Visa On Arrival Chapter 37
byBankruptcy
These days, Qi Lan barely slept a wink.
The light in the study room stayed on for three whole nights.
Qi Ranyue got up in the middle of the night and saw the light coming from the crack in the door. She pushed the door open and went in. Her father was facing the computer, with stacks of documents spread out next to him and the ashtray filled with cigarette butts.
“Dad, please take a nap.”
“Well, I’ll sleep in a while.” Qi Lan didn’t even raise his head, and his voice was as hoarse as sandpaper.
She didn’t leave, but sat down on the sofa next to her.
The sound of Qi Lan typing on the keyboard sounded in the empty study room, like a heartbeat.
My father had guarded that piece of land for many years.
Her father had been planning the project since she was a middle school student.
Now that land is gone.
She didn’t go on the day the contract was signed.
Qi Lan came back and changed her shoes, washed her hands, and sat down at the dining table.
She asked him how much he sold it for, and he gave a figure that was only two-thirds of the actual value of the land.
Her hand holding the spoon tightened, “Dad,…”
“That’s enough, it’s okay.” Qi Lan put down the soup bowl, “Let’s wait for a while before we talk.”
After that, Qi Ranyue put up the wedding room and the apartment.
“Rongrong and I have discussed it,” Qi Ranyue stood at the door of the study and said to Qi Lan’s back, “Rongrong also agrees. I will make it up to her in the future and buy her something bigger and better-looking.”
Qi Lan’s shoulders sank slightly, “That’s your house.”
“Dad, you can buy a house later.”
Qi Lan was silent for a long time, and finally said one word: “Okay.”
In those days, they ran away from creditors one by one.
Qi Lan used to be someone who sat in the office waiting for others to ask for help, someone who was never in a hurry at the negotiation table, someone who nodded slightly when others called him “Mr. Qi”.
Now he is sitting in the corridor of someone else’s company waiting.After waiting for two hours, the secretary came out and said, “The boss doesn’t have time today.”Go again on the second day, and again on the third day.When he finally saw someone, he stood up, bent slightly, and handed over the prepared plan.
“A few more days of grace,” Qi Lan said in a calm voice, “The interest will still be paid. Please don’t take out the loan.”
Qi Ranyue heard the word “begging”.
She stood nearby, digging her nails into her palms.
She saw the scrutinizing expression on the face of the person opposite, and finally nodded and said, “Three days.”
“Okay, thank you.” Qi Lan said.
When she came out, she followed her father.
He walked steadily, his pace was the same as usual, neither fast nor slow.But she saw his hands trembling.
Three days.
It takes five days for the money to arrive.
Two days to go.
She didn’t know how she got through those two days.
All I know is that my phone keeps ringing and messages keep popping up, and every one of them is bad news.
Lawyer letters from suppliers, collection calls from banks, and interview requests from the media.
She muted her phone, turned it over and placed it on the table, with the screen facing down, pretending not to see it.
Qi Yihuai is here.
Qi Lan was sitting in the office, the tea in front of her had gone cold.
Qi Yihuai sat down directly opposite his father, crossed his legs, and put a document on the table, “Mr. Lan, I heard that you are very busy recently.”
Qi Lan said nothing.
Qi Yihuai smiled and pushed the document towards his father, “As long as you agree to my previous conditions, I will immediately allocate funds to you. This amount of money will be enough for you to fill in all the holes, and there will still be a lot left over.”
He looked at Qi Lan with the light in his eyes like a predator looking at its prey.
“Think about it carefully,” he stood up and straightened his sleeves. “Think about it slowly, but don’t think about it for too long. You know, time waits for no one.”
He walked to the door, stopped, and turned around, “You can only do what I say now.”
The door is closed.
My father sat there, motionless.The tea on the table was completely cold, and the document was spread out. The numbers on it were clear and life-saving.
There is only one condition, written there in black and white.
The moment the door closed, Qi Ranyue pressed against the wall and heard no sound inside.
My father’s silence was more frightening than any roar.
She waited for a while, waited for Qi Yihuai to go far away, then opened the door and went in, “Dad, he… what conditions did he put forward? If it is the current situation, I don’t mind cooperating with him.”
Qi Lan didn’t answer, she just looked at the document, put her fingers on the edge of the table, and tapped it slowly.
She walked to the table and looked down. She had no time to look at the densely packed clauses, and only one line of words jumped into her eyes.
She stared at the line of words for so long that the strokes began to blur and the edges of the paper began to turn white.
“Who did he want me to marry?” Qi Ranyue’s heart tightened.
Qi Lan’s fingers stopped.
silence.
She raised her head and looked at her father’s face, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, the white hair on his temples, and his slightly pursed lips.
“Did he do it?” Qi Ranyue asked, “Did he do this? What is the purpose?”
Qi Lan looked away from the document and looked at her.
There were too many things in those eyes, anger, exhaustion, guilt, and distress.
He didn’t speak, just lowered his eyes slightly and nodded.
“I know,” she said.
She picked up the document and flipped through the pages, reading word by word.
The terms and conditions were professionally written and watertight.
She read the last page, closed the file and put it back on the table, “Dad, I can go find him.”
“Where are you going!” Qi Lan’s voice suddenly became louder, with a stern tone that she hadn’t heard in many years.
He stood up abruptly, and the chair slid back, making a screeching sound on the ground.”Don’t go!”
She froze in place.
Her father had never shouted to her like this.
Qi Lan realized that she had lost her composure and lowered her voice again, but she could not suppress her trembling.”If there is a problem with the company, it is a problem of my own ability and my own responsibility.”
He looked at Qi Ranyue, clenching his fists, and his eyes were red, “I’m not willing to sell my daughter for such a trivial thing. In the worst case, I’ll be in debt, bankrupt, or bankrupt. I still don’t believe that I can’t start over again. Do you really think I’m a vegetarian?”
Her tears fell, “Dad…”
The last day of the deadline.
“Dad,” Qi Ranyue sat down opposite Qi Lan, “I heard some opinions.”
Qi Lan raised her head and looked at her.
“Someone is spreading news. They say that our capital chain is broken, that we are going to run away, that…” she paused, “that you have transferred your assets a long time ago.”
Qi Lan was silent for a while and shook her head.”The capital chain is indeed tight, but not to that point. As for transferring assets, if I really transferred them, I wouldn’t have to sit here now.”
Qi Ranyue listened, and the tight string in her heart suddenly relaxed, and then tightened immediately, “So someone is deliberately spreading the news?”
Qi Lan looked out the window, “Maybe something really happened, or maybe someone deliberately shorted it, but the truth or falsehood is no longer important.”
She looked at her father and suddenly understood the meaning of that sentence.
True or false really doesn’t matter anymore.
What matters is that everyone is on the run.
The creditor is on the run, afraid of losing his money;
The client is on the run, afraid of being dragged down;
Employees are on the run, afraid of not getting paid.
No one cares what the truth is.
“What should we do now?” Qi Ranyue asked.
Qi Lan didn’t answer, just looked out the window.
The sun shines on the glass, reflecting dazzling light.
The day we declared bankruptcy was a sunny day.
My father stood in the conference room, in front of him were the last remaining old employees of the company.
“I’m sorry.” Qi Lan said.
No one spoke.
The conference room was very quiet, so quiet that you could hear the clock ticking on the wall.
The old employees looked at him, some had red eyes, some lowered their heads, some wanted to say something but swallowed it back.
They had been with their father for many years and knew what this decision meant.
She stood in the corner of the conference room, leaning against the wall, looking at his back.
After the meeting ended, the conference room was empty.
Qi Gang sat there alone, with the documents spread out in front of him, motionless.
The sun shone in from the window, fell on him, and fell on the papers covered with numbers.
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