Don't get married if you're reborn.

Chapter 58 Losing everything

Whitewater Town.

Zeng Xiangdong lay in the room, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, like a dead fish with its soul hollowed out.

"Son, it's time for dinner!" Grandma came in and called softly.

"Mom, I can't eat anymore. You guys eat it." Zeng Xiangdong sighed, sat up and lit a cigarette.

Grandma said: "You can earn money again if you lose it, but your health is more important!"

Zeng Xiangdong gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, I've worked so hard my whole life. After graduation, I went to the factory and worked my ass off, but I only made a little over 600 yuan a month. I wasn't willing to give up, so I ran away to Tiannan to work. I was penniless and even thought about robbing people with my fellow villagers!"

"Since returning to Baishui Town, I've accomplished nothing. I finally found a way to make money, but because of my carelessness, I was scammed out of over half a million yuan... Am I destined to be a loser in this life?!"

Grandma fell silent after hearing this.

Grandpa appeared at the door and said, "Get up and eat. Nothing is more important than eating."

"Why don't you ask your brother-in-law for help?" asked grandma.

"It's useless. This business is inherently gray, and Wenxue Gu is from Ganzhou, so my brother-in-law can't help me. My brother-in-law said before that he was caught twice by local fishermen and lost 70,000 to 80,000 worth of goods. He must have planned to cheat me out of this!" Zeng Xiangdong said uncomfortably.

Grandpa was silent for a moment, then asked, "Should we tell Wenjie about this?"

Zeng Xiangdong rubbed his cheek and said slowly, "Forget it. He will be back tomorrow. Let's talk to him after he comes back. There's no point in worrying on the way. Let's discuss it and see if there is any solution."

Zeng Xiangdong accumulated a large batch of goods and went to Xiyu City, Ganzhou Province to deliver the goods.

The consignee was Wenxue Gu, a boss from Ganzhou who had previously received the goods in Baishui Town.

After Zeng Xiangdong brought the goods over, Wenxue Gu received him and his companions in the living room, and then said that they would go to the outer room to inspect the goods.

At that time, Zeng Xiangdong did not suspect anything, because this was a normal procedure, and instruments such as scales used for inspection would definitely not be placed in the living room. In addition, he had several transactions with Wenxue Gu, so he was the one to inspect the goods.

The transaction process started at ten in the morning, but the person still hadn't returned by two in the afternoon.

Zeng Xiangdong immediately realized that something had happened and went to look for someone with his companions.

The companions knew where Wenxue Gu's hometown was, so they used the little money they had to buy train tickets and went straight to his hometown.

After rushing into the old house, they did not find Wenxue Gu, but only captured his father. So they wanted to kidnap him and let Wenxue Gu pay money to redeem him.

The old man was terrified and kept shouting for help, which alarmed the villagers. They rushed out with shoulder poles and hoes to help.

Zeng Xiangdong and his companions rushed into a house, snatched two kitchen knives, and confronted dozens of people in the street.

"Wenxue Gu cheated me out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in payment for goods. I don't have a penny and can't even go home! He pushed me to death, and you guys are forcing me too. Okay, then let me try today. I'll kill every one of you!" Zeng Xiangdong was so angry that his eyes turned red and he said such cruel words.

Those who are in the gold business, when they go to other places to deliver goods, basically only carry the travel expenses, and the return expenses have to come from the payment received after the delivery.

His companions also showed their arrogance and stood with swords in their hands, looking ruthless and ready to kill someone as a scapegoat.

After about ten minutes of standoff, a relative of the Wen family came out. He was a minor official in the village and secretly paid 2,000 yuan for travel expenses and tried to appease the man with kind words.

Unable to find anyone, Zeng Xiangdong had to take the two thousand yuan and return to Baishui Town with his companions.

After coming back, he hardly slept a wink and felt so miserable that he wanted to die.

"Eat something first, and then think about it after you finish eating. When Wenjie comes back, you can think of a solution." Grandpa said calmly.

Zeng Xiangdong also knew that being anxious was not a solution, so he could only nod and say, "I must get this money back."

Zeng Xiangdong is a common gold merchant who ships gold across provinces, with the most profitable shipping routes going through Southern Fujian. However, inspections in Southern Fujian are very strict, and many gold traders have lost both their goods and their money there.

Going through Ganzhou is also a good route, but who would have thought that this decision would lead to such a bankruptcy disaster!
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Zeng Wenjie was completely unaware of the major events happening at home.

That morning, he went to Fengcheng Bus Station with Fu Qianzhu, with whom he had an appointment, to buy tickets and go home together.

The drive from Fengzhou to Niushou City took about two hours, all on the highway. From there, I transferred to Shizhu County, another four hours away. Finally, I took a regular bus from Shizhu County to Baishui Town. This long journey finally came to an end.

Fu Qianzhu wore white sneakers, denim shorts and a loose white T-shirt. Her long hair was tied in a high ponytail behind her head. She looked fresh and neat, perfectly presenting the beauty of health.

"Boss Zeng, do you really not need me to keep an eye on the decoration of the supermarket?" Fu Qianzhu asked.

"It doesn't matter. Ye Qiansheng is enough. Although he is unreliable in words, he is diligent in his work." Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.

Fu Qianzhu unscrewed the water bottle and handed it to Zeng Wenjie, nodded, and said, "It should be almost time for National Day to come back. I wish your snack shop will be a big hit in advance."

Zeng Wenjie was about to speak when he saw Yang Jingqi and Yang Li.

He couldn't help but roll his eyes. Could this happen anywhere?

Ever since Zeng Wenjie gave the water that Yang Jingqi gave him to Mu Qingyang, Yang Jingqi has not bothered him again. She must be very angry.

But she waited and waited, but there was no apology from Zeng Wenjie.

When Yang Jingqi saw Zeng Wenjie, she was stunned for a moment, then she pulled Yang Li away and sat down on the other side of the waiting room, not wanting to say hello to him.

"Aren't you going to say hello?" Yang Li asked.

"No!" Yang Jingqi gritted her teeth.

Yang Li felt that her best friend really took her too seriously. Zeng Wenjie was having a pleasant chat with Fu Qianzhu. The two of them were sitting close to each other, talking and laughing.

Isn’t Fu Qianzhu better in figure and prettier in face than you, Yang Jingqi?
Fake besties are so clueless!
After checking tickets and boarding the train, they found that their seats were next to each other, Zeng Wenjie and Fu Qianzhu on the left, and Yang Jingqi and Yang Li on the right.

Yang Li greeted with a smile, Zeng Wenjie nodded at her, but Yang Jingqi remained aloof.

"They are my high school classmates, also from Baishui Town. The one is Boss Yang's daughter." Zeng Wenjie said.

"Oh!" Fu Qianzhu took a look and then lost interest. "It seems like you two are not familiar with each other."

"Not bad." Zeng Wenjie shrugged, took out his cell phone and started playing with it.

Fu Qianzhu took out a book on sports rehabilitation from her bag and began to read it carefully without interfering with each other.

Yang Jingqi called her father and said, "Dad, I'm on the bus. I'll go to Niu Shou City to transfer first. I should be able to catch dinner tonight."

Yang Wei smiled and said, "You came back alone?"

Yang Jingqi said, "Yang Li and I also met Zeng Wenjie in the car."

"Wenjie...something big happened in his family, he probably doesn't know about it yet." Yang Wei couldn't help but say after hearing this.

"What's the matter?" Yang Jingqi was stunned and couldn't help asking.

Yang Wei said: "Lao Zeng went to Ganzhou to deliver goods to Boss Wen, but he was cheated and lost hundreds of thousands of yuan in payment."

Yang Jingqi was startled and looked at Zeng Wenjie who was concentrating on playing with his mobile phone.

(End of this chapter)