Chapter 15
All the Gus were stunned.
They did not expect An Nuan to suddenly say something like this.
An Nuan felt a little embarrassed under their gazes. "Did I say something wrong? I thought uncle has been saying he wants to pay us back, precisely because uncle does not want to take advantage of our family. So I said, write an IOU, this way outsiders will also know uncle is creditworthy, lest there be unfounded criticisms of uncle."
Gu WenQuan snapped back to his senses.
At that moment, he felt a little unhappy in his heart, as he did not expect that his attempt to demonstrate the Gu family's financial strength would instead lead to this misunderstanding.
But, was it really a misunderstanding?
Now he was actually having some doubts.
But looking at An Nuan's appearance, especially since An Nuan had always listened to their family, he also felt that An Nuan could not have any ulterior motives.
Thinking of this, Gu WenQuan quickly said, "Of course An Nuan did nothing wrong. Borrowing money should indeed come with an IOU. Even if An Nuan didn't say it, I would have taken the initiative to write one."
"Mm," An Nuan smiled very brightly.
Back then, they did give the Gu family 20 billion yuan.
But after giving it to them, the Gu family never mentioned anything about paying it back!
In this life, how could she possibly let them get away with it!
Gu WenQuan immediately instructed the servants to bring paper, brush and seal paste. "I will write it myself."
Then he fluidly wrote it all out.
After finishing writing, he handed it to An Yanyuan and said, "Old An, take a look to see if anything needs to be added. If not, I'll stamp it with my seal."
An Yanyuan took it and looked it over together with An Nuan.
After looking at it, An Nuan said with a face full of confusion, "Uncle, you only wrote borrowing 20 billion, but didn't say the repayment deadline, nor what should happen if it's not repaid by the deadline. This IOU seems no different than not having written one at all."
An Nuan's seemingly casual words directly made Gu WenQuan's old face turn red.
But she was as if she didn't notice anything, and directly handed the IOU to Gu Yan Sheng, asking in all innocence, "Yan Sheng, you're so knowledgeable, what do you think?"
At that moment, Gu Yan Sheng was left speechless by An Nuan's question.
If he agreed with An Nuan, it would be slapping his father's face. But if he contradicted An Nuan, it would be slapping his own face.
Although An Nuan's words were somewhat hurtful, they were reasonable sentence by sentence.
Gu WenQuan had no choice but to immediately explain, "Look at me, never having written an IOU before, I don't even know what I should write. Let me add a deadline to the IOU now, the deadline will be..."
An Nuan said, "Half a year should be about right."
He signalled his son with his eyes, just reminding him not to let An Nuan have good days in the future.
Whether An Nuan had intentions or was innocent,
since she made their family lose face like this, she better not expect to have it easy!
Gu Yan Sheng nodded slightly, understanding his father's meaning.
Gu WenQuan put brush to paper again, saying, "An Nuan is meticulous as always. No mistake, it's 6.67%."
As he spoke, he finished writing out the complete IOU.
Seeing the black and white words on the IOU, and confirming her goal was achieved, An Nuan praised, "Uncle's calligraphy is so beautiful. In the future, my and Yan Sheng's child must learn calligraphy from uncle!"
"Look at you, not even married yet already talking about children." Li YaJu reproached in a doting manner.
"I'm looking forward all the more to holding a grandchild soon." Ni Lan chimed in, "Best if it's a granddaughter."
The two families were in high spirits again, seeming without the slightest hint of discord over the IOU.
The An family only left after dinner at the Gu residence.
Before leaving, An Nuan went to use the bathroom.
Coming out from the bathroom, one would pass through a corridor connecting to the backyard garden of the Gu house. She took a few steps and paused.
She faintly heard Gu YanXuan talking with someone in the backyard garden.
Her voice was lowered, but still clear in the quiet night.
"Help me make an appointment with Xiao Nanchen to go out, I heard he's back in the country." Gu YanXuan's tone was somewhat bossy.
This former "little aunt" acted arrogantly superior before anyone.
Not sure where she got the confidence from, thinking everyone was beneath her.
"Can't tonight. My brother's girlfriend is here today, don't know when she'll leave. If I go out I'll get scolded to death by dad."
"You said An Nuan is pretty? Yes, that woman is naturally graceful, but so what? She's still toyed around in my brother's palm. You don't even know how servile she is before my brother. After she marries my brother, I'll make her wash my feet for me, believe it or not?"
"If you wanna bet then bet. When the time comes I'll really send out those photos, don't go back on your word!"
"It's a deal."
An Nuan indifferently left the corridor.
So back then when Gu YanXuan coquettishly asked her to help wash her feet, it was only to humiliate her in front of her friend.
Very well.
Another debt noted down!