Chapter 15 The Sure-Fire Prodigal Son_1
"Embarrassing, isn't it? Where are you embarrassed now?" Grandpa Qin laughed ruefully at his own brother.
"Big brother, you don't know, the last two years have been hard for me; I don't even know where the money for next month's food will come from!" Qin Jinfang began to lament his poverty.
"Don't tell me you don't have money for food. Not to mention the money we gave you before, I and your sister-in-law gave you a hundred million before we went to the countryside! At that time, we made it clear that was the last time we were giving you money! You also agreed to that!" Grandpa Qin said angrily.
A hundred million!
That's an entire hundred million!
An ordinary person, if they manage that amount of money properly, could live comfortably for a lifetime!
Qin Jinfang actually says he doesn't even know where next month's meal money will come from?
With a pained expression, Qin Jinfang said, "Big brother, it's not my fault. Of that hundred million, my son and daughter-in-law took fifty million, my wife and I kept fifty million. As your brother, I should at least have a decent house, right? I spent twenty million on a large flat in the city center, just over two hundred square meters, which is much smaller than your big villa and estate here!"
"What about the rest of the money?" Grandpa Qin asked, deciding not to comment on the housing purchase, at least it wouldn't be a loss.
"I invested another twenty million..." Qin Jinfang said quietly.
"Invested in what?"
"Invested in... real estate in the Bay Area..."
The real estate in the Bay Area has collapsed! It's worthless now! The houses can't be sold! The funds can't be recovered!
"You..." Grandpa Qin was infuriated by his brother once again, "You should know your own investment acumen! How could you dare invest in such high-risk ventures? Isn't it good to just keep the money in the bank and live off the interest?"
"How much can you make from that interest? You can't become wealthy from living off interest! Didn't you and my sister-in-law also invest? You made a lot of money from real estate investments early on! I just didn't have the same luck as you two!" Qin Jinfang retorted.
"You... you..."
Grandpa Qin had prepared himself mentally, thinking that no matter what outrageous thing his damned brother did, he wouldn't get angry.
But he was still provoked.
Seeing her husband getting red-faced with fury, Grandma Qin hurriedly consoled, "Old man, don't be angry. You have high blood pressure, and it took you a while to recover a bit in the countryside. Don't land yourself in the hospital again! If you end up in the hospital, what will happen to our little darling?"
The elderly couple had already discussed this—in consideration of their young daughter, they would take good care of their health and try to live until their little darling reached adulthood.
Thinking of his cute little daughter, Grandpa Qin calmed down quite a bit.
He then asked Qin Jinfang, "What about the remaining ten million and the fifty million in the hands of your son and daughter-in-law?"
In a quiet voice, Qin Jinfang answered, "The last ten million was used up; a few years ago, when I thought real estate would surely be profitable, my wife and I enjoyed some good food, wore some nice clothes, and traveled a bit. My son took the fifty million to start a business and set up a company, but it ended up failing, and nothing was left."
"So this hundred million, your family squandered it all in under a decade?"
"Less than a year, actually. The year Yunyun was born, it was all gone, and these two years, we've lived quite miserably... Big brother, can you please, for the sake of our brotherhood, help me once more?" Qin Jinfang pleaded.