There was something wrong with my past life

"Isn't uncle coming back for dinner today?"

During dinner time, Ning Ye saw that Chu's father's seat across the dining table was still empty, and couldn't help but asked worriedly.

Ever since the dinner four days ago and the mysterious phone call he left in a hurry, Dad Chu has hardly been seen these days. He has been running around and busy outside, and he has not even come back to eat.

The occasional meetings were very short. Although Chu's father deliberately tried to hide it and pretended to be relaxed, Ning Ye could still sense that something was wrong. It seemed that it was not like Chu Ran had said before, but that it was just a small business trouble.

"Your uncle's business has been a little busy recently. He will be fine in a while."

Chu's mother, wearing a kitchen skirt around her waist, was bringing the fragrant fish-flavored shredded pork to the table. She smiled gently and comforted: "Xiaoye, don't worry about this. Eat the food quickly. If it gets cold, But it doesn’t taste good. Xiao Lian, tell Auntie what you like to eat, and Auntie will continue to cook it for you tomorrow!"

Since Ning Ye took her daughter to stay at Chu Ran's house these days, Chu Ran's mother has worked tirelessly to cook every day, filling a large table of delicious food, so that Chu Ran's biological son can enjoy a good meal. I am complaining about my mother’s different treatment.

Now, the most important person in this family is not Chu Ran and Chu Yun, the biological brothers and sisters, nor Ning Ye, who is similar to a godson, but Ning Ye's daughter, a cute little lolita.

Whether it was Chu's father and mother who were the owners of the house, or the nannies and servants in the mansion, they all fell in love with this little loli from the bottom of their hearts. Many of them now always have snacks and candies in their pockets for feeding at any time.

When Ning Ye went to school every day during the day, at the strong request of Chu's mother, a full-time housewife, her daughter was naturally taken care of by her.

I have to say that this has resulted in a good thing. Although Chu Ma, who was originally the wife of the richest man in Jiangcheng, has a lot of wealth, her daily life is actually very boring and lonely. She only spends her days shopping with a group of other noble ladies. Shopping and playing mahjong.

But now, because of the appearance of the little Loli, she stopped playing mahjong directly, and her life was very fulfilling and interesting.

"Mom, what kind of trouble has Dad been in recently? I'm so old, I should have the right to know!"

Chu Ran, who was always the first to take up his chopsticks, did not move at all this time. He turned to ask his mother with a rare serious expression.

As a biological son who has lived together under the same roof for more than ten years, he also noticed from the subtle expressions of his parents that something was wrong this time. It was not a small problem that could be easily solved.

From a street vendor, he started from scratch step by step, built this grand business empire, and reached his current position as the richest man in Jiang City. The difficulties and obstacles he experienced during this process can be said to be beyond ordinary people's imagination.

However, late yesterday night, when Chu Ran wanted to go to the living room to get a glass of water, he accidentally caught a glimpse of something. For the first time in his life, he saw his father, who was as invincible as the God of War in the business world, slumped on the sofa and sighed, looking so confused and helpless.

"It's just some minor business troubles, Xiaoran, you don't have to worry about it..."

"Snapped!"

Chu Ran stood up, slapped his palms heavily on the marble dining table, his eyes were slightly red.

"Mom! I know that in your eyes, I may still be a little kid who won't grow up, so I need you to protect me carefully with white lies. However, my sister is still young now, and as the eldest son of my family, I will I must shoulder this responsibility, so I want to grow up quickly and grow up to be able to help you share the pressure on you! So, I hope mom, you can be honest with my son and tell me the truth of the matter!"

It seemed that she had never thought that her son, who had always been very unruly, could actually say such powerful words. Chu's mother looked a little stunned.

Seeing her son's firm eyes, she sighed softly and decided not to hide it anymore, but to tell the truth.

"Recently, someone came to your father and insisted that he had committed crimes before and used illegal means to make profits, and that was how he became the richest man in Jiangcheng. Therefore, he was ordered to hand over all his property, otherwise he would be severely punished !" At this point, Chu's mother's face turned gloomy and she was helpless.

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Chu Ran's eyes widened and he immediately retorted: "Dad always pays attention to integrity when doing business. This is well-known in the entire industry. How can he commit crimes and use illegal means to make profits?"

These words are not just because the other person is his father, so he confuses right and wrong and just says good things.

In fact, as Chu Ran said, Dad Chu was born in the countryside. Ever since he started his own business by setting up a street stall from scratch, he has kept the word "integrity" in his heart and implemented it into his every word and deed. He will never do anything for temporary benefits. Deceiving customers with shoddy products.

There is another widely circulated example. When Chu's father's business improved slightly, he invested all his wealth in real estate and contracted a piece of land to build a community. Because of the liquidity problem, after this community was planned, like other real estate developers, more than half of the houses were pre-sold and the homeowners paid part of the deposit in advance.

As a result, that year, due to economic development, Jiangcheng's housing prices soared like a rocket, more than seven or eight times.

When other real estate developers saw this situation, they immediately raised the price and demanded a large price increase from the customers who paid the deposit. Otherwise, according to the agreement signed in black and white in the contract, a liquidated damages will be refunded to you and the house will not be sold.

But Chu's father did not do this, and still sold those houses to the guests at the price signed at that time, without a penny increase. In addition, the building materials are strictly controlled. We would rather spend more money than build a shoddy project, which greatly increases the service life of the house.

At that time, the real estate developers in the outside world all laughed at Chu's father for being kicked in the head by a donkey. He was a big fool. He didn't know how to make a profit with such a good opportunity and such a large amount of money in front of him.

As for integrity? What kind of era is it now, and we still talk about such old-fashioned things, making money is the most important thing! What's more, it was clearly stated in the original contract that liquidated damages would be compensated. This would not be illegal anyway.

Faced with these ridicules, Chu's father didn't respond at all. Although he made a lot less money, it was precisely because of this incident that he gained an excellent reputation among the ordinary people in Jiangcheng.

Perhaps it was a gift from God for Dad Chu’s behavior. Just half a year later, with the strong support of the government, a large foreign consortium came to Jiangcheng to inspect and consider building the best large shopping mall and commercial street in Jiangcheng. . Those consortium investors heard about this incident during their inspection, so they ignored the most powerful construction companies in Jiangcheng at that time, and instead took the initiative to extend an olive branch to Chu's father, whose company was just starting out at that time, and gave him this job that everyone was jealous of. The Big Mac order project was handed over to him.

It's like a snowball. Because Dad Chu's reputation for integrity is well-known, many companies are willing to take the initiative to cooperate.

Chu Ran didn't believe that a father who valued integrity like him would do something illegal and criminal to make money.