Chapter 538: Sister's Affairs

I looked at my older sister,

Shaking my head, I said: "Sis, did the past Kong Shi cause you trouble? Sigh, I also have no way.

You should know, during those days I couldn't even protect myself.

Just being able to survive is already good.

Now there's nothing. Sis, tell me, what's the matter? I really can't figure it out."

Older sister sighed while looking at me,

"Jianqiang, do you still remember? When I went to the hospital to see you, I gave you that list of names."

That list of names given to me.

I suddenly remembered,

That was when my older sister came to see me, she specially gave it to me, about thirty or more people. These people were all asking her to use her connections to get them into Da Heng Group.

At that time, Da Heng Group was in its most difficult period.

I directly lit that paper and smoked it.

The thing my older sister entrusted me to handle, I simply couldn't do it.

Later I got into trouble,

Da Heng Group and I had nothing to do with each other anymore.

I looked at my older sister and said: "Sis, I remember that paper. Aren't they all people who want to get into Da Heng Group?

I'm not the one who got into trouble; after an investigation from above, I really couldn't handle those matters.

This is fate; nobody can do anything about it."

"Jianqiang, sigh, who would say otherwise, but those people don't understand; they insist on finding me. They insist on making me get their children into Da Heng Group,

I explained to them, my brothers got into trouble, how could they get into Da Heng Group.

But they wouldn't listen to my explanation, they even beat me and asked me for money.

I'm suffering." Older sister said and then burst into tears.

"They asked for money, what kind of money?" I asked.

"Jianqiang, I also don't want to hide it from you anymore; those people are sisters I met through square dancing, they all have their own children but no jobs. I wanted to help them. Da Heng Group is our Zhao family's; my brother is the one in charge there.

Getting a job there isn't just a matter of saying so.

So, I proposed to help find jobs for their children. That means getting them to work in our Da Heng Group.

I also don't want to work for nothing.

I collected a little fee from each person.

"To be honest, I don't lose out on this money; if their children can get into Da Heng Group, that's a great thing." Older sister said to me.

I suddenly understood: my older sister took people's money, got their children jobs at Da Heng Group, but then I got into trouble, so this matter couldn't be accomplished.

These people will definitely ask my older sister for money.

I then said to my older sister: "Sis, how much money did you collect from them?

"Two ten-thousand each." Older sister whispered.

That's over six hundred thousand; it looks like my older sister can make money by finding jobs for people.

In the past, Da Heng Group had so many idle people, and there was a reason for that. Older sister arranged people through Zhao Xiaohua to get them in, then she collected fees from them.

"You should return it to them. Two ten-thousand per household is not a small amount, after all, I didn't help them." I looked at my older sister and said.

"Jianqiang, I spent that money." Older sister immediately said while crying.

"How did you spend it? You don't even need to buy a house or anything." I hurriedly asked.

"I met a manager of an investment company in Lanling; he said investing in their company would yield high returns, so I put all the money in, about one million. But that investment company ran away. I now have no money at all. They're all asking me for money.

"Where am I supposed to get money to pay them back?

"There's no way; I can't keep living in Lanling County, so I had to secretly move to Xin Cheng to live. Look, this house isn't even renovated.

"Besides, I now don't dare go out, afraid that the square-dancing people from Lanling will find me and scold me again.

"Jianqiang, if you had gotten those people back then, it would have been fine; now nobody would come to me for money." Older sister actually began to blame me.

I understood: my older sister took people's money and invested it in an investment company. That investment company was basically a loan shark operation, with huge risk; they often abscond with the funds. I know all this. No need to ask about the loan sharking my older sister did; after they ran off, the money was gone.

The children of those dancers also didn't get into Da Heng Group; my older sister took their money and didn't accomplish anything.

Everyone will definitely ask her for money; I said how come they moved from Lanling without a trace? It turns out they were dodging debt.

Older sister blamed me, and this matter made me angry.

I didn't help them get into Da Heng Group, and I had my reasons.

If so many people entered Da Heng Group, they'd just want to get paid without working, only adding to the group's burden.

I would never agree to that.

As for my older sister's failed investment, she should look for the cause within herself.

How could she not think about her own greed?

On one hand she used Da Heng Group to make money, on the other she invested in loan sharks to make money.

The result was that she got into trouble.

I looked at my older sister and said: "Sis, you should reflect a bit; some money shouldn't be earned. Sigh, whatever I say now is too late. Did you tell Zhao Xiaohua about your trouble? What did he say?

You should know my older sister dotes on Zhao Xiaohua the most.

Moreover, these several hundred thousand are nothing in Zhao Xiaohua's hands.

His wife can buy a car worth over a million; my older sister's several hundred thousand, Zhao Xiaohua will definitely help.

I didn't expect my older sister to let out a sigh,

"Hey, I talked to Xiaohua. I didn't expect his life to be harder than mine.

After saying that Da Heng Group had run into trouble, he also had no wages or dividends left; all the money was in his wife Hua Yan's hands, and he didn't even manage the household.

He only gave me ten thousand yuan, which counts as helping me.

Hearing my sigh made me even angrier.

Zhao Xiaohua has so much money in her hands; why won't she help her sister?

You should know that the sister dotes on him the most.

Besides, after I came, he never mentions the sister's affairs.

If I hadn't asked him, I still wouldn't have known that the sister had moved.

He listens to his wife in everything—can a man not even manage this much of a household?

Honestly, I'll find a chance to properly criticize Zhao Xiaohua.

At this moment, the sister held my hand,

She said through tears: 'Jianqiang, you have no idea what kind of life I'm living now. Sigh, I can't even talk about it.'

Your brother-in-law finally earned a sum of money, but then something went wrong.

That sum of money also came to nothing.

His village history office has also been shut down.

These past few days he's been resting at home.

We have no steady income at all; sister, how are we supposed to live?

As for the sister's crying, I remain quite calm.

I just gently said: 'Sister, for this matter you yourself must bear a great responsibility—have you thought about that?'

Taking kickbacks and then investing in high-interest loans will surely cause trouble sooner or later.

I want to tell you, sister, since you owe people money, why not sell a house? Lanling has houses, Xin Cheng has houses—sell one, pay off the debt first, then talk. It wouldn't have to be so hard to live.

As soon as the sister heard me say to sell the house, she immediately stopped crying,

'Jianqiang, this house is ours; we intend to keep it for Xixi.'

'Absolutely cannot sell.'

'At worst, we won't repay that money; I told them at the time I was just helping. Not being able to get into Da Heng Group isn't my fault.'

'We can only blame their children's bad fate.'

'And you, Jianqiang, you said if we had just handled it directly back then, it would have been fine—how did this happen?'

As for the sister's explanation, I am quite annoyed.

The sister has changed; she is no longer like the sister from Beishan.

Since she moved to live in Lanling County town, she has become snobbish.

Moreover, she also likes to take small advantages.