17 Meet X to help X make money
It was clearly night in the city, but the welfare home was pitch black without a trace of light. It was like the entrance of a black cave where nothing could be seen. It was a bottomless abyss.
No one got a good rest that night. Hua felt that she did not sleep soundly at all. She kept waking up suddenly. There was nothing she could do about it. One reason was that she was afraid that these kids would suddenly turn against her, and the other was that it was too noisy here at night.
Along with the sounds of chasing and fists hitting flesh outside, there was the crying of babies and young children who were woken up.
However, Hua observed the children who were woken up a few times and found that except for the baby, even the four or five-year-old children who were woken up had their eyes closed and did not react.
Hua secretly clicked her tongue. She deeply felt that the living environment of the children here was really bad, and she was also really amazed that they could grow up well until now.
This kind of hardship is definitely not something she can explain in a few words, especially since the surrounding environment is still the same.
There is actually such a place in the big city of Youkexin.
Of course, Hua admitted that most of this was definitely her fantasy, but seeing them like this, it was hard for her not to wonder how they spent their days.
Sympathy aside, Hua didn't plan to stay here for too long. She was not a rich person and could not save these children. She was not a strong person who could not just stomp her feet and people would come to help. Even if she wanted to take these children back to Whale Island, she couldn't even afford the boat tickets.
But there was still something she could do. She shared the remaining bread in her bag with them, and then gave some of her money to the brown-haired child.
"It's not much. Take it. Don't steal anymore. Try to find a way to get some odd jobs." Hua looked at the child. "It's not easy for everyone."
The brown-haired child stared at the flowers blankly, as if he had seen some monster.
"How did a fool like you survive until now?"
"Hey, here's the money I just gave you."
Hua looked at the child in front of her helplessly, feeling that she was being too sentimental and had a mental illness.
"Goody-goody." The brown-haired kid clenched the coins in his hand. He wanted to throw them at Hua's face and tell her that he didn't need her charity. They were not good people. They had stolen and robbed money, but they were not beggars. They didn't need this kind of charity.
But is it really not necessary?
The brown-haired children are not fools. Of course they need it. This money can buy a lot of food and some milk powder.
"Okay, I'm leaving. You don't need to see me off." Hua waved her hand. "I already know where I'm going."
The brown-haired kid's expression became even weirder. Hua felt a little strange, but she didn't intend to delve into why the other person had that expression, because what she needed to do was to set off as soon as possible to meet up with Xiaojie.
"This place is under the jurisdiction of the Ten Old Men. Technically, this is their playground." The brown-haired child sighed, "Now I believe you just arrived."
"Going out like this is like showing off your fat body to others."
Hua knew the ten old men and vaguely remembered that they were killed by Zoldyke during the Youkexin auction, so she was not very scared and her expression slowly showed it.
"Don't disbelieve me! Even though this place is shabby, it wasn't like this before." The brown-haired child patted her arm. "I couldn't pay the taxes or the protection money, so I ended up like this."
“This whole area is like this.”
Hua looked at him, feeling a little helpless and sympathetic. She was about to say something comforting when she heard a commotion outside.
When I looked outside, it turned out to be Gon and Killua standing outside, with a man in a suit and sunglasses next to him.
"Hua! I'm here to pick you up." Xiao Jie saw Hua sticking her head out at a glance, and his worried heart finally settled down.
Hua quickly ran over and gave Xiaojie a big hug. She really didn't expect Xiaojie to come to her.
"Brother, how did you find this place?" Hua looked at Xiaojie curiously. Xiaojie smiled and pulled the man in sunglasses and suit over.
"This is all thanks to Leorio." Xiaojie's voice was full of energy. "We were just asking Bill where he had been that day."
"Bill?" Hua didn't quite understand who this person was.
"It's the apron guy." Killua started a conversation nearby. Because they were talking so loudly, many children had gathered around them. These curious looks were not enough to make Killua feel uncomfortable, but they did make people feel awkward.
"Then Bill told us the locations of several welfare homes. There are actually seven or eight welfare homes in Youkexin." Xiaojie's voice was full of shock. Hua's pupils trembled when he heard this number.
"Your brother has basically covered everything." Leorio patted Xiaojie's shoulder and began to finish up, "Okay, okay, take your sister back to the hotel."
Hua carried her bag and started walking out with Xiaojie and the others. Not long after they walked out of the door, Hua looked back. She felt a little complicated and didn't know how to express her feelings.
But after thinking about it, she turned away. Killua noticed her entire reaction and was about to say something when Leorio patted his shoulder. They looked at each other without saying anything. Gon was very happy and pulled Hana. Hana looked at Gon's happy face and smiled.
"Hua, go buy a cell phone." Xiaojie said happily to Hua as they walked, "Next time you can make calls directly."
"Yeah!" Hua nodded happily, but her steps were still a little slow.
When they walked out of the street, Hua looked back in the direction of the welfare home again and sighed almost imperceptibly.
Xiaojie took her to buy her a beetle phone. Thanks to Leorio's help in bargaining, she could even buy a game console with the remaining money after buying the phone.
"Hua has saved a lot of money." Xiao Jie looked at Hua's balance with some admiration. He knew how difficult it was to save money. Up to now, the money he had was still the prize money he had earned in the Sky Arena.
"Actually, it's mainly because I sold the pearls I picked up before for a good price." Hua patted her pocket. One day, Yuan Ling urged her to go to the beach, and she picked up a big pearl in a big shell. She asked someone to help sell it, and she got a lot of money, which occupied two-thirds of her savings. This made Hua feel that she could go to Youke Xin early, otherwise she would definitely exercise for a while.
Of course, it was precisely because of her good luck that she was more willing to share some of her money with those children.
"What good luck!" Leorio was very surprised. "The probability of finding pearls on the beach is very low."
"Yeah, we were super lucky that day." Hua agreed with Leorio very much. Although she didn't know how the forest spirit discovered it, she was the one who picked it up anyway.
The four of them returned to the hotel, and Hua booked a standard room alone. Although she was a child, she was a girl after all, and it was unreasonable to let her live with any of them.
"If it's a limited edition, it would be even more expensive." Hua looked at Xiaojie's beady eyes with a bit of helplessness. "Although the lowest bid is 8.9 billion, but with such a limited release, the price will definitely be driven up high."
Killua ate a rabbit lollipop and nodded in shock at what Hana said. He was aware of the situation that he would be fired, but who would have thought that Gon, who knew nothing at all, would have such an understanding sister?
"So, to be on the safe side, it's best to prepare at least 13 billion to have a chance of winning the bid." Hua sighed. "And if you have the conditions, why don't you check who has made the most recent acquisitions?"
"Wouldn't it be easier to estimate if you look at the amount of his previous winning bids?"
"You can prepare for a higher price."
Hua was a little nervous. She actually wanted to say, why not just find a buyer who buys a lot of games and see if they can borrow a game console, but that seemed too unreliable.
I can only suggest making more money.
"Jie, your sister is so amazing." Leoli looked at Hua in shock. He never expected that Hua would estimate the amount in this way.
“So how do we make so much money?”
This is a good question. Everyone fell silent as soon as it came out, and Hua became even more depressed. She has never been good at making money in her previous life, otherwise she would not have been a social animal worker for so long.
"I have one..." Killua raised his hand, his eyes shining, but Gon immediately refused.
"No!" Xiaojie said very seriously, "In a casino, absolutely not."
"Killua lost all his money last time!"
Hua glanced at the date under the computer next to her: August 31st.
"When does the auction start?" Hua asked a little confusedly. She really didn't remember when it was, but she just felt that time would be very tight.
"It might be difficult to do if time is tight."
"Indeed." Leorio nodded in agreement. "The auction begins on September 1st, and the target item's auction time is from the 6th to the 10th, but it's unrealistic to make that much money in just a few days."
Hana agreed very much, but couldn't help but glance at Killua, thinking that it wouldn't be impossible if it was the Zoldyck family.
Then she spat at herself for such rubbish, she was completely crazy.
"Does Hana need help?" Killua suddenly interrupted the topic, "Why don't you go find dad with Gon?"
"Me?" Hua pointed at herself. "I can't do it. I don't have telekinesis."
"But I can help. If you need me to be a shill or anything else, I can help."
"Hana was lucky to pick up the pearl." Killua was a little excited, "As expected..."
"Killua, we agreed not to go to the casino." Gon suddenly interrupted Killua's words with a somewhat gloomy tone.
Killua looked away guiltily, and Gon rushed over with gritted teeth.
Hua turned her head and continued talking to Leorio, not watching the two childish guys fighting.
"I say, should we take a risk?" Leorio thought for a moment and said seriously, "We're definitely running out of time, so we have to be bold."
"I personally have a very good idea."
Hana watched them gradually getting back on track, feeling a little helpless. She couldn't stop them from taking risks at this time. For Gon, this was the only chance, for Killua, this was a difficult and interesting task, and Leorio probably didn't expect the difficulty of it.
In fact, Hua knew that they would be fine and would escape safely, but it was hard for Hua not to care about the risks involved. If an accident happened, the lives of Gon and Killua would be in great danger, and Leorio was not without danger either, but compared to the two children on the front line, his risk was a little lower.
She could only watch, but because she looked a little sad and worried, Xiaojie even misunderstood Hua's thoughts.
"Hua, it's okay, you don't have to go." Xiaojie patted Hua's shoulder very reliably.
"...I need to think about it, brother." Hua said helplessly, "After all, strictly speaking, this should be a task between you and me."
"You can't let your friends work so hard for this."
"And I'll just sit back and watch."
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