"Talk business?" Ye Qingshan sneered. "Tell me the truth, did you lose money again?"

"What do you know!"

Ye Changhe suddenly became agitated, "I do business my way. Do you even know anything about business?"

"Changhe!" the father roared, "Look at the state you're in now!"

"Dad, please stop talking," Ye Changhe said, swaying as he stood up.

"I know my own affairs. Xueling! Where's the bankbook? Give it to me!"

"What do you need the passbook for?" Lin Mei asked warily.

"There's a big business opportunity to invest in," Ye Changhe said. "This time it's guaranteed to make money—no, it's absolutely guaranteed to make money!"

"You still say it wasn't gambling?" Ye Qingshan stood up.

"Brother, wake up! You're going to ruin this family!"

"What do you know!" Ye Changhe shoved Ye Qingshan away.

"You're just jealous of me! Xueling, I'll say it again, give me the bankbook!"

"I won't give it to you!" Lin Mei was desperate. "If you continue like this, I'll divorce you!"

"Divorce? Fine!" Ye Changhe sneered, "You think I can't find a wife after I divorce you? You..."

"Enough!" Ye Xiaoxiao suddenly shouted sharply.

"Brother, wake up! Look at yourself! What kind of behavior are you in?!"

Seeing her older brother like this, Ye Xiaoxiao felt both angry and heartbroken.

Taking advantage of her older brother's drunken state, she rushed forward and knocked him to the ground.

Then he took out the hemp rope he had prepared beforehand and quickly tied his older brother up securely.

"What...what are you doing?"

Ye Changhe shouted drunkenly, trying to struggle, but he was tied up and unable to move.

"Just to wake you up!"

Ye Xiaoxiao said coldly, "Dad, Mom, Second Brother, let's put him in the main room first and talk to him when he sobers up."

Ye Xiaoxiao's family members were stunned by her methods.

Xiaoxiao usually seems gentle and mild-mannered, but today she was surprisingly decisive.

Ye Qingshan, the second brother, reacted the fastest and quickly helped carry his eldest brother to a reclining chair in the main room.

"Xiaoxiao, this..."

Hu Xueling, the eldest sister-in-law, was a little worried, "What if your older brother wakes up and makes a fuss, such a big guy?"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law," Ye Xiaoxiao comforted her.

"Let him get a good night's sleep. I'll figure out how to deal with him tomorrow. We can't keep watching him slide like this."

Mother Liu Cuixiang wiped away her tears and said:

"But your older brother has this temper; he won't listen to anyone. Your dad tried to talk to him, but he said we're old and don't understand."

Your second brother tried to persuade him, but he said it was because he was jealous of him.

"Mom, don't worry."

Ye Xiaoxiao said, then smiled mysteriously.

"I'll find a few people and show my brother tomorrow how he gets cheated when he gambles with those people."

Ye Qingshan's interest was piqued: "What's your idea?"

"Second brother, let's go to the city now."

Ye Xiaoxiao pulled her second brother and walked out, asking him to drive her to the city.

Every place has some gamblers who cheat.

People who enjoy playing cards have all sorts of tricks up their sleeves. Everyone has heard of them, but no one has ever witnessed them firsthand, so they just think of them as something out of a movie.

After making inquiries in the city, the brother and sister found an underground casino.

He spent 60,000 yuan there to hire three swindlers. He agreed to have them come along and play cards with his older brother the next day.

The three men were all notorious gamblers from nearby villages, skilled cheaters who had somehow learned their tricks.

Nobody wants to play with them, but they want to make money off this.

At first, they were definitely reluctant to be asked to demonstrate these techniques, but as soon as they heard that each person would be offered 20,000 yuan, they immediately agreed.

On the way back, Ye Qingshan heard his sister say that these three should broaden his horizons.

Ye Qingshan's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea. Only when our elder brother sees those people's methods with his own eyes will he give up."

"Exactly. My brother's completely delusional right now; he keeps thinking those people are his friends. Maybe he'll wake up once he sees how they've been playing him."

The next morning, Ye Changhe finally woke up and, upon opening his eyes, found himself bound. He immediately shouted:

"Who...who did this? Let me go!"

"I did it." Ye Xiaoxiao came over with a bowl of hangover soup. "Big brother, drink this first. You were drinking and acting crazy yesterday, your voice is hoarse."

When Ye Changhe saw that it was his younger sister, his anger immediately subsided by half.

He knew that his younger sister had been quite successful in recent years, married well, and always helped the family a lot when she came back.

"Xiaoxiao, what are you doing? Untie me quickly." Ye Changhe softened his tone.

"Wait until you hear what I have to say before you speak."

Ye Xiaoxiao held the hangover soup to her older brother's lips, "Brother, do you know how much money you've lost lately?"

"Well... this is business, right? Winning and losing is normal."

Ye Changhe spoke defiantly, but his voice clearly lacked confidence.

He only won a few thousand yuan at the very beginning, and then he never won anything. Every time he lost tens of thousands of yuan, he would go home.

"Normal?" Ye Xiaoxiao sneered.

"Brother, do you know you've been scammed? Those people aren't business partners at all; they're a bunch of con artists who set up scams to cheat people."

"What...what nonsense are you talking about? Old Li and Old Zhang are legitimate factory owners!" Ye Changhe said, somewhat embarrassed and angry.

"Really? Then I'll take you to see something." Ye Xiaoxiao untied the rope, helped her older brother wash up and eat something, and then walked outside.

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