Chapter 860

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Exactly, the wages must be settled in full before the company can go bankrupt!"

"Right, otherwise we'll have to go to labor arbitration!"

"Boss Wang, you can't abscond with the money!"

The employees spoke one after another, their words growing increasingly harsh.

In the past, if Wang Erhai saw them disrespecting him, he would definitely get angry.

But now he just laughed it off:

"Rest assured, you'll get every penny of the wages owed to you, not a cent less. If I wanted to run off, I wouldn't have come to tell you this news."

"For real or fake?" The employees were half-believing, half-doubting. "Before you still said the company was fine, and even said you'd give us a 500 yuan raise!"

An employee then asked:

"That 500 yuan raise you promised before, does it still count?"

Wang Erhai said:

"Of course it counts. That 500 yuan, together with this month's wages, will be deposited onto your cards. You can pack up and leave today, and from tomorrow you don't need to come to work. As for wages, there's only a few days left until month-end, so I'll give you a full month's salary — that's doing right by you. Let's part on good terms."

With Wang Erhai saying this, the employees finally put their minds at ease.

That afternoon, the Sales Department and HR Department staff all packed up and left.

Only the Finance Department people remained, still verifying everyone's wages.

The next day, after the Finance Department finished verifying everyone's wages, they settled this month's wages early that same day, and then the Finance Department people also dispersed.

Wang Erhai locked the company gate, turned back to look inside the company — empty and in a mess.

He felt a myriad of emotions.

To say he felt nothing — that was impossible.

After all, this place had given him many things, taught him many principles.

"Hey, landlord, I want to terminate the lease."

Wang Erhai dialed the landlord's number and returned the company premises.

"What? Wasn't business going well? Why suddenly terminate the lease?"

The landlord, receiving Wang Erhai's call, was somewhat surprised.

"Can't keep going, lost big, went bankrupt."

Wang Erhai put it just like that.

The landlord didn't know the situation; he only knew that last month when he went to collect rent, Wang Erhai's company was still thriving.

So hearing this news now, he indeed found it a bit hard to believe.

"No way, that's too sudden. You can terminate the lease, but you must pay this month's rent in full. After all, it's already month-end and you didn't tell me in advance."

"Fine, no problem!"

After returning the company premises, Wang Erhai went back to Shanggou Village alone.

Learning that Wang Erhai had closed the company in the county town, Li Xiulan was very worried about Wang Erhai's mental state, afraid he couldn't take the blow. She knew this second son of hers had a very proud character.

But she also couldn't ask too much. She was a rural woman who didn't understand anything, and feared that asking too much would make Wang Erhai angry.

Wang Zhanggen, hearing this news, this time strangely didn't say any belittling words.

You have to understand, Wang Zhanggen used to be best at saying belittling things. Even Wang Xiaohua, so outstanding, he would still scold as a bookworm from time to time.

Wang Zhanggen smoked, his expression heavy:

"If it really doesn't work out, you come to the construction site and do masonry. I can't do the heavy labor anymore, but I can have Zhou Hongwei show you the ropes. Masonry is bitter, tiring, and dirty, but don't look down on it — at least it won't let you go hungry!"

Wang Erhai nodded:

"Good, then I'll go with them tomorrow."

Wang Erhai wasn't really thinking of doing masonry, but wanted to release himself through labor.

Idling all day with nothing to do makes one prone to wild thoughts.

So he needed to busy himself with something to kill time, that way it's not easy to let himself fall into emotions.

Seeing Wang Erhai agree so quickly, Wang Zhanggen was immediately full of surprise.

He wanted to say something.

But his lips moved, yet in the end he said nothing.

Finally he only said:

"Then alright, I'll give Zhou Hongwei a call in a bit."

And so, Wang Erhai returned to Shanggou Village, joined the construction crew, and did masonry alongside them.

Meanwhile in the county town, Shanhai Real Estate's gate was already tightly shut.

The signboard above the entrance hadn't been taken down yet, but on the gate a conspicuous red notice had been pasted, written with the four large characters "Prime Shop for Lease" and the landlord's contact number.

Liu Mei Qi appeared there. She looked up at the four large characters "Prime Shop for Lease," her face full of disbelief.

"Shanhai Real Estate, really went bankrupt just like that?"

Liu Mei Qi muttered to herself. She had thought Wang Erhai was deceiving her.

Although she had called Zhang Sheng to verify, later going back and thinking carefully, she felt Zhang Sheng was helping Wang Erhai deceive her together. After all, Zhang Sheng and Wang Erhai were considered friends. Before, when she and Wang Erhai had a conflict, Zhang Sheng had not stopped mentioning Wang Erhai to persuade her.

So today she came back again to find Wang Erhai, to probe the truth.

Unexpectedly, she didn't see Wang Erhai, but instead saw Shanhai Real Estate already closed for good.

Only now did she finally believe Wang Erhai's words.

Shanhai Real Estate was truly finished.

After Wang Erhai said Shanhai Real Estate was finished, he would be millions in debt; that was probably true as well.

Did she still need to go find Wang Erhai?

Liu Mei Qi fell into hesitation.

She suddenly felt Wang Erhai was quite pitiable.

Guilt involuntarily arose in her heart.

Because she knew, if she hadn't tormented Wang Erhai so fiercely at the start, hadn't made such a scene, hadn't acted so outrageously, Shanhai Real Estate might not have gone bankrupt now.

"Shanhai Real Estate really went bankrupt, huh."

At this moment, a familiar voice came from beside her.

Liu Mei Qi turned her head and saw that Yao Xueqin had actually appeared here at some unknown time.

The moment she saw Yao Xueqin, she was furious.

"Yao Xueqin, you're happy now, right? Wang Erhai was ruined by you!"

Yao Xueqin didn't pretend anymore; she laughed out loud:

"Of course I'm happy. I earned 500,000 from Wang Erhai."

"You vicious woman, truly shameless!" Liu Mei Qi was seething with anger.

She spoke up for Wang Erhai:

"What are you still doing here? Scram!"

Yao Xueqin said mockingly:

"Of course I came to see if Wang Erhai's company was really going bankrupt. Now it looks like it really is."

Seeing Yao Xueqin's smug look, Liu Mei Qi was furious beyond measure:

"I see you're asking for another beating! Believe it or not, I'll tear your hair out until your scalp is bald!"

Hearing this, Yao Xueqin's eyes shook, revealing a look of fear.

Yao Xueqin had tasted Liu Mei Qi's crazy streak before.

So she immediately turned and walked away; only after she had gone far did she turn back and shout at Liu Mei Qi:

"Liu Mei Qi, you're just a madwoman. I won't stoop to arguing with a madwoman like you! You'd better hurry back to Guangzhou and do your wage-slave job, otherwise if your mortgage defaults, you'll have a bad time!"

Hearing these words, Liu Mei Qi instantly exploded with rage and hurriedly chased after her:

"Don't run! If you've got guts, say that again!"

Yao Xueqin hurriedly fled; she didn't have the guts to say it again.

Otherwise Liu Mei Qi would really tear into her, and she'd get injured again.

She had already said everything she wanted to say; her heart had already gotten its satisfaction.

Additionally, she still had a very important matter to attend to today.

She was going to Victory Real Estate to apply for the business manager position.

The interview was coming up in a little while.

She certainly wasn't going to waste time arguing with a madwoman like Liu Mei Qi.

And Liu Mei Qi indeed had to go back to Guangzhou to find work.

She didn't have much money left; if she couldn't find a new job that could cover her mortgage, she would likely really default.

So that very afternoon, she boarded a long-distance bus headed for Guangzhou.

This farce among three people came to a close here.

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