"Waaaaah, please, please don't take Mom away!"
"Don't touch my child!"
"Hurry up and take this woman away, stop dawdling."
The cries of women and children, the sounds of things being smashed, and the cursing of men gave Hu Yuan a splitting headache.
When did the soundproofing at Tianchen Villa become so bad?
With his dry eyes closed, Hu Yuan called out irritably, "Jarvis, get me a glass of water!"
"..."
The only response he received was the silence of the air and the wailing of children outside.
Jarvis, where are you?
He called out again, but still no one answered.
"Damn it, I knew those guys at Apple wouldn't make anything reliable!"
He muttered a curse under his breath, and groggily sat up, instinctively reaching for the edge of the bed.
But this time, his hand found nothing.
He opened his eyes with some annoyance, only to find himself in a low and cramped little room. He was lying on a stretchy bed that could just fit two people, surrounded by old and worn-out furnishings. Every now and then, he could smell the musty odor of rotting wood.
Where is this?
No one answered him.
He could only prop himself up and sway as he stood up. Soon, the churning in his stomach made him quickly grab a red spittoon next to him.
After all that fuss, he felt much better, but when he looked up at himself in the mirror to fix himself up, he froze.
The mirror reflected a man with messy hair and a stubble-covered face, who looked to be in his early twenties. He was wearing a white vest and blue cargo pants with several patches on them.
The man had a sallow complexion and pale lips, clearly indicating that years of excessive drinking had damaged his liver.
Hu Yuan looked at the man in the mirror, then unconsciously looked down at his hands and touched his face.
It feels so real, like I'm dreaming!
"What exactly is going on?"
As I was talking to myself, a sharp pain suddenly shot through my head.
A wave of memories washed over me.
Hu Yuan, 24 years old, primary school education, married for three years, his wife's name is Wang Man, they have one child, unemployed, has been idle and gambling since childhood, and often beats his wife...
"No! That's not right."
His name is Hu Yuan. He is an entrepreneur who owns ten listed companies and has a net worth of one billion yuan. He is good at appraising treasures and often makes big profits with small investments. He is a business prodigy and was once named one of the top ten outstanding young entrepreneurs in Jinling City.
Two conflicting memories mingled in my mind.
After sitting quietly for a while, he finally finished organizing the information in his mind.
The final conclusion is that the original owner was a complete scumbag.
He and Wang Man met through a blind date. Wang Man was with him for three years, and she hardly had a single good day.
Besides whoring, Hu Yuan did almost everything else: smoking, drinking, gambling.
Wang Man earned only twenty yuan a month at the factory, and Hu Yuan would gamble away eighteen yuan of it.
He would go home, drink alone, and beat his wife whenever he lost money.
For the past three years, Wang Man has refused to share a room with him and has repeatedly urged him to find a job on this condition. However, after only two days at the factory, he got into a fight with the workshop director. Not only that, he also stole materials from the factory and sold them.
It was only after Wang Man pleaded for a long time that the factory did not call the police.
However, after a while, she lost her job and completely gave up hope, thinking that it would be fine if Hu Yuan could stay at home and take care of the housework peacefully.
Who knew that Hu Yuan was not an honest man at all, and he didn't care about his family at all. Instead, he took the money and went out to gamble with some bad friends.
This family is completely ruined.
Just as Hu Yuan was trying to process the memories of this scumbag from the end of the last century, a series of footsteps approached from afar.
To Hu Yuan's astonishment, a small figure suddenly ran in from outside the door, grabbed his leg with chubby little hands, and cried out, "Please, please save Tuantuan's mother! Mommy has been taken away by a group of bad people. Tuantuan can't lose her mother."
Hu Yuan was somewhat bewildered by the crying.
Then he remembered that he had a child, but this little girl was picked up by Wang Man on the roadside.
Firstly, I felt sorry for the little guy, and since I had raised him, at least he had someone to talk to.
Secondly, she didn't know where she heard the idea, but it was said that men would take care of their families once they had children. So even though her family was already in dire straits, she gritted her teeth and brought the children home.
The child is not yet of school age and does not have a formal name.
Wang Man wasn't very educated; she just thought the name of a little white dog named Tuantuan from her hometown when she was a child was nice, so she named her Little Girl Tuantuan.
Seeing that Hu Yuan didn't speak, the little girl thought that Hu Yuan had rejected her, so she cried out again, "Please, please save Tuantuan's mother, okay? Tuantuan can't live without her mother."
Hearing Xiao Tuantuan's cries, Hu Yuan realized what was happening and looked at the little guy with a helpless expression.
Here's what happened.
Hu Yuan lost money a few days ago and had no money left, so he verbally promised to use his wife Wang Man as collateral.
The bad guys that the group of people were talking about were actually people who came to collect debts.
That's how this farce came about.
It's really unbelievable that someone would use their wife as collateral in this society.
But then again, what does this have to do with him?
Hu Yuan is Hu Yuan, and he is himself.
But seeing the little girl's persistent attitude, Hu Yuan had an idea. He wanted the little girl to give up, so he said, "Tuantuan, it's not wrong for you to want to save your mother, but nothing in this world comes for free. Everything has a price to pay."
Seeing the little girl's confused look, Hu Yuan added with a laugh, "You have to exchange something for it."
After saying that, he looked at the little girl with a mocking expression and said, "You want me to save your mother, so what do you have to trade with me?"
Listening, the little girl hesitated for a moment, then raised her head and said with a determined little face, "Tuantuan...Tuantuan, if Uncle hits Tuantuan again, Tuantuan promises not to cry."
What kind of condition is this?
Hu Yuan was both amused and exasperated, but he could see the little girl's sincerity, so he said, "Tuantuan, Uncle has a question for you."
The little girl looked up curiously.
Is Mom important to Tuantuan?
"Mom is the most important person to Tuantuan," the little girl Hao answered without hesitation.
“Since Mom is the most important to Tuantuan, then Tuantuan has to give up his most precious thing in exchange,” Hu Yuan said with a smile.
But he thought to himself, what precious things could a child possibly have to offer?
They probably couldn't afford it, so they gave up in the end.
Hearing Hu Yuan's words, the little girl stopped crying, her sallow smile turning into a furrowed brow as she fell into deep thought.
Just when Hu Yuan thought the little girl was about to give up, she suddenly ran out and quickly came running back in, holding something in her hand.
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