Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 221 The Exorbitant Fee to Change Your Name Given by the Father-in-law!_1

Chapter 221: 221 The Exorbitant Fee to Change Your Name Given by the Father-in-law!_1

Although it was their first meeting,

once he called him ’Dad,’ he decided he would treat him with the filial piety due to a biological father!

After all, Pian Ran had always treated her own parents well.

One good turn deserves another; he felt obliged to treat her parents well too.

Even if this ginseng could sell for a large sum of money, he didn’t want to profit from it; he just wished for his father-in-law’s health to improve rapidly.

His health was invaluable to Ji Pianran.

So he would do whatever it took to restore it!

These were Gu Chen’s thoughts at the moment.

Looking into Gu Chen’s sincere eyes, Ji Guangsheng’s heart, hard as a rock, was unexpectedly touched.

It wasn’t that he was heartless; it was that over the years, he had seen too much cruelty and deception in the world.

Everyone was running after their own interests.

Including himself.

Unexpectedly, this young man he had just met was so generous and sincere with him, something even his own two brothers couldn’t match.

It seemed that he truly regarded him as his father.

Ji Guangsheng smiled, "Do you know how much this ginseng is worth? To just give it to this old man like that, won’t you regret it?"

Gu Chen smiled too, his expression full of disregard for money, "Who cares how much it’s worth? After all, some things can’t be measured by money."

In his eyes, Ji Guangsheng’s life was more important than money.

At this moment, admiration and clarity that hadn’t been seen in a long time appeared in Ji Guangsheng’s shrewd eyes.

It was the light of youth, the light of admiration for Gu Chen.

Over the years, Gu Chen was the first person who had earned his admiration.

He nodded slightly, turned his wheelchair, and headed for the nightstand.

He then pulled open a drawer, took out a checkbook, and a black pen.

Hastily, he wrote down the figure: twenty million in full.

After writing the check, he picked it up and wheeled back to Gu Chen.

He looked at Gu Chen with a smile in his eyes, "By the way, what did you call me?"

Gu Chen blinked, "Dad!"

"Ah!" Ji Guangsheng answered robustly, and after speaking, handed the check he was holding to Gu Chen.

"This is a fee for changing how you address me."

Gu Chen was startled.

My goodness, the fee for changing how you address someone is more terrifying with each instance.

Twenty million!

He shook his head, "I can’t take this money, please keep it."

Twenty million was truly too much; accepting it would plainly be taking advantage of someone.

He, Gu Chen, was not that kind of person.

Ji Guangsheng had anticipated this, and he chuckled, "I’m not giving it to you for nothing; it’s for all your ginseng."

The market price of the ginseng was about one to two million, and Ji Guangsheng indeed offered the highest price, twenty million, but this had nothing to do with Gu Chen being his son-in-law.

More than status, he valued character.

Gu Chen’s character was truly priceless.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen was startled and blurted out subconsciously, "The ginseng is worth that much?"

He never dreamed that he initially just wanted to earn a small profit, a few tens of thousands in difference; he never expected it to actually be worth twenty million!

That was just too exaggerated.

Ji Guangsheng smiled, "You should really thank your friend who sold you the ginseng; this is a profit of tens of millions."

After finishing speaking, he moved his eyebrows and surprisingly started to joke around.

"What’s the matter, do you regret knowing the price now?"

Gu Chen burst into laughter, "Not at all, money can be earned again, but Pian Ran’s dad can only have one in his lifetime."

He enjoyed making money, but money was never the first creed of his life.

He had only one life creed, which was to make Ji Pianran and Xiao Tangtang happy and to protect them from worries for a lifetime.

At this moment, Ji Chu poked Wu Shuhui next to him with his hand.

He indicated with his eyes for her to look at Ji Guangsheng’s face.

This has been the day he’s smiled the most in years.

His mood was really good.

Wu Shuhui had noticed earlier, and she felt nothing but contentment.

The hardships had finally passed.

Today was a good day.

They found their daughter Pian Ran, and her husband Guangsheng unexpectedly got ten century-old ginseng, making it an excellent start for both family and business.

Uncle Guang was also excited at the moment, but more so because the young miss had found an outstanding son-in-law.

Xiao Tangtang had been standing by herself for a long time, bored stiff.

She then approached and tugged at Ji Chu’s trousers, tilting her little head up, and looked at him innocently, "Can you buy me another cotton candy?"

That cotton candy tasted so good, and she could squish it into a ball and pop it into her mouth.

It was both delicious and fun, and she wanted another one.

Seeing the little girl’s adorable appearance, Ji Chu’s heart almost melted. He patted Xiao Tangtang’s little head tenderly, "Call me uncle, and you can have cotton candy every day."

Hearing that she could have it every day, the little one immediately smiled so wide her eyes disappeared.

"Uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle. Uncle..."

She blurted out countless ’uncle’s in one breath.

Everyone in the room started to laugh.

...

Nobody noticed a man dressed as a chef with an apron and a white cap standing at the door,

listening to every word being said inside the room very clearly.

At this moment, he pursed his lips and walked towards the staircase.

While walking, he took off his apron and cap.

He walked down the stairs to the hospital entrance, then got into a black Volkswagen, started the engine, and drove towards a new medicinal material company on Dongcheng Street named Chengxiang.

The company wasn’t big, with just over a hundred people.

All the employees had switched from Ji’s company.

The boss was none other than Ji Guangsheng’s brother, Ji Changming.

At this moment, Ji Changming was sitting in a brand-new mahogany desk in the general manager’s office. Sitting across from him was a short, chubby middle-aged man with a square face and a receding hairline.

The man looked hesitant and troubled.

He spoke in a low voice after a long silence.

"Second brother, I always feel that this isn’t right. After all, we are still family. Over the years, even though we haven’t had much power, we didn’t miss out on any money we were supposed to get. Just from the dividends, we’re talking nearly a hundred million a year."

Even though there were only the two of them in the room, his cautious demeanor gave off the impression of someone with a guilty conscience.

At those words, Ji Changming across from him glared at him, and fiercely stubbed out his Zhonghua cigarette in the ashtray.

A wisp of smoke slowly rose from the grey glass ashtray.

"No wonder big brother treats you well, you really are a good little brother. A mere billion, and you’ve been bought?" he said coldly.

"That’s just what he gave you, what about what he hasn’t given you? This is Ji’s company, the medicinal material business is like a gold mine, do you know how much the net profit is? What you’ve gotten is only about a month or two’s worth of profits from Ji’s company!" Ji Changming continued.

His brother had always been timid and scared. Seeing his brother’s clueless and dopey look only made him feel the frustration of hating that one cannot make iron from mud.