My sister broke off her engagement to marry someone richer? My older sister married me and became in

Seeing Lu Qingshan being "invited" out, Yu Gaoyang excitedly slammed the door shut and locked it.

His face was flushed with a sickly redness.

"Did you see how embarrassed Lu Qingshan looked?!"

"He's trying to steal it! He's dreaming!"

Yu Gaoyang waved his fists as if he had already trampled Lu Qingshan under his feet.

"Who does he think he is! He dares to compete with the Yu family!"

Monkey Three sat on the sofa, legs crossed, his eyes behind his sunglasses filled with pity as if he were looking at a fool.

He slowly stood up, walked over to Yu Bo, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Director Yu, you're a real man."

"Since you're so sincere, I'll reserve this batch of goods for you."

He paused, then his tone became unquestionable.

"Tomorrow at noon."

"The final payment of 230,000 yuan must be paid in full, not a penny less."

"Payment received, goods shipped."

"What if the money isn't enough..."

Monkey Three sneered and pointed to the agreement signed by Yu Gaoyang on the table.

"It's all in black and white. Consider that 20,000 yuan deposit as tea for the brothers."

After saying that, he didn't look at the Yu family father and son again, and with two bodyguards, he went straight into the inner bedroom and slammed the door shut.

The loud slamming of the door jolted Yu Bo awake from his relief at surviving the ordeal.

Two hundred and thirty thousand.

Tomorrow at noon.

A chill slowly crept up from the soles of his feet.

"Walk!"

Yu Bo grabbed Yu Gaoyang, who was still daydreaming.

"Go back to the factory! Get your money!"

……

Food factory.

Yu Bo rushed in like a gust of wind.

He grabbed the phone on the table and frantically cranked the handle to connect to the factory's switchboard.

"I'm Yu Bo! Tell your Section Chief Liu to get to my office right now!"

Less than five minutes.

A middle-aged man, around fifty years old and wearing thick-rimmed glasses, rushed in, panting.

He was Section Chief Liu of the Finance Department, who had worked at the factory for thirty years and was an honest and conscientious accountant.

"Factory...factory manager, why...why are you looking for me so urgently..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Yu Bo pulled him to the desk, his eyes bloodshot.

"How much readily available cash does the factory have left in its accounts?"

Section Chief Liu paused for a moment, then subconsciously pushed up his glasses.

"Factory manager, this needs to be checked in the accounts... I..."

"I'm telling you now! About how much!" Yu Bo slammed his hand on the table, causing the teacup to jump.

Section Chief Liu trembled with fright and stammered, "After deducting... after deducting the fines paid to the provincial foreign trade company, the wages set aside for the workers, and the raw material costs for next month... there's probably... around 30,000 left..."

"not enough!"

Yu Bo let out a low growl, like a wounded wild beast.

"Not nearly enough!"

He stared intently at Section Chief Liu and gave the order, word by word.

"From this moment forward, withdraw every single available penny from the factory's accounts, without keeping a single cent!"

"Including next month's wages for the workers! Money for raw materials! Money to pay fines! Clear it all out!"

Section Chief Liu's face turned pale instantly.

"Factory manager! You mustn't do that!"

His voice was trembling.

"Misappropriating workers' wages is a capital offense!"

"If the higher-ups find out, we...we'll all have to go to jail!"

"What are you afraid of!" Yu Bo grabbed his collar, spitting in his face. "I only need this money for three days!"

"I'll get my money back with interest in three days!"

"When the time comes, I'll make you the deputy factory director!"

A mad light gleamed in Yu Bo's eyes.

"Now, I order you to do it immediately!"

"If anything happens, I, Yu Bo, will take full responsibility!"

Looking at Yu Bo, who seemed to have gone mad, Section Chief Liu knew that there was no point in trying to persuade him any further.

His lips trembled for a long time before he could finally squeeze out a single word through gritted teeth.

"Yes……"

He scrambled out of the office as if escaping from hell.

Only Yu Bo and his son remained in the office.

Yu Gaoyang looked at his father with eyes full of admiration.

"Dad, you really have guts!"

Yu Bo sat heavily in the chair, lit a cigarette, but his hands were trembling uncontrollably.

An hour later.

Section Chief Liu is back.

He held several sheets of paper that he had just torn from the account book, and his face was even paler than before.

He walked to the desk and, with trembling hands, placed the few sheets of paper in front of Yu Bo.

"Factory...factory manager..."

His voice sounded like it was being forced out of his throat.

"I've...I've figured it out..."

Yu Bo took a deep drag of his cigarette, exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, and, trying to remain calm, picked up the few sheets of paper.

When he saw the final number on the paper, his expression froze.

120,000.

With the deposit of 20,000 yuan, there is still a shortfall of 110,000 yuan in the final payment.

"How is that possible!"

Yu Bo suddenly stood up, crumpled the papers into a ball, and threw it hard at Section Chief Liu's face.

"How could it only be 110,000 yuan!"

Section Chief Liu was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said in a tearful voice, "Factory Director, it's true! Last time, that batch of inferior mountain products not only resulted in a loss on the goods, but also a significant amount of working capital was lost... Later, you bought ginseng at a high price, which cost you some of it... The account really... really only has this much left..."

Yu Bo felt his head buzz and the world spin around him.

110,000

Where did he get it?

"Ring ring ring—"

At that moment, the telephone on the table rang shrilly.

Yu Bo shuddered, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

He stared at the incessantly ringing phone as if it were a deadly demon.

Finally, still trembling, he picked up the receiver.

"Feed..."

"Director Yu?"

On the other end of the phone came Monkey Three's lazy, mocking voice.

"How's the money preparation going?"

"Mr. Jin... Mr. Jin..." Yu Bo's voice was extremely hoarse, "The amount of money is quite large, I... I'm trying to figure out a way..."

"Think of a way?" Monkey Three sneered. "Director Yu, I don't have time to wait for you to think slowly."

"Just now, someone else called me."

"That's the kid surnamed Lu who tried to steal your goods at the guesthouse this afternoon."

"He said that as long as I agree, he can come over right now with 250,000 yuan in cash to pick up the goods."

"Director Yu, my patience is limited."

"If I don't see the money by noon tomorrow, this batch of goods will belong to him, Lu."

"You're not getting that 20,000 yuan deposit back."

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The call was disconnected.

Yu Bo stood frozen in place, holding the cold receiver.

Sweat soaked his back.

"Dad... what should we do..." Yu Gaoyang panicked and looked at him helplessly.

"Shut up!"

Yu Bo paced frantically back and forth in the office like a trapped beast.

borrow money.

This is his only path.

He suddenly stopped, rushed to his desk, pulled open a drawer, and pulled out a black leather address book from the bottom.

The top of the document is filled with detailed records of the network of contacts he had cultivated in Hongshi County over half his life.

He took a deep breath, his hands trembling, and dialed the first number.

The phone number belonged to Manager Qian of the county department store, who was also his longtime card-playing partner.

The call was connected.

"Feed? Old Qian, it's me, Yu Bo."

Yu Bo's voice was very low, carrying a hint of humility that he himself was unaware of.

"Old Yu? It's so late, is something wrong?"

"Ahem... Old Qian, I need your help with something." Yu Bo licked his dry lips. "I'm a little short on cash right now, and I'd like to borrow a few tens of thousands of yuan from you."

"Don't worry, it'll only take three days! I'll return it to you in three days!"

"Interest is negotiable! I'll give you a high interest rate of one percent!"

To reassure the other party, he added another sentence.

"I know about the recent fines imposed on the factory... You might be worried, but I can sign a contract and use my current house as collateral!"

He had assumed that with such generous terms, the other party would agree without hesitation.

However, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Just as Bo's heart was sinking, Manager Qian finally spoke in an extremely hesitant tone.

"Hey Lao Yu, it's not that I'm not helping you, brother."

"It's really...unfortunate."

"I recently received a large shipment of goods, and my cash flow is also very tight."

"I really... can't come up with a single penny."

"Or... why don't you ask someone else?"

Yu Bo hung up the phone, his face ashen.

He had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he forced himself to believe that it was just a coincidence.

He suppressed his unease and dialed a second number.

This man was Wang, the station chief of the county grain station, and the two had drunk together quite a bit.

"Hey, Lao Wang..."

"Hey, Lao Yu! What a rare guest!"

"That's right, I think..."

Before he could finish speaking, Station Chief Wang on the other end of the phone interrupted him in an exaggerated tone.

"Hey Lao Yu, don't you dare mention borrowing money to me!"

"I'm really worried about this! My son is getting married, and the girl's family used to be from Beijing, but now they insist on having a house there. I'm trying to borrow money everywhere!"

"We really don't have a single penny left!"

Yu Bo's heart sank even further.

He hung up the phone and, unwilling to give up, dialed a third one.

Captain Li of the transport team.

This time, the other party's response was even more direct.

"Director Yu, lending money is out of the question!"

Yu Bo held the receiver, standing there blankly.

As he listened to the busy tone on the phone, a chill ran down his spine and spread throughout his body.