Ji Changmin should have returned long ago, but there were some problems with the overseas business. So it wasn't until today that he could finally see his daughter in person.
This time, although he managed to come back, that serious problem still remained unsolved. However, he didn't want to bring those troubles home.
Ji Changmin was a business tycoon with such self - restraint that he didn't show his worries on his face.
After dinner, when they got back to their room, Wei Yanlan immediately gave him a hard pinch on his waist.
"Tell me! What on earth are you hiding from me?"
Ji Changmin forced a smile. "Honey, there's nothing I dare to hide from you."
Wei Yanlan rolled her eyes.
Come on. They had been married for decades. How could she not know what he was like?
"Come clean. What exactly happened?"
Ji Changmin was stunned for a moment, then sighed. "I knew I couldn't hide it from you. There's just a small problem with the company. Don't worry. I can handle it."
Wei Yanlan didn't believe it was just a small problem at all.
She knew Ji Changmin very well. He was always calm and composed. If she could notice something was wrong this time, it must be a big deal.
"Don't lie to me. What's the problem exactly?"
Ji Changmin couldn't stand up to his wife and was pinched several more times.
"It's that project we took on last year. All our working capital has been tied up in it, which has led to a capital shortfall in our head office."
Working capital was extremely important for a company. It was related to whether an enterprise could conduct normal production and business activities and make profits.
A lack of working capital could even lead to the suspension of production or bankruptcy of an enterprise in serious cases.
This was why Ji Changmin had been worried.
Wei Yanlan gasped. "How much more capital is needed to fill the gap?"
She was also worried now.
Ji Changmin forced a smile and then named an astronomical figure.
Hearing this, Wei Yanlan felt dizzy.
"How could there be such a big gap?"
Ji Changmin explained, "It's all my fault. I thought that project would have a high return rate, so I invested most of our funds in it."
Needless to say, something else must have happened to cause the current situation.
Wei Yanlan took a deep breath. "So what should we do now?"
Ji Changmin didn't have a good solution either, but he still comforted his wife.
"Don't worry. There must be a way. I'll go to the bank to apply for another loan."
Although he said so, the couple couldn't sleep all night because of this incident.
Early the next morning, both of them had panda eyes.
Ji Xiaoli frowned, thinking that they were just too excited because they had finally reunited.
"Dad, Mom, you should take care of your health!"
Wei Yanlan forced a smile. "Well, we just couldn't fall asleep because we're so happy that our family of three is finally together."
As she said this, she pinched Ji Changmin beside her.
Ji Changmin, who had been silent all the time, finally came to his senses and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes."
"Really?"
Ji Xiaoli looked at them suspiciously. "I have a feeling that you two are hiding something from me."
Wei Yanlan was startled.
She didn't expect her daughter to be so intuitive.
"How could that be? How could we hide anything from our precious daughter?"
Ji Changmin also nodded beside her. "Your mom is right, Xiaoli. We won't do you any harm."
Not doing her any harm didn't mean they weren't hiding anything from her.
Ji Xiaoli wasn't a three - year - old kid. Such word games couldn't fool her.
She began to wonder what they were hiding from her.
Wei Yanlan smiled. "It's nothing. If there's nothing else, we'll go back to our room first."
Ji Changmin nodded hurriedly. "Yes, I still have something to talk to your mom about."
It would have been okay if they hadn't said that. But their attitude made Ji Xiaoli feel uncomfortable.
The feeling of being excluded wasn't pleasant. It was as if she was still an outsider.
Ji Changmin was always paying attention to her. Seeing the look of disappointment on Ji Xiaoli's face, he immediately explained, "Xiaoli, it's not what you think."
Ji Xiaoli only felt a faint pain in her heart.
She should have known long ago that the rift of more than a decade was like a long gully that separated her from her parents.
She pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Well, I understand. Mom, Dad, you go ahead and get busy. I'll leave too."
After saying that, she left without looking back.
Wei Yanlan and Ji Changmin looked at each other.
After a while, Wei Yanlan said worriedly, "Xiaoli won't be angry, will she?"
Ji Changmin also had a headache. "It's all my fault. We must have made Xiaoli misunderstand."
Wei Yanlan's voice sounded a bit disappointed. "We finally managed to make Xiaoli open her heart. We shouldn't have hidden anything."
She knew that although her daughter was smart and lively, she had always had a knot in her heart about this matter.
Ji Changmin knew this too. He just didn't want his daughter to worry about them.
The two sighed at the same time and finally went back to their room in silence.
...
After leaving home, Ji Xiaoli went to Canxing Entertainment.
After all, she was the president of a listed company now, so she still needed to come to the company often.
Those who worked in the entertainment industry were all smart people. They could tell that she was in a bad mood, so no one dared to provoke her.
But when the big boss was angry, it was always the small employees who suffered.
Sister Chun and a few others discussed for a while and finally decided unanimously that Brother Xia should go and find out what was going on.
Brother Xia looked confused. "Why me?"
Sister Chun snorted softly. "The minority obeys the majority. Yuanfang and I both voted for you. Go quickly!"
Yuanfang looked helpless. "Sister Chun is right, Brother Xia. Just accept your fate."
It wasn't that she didn't want to help Brother Xia. Sister Chun had just offended President Ji, and she herself didn't dare to get close because of her sister's matter. So Brother Xia had to go.
Brother Xia knew what was going on and sighed in his heart.
After reporting on the business for a while, he finally shuffled forward. "President Ji, are you in a bad mood?"
Ji Xiaoli tilted her head in confusion. "Do I show it so obviously? Or did I scare you?"
"No, no, no!"
Brother Xia nodded first, then thought it was wrong and shook his head like a rattle.
What was going on? He felt that President Ji was becoming more and more imposing.
While muttering in his heart, he still said, "How could you scare us?"
"Oh?" Ji Xiaoli squinted her eyes. "So you think I don't look like a boss and have no deterrence?"
"Absolutely not! President Ji, you're so wise and powerful. We admire you so much!"
Brother Xia secretly groaned in pain.
Why was he so unlucky? He had been pushed out by those two heartless women.
Seeing this, Ji Xiaoli shook her head. "I was just joking with you. Do you have anything else?"
Brother Xia shook his head.
"Then you can go."
"No, I do have something!" Brother Xia had a sudden inspiration. "Do you want to go and see that girl you signed?"