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Both Papa Wang and Wang Hongwen were present as this new contract was signed. The two were still a little hesitant when faced with this contract that measured familial affection with money. Granny Wang was afraid that they would change their minds and repeatedly urged them to sign it, erasing their last shred of hesitation.

The two finally wrote their names down, and the Wang De husband and wife also hurriedly signed their names. With this agreement, the Wang De husband and wife were none of their business, even if they became down-and-outs*.

[T/N: *destitute, poor and hopeless]

Wang Cheng soon gave them 200,000 in cash. Wang Cheng was worried that they would recognize it if he returned the money he stole from them, so he switched it out for new cash.

With this money, the Wang De husband and wife no longer pestered Wang Hongxin, and the three members of Wang Hongwei's family also thought about how to use this money to make a comeback.

However, after they’d run away with the 500,000 from Jiang Jiarong, the news of what had happened had quickly spread. Many potential business partners learned about the 'good deeds' of the Wang Hongwei father and son, and their reputation in the construction industry became so bad that no businessmen were willing to cooperate with them.

A comeback sounded good in theory, but was quite difficult to execute.

Money was the foundation of cooperations; however, if their credibility was no good, no one would be willing to take a single order from them, no matter how much money they put in. Wang Hongwei and his son knew this very well, so they planned to venture elsewhere to do business. Things would certainly not be as difficult for them as when they had first started their company, anyway.

At this point, they still didn’t know that the nightmare had only just begun.

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Papa Wang thanked Clan Uncle Wang Zhiren* for making this trip for them, and invited him to stay for a meal. Wang Zhiren couldn’t find a way to refuse and ended up staying. Mama Wang's face that had been downcast for so many days finally cleared up. She asked Wang Cheng to treat the guests well, and then went out to buy groceries.