could you get my mom to come to the phone."

"Young Master, the madam is ill!"