Chapter 010: Getting Rich Overnight
The bank's app was opened, and the balance page clearly read:
Two hundred and fifty-one dollars and sixty-two cents.
When Xu Lian saw the number, she screamed as if she was scalded by boiling water. She turned around and grabbed the man's neck, screaming, "Huang Dali, where's the money in your bank card? You usually have at least 500,000 yuan in your card, but now there is only 250 yuan left. Where did the money go? You spent so much money by yourself. Have you ever thought about me and the child? Do you want me and the child to starve?"
Huang Dali couldn't hold it in any longer. He fell to his knees, hugged Xu Lian's thighs, and begged, "Wife, to be honest, I did spend the money, but I definitely didn't spend it recklessly. I invested it all. The money will come back soon. When the money comes back, it won't be just a few hundred thousand. It will be an astronomical figure. By then, our whole family will become rich overnight. Wife, give me some patience and don't get angry. We can live a good life soon!"
Xu Lian didn't understand what Huang Dali said, but she got a glimmer of hope. She suppressed her anger and asked, "Tell me the truth, what did you invest in? Stocks?"
"I..." Huang Dali stammered, unable to explain himself.
Bai Mian gave a concise and clear answer: "Gambling on stones."
[It turned out to be gambling on stones. Suddenly I understood]
[The gambler who is in this state does not deserve sympathy, but it is pitiful that his wife and children suffer with him]
[Spending all your money to buy a stone, what an idiot!] 】
There was also a woman beside him who was not sure what was going on: "What? What is gambling on stones?"
Immediately, several uncles came over to teach her:
"Gambling on stones means you spend a high price to buy a piece of stone. It may be jade, but it may also be just an ordinary stone."
"It's like when you eat steamed buns, the outer skin is the same, but you have to break it open to know what's inside."
"But there is no such thing as winning the bet. After all, the really good stones have already been picked up at the place of origin. The ones that ordinary people can buy are the ones that are left over by the experts!"
Xu Lian also became anxious after hearing this. She shook Huang Dali's shoulder and said, "Did you really go to gamble on stones? Speak up! There are often promotional videos on TV, and they say that gambling on stones is fake. Haven't you seen it?"
Huang Dali shook his head and said confidently: "The gambling stones played by others are indeed fake, but the channel I found is reliable. It was introduced by my old classmate. He knows the boss of the production area and keeps the good stones for us. He will never cheat me. Half a year ago, I bought stones from him for the first time and successfully opened a green one!"
Xu Lian looked at her husband with dismay: "Since you successfully opened the jade, how come you are like this now?"
Huang Dali said angrily, "It's my bad luck. I made a mistake! The first time I picked a stone, I opened a little jade. I can't sell it for much money, but it shows that I have the potential to look at stones! Unfortunately, I bought a few more times later, but each time I opened nothing. My luck is so bad! But my wife, believe me, I bought a new stone recently, and I haven't had time to open it yet. I'll open it and show you now! It must be full of green!"
Huang Dali was about to run to the door. Lame Brother saw that he was about to run and grabbed him tightly. Xu Lian slapped Huang Dali several times, hoping to wake him up: "You idiot, you were deceived! You often go fishing recently, how can you not understand this? The jadeite they opened at the beginning was just a little sweet treat to lure you in. You are the big fish they want to catch! You actually sold your car and house for this, idiot!"
Huang Dali became irritable. He could no longer listen to anything and just kept repeating: "I know people... they are all old classmates... they have inside information... one knife makes you poor, one knife makes you rich, one knife makes you the richest man... I want to be the richest man..."
Seeing her husband become like this, Xu Lian broke down and burst into tears. She cried and said, "Damn it, I should have thought of it earlier. There were clues a long time ago. A month ago, I secretly looked through his mobile phone while he was sleeping, and his mobile phone albums were all pictures of stones. I thought it was strange at the time. Why would a man who didn't care about anything else only take pictures of stones? I thought it was related to the construction. Woo woo woo, it turns out that these broken stones have destroyed our house. If only I had noticed it earlier. It's too late now..."
Bai Mian opened his mouth gently, but did not say any words of comfort. Instead, he said, "Now that things have come to this, crying is useless. Let's think about how to solve the problem first."
After listening to Bai Mian's words, Xu Lian wiped away her tears and stood up again: "Yes, the child is still here. I will be the child's pillar in the future. I can't collapse. Now that things have come to this, there is nothing more to say--"
The woman looked at Huang Dali and said calmly and ruthlessly: "I'm going to call the police."
After saying that, regardless of Huang Dali's pleading, Xu Lian directly called the police and told them the whole story. She also confiscated Huang Dali's mobile phone, preparing to hand it over to the police as evidence later.
"Wait, the police will be here soon." After hanging up the phone, Xu Lian announced to Huang Dali.
Huang Dali was furious and cursed: "You bitch, you ruined my good thing, you bastard! My stone is still in the office. I told you that as long as you cut the stone, everything will be solved. It's just that I consulted a Feng Shui master before, and he said it would be most auspicious to wait until the 15th day to cut it, so I haven't done it yet. I wanted to wait until an auspicious day to cut it, but I didn't expect you to be so persistent. I surrender to you. I will cut the stone today, in front of you, okay?!"
"If you have anything to say, tell the police."
Xu Lian turned her back to him and covered the child's ears with her hands.
Seeing that Xu Lian was unmoved, Huang Dali begged Brother Lame: "Brother, please let me go. You and I have no grudges. Why are you meddling in this? Don't worry, I'm not trying to escape. I'm going back to the office to get my stone back. I just want to cut it open and see. I embezzled public funds just for this stone. Now I'm about to be arrested. I can't be so ignorant of what's inside, right?"
Lame Brother's hand clenched even tighter: "Stop talking nonsense, you gamblers can't believe a word you say. If you run away and become a fugitive, who will be responsible for that?"
Huang Dali turned to look at Bai Mian and said, "Fortune teller, please tell me something. My wife only trusts you. You can tell fortunes, right? Tell me if my stone contains imperial green or blue water!"
Bai Mian shook his head helplessly and said to Xu Lian, "It seems that if he is not allowed to cut the stone, he will die with regrets."
Xu Lian glared at Huang Dali unhappily and called his colleague at the construction site. After learning about this, the colleague immediately found the stone from the cabinet in Huang Dali's office and brought a small cutting machine, loaded them together in a car and sent them to Ci Xin Tang.
It was a stone as big as a football and looked ordinary.
Huang Dali's eyes lit up when he saw the stone. His colleague carefully placed the stone on the floor in the middle. Everyone gathered around the stone out of curiosity.
Lame Brother still refused to let Huang Dali go, so Huang Dali had to ask a colleague to help him cut the stone. Coincidentally, his colleague also knew how to operate a cutting machine. Although the machine was a bit crude, Huang Dali didn't care about that at the moment. He just wanted to cut the stone.
Under the expectant gaze of everyone, the colleague nervously operated the cutting machine and cut the stone.
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