Chapter 182: After breaking off the engagement Mr. Si chased his wife to the crematorium!
Chapter 182 Seventeen Gifts
"What do you want to do?"
"I want to stay there all day tomorrow until she wakes up!" Xu Aiqin said, her eyes flashing with determination. "We need her to sell off some of her shares to ease the situation... She's an old lady, holding onto so many shares is useless!"
"We have shares too. If we don't sell ours and ask Mom to sell hers... it's a bit unfair."
Bai Zhenhai still had a conscience. After pondering for two seconds, he said, "Moreover, Mom has been in a coma for so long. It's not appropriate to bring up this topic right after she wakes up."
"Who said we haven't sold any?" Xu Aiqin retorted. "We've already sold quite a few shops and houses. If we sell more shares, the company will fall into the hands of outsiders! Do you want outsiders to take over our company? Or do you expect Mom to manage the company with her health?"
Bai Zhenhai fell silent.
"We need to hold onto the shares so that we can continue to manage the company as major shareholders... Firstly, to relieve Mom of the burden at her age, secondly, to earn more money to support her, thirdly, to prevent the company from falling into the hands of other shareholders, and fourthly, to alleviate our current plight. It's a win-win situation!"
Seeing Bai Zhenhai's silence, Xu Aiqin knew he was somewhat swayed and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot. "If we could solve our current plight ourselves, why would we, the younger generation, take things from Mom? It's only because we've reached a dead end and have no other choice..."
With this, Xu Aiqin pretended to shed a few tears. "Besides, in our family, we only have Yao Yao as our precious one. Mom's things will eventually be yours, won't they? Your things will eventually be Yao Yao's? It's better to give them earlier rather than later, at least it can alleviate the urgency..."
Bai Zhenhai was already persuaded, but his conscience still troubled him a bit.
Xu Aiqin continued, "If we wait too long to give them, and the company goes bankrupt, those shares will be worthless, and it won't help Mom to hold onto them!"
"That makes sense." Bai Zhenhai was completely convinced by her. "Let's find a time to visit Mom and see what she says."
"Strike while the iron is hot, let's go tomorrow!" Xu Aiqin said, exchanging glances with Bai Muyao.
Bai Muyao suddenly understood, "Dad, I also want to visit Grandma tomorrow!"
"Okay."
With the affirmative answer, Bai Muyao exchanged a glance with Xu Aiqin again, as if to say: Mom, don't worry! I'll take care of the next steps.
...
When Ou Yan returned home, she opened the bedroom door and found a dozen gifts piled inside.
They varied in size and were beautifully packaged.
She was puzzled. What day was it today? Why were there so many gifts?
It wasn't her birthday or any special occasion...
"Miss Ou Yan, you're back?" Aunt Lan saw her and approached with a kind smile. "These gifts are all prepared by Young Master for you. He wanted to give them to you in person, but since you weren't home, and his schedule is very regular, he asked me to deliver the gifts to your room before he went to bed."
"These are all from Big brother?" Ou Yan was surprised. Why would he give her so many things out of the blue, and they were all specially packaged?
"Young Master said that he missed out on seventeen years of your life, so these are seventeen birthday gifts. Though gifts can make up for it, the missing companionship can only be compensated doubly in the future."
Ou Yan understood, feeling warmth in her heart.
"Young Master truly cares about you." Aunt Lan added, looking around cautiously and whispered, "Because of this, Miss Yusha felt very jealous. Although she didn't show it in front of Young Master, her face was gloomy all night, and she was very picky with the servants, like she's become a different person."
"Why would Miss Yusha, who has no blood ties, be jealous of the birthday gifts my own brother gave me?" Ou Yan found it amusing.
Was it her turn to be jealous?
In these past dozen years, hasn't she benefited enough?
"Miss Ou Yan is right, but some people just can't understand their own identity and position." Aunt Lan sighed, "For more than a dozen years, everyone in the family has treated her as the only daughter. This deep affection may not be so easily diminished..."
"I don't intend to diminish it. If her presence can make the family happy, I don't mind. But if she hurts the family repeatedly, I think, without me saying anything, someone will naturally ask her to leave."
So, Ou Yan never took her seriously.
Li Yusha was just a clown jumping around, occasionally causing trouble, but it wasn't enough for Ou Yan to deal with personally.
"Miss Ou Yan's magnanimity and tolerance are admirable."
"You don't need to stand up for me. When I can't stand what I see, I'll handle it myself." Ou Yan knew that Aunt Lan had been receiving some cold treatment from Zhang Mama recently just because she didn't stand by Li Yusha's side, so she had taken some heat.
Aunt Lan didn't expect Ou Yan to notice this, feeling grateful. "Yes."
Although she said so, if the other party went too far, she would never stand by and watch.
She wouldn't let anyone speak ill of Miss Ou Yan!
"I'll thank my brother again tomorrow."
"Alright, then I won't disturb Miss Ou Yan's rest!"
After Aunt Lan left, Ou Yan ran her slender fingers over the gifts, unexpectedly feeling loved by family, which wasn't bad.
Early the next morning.
Bai Zhenhai was awakened by a series of urgent phone calls.
"What did you say? Another processing partner wants to terminate the contract with us? What's the situation this time? Just like that? Because Yan Yan's company has gained more fame after the competition, and they've offered more tempting conditions, so they are determined to terminate the contract?"
After a few more questions, Bai Zhenhai hung up the phone helplessly.
Xu Aiqin was also awakened by their conversation and sat up anxiously. "What's going on?"
"Those processing partners want to terminate their contracts with us and give the orders to Yan Yan's company..."
The so-called processing partners were some clothing companies. After producing their own clothes, they needed other companies to help with processing.
Some needed to add a few more steps because their skill levels were insufficient...
Some needed to attach labels, some needed help with quality inspection, and some needed to produce more quantities...
Bai Zhenhai's company had already seen many major partners leave, and they could barely keep going, relying on these processing partners for their orders...
Now even the processing partners were leaving. Their company was really on the brink of collapse!
"Yan Yan's side is offering concessions, saying they can reduce the processing fee by ten percent..."
You should know that this ten percent profit is not a small amount...
Hearing Bai Zhenhai's words, Xu Aiqin immediately said, "Then we can also reduce the processing fee by ten percent!"
Bai Zhenhai shook his head. "If we reduce it by another ten percent, it's equivalent to working for others for free! These are our main income now! Because we can't sell the clothes we produce ourselves!"
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