As soon as the steward left, Yun Jianzhou quickly reached out to pull Yun Que'er up.
"What are you still sitting there for? Aren't you afraid of the hot sun? Hurry up!"
Yun Que'er stopped pretending to cry. "What's the rush? We haven't even seen the contract yet. We've got to go through with this act. We don't want to blow it all at this stage."
Yun Jianzhou thought it made sense. He squatted down beside Yun Que'er, nudging her with his elbow and winking at her.
"Hey, how was my acting? He didn't see through me, did he?"
Yun Que'er gave him a thumbs - up. "Don't worry. Your acting was great. It even scared me."
Yun Jianzhou couldn't help feeling smug. He'd finally discovered one of his own strengths.
Just as the siblings were whispering to each other, the steward came out with the contract.
Yun Que'er immediately put on an aggrieved face. "You're always yelling at me! Am I really wrong? I was only doing this for our family!"
Seeing Yun Que'er pretending to cry again, Yun Jianzhou couldn't help snickering. But when Yun Que'er glared at him and gave him a look, he quickly put on a stern face and scolded her.
"Will you stop? What do you mean for our family? I think you're just causing trouble! You're just a young girl. What do you know about business? As long as your big brother and I are alive, it's not up to you to decide family matters!"
The steward, seeing the siblings arguing non - stop, felt his head pounding. He quickly stepped forward and interrupted them.
"Alright, alright, calm down! I've brought the contract. Hurry up and take a look. I still need to return it quickly."
Yun Jianzhou took the contract and thrust it in front of Yun Que'er.
"Here it is. Stop crying! You wanted to see it, right? Hurry up!"
Yun Que'er then stopped pretending to cry. She quickly grabbed the contract and started flipping through it.
After a while, Yun Que'er's hand suddenly trembled. She showed a look of disbelief and resignation.
"How could this be... It's really been sold!"
With a sob, Yun Que'er turned around and ran away.
"Come back! You haven't apologized to the uncle yet!"
Yun Jianzhou chased after her, shouting, but Yun Que'er was already out of sight.
"Don't worry. Kids are just kids. I won't take it to heart. There's no need for an apology." The steward stopped Yun Jianzhou.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought to himself: Thank goodness this little troublemaker is finally gone.
Yun Jianzhou bowed and apologized to the steward. "I'm really sorry. My little sister has been spoiled by my big brother since she was a child. I'll have a good talk with my big brother when I get home. I can't let her be so spoiled anymore. I'm really sorry for the trouble."
The steward waved his hand. "It's okay. You'd better go after her quickly. There's a lot of traffic on the road. Make sure she doesn't get hurt."
After apologizing to the steward, Yun Jianzhou rushed away.
The steward let out a long sigh. "This kid is really a handful. I'm glad I don't have a daughter like that."
Outside, Yun Jianzhou had only walked about 200 meters from the lumberyard when he saw Yun Que'er. She was hiding under a tree, leisurely eating an ice - cream.
"I have to say you're really bold. Aren't you afraid the steward will come out and see you? You don't look the least bit sad right now."
Yun Que'er grinned. "Don't worry. He's so scared of me that he won't dare come out. Even if he does see me, he won't come near me on purpose."
Yun Jianzhou pursed his lips.
That's right. Yun Que'er's crying had given the steward a headache just now. If he were the steward, he'd definitely avoid Yun Que'er.
Yun Que'er stuffed another ice - cream into Yun Jianzhou's hand. "Let's go home."
"That's it?" Yun Jianzhou was surprised.
"What else?" Yun Que'er retorted. "Do you want to stand here in the sun and turn into a dried fish?"
Yun Jianzhou scratched his head. He'd thought Yun Que'er had some other plan.
Anyway, they'd been out for so long and were so hot that they felt like they were about to dehydrate. It was okay to discuss things at home later.
The two of them caught a bus home before the sun was at its hottest. They also invited Ji Chengxuan's family over. Everyone sat together to discuss things.
"I just got them to show me the contract. The person who signed it is Zhao Sihai. I don't know this person, but there's a very strange part in the contract."
Yun Que'er said, "Uncle Ji, I don't understand. Could you help me analyze it? The contract says that if the second party breaches the contract unilaterally, the first party doesn't need to pay and doesn't need to return the timber that has already been moved away."
Uncle Ji frowned. "When are they planning to pay?"
"The contract doesn't specify the exact time, but I heard from the steward that it'll be in the next few days. He said they'll pay in full when they pick up the goods."
Uncle Ji thought for a long time and then suddenly smiled.
"This is it. There's too much timber in the lumberyard. They definitely can't move it all at once. Although they said they'll pay in full at once, I think they'll definitely wait until they start moving the timber before they pay. Think about it. If there are any problems at that time, they can blame it on the lumberyard. They don't need to return the timber that has already been moved. It's like getting something for nothing. Even if they can't move much, they'll still make a profit."
Yun Que'er nodded thoughtfully.
Actually, Yun Que'er had roughly guessed all these things, but she couldn't say them out loud. Otherwise, she'd seem too smart.
But after hearing Uncle Ji's explanation, Yun Que'er suddenly had another thought.
"I originally thought they didn't want to buy the timber at all, but now it seems they also want to cheat some timber out."
But what were they going to do with it?
"Anyway, that's not the most important thing. The important thing is that their main purpose is to disrupt us." Uncle Ji said.
These days, he'd been busy with the closure of the clinic and hadn't had time to get involved in person. But he'd heard a lot from Ji Chengxuan.
Once might be a coincidence, but twice?
They were sure that Liu Kui was deliberately causing trouble.
So no matter if their plans had changed or not, their basic intention remained the same.
"Now we'll just carry out our previous plan." Uncle Ji said, "Since someone is causing trouble for us, we'll also throw them off the scent."
It was only fair to fight fire with fire.
Just then, Zheng Ying spoke up.
"I feel like the name Zhao Sihai sounds really familiar."
Everyone looked at her.
But Zheng Ying thought and thought, and couldn't remember where she'd heard this name for the moment.
So everyone dispersed and went back to their own homes.
But in the evening, just as she was about to go to sleep, Zheng Ying suddenly remembered something.