Chapter 219

Chapter 219: Third Brother, You Really Are A Dog!

At that moment, Du An Rao had followed Qin Yan Qing to the small kitchen to look for food. She still had no idea what deep talk the two men were having in the room about her.

Watching her gnaw on a fresh meat bun while poking at her phone with a very serious face, Qin Yan Qing quickly asked with concern: “Are you having some trouble?”

“I’m looking at the accounts that sent me money tonight.”

“Why are you looking at that? Do you want to send the money back?”

“Yes. And I’m writing down their names so it will be easy to return the favor at New Year.” After all, whether she needed the money or not was one thing. But they had helped her in a time of need tonight. The gift might be small, but the feeling behind it was not. She could not forget this kindness.

Of course, Qin Yan Qing understood what she meant and laughed along: “Then why do you look like that?”

Du An Rao pulled a long face and even stopped eating her bun: “Because I found out too many people transferred money to me, and I don’t even know a lot of them. I can’t match their names to their faces at all!”

And she was right. The big family group chat her parents had set up had around one hundred people in it.

If you left out those who were not used to going online and those who were busy at dinners and did not check their phones at night, more than half of them had transferred money to Du An Rao. That was at least fifty or sixty people.

Even though she had met many relatives on her birthday while following Father Du and Mother Du around, it was way too hard to expect her to match all fifty or sixty of them with their names at once.

Hearing this, Qin Yan Qing was stunned and then could not help laughing: “What’s so hard about that? Just write the names down and ask your parents. They will definitely know.”

“Right.” Du An Rao let out a breath of relief and quickly started to send the money back while writing down the names.

Even so, refunding all the relatives’ transfers still took her quite a bit of effort.

When things were almost done, Du An Rao finally noticed there was still some money left in the account. That money had been transferred by Father Du, Mother Du, and a few of her brothers and sisters at home.

After checking carefully, she was surprised to find that, besides Father Du and Mother Du, the one who had transferred the most money to her among her brothers and sisters was not her second brother, but… her third brother?

He had directly given her eighty million!

“Third Brother, where did you get so much money?”

She could understand how her eldest brother had money; he ran the company. She could also understand her second brother; he acted in movies and TV dramas and took on advertising deals. She understood her fourth sister even better; she had just inherited the business their birth parents had left her not long ago and was now a ready made little rich lady.

But Third Brother was still a student. Not only did he not earn money, he burned money doing experiments all the time. Where did he get that much money?

When Du Yi Han heard this, he immediately thought of how she had deliberately skipped over him when borrowing money not long ago. He gave a cold snort and said: “What, you look down on your Third Brother? That eighty million is prize money from a racing competition I entered before, plus the start up funds Big Brother gave me for my private research project.”

“…So you took the money Big Brother gave you and are using it to act generous?”

Du Yi Han puffed himself up even though he did not really have a leg to stand on: “Once he gives it to me, it’s mine. Why doesn’t it count as me giving it to you?”

Du An Rao felt a bit embarrassed: “You dare give me the start up funds for your research project? Aren’t you afraid I won’t have the money to pay you back and will just swallow it all?”

“I’m not afraid. Since I’m backing you up so much, remember to pay me back double later.”

Du An Rao: “???”

“Why?!” Even loan sharks would not dare open their mouth that wide. Who gave him this courage? Who!

“Because I believe you would never casually do a losing deal. Little Sister, if you become rich, don’t forget me!”

Listening to his cheap sounding voice on the phone, Du An Rao felt her fists clench.

How could someone be so asking for a beating? Third Brother really was a dog!

After she finished the call with Du Yi Han, Du An Rao felt completely drained. She collapsed into the lounge chair, feeling like her soul had floated out of her body.

While she was on the phone, Qin Yan Qing had been standing to the side watching. It was rare to see her bicker with someone like this, and the smile on her face grew wider: “This Third Brother of yours is quite interesting. How come I didn’t notice he was so funny when he came over with you before?”

“…I only found out today too.” She had just learned he could be this shameless. Great. Another layer of her campus male god filter had shattered.

But…

Du An Rao looked at the other transfer records with a thoughtful expression. Her fingertip stopped on the one from Du Jun Yan.

Compared to the similar amounts from Du He Xuan, Du Yu Xi, and Du Yi Han, Du Jun Yan’s ten million stood out.

It was not that he was stingy. When she had first come home, almost all of her pocket money had been from him. Even now, most of the money in her bank card was money he had sent her.

But precisely because of that, this separate transfer from Du Jun Yan looked especially out of place among the others.

“Could it be that Big Brother has run into some trouble?”

“You ran into trouble?” Before she could think further, Xi Jing Yue’s voice suddenly came, completely cutting off her thoughts.

“Grandfather, Mr. Xi, are you done talking?”

“We’re done.” Du De Sheng shot Xi Jing Yue an annoyed look.

Du An Rao: “???” [How come it feels like in just this short time, Granduncle is even more annoyed with Mr. Xi now!]

“I heard you two are going to work together to develop the land you bought tonight.”

Du An Rao looked at Xi Jing Yue in surprise. He had told Granduncle about it this fast?

“We do have this idea. Granduncle, what do you think? Or do you have your own development team? If you do, then I don’t have to work with Mr. Xi.”

Her words really choked Du De Sheng. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he forced a smile: “I only know how to buy houses, not build them.”

“…Oh.”

“Fine. Since you already plan to work together, draft a proper contract. Sort out the details of the cooperation and how you will split the profits in advance. An An, you have never done business and don’t understand all the tricks in it. After you entrust the land to him, let him handle everything. If anyone asks, just tell them to talk to him.”

This was also what the two of them had just discussed. The Xi family’s businesses were spread across many industries. As long as they finished the formalities and had Du De Sheng use his connections to make introductions, the land could be put to use very quickly.

As for the few big families that could become obstacles, with the Xi family in the mix, it would be easy to draw their attention away from Du An Rao and onto Xi Jing Yue.

Compared to a complete outsider with no foundation and no experience, a capable heir of a famous family who had both methods and a group behind him, and who might step on them and replace them at any time, was clearly more likely to make those with bad intentions feel threatened.

Whether they would choose to cooperate or become enemies afterward would depend on the pattern and stance of those so called high and mighty families. After all, everyone wanted a share of something good. If they didn’t have to, no one would choose to fight with money.