Chapter 97: Ungratefulness

Seeing Bi Haiquan leave, Guan Dongping sighed, "Boss, we've offended Xingyao Media. We might be in big trouble from now on."

Ye Bufan said, "It's fine. He's just a hooligan. Don't take it to heart. Even if they could monopolize the media industry, it's nothing. They can't cover the sky with one hand.

When our houses are built and ready for sale, everyone will be lining up to buy them. We won't even need promotions or advertisements."

Guan Dongping sighed again, wondering where this young boss's confidence came from.

But he was a practical person and didn't dwell on future matters, so he went back to the construction site to busy himself.

To stabilize the workers' emotions, Ye Bufan stayed with them until dusk. Only when all the workers had completely finished for the day did he leave.

The next morning, when he arrived at Zui Jiangnan Grand Restaurant again, he found his mother's attire had been completely refreshed from head to toe.

Ever since he could remember, their family's life had been very difficult. His mother had never paid attention to her clothes or makeup, nor had she ever bought any cosmetics.

As the saying goes, 'Buddha relies on gold, and people rely on clothes.' The clothes Ouyang Lan wore today didn't look particularly luxurious, but they instantly enhanced her temperament. High-end clothes truly make a difference.

After this makeover, she looked at least a decade younger, like a beautiful woman in her thirties. It was obvious that this was all Qin Chu Chu's doing.

Although he was rich now, he was completely an amateur when it came to women's clothing and makeup. It seemed he would have to ask Qin Chu Chu to come over more often in the future to help his mother get dressed up.

Seeing her son looking at her like that, Ouyang Lan said a little shyly, "Xiao Fan, what's wrong? Does Mom not look good in these clothes?"

"It's not that you don't look good, it's that you look too good," Ye Bufan said with a smile. "If you went out on the street now, you'd definitely charm a lot of people. They'd believe you if you said you were thirty."

"You child, you're talking nonsense again."

Although Ouyang Lan said this, her face was beaming like a flower. No woman doesn't love beauty.

She continued, "Chu Chu bought all these for me. I told her I'd pay, but she absolutely refused, not even letting me see the price."

"Mom, she's my girlfriend. It's only right for her to buy you some clothes."

Ye Bufan secretly admired Qin Chu Chu's intelligence and thoughtfulness. If his mother had seen the prices of these clothes, which often had five digits, she would never have bought them.

"Xiao Fan, let me tell you, Chu Chu is a good girl. You must not let her down in the future.

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Ouyang Lan beamed with joy whenever Qin Chu Chu was mentioned, clearly very satisfied with her future daughter-in-law.

After the mother and son finished breakfast, Ye Bufan was about to leave when Ouyang Lan's phone rang.

After the call connected, a woman's sharp voice came from the receiver: "My dear elder sister, when are you going to return the 3,000 yuan you owe our family?"

Although the phone was in Ouyang Lan's hand, the room was quiet, and Ye Bufan's six senses were exceptionally sharp, allowing him to hear the contents of the call clearly. He immediately frowned.

The caller was Ouyang Lan's youngest sister, Ouyang Hui. This woman was sharp-tongued and mean-spirited, and she had often bullied Ouyang Lan over the years.

When Ye Bufan was in college, his family couldn't gather enough tuition fees. Ouyang Lan pleaded endlessly and suffered humiliation, and in the end, Ouyang Hui threw the 3,000 yuan onto her sister's face.

He remembered the scene clearly; he would never forget it in this life.

A few days ago, when Ouyang Lan was seriously ill and hospitalized, he had also called Ouyang Hui, but this woman completely disregarded her own sister's life or death.

As soon as she heard about borrowing money, she immediately hung up the phone. He didn't expect her to come asking for the debt so soon.

Ouyang Lan held the phone and said, "Xiao Hui, don't worry. I've already prepared the money I owe you. I'll return it to you in a few days when we go home for ancestor worship."

She was kind-hearted and naturally not used to owing others money. Once she had money, she had already prepared all the money owed to relatives, just waiting to return it all in one go when she went back to her hometown in a few days.

Ouyang Hui said, "No need. Xiao Jun and I are already on our way to Jiangnan City. We'll be there in about two hours. We'll come to get the money from you later. Just tell me your address."

Ouyang Lan's hometown was in Wufeng County, which, although also part of Jiangnan City, was very far from the city center, about 200 kilometers away.

Ouyang Lan said, "Then come to Zui Jiangnan Grand Restaurant. Big sister will treat you to lunch."

Ouyang Hui said, "Big sister, don't think that inviting me to a big restaurant means you can default on your debt. The money must be returned today."

Ouyang Lan said, "Xiao Hui, how can you say that? Is Big Sister the kind of person who defaults on debts? One thing is one thing, eating is eating, and returning money is returning money."

Ouyang Hui snorted coldly on the other end, said nothing, and directly hung up the phone.

After Ouyang Lan put away her phone, she said, "Xiao Fan, your aunt and Xiao Jun are coming. Let's reserve a private room for lunch and treat them to a meal."

Ye Bufan said, "Mom, you're going overboard with people like her.

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Just give her the money directly; there's no need to treat her to a meal."

Ouyang Lan said, "How can you talk like that, child? No matter what, she's my own sister. What's wrong with family having a meal together?"

Ye Bufan said, "You treat her as your own sister, but she doesn't treat you as her own sister.

A few days ago, when you were seriously ill and hospitalized, I called her, but she didn't care about your life or death. Instead, she told me that even if you died, the money still had to be repaid. What kind of sister is that?"

Thinking of the despair of being trapped with no way out at that time, Ye Bufan's anger flared up.

If he hadn't been lucky enough to gain the Legacy of the Ancient Medical Sect, he might have already been separated from his mother by Yin and Yang.

Ouyang Lan sighed and said, "Son, everyone has their difficulties. Perhaps your aunt didn't have money at the time."

"Let's put that aside for now, but what's with this coming to collect the debt? If it weren't for your sacrifices back then, how would they be where they are today?"

There were six children in Ouyang Lan's family, three boys and three girls, and she was the eldest.

Their father died young when they were teenagers, and later their mother fell seriously ill from overwork. Eventually, the burden of the family fell on her shoulders.

Because the family had no money, she gave up her first-place ranking in the county's high school entrance exam and entered society early to work and earn money to support her younger siblings' education.

When the youngest, Ouyang Hui and Ouyang Fei, went to college, even though their three maternal uncles had already entered society and were working, they didn't care about the two girls' tuition fees. Ouyang Lan still bore the burden alone.

At that time, Ouyang Lan was already of marriageable age, but to support the family, she had not married.

To prevent her two younger sisters from giving up halfway, she endured humiliation and married Jiang Shaotian, a playboy from the county town, exchanging herself for 50,000 yuan. Only then did Ouyang Hui and Ouyang Fei successfully graduate from college.

At that time, both Ouyang Fei and Ouyang Hui were very grateful to Ouyang Lan, and their relationship was quite good.

But later, Jiang Shaotian gambled and squandered the family fortune, then turned around and hooked up with another rich woman, eventually leaving Ouyang Lan and her daughter lonely and helpless.

Coupled with her adoption of Ye Bufan, their lives became even more difficult day by day.

Meanwhile, Ouyang Hui had already graduated from college and entered the county's Medical Bureau with great success.

As the gap in living standards between the two sisters grew wider, Ouyang Hui not only offered no help but instead looked down on Ouyang Lan more and more, completely forgetting her elder sister's kindness to her in the past.