The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 419 - 608: Cold-Hearted Family

Jiang Nanzhou was distressed when he heard that his wife had suffered such indignities in Ten-miles Village.

Regrettably, he had no knowledge of these things.

Grandfather thought that given such a serious incident, his grandson, as a husband, should definitely support his wife.

Jiang Nanzhou wanted to take a trip to Ten-miles Village to see which person it was.

Lu Jingqiu said, "That person is already dead, what’s the use of going there now? It was Zhuang Yan who dealt with the matter, as instructed by Xia Lin, and Zhuang Yan personally took care of it. It’s just that the man’s life was short."

Jiang Nanzhou said, "With what kind of evil deeds that person must have committed, it was his deserved end. But that Xia Lin, we can’t let her off."

"We don’t have evidence, words without proof. And she won’t admit to anything."

"I will meet with Wei Jincheng, we can’t just let it go like this."

After having breakfast, Jiang Nanzhou ran off to Wei Jincheng’s factory. frёeωebɳovel.com

Lu Jingqiu also followed, but just as they arrived at the factory, they encountered Xue Jianian coming to visit her grandparents.

"Jingqiu, Grandma and Grandpa still don’t know, I haven’t told them."

"Then let’s not let them know for now. To avoid getting them agitated."

"Yes, that’s what I was thinking too, and I’m not sure if Zhuang Yan could find that person."

Lu Jingqiu started to get worried as well.

As for the men, they never even considered waiting for the police.

To handle Xia Lin, they would use their own methods.

She was so concerned about her factory, wasn’t she? Then give her some trouble, see if she still has the leisure to harm others.

The two men talked about who knows what, stayed in the office for over two hours, then left in a car.

Lu Jingqiu was told to accompany Xue Jianian to visit Grandpa Xue, and they even had lunch there at midday.

Later, as Xue Jianian had things to take care of at her shop, she left with Xue Jianian.

Xue Jianian said, "Humph, these past few years, our two families have lived so close, and we have been too lenient with her."

"Otherwise, what do you plan to do? We can’t do anything illegal."

"But I can’t swallow this grievance. To this day, I still don’t understand—we’re miles apart, not even distantly related, and I don’t know why she would want to harm me."

Lu Jingqiu knew why, but she couldn’t tell her it was because of the debts Wei Jincheng incurred in their past life.

Jiang Nanzhou stayed at home for two days, leaving in the morning and returning at night. He didn’t leave until after 6 p.m. the following evening.

Lu Jingqiu, worried about his fatigue, repeatedly instructed him to be careful on the road, even if it meant being late the next day.

During these two days, Lu Jingqiu asked him what he and Wei Jincheng had been doing, but he wouldn’t say, only mentioning that some things were best handled by him alone.

Lu Jingqiu knew that it definitely wasn’t anything good.

When a man protects you too well, she was sometimes taken aback by the preferential treatment.

Two weeks passed like this, then they got a call from Zhuang Yan saying he had found the person they were looking for, which made everyone quite happy.

Meanwhile, Xue Jianian suddenly said Xia Lin had moved.

Lu Jingqiu thought maybe she felt guilty, and quickly said, "She’s not going to run away, is she?"

"No, she’s moved into the factory, claiming there were issues at the factory. But I noticed that her mother moved with her. There’s just an aunt at home helping with the child. Occasionally, Gao Shu’s aunt also visits the child. Tell me, Xia Lin’s child is barely a month old, maybe at most two months, how could she bear to leave her child? There must be a problem."

"Her factory had a problem?"

"Humph, there definitely was one. I heard that a worker at her factory cut his finger while trimming, nearly lost it. The treatment for that finger alone must have cost a few hundred yuan, and the compensation would be a thousand or two at least.

Moreover, recently... hehe, her factory’s returns have been many."

"Returns?"

Xue Jianian, seeing her surprised look and sure that Jiang Nanzhou hadn’t told her, said, "This plan, it was thought up by Ah Cheng from my family and your Nanzhou. The details, it seems they bought off her supplier.

Jingqiu, can you believe it? Her big brother, for the sake of money, dared to do such a thing. That batch of fabric was flawed, and the quality was poor too."

Lu Jingqiu finally understood what Jiang Nanzhou and Wei Jincheng had been doing those days, saying, "Back in Ten-miles Village, each of her brothers protected her as if she were a child, and everyone knew how pampered the Xia Family’s young lady was.

Now it looks like when it comes to interests, all of the past ties mean nothing."

"Right. Ah, people, when blinded by self-interest, can’t be advised back to sense. They’ll understand once they take a fall."

Xia Lin and Gao Shu got divorced, and she didn’t even want the child; the separation was clean and final.

The day they had an argument, they didn’t speak for three to four days.

In the end, it was Xia Lin who provoked Gao Shu, leading them straight to the civil affairs office that day.

These days, seeing even one couple a day coming to the civil affairs office to get divorced was considered a rarity.

Gao Shu was being persuaded by staff in the hall to reconsider, but he remained silent. On the other hand, Xia Lin was adamant about getting a divorce.

She didn’t want the child; she only wanted the factory.

Upon hearing her say that, Gao Shu also became angry and wouldn’t listen to reason, both spouses were set on getting divorced.

The staff member couldn’t bear it when they heard the child was just two months old.

How could there be such a heartless mother?

Unfortunately, Mother Xia had tried to persuade them at home for several days, even seeking out members of the Gao Family, but to no avail.

Meanwhile, Xia Lin, holding her divorce certificate, moved into a room vacated in the factory’s staff dormitory.

She felt stifled inside, and while she wasn’t as heartbroken as she might have imagined, she felt a certain sense of relief.

"That’s right, the two of us have divorced, just like in a previous life. Haha, to think I married him again this lifetime must be because I didn’t let go of my obsession with him from before.

I always felt it was strange blaming her; if she hadn’t been so difficult and had just lived an honest life with him, things would have gotten better over time.

Unfortunately, even trying to live a good life, things still turned out so unsatisfactory.

People, when obsessed over something, won’t turn back until they’ve hit rock bottom.

Ultimately, I was wrong.

Fortunately, I still have a factory."

Regrettably, before I could even recover from the divorce, the factory ran into trouble.

In that period, in order to make up for some past issues, I had spent a considerable amount of money, and now, the factory’s working capital was already running low.

I was counting on the money from this batch of goods, but then an employee got injured.

I hadn’t finished dealing with that, and there was a problem with the clothes.

In the few days, I wasn’t watching, there were major issues with the fabric.

All of these summer clothes were pre-ordered.

Now, they had all been sent back.

On the fabric, the patterns didn’t match up, and the material quality was poor.

In less than two days, two batches of goods had been returned.

"Big Brother, I asked you to handle the purchasing because you’re family. We had an agreement with the textile factory about this batch.

But when I asked them, it turns out you switched the fabric at the last minute."

Eldest Xia didn’t make excuses and honestly admitted, "Linlin, I thought the two patterns were the same, and the warehouse manager said it was cheaper, so I wanted to save some costs for the factory. I didn’t expect them all to be returned."

"Big Brother, we had a prototype out in advance, and when people placed their orders, they expected the product to match the prototype. This fabric we sent out is obviously of inferior quality.

It’s no wonder they made a fuss.

It’s only been two or three days, and already half has been returned. You’re going to ruin me."

"This... this, what do we do?"

"What else can we do but purchase the original material, rush the work, apologize to the customers, and lower the price."

"Isn’t that losing money?"

"Better to lose money than to lose credibility."

Eldest Xia felt quite remorseful about this issue and returned home feeling downcast.

Seeing him like this, Big Sister-in-law Xia tried to comfort him: "What’s there to fret about? We’ve been helping her in and out these two years, and it’s true that we used some of her money to buy this house initially.

But afterwards, you’ve tried to make up for it, going to work come rain or shine, leaving early, and coming back late.

After opening the factory, you have also been at her beck and call.

This time we did benefit a little, but we never intended to harm her.

Who would have thought that Old Yang from the textile factory didn’t make it clear, that the fabric was so poor, even worse than the sample he showed us."

"We can’t do this kind of thing in the future, I don’t feel right about the money I’ve taken; she’s my little sister, after all."

"What about your sister? In recent years, she has set up the factory and bought two houses. Whenever our brothers needed contracting money and asked her for a loan, she would drag it out and lecture us at length.

She’s clearly the younger one."

"Sigh, after all, our family still relies on her. These years, my little sister really has the capability. If it were up to me, I could never manage such a big factory."

"What do you mean you couldn’t? If you let me run a small workshop now, I’d earn more than we do now.

All those clients, they know me."

"Stop it, I need to help my sister re-order stock tomorrow."