My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 538 - 0538 A Desperate Gamble (1)

Chapter 538: Chapter 0538 A Desperate Gamble (1)

"I’ll give it, I’ll give it."

Qin Aotian wiped the sweat from his brow and nodded repeatedly. Since things had come to this, he had no choice but to accept his fate. The Yang Family represented financial interests, while Yao Buji and the Flowing Cloud Sect were a matter of life and death; he couldn’t afford to lose either.

"Get out!"

Yao Buji cursed through clenched teeth and then closed his eyes, considering that he could only go to the Flowing Cloud Sect to ask for another elixir and see if he could invite a five-star martial master to settle accounts with Tie Quan.

With a disheartened look, Qin Aotian left the hospital room and was immediately berated by Liang Xuwang.

After Liu Mengting, Li Xiaoli, and Xia Wei’er returned home, they were utterly panicked.

Although Yao Buji was crippled again, which should have been a cause for celebration, Liu Gaoze’s mysterious capture made Liu Mengting extremely anxious and upset.

"Don’t worry, Meng Meng sister, I’ll think of something."

Li Xiaoli sat with Liu Mengting on the sofa, trying to comfort her while rapidly wracking her brain.

"My dad is just a businessman; how did it turn into this mess?"

Liu Mengting said while choking back tears, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Don’t panic, everything will get better."

Xia Wei’er hugged Liu Mengting, soothing her, and feeling a sense of relief. Although her own family was ordinary and had its own troubles, they didn’t face as many terrifying issues as the Liu Family. By comparison, she felt lucky; even without luxury and wealth, her life was peaceful and stable.

"I’ll call sister Lin Xue first."

Li Xiaoli immediately took out her phone to contact Lin Xue, thinking helplessly that if all else failed, they would have to turn to her brother.

Lin Xue was slightly surprised after receiving the call but assured them she would investigate the matter and told the three women to wait at home peacefully.

In the Qin Family villa, Qin Aotian looked at the pile of documents and contracts on the table with a weary expression.

"Dad, do we really have to do this?" Qin Haitian said, his face showing how painful he found the situation.

"Yeah, if we sell all these things, our Qin Family will be left with nothing."

Qin Haitao said with a pained expression.

"Sigh, we still have the New Minghuang Group," Qin Aotian said, gritting his teeth resignedly:

"Given where things stand now, neither the Yang Family nor the Flowing Cloud Sect are forces we can afford to offend. We can only sell some assets now and use that money to pay off our debts to them."

Qin Aotian truly felt aggrieved. Not only had he to give back all the money made through speculation, but he had also lost several hundred million into the bargain. Added to the recent investments in the New Minghuang Group, the Qin Family’s finances were already stretched thin.

This time, to repay the 250 million to Jack and the 100 million to Yao Buji, Qin Aotian had no choice but to liquidate his family’s assets.

"But now that our Qin Family’s income is less than our expenses, wouldn’t it be foolish to sell off our family’s legacy just to tap into our savings?"

Qin Haitian still appeared to be full of anxiety.

"Besides this, do you have any better ideas?" Qin Aotian gritted his teeth and said helplessly,

"The Yang Family and the Flowing Cloud Sect are both forces we cannot afford to offend. If we don’t repay their money, I fear that by tomorrow our Qin Family might be exterminated."

"How about..." Qin Haitian started to say.

"Enough," Qin Aotian interrupted impatiently, and with clenched teeth, he continued,

"With things having reached this point, we can only put all our eggs in one basket. As long as the New Minghuang Group can operate successfully, we will sooner or later earn back this money. After all, on Singles’ Day, we made several billion in just one day. If it hadn’t been for Zhou Jian’s sabotage, this amount of money would have been negligible."

Hearing this, the brothers of the Qin Family did not speak any further. Everyone had witnessed the earning power of the New Minghuang Group and its infinite potential for future development. They knew that Qin Aotian was staking everything on the success of the New Minghuang Group.

Repaying Jack was for the sake of future cooperation; repaying Yao Buji was to continue receiving support from the Flowing Cloud Sect and preventing the Yang Family from kicking the Qin Family out of the game. Thus, for various reasons, Qin Aotian could not afford to offend either party.

What Qin Aotian regretted the most now was his initial greed when he swindled Jack. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be in such a passive situation. But since things had come to this, the only option was to find a way to remedy the situation.

In the following days, the Yang Family and the Qin Family increased their investments, frantically producing Detoxification Liquid. And with the hot-selling effect of Singles’ Day, sales of the New Detoxification Liquid kept soaring. While not as explosive as on the day itself, revenue still reached tens of millions every day. As long as this could be maintained, the New Minghuang Group was bound to bring endless profits to the Qin, Yang, and even the Sun Families.

One morning, inside the chairman’s office of Minghuang Building, Jack sat contentedly on a chair, reviewing the business reports of the past few days, while Qin Aotian sat opposite him, all smiles.

Qin Aotian had repaid the money he had swindled from Jack. Although Jack was annoyed internally, on the surface, he couldn’t be bothered to tear into Qin Aotian. Now seeing the daily hefty income of the New Minghuang Group, he cared even less about the money Qin Aotian had swindled from him. After all, the money had been returned, and there was no point in dwelling on it. Making money in unity was the true way to go!

"My dear nephew, what do you think? I wasn’t wrong, was I?" Qin Aotian, legs crossed, grinned at Jack,

"Following this trend, our investment will be back in just a few months, and we’ll be able to just lie back and count the money."

"Indeed, now that those who should have been kicked out have gone, the company is solid as a rock with just our two families. There won’t be any more slip-ups; it’s just about making money now."

Jack grinned, extremely satisfied with the current situation.

"However, Sun Kai is still a problem. After all, he is from the Sun Family. If he tells the Sun Family the method of making Detoxification Liquid, it will still have a significant impact on us," Qin Aotian warned with furrowed brows and squinting eyes.

"Don’t worry," Jack replied with a nonchalant smile, "I had foreseen this when Long Duba was teaching the method of making Detoxification Liquid, so I made sure our people were supervising."

"Sun Kai is not a direct member of the Sun Family; our salary and treatment for him is a hundred times better than what the Sun Family offers. Besides, even if he sides with the Sun Family, he can’t affect the product. Let’s see if they have the ability to invest in creating a brand that can compete with the New Detoxification Liquid. They might invest a lot of money but won’t be able to establish a brand that can rival ours. It’s better for them to act as an agent as they are now, earning money steadily."

"Haha, you’re absolutely right."

Qin Aotian laughed heartily. With the New Minghuang Group now completely under the control of the Qin and Yang Families, he and Jack were the biggest beneficiaries. As for the Sun Family... well!

"By the way, I heard that the Zhou Family and the Ma Family have joined forces to create a pharmaceutical company. What do you think of this, my dear nephew?" Qin Aotian suddenly asked.

"Haha, two declining Martial Arts Families, now without martial masters in charge, are at most just commercial families. The company they’ve set up won’t affect our business."

Jack said, with a disdainful curl of the lips.