Cute Brother Badass Family Protector

Chapter 26

Aunt Guo made two cups of osmanthus oolong tea and took out some cookies, nuts, dried fruit, osmanthus cake, and green bean cake. He made a drink plate and took it out for the sisters.

“Sir,” Xu Mingjing started. He does not want to eat or drink. “Zhengwen came home early today. He said that my brother-in-law fired him.”

“Ya, I realized it.” Xu Mingzhen sipped tea. “Hate to discuss it with me last night.”

“Kakak, why do you agree?” Xu Mingjing was surprised.

He had always thought that Xu Mingzhen should help him.

“Let's see this.” Xu Mingzhen did not say much and then took out two large books.

It was the same ledger that Tan Wenci threw at Yuan Zhengwen this morning.

Xu Mingzhen hoped that Xu Mingjing would come to her. He knew it today, but wasn't sure what time it was.

That was why Xu Mingzhen asked Tan Wenci to leave two copies.

Nothing is more convincing than facts.

With a puzzled expression, Xu Mingjing took the ledger handed over by Xu Mingzhen.

“The one on the left is a real account record,” explains Xu Mingzhen, “and the one on the right is another note made by Yuan Zhengwen for the company.”

Xu Mingjing studied accounting in college, so he took a quick look at the problem.

“There are so many differences?” Xu Mingjing looked at Xu Mingzhen in shock.

“This is not something we made to get rid of it.” Xu Mingzhen sighed. “When the position was set up for him, it was actually expected that he would darken a bit, and Wenci was basically fine with it. It could be considered helping his sister-in-law, but he did not expect that Zhengwen would overdo it. Your husband sucked our family's blood. If suspicious financial activity is found, the entire company will be involved.”

“He exploited our relationship and, in turn, harmed us. Our family cannot be so stupid as Mr. Dong Guo,” explains Xu Mingzhen. “Moreover this company is not mine, but it belongs to Wenci. I'm so grateful that he can help you for me. However, when something like this happens, I can barely lift my head in front of him.”

Xu Mingjing was injured by his elder sister's remark, and his lips trembled.

“Sister, this is Zhengwen's fault, but you can't compare us to Mr. Dong Guo and the wolves. We... Our family is not a wolf.” Xu Mingjing did not expect such a comparison from Xu Mingzhen.

Xu Mingzhen thought, ‘You, my sister, may not. But Yuan Zhengwen and Yuan Keqing must be so.’.

“Sister, this matter is Zhengwen's fault. Can you give him another chance? I promise that he will never do it again.” Xu Mingjing squeezed his elder sister's hand and pleaded, “Right now, he is dismissed and I have no job. Keqing still has to go to school. Our family will be cut off from all sources of income.”

Xu Mingzhen did not respond and looked at Xu Mingjing meaningfully.

“When this suddenly happened, Zhengwen was really scared. She will definitely remember and learn from this lesson.”

“Mingjing, Zhengwen is an ambitious man. I'm afraid you don't understand much about him.” Xu Mingzhen sighed.

He took a cup and sipped tea. She hesitated a little, but decided to speak, “Before, by chance, I was invited by Wei Zhiqian to attend Old Lady Wei's birthday party.”

“I know this.” It was just that Xu Mingjing did not know the entire story. Aren't they discussing Yuan Zhengwen's work? Why are they suddenly talking about this topic now?

“Because Wei Zhiqian only gave us an invitation and did not invite Keqing, I dare not take Keqing in presumptuously, lest the host be unhappy. The Wei family may be tolerant, but we still have to be careful and respect each other,” Xu Mingzhen said.

“I understand this.” Xu Mingjing did not understand why Xu Mingzhen was talking about this. However, he was still anxious and reluctantly gathered an insincere smile.

“However, this is the Wei family,” continued Xu Mingzhen, “so we all have to be careful. The slightest carelessness will make others unhappy, and it will cause problems for us.”

Xu Mingjing did not say anything.

“Keqing mentioned about coming with us to the banquet earlier, but I explained to him that there was no way I could take him with us,” Xu Mingzhen said.

“Did he mention it to you?”

Xu Mingjing frowned and sighed. “How can this kid be so stubborn?”

“Sister, to be honest, he told me about it when he came back and said he wanted to leave, but I rejected him,” Xu Mingjing said. “I said the same thing to you. I told him that this birthday banquet was organized by the Wei family. I told him you couldn't just bring anyone in because, of course, it was a private event. I knew you'd bring it if you could.”.

“Good if you understand.” Xu Mingzhen bit her lip and saw Xu Mingjing smiling. Xu Mingzhen spoke again, “But Yuan Zhengwen and Keqing didn't seem to understand and probably thought I was intentionally unkind. Yuan Zhengwen seemed dissatisfied just working at Tanyue and wanted to do something big.”

“Kakak, what do you mean?” Xu Mingjing felt that something was wrong.

“He kept it a secret from us and took Keqing there. Keqing went to Shengyue lobby and waited for Wei Keli there, then asked Wei Keli to take him in.” Xu Mingzhen thought about Yuan Keqing's behavior back then, and the hand resting on her lap inevitably clenched. “I took her to the Wei family home and introduced her to Wei Keli. However, in return, despite his young age, Keqing gave me a big problem. If people saw the incident, they would think I was an evil aunt who accidentally brought her there. When she saw me in front of so many people, she flinched back and looked scared of me. Did I not treat her well enough that she acted like I was a cruel woman?"

"It also makes people think that I have no manners. I only got an invitation to bring my family, but I brought someone else on purpose—at least for the audience, it seems so. Can other families also use invitations to bring family members and friends with them? The birthday party staff did not even arrange seats or business cards for Keqing— they added later. It showed that the Wei family had no intention of inviting Keqing since the beginning.”

“I don't know that Keqing is really going!” Xu Mingjing was shocked to hear this. “He never mentioned a word to me.”

“Don't talk about Keqing, because Keqing can't go there alone. Yuan Zhengwen took him there. To say that he just wanted Keqing to be there and not think of a way to approach those strong people, even you wouldn't believe him.” Xu Mingzhen let out a sigh of relief. “For example we ignored your husband's recent mistakes because all men are rather ambitious. But he cheated on our family. Have you ever appreciated us helping her in so many ways?”

“Zhengwen and Keqing betray us.” Xu Mingzhen sighed, calmed down, and took another sip of hot tea. “So we thought, since Yuan Zhengwen has such ambitions, we will not let him waste his potential on Tanyue. We will let him leave Tanyue and show his strength elsewhere.”

...•~° tbc °~•...