chapter 43 One house is sold to two owners, and the wedding house is in trouble

The next morning around nine, Nicole Bian received a call from his boss at Heaven & Earth Corporation. His boss asked him to rush back to the company's headquarters for a meeting. "Dad, my boss wants me to come to the headquarters for a meeting right away. I won't be able to attend Avalon's formal wedding banquet. Can you explain it to her for me?" "Sure, work is important. Go to your meeting." "I need to take the Audi A8 back with me." "No way. I promised Avalon that the Audi A8 would be her wedding car. After the official banquet, I'll drive her to her bridal house in it." Nohe Bao was anxious, "If you take the Audi A8 now, how am I supposed to explain it to Avalon? How do I explain it to the Yang and Ma families?" In the countryside, the wedding car is used first to pick up the bride from her parent's home and bring her to the groom's home. Then the groom's family hosts the wedding banquet. After the official banquet, the wedding car takes the newlyweds to their bridal house. This is the tradition of picking up and sending off the bride. The higher the class of the wedding car, the more prestige it brings to both families. Now, by taking the Audi A8 away early, Nicole Bian was disrespecting not just Nohe Bao, but also the Yang and Ma families! "Dad, you know that Audi A8 isn't mine. It belongs to Heaven & Earth Corporation." "You are the sales manager of Heaven & Earth Corporation. The company assigned the car for your use. Use it as you see fit!" "The company assigned the car to me for meeting clients and generating revenue for the group." Nicole Bian patiently explained, "If there's no work, I can lend the Audi A8 to Avalon as a wedding car. But now, I have to go to the headquarters for a meeting. I must take the Audi A8 back!" "Can't you just take a taxi to the headquarters?" "Dad, I'm in a hurry. Taking a taxi is too slow." "Fine, you go explain it to Avalon and the others yourself." Nohe Bao was clearly impatient. Soon, everyone knew that the Audi A8 wasn't actually Nicole Bian's personal car, but a company car from Heaven & Earth Corporation! After revealing the truth, Nicole Bian drove the Audi A8 away. Relatives and acquaintances bombarded Nohe Bao with criticism! "Uncle, you've been deceiving me all along! You had your son-in-law show off with a company car!" The bride, Avalon Ma, was very displeased and speechless with her uncle Nohe Bao. "Look at you, Brother Nohe. You really went to great lengths just to show off." Sherod Yang was despised and bemused by Nohe Bao's cunning. Roy Yang laughed heartily, "Nohe Bao, so that Audi A8 wasn't even bought by your son-in-law. You're a big bluffer, only good at bragging! You didn't even consider the consequences of letting your son-in-law use a company car for personal use. If his superiors find out, it'll definitely affect his career." Yesterday, he had been ridiculed and oppressed by Nohe Bao. Today, he finally had his chance to mock Nohe Bao in return. "Don't scare me. My son-in-law's superiors won't find out about his personal use of the company car." Nohe Bao dismissively said, "Even if they do, it's no big deal. Personal use of a company car is just a minor issue." At that moment, Avalon Ma, somewhat annoyed, asked Lope Yang, "Honey, Nicole Bian took the Audi A8. Who can we borrow a car from for the wedding?" Lope Yang immediately looked at Roy Yang, grinning, "Uncle, can we borrow your Audi A6 as our wedding car?" "This car isn’t mine, it belongs to Stanley Du." Roy Yang turned to ask Stanley Du, "Stanley, Lope wants to borrow your car. Will you lend it?" "I'll be your driver instead. I don’t want anyone else driving my car." "That's great, Stanley, thank you so much." "You're much more reliable than Nicole Bian." And just like that, Stanley Du became the most popular person in both the Yang and Ma families. At noon, the formal wedding banquet was a grand affair with thirty-six tables, inviting almost everyone from the nearby villages. By the time the banquet wrapped up, it was past three in the afternoon. Stanley Du, driving his own Audi A6, took the newlyweds to their bridal house, which was only seven or eight hundred meters from the Yang family courtyard. Stanley Du drove slowly. The families of Yang and Ma cheerfully followed on foot, easily keeping pace with the car. After dropping off the bride and groom at their bridal house, everyone was getting ready to start the traditional teasing of the newlyweds. That's when four tough-looking guys with dragon and tiger tattoos suddenly showed up uninvited. "Who are you? What do you want?" asked Sherod Yang sternly. One of the men with a dragon tattoo scanned the crowd and smirked, "Who's getting married here today?" "It's me. What about it?" "This house your bridal house?" "Yes, it is." "You're lying. This is Nana Jiang’s house," the tattooed man asserted loudly. "Nana Jiang sold this house to me on the eleventh of last month!" "Do you have the property deed? Show me." "Why should I?" "Well, look at what I have here," the tattooed man said, pulling out a document for Lope Yang to see. It was a loan agreement. The borrower was Nana Jiang, and the lender was Victory Financial Solutions. Nana Jiang had used this property as collateral to borrow 300,000 yuan from Victory Financial Solutions. And this property was Lope Yang’s bridal house. The loan agreement was dated May 13th. "Nana Jiang sold the same property twice!" Lope Yang cursed in anger. Then, he took out the property deed for the house, showing it to the tattooed man. The house was the same. However, the owner on the deed had changed from Nana Jiang to Lope Yang. The effective date of the property deed was June 11th. "How much did Nana Jiang take from you?" "Six hundred thousand." Lope Yang fumed, "She was my old classmate. She said she was going to the south and would never come back. I thought her house was nice and the price was reasonable, so I bought it. I never imagined she would scam me." The tattooed man grinned, "So, you give me 300,000 yuan, and the house is yours. From then on, I won’t bother you or Nana Jiang." "Why should I pay you? I was tricked by Nana Jiang too." Lope Yang firmly refused, "The person who owes you 300,000 yuan is Nana Jiang. Go find her for the money if you can!" "She’s disappeared without a trace, where am I supposed to find her?" The tattooed man coldly said, "If you don’t pay, I’ll have to take legal action. Our company signed the contract with Nana Jiang first, so the court will definitely rule the house in our company's favor." Upon hearing this, Lope Yang and Avalon Ma became frantic. Sherod Yang was both anxious and furious, his eyes red with anger, "Nonsense! We have the property deed! We are the legal owners! Even if we have to go to court, we are not afraid of you!" "Old man, your property deed is real, but so is this loan agreement with Nana Jiang’s signature! Forget it, either you give me 300,000 yuan, or we’ll see each other in court!" The tattooed man was impatient. "Hey, young man, let's talk this out." Nohe Bao suddenly stepped forward to mediate, "Is the owner of your Victory Financial Solutions Victor Zhao?" "How do you know my boss is Victor Zhao?" asked the tattooed man coldly. "My son-in-law, Nicole Bian, has a very good relationship with your boss, Victor Zhao," Nohe Bao said with a smile. The tattooed man looked at Nohe Bao warily, "Nicole Bian, the sales manager from Heaven & Earth Corporation, is really your son-in-law?"