But the money had already been taken by Chen Qianwan. How could it be found again?
The drunkard's wife had a fierce argument with him and then divorced him, taking the house and the car. Just then, a financial storm hit. The drunkard lost all his money in the stock market. In a daze due to all these losses, he was fired by his company.
Unable to bear these successive blows, the man was heart - broken. He jumped off the rooftop of his company and committed suicide.
This incident made the news and became a hot topic in this small city. Almost everyone condemned the villain who had picked up the money and kept it for himself.
At first, Chen Qianwan felt a bit guilty about this. But seeing so many people indignant about it, he decided to keep it a secret forever.
Gradually, Chen Qianwan's assets grew more and more.
In his mind, his success was all thanks to the guidance of the Knife - Lender's master.
At the same time, Chen Qianwan remembered the master's words. Half of his future assets would be the reward. He had come from a penniless orphan to a billionaire. He was absolutely unwilling to give away half of his assets just for a single piece of advice.
The Knife - Lender's master had said that he would come to collect the reward when Chen Qianwan had his first daughter. Chen Qianwan tried to take a shortcut, thinking that as long as he never had a daughter, the Knife - Lender would never come to him.
To be honest, Chen Qianwan was a bit scared. Businessmen were more or less superstitious, especially when it came to luck. The higher one climbed in the business world, the more one would understand it. Some people who were extremely successful one moment could fall from grace the next, all because of a lack of luck.
Chen Qianwan refused to get married and became a well - known eligible bachelor in the area. However, his private life was very chaotic. He kept a succession of mistresses. As soon as a mistress got pregnant, he would take her to the hospital for a check - up. If it was a daughter, he would have the baby aborted. After aborting four or five daughters in a row, he finally found out that one was a son. Chen Qianwan was overjoyed and took the woman home. The woman was upgraded from a mistress to a wife.
Finally, Chen Qianwan's wife gave birth to a son. He was extremely happy. After that, he didn't want any more children. He persuaded his wife to have a sterilization operation and swore that he would never fool around again.
Chen Qianwan's wife thought he was a son - preferring man. At first, she disagreed with the sterilization. But after a long - term observation, she found that Chen Qianwan only went between home and the company. She felt relieved, thinking that Chen Qianwan had changed his ways and become a good man, so she agreed to his request.
Then, Chen Qianwan's wife became the envy of everyone. Her husband was rich and took good care of the family. So what if he had a chaotic private life before marriage?
After all, he never fooled around again after marriage. Compared with those rich men who spent their time in debauchery, he was much better.
Everyone praised Chen Qianwan for his happy family and successful life. In these praises, Chen Qianwan became more and more self - satisfied and completely forgot about the suicidal drunkard and the broken family caused by his own selfish desires.
But there is always an exception. Chen Qianwan thought that as long as he didn't have any more children, he could keep half of his fortune. So he was very cautious and kept an absolute safe distance from women.
However, no matter how careful he was, he couldn't prevent others from deliberately scheming against him. Chen Qianwan never expected that one of his former mistresses bribed his driver and managed to sleep with him.
This mistress was a money - oriented woman. At that time, Chen Qianwan was attracted by her beauty. After he got married, he cut off all relations with his mistresses, including this woman.
The woman had been kept like a canary. She had been supported by Chen Qianwan since she graduated from college. After five years, she was completely out of touch with society.
After Chen Qianwan broke up with her, she tried to find a job. But good companies didn't want her, and she was too proud to be a waitress.
She wanted to find another man to support her, but those rich men preferred younger and more beautiful girls. Age was a real obstacle. The breakup fee from Chen Qianwan had almost been squandered by her. Having been used to a luxurious life, she couldn't go back to a civilian life.
She heard that Chen Qianwan's wife had achieved a high status because of giving birth to a son. She thought that if the other woman could do it, she could too. So she started to plan how to get pregnant with Chen Qianwan's child. Even if it was an illegitimate child, it would still be better than being born into a poor family.
So the woman sold all her luxury goods. With the money, she got information about Chen Qianwan's schedule from his driver. Taking advantage of the time when Chen Qianwan was drunk after a business dinner, she got into his bed smoothly.
The woman deliberately chose a dangerous period and did everything she could for a whole night. As she wished, she got pregnant. After getting pregnant, she didn't dare to tell Chen Qianwan. She remembered that Chen Qianwan had aborted many daughters before. She didn't know whether the baby in her belly was a boy or a girl, but it didn't matter. Even tigers wouldn't eat their own cubs. As long as she gave birth, at most the child would be out of favor, but there would still be money.
So the woman hid her pregnancy. Finally, after ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a child. It was a girl. Just at the moment when the girl was born, the Knife - Lender's master came to the door.
The arrival of the Knife - Lender's master shocked Chen Qianwan. The master's face was clearly engraved in his mind. He was the benefactor who had guided him to get rich, but also the enemy who wanted to take half of his assets.
"What are you doing here? I don't have a daughter. I only have a son in my family."
Chen Qianwan reacted violently and shouted.
"Just now, ten minutes ago, you had your first daughter."
The Knife - Lender's master said calmly.
"Impossible! I only have a son!"
Chen Qianwan thought the master was trying to deceive him. He looked at the master warily.
"If you don't believe me, I'll come again in a month."
The Knife - Lender's master didn't waste any more words. He left after saying this.
Chen Qianwan was very confused. He thought the master just wanted to cheat him because he knew he was rich. But a month later, after the woman finished her confinement, she came to the door with her daughter.
Looking at the paternity test in his hand, Chen Qianwan felt that the world was about to collapse. He had been so careful, but he still fell into the trap. He looked at the woman and his daughter with hatred in his eyes, and regretted his chaotic private life before.
The Knife - Lender came as promised. Seeing Chen Qianwan's reaction, he knew that the latter had understood what had happened. He said bluntly, "I'm here to collect my reward."
"Master, can we discuss this? I'll give you more money as the reward. Half of my assets are not easily convertible. It won't be useful for you to take them." Chen Qianwan didn't dare to do anything. He could only plead.