Zhou Yi hummed, displeased. "Give the phone to Su Yurou, I want to wish her a Happy New Year too."
Lin Fan glanced at Su Yurou and frowned. "Sister Zhou, that was their relative just now. Please don't be angry with a child. It's the New Year, please don't take it to heart."
"Don't worry, Xiao Fan. Am I such a petty person?"
"Alright then, Sister Zhou, we're agreed. No settling scores later."
Lin Fan took the phone away from his ear and looked at Sun Wenrui, who was still oblivious. He thought to himself, "Born a human, you are truly sorry!"
"What are you looking at?"
Sun Wenrui's tone was full of provocation.
Lin Fan ignored him and handed the phone to Su Yurou. "Sister Zhou is calling, she wants to wish you a Happy New Year."
He then mouthed, "Very angry."
Su Yurou nodded, released Sun Wenrui's arm, took the phone, and as she walked inside, said, "Sister Zhou, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Su Yurou apologized repeatedly. Sun Wenrui sidled up, wanting to eavesdrop, but she pushed him away.
"You two are in cahoots, putting on a show!"
Sun Wenrui gestured a few times at Su Yurou's retreating back. Then he turned to Lin Fan and yelled, "Do you take me for a three-year-old? Nobody would even send you a outhouse, let alone a villa."
Lin Fan shrugged and smiled helplessly. "If you continue like this, when they come looking for you, don't come crying to me for mercy."
Su Yurou was such a smart person, how could she have such a useless brother?
"I'll cry? If I find out you're playing me, I won't let you off!"
Sun Wenrui said, and even clenched his fist.
If it were anyone else, Lin Fan would have kicked him flying long ago!
Lin Fan sighed softly. "I hope you can always keep your words this tough."
In the living room.
Su Yurou kept saying nice things, her face full of fawning smiles.
However, Zhou Yi was not appeased.
Lin Fan was Lin Fan, and Su Yurou was Su Yurou. Zhou Yi didn't care about their relationship, but she felt she had to discipline Sun Wenrui for his arrogance.
"Find some time and bring your brother to visit me. It's nothing, just a New Year's visit. If you don't come, I won't be coming to Simiao Beauty Salon anymore."
Zhou Yi's indifferent tone carried an undeniable weight.
"Alright, Sister Zhou, we'll definitely come to wish you a Happy New Year."
Su Yurou's smile was more like a grimace.
Su Mei then asked softly, "What's wrong?"
After Su Yurou hung up, her face was filled with hatred, and she gritted her teeth. "Mom, are you satisfied? Chairman Zhou from Xinghe Real Estate just called Xiao Fan, and Wenrui insisted on grabbing the phone. Now they want us to apologize in person and said they won't be patronizing the beauty salon anymore."
"What?"
Everyone in the living room changed their expressions simultaneously.
Just then, Lin Fan and Sun Wenrui walked in one after the other.
Sun Wenrui said loudly, "Sister, give me the phone, I'll call this Boss Zhou."
"Shut up! Haven't you caused enough trouble?"
Su Yurou was trembling with anger.
"Sister, that's enough. You're really taking this act seriously?"
Seeing her upset, Sun Wenrui didn't dare to provoke her further. He walked up to his parents and grinned. "That young doctor really knows how to brag. Chairman Zhou and a villa? Even TV dramas wouldn't dare to be so dramatic, giving away a villa just like that."
Sun Tie Zhu and Su Mei both looked at Lin Fan. Lin Fan's expression was calm, as if nothing had happened.
They were hesitant, unsure if their daughter was just putting on a brave front to save the beauty salon, or if it was true as she said.
"You still don't believe me?"
Su Yurou took out her phone, opened her contacts, and found the call record from Lin Fan's phone. She held them up for Sun Wenrui to see. "Here, look for yourself. Are these two phone numbers the same?"
"Tch, who are you trying to fool? Let me see."
Sun Wenrui took the two phones and compared the numbers digit by digit.
"Huh..."
After comparing them, he couldn't help but frown.
The phone numbers on both were indeed identical.
"Sister, you must have prepared this beforehand, right? You're so clever, but this little trick can't fool me."
"Heh, really? You can just dial it yourself and find out."
Su Yurou had completely given up on managing her brother.
Now, she herself didn't know how to get Zhou Yi to change her mind and keep the beauty salon's biggest client. It wouldn't be bad to let this useless brother suffer a bit to learn his lesson.
"Hey, don't try to provoke me."
Sun Wenrui hesitated for a moment, then was about to dial.
"Wait."
At this moment, his aunt suddenly said, "I have a business card from Chairman Zhou."
She picked up her handbag and rummaged through it. "Last time I asked Yurou to help inquire about buying a house, I happened to meet Chairman Zhou when she was getting a spa, and she gave me a business card, saying she could offer a five percent discount. I haven't decided yet."
In reality, she felt Zhou Yi's discount was too small and her attitude too perfunctory, plus she didn't have much money, so she didn't buy it.
"Found it."
She took out the business card and handed it to Sun Wenrui. "See if the number on it matches the one on the phone."
"Let me see."
Sun Wenrui took the business card and compared them carefully.
He muttered to himself, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became.
The number on the business card was exactly the same as the one on the phone!
Sun Wenrui was flustered. When he compared the last digit, his mouth gaped as if he could swallow a bun.
"Son, what's wrong?"
Su Mei asked.
Su Yurou said coldly, "He's scared silly. Chairman Zhou has a good relationship with Xiao Fan. She already gave him a house before, and then a piece of gold worth millions. It's perfectly reasonable for her to give him a villa now."
She pointed at Sun Wenrui and continued, "Chairman Zhou wants us to visit her for the New Year. You can ask her then, and you'll know everything."
"Sister, is that really Chairman Zhou of Xinghe Real Estate?"
Sun Wenrui was extremely panicked.
What New Year's visit? It was clearly an invitation for him to go and beg for forgiveness!
Would he have a good outcome then?
"Little brother, what are you doing?"
Su Yurou looked at him askance. "Where did your earlier bravado go? Don't worry, Chairman Zhou specifically asked you to come for the New Year, and she'll definitely give you an explanation."
"I'm not going!"
Sun Wenrui was so scared that he shrank behind his parents. "I don't know her, why would I go?"
"You must go."
Su Yurou said sternly, "Who is Zhou Yi? If you don't go, you'll only offend her more. I, a small beauty salon owner, cannot afford the consequences."
"Then I'm not going either!"
Sun Wenrui, already a scoundrel, became even more so. "Mom, Dad, look, Sister wants to push me into a fire pit!"
Lin Fan shook his head helplessly, then chuckled dismissively.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, putting on a brave front while being a coward. What kind of person is this?
Fortunately, he didn't intend to marry Su Yurou, otherwise, having such a brother-in-law would have been a real headache.