I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 138 Home_1

Chapter 138: Chapter 138 Home_1

"Dad, I remember your illness isn’t supposed to be aggravated by major emotional fluctuations. You need to keep your emotions in check," said Liu Chao, a hint of fear in his voice.

If his dad passed away, he alone wouldn’t be able to protect the family fortune.

Without Liu Jianping holding down the company, many of Liu Jianping’s good friends would come to bully Liu Chao, using various means to snatch his property away.

Don’t doubt this—the business world can be very cruel.

"I really want to control it, but I just can’t help myself," Liu Jianping said with a bitter tone.

"Dad, what’s going on? It has to do with that phone call earlier, doesn’t it? Who called, and what did they say?" Liu Chao asked curiously.

His dad was usually very good at keeping his composure. It must have been something significant to cause such a great emotional upheaval, to the point of nearly passing away earlier.

"Do you remember that gold mine project in Ghana?" Liu Jianping asked, taking a deep breath.

"Yeah, your friend suggested you take it over, but you listened to my advice and didn’t. What happened?" Liu Chao asked.

Because of the Ghana Gold Mine Project, his dad had almost decided against investing in the live streaming guilds. It took a lot of persuasion on his part to finally convince his father to invest and take over the Huya Guild.

"Someone took over that mine for thirty million and quickly found the location of the gold reserve, which turned out to be enormous. Just yesterday, Dongshan Gold Company bought the project for one billion and thirty million from that person," Liu Jianping recounted in distress.

His friend Duan Jinnian had assured him the gold mine was legitimate and urged him to acquire it.

He had wanted to take it over, but during that time, his son constantly pushed the idea of investing in the live streaming guilds, leading him to follow his son’s advice in the end.

Now it seemed he had made a foolish decision.

If he hadn’t invested in the live streaming guild, but in the gold mine instead, they would have made one billion and thirty million by now.

He was truly full of regret.

It was Duan Jinnian who had called him earlier to inform him of this, which was why he became so agitated.

Upon hearing Liu Jianping’s words, Liu Chao’s face visibly changed.

An investment of thirty million, earning a profit of one billion and thirty million.

A net gain of one billion.

If not for his persuasion, his father would have invested and they’d have made one billion in such a short time.

Damn it, that was a massive loss.

After a while, Liu Chao took a deep breath and said, "Dad, it’s all my fault. If it hadn’t been for me, we would have earned that billion."

To miss out on making a billion in less than a month was even heartbreaking for him.

"Ah, what’s the use in blaming anyone now? It’s mainly my fault for not being firm enough. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have considered your suggestion to acquire any guild."

"It seems I’m really getting old, not fit for such decisions anymore. Always so hesitant, nothing like the decisiveness I had when I was younger," Liu Jianping said, shaking his head with repeated sighs.

"Dad, who is the person who made the billion?" Liu Chao asked out of curiosity.

Besides feeling envy and jealousy, he had no other thoughts and wanted to find out who it was.

To make a net profit of a billion from thirty million and suddenly reach the pinnacle of life.

"They say his name is Shen Dong, the boss of Shuidilao," Liu Jianping replied.

"Holy shit, it’s him!" Liu Chao exclaimed in shock.

How could it be this guy again, so lucky.

Liu Chao’s eyes instantly turned red with jealousy.

Such a valuable gold mine had once been laid out in front of them, but they failed to treasure it.

In the end, it was Shen Dong who picked it up.

One billion and thirty million.

His family did have some money, a few tens of billions, around thirty or forty billion.

But he couldn’t come up with ten billion if required.

That thirty to forty billion included fixed assets, company shares, as well as real estate and cars.

Yet, Shen Dong had just made ten billion at once.

Moreover, Shen Dong had the rapidly growing Dongyan Guild and Shuidilao.

Shen Dong’s net worth must have reached about half of his family’s, right?

If Shen Dong were given more time, he would probably surpass his family.

"I absolutely can’t let Yuting know that Shen Dong made a billion, otherwise I’ll have even less of a chance," Liu Chao thought to himself.

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By the time he returned to Fu County, it was a little after four in the afternoon.

It was around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival when he returned home.

Shen Dong’s parents were already waiting downstairs.

Last time, it was just the two of them at first, and then neighbors came to watch.

Now, there were already quite a few people standing around his parents.

All were neighbors.

Because everyone saw Shen Hong and Qin Zhang standing there, they asked them what they were doing.

Qin Zhang said cheerfully that their son and daughter-in-law were coming home for the New Year, and their in-laws were coming along too.

Upon hearing that Shen Dong was coming back, the neighbors instantly perked up and decided to stay, which led to a growing crowd.

There was no helping it; last time Shen Dong drove back in a Bentley King, and it created a sensation throughout the county.

Many people knew that Shen Hong and Qin Zhang’s son had made it big and had started a company in Hai City, driving a luxury car worth tens of millions.

The people in the community were especially informed.

Many parents, when encouraging their children to study, would take Shen Dong as a model.

Shen Dong had become the child of other families.

"Old Shen, when is your son arriving?" someone asked.

"He just called, said he’s off the highway and will be here soon," Shen Hong replied with a smile.

"He’s here!" As soon as Shen Hong’s words dropped, Qin Zhang’s voice rang out.

She had spotted her son’s Bentley King.

That was a luxury car worth tens of millions; she would never forget it as only her son could afford such a car.

"Really, he’s here!"

"The Bentley King is easy to recognize!"

"That’s for sure, a luxury car worth tens of millions!"

The neighbors started discussing among themselves.

Soon, the Bentley King came to a stop in front of everyone.

"Mom and Dad." Shen Dong got out of the car, greeted his parents, and then took out luxury cigarettes to distribute to the neighbors.

"Xiaodong, you are the pride of our community."

"Shen Dong, having you in our community makes us all feel honored."

"Xiaodong, you look different from last time, even more mature and steady."

"Luxury cigarettes, nice!"

The neighbors who smoked took the cigarettes and each had a word of praise.

"Mom and Dad," Chen Yuyan got out of the car and called out sweetly.

"Ah, good, good," Qin Zhang, beaming with joy, went forward to hold her daughter-in-law’s hand.

"In-law, here, have a smoke," Shen Hong called out to Chen Yuanxiang, offering a cigarette.

"In-law, I don’t smoke," Chen Yuanxiang waved his hand.

"You don’t smoke?" Shen Hong was taken aback.

"Dad, my father doesn’t smoke," Chen Yuyan said.

"Alright then." Hearing his daughter-in-law say so, Shen Hong could only put the cigarettes away.

He felt awkward smoking by himself.

"In-law, such a long trip must have been tiring, right?" Qin Zhang greeted Chen Yuanxiang.

"Not really, it wasn’t too far," Chen Yuanxiang said with a smile.

After distributing the cigarettes, Shen Dong opened the trunk to move the gifts.

Most of them were tobacco and alcohol, along with some items that could only be bought in Hai City.

If it was available in the county, Shen Dong didn’t bother choosing it; there was no need to transport it all the way from Hai City.

Seeing so many fine cigarettes and liquors, Shen Hong’s mouth stretched into a wide grin.

The tobacco and alcohol that Shen Dong had bought last time had given him plenty of chances to show off in front of his old friends.

Now that it was almost all gone, his son had brought more to replenish; it was just perfect.

The neighbors, seeing all the fine cigarettes and liquors, were green with envy, inwardly sighing that Shen Hong and Qin Zhang had raised a good son.

It took all five people two trips to move everything.

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