Chapter 293: You Can’t Take This Money
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Before Wen Xun could react, he mumbled, “That’s right, we should ask our older brother for 500,000 yuan!”
“What 500,000 yuan?” Li Ke exploded, landing a heavy slap on the back of his head. “Have you even considered why your older brother and the others rejected this one million yuan? Why did Wei Feng insist on arranging the engagement between Wen Nian and Wei Xiao? What is he aiming to gain from currying favor with the Wen family?”
Wen Xun, reeling from the blow, replied weakly, “Wife, I don’t get it.”
Li Ke unleashed another stern blow and rebuked, “The Wei family is now worth billions, correct? Wei Feng doesn’t possess a single dime; his enterprise began with our Wei family’s money. How on earth does he have control over the Wei Corporation? It rightfully belongs to the Wen family. Our family name is Wen!” “Why do you think he pushed for Wei Xiao’s engagement to Wen Nian? Isn’t he apprehensive about the truth emerging, making things tough for him? Once they’re wed, our families will be linked. What distinction would there be?”
“Even an honest person like Wen Xing knows that he definitely can’t accept a million yuan. Why? Isn’t it because the Wei family owes us more than just this bit of money?”
Wen Xun remained baffled, while Wen Yan quivered with excitement.
“Yes! The interview between you two was deleted. It must be because Wei Feng doesn’t want to bring up the past. Maybe Grandpa’s friends know about it!”
Wen Yan often pondered the stark contrast between Wei Xiao’s gentle and refined demeanor and Wei Lai’s arrogance. The latter always had a flock of young ladies from affluent backgrounds fawning over her, which used to stoke her jealousy.
Yet, with her mother’s words resonating, everything seemed rightfully theirs. This realization heightened her excitement.
“Mom is right. This should rightfully belong to the Wen family. Not just a million yuan, even if they offer ten million yuan, we can’t simply let it go like that.”
The family was already enveloped in the jubilation of ascending to prosperity. On the opposite end, Wen Xing and Zhou Mei had already been apprised of this situation.
The duo earnestly wished to avoid implicating Wen Nian in this matter. Moreover, they were averse to touching the one million yuan. Thus, after thorough deliberation, they decided to head straight to Wei Corporation and return the money in front of everyone.
Upon arriving, the receptionist recognized them and inquired if they should proceed directly to the chairman’s office. Unexpectedly, another group also sought an audience with Wei Feng.
Observing Wen Xing and Zhou Mei, Li Ke quickly approached. “Brother, Sister-in-law, you’re here too?”
Wen Xun simply nodded, refraining from speaking. Beside him stood Wen Yan as well as Li Ke’s two siblings.
Zhou Mei frowned. “Why are you here?”
If it was in the past, Li Ke would have scolded her long ago. But now, gazing at the twenty-story edifice of Wei Corporation and its opulent embellishments, she couldn���t suppress her inner elation. This might eventually be hers.
“All, doesn’t Uncle Wei have a close bond with our father?” Li Ke tried to hook her arm through Zhou Mei’s, but Zhou Mei evaded her.
Nevertheless, Li Ke remained unfazed as she said to herself, “Uncle Wei gave your family a million yuan. You don’t want that money, right? Of course. The Wei family’s vast enterprise relies heavily on our Wen family. Are they trying to dismiss us with a mere million yuan? Impossible!”
Li Ke’s words prompted a swift exchange of glances between the receptionist and a security guard.
Truth be told, for the past few days, the Wei and Wen families had been grappling with successive waves of discussions regarding this matter. Almost all the groups in the Wei Corporation were discussing this matter, but they still had to deal with it when it came to the company.
At this moment, Wei Feng’s secretary came down to usher them up.
When the secretary saw so many people, a look of astonishment flickered across the secretary’s visage. Swiftly, she adopted a professional smile. “Mr. Wen, Mrs. Wen, the chairman is ready to meet you. Would the two of you kindly accompany me upstairs?”
As she spoke, she moved to lead Wen Xing and Zhou Mei upwards, yet Wen Xing promptly interjected, “We’re here today to return a million yuan to Old Mr. Wei. We said from the beginning that we couldn’t take this money. Now that my daughter is implicated, I can’t take this money anymore.”
Zhou Mei quickly retrieved a bank passbook. “Not a single cent of the million yuan has been touched by us. Furthermore, this money wasn’t given recently. The date is clearly labeled. My daughter has never been bribed to drop charges against Wei Lai. We don’t want this money..”