Chapter 26 - 26 1 026 Making a Call_1

Chapter 26: Chapter 1 026 Making a Call_1 Chapter 26: Chapter 1 026 Making a Call_1 “Consider that Ranran will soon be in elementary school, and especially considering she’s going to a key primary school, you’ll have the tuition fees, tutoring fees, gifts for the teachers… your expenses will be quite significant…” Song Yichen reminded her calmly. “If you insist on quitting your job, I won’t force you to stay. But think about it… can you get your current salary elsewhere?”

All of a sudden, Lin Xiangwan felt an enormous pressure.

That’s right, many places require money. Should she quit her job?

Song Yichen’s expression turned calm, as he calmly said, “Since we decided to act as siblings, there’s no need to avoid me anymore, right?”

Lin Xiangwan took a deep breath. “Fine, I’ll stay and continue to work!”

“Hmm.” Song Yichen hooked up the corner of his mouth, returning her resignation letter back to her. “Please take this back!”

Lin Xiangwan silently took back her resignation letter.

She wasn’t sure if this was the right thing to do, but she had to forget Song Yichen.

“Then I’ll go back to work!”

Song Yichen nodded. “Go!”

Just as Lin Xiangwan returned to her office, she received a call from Grandma Wu. “Xiangwan, come back quickly. Several shops here have started tearing down their windows and doors. I’m afraid if you don’t come back, they’ll tear yours down too!”

“They’ve started demolishing so quickly?” Lin Xiangwan could not sit still, speaking on the phone while reaching for her car keys.

“Yes!”

“The shop owners of these shops must have never seen money. Grandma Wu, I’ll be back soon. You stay away from them, don’t let them hurt you!” Lin Xiangwan instructed.

“Yeah, I know, I know!”

……

The small black car drove recklessly on the road, especially when it reached Yufeng Street, black smoke was emitted from the rear of the car.

With a ‘zhi’ sound, she made a sudden stop. As soon as the car halted, she jumped out.

She rushed towards her own shop, keeping a vigilant eye on the demolition workers to prevent any damage.

The people from the demolition office came over and began to persuade her again. “Miss Lin, you probably came back during your working hours, right? It’s such a waste of time, and you will probably get your salary deducted. I heard your job is not bad, isn’t this a bad deal? It would be better to sign the contract, get the compensation, and have some peace of mind!”

Lin Xiangwan gave a sarcastic smile, chin up saying. “Move? I’d like to move! So how much compensation will you give?”

“One million and five hundred thousand, this is already a big number. Look, your house is old and decrepit, full of mice. Even if you don’t move, who would dare to rent your house in the future?”

Angry to the core, Lin Xiangwan shouted. “Your home is the one with mice, your whole family are mice!”

She was so angry, these people were actually slandering maliciously.

“How can you talk like that?” One of the demolition workers said with a stern face.

“I’ll talk the way you talk, if you don’t like it, leave, I didn’t ask you to talk in the first place!”

“You are such a shrew!”

“I’m a shrew? You’re not even as good as a shrew, get lost!” Lin Xiangwan retorted.

The man from the demolition office was slightly angered, nagging about hitting her, but Lin Xiangwan didn’t fear at all. She wore a smile on her face while she simply asked. “You know Hu Sen from ‘Bo Gong’, right?”

Upon hearing, the person from the demolition office was puzzled. “So what? Not only do I know him, I actually know him well, so what?”

Lin Xiangwan cornered her mouth lightly, speaking softly. “No big deal, just that Hu Sen and I are childhood friends. If anyone bullies me, I have no doubt, he’ll fight them to death!”

Hu Sen from ‘Bo Gong’ is a renowned member of Hei Sehui, with numerous brothers under his command. He’s ruthless in fights and has a heavy hand.

So now on the black market, one could say, he’s NO. 1!”

Who wouldn’t save some face for him?

The person from the demolition office immediately softened their stance and spoke in a better tone towards Lin Xiangwan. “Actually, I can understand your feelings, but we are just doing public service… I think, if you have connections, why not go find the developer and ask him to raise the price?”

“Where is it so easy to raise?” If it could be raised, she wouldn’t have to be a nail householder now!

“But all the shop owners here have agreed, one million and five hundred thousand, they can’t have been willing, can they?”

In an instant, Lin Xiangwan understood the hidden meaning. Could it be that they received more compensation than she did?

All of a sudden, Lin Xiangwan thought of Qin Muchuan. His words echoed in her ears, ‘I am familiar with the developer, let me see if I can get you a bit more compensation.’

Yes, Mr. Qin, how did she forget him?

Lin Xiangwan hurriedly reached into her bag, looking for the business card he had given her. With her head covered in sweat, at the point where she thought she might have accidentally lost his card and regretted not saving his number, she found it.

When she saw the card, she was moved to tears and elated.

Gathering the courage and not giving herself a chance to hesitate or retreat, she quickly hit his number.

The moment she waited for the phone to be answered, she could even hear her own heartbeat, racing and heavy. “Hello, Mr. Qin, hello, it’s… it’s… ‘Going Home’ pastry shop’s owner, do you remember me?”

She didn’t know whether it was better to say she was the owner of ‘Going Home’ or the Manager of the Guest Room Department at Sheraton!

“…” On the other end of the phone, silence reigned.

Feeling embarrassed and not wanting to lose face, Lin Xiangwan hurriedly said, “Oh, sorry, I… I seem to have dialed the wrong number. Also…”

“I remember. What can I help you with?”

The voice on the other end of the phone was calm and elegant, like an aged glass of quality red wine, rich and full-bodied, oozing nobility, set her nerves on edge!

She didn’t know if it was because she was too engrossed in the comforting voice or the nervousness, Lin Xiangwan’s reaction visibly slowed down a beat. “Oh…why am I calling you?”

She repeated it to herself.

“Yes, I wanted to ask you… you asked your friend, didn’t you? How much compensation can we get for our shop?” After several attempts to phrase her question, she finally managed to ask it clearly.

Qin Muchuan raised his eyebrows as if something just dawned on him. “So how much do you want?”

“Huh?”

“Let me know your expected price!” Qin Muchuan asked.

“Of course, the more the better. One million and five hundred thousand definitely won’t work. If it were up to me, it has to be at least three million!”

“Three million?” Qin Muchuan repeated in a pondering tone. “Three million, that’s a bit of a joke!”

Lin Xiangwan secretly pouted. “Yeah, that’s what I said, there’s no point asking me!”

“Where are you now?” Qin Muchuan suddenly asked.

“Huh?” Again, Lin Xiangwan was caught off guard!

“Don’t just stand there dumbfounded, tell me, where are you?” Qin Muchuan asked again.