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Chapter 438 Grandfather Driven to Desperation_1

Chapter 438: Chapter 438 Grandfather Driven to Desperation_1

She sighed, nodded, and said, "Alright, I got it. Don’t think too much about it."

That night, Ji Yunhuan didn’t sleep at all. She lay in bed, tossing and turning restlessly.

The restaurant had been operating for a month. Although it didn’t make much money, continuing would have been enough to support their family.

Now that the store had been wrecked, it would need a lot of money to renovate it.

While she couldn’t remember the number of times she turned over, a pair of long arms pulled her into a warm embrace. Qi Cheng’s warm breath was in her ear. "Can’t sleep?"

"Did I wake you?" She felt very sorry.

She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she hadn’t considered these things.

Qi Cheng breathed in her fragrance. "Be good, listen, and sleep well. Don’t think about useless things. No matter what happens, you still have me. Even if Grandpa forces me to the brink, I won’t give up. So, I hope you can believe in me too."

"Mm." Ji Yunhuan responded softly. She didn’t mean to make Qi Cheng sad.

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The next day, Ji Yunhuan had nothing to do at home, so she called Sister Wen Nuan. She had invested some money with Wen Nuan and hoped Wen Nuan could lend her some money in return.

The restaurant was wrecked, but she still wanted to reopen it.

Given Wen Nuan’s financial situation, it shouldn’t be difficult for her to come up with some money.

Although they moved here, Ji Yunhuan didn’t want to trouble anyone; now there was no other way.

The phone took a while to be answered. Wen Nuan’s voice came over, sounding tired. "Hello."

"Sister Wen Nuan, it’s me," Ji Yunhuan said.

As soon as Wen Nuan heard it was Yunhuan, she perked up. "What made you think of calling me? Didn’t you run off with your man?"

Sister Wen Nuan knew about Ji Yunhuan running away with Qi Cheng too.

Ji Yunhuan felt a bit guilty. Since she left, she hadn’t called Wen Nuan much. She apologized first, then asked with concern, "Sister, are you okay?"

"It’s nothing serious, just some issues with the restaurant recently." Wen Nuan’s voice revealed that not only was there an issue, but it was very serious.

Ji Yunhuan was silent for a moment before asking, "What happened at the restaurant?"

Given what happened at the restaurant, Ji Yunhuan understood Wen Nuan’s mood well.

"The restaurants went bankrupt," Wen Nuan said. "All three of them."

"..." Ji Yunhuan couldn’t believe it. "How could this happen?"

It definitely wasn’t a matter of risk. With Wen Nuan’s experience, something like this shouldn’t happen. The important thing was that her French Restaurant had been open for a long time.

Wen Nuan’s voice sounded weak. "Brother Zhou said someone wanted to harm us. Because a customer was poisoned, we’re in the middle of a lawsuit. The money you invested initially might not be repaid to you for now. I’m sorry."

She thought Ji Yunhuan and Qi Cheng wouldn’t need the money together.

Ji Yunhuan originally called for money but couldn’t bring herself to say anything upon hearing this. "That’s okay. I don’t even know what happened with the restaurant, I’m sorry, Sister Wen Nuan. I’m far away now and can’t help you with anything."

"It’s nothing. I made a lot of money before. The issues are being handled. I’m just tired and don’t want to do this anymore." Wen Nuan seemed sick, sounding very exhausted.

Ji Yunhuan chatted with her on the phone for a while, then stopped bothering her.

She now understood what it meant for troubles to come one after another.

That night, Qi Cheng still hadn’t come back. Ji Yunhuan couldn’t wait any longer, so she asked a servant to go to the restaurant with her to find him.

The two-story store was signed by herself and the owner. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw the lights inside were on. She hadn’t been here for a long time. The restaurant door was open. She pushed the door and walked inside. There was nothing inside except for Qi Cheng, who was sitting alone on the floor, deep in thought.

Ji Yunhuan worried that he was sick and quickly walked over. "Qi Cheng."

Hearing the sound, Qi Cheng looked up at her, with a flash of complicated emotions in his eyes. "You’re here?"

He didn’t seem to be sick.

Her heart relaxed.

Ji Yunhuan said, "You haven’t come home. I came to check on you."

Qi Cheng’s gaze fell on her. He stood up and patted his pants. "Let’s go home!"

"Why is it so empty here?" Ji Yunhuan looked around. She and Qi Cheng put so much effort into this place. Now, everything was gone?

"Sold." Qi Cheng said indifferently.

Ji Yunhuan looked at him in surprise. "Weren’t they here just yesterday? Why sell everything? It’ll cost a lot to buy them again later."

Although the store was wrecked, some things should still be good.

Qi Cheng held her hand. The light shone on the two of them as he looked tenderly at Ji Yunhuan in his arms. "I’m sorry, Yunhuan. We won’t be running the restaurant anymore."

"Why?"

"No matter how many times we reopen, it’ll end up the same." Qi Cheng said, "The landlord you signed with sold the restaurant to someone else and disappeared."

"..." Ji Yunhuan felt totally lost.

She had met that landlord before, and later Qi Cheng had too. They both thought he was reliable. He didn’t seem like someone who would deceive anyone.

Qi Cheng said, "It’s just as you think. The way I made trouble for Wen Nuan’s restaurant before, someone is doing the same to us now. So, I sold everything in the restaurant at a low price."

Even if they reopened ten times, the restaurant would be wrecked.

Instead, it gave Grandpa a chance to hit them harder.

When Ji Yunhuan heard this from Qi Cheng, she understood everything.

Grandpa used the same methods as Qi Cheng had before.

That night, Ji Yunhuan stood under the shower, thinking about everything that had happened today, and felt a chill. She even thought that the troubles at Wen Nuan’s place must also have been caused by the Qi Family. They feared Wen Nuan would help her, so they wouldn’t even spare Wen Nuan.

She stayed under the shower for a long time before coming out, only to bump into Qi Cheng slamming his hand heavily on the table.

Her heart, which she had just managed to calm down, tightened again.

She walked over. "What’s wrong?"

Qi Cheng sat on the chair. "The other party still hasn’t paid for the design we made last time."

Although they weren’t urgently needing the money to eat, he always hated people who didn’t keep their promises.

Besides, he had stayed up for half a month to work on that design. If it were before, even if someone offered millions, it wouldn’t have been possible to get such a design from him, let alone this time when they only gave him a few thousand.

It’s easy to go from frugality to extravagance but hard to go from extravagance to frugality.

Although they weren’t lacking money now, if this continued, the money from selling things would soon run out. Besides, Ji Yunhuan was about to have a baby, and the weather was getting colder.

He didn’t want her to suffer with him.

"So what did they say?" Ji Yunhuan glanced at the computer beside them. "They shouldn’t go back on their word, right?"

"They said they need to ask their leader." Qi Cheng had a severe headache. That damn design had been revised three times for them. The clients insisted on changes to places he was satisfied with. He was enraged by the last round of revisions before they reluctantly accepted it.