DCFRP Chapter 80

TL: Hua

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“His leg…”

Butler Cheng stopped talking halfway.

Qi Xiaoyu suppressed his impatience and continued to ask, “What happened to his leg? Can he stand up?”

“Uh…” Butler Cheng seemed to hesitate and struggle for a while, then said firmly, “They are still not well. He couldn’t stand up.”

Qi Xiaoyu’s expectation sank almost imperceptibly as he slowly let out an “Oh” sound.

“But it’s much better than before.” Butler Cheng noticed Qi Xiaoyu’s low mood and immediately adapted to the situation, changing his words to, “The doctor said that he has improved a lot recently. If someone accompanies the Third Master to actively rehabilitate like before, he will definitely be able to stand up in no time.”

Qi Xiaoyu was more restrained now, not showing his emotions much, just gently humming.

After a moment of silence, Butler Cheng returned to the previous question, “What do you think about the Mid-Autumn Festival? Don’t feel pressured, just think of it as coming back to see Xiao Hei.”

Qi Xiaoyu didn’t agree or disagree; he just said ambiguously, “I’ll take a look at my work schedule first and reply in a few days. How about that, Uncle Cheng?”

“Okay, no rush. I’m telling you ahead of time so you can settle your work.”

“Well, I see,” Qi Xiaoyu chatted with Butler Cheng for a while longer about White-browed Hero and asked him to take photos for him. He then hung up the phone.
When Butler Cheng was on the phone, Mama Li happened to walk by.

She just happened to hear Butler Cheng talking on the phone about Xun Qian’s leg not being healed.

After hearing this, she pretended to be busy with other things and walked around nearby. After Butler Cheng finished his call, she came back and asked in confusion, “Why do you say that the Third Master’s leg is not healed? Isn’t he able to walk?”

Butler Cheng put away his phone, appearing calm, “It’s not like you don’t know Xiaoyu’s temper. He is the most soft-hearted. When I told him that Xiao Hei was going to have an operation, he immediately ran to the hospital to see Xiao Hei, and called again today to ask about Xiao Hei’s recovery.”

Butler Cheng showed a slightly complacent expression and tone when he said this, “He asked about the Third Master’s leg today. Doesn’t this mean that he still cares about the Third Master? If I tell him that the Third Master’s leg is healed at this time, how can this relationship continue?”

Mama Li nodded repeatedly.

Butler Cheng continued, “And it’s not like I lied to him. The Third Master is in the recovery period now. Doctor Song also said that if he wants to recover to the same level as ordinary people, he needs to do rehabilitation for another month or two. Look, if Xiaoyu is willing to come to accompany him for rehabilitation, wouldn’t it be better?”

Mama Li nodded as she listened and was completely convinced by Butler Cheng’s logic, “That’s right, Xiaoyu is so soft-hearted. The Third Master should pretend to be pitiful.”

So the two quickly reached an agreement that they must not let Qi Xiaoyu know that Xun Qian’s leg has recovered.

On the other side, after Qi Xiaoyu hung up the phone, he stared at the flowing night scene outside the car window for a while.

What happened two days ago was indeed a dream.

An indescribable feeling welled up inside him, and he couldn’t shift his attention elsewhere, so he just stared at his phone in a daze.

After a while, his phone rang, and he received a photo sent by Butler Cheng.

Qi Xiaoyu immediately clicked on it. In the photo, White-browed Hero was as listless as he said, sleeping on the carpet with its eyes half closed.

Since its head was fixed by the cone, its expression seemed very unhappy, not as lively as usual.

Behind White-browed Hero was Xun Qian, who was sitting in a wheelchair with a computer on his knees.

Judging from his expression when this photo was captured, Xun Qian seemed very busy.

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Xun Qian was indeed very busy.

Currently, from public media to rumors, they are all stories about him.

He is the most patient and at the same time the sharpest hunter in the dark night, choking Mao’s throat with a single blow, and then little by little, eating away all the other party’s power.

The knife in his hand was fast, accurate, and ruthless. He knocked down Mao, acquired the company, stabilized the stock price, and took every step carefully until the last step, bringing Mao’s legal representative and the two brothers Xu Xiujie and Xu Xiucheng to court.

Financial fraud, financial crimes, defrauding creditors, providing false financial reports, involving huge amounts of money…

Xun Qian cleverly sent evidence of crimes to the prosecutor, and he didn’t even need to do anything about the rest. What awaited these people was definitely more than ten years in prison.

The new social and economic news headlines were filled with court summons and headshots of the two brothers, Xu Xiujie and Xu Xiucheng. This means that the annual economic battle has finally come to an end.

Xun Qian won a great victory.

On the afternoon of the day when the news was widely reported, Zhang Han brought a full pot of rock sugar and snow pear water and three bags of fruit to see Qi Xiaoyu.

He put the things on the dining table and greeted Qi Xiaoyu with a smile and a look of relief on his face that was rarely seen in recent times.

Zhang Han came over just in time for afternoon tea.

Qi Xiaoyu opened the curtains to let the autumn sunshine into the living room, lit two blue bell-flavored incense, and then put out cakes and a pot of fruit tea to entertain Zhang Han.

Zhang Han looked at the scene and smiled, “You are well prepared.”

Qi Xiaoyu smiled but said nothing.

Zhang Han understood immediately, “You knew I was coming?”

Qi Xiaoyu sat on a small single sofa in front of the window. The sun fell on his side profile, outlining the ups and downs of his contours. “I’m just prepared, just in case.”

Zhang Han pulled away a sofa opposite Qi Xiaoyu and sat down, “Haha, I came at the right time then.”

They had a relaxing afternoon tea and chatted about some recent events.

The things reported in the news and the things Yu Xiaosheng heard from various gossip news, when spoken from Zhang Han’s mouth, felt very different.

“On the surface, it seems that the Third Master won easily, but in fact it was quite difficult. Mao Chi, that is Ma Weiye, got a lot of internal secrets of the Xun family from somewhere. At the beginning, he was always able to guess what we were going to do, even the next policy changes. Thanks to Third Master’s decisiveness, using the two idiots of the Xu family to spread false information while constantly investing money to deceive Mao Chi to follow and mediating in many ways to promote changes in municipal planning, only then did he turn the situation around.”

Qi Xiaoyu can understand management by relying on the grasp of people’s hearts, but he isn’t good at doing business, so he listened silently without interjecting much.

“Third Master was not sure at the time. He was in poor health and had been sick during that period… In addition, he always considered the long-term and the worst, so he was quite afraid that he would… leave you behind… that’s why he wanted to leave more things for you.”

Qi Xiaoyu held the small golden spoon and inserted it into a piece of cake without moving.

Zhang Han then continued to talk about Xun Qian’s mother, Xu Xueyin.

“The media doesn’t dare to casually report on the internal affairs of the Xun family, so not many people know about it. I think that you shouldn’t be aware of the things that have happened within the Xun family in the past few months either.”

Zhang Han said while observing Qi Xiaoyu’s expression, but the latter pursed his lips and seemed to be in a trance.

After receiving Zhang Han’s signal of doubt, Qi Xiaoyu nodded his head, signaling that he was listening.

Zhang Han continued, “Madam Xu has no relationship with the Xun family anymore. Third Master has stripped away all the assets related to the Xun family in her hands. Including stocks, all movable and immovable assets. And…”

Zhang Han said a long string of words, the core meaning of which was that Xu Xueyin no longer had any available assets.

“Third Master didn’t ask me to tell you about these things. I think everything is almost settled, so it would be better for you to know.”

“Yes,” Qi Xiaoyu nodded, pondered for a while, and asked, “What about Madam Xu’s situation? Can she accept it?”

Zhang Han smiled sarcastically, “It’s not up to her whether she can accept it or not. Third Master has decided to send her abroad to live in retirement. If she doesn’t accept it, I’m afraid her future life will be even more difficult.”

Qi Xiaoyu nodded again but didn’t say anything else.

Zhang Han sat opposite him and waited for a while. Seeing that Qi Xiaoyu didn’t seem to be ready to say anything, and the food on his own plate was also finished, he stood up and said, “That’ll be all for today. I won’t bother you anymore. Have a good rest.”

Qi Xiaoyu sent Zhang Han to the door.

When saying goodbye, Zhang Han added, “These bodyguards may have to stay with you for a few more days. The verdict hasn’t come down yet, and the people involved also haven’t been sent to prison yet. It would be better for you to have protection.”

Qi Xiaoyu agreed. Anyway, he didn’t think having bodyguards would be a hindrance, and he didn’t want to cause trouble for Xun Qian.

After sending Zhang Han away, Qi Xiaoyu leaned against the door quietly for a while.

Deal with the Mao family and send his two cousins to prison.

Break off relations with Xu Xueyin and send her abroad.

Xun Qian must have done a lot of things in the past few months.

Although these people are not good people, they are the few relatives Xun Qian had left after all. It must have taken a lot of determination for him to make these decisions.

But then again, Qi Xiaoyu thought that going abroad to retire might be a good ending for Xu Xueyin.

But this wasn’t the ending of the original work.

In the original work, Xu Xiucheng and Xu Xiujie were not sent to prison.

Qi Xiaoyu’s heart pounded twice.

He thought of the dream he had in the hospital two days ago.

This was the first time in a few months that he began to doubt the decision he had made.

Should he have been more determined at the beginning? Should he have tried to put in more effort?

If he really liked him and if Xun Qian was willing, should he have boldly tried it once for his own love regardless of the consequences?

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