After divorcing the mute girl, President Gu knelt down and begged for reconciliation.

Chapter 120 On the Verge of Bankruptcy
Gu Xijue exuded a cold indifference like the dead of winter, as if a thick, low-pressure atmosphere was hanging over his head, making him feel suffocated.

Song Jin'an didn't want to argue with him, so she reached out to hug Gu Hetang but was dodged. Gu Xijue frowned and said, "If you don't care about this family, then don't come back."

The tone of those words carried great weight, causing Song Jin'an to tremble. Her fingers clenched tightly as she looked up at him.

—I don't want to argue with you in front of the children.

Song Jin'an really didn't want to expose her parents' constant arguing to Gu Hetang.

She was afraid of leaving Gu Hetang with psychological trauma, so she tried her best not to argue whenever the children were around.

Gu Xijue scoffed coldly, his eyes filled with disgust: "I think you're the one in this family who wants to argue the most. Song Jin'an, is this what you want to do to force me to sign the divorce papers?"

"I can sign, but I must have custody of Gu Hetang; otherwise, there's no need to talk anymore."

Song Jin'an couldn't understand why he would try to take this daughter away from her when he clearly didn't like her very much.

At this moment, she no longer wanted to argue; there was no point. Even if she talked herself hoarse or knelt down to beg him, he wouldn't react in the slightest.

She was tired. This time, she ignored Gu Hetang and bypassed the father and daughter, going straight into the second bedroom and slamming the door shut.

She had been forced to move back into the master bedroom a while ago. Gu Xijue watched her leave, his brows furrowed. He had just seen her get out of Jiang Ciyu's car from the second-floor French window...

A subtle, penetrating glint flashed in Jiang Ciyu's eyes...

Just wait and see.

……

Two days later, Du Lan went abroad. Madam Gu sighed. Although the Du and Gu families had not yet formed a marriage alliance, Gu Xijue still invested more than 2 billion yuan in the Du family to develop an artificial intelligence project, which could be considered as a small appetizer.

However, the Song family's business stalled again. After receiving news of the company's project losses, Liu Qin went to the Song family.

The Song family business has now become a small company that can hardly be brought to the forefront, and its scale and capital are no longer comparable to when Song Tanming was in charge.

The Song family business had always been run by professional managers, but after graduating with a degree in business administration, Song Chaochao wanted to achieve great things, so she begged Liu Qin to let her take the position of president of the company. After all, she was an only child, so Liu Qin agreed.

After Song Chao came to power, he made sweeping changes, ignoring the words of the professional managers in the slightest, and invested in three or four projects worth tens of millions, all of which lost money without exception.

Because of the nepotism effect, the company lost nearly 150 million yuan and was on the verge of collapse.

When Liu Qin heard this, she felt like the sky was falling. Knowing that her daughter had made such a big fuss, and with all the loving mother-daughter scenes gone, she stormed to the company and pushed open the door to the president's office.

"Song Chaochao, what have you done? You've only been in office for a few days and you've already made a mess of the company. Do you think you're so capable?"

She couldn't care less about anything else now, and started berating Song Chaochao: "I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and let you take over. You've made such a mess of things, is there another Song Jin'an to clean up the mess?"

A few years ago, the mother and daughter operated in this way, and now there is no other Song Jin'an who can send people to the bed of sugar daddies.

"Mom, calm down, I'll think of another way." Song Chaochao was also at a loss. Her first step in making changes almost ruined the company.

"What are you going to do?!" Liu Qin glanced at the documents on the table, then slammed them heavily on the floor. The loud thud made Song Chaochao shrink back in fear. "The factory you transferred the money to went bankrupt and ran away. The 80 million yuan deposit is all gone." She was furious, pointing her finger at Song Chaochao and yelling, "Now that they've run away, we can't get the goods, and we have no money to cover this 80 million yuan deficit. Tell me, what are we going to do?"

Liu Qin thought to herself, "If I had known, I shouldn't have let this spendthrift woman have the power!"

"Mom, we can also take out a loan from the bank." Song Chaochao thought this was a good idea, to get a loan from the bank to raise working capital.

If we can't get the goods, the order can't be delivered on time, and if it can't be delivered on time, there will be a penalty of three times the amount. At that point, everything will really be over.

Moreover, it's not just about the goods; there are also company premises fees, employee costs, and a whole host of other expenses that need to be settled.

"This is the only way now. We don't know if the bank can lend out 80 million. Besides, this isn't a long-term solution. We need to come up with something else."

And what if the bank refuses to grant the loan?
A few minutes later, Song Chaochao suddenly exclaimed, "How come I didn't think of that just now!"
"Mom, we can ask the Gu family for help. The Gu family is so rich, they can definitely come up with 150 million."

Song Chaochao was having a wonderful time, and at this inopportune moment, she thought of Gu Xijue's face. She wished she could see him again, and she secretly made a wishful plan.

Liu Qin frowned and looked up at her: "Do you really think that woman Song Jin'an is a cash cow?"

They've been arguing for so long without saying a word, and the Gu family doesn't like Song Jin'an anyway, so why would they possibly spend money to help the Song family?
Thinking about this, she felt that Song Chaochao was simple-minded and really not suitable to manage the company. If she managed the company for a few more days, it would really starve. So she handed over the real power to a professional manager.

The professional manager was so frightened that he immediately resigned, saying that the vacancy was too big, and even if he could conjure up a mountain of gold...

"Let's go directly to the Gu family and demand the money!"

Song Chaochao spoke very easily, while Liu Qin opened her mouth wide, seeing this as an opportunity.

So the mother and daughter didn't look for Gu Xijue, but went directly to the Gu family's old house.

At the Gu family's old residence, Madam Gu has been quite upset by Song Jin'an these past few days. In addition, her son, who has grown up and become independent, is also disobedient. She has been depressed and gloomy these past few days, and is just waiting to vent her anger on someone.

Gu Donglin clearly didn't want me to take my anger out on him. He didn't want to go home these past few days, often spending time at his mistress's apartment. One night, he even skipped going back to the old house to sleep.

Madam Gu had always turned a blind eye; she was used to it.

Just as she was sitting on the recliner outside, lost in thought with a gloomy expression, the butler suddenly came over.

"Madam, the young mistress's family has arrived."

Madam Gu snapped out of her daze. She had never had any goodwill towards the Song family. Apart from a verbal dispute a few years ago, the two families had never met again over the years.

Madam Gu felt extremely humiliated that time and had held a grudge in her heart for a long time.

"Take them to the side hall, I'll be there in a bit," Madam Gu said, showing no intention of getting up, deliberately wanting the Song family to wait.

The butler understood and was about to turn around to get to work when Madam Gu's languid voice suddenly sounded behind him again: "No need to serve tea."

"Got it, ma'am."

(End of this chapter)