Extraordinary Soldier King in the City
Chapter 320: The Reason Behind the Matter

Chapter 320: Chapter 320: The Reason Behind the Matter

"Sigh!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jiangnan and Chen Qiaoqiao both sighed.

"Hey, don’t just sigh, if there’s something to say, just say it. Chen Feng isn’t a stranger!"

Liu Feifei, seeing her parents like this, spoke somewhat anxiously.

She had never seen her parents so worried before.

"This matter, I really find it hard to speak of!"

Liu Jiangnan forced a bitter smile and said.

"What can’t you speak of? Jiangnan, it’s not your fault. It’s their fault, and besides, she is your daughter, and Chen Feng is your future son-in-law. They are all family. Just tell them. If you don’t tell them, I will!"

Chen Qiaoqiao, looking at Liu Jiangnan, said.

"Ah, family disgrace, family disgrace!"

Liu Jiangnan sighed deeply, then shook his head and said, "Well then, since it’s like this, I’ll tell you two!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng and Liu Feifei both sat down on the sofa.

Liu Jiangnan sighed deeply again, looked at Chen Feng and Liu Feifei, and said, "This matter, I have to start from when I was a child..."

Then, Liu Jiangnan began to slowly recount the story to Chen Feng and Liu Feifei.

It turned out that Liu Jiangnan was an abandoned baby!

Because living conditions back then were not very good, and many families had a lot of children they couldn’t afford to keep, they had no choice but to abandon them.

On a cold wintry day covered in white snow, Liu Jiangnan, still in swaddling clothes, was discarded by his birth parents in the snowy area by the riverside.

Fortunately, there was a village nearby called Liu Family Village.

An old man surnamed Liu from Liu Family Village was going to the river to fetch water when he encountered the abandoned Liu Jiangnan. Seeing that Liu Jiangnan was pitiful, the kind-hearted old man took him home.

To raise Liu Jiangnan, the old man tried everything he could, and finally managed to save Liu Jiangnan from the brink of death.

The old man was uneducated, and because the baby was found south of the river, he named him Liu Jiangnan!

Time passed, and Liu Jiangnan turned five.

The old man was elderly and plagued with illness, eventually leaving this world.

Thus, Liu Jiangnan became an orphan once again, all alone.

Being just a five-year-old child, he had no ability to live independently.

Fortunately, the villagers of Liu Family Village were mostly kind-hearted, and Liu Jiangnan grew up living on alms from the whole village. Later, with the support of kind-hearted people, he went to college and eventually worked his way up to the position of chairman at Jiangnan Real Estate!

With such achievements, Liu Jiangnan did not forget the benefactors of Liu Family Village and tried every means to repay their kindness.

He even helped the people of Liu Family Village establish a construction company, affiliated with Jiangnan Real Estate.

If Jiangnan Real Estate had any surplus or smaller scale projects, they would be given to the construction company from Liu Family Village.

In this way, everyone made money together, leading Liu Family Village on the road to wealth.

This was originally a nice thing, but when faced with huge financial temptations, people gradually lose themselves and show their greedy side.

At first, everything was fine, but gradually, the people of Liu Family Village became more and more greedy. They complained that the projects Liu Jiangnan assigned to them were too small and too few, with some not very profitable.

In light of their previous kindness, Liu Jiangnan kept indulging them, giving some medium-sized projects to their company.

And they took advantage of this, becoming increasingly outrageous and insatiable.

As of today, they have even dared to start withholding the wages of those migrant workers for various reasons.

This delay sometimes lasted for months or even half a year, causing the migrant workers unspeakable suffering.

They had toiled tirelessly on the construction site for most of the year, watching the high-rises gradually take shape, but they hadn’t received a single penny, not even the money to go home for the New Year.

Imagine how heartbreaking that is.

They continually went to Liu Family Village Construction Company to demand their dues, but the company kept delaying on various pretexts. In the end, out of desperation, they had no choice but to come to Liu Jiangnan to seek justice.

Originally, this issue had nothing to do with Liu Jiangnan and Jiangnan Real Estate.

After all, he had already transferred all the project funds to Liu Family Village Construction Company, and it was their responsibility to handle any issues.

But now he couldn’t ignore it, as Liu Family Village Construction Company was registered under the name of Jiangnan Real Estate, essentially making it a subsidiary.

If this continues, the reputation of Jiangnan Real Estate will definitely be ruined due to the wage issues of the migrant workers.

Liu Jiangnan once tried to contact the head of Liu Family Village Construction Company, urging them to pay the migrant workers, but they arrogantly claimed that they didn’t have the funds due to poor company performance and even suggested that Liu Jiangnan pay on their behalf.

That’s utterly unreasonable.

Liu Jiangnan gave the project to Liu Family Village Construction Company, forgoing profit and letting them earn the money.

And now the wages of their company’s migrant workers have to be paid by Jiangnan Real Estate?

Such a precedent really can’t be set; once there is a first time, there will be a second!

Liu Jiangnan deeply understands this.

However, he also couldn’t blame the people from Liu Family Village, as they were all people who had saved his life.

On one hand, there were the hardworking migrant workers who couldn’t receive their wages and had nowhere to turn.

On the other, there were the lifesavers who had raised him, spoon-feeding him one bite at a time.

Liu Jiangnan didn’t know whose side to take and was in deep distress.

After hearing Liu Jiangnan’s words, Liu Feifei’s face was also filled with anger.

Because these people from Liu Family Village were just too much; though they had been kind to her father, that didn’t give them the right to bully others.

And coming from the countryside themselves, didn’t they know how hard it was for rural people to make money? To still withhold the wages of migrant workers was utterly unconscionable!

In contrast to Liu Feifei’s anger, Chen Feng understood better the taste of conflict in Liu Jiangnan’s heart.

A great kindness could turn into a great grudge!

This was the kind of dilemma Liu Jiangnan found himself trapped in.

The villagers from Liu Family Village had shown him such great kindness that, no matter how excessive they were, he had to tolerate them, hardly daring to show any anger for fear of being called ungrateful, placing him in a very difficult position.

Chen Feng understood this deeply.

"Dad, you don’t owe them anything anymore. Liu Family Village used to be such a poor village. Now, with your help, every family has built their own houses and drives their own cars. They should be content! In this matter, you should follow your heart and help those migrant workers who need help!"

Liu Feifei voiced her worries that her father might continue to be overly tolerant.

"A life-saving favor, a nurturing favor, these are debts of gratitude that can never be fully repaid in a lifetime, my child, you just don’t understand!"

Liu Jiangnan sighed and spoke with a face full of sorrow.

It was clear that over the years, this gratitude had weighed heavily on his mind, causing him immense pressure.