"Exactly, exactly, your brother and sister-in-law are doing this for your own good! Besides, weren't Xiao Ling's tuition fees also pooled together by us?" Wang Jinhui's wife chimed in from the side.
"Speaking of which, Xiao Ling's tuition has been overdue for so long, shouldn't it be time to pay it back?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yu's face immediately contorted with anger, "How dare you even mention it? To be able to develop in the provincial capital, you guys forcibly took the opportunity that should have belonged to you to take over your parents' positions at the car factory and placed it on my head, and you call it doing it for my good?
As for the tuition fees? Thirty-odd yuan in tuition with fifty yuan in interest, it's more outrageous than Huang Shiren!
Besides, haven't I already paid you back? What are you still talking about paying back money?"
Wang Yu's anger grew with every word. When he had just been reborn, it was this so-called cousin who had gotten him into the car factory.
At that time, the factory was on the verge of collapse, workers weren't getting paid, and it owed enormous debts. Wang Yu was later inexplicably chosen as the factory director, becoming the scapegoat for the state-owned enterprise reform. He had almost gone to jail to cover the huge debt!
His sister needed tuition fees for school at the time, and in desperation, he had to swallow his pride and ask this cousin for a loan.
Not only was he met with all sorts of sarcasm and ridicule, but he was also charged a large amount of interest!
However, these were all things of the past. As soon as Wang Yu earned his first pot of gold and paid wages, he had immediately remitted the money to them, including both principal and interest!
"The principal has been paid back, that's true, but isn't there still a late fee?"
His cousin's wife said with righteous indignation, "Late fees, fund occupation fees, and the lost wages and property damages we incurred trying to help you..."
Looking at her shrewd face and the string of detailed terms she spouted.
Not only Wang Yu, but even Wu Lingling beside him was speechless.
This money had already been paid back, yet they could still bring up so many items?
"Don't say your brother and sister-in-law don't look out for you. Give us 300 yuan in total." Wang Jinhui narrowed his thick eyes, his expression extremely serious.
"What? 300 yuan? Why don't you just go rob a bank?" Wu Lingling couldn't stand it anymore, "I think you're seeing that Wang Yu's car factory is doing well now and seizing the opportunity to extort some money!"
"Heh, little girl, don't speak so harshly. As your elder brother and sister-in-law, how could we harm our own brother?" Wang Jinhui replied nonchalantly,
"We're just charging some reasonable fees. After all, we're all relatives by blood. We won't go to your factory to make trouble and cause a scene later, right? Xiao Yu.
It would be embarrassing and create a bad impression, wouldn't it?
Besides, if it weren't for me back then, you wouldn't have gotten into the car factory and become the big boss you are now. You're already a big boss, you don't lack a little bit of money, do you?"
Wang Jinhui said with utter self-righteousness, his words carrying a veiled threat.
It implied that if Wang Yu didn't pay, they would go to his car factory to cause trouble. They were his poor relatives, after all, and if they were to make a scene, Wang Yu would be the one to suffer.
"You... I've never met anyone so shameless and brazen!"
Wu Lingling was instantly enraged.
"Xiao Yu, your girlfriend is being too disrespectful! She's speaking so recklessly and hurting others. Shouldn't you at least discipline her?"
Wang Jinhui's wife, unhappy, said in a sarcastic tone.
"You..."
"Alright, don't be angry with them. They're just like that. When you get angry because of them, you've already lost!"
Wang Yu calmed down and pulled Wu Lingling.
In their eyes, there was only money. Discussing anything else like family affection or morality was meaningless!
Speaking of which, was he destined to have bad luck when it came to clothes? Every time he went to buy clothes, he encountered all sorts of troubles?
The provincial capital was so large, yet he ran into this pair of scoundrels. The probability of such luck was enough to buy a lottery ticket!
"What? Am I wrong? Look, look at her, how she's flailing her arms like that! What kind of behavior is that! I'm telling you..."
Wang Jinhui's wife, with a long face, was about to continue her tirade, but Wang Yu interrupted her.
"Enough, enough with the nonsense. Don't you just want money?"
Wang Yu's face was filled with disgust. "I'll just give it to you, won't that solve it?"
"Look at what you're saying. We're brothers, how can we be like this?" Wang Jinhui smiled, his gums showing, and although he said this, his eyes were fixed on Wang Yu's hand as he reached into his pocket.
His wife was no better, looking ecstatic and rubbing her hands, waiting greedily to receive the money.
The couple had heard that Wang Yu had made the car factory flourish, and Wang Jinhui had regretted it many times.
Why did they, husband and wife, leave the county town to develop in the provincial capital and give the car factory position to Wang Yu?
If he hadn't struck it rich by sheer luck, it would have been them prospering now, not Wang Yu!
Because of this, they had often discussed how to seize an opportunity to extort Wang Yu. They never expected to run into Wang Yu like this today. It was truly a blessing from heaven! Heaven willed that Old Wang should prosper!
With this thought, Wang Jinhui's thick, small eyes narrowed even further.
Hmph!
Wang Yu met Wang Jinhui's gaze and naturally understood his thoughts.
But he didn't need to bother with such people now. It was best to pay them off with some money. As for being extorted? Heh, his money wasn't that easy to take! He would find an opportunity to deal with them later!
Thinking this, Wang Yu was about to take money out of his pocket.
"Eh? Little Wang, what are you doing?"
A voice suddenly sounded from behind. Turning around, he saw two middle-aged men walking over together.
The one in front, with a square face, looked very familiar. It was Lin Chunfeng, whom he had met during the earthquake relief in Jianglin City!
"Brother Lin, um, Mayor Lin." Wang Yu suddenly realized that the person in front of him had been hiding his identity and was actually the newly appointed mayor of Jianglin City.
Later, his wind and hydro generators were also recognized by him and popularized in the countryside to support poverty alleviation.
"Haha, don't be so distant. You can still call me Brother Lin like before, we're not at work," Lin Chunfeng chuckled heartily, then looked at Wu Lingling.
"Miss Lingling is here too? Are you two lovebirds here to sightsee in the provincial capital?"
Hearing Lin Chunfeng refer to them as a couple, Wu Lingling blushed slightly, then very generously called out "Brother Lin."
"We're here to handle some matters too," Wang Yu replied vaguely, not directly mentioning his business with Qinglu Group.
After all, it wasn't something worth bragging about.
"Is that so? Old Qian, come, come, let me introduce you. This is the young brother I told you about before."
Lin Chunfeng said as he introduced the middle-aged man beside him, "Little Wang, this is my old classmate Qian Guotao, who is now the head of the Provincial Bus Factory."
"Manager Qian, Manager Qian! It's a pleasure to meet you!"
However, before Wang Yu could speak, Wang Jinhui eagerly rushed forward with an excited expression.
"I'm Wang Jinhui from the chassis third factory."
At that moment, Wang Jinhui's greasy, plump face contorted into a sickening, fawning smile.