Rebirth from the Ashes Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Not Selling Their Daughter

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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After Shen Xi came home and had a bath, she called for a family meeting with Yun Jinping and Shen Zhangqing.
Shen Zhangqing and Yun Jinping wondered what their daughter was up to. It had been a long and tiring day, yet she did not retire to bed after her bath. They could have a family meeting at any time!
Shen Xi slapped a bank card on the table and regarded Shen Zhangqing seriously. “Dad, I know you’re currently facing problems in your business. Here’s fifty million, use it!”
Her father stared at her in disbelief and stammered, “Where… Where did you get this money, dear child?”
The girl grinned and stretched out five fingers. “Fifty million in exchange for severing all ties with the Su family. From now on, I have nothing to do with them.”
Tears welled up in Shen Zhangqing’s and Yun Jinping’s eyes. They felt really bad.
Yun Jinping hugged her. “My dear, are you serious about not going back?”
Shen Xi snuggled in her arms and nodded. “Nope, they treated me like an outsider. You’re my real parents.”
Shen Zhangqing was at a loss for words. Tears trickled down his cheeks. “Xixi, we can’t accept this money. Return it.”
What for? It was not like they were selling their daughter. They had no reason not to accept money from the Su family.
“Dad, they owe me this sum. It’s my child support fee. Why should I return it? I have every right to spend it.” Shen Xi thought that the amount she asked for was too low.
She should have demanded a hundred million.
Shen Zhangqing was desperate now. His boss had fled with the money, while the banks refused to approve his loans. Every day, debt collectors hounded him.
He could at least delay paying the building material suppliers whom he worked with, but he could not avoid paying his employees. The new year was around the corner, and he must pay them, no matter the cost.
Still, regardless of how tough his situation was, he could not spend his daughter’s money, which she had demanded from the Su family.
“Dad, am I an outsider to you too?” Shen Xi bit her lip. She was upset and almost in tears. “If you don’t accept the money, that means you regard me as an outsider.”
Naturally, Shen Zhangqing did not want to see her cry. He sighed and pacified her, “I understand.”
Sigh, he was the useless one. In the end, he had to rely on his daughter to help him with his financial troubles.
Shen Xi was worried that he would regret his decision, so she hastily pressed the card into his hands. “Dad, here are my funds to you. You must make lots of profits, and buy me and Madam Yun bags, shoes, cosmetics, and pretty dresses!”
Shen Zhangqing listened to his daughter’s encouragement and felt his confidence soar. “Don’t worry, daughter. I’ll make a lot of money, so you and Mom can buy whatever you wish.”
What he lacked now was funding. With such a huge sum of money, he could solve everything. He had years of experience in business and was aware of his capabilities.
“Dad, let me clarify something. Actually, there’s only forty million here. I have invested ten million into my brother, Yuan Yu’s company. Of course, I’m the company’s legal investor. He does the work while I supply the funds,” Shen Xi explained the details.
“It’s your money, and you can do whatever you want with it.” Shen Zhangqing smiled. His daughter was all grown up now and had her own ideas.
It was not bad. She had his business mindset.
Her elder half-brother was an overseas graduate and a top student. The company would surely be established.
Yun Jinping hardly understood what they were talking about. She merely had a sudden feeling that her daughter had matured, and this unsettled her.
She wondered how much her daughter had suffered at the hands of the Su family, to the point that she had changed.