Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 467: Four hundred sixty-seven, the car broke down!_1

Chapter 467: Four hundred sixty-seven, the car broke down!_1

"That won’t do, as the saying goes, even among close brothers, clear accounts make for good friends," Ji Pianran said firmly. "The exact amount due is the exact amount to be paid."

Boss Gu wasn’t the kind of person to take advantage of small benefits; he sought out Old Zhang because he felt at ease with Zhang’s work.

"Boss Gu, since you trust me, just leave everything to me. The money you’ve helped me earn could remake ten stores like this without exaggeration," Old Zhang said to Boss Gu, eager to express his gratitude.

Old Zhang felt like he owed Boss Gu something and couldn’t figure out how to make it up.

Boss Gu wasn’t someone short on cash, so inviting him out for a meal seemed unnecessary.

As for giving Boss Gu a gift, since he’d already bought a car, he certainly didn’t lack anything else.

Thus, Old Zhang had been at a loss, but now he finally saw an opportunity.

"Don’t be like that. I didn’t come to you to take your money. After this, how could I dare to seek your help again?" Ji Pianran certainly couldn’t let Old Zhang just cover costs for him.

After hearing Boss Gu’s words, Old Zhang wasn’t sure what to do.

"How about this, Boss Gu, you just pay five hundred for the material costs," Old Zhang eventually suggested a figure.

Of course, this amount was far from sufficient for the renovations, so Old Zhang planned to pay the rest out of his own pocket.

At that point, Boss Gu took out two thousand yuan from his pocket.

And placed it in Old Zhang’s hands without hesitation.

"If it’s not enough, let me know."

He certainly wasn’t foolish enough to just give five hundred yuan.

Old Zhang was startled to see the two thousand yuan.

Even for an officially quoted job, the price wouldn’t reach two thousand yuan.

"Boss Gu, this won’t do, it’s too much. Five hundred is enough," Old Zhang hastily tried to return the money.

"Take it, just like this. You keep the two thousand yuan," Boss Gu didn’t leave Old Zhang any room to argue.

Boss Gu insisted on giving Old Zhang all the money.

As Old Zhang held the money, his esteem for Boss Gu grew even higher.

Boss Gu had never been one to fuss over small matters, especially not with money. He was always generous and magnanimous.

It came as no surprise to Old Zhang that Boss Gu was successful; if someone like him couldn’t make it, that would be the real injustice of society.

"Boss Gu, I will make sure this job is done well," he promised earnestly.

After Boss Gu left, Old Zhang got to work on the renovations for him.

Putting Old Zhang in charge actually gave Boss Gu some peace of mind.

Old Zhang was reliable and rarely complained.

Once all was set, Boss Gu thought it was time to move on to flyers.

If he wanted to associate flowers with romance, he needed to start spreading the concept.

Of course, he didn’t need to be the one disseminating this concept.

In the future, on computers and televisions, flowers would be irreversibly bonded with love.

And of course, that included diamond rings and so forth.

Boss Gu saw all these things with detachment, focusing only on what he had to do.

After dealing with these matters, he went home.

Arriving home, he was surprised to find Ji Pianran was also there.

"You’re at home too? Wasn’t there much to do at the company today?" Boss Gu asked, puzzled.

It was still early for Ji Pianran to leave work; how could she have come home so soon?

"Something happened, and I wanted to tell you about it," Ji Pianran said with a look of distress.

This piqued Boss Gu’s curiosity about what could have possibly happened.

"What happened?" Boss Gu hurriedly asked Ji Pianran.

"Don’t be too anxious, just say what happened, and we can solve it once it’s out in the open."

Boss Gu had thought something happened at the company, so he immediately tried to comfort Ji Pianran.

"You won’t get angry after I tell you, right?" Ji Pianran looked very worried.

This confused Boss Gu. What could possibly make him angry?

Boss Gu felt that whatever it was shouldn’t be enough to anger him.

"Our car broke down," Ji Pianran said, getting straight to the point.

When Boss Gu heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought it was something serious. It’s just a broken car; we can fix it."

It was just a car, after all. Boss Gu didn’t make a big deal out of it; it was merely a means of transportation.

Even the most expensive things were just a means of transportation to him.

"I’m really sorry, I don’t know how my relative managed it, but the whole body of the car is scraped and the paint has come off."

Ji Pianran felt like crying, feeling terribly guilty toward Boss Gu.

The car, after all, had been painstakingly purchased with the money Boss Gu earned, and the whole family had treasured it, only for it to be damaged the moment it was taken out.

"It’s a small issue, no big deal. If it’s broken, it’s broken. We’ll fix it if we can, and if it can’t be fixed, then we’ll just buy a new one," said Boss Gu, patting Ji Pianran’s head to ease her mind.

"I just feel a bit sorry to you," Pian Ran said.

As she spoke, Boss Gu saw the rims of Pian Ran’s eyes turning red.

"Silly girl, what’s there to cry about? The car can be fixed, as long as the husband isn’t broken," he said, taking her into his arms and cooing comfortingly.

After saying this, it even brought a chuckle from Ji Pianran.

"What are you doing, stop it," Ji Pianran said laughing.

"By the way, I’ve been wanting to change cars for a while now anyway. It doesn’t really matter whether we fix this one or not."

Boss Gu had been thinking about getting a new car for some time because, if he remembered correctly, the concept of sports cars had already emerged.

It’s just that many people still didn’t have a clear concept of them yet.

When magazines started featuring them and all sorts of racing movies came out, sports cars would become well-known to every household.

And Boss Gu was now considering buying a sports car.

"Why change it? This car has been with us for so long, I’ve come to think of it as part of the family," Ji Pianran said.

"Who lends out family members?" Boss Gu teased her.

That comment made Ji Pianran both laugh and cry.

"What are you doing? You’re really annoying," she said.

Any sadness in Ji Pianran had been quickly deflated by Boss Gu’s few words.

"Husband, you didn’t bring flowers home today," Ji Pianran suddenly whispered to Boss Gu.

Boss Gu was taken aback by her remark and then couldn’t help but laugh.

Goodness, no sooner had she cheered up than she started nitpicking. He should have let the poor thing cry a little longer.

"I didn’t expect you to come back so soon, I’ll go out and buy some in a bit," Boss Gu explained.

"No way, you broke a promise, you must be punished."