While Lin Feng and Chen Xuerou were playing cards, Zhao Nan left Chen Xuerou's house and headed to her mother Fang Chunxia's place.
Her parents had divorced when she was a teenager.
After the divorce, her mother came to the provincial capital alone to make a living.
Now, her mother was doing quite well in the provincial capital, running a company of considerable size.
Since she was in the provincial capital, it wouldn't be right not to see her mother.
However, when Zhao Nan arrived at her mother's villa, she found that something was not quite right.
More than a dozen workers from a moving company were carrying valuables out of the villa; small and large items filled several trucks.
Even the huanghuali tables and chairs were not spared.
"Mom, what are they doing?"
Seeing Fang Chunxia watching these people move things, Zhao Nan immediately stepped forward to inquire.
"Nannan, why are you here?"
Fang Chunxia was somewhat surprised to see Zhao Nan.
Fang Chunxia was around fifty years old. Although not as beautiful as in her youth, she was still well-maintained and retained her charm.
She wore a stylish milk-coffee colored ladies' trench coat, her hair permed into curls, and her legs clad in thin black stockings.
At first glance, they didn't look like a mother and daughter, but rather like a pair of sisters.
"Mom, I came to the provincial capital with my friend on business, and I happened to come to see you. But what is all this? Why are they moving things from the house?"
Zhao Nan pressed.
Fang Chunxia sighed, a hint of worry on her face. "Nannan, it's my fault. My company isn't doing very well, and I can't repay the bank. These people are here to move things to settle the debt."
"Mom, is there still any hope for the company?"
Zhao Nan was a little worried. She knew well how much effort her mother had put into building her life in the provincial capital.
If the company went bankrupt, all her mother's previous efforts would be in vain.
Fang Chunxia shook her head. "There's probably no hope. The debt is too large. Without a significant capital injection, I really can't hold on."
"However, there is one last way. I just don't know if you're willing to help your mother?"
Fang Chunxia looked at Zhao Nan with expectation.
"Mom, what are you saying? Of course, I'll help you, it's just that I don't have much money!"
Zhao Nan gave a bitter smile. She was just a university teacher, and she hadn't saved up even a hundred thousand yuan over the years.
"Silly girl, Mom doesn't want your money. Mom wants to introduce you to a boyfriend. Only this person can help Mom now."
As Fang Chunxia said this, she felt a bit ashamed, but she was truly out of options.
"Introduce me to a boyfriend? You want me to catch a rich man?"
Zhao Nan vaguely guessed her mother's intention.
Fang Chunxia nodded. "Nannan, actually, the boyfriend Mom wants to introduce to you, you already know him. It's Young Master Huang Yun Tian, who treated you to a meal when you visited the provincial capital before."
"Young Master Huang likes you quite a lot and has been asking Mom about you."
"In the provincial capital now, only Young Master Huang can provide Mom with the significant funds needed to help."
"I think you're not young anymore, and it's time to find a reliable man to marry."
Fang Chunxia said earnestly, while cautiously observing Zhao Nan's reaction.
Zhao Nan laughed and said coldly, "Mom, you think Huang Yun Tian is a reliable man?"
"As far as I know, that guy is a notorious playboy in the provincial capital and often goes to nightclubs. When he treated us to dinner last time, he didn't forget to flirt with his female secretary."
"Do you think I would fancy someone like that?"
Zhao Nan could not accept Fang Chunxia's suggestion at all. Her mother was pushing her into a fire pit.
"Nannan, Mom knows Young Master Huang has minor flaws, but he has always been single, and it's normal for him to be ambiguous with other girls."
"Once he's truly married, he won't be like this."
Fang Chunxia spoke in his favor.
Zhao Nan shook her head repeatedly, even regretting visiting Fang Chunxia.
Other mothers hoped their daughters would find good men, but Fang Chunxia wanted to use her to exchange for investment from the Huang family.
To put it bluntly, Fang Chunxia wanted to sell her daughter!
"Nannan, Mom knows you're wronged, but Mom really has no other choice."
"The company is the culmination of Mom's more than ten years of hard work. Didn't Mom work so hard and suffer so much just to leave you some family fortune?"
"Now Mom is old and can't work for many more years. Mom doesn't want to be known as a debtor, and Mom even less wants your father to laugh at Mom."
"Nannan, if you care about me, then help your mother this once. Consider it Mom begging you, okay?"
Fang Chunxia's eyes were tearful, and her words were filled with deep pleading.
Seeing her mother burst into tears, Zhao Nan's heart also felt a pang of bitterness.
"Mom, but I really don't like that Huang Yun Tian. Please don't force me."
"It doesn't matter if the company goes bankrupt. I can support you in the future."
"Besides, Dad has been waiting for you. If you can't make it in the provincial capital, then remarry Dad."
Zhao Nan's attitude was firm. She did not want to go against her principles.
Fang Chunxia was still unwilling. She did not want Zhao Chengzhi to laugh at her.
When she divorced Zhao Chengzhi, she had vowed to live better than him.
How could she return to him in such a sorry state?
"Nannan, how about this, you go meet Young Master Huang for a meal first, and Mom can take the opportunity to ask him for a loan."
"If he refuses to lend it to Mom, then Mom will accept her fate."
As Fang Chunxia spoke, there was still a hint of pleading in her eyes.
"Okay, just a meeting for a meal. I won't agree to anything else."
Zhao Nan couldn't bear to see her mother in such a difficult situation, and her heart softened in the end.
Fang Chunxia's face lit up. Seeing Zhao Nan agree, she immediately began to arrange a dinner with Huang Yun Tian.
When Huang Yun Tian heard that Zhao Nan had requested it, he agreed without hesitation.
Meanwhile, after Lin Feng and Chen Xuerou finished their card game, a scene flashed through his mind.
Zhao Nan was drugged and then forcibly taken to a hotel to check in.
Lin Feng knew that his ability to foresee the future was secretly activating.
He immediately noted the name of the restaurant and, without explaining to Chen Xuerou, rushed off to find her.