Free Web NovelChapter 1174: Chapter 1176
As soon as Zhao Xuran anxiously walked out of the airport, he saw his younger brother’s figure.
"Where’s Ni Zi?" He knew he was coming—why didn’t she come to pick him up? That was really strange.
Zhao Guangran took the luggage from his big brother’s hand. "Ni Zi is at home. Auntie hasn’t been in great shape these past few days."
How could Wan Qiweng’s health not be good? Zhao Xuran’s first thought was, "Don’t tell me she’s about to give birth."
It was perfectly normal to give birth early, but Uncle still hadn’t flown over. If she really went into labor, how were they supposed to handle it?
"Have you notified people back home?"
This needed to be reported back home too? Zhao Guangran was really surprised. "She hasn’t actually gone into labor, right?"
"Didn’t you say Uncle would be very busy these days?"
No, that was wrong. Even if Uncle was very busy, he still had to be informed. If she really had the baby, then what?
"Alright, we’re not late if we call after we get back." Seeing his younger brother’s panicked face, Zhao Xuran couldn’t help letting out a sigh.
But it was understandable. Even though Zhao Guangran had seen a lot since he was little, what he’d gone through these past few days was far from normal.
Never mind Zhao Guangran panicking—if it were him, he’d be scared out of his mind too.
"Take it slow. Don’t rush this."
"Now that it’s already happened, don’t panic. We can deal with it step by step."
Zhao Xuran really had no idea how things had gotten to this point. He’d originally thought that after he politely turned those people down back then, that would be the end of it.
He hadn’t expected there would actually be a follow-up—and that his younger brother had almost been dragged down with it.
Zhao Xuran was furious. If they hadn’t reminded him earlier, and if Zhao Guangran hadn’t kept this matter in mind, who knew how things would have turned out.
Maybe by now, Zhao Guangran would already be in a lot of debt. If he didn’t come home to beg for help, what would be waiting for him? You could imagine the outcome.
And if he came home to beg for help, what would the family do? Other than constantly selling off assets, it would still be selling off assets.
If something happened here in the United States, maybe the news would spread back home right away. Selling assets slowly and dumping them in a hurry were two very different price levels.
"Those people want to completely destroy us." The more he thought about it, the angrier Zhao Xuran got.
Even if they really didn’t care about all this, didn’t care about losses from selling assets, once Zhao Guangran learned about it, could he really sit still? Would he really have no thoughts?
He might even choose to end his life here in the United States.
The more he thought, the more afraid Zhao Xuran became. If he could, he really wished he could drag the culprits out and beat the hell out of them.
Zhao Guangran was also scared out of his wits. As for that bit of jealousy he’d felt before, it had already completely vanished.
"Bro, do you think the Dai Family really wants to help us?" In the past, Zhao Guangran would have been somewhat suspicious, but not to this extent.
But right now, he was suspicious of everything. Although he felt the Dai Family shouldn’t be that shameless, were they the kind of people who would help for nothing?
The Dai Family also wanted to get benefits out of them. As for that excuse of Dai Liren helping him trade stocks to make money, Zhao Guangran honestly wasn’t taking that into account at all now.
As for the Dai Family’s intentions, Zhao Xuran didn’t know, but what he did know was, "It’s normal for them to have an agenda."
If they helped out with no strings attached, Zhao Xuran wouldn’t believe it. These days, who would be so enthusiastic about helping if you weren’t relatives or close friends?
It was just that he’d left in a rush, and the Dai Family hadn’t said anything yet, so Zhao Xuran wasn’t sure how to handle this.
"Just help Dai Liren make money properly." He didn’t know what they were after, so they might as well follow the original plan step by step.
Helping him make money was a must. Quietly listening to his big brother’s analysis, Zhao Guangran’s originally restless heart slowly calmed down.
Even though he was still a bit flustered, having his brother here really made him feel a lot more at ease.
"If only you could stay in the United States, Bro." At least if his brother were around, he’d have someone to analyze things with whenever something came up.
"If you were here, I wouldn’t have been fooled so easily." Zhao Guangran had already broken it down—why had he fallen for it so easily? It had a lot to do with the fact that there was no one around to discuss things with.
Would he really not get fooled if he were here? Zhao Xuran laughed. "It’d be the same with or without me. The main thing is you got greedy."
"If you’d just quietly traded stocks, at most you’d only blow the money in your own hands, but futures are different." Zhao Xuran was honestly incredibly thankful. If he hadn’t planned on coming to the United States to buy a house and hadn’t kept some money back instead of handing it all to Zhao Zhao Guangran, he didn’t even dare to imagine how this would’ve played out.
Greed—of course Zhao Guangran knew that was why he’d ended up like this. It was nothing but greed. But his big brother really wasn’t giving him any face, saying it so bluntly.
Seeing his younger brother’s embarrassed expression, Zhao Xuran wasn’t about to take his words back. If he held back just to spare this kid’s pride and didn’t scold him hard enough, it would never really sink in.
"What kind of person is Dai Liren?" Earlier, he’d hurriedly pulled Gong Ruwen aside to get a quick read on Dai Liren.
Unfortunately, Gong Ruwen hadn’t interacted much with him and didn’t know him well, but at least he did know that the guy’s grades were really good, just very low‑key.
Not just normally low‑key—he was low‑key in every possible way. But even Chu Ling thought he was pretty good, so he probably wasn’t that bad.
What kind of person was Dai Liren... Zhao Guangran struggled for a long time, not knowing how to answer.
"Is there a problem?" Zhao Xuran didn’t understand why Zhao Guangran was so conflicted. Did this guy have issues?
Well, it made sense. They saw him every day, so it was normal to pick up on something. But would someone with such a meticulous mind expose himself that easily?
Zhao Xuran didn’t think his younger brother could see through someone’s true nature that easily.
His big brother kept pressing him—that was a problem. What should he do? Zhao Guangran actually hadn’t wanted to say anything; it felt a bit like tattling.
But seeing how his brother kept pushing him, he couldn’t hold it in. Since Bro was asking like this, he might as well tell him a bit.
"I think it’s possible that Dai Liren likes Ni Zi." Gritting his teeth, stomping his foot, he just blurted it out.
Seeing how conflicted Zhao Guangran looked, Zhao Xuran had assumed he was going to hear all kinds of bad things about Dai Liren. He hadn’t expected it to be about this.
Dai Liren likes Ni Zi? Why did that sound like he was listening to a joke?
Although he’d never met Dai Liren, a guy with that kind of pride shouldn’t be doing something this stupid.
And besides, Zhao Xuran was very confident about his own wife. Plenty of people changed, relationships could easily hit red alerts, but Gong Ruini wouldn’t—she was rational.
There was no way Zhao Guangran could know that in just that brief moment his big brother had thought through so much. From his point of view, what was making him anxious now was that his brother didn’t seem worried at all—what if something really happened?
You had to know, that guy Dai Liren really wasn’t normally good at making people happy. More than once he’d caught Gong Ruini chatting with him, smiling brightly.
If it weren’t for all those years of feelings between Gong Ruini and his brother, he’d honestly be worried that Ni Zi might get tricked away by Dai Liren if she slipped just once.
But no matter how confident his brother was, there were times when he had to show something. Otherwise, when the time came, who knew which one of them would be the one bawling their eyes out.
