Chapter 1425: Feng Duo Returns

"Sigh!"

Ma Xiaotong sighed, picked up another orange, and began to peel it: "Every family has its own difficult scriptures to recite."

"There's no other way." Jiang Yuyue leaned lazily against the sofa, broke off half an orange, and put it into her mouth: "That is my own brother; he has always doted on me since we were small."

"Now that he's begging me for help, it's impossible for me to truly ignore him. Taking a few photos and hanging them in the shop for promotion is still acceptable, as long as there's no commercial operation involved."

"After all, I am the boss's younger sister. With a photo of me and my brother hanging in the shop, even if something goes wrong with the restaurant, it won't cause any damage to my reputation."

Ma Xiaotong smiled and said: "I think you're worrying too much. What could possibly go wrong with opening a restaurant? Besides, your brother used to be a cadre; he's not as incompetent as you say."

"His ability is fine, but his judgment of people is just too poor. He believes anyone."

Jiang Yuyue finished the orange and looked at the one Ma Xiaotong had just finished peeling.

Ma Xiaotong vigilantly hid the orange behind her back: "What are you trying to do?"

Jiang Yuyue said with a grin: "Let's split it, half for each of us."

Ma Xiaotong rolled her eyes at her: "It's not like you don't have any; peel your own."

"Stingy." Jiang Yuyue muttered, reached out, and picked up an orange: "Before, I mentioned a person named Zhao Jianlong to you, right?"

"You did."

Ma Xiaotong broke off a segment of the orange and put it in her mouth. With one bite, the feeling of it bursting with juice made the girl enjoyably squint her eyes slightly.

"You said that Zhao Jianlong did every evil thing possible and was later executed by firing squad."

Jiang Yuyue nodded: "If it weren't for my brother-in-law's help, my dad would have been ruined by that trash Zhao Jianlong."

Ma Xiaotong asked curiously: "What does this have to do with your brother-in-law?"

Jiang Yuyue explained the matter in detail: "My brother could believe a person like Zhao Jianlong; even my dad, my sister, and I were led astray."

"He's opened a restaurant now, and he knows even more people from all walks of life. With his silly, naive nature, it's hard to say he won't be led into a ditch by someone."

"Your brother and sister really are..." Ma Xiaotong shook her head.

Thinking of her eldest sister, Jiang Yuyue's anger flared up.

"Notify everyone tomorrow: whether they are staff or signed singers, they are not allowed to drink Coca-Cola. Whoever is caught drinking it will have their wages and bonuses deducted."

Ma Xiaotong rolled her eyes at her: "You're being a bit unprofessional here."

"How am I being unprofessional?" Jiang Yuyue said righteously: "My brother-in-law is a major shareholder of Future Culture, and Xurishang is also an enterprise under his banner."

"We don't drink Coca-Cola; to put it mildly, we are helping my brother-in-law strike at his competitors. To put it grandly, every Chinese person should have a patriotic heart."

"Supporting national enterprises and resisting foreign capital monopoly is an awareness that every one of us Chinese should have."

"You're right, okay?"

Ma Xiaotong finished the orange, got up to wash her hands, and complained after returning.

"Can you properly renovate this courtyard of yours? In the middle of winter like this, I still have to go to the bathhouse if I want to take a shower."

"I'll renovate it next spring. I'll find 365 Home Furnishings and hand everything over to them as a one-stop service."

Ma Xiaotong sat down: "Yuyue, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but spending over 500,000 to buy a dilapidated courtyard house—I really don't know if your cerebellum has atrophied."

"You don't know anything." Jiang Yuyue sat up straight: "This two-entry courtyard was bought from Tang Lin. Do you know how much he bought this courtyard for last year?"

Ma Xiaotong asked: "How much?"

"430,000." Jiang Yuyue held up a finger: "In one year, it has gone up by more than 100,000."

Ma Xiaotong pondered for a moment: "You mean, courtyard houses will continue to rise in value in the future?"

"I don't know if they will rise." Jiang Yuyue shook her head: "But I know that Tang Lin's property management company has my brother-in-law as its largest shareholder. They have been buying houses all along, especially courtyard houses."

"As long as there are no problems with the property rights, they will buy them. But they won't sell them; they only rent them out. For example, our company's house—even if we wanted to buy it, they wouldn't sell."

"And as for this courtyard, if I hadn't used my brother-in-law's banner, he wouldn't have sold it to me. Anyway, I feel like I've picked up a huge bargain by buying this courtyard."

Ma Xiaotong blinked: "Did I miss something?"

At this moment, the agent Huang Jiamin walked in and sat exhaustedly on the sofa.

"I'm exhausted."

Ma Xiaotong immediately got up and diligently massaged Huang Jiamin's shoulders: "At the end of the year, the agents who went to Xiangjiang for training have all returned. Just hold on for a few more days."

Huang Jiamin said helplessly: "This period before the New Year is the busiest; I have to negotiate everyone's performances personally."

"Xiaotong!" Jiang Yuyue said: "That won't do. You should hand over the things in your hands to Deputy General Manager Qi and help Jiamin share some of the burden. It's the end of the year, there are too many commercial performances, and she really is a bit too busy to handle it alone."

"Okay!" Ma Xiaotong nodded and agreed.

Huang Jiamin smiled: "Yuyue is still the one who cares about me."

"Jiamin!" Ma Xiaotong leaned on Huang Jiamin's shoulder: "Do you not plan to buy a house in the country?"

"Why buy a house?" Huang Jiamin looked at Jiang Yuyue and asked jokingly: "Am I such an eyesore that you don't want me to live here anymore?"

Public security in this era cannot be considered too good, and Jingcheng is no exception.

Jiang Yuyue didn't dare to live in the two-entry courtyard by herself, so she pulled Ma Xiaotong and Huang Jiamin over to live with her.

However, it is not safe for three women, especially beautiful women, to live in such a large courtyard.

Therefore, Jiang Yuyue had four bodyguards live in the front courtyard, so that the safety of the three of them was guaranteed.

"Don't ask me." Jiang Yuyue said: "Ask Xiaotong; I don't know what kind of madness she's having."

Ma Xiaotong said seriously: "I think the value of courtyard houses will become higher and higher in the future."

Jiang Yuyue said irritably: "When I bought this courtyard, didn't you keep mocking me? Just a moment ago, you even said my cerebellum had atrophied."

"That was then, this is now." Ma Xiaotong said with a grin: "Zhou Andong is buying courtyard houses, so I think following suit definitely won't be a loss."

"Buying courtyard houses?" Huang Jiamin was stunned, then immediately said: "Last month, I was on the phone with a friend in the circle in Xiangjiang, and we chatted about Jingcheng courtyard houses."

"She told me that Brother Long also spent a lot of money buying several courtyard houses in Jingcheng. This matter has become a joke in the Xiangjiang circle."

"Brother Long?" Ma Xiaotong asked: "Jackie Chan?"

"Yes!" Huang Jiamin nodded: "Brother Long bought them, and even Mr. Zhou is buying them. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy one if you have spare money."

"Buy!" Ma Xiaotong waved her hand: "We must buy one. I'll call Tang Lin in a while; he has many courtyard houses in his hands."

Jiang Yuyue said: "If you want to buy a courtyard house from Tang Lin, you'd better call my brother-in-law first, otherwise Tang Lin won't sell it to you."

Ma Xiaotong also knew that she was different from Jiang Yuyue. Although this little woman was Zhou Andong's former sister-in-law, anyone could see that the relationship between the two was very special.

As for how special, everyone understood without saying it. And Tang Lin being able to sell this courtyard to Jiang Yuyue must have been out of consideration for this point.

"Right!" Ma Xiaotong checked the time: "I'll call my brother-in-law tomorrow."

Actually, if she were to search slowly, she would definitely be able to buy a decent courtyard.

But she wanted to live closer to Jiang Yuyue, preferably as neighbors.

Therefore, she could only buy from Tang Lin, because the courtyards in this entire area were all in Tang Lin's hands.

At the same time, a flight that took off from Xiangjiang landed at Jingcheng International Airport.

Half an hour later, Feng Duo, who had disappeared for a long time, appeared at the exit.

This guy had been scammed out of more than two million by Zhou Andong and Gu Bing, and most of that money was borrowed.

It wasn't that his family hadn't negotiated with the Gu family, but it was useless; the Gu family didn't give them any face at all.

They asked them to produce evidence, but damn it, if there were evidence, why would they waste words with them? They would have reported it to the police and had Gu Bing arrested long ago.

Then his family stopped caring about him; it was impossible for the family to come up with one or two million to fill his hole.

Then Feng Duo was like a rat, chased everywhere by creditors.

Finally, having no other choice, he ran to Xiangjiang with that "Yao Shiguang" (Yao Time).

I don't know how this guy, after hiding in Xiangjiang for more than half a year, suddenly came back.

And he was wearing a custom-made suit, looking spirited and glowing with health.

He didn't look like someone who owed one or two million at all; instead, he looked like he had just returned from a vacation. ===== CHAPTER 1426 =====