2378 Twins
“But Aunt, you…”
“If you don’t solve it yourself, are you going to wait for Lin Heng to solve it?” Mrs. Lin was finally angry. “Although you and Lin Heng are engaged, you’re still not married. Now that you’re involved in such a big problem, you have to solve it first before the engagement can continue.”
Qiao Jierou immediately understood. The reason why Mrs. Lin came to pick her up was not to protect her, nor was it to help her solve the problem. Mrs. Lin just wanted to quickly disengage from these problems!
The human heart could be so cruel sometimes!
Before Qiao Jierou could think further, Mrs. Lin had already pushed her out of the car.
At this moment, the Qiao family’s house was filled with people.
These people had been tricked by Lin Heng, Qiao Jierou, Old Madam Qiao, and Huang Shumin to invest. Not only had they bought a lot of shares, but they had also invested a lot of money in JR.
Everyone was waiting for the award ceremony of the International Fas.h.i.+on Design Compet.i.tion to end. All their investments would double or even multiply several times, and their lives would reach another peak.
Everyone had beautiful expectations.
But reality gave them a wake-up call.
The share price fell to the point of no return, and their investments went down the drain.
Everyone was waiting here, either standing or sitting.
Old Madam Qiao had originally prepared a grand banquet for Qiao Jierou’s victory. She had prepared a super grand welcome gift, and a buffet spread had been prepared.
At this moment, in order to appease these people, she had no choice but to appease everyone with her arrangements.
The harsh wrinkles on her face made her look bitter and resentful. She sat in a corner and leaned on her walking stick with an ugly expression.
From time to time, someone would come forward and ask, “Old Madam, when are Qiao Jierou and Lin Heng coming back? What about our investment?”
“You can’t just keep quiet. Back then, you were the one who kept saying how good JR was and asked us to invest money. We invested so much money, and now we’ve lost so much. You can’t say nothing about this, right?”
“That’s right, that’s right. You were so happy when you received the money. Now that something has happened, you can’t just pretend that everything’s fine, right?”
Qiao Qijie had already sneaked away.
Old Madam Qiao sat there, unable to say a word.
Seeing that she was silent, no one dared to force the old woman. They walked toward Huang Shumin. “Madam Qiao, you should have the most say in your daughter’s matter, right? What do you think we should do?”
“To think that we usually trust you so much. When we played mahjong with you, we were always harmonious. In the end, this is how you treat us?”
“Qiao Jierou is back!” someone shouted.
Immediately, everyone ran out.
When Old Madam Qiao and Huang Shumin heard this, they immediately rushed out.
Sure enough, Qiao Jierou got out of the car. However, her hair was disheveled, and she was in a sorry state. She did not have her usual demure image.
With her makeup in a mess, she looked extremely haggard.
Everyone rushed forward. “Qiao Jierou! Look at what you’ve done! To think that we thought so highly of you and always believed that you were really talented. In the end, how did you repay us?!”
“That’s right. You kept saying that Weiyang was bad and that there was nothing good about her. What happened in the end? Don’t you think you owe us?!”
Old Madam Qiao and Huang Shumin rushed to Qiao Jierou. Huang Shumin hugged Qiao Jierou and cried, “You bought the shares yourselves. You invested the money yourselves. Why do we have to concern ourselves with your consequences? Why don’t you look for a securities company? Why don’t you look for a bank? If you had ended up making money, would you have split it with us?!”
“Madam Huang, you’re mistaken. If we had gone to a securities company to buy shares, we’d definitely be responsible for our own profits and losses. However, you asked us to invest and bragged about your daughter to lure us into investing. Since something happened, you naturally have to take responsibility!”
“That’s right. You went all out to brag about Qiao Jierou’s talent! You’re all liars!”
“Liars! Refund the money!”
“Liars, refund the money or we’ll call the police!”
Qiao Jierou stood among the crowd, her face ashen.
“Alright!” Old Madam Qiao slammed her walking cane on the ground. “We’ll compensate you! Whatever we owe you, we’ll compensate you.”
“Old Madam Qiao, why didn’t you say that earlier? That’s what we all want.”
“That’s right. We’re not forcing you. We’re just doing business here and telling the truth.”
“Alright. Let’s write an IOU, shall we?”
Old Madam Qiao said, “We’ll compensate you according to your investment amount. We’ll take back all the shares you have.”
No one had any objections.
Old Madam Qiao immediately got someone to do it.
“Mom!” Huang Shumin couldn’t bear to do this. How much money did this cost? So much money was lost in the share market, but the Qiao family had to bear it.
“Stop talking and do it!”
Since Old Madam Qiao had made such a decision, Qiao Jierou had to fork out all the money in her hands. What she had was not enough. Huang Shumin had to fork out a portion as well. Old Madam Qiao had to pay out of her own pocket to make up for a portion of the deficit.
This loss was truly frightening.
However, at least the current situation was stabilized. Although many people had not gotten the full amount, they knew that it was meaningless to stay after receiving the IOUs. They retreated one after another.
When everyone left, only the ground was left in a mess.
Huang Shumin asked, “Where’s Lin Heng? Why didn’t he come back with you? Didn’t I arrange for someone to pick you up and send you to a safe place to hide?”
Qiao Jierou cried out, “Lin Heng’s mother picked me up and sent me back.”
“That family!” Huang Shumin immediately understood everything. “She’s just afraid that you’ll bring trouble to her son with your debt! Why is she so eager to cut ties with you?”
“Alright, it’s useless to talk about this now,” Old Madam Qiao said. “Let’s calculate how much more we still have to fork out.”
Huang Shumin fell silent. She had yet to calculate how much she had lost. Needless to say, the difference in the amount was huge.
She could not hate her own daughter. She only hated Qiao Weiyang. If it were not for Qiao Weiyang, none of this would have happened.
“I’m sorry, Grandma. I’m sorry, Mom. I didn’t know that Sister would frame me like this. She set up too many traps. The manager behind her is too powerful. She started setting up traps a long time ago. I didn’t realize it and fell victim.”
Qiao Jierou cried aggrievedly. In front of Old Madam Qiao and Huang Shumin, she was still fabricating her lies.
However, these two people never questioned anything she said and believed it all without a doubt.