Way back to Our Past

19. A Loss of Ten Million Yuan

Translator: Snowball

Chen Kai’s men thought it was a piece of cake to rough Wang Zicheng up and teach him a good lesson, so they couldn’t wait to dash to him. However, to their surprise, Wang Zicheng was very skillful in combating, and after a short moment, they were all knocked to the ground.

Watching Wang Zicheng close in on him, Chen Kai was seized with panic. “Wait! Do you know who I am? Director Chen is my father, so if you dare lay a finger on me, he won’t spare you!”

However, Wang Zicheng merely responded to him with his fists.

Chen Kai had almost been beaten the shit out of him, but Wang Zicheng still felt resentful, and he didn’t stop until gave him a few more kicks.

As the waitress of the restaurant had called the police, after a while, the policemen rushed in and took them away.

In his arrogance, Chen Kai was certain that his father would find a way to get him out, so he yelled at Wang Zicheng, “Hey, guy! Once you step into the police station, don’t expect to get out!”

At this point, Ling Mubai had learned that the two of them were taken into the police station for fighting.

“Mr. Ling, the Wang family is competing with us for the lot in the old town and Wang Zicheng even treated Director Chen for dinner last night. Now that he beat Chen Kai at this sensitive time, he must have been ready to give up this profitable project,” the assistant said with a frown.

“Things couldn’t be that easy. Keep an eye on Wang Zicheng. He’ll definitely send someone to Chen’s house again,” Ling Mubai answered with a thoughtful look.

Hearing that his son had been taken into custody, Director Chen hurried to the police station and it was not until he got there that he learned it was Wang Zicheng who had fought with his son.

At the sight of Chen Donglai, Wang Zicheng immediately changed his attitude. He not only apologized to him but also offered to pay him a large sum of money as compensation.

Chen Donglai was very smug at Wang Zicheng’s humble and submissive attitude towards him.

“You still wanna win the bid after beating my son? You wish!” he thought. Needless to say, Director Chen wouldn’t put it an end until Wang Zicheng paid through the nose.

In the evening, Wang Zicheng’s assistant went to Chen’s house. After apologizing to Director Chen sincerely, he asked a few people to lift several large boxes from the car and moved them into the yard.

After a rough estimate, Diector Chen could tell that the sum was probably in the tens of millions! “Seems Wang Zicheng is not that stupid!” He and his wife were grinning from ear to ear.

However, even though he had accepted the money, he had no intention of helping the Wang family with the project of the old town transformation.

When Director Chen excitedly asked his butler to move the boxes into the storehouse, he didn’t realize that a disaster was around the corner.

Qu Wan had no idea that the one who had been beaten up was the only son of Director Chen until she went to the police station to pick Wang Zicheng up.

She was filled with grief when she saw Wang Zicheng keeping on apologizing to Director Chen.

As far as she was concerned, Wang Zicheng was a domineering, proud person, who would never please others in such a humble way.

If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t have offended Director Chen and there would have been no need to apologize.

As soon as they got back to the office, Wang Zicheng began to discuss what to do next with his assistant.

Qu Wan walked out of the room and closed the door, but somehow she was seized with an impulse to eavesdrop on their conversation, so she didn’t leave.

When she heard that Wang Zicheng had asked his assistant to send Director Chen ten million Yuan in cash to settle the matter, she realized how much trouble she had put him in.

Ten million Yuan was a sum of money so huge to Qu Wan that she might never see that amount in her life.

At the thought that Wang Zicheng had lost so much money because of her, she felt even guiltier.

After work, instead of hurrying home as usual, she slowly packed her things, as if she was waiting for someone.

She was aware that Wang Zicheng must be in a bad mood, so she had made up her mind that if he got mad at her, she would put up with him so that he could vent all his anger.

However, Wang Zicheng didn’t seem in low spirits. “We’ve been off work. Why are you still here?” he walked over, looking at her calmly.

“I… I’m leaving right now.” As soon as Qu Wan walked out of the office, he saw a black car parked by the gate.

“Wanwan!” Seeing her come out, Jiang Zhendong immediately got out of the car.

“What are you doing here?” Qu Wan glanced at him coldly.

The moment Jiang Zhendong walked over, he saw the bruise on her face. “What’s wrong with your face? Did Chen Kai hit you?” he asked with a sullen look.

He came to Qu Wan to discuss the transformation of the old town. Ling Mubai was not only powerful, but also very experienced in this industry, so he was the right person to be in charge of this project.

However, the Wang family was also very competent. Despite being a foreign force, it had been expanding its influence rapidly, and most importantly, Qu Wan was working for Wang Zicheng.

If both parties were capable enough to handle this project, it would make no difference who won the bid. Then why not take this opportunity to please his daughter?

However, to his surprise, as soon as he got out of the car, he saw the finger marks on Qu Wan’s cheek.

Jiang Zhendong had known that Wang Zicheng was taken to the police station for fighting with Chen Kai at noon.

He had been wondering as Wang Zicheng was in urgent need of Director Chen’s help, how come he beat the latter’s son?

The bruise on his daughter’s face reminded him of something. “Chen Kai must have done something to Wanwan, which provoked Wang Zicheng in beating him.”

Jiang Zhendong flared up instantly. “Wanwan, if Chen Kai did it?”

“It’s none of your business!” Qu Wan shifted her gaze from him.

“Wanwan, you have my words. I’m going to make him pay for bullying you!”

Had Chen Kai known that a few powerful men were ready to retaliate against him at the same time, he would have coughed a mouthful of blood up with regret.

“Mayor Jiang, I have nothing to do with you now, so you’d better not waste your time on me. Your wife and daughter are waiting for you at home!” Qu Wan said, shooting Jiang Zhendong a glare.

In front of Qu Wan, Jiang Zhendong wasn’t the serious and mighty mayor anymore. “Wanwan, I came here to talk about the bid of the old town’s reconstruction with you. I want Wang Zicheng in charge of this project.”

Hearing the name of Wang Zicheng, Qu Wan softened up a little.

The two of them then walked into a coffee shop nearby and started chatting over tea.

Unwilling to beat around the bush with her daughter, Jiang Zhendong got to the point, saying that he could help Wang Zicehng win the bid. Qu Wan was unwilling to have anything to do with Jiang Zhendong, but she felt guilty at the thought that Wang Zicheng had lost ten million Yuan because of her.

If she could help Wang Zicheng win the bid, it might be a kind of compensation to him.

At the thought of this, she instantly cheered up and her attitude towards Jiang Zhendong was also changed. “Our company has the strength to handle this project. As long as you don’t take sides with our competitor, we won’t complain even if we lose the bid.”

Jiang Zhendong told Qu Wan some details about the tender requirements and after a few more remarks, they walked out of the coffee shop. When he was about to get on the car, Jiang Zhendong suddenly grabbed Qu Wan by the hand.

“Wanwan, I’d love for you to move back home. Let’s bygones be bygones!”

The word ‘home’ struck a raw nerve with Qu Wan. She immediately shook Jiang Zhendong’s hand off and took a step backward. “Mayor Jiang, good-bye! Take care!”