Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1182 - 375: Surgery

Chapter 1182: Chapter 375: Surgery

Jinxiu Textile, outwardly owned by a magnate from the Fang family, managed to secure a firm foothold in Jing City and claim half of the textile business. But could they have done so without a powerful backer? That backer was none other than the Mu Family, the very people Mo Yan dreaded to see brought to ruin.

Initially, Xiao Ruiyuan had only informed Mo Yan that Jinxiu Textile had a strong support behind it, without disclosing who that supporter was. It was only now that she realized she had unwittingly offended the Mu Family, and given their way of handling things, this matter was unlikely to be resolved easily.

In the side hall of the Mu Family’s residence, Old Master Fang, the head of the Fang family, sat on tenterhooks, anxiously eyeing the door. Since no one from the Mu Family in charge had appeared, his worry intensified, and the sweat on his forehead flowed ceaselessly like a stream, trickling down the creases of his face.

As another quarter of an hour slid by with no one coming, Old Master Fang got so agitated that he couldn’t help but implore the maid standing by, "Please, go in once more and inform Lord Mu Second that the matter is most urgent. Any further delay could lead to disaster."

The maid lifted her eyelids in reluctant compliance and was about to exit the side hall when a man in his prime, dressed in dark red clothes, sauntered over from not far away.

This man was none other than Lord Mu Second, infamous for his predilection for male beauty, who not only drove his first wife to her death but also remarried Fan Meijiao.

"Oh, Lord Mu Second, thank goodness you have arrived," exclaimed Old Master Fang, significantly older than Lord Mu Second, greeting him with the reverence one would show their own father, rushing over to meet him.

"Hmm!"

With an air of disdain, Lord Mu Second gave Old Master Fang a glance and snorted through his nose as a form of greeting.

Old Master Fang, a man of significant clout in the business world, found nothing amiss with Lord Mu Second’s attitude. He carefully assumed a seat below the head of the table only after Lord Mu Second had settled himself at the head, barely perching on the edge of the seat.

Lord Mu Second leisurely lifted the freshly brewed tea from the table and took a sip. In the midst of Old Master Fang’s impatient demeanor, he inquired, "What brings you here in such a hurry?"

Startled, Old Master Fang gathered his thoughts and quickly responded, "There’s been a serious incident at the textile workshop, one that only the intervention of your household can resolve." He then recounted in detail the events that had unfolded at the workshop the previous night.

The atrocious act committed by the workers of Jinxiu Textile, with one now dead and another injured in such a bizarre manner, was causing a public relations nightmare, not to mention the view others had of the Fang family. With all the workers taken away to the Government Office, there was no one to work, meaning they couldn’t fulfill the Cloth Shop orders on time.

What’s worse, the twenty-three Cloth Shops were using this as an excuse to tear up their previous supply agreements, refusing to procure goods from Jinxiu Textile any longer. Not only that, but they also came knocking on the Fang family’s door with their orders in hand, demanding the return of their deposits. According to the written agreements, they were seeking compensation at triple the total order value from Jinxiu Textile.

Among the twenty-three Cloth Shops, the smallest deposit was over a thousand taels, with some as much as thirty thousand taels. Just compensating the deposits amounted to a hundred thousand taels. While this might not be a significant amount for the wealthy Fang family, compensating triple the total order value meant six hundred thousand taels, an amount the Fang family couldn’t possibly afford. Even if they were to bankrupt themselves, it wouldn’t be enough to cover the losses.

Moreover, their quick-reacting rivals were taking advantage of the confusion, attempting to poach these Cloth Shops and seize Jinxiu Textile’s customers, clearly aiming to crush Jinxiu Textile completely.

With white-knuckled anxiety, Old Master Fang hastened to the Mu Family, requesting them to step in and deter those Cloth Shops seeking compensation, to ensure the continuation of previous business transactions. Otherwise, without orders, Jinxiu Textile, reduced to an empty shell, was sure to be doomed.

Upon hearing this, Lord Mu Second’s expression darkened, his frown so deep it looked as if it could kill a fly. He regarded Old Master Fang, who wore a hopeful look, and coldly asked, "With such a serious issue at hand, why didn’t you report it immediately?"

While Jinxiu Textile bore the name Fang, the Mu Family claimed half of its profits annually. It was safe to say that the Mu Family was more unwilling to see the profitable enterprise close down than the Fang family itself.

Now that the workshop was embroiled in such a dire crisis, and Lord Mu Second had not been informed, his fury, sparked by the immediate threat of the workshop’s downfall, was unabashedly directed at Old Master Fang. He didn’t think for a second that his delay in receiving the news was due to his own indulgence with the ’little guys’ he kept for pleasure in the back courtyard.

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