Chapter 110: Chapter 110: The Groom Ran Away on the Wedding Night (Part 21)

“Lost it all?” Jiang Hongying looked at Shen Xun with a displeased expression, “Others can succeed, how come with so much money, you lost it all?”

In recent years, as Dengtong Town developed, many people, both from other parts of the town and villagers from Shuifeng Village, learned to do business, doing various ventures. Some succeeded, but naturally, there were failures too.

The Shen Family focused on those who succeeded, especially with a Lv Family leading the way, leaving a sense of resentment in their hearts.

With Dengtong Town offering more industries, local people had no trouble finding jobs. Both men from the Shen Family went to work, and later, Jiang Hongying thought she could take care of the household herself, so she arranged for Wei Menglan to find a nearby job with shorter hours, bringing in some income.

After a few years, they really saved up some money.

The Shen Family harbored big ambitions, feeling envious of those who became big bosses.

As a man, who wouldn’t want to achieve fame and success? Shen Xun thought the same way.

So the whole family discussed what to do and gave the money to Shen Xun. Shen Xun wanted to make it big, but unfortunately, he lacked the connections and experience. A lot of money was spent just in the initial stages. When he finally felt he was getting the hang of it, things went wrong, and all the money was lost.

He sat on the bench, smoking dejectedly.

That was money the family earned over several years, and now it was all gone; he felt terrible inside.

Jiang Hongying cried out loudly, “Second son, this was money our family saved for years. What are we going to do now?”

“Mom, I’ll find a job and keep saving money. In business, there are successes and failures, and quite a few failures too. I’ve learned from this experience, and next time I’ll be careful not to fall into the same trap,” Shen Xun consoled, “Don’t be upset.”

“You’re talking as if it’s easy.” Jiang Hongying sighed, “But now we have no other choice, you…”

Her words suddenly stopped because Ah Chen walked in from the door, returning empty-handed, making Jiang Hongying’s expression worse.

Lv Chen seemed to come to the Shen Family to claim a debt.

Why hadn’t the third one sent news yet?

Shen Chi not coming back, Jiang Hongying surely didn’t want Lv Chen to return to the Lv Family. After all these years, it can’t all have been for nothing. If anything were to happen to the third one, she must keep Lv Chen, as she is at least the third one’s wife, and she won’t feel lonely in the future. She never considered if she could keep her; anyway, now that Lv Chen was at the Shen Family, she had no plans to leave.

“Mom, second brother, you both don’t look well. Did something bad happen?” Ah Chen said as she stepped in, and her words were not pleasant to hear.

Jiang Hongying took a deep breath, feeling annoyed.

Over the years, she occasionally thought of just returning the money to Lv Chen, compensating her a bit, and sending her back to the Lv Family, but since the third one hadn’t returned and his fate was unknown, she was really unwilling to do so.

Jiang Hongying suddenly had an idea and started crying to Ah Chen, “It’s all gone, completely gone. Your second brother took the family money to do business, and now it’s all lost.”

“This life, I don’t know how we’re going to live,” Jiang Hongying’s tears were like pouring rain, coming instantly, “Your second brother was tricked; otherwise, our family’s days would definitely have improved. Now that the money is gone, how are we going to feed so many people in the family? I’m worried; the two children still need to go to school, and money is needed everywhere. I’m worried sick to the point of turning my hair gray.”

Ah Chen was slightly startled, “Is the family really having such a hard time?”

Jiang Hongying saw she believed it and cried even harder, complaining about the difficulties, as if the Shen Family was about to starve to death any moment.

“If that’s the case, I’ll go back to the Lv Family to eat, at least saving you a meal.” Ah Chen said sincerely, looking understanding, “After all, I’ve lived here for such a long time, and although you owe me, I’m not an unreasonable person.”

Jiang Hongying cried, no less turning her attention to the Lv Family again.

She probably forgot about the scoldings from the past few years and seemed eager to invite scolding again.

“Second brother was actually deceived; it seems he’s not suited for business. My brother says the business world is full of tricks and deceit, and if you’re not careful, you can easily fall into traps. Running off with the money is a common thing,” Ah Chen seriously suggested, “Second brother should just work for someone else.”

Shen Xun suddenly felt like he’d been stabbed, feeling stifled inside, but he didn’t dare to speak up.

He knew about this sister-in-law’s sharp tongue, it was vicious.

He hadn’t been deceived; the loss was due to his own lack of experience, arrogance, wrong choices, and the inability to calculate costs properly, failing to understand the market and find a good position, leading to high costs and poor sales. The key was, that batch of goods was still hard to dispose of.

Jiang Hongying knew that if she didn’t speak directly, Lv Chen wouldn’t respond.

She could only wipe her tears and approach Ah Chen pitifully, “Xiao Chen, Mom has something to discuss with you.”

Ah Chen had a smile on her face, appearing very obedient, “Mom, go ahead.”

“Could you ask your brother to take the second one to do some work? Mom doesn’t expect the Lv Family to help him much, just let the second one follow along, gain some experience. Even if the salary is lower than others, it’s fine. The second one is strong and capable, anything your brother needs done, he can do,” Jiang Hongying said.

Ah Chen’s smile deepened; Jiang Hongying did have some brains, knowing that the Lv Family wouldn’t intervene. This way of speaking indeed increased the chance of moving people. It’s not a particularly big matter, from her position, many people would probably help.

But she simply wouldn’t.

“What can the second brother do?” She asked.

“My brother doesn’t need any manual labor; he needs professional talent. Now that it’s a formal company, recruitment follows a process, with strict checks in various aspects. If the second brother applies to a factory under the company, it’s not as demanding about skills and diplomas, as long as he’s willing to work. But getting to work beside my brother is quite challenging.”

“Except for some professional technical talents, everyone in my brother’s office now starts from a university degree.” Ah Chen added.

Jiang Hongying was stunned. Wasn’t it just running errands alongside Lv Ling? How could it require a college degree?

Ah Chen looked at Shen Xun, “Second brother, if you want to go, for Shen Chi’s sake, I can get you an interview opportunity. Whether or not you pass the interview depends on you. Although educational qualifications are strictly checked, if you’re outstanding in business and technical skills, getting hired as an exception isn’t impossible.”

“No, no,” Shen Xun was so embarrassed his face turned red, he believed what she said.

After all, in the past few months when he was outside, he had visited several companies where the people inside seemed to be very well-educated.

If he really went, it would be utterly embarrassing.

Racking his brains, he couldn’t think of anything he was really good at.

“Since the family is having such difficulty, I’ll stay at my maternal home recently, at least saving some water, electricity, and food expenses for the family.” Ah Chen said as she went into the room to pack her things.

Jiang Hongying hurriedly stopped her; if this got out, it would be a big joke.

She resented in her heart; Lv Chen, if she was really considerate, should take something out to help with household expenses.

But this was just what she thought in her heart; she didn’t dare to say it.

North City.

Xiang Yue and Yun Xiangming arranged to have dinner with Xie Yan in the evening. For Xiang Yue’s sake, he went.

A few years ago, Sister Ah Chen had once visited Jiang City.

He only found out after she returned that besides negotiating business, Sister Ah Chen had also inquired about the Yun Family’s situation, and she had told him everything, emphasizing Xiang Yue’s role.

At that time, he wasn’t sure if he was the Yun Family’s child and the Lv Family wasn’t as it is now, having long lost hope in his parents, so he never intended to reach out.

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