Chapter 010: Getting Rich Overnight

The bank app was opened, and the balance page clearly stated:

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 is 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 back 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, please be patient with me and don't get angry. We can live a good life soon!"

Xu Lian was confused, but Huang Dali's words gave her 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 stones, I suddenly understood]

[The gambling dog who got into this state doesn’t deserve sympathy, but it’s a pity that his wife and children have to suffer with him.]

【Spending all your money to buy stones, what a fool! 】

There was also a woman beside him who was not sure what was going on: "What? What is gambling on stones?"

Immediately, several masters came over to teach her:

"Gambling on stones means you spend a lot of money to buy a stone. It may contain 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 a gamble. After all, the really good stones have already been picked up at the place of production. What ordinary people can buy are the ones 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 that other people play are indeed fake, but the channel I found is reliable. It was introduced by my old classmate. He knows the owner of the production area and keeps the good stones for us. He will definitely not 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 a look of frustration: "Since you successfully opened the jade, why is it 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 couldn't sell it for much money, but it shows that I have the potential to identify stones! Unfortunately, I bought a few more times later, but each time I opened nothing. My luck is too 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 now and show you! It must be full of green!"

Huang Dali was about to run to the door. Cripple Brother saw that he was going to run and grabbed him tightly. Xu Lian slapped Huang Dali several times, hoping to wake him up: "You idiot, you were fooled! You often go fishing recently, how come you don't even understand this? The jadeite that was 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. He 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 like this, Xu Lian broke down and cried. She cried and said, "Damn it, I should have thought of it earlier. There were clues a long time ago. I secretly looked through his phone while he was sleeping a month ago, and his 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 take pictures of stones? I thought it was related to the construction. Wow, it turns out that these broken stones have destroyed our house. I wish I had noticed it earlier. It's too late to say anything now..."

Bai Mian opened his mouth softly, but did not say anything to comfort her. 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. Things have come to this point. There is nothing more to say--"

The woman looked at Huang Dali and said calmly and ruthlessly: "I want to call the police."

After saying this, regardless of Huang Dali's pleading, Xu Lian directly called the police, told them the whole story, and confiscated Huang Dali's cell phone, preparing to hand it over to the police as evidence later.

"Just 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 this stone, everything will be solved. But I consulted a Feng Shui master before, and he said it would be most auspicious to wait until the 15th day before cutting it, so I didn't start it. 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?!"

"You can tell the police what you have to say."

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 Lame Brother: "Brother, please let me go. You and I have no grudges against each other. Why do you care about this? Don't worry, I'm not trying to escape. I want to go 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 trust 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. Don't you know how to tell fortunes? 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 open that stone, he will not be able to rest in peace until he dies."

Xu Lian glared at Huang Dali unhappily and called his colleague at the construction site. After learning about this, his 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 Hall.

It was a stone the size of a football and looked ordinary.

Huang Dali's eyes lit up when he saw the stone. His colleagues carefully placed the stone on the floor in the middle. Everyone gathered around the stone out of curiosity, making sure no one could get in.

Lame Brother still refused to let Huang Dali go, so Huang Dali had to ask his 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 gazes of the crowd, my colleague nervously operated the cutting machine and cut the stone.