A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 767 Going Home

Chao Bufan's sharp, cold eyes looked at the boy, who screamed in fright, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

……

In the car, the girl looked delighted and asked, "Brother, what are you doing here?"

It turns out that this girl is Chao Bufan's younger sister, named Chao Ruoxi.

Chao Bufan wanted to reprimand Chao Ruoxi, but he couldn't vent his anger. He retorted, "I should be asking you how you ended up in a place like this!"

Chao Ruoxi chuckled, saying with a hint of joking, "Brother, if I said I came to see a friend, would you believe me?"

Chao Bufan didn't bother with such a trivial question and said, "It's best to avoid places like this in the future."

"Okay, bro, aren't you in the army?"

"He left the army a long time ago."

Chao Ruoxi said "Oh," and Chao Bufan continued, "Ruoxi, have you graduated?"

"Yeah! I just graduated not long ago, bro, what brings you here?"

"I'm here to do something."

"Is that matter settled?"

"It's all done. Ruoxi, now that you've graduated, why don't you go and help Dad?"

"I was planning to work at Dad's company, but..."

"Just what?"

"Brother, don't you know?"

Chao Bufan sensed something was off about his sister's words, so he stopped the car and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Dad's company went bankrupt!"

"Uh!!" Chao Bufan was clearly taken aback, and asked in surprise, "How come I didn't know that?"

"No way?" Chao Ruoxi asked in surprise, "Brother, didn't you leave the army? How could you not know?"

Chao Bufan gave a wry smile and said, "I haven't been home for over a year."

"No wonder! Brother, do you know? Dad's company went bankrupt more than a month ago!"

Chao Bufan frowned and said, "Are you still going to your friend's place? If you are, I'll take you there. If not, let's go home together!"

"Let's not go, let's go home together!"

……

Back home, Chaowei was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.

"Dad, I'm back."

"dad."

Chao Bufan greeted Chao Ruoxi. When her father, Chao Wei, looked up and saw that his son and daughter had returned, he wasn't particularly surprised and simply said, "You're both back."

Just then, Liu Yan, Chao Bufan's mother, came downstairs and exclaimed with delight, "Son, you're back!"

"Mom," Chao Bufan and his sister called out at the same time.

However, Chao Bufan's mother held his hand and said excitedly, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back! I missed you so much."

Ruoxi, standing to the side, pouted and said somewhat resentfully, "Mom, you favor boys over girls."

Chao's mother held Ruoxi's hand and scolded, "You child, how can you talk like that! Your brother hasn't been home for over a year, can't I even be happy for a moment?"

Ruoxi pouted and said, "Okay~ Mom, Dad, I'm going upstairs."

Chao's mother ignored him and pulled Chao Bufan down onto the sofa, showering him with concern.

Seeing that his mother had finally finished nagging, Chao Bufan secretly wiped away a bead of sweat, then asked his father, "Dad, is there something wrong with the company?"

Chaowei put down the newspaper in his hand and said calmly, "They've already gone bankrupt."

Chao Bufan asked, puzzled, "Wasn't the company always doing well? How did it go bankrupt?"

Supermother chimed in, "Sigh! It's all because of this financial crisis that the company got caught up in it."

"Knock, knock, knock!" A knock came from the door—

Chao Wei frowned, and Chao Bufan quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, several men carrying folders walked in. One of them said, "Mr. Chao, the lease on the house expired yesterday. If you don't move out soon, we'll have to forcibly evict you."

It's clear that these people are all bank employees.

Chao Bufan frowned and said, "Mom, what's going on? Isn't this house ours? What happened to the lease?"

Super Mother gave a bitter laugh and said, "To pay off the company's debts, your father and I mortgaged the house to the bank."

"You mortgaged the house to the bank?" Chao Bufan was taken aback.

"Mr. Chao, shouldn't you give us the car keys now?" the bank employee said.

Chaowei didn't react much. He took a car key out of his pocket and said casually, "Take it!"

"Wait!"

Chao Bufan stood up and said, "Dad, we can't give them the car keys?"

Chaowei said, "This is none of your business, don't meddle."

"How can this not be my business? Dad, the house can't be mortgaged, and neither can the car."

"Sir, I'm afraid you have no choice in this matter. It's all clearly written in black and white in the contract. I'm giving you one hour to move out completely, otherwise, we will consider everything here to belong to our bank."

Chao Bufan suppressed the urge to punch someone and said, "How much money was mortgaged on the house and car? I'll pay you back."

"You still want to pay?" The bank employee sneered. "Your company is bankrupt. What are you going to use to pay? Sir, do you know how much money was mortgaged to our bank for this house and the car outside?"

Chao Bufan asked, "How much?"

"More than ten million."

Chao Bufan chuckled and said, "I thought it was a hundred million! A little over ten million, right? I'll return it to you."

Chao Bufan took out a bank card and said, "Since you are bank employees, you must have brought a POS machine. I will return all the money to you now."

Chaowei frowned and said, "Bufan, stop fooling around."

Chao Bufan turned around and smiled, saying, "Dad, I wasn't making a fuss."

"Do you really have that much money to pay back?" the bank employee asked suspiciously.

Chao Bufan smiled faintly and said, "Whether it is or not, we'll know after we swipe the card."

The bank employee nodded, then turned to the man behind him and said, "Go and get the POS machine."

"Son, where did you get so much money?" Liu Yan asked, holding her son's hand.

Chao Bufan said, "Mom! Don't worry, this money wasn't stolen or robbed by me, nor was it obtained by cheating. It was earned by your son honestly and uprightly."

Soon, Chao Bufan swiped his card to pay off the bank loan. The bank staff took the money, returned the contract and other documents to Chao Wei, and then left.

"Sigh!" Chaowei sighed softly. Although he had been very strict with Chao Bufan over the past year, he still knew a little about Chao Bufan's actions outside the army. For example, Du Zitong had already spoken to Chaowei once to prevent Chao Bufan from leaving the army. Only then did he realize that he had misunderstood his son. "Bufan, why do you want to leave the army?"

This time, his tone was calm, unlike before when he would often speak with a rude, accusatory tone.

Chao Bufan sat down next to his father and said with a smile, "Dad, didn't I leave the army a long time ago? Why do you still ask these questions?"