After a while, lunch was served. The family ate lunch harmoniously, and Ming Yusheng then went to the small building nearby.
Old Madam Ming sulked, "We shouldn't have seen him. I don't know what the Lin family is up to. Are they trying to trap Yusheng?"
Qin He chuckled from the side, "This ungrateful wretch, what else could they be here for but to trap your uncle?"
"Even if they try to trap him, they won't get anything. Your uncle has seen through him!" Old Madam Ming snorted angrily.
Fang Meiyan looked at Qin He.
Qin He smiled, "That's not necessarily true. I think my uncle is still too upright."
"Xiao He," Fang Meiyan smiled gently, "Your uncle is gone. Since he's no longer here, can you tell your aunt the whole story?"
Qin He looked at Fang Meiyan with some surprise. Her aunt was intelligent and highly observant.
After thinking for a moment, she explained softly.
"On my grandmother's birthday banquet, I went to the land my uncle bought—"
...
In the small building next to the main Ming family building.
Lin Lei, tears streaming down his face, filled with regret, knelt directly before Ming Yusheng.
"Brother Ming, it's all my fault. That's why I'm being pestered like this!"
Madam Lin, her eyes red-rimmed, placed the contract on the table.
"Brother Ming, just consider it saving our lives. If Lin Lei is in trouble, our entire Lin family will fall."
Ming Yusheng looked at Lin Lei, his feelings complex.
Lin Lei had done such a dishonest thing; he should be facing retribution.
But if there really was retribution, Ming Yusheng felt it was too unrealistic.
Lin Lei had come today, kowtowing and kneeling, calling it a plea for forgiveness. Ming Yusheng had asked a few questions and finally understood the reason.
Lin Lei's father and his own father had been good friends their entire lives. Before he passed, he had instructed Lin Lei to continue the friendship between their two families.
After Lin Lei had cheated him this time, he had dreamt for several nights of his father scolding him and dragging him down to hell.
Ming Yusheng hadn't believed it at first, but Lin Lei and his wife cried and appeared terrified, saying they had seen his father at home at night and heard Lin father's scolding.
The couple couldn't sleep and were disoriented.
Ming Yusheng found it strange, but still sneered, "The three hundred billion you unscrupulously swindled from my family, you don't want it anymore?"
Madam Lin wiped away her tears, "Brother Ming, no matter how much money, let alone hundreds of billions, even all the money in the world combined, none of it is as important as life! Both our bodies have been ailing lately. Let's buy back this land. We'll add another billion to you as an apology."
Ming Yusheng frowned. He had already looked over the contract several times.
It was the same sales contract, with no loopholes.
Lin Lei's name and the Lin Corporation's seal were all affixed, waiting only for his signature.
Once he signed, the sale would be finalized.
Ming Yusheng fell into a dilemma. Something felt wrong, yet the contract itself seemed sound.
Lin Lei and his wife cried their eyes out—
Three hundred billion, Lin Lei had sacrificed his reputation, and he was getting it back so easily?
Just because of some supernatural event?
Ming Yusheng didn't believe in such things. However, he looked at Lin Lei, and the couple's crying gave him a headache.
But regardless, as long as the contract was in order, the crisis the Ming family faced would be resolved.
Ming Yusheng hesitated for a few minutes. When Lin Lei clung to his leg, he signed his name.
His face grim, he clutched the contract, "Until the funds arrive, I won't give you the contract!"
Lin Lei immediately called the bank manager. Three hundred billion was no small sum, and the Ming family had gone through several banks for it initially.
Ming Yusheng had expected Lin Lei to take a long time to process the transaction, but to his surprise, not long after, the finance department of Ming Corporation called to say that all three hundred and ten billion had been credited.
Ming Yusheng checked his phone and looked at the various company accounts. The strange feeling in his heart grew stronger.
"Before you came, you had already contacted the bank and arranged for quick processing of the funds?" Ming Yusheng asked, his brow furrowed.
Lin Lei's eyes were fixed on the contract in Ming Yusheng's hand, his eyes brimming with tears, "Brother Ming, this is also to apologize. Apologies cannot be delayed."
Ming Yusheng gave Lin Lei a cold glance, "Having done what you did, you are no longer worthy of calling me 'Brother.' Lin Lei, our Ming family's friendship with your Lin family ends here!"
Saying this, he threw the contract at Lin Lei's face.
Lin Lei grabbed the contract as if it were a lifeline.
He even impatiently took out his phone, took a photo, and sent it to someone in the Lin Corporation.
Ming Yusheng frowned. Something was wrong!
After Lin Lei finished sending the message, a chilling laugh emanated from beneath his lowered head, where he had been kneeling.
The laughter gradually grew louder, and then he burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha, so be it if our friendship ends. Ming Yusheng, you are truly a fool. To fall for the same trick twice!"
Ming Yusheng's face turned cold, "What do you mean!"
"How can you compare to me when you're this stupid?" Lin Lei stood up, patting his knees. "The humiliation of kneeling before you today, I will repay it soon! By then, even if you kneel before me, I won't even spare you a glance!"
After speaking, Lin Lei led Madam Lin out.
The two no longer showed any of the sorrowful expressions they had when they first arrived.
Ming Yusheng stood in the small building for a while.
The company's bank accounts couldn't be wrong, and the contract was also in order.
With a heavy and complex heart, he returned to the main building.
In the main building, the Ming family members were all sitting in the living room.
As Ming Yusheng entered, he looked at Old Madam Ming, "Mother, that piece of land has returned to the Lin family's possession."
Old Madam Ming narrowed her eyes, "So you did make a deal with Lin Lei."
Fang Meiyan chuckled from the side, "Xiao He guessed correctly. Your uncle has fallen for it a second time."
Qin He smiled, "My uncle fell for it because he is upright and of good character. Lin Lei has no bottom line and will use any means necessary. Such a person, though disgusting, can indeed achieve things."
"Achieving things like that is still looked down upon. What's the point of living like that," Ming Chi sneered from the side.
Ming Xue opened her mouth to curse, "That bastard Lin Lei, may his sons be—"
Ming Chi glanced at her, and Ming Xue immediately shut her mouth.
As they were talking, Ming Yusheng's expression changed several times, "What are you all talking about, Mom?"
Qin He smiled at Ming Yusheng, "Uncle, did Lin Lei shamelessly beg you to buy back the land, and then become extremely arrogant?"
"More than that. The moment he got the contract, his face changed. It was practically impatient!" Ming Yusheng said darkly, feeling disgusted at the mention of Lin Lei.
But—
"Why is that? Is that piece of land so special?"
Fang Meiyan smiled from the side, "Of course it's special. Someone discovered gold there. Within just one kilometer, vast deposits of gold have been found."
Ming Yusheng's expression changed, "That piece of land is nearly a thousand square kilometers!"
It was originally a mountainous area, otherwise, its area would have been equivalent to a small city.
If there was a gold mine, and the content was so high—