Chapter 28 - How was she going to solve this?

Chunlan stayed awake all night handling company business. She had just stopped when she heard her alarm ring. She peeked out the window, the sky still a little dark and the sun just awakening.

She felt her body shutting down and her eyes drooping so she went to fetch herself a cup of coffee downstairs in the kitchen. As she picked up the coffee beans and coffee maker, she stiffened at the sounds coming from the living room.

She tiptoed lightly, afraid to alert the unknown person. She frowned when she recognized the person.

"Mother." As she walked to her mother, she saw her wipe the tears and snot hastily trying to put on a smile.

"Chunlan dear, why are you still awake at this hour?" She glanced at the clock. "Its just 4am in the morning."

Chunlan didn't answer, well aware of her poor attempt to change the subject that was silently hanging in the air. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I am just having a little trouble sleeping so I am just looking at this." Haifeng gestured to the wedding album.

Chunlan was now convinced that there was something wrong with her mother. Her mother hated the wedding album book because she felt she was looking weird in the pictures. What happened to her to make her cry over them?

"Is this about Father?"

Haifeng looked slightly shocked. "How did you-"

"One day, I was in the office when I saw Father angry after you called him." Chunlan observed her, careful to detect any lies.

Haifeng sighed, her lips trembling. "I-I d-don't know what is happening with your father. I told him I needed some money and since then, he has been so cold and distant with me. I felt I was bothering him, so I told him to forget about it but it fueled his anger even more."

"How much did you need?"

"500 million yuan."

Chunlan's mind went blank. "What are you doing with 500 million yuan?"

Her mother became silent, her eyes darting sideways. Chunlan felt her head throb. "The company is in a financial stomp right now, so I understand why Father is trying to save every penny. But I know you are not unreasonable, so please tell me the reason."

Her mother relented. "I needed it to save a friend. He had helped my family when we were in dire need of money. I received a message that he needs my help to save the lives of he and his family. Originally, I helped him pay the debt in small installments but the mafia called to demand the final installment unexpectedly. I had no choice but to ask your father."

Chunlan asked. "Does Father know this person?"

Haifeng nodded. "I told him everything."

Chunlan was stunned as she tried to piece the story together and comforted her mother vaguely . "Don't worry. I will take care of this."

By the time she arrived in her room, she had forgotten about the coffee as she thought about the new problem which just arose. Her mother was helping an unknown man? But then why was her father angry? Was her mother cheating on her father with this man? No way!

Surely this was a very big problem to make her parents divorce, thereby helping ruining the family business and helping Ke Mingze in succeeding her evil plans. But how was Ke Mingze related to any of this? She sighed. She wished that stupid thug, Wang Yiyang was still in the city.

Now how was she going to solve this?