Xiao Shuzhu had never had any financial plans, always spending money freely, and she mentioned with a worried expression, "Had I known such a day would come, I wouldn’t have bought all those bags and shoes."
"How much money do you have?"
"In my savings account, I have at most one million now."
Xiao Shuju then lashed out at the fourth sibling, "I’ve been tricked out of quite a lot by that jerk Lin Jiale, but I still have about seven or eight million left."
But even with the addition of this seven or eight million from the third sibling, it was far from enough to redeem their mother’s priceless house.
"Mom’s house must be worth at least one hundred million," Xiao Shuzhu said anxiously.
"Yes," Xiao Shumei had to admit, with their limited abilities, it was far from enough, they must seek more help. Now that everyone outside knew about the Xiao Family’s downfall, who would dare lend them money to buy their own house? It wasn’t an investment. They wouldn’t sell the house.
They could only seek help from their own family members.
The first person they thought of was Grandma Xiao, since the elderly lady was even having the butler move things around, she must have some money. However, the siblings quickly dismissed this possibility, because it was their mother’s house, not their father’s. Grandma Xiao’s money was surely reserved for saving her son’s life; there was no way she could prioritize a house belonging to her deceased daughter-in-law.
Nobody thought to reach out to Xiao Yebai and Gu Nuan, as they had seemed destitute in the village, almost resorting to begging.
The only option left was Xiao Shulan, the second sibling.
Xiao Shuju had previously sent a text message asking Xiao Shulan to come over. However, seeing that there was no response for a long time, they began to suspect something was wrong.
Xiao Shuju said, "Don’t assume sister two controls her husband; she has probably been conned by her husband and father-in-law all along." Orıginal content can be found at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝓷𝓮𝓽
"We better not contact her. If she tells her father-in-law that we want to buy our mom’s house, then—I’m afraid," Xiao Shumei decided on the spot, "we don’t have money now, but I know the bank’s manager. We can try to ask him to keep the house off limits to anyone for now, and then, gather enough money as soon as possible to redeem it."
Hearing this, her sisters nodded in agreement. Thus, Xiao Shuju was discharged from the hospital, and she, along with Xiao Shuzhu and Xiao Shumei, rushed to the bank to seek favors from acquaintances.
Meanwhile, they guessed right about Xiao Shulan, who had told her husband and father-in-law everything. They had promised her that once things settled, whether it be the house or the chairman position of the Xiao Family, it would all be Xiao Shumei’s.
Upon hearing that the other Xiao sisters planned to buy that house, Kang Junjia hastily reported it to the big boss overseas.
Soon after, Lin Jiale arrived at the bank with some documents, promptly racing the Xiao sisters to claim the property.
At that moment, Xiao Shuju and Lin Jiale bumped into each other in the bank.
Despite being married for so many years, Xiao Shuju looked at the man before her as if he was a hated enemy.
"What are you doing here? What do you want? Trying to take my mom’s house?" Xiao Shuju charged over and grabbed his clothes.
Lin Jiale coldly shook her off forcefully, then entered the bank manager’s office without any expression.
Xiao Shuzhu and Xiao Shumei quickly went forward, catching the nearly falling Xiao Shuju. Following closely, the three sisters rushed into the bank manager’s office behind Lin Jiale.
Unbeknownst to them, the manager, upon realizing their situation, was very surprised and raised his eyebrows, saying, "That house is no longer in our possession."
What? When did that happen?
Both Lin Jiale and Xiao Shumei were taken aback.
"It was redeemed by someone a week ago."
"It concerns client confidentiality, how could I possibly tell you?"
Upon hearing about the redemption, everyone first thought of Xiao Jianming. But, given that Xiao Jianming’s assets were likely frozen by the bank by now, it seemed unlikely he could have redeemed the house.
For a moment, they couldn’t figure out who could have done it.
Although the Xiao sisters did not know who was behind it, at least Lin Jiale did not succeed, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Jiale’s face turned grim as he hurriedly left the bank, heading somewhere unknown.
Xiao Shuzhu told her sisters, "Could it have been Yebai who did it?"
"Impossible," Xiao Shuju was the first to shake her head and dismiss the idea, "His money was taken back by dad long ago, where could he get the money."
Meanwhile, Gu Nuan was in Zhan Dapeng’s Ferrari, returning to Zhang Sanfeng’s house.
From afar, she could see the big white dog with an injured arm, sitting motionlessly like a watchdog waiting for her return, watching her approach.
As soon as she got out of the car, he reached out with his uninjured left arm, pulled her close, and whispered in her ear, "That house will always belong to you—"