Hua Xiaomo’s face had also turned a bit pale as she held her phone, silent for a long while. She hadn’t expected her brother to be so stubborn.
Qi Longbing looked at Hua Xiaomo and smiled faintly, a glint in his eyes. "Xiao Mo, is it worth getting angry over such a thing? Let’s eat first. Look, your steak is getting cold. Shall I order a new one for you?"
"No need, I really can’t eat," Hua Xiaomo replied listlessly.
"Qi Longbing, I really can’t eat anymore; I have no appetite. Just thinking about my brother’s situation, I find it unimaginable. He actually asked for 80 million! Who could possibly co up with that kind of money?"
"Besides, Dong Xiaoyou agreed to marry my brother, but she still hasn’t actually consented. I really don’t know what she’s thinking. Anyway, I feel this matter isn’t that simple. I don’t think I’ll lend the money."
"Didn’t he tell you? It’s Dong Xiaoyou’s brother, Dong Jiahao, who racked up the gambling debt, which is why so much money is owed. If you don’t provide the funds, loan sharks will hound Dong Jiahao. In that situation, your brother probably wouldn’t just stand by. He also said earlier that he’d risk his life rather than let anything happen to Dong Jiahao. Considering this, can you really bear to watch your brother make such a difficult decision? Moreover, I don’t want to see any friction between you and your brother," Qi Longbing said earnestly to Hua Xiaomo.
No matter what, he felt he couldn’t just say it wasn’t his concern; otherwise, it would cause problems in their sibling relationship. Besides, Wen Yajun also worked for him at his company. He’s always been in the design departnt, a decent person, and has handled several major projects he was assigned perfectly. Such a person, in so respects, deserves to be rewarded. Although a person’s worth can’t be entirely asured in money, a monetary reward is sotis quite necessary. So, this 80 million could be considered his reward for Wen Yajun. After all, won’t they all be family soon? He’s going to be his brother-in-law; giving this money to his own family isn’t improper at all.
After hesitating for a long ti, Hua Xiaomo thought for a mont, then looked at Qi Longbing and said, "Let think about this a bit more. I feel I still need to consider it carefully. It’s not sothing I can agree to just like that. The sa goes for you. Regarding the dealings between your Qi Imperial Court and my company, I don’t want them to get entangled in other complicated matters."
"Besides, the collaboration between our companies is a business negotiation; it shouldn’t involve other ssy affairs, especially my brother’s, which are extrely complicated."
"Alright, then take your ti to consider it. However, I think it should be done as soon as possible, as I feel their situation is quite urgent," Qi Longbing said to Hua Xiaomo. Just then, Candy, who was beside them, tugged at a corner of Qi Longbing’s suit.
The little girl, with a pitiful look on her small face and an endearing expression, said, "Uncle, Uncle, you said you’d take to see a big movie! Why aren’t you taking to see the big movie now? If you don’t, I’ll get angry! Oh, and I also want to go to the amusent park today. Right, when will you take to the amusent park?"
"I also want to buy lots of toys! Oh dear, my house is already overflowing with piles of toys, but I still want to buy more. Will you buy them for ?"
Hearing this, Hua Xiaomo flared up. She hadn’t expected this child to want everything she saw! And even tugging at soone’s clothes to ask for things—how could this be acceptable? She’s simply too spoiled! No, I absolutely cannot let her be so willful anymore.
"Candy, you’re really going too far! I’m telling you, I definitely won’t buy you any this ti. You said it yourself, your house is already overflowing with toys, so how can you keep buying more? Even if you like all the toys, you can’t possibly buy every single one of them! What would be the point of buying them all?"
"When you grow up, you won’t want these toys anymore. Then how will we get rid of them? That will be a hassle, you know? Besides, your priority right now should be to focus on your studies. Learning is what’s most important! If you don’t study well, what good will all these toys do you? Toys can’t help you with your howork, can they?"
"Moreover, your head is full of toys! When you take exams, they don’t test you on toys; they test your knowledge. If your knowledge isn’t good and you don’t learn anything, you’ll be useless when you grow up. If you’re useless, how will you earn money? If you can’t earn money, you’ll be even more useless! Honestly, this is really making angry. I absolutely cannot indulge you this ti."
Candy looked at Hua Xiaomo’s furious expression, which was just like a tigress. She couldn’t imagine how Mom had suddenly turned into a tiger! It was too scary! Oh dear, it really hurt her tender little heart.
After thinking it over, Candy still looked at Qi Longbing with her pretty little face. She thought Qi Longbing was quite gentle, not too intense, not at all as scary as Mom.
"Uncle, Uncle, look at Mom! She’s being so unreasonable! It’s not like I asked for too much, right? Uncle, you promised to buy them for , didn’t you? You can’t listen to Mom, because sotis what Mom says isn’t completely right."
"And right now, she’s like that Witch from the deep forest, she looks so scary!" Candy said with a laugh, but deep down, she was still a little afraid of Hua Xiaomo.
But right now, she always felt that Qi Longbing was nicer to her, and she thought this uncle was a really good uncle.
Even better than Brother Zi Yunsui? Oh dear, Brother Zi Yunsui hadn’t visited her in such a long ti, and she didn’t even know if Brother Zi Yunsui still kept in touch with Mom.
No matter what, she always wished Mom would be a little nicer to her; then the two of them would get along just fine.
Qi Longbing stroked Little Candy’s head and said with a smile, "Little Candy, you really are so cute. Now, about the movie tonight, that’s no problem. But when it cos to buying toys, isn’t it better to listen to your mom, okay? We should do everything in moderation, after all."
"Didn’t we buy toys yesterday? If we bought toys yesterday, then we won’t buy any today. How about this: if you get a score of 100 on a test, Uncle will buy you another toy. I promise it will be the best toy among all your toys. What do you think?"
Candy’s eyes widened as she looked at Qi Longbing; she didn’t quite believe what he said.
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