Chapter 162 The Style of a Young Boss
Chapter 162 The Style of a Young Boss
"You think you're worthy of being called an adult?" Ge Dongxu said scornfully with disdain.
"Hey, what kind of way is that to talk, kid? Where are your parents?" Yu Xi, seeing a high schooler mock her to her face, couldn't help but place her hands on her hips and point at Ge Dongxu's nose as she scolded him.
"You don't need to worry about my parents. Just say it, how much money does Yifan's family owe you? I'll pay it off, and then you can take the money and scram early. Seeing someone like you makes me sick," Ge Dongxu said without any courtesy.
"Dongxu!" Although Du Yifan was also really angry at his aunt who cared about nothing but money and not at all about family, and he wished he could slap her twice, they did owe her money after all. So, seeing Ge Dongxu talk big, he quickly tried to pull him back.
In his urgency, he didn't even use the honorific 'big brother' but directly called his name.
"Relax, Yifan, I've got a bit of money," Ge Dongxu patted Du Yifan's hand that was gripping his arm, saying calmly.
Hearing this, Du Yifan felt a surge of emotion that almost brought him to tears. Everyone in Class 6 of the second year in high school knew that Ge Dongxu came from the poor Baiyun Mountain area, and Du Yifan, as his deskmate, knew this all too well.
Du Yifan still vividly remembered their first meeting, when Ge Dongxu wore such old and shabby clothes, and his skin was so dark. Now Ge Dongxu was telling him to relax, saying he had money—how could Du Yifan not cry?
With his little bit of spending money, what could he do, really?
"Fine, listen up. I want to see how a little brat like you is going to help someone pay back money," Yu Xi said with a mocking sneer.
"Yu Xi!" Du Haibin gave his wife a tug.
"What are you pulling at!" Yu Xi glared at Du Haibin, who then sheepishly let go of his hand.
Seeing this, Ge Dongxu looked contemptuously at Du Haibin. He had never before seen a man so cowardly.
"Just say it, without all the nonsense," Ge Dongxu said coldly, without a shred of politeness.
"Alright, kid, you listen up. Du Yifan's family owes our family eighty thousand yuan!" Yu Xi puffed out her already somewhat shriveled chest and said.
"I thought it was a lot of money. Eighty thousand yuan has got you so anxious you've even thrown brotherly affection and familial bonds to the back of your mind. I truly pity you," Ge Dongxu said, mocking her with a cold laugh before taking out his phone from his backpack.
Originally, when Ge Dongxu scorned them, Du Haibin was both angry and embarrassed, and Yu Xi was about to verbally lash out at Ge Dongxu, filled with anger, when her eyes suddenly bulged.
At that time, mobile phones might not have been much to the wealthy, but for an ordinary family, it was still a rather expensive item. Not to mention high school students, many adults didn't even own one.
And now, a high school student had just pulled out a mobile phone from his backpack, and the shock this caused to the people in the room was imaginable!
Especially Du Yifan, who knew exactly where Ge Dongxu came from. Seeing this, he was so stunned that his jaw almost dropped to the floor.
He could never have dreamed that inside Ge Dongxu's tattered backpack, there would actually be a mobile phone!
In the midst of everyone's shock, Ge Dongxu dialed Wu Qianjin's number.
The Qinghe Herbal Tea Beverage Factory was developing quickly. Now, Wu Qianjin was basically in charge of the factory in Changxi County, while Cheng Yazhou managed the factory in the Provincial Capital. As for Tang Yiyuan, once the herbal tea beverage factory was on track, he shifted his focus back to the field of medicine, which was the career he truly had a passion for.
Though Ge Dongxu mentioned the eighty thousand yuan lightly, it wasn't a small amount. At that time, to withdraw it from the bank, one would need to make a reservation ahead of time; and besides, the bank was a distance away from Du Yifan's home. It would be more convenient to give Wu Qianjin a call and ask him to take out some funds directly from the finances for the time being.
"Wow, what do we have here? Dongxu, is the sun rising from the west today? The big boss himself is actually calling me." Wu Qianjin said dramatically upon receiving the call from Ge Dongxu.
"I need eighty thousand in cash temporarily for a turnover, have someone go to finance and borrow it, then help deliver it to 300 Xia Pu Road. I'm in a hurry to use it." Because there were other people in the room, Ge Dongxu didn't bother with pleasantries with Wu Qianjin and got straight to the point.
"Okay, I'll get it from finance and bring it to you right away." Wu Qianjin, upon hearing Ge Dongxu needed money, immediately replied. Your journey continues on My Virtual Library Empire
After hanging up the phone, Wu Qianjin didn't send someone else to handle it; instead, he himself rushed to the finance office, withdrew eighty thousand in cash, and drove his Audi towards the county.
Joking aside, who was Ge Dongxu? Without him, there would be no glory for Wu Qianjin today. Now that he needed something done urgently, of course, it was best to deliver it in person.
Watching Ge Dongxu hang up the phone, the people in the room were stunned, still echoing with the words Ge Dongxu had spoken during the call.
Terms like "turnover" and "finance" sounded grand and were typically uttered by leaders or big bosses, yet now, they were coming from the mouth of a high school student.
It took a while before everyone recovered. Du Yifan tugged on Ge Dongxu's arm still with some disbelief and asked softly, "Boss, are you really having someone send over eighty thousand yuan?"
"Of course. It's disgusting to owe these kinds of people money!" Ge Dongxu said, glancing disdainfully at Yu Xi and her husband.
"Humph, if there's no money when the time comes, I'll tear your damn mouth up!" Yu Xi growled through gritted teeth. However, her tone was no longer filled with the earlier scorn and condescension, rather, it now carried a hint of lack of confidence.
No choice; Ge Dongxu, with a smartphone in hand making a call, really put on the air of a big boss. If it weren't for Ge Dongxu's young age and the fact that he was Du Yifan's high school classmate, she certainly would have mistaken him for a major boss.
Of course, she still couldn't believe it now, but her confidence was already wavering.
"Don't worry, you won't be short of money from such people." Ge Dongxu sarcastically retorted, then turned to Du Yifan's mother and said, "Auntie, Yifan, take me to see your dad."
With these words from Ge Dongxu, Du Yifan remembered the purpose of Ge Dongxu's visit and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, my dad's in the front room, I'll take you there."
After speaking, Du Yifan quickly grabbed his still somewhat dazed mother's arm and whispered, "Dongxu used to learn some medical skills from an elder in his hometown, so he wants to help out with Dad's condition."
If Du Yifan had said this before, his mother would surely have reprimanded him for being silly. But having seen Ge Dongxu handle the phone call with such a boss-like demeanor, hope unwittingly lit in her eyes as she said, "Really?"
"Of course, it's true, Auntie. Don't worry, even if I can't cure Uncle's illness, I can certainly at least alleviate the symptoms a bit," Ge Dongxu asserted.
"Tsk, you're not afraid of your tongue snapping from blowing your own trumpet!" Yu Xi finally found a chance to mock Ge Dongxu.
"Are you even human? That's your husband's older brother! Do you actually wish he won't get better? Believe it or not, if you say another word, I won't hesitate to slap you across the face!" Ge Dongxu turned cold at her words.
Being a woman who didn't easily back down, Yu Xi was about to puff up her chest and confront Ge Dongxu. But when she met his icy gaze, she inexplicably felt a chill in her heart, as if her instincts were telling her that this Du Yifan's classmate who suddenly appeared would indeed dare to slap her.
"Forget about them, boss, I don't have such an uncle and aunt!" Du Yifan pulled on Ge Dongxu, saying.