The Supporting Male Protagonist Becomes Life's Winner [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 7: True and False Young Master (7)

Qu Hongkai sold a property located in the city center under his own name to Cui Zhiqiang to pay off the gambling debts without informing the Qu family.

Wei Xuan has always had people keeping an eye on him, so she naturally found out about this incident as soon as possible and then shared it with Yan Su.

She was not sure what grudge Yan Su had against the Qu family, but anyway, seeing their common enemy in trouble was a happy thing.

The situation of the Qu Group was getting worse and worse, and it was no longer something Qu Father and Qu Xiangrong could salvage. Before long, Qu Hongkai was taken by Qu Mother to attend a blind date banquet.

The blind date this time was with Zhou Yu, who was five years older than him and was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family. The situation of the Zhou family was much more complicated than that of the Qu family. Zhou Yu's father was very promiscuous, having been divorced three times and having six or seven children. Under Zhou Yu's command were a group of siblings vying for the family's assets.

However, Zhou Yu was a strong-willed person who was dissatisfied with her father's favoritism towards his youngest son. She was determined to compete for the inheritance of the company. She wanted to marry into a powerful family to get help from the husband's family, but also hoped that the husband would be obedient and stay at home as a house husband.

After screening out many blind date candidates, Zhou Yu set her sights on Qu Hongkai, who was five years younger than her.

Firstly, Qu Hongkai was younger and easier to control, and secondly, the Qu family doted on this adopted son of theirs. Although the Qu Group was facing a crisis, after all, a living dog is better than a dead lion. The Qu Group, this behemoth, was not so easily defeated. If she could form a strong alliance with the Qu family, it would definitely be a win-win situation.

As for whether Qu Hongkai would be abandoned by the Qu family someday, Zhou Yu didn't care. Once her position in the Zhou family's company was stable, she might get tired of Qu Hongkai first.

After going on several dates with the dominant Zhou Yu, Qu Hongkai naturally felt wronged. Zhou Yu was not a gentle and tender daughter of a wealthy family; she was a lone wolf in sheep's clothing, accustomed to making decisions on her own and never asking for his opinion.

Qu Hongkai was a coward who bullied Wei Xuan and the twins before only because he felt they had no one to rely on. Faced with a powerful woman like Zhou Yu, he could only obediently obey.

"Hongkai, how have you been getting along with Zhou Yu lately?" Qu Mother asked eagerly when Qu Hongkai returned from another date.

She certainly knew that being married to Zhou Yu was a sacrifice for her beloved son, but what could she do?

Since the Qu Group encountered a crisis, those wealthy daughters who were of the same age as Qu Hongkai and originally considered suitable for marriage had avoided him. In addition, Qu Hongkai was not the Qu family's biological son. At this critical moment, who would eagerly offer their daughters for marriage?

And since Qu Xiangrong divorced Wei Xuan, his reputation had been ruined. No decent family would want to marry their daughter to him. Wasn't Wei Xuan's fate miserable enough?

Qu Hongkai pouted and threw himself into Qu Mother's arms, whispering tearfully, "Mom, Zhou Yu is always bossing me around and doesn't respect me at all. Can I find another engagement partner?"

Qu Mother was in a dilemma. Zhou Yu had been carefully selected as the best candidate by her, so who else could they choose?

Seeing Qu Mother's hesitation, Qu Hongkai softly suggested a name, "What about Tan Rongrong? Mom, she used to be my classmate in high school. She is very beautiful, gentle, and the only daughter in her family. If I marry her, won't all of Tan family's assets belong to us? Can you help me find out Tan family's attitude?"

If Yan Su were here, she would know that Tan Rongrong is the girl who was supposed to marry Qu Hongkai according to the plot.

Qu Mother sighed. She had considered Tan Rongrong before, but this girl was the apple of Tan family's eye. With the current situation of the Qu family, if she dared to come knocking on their door, she would probably be kicked out by Mrs. Tan.

After much thought, she suggested to Qu Hongkai, "Tan Rongrong is young, and girls of this age are most susceptible to falling in love. If you can pursue her, make her fall for you, and make her unable to marry anyone but you, then Mr. and Mrs. Tan won't be able to do anything about it."

Qu Hongkai pondered for a moment with his head down, recalling Zhou Yu's bossy attitude in front of him. He gritted his teeth and looked fierce, "Alright, Tan Rongrong is from the school next door. I'll go chase her tomorrow."

Although Tan Rongrong was raised as a spoiled and pampered girl, she didn't have the usual weaknesses of wealthy daughters. Instead, she started living on her own in university to experience life like an ordinary student. Nobody in school knew about her family background.

One day after school, Tan Rongrong and her roommates went to the snack street near the back door of the school for lunch. A few girls were chatting happily when Qu Hongkai suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with a pleasant surprise on his face as he walked up to Tan Rongrong, "Rongrong, long time no see. I didn't expect to run into you here. What a coincidence!"

Tan Rongrong subtly frowned.

Seeing this handsome guy approaching to strike up a conversation, Tan Rongrong's roommates hurriedly asked her, "Who is he?"

Qu Hongkai couldn't wait to introduce himself, "Hello, I'm Rongrong's childhood friend. We've known each other since we were kids. You must be her good friends, right? Since we've met by chance, let me treat you to lunch."

Seeing this handsome guy looking very enthusiastic, but Tan Rongrong's attitude was a bit cold, her roommates said, "No need, Rongrong's boyfriend is waiting for her up ahead."

Upon learning that Tan Rongrong actually had a boyfriend, Qu Hongkai felt like he had been struck by lightning.

But he didn't give up easily. From that day on, he kept appearing in front of Tan Rongrong, bringing her different meals three times a day, showing various considerations and cares.

However, these did not touch Tan Rongrong's heart. On the contrary, when the matter reached Cheng Xiu's ears, he treated it as a joke and went to tell Yan Su and Wei Xuan.

"Qu Hongkai is now broken-hearted and sticking to Tan Rongrong, trying all means to sabotage the relationship between her and her current boyfriend. Tan Rongrong's boyfriend has a bad character, he doesn't know about Tan Rongrong's background, thinks she comes from an ordinary family, so after four years of dating and after he graduated, he climbed up to the daughter of the vice president of an internship company and dumped Tan Rongrong."

Cheng Xiu laughed so hard he couldn't straighten up.

"Why didn't I notice before that Qu Hongkai likes to add drama to his life so much."

Yan Su knew Tan Rongrong. Thinking of this girl's family background, she shook her head, "It seems that the Qu family is about to have another formidable opponent in the Tan family."

With Tan Rongrong being the apple of her parents' eye, how could they tolerate Qu Hongkai harassing her?

But Yan Su knew that in the plot, Tan Rongrong's current boyfriend indeed had a bad character. He didn't know about Tan Rongrong's background and thought she came from an ordinary family, so after four years of dating, he climbed up to the daughter of the vice president of an internship company and dumped Tan Rongrong.

Heartbroken, Tan Rongrong accepted her parents' arranged blind dates.

At that time, the Qu Group was thriving, Qu Hongkai held the vast majority of shares, and had countless assets. He was even willing to support his biological parents who came from the countryside. Tan Rongrong felt that he was affectionate and loyal, so she accepted his affection.

But now, with the Qu Group encountering a crisis and Tan Rongrong not being stupid, faced with Qu Hongkai's sudden pursuit, she could easily guess his intentions.

How could she accept such impure affection?

Not long after, with the help of Tan's parents, Zhou Yu learned that Qu Hongkai was pursuing Tan Rongrong behind her back and specially went to Qu's family to manipulate the situation.

For Zhou Yu, whether Qu Hongkai's feelings for her were sincere or not was not important. She only needed to firmly establish her position in her own company by leveraging the power of the Qu family.

A month later, Qu Hongkai and Zhou Yu held their engagement ceremony.

With the support of the Qu family and her own abilities, Zhou Yu quickly shone in the company, and her father began to look at her differently.

But the Qu family was not so lucky. Although they were married into the Zhou family, Mr. Zhou was a seasoned businessman who would not easily help the Qu Group.

And Wei Xuan's earlier scheme against the Qu family had worked. The Qu Group encountered its biggest crisis since its establishment. With a shortage of funds and desperate need for a large injection of capital, there was no one willing to lend a helping hand at this time.

Now the Qu Group was like a fish lying on the chopping board, ready to be carved up by anyone who saw it.

One day, the Qu family held a family meeting. Qu Father, with a serious face, instructed Qu Hongkai to say more good things in front of Zhou Yu and get the Zhou family to help the Qu Group.

But before he could finish speaking, Cui Zhiqiang rushed in from outside, kneeling in front of Qu Father with tears streaming down his face, "Qu President, please help me. I have nowhere else to turn. The gambling debts I owe this time are too much. They forced me to come to you."

Qu Father and Qu Mother were still confused, but Qu Hongkai's heart sank.

What's going on? Didn't he warn Cui Zhiqiang several times not to gamble anymore? How could he end up in front of Qu Father with gambling debts again?

Gambling is a recurring problem, and after Qu Hongkai helped Cui Zhiqiang pay off his gambling debts once, he didn't learn his lesson. Instead, he became addicted to this great excitement. After all, he had a rich son to bail him out if he owed more money.

Qu Hongkai helped him pay off the debts several times and always warned him that if he gambled again, he would send him back to the countryside.

But Cui Zhiqiang always promised, yet he couldn't control himself.

In the end, this time it was out of control, and it reached the point where Qu Father had to step in to resolve it.

Qu Hongkai knew that he couldn't hide it this time, and he couldn't continue to clean up after Cui Zhiqiang. So he told Qu Father everything about Cui Zhiqiang's gambling addiction.

Qu Father, who was already troubled by the lack of funds in the company, fainted when he heard that his son had helped Cui Zhiqiang pay off several gambling debts, and this time the debt was astronomical.

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