Chapter 173 All the family wealth is gone
"Chengze never gambled when he was at home. How come he became like this after following you back for such a short time?"
"You still have the mood to blame me. You want to divorce me. Chengze was cheated just to make money to support his family."
Gu Zhengyuan said angrily, "Can you use some brains? You can't expect such a young child to make money."
The two blamed each other and pushed the responsibility onto each other.
Grandpa Gu came over and said, "Okay, don't waste any more time. Let's go to An's house and see what's going on."
On the way to An's house, Grandpa Gu went to the police station to report the incident, and two policemen followed them to An's house.
When they arrived at An's house, they found the front door closed.
An Li knocked on the door.
A strong man opened the door and asked, "Did you borrow the money?"
A policeman followed. An Li was no longer panicked and said, "You are enticing minors to gamble. I have called the police."
There were six strong men in the house. When they saw Mr. Gu and his son and the police, they were not panicked at all.
The strong man who opened the door said:
"We don't want to knock on your door and ask for money. That little bit of money is nothing to you, but it is our hard-earned money. Also, we didn't induce the child to gamble.
He lost money gambling somewhere else and asked my child to borrow money. My child told me about it, and I agreed to lend him the money for the sake of their friendship, but I had to write an IOU.
He promised to pay me back when he got home, but he didn't pay me back when the time came, so of course I had to come to your house to ask for the money."
The policeman asked, "Where did the child gamble?"
The strong man shook his head: "I don't know about that."
Another big man next to him said he knew He told the police an address, and then told the police: "I advised him not to be cheated, but he didn't listen and said he wanted to make a comeback. I was worried, so I followed him.
When he got there, he was like a madman, losing many times in a row. He would occasionally win once, but he lost a lot.
In the end, he lost all the money he borrowed from me, but he still didn't give up. He asked me if I had any money. I happened to have money on me to build a house in my hometown. I said I couldn't lend him any more money. He wrote the IOU and snatched it away."
The big man took out the IOU and showed it to the police.
The police called Gu Chengze over for questioning.
Gu Chengze admitted that he wrote the IOU and said that it was not this group of people who induced him to gamble.
The police asked the big men who wanted money to take out all the IOUs. When they saw the amount on them, they were very surprised and showed them to Gu Zhengyuan.
Gu Zhengyuan almost fainted when he saw it.
All the IOUs added up to 5,000 yuan.
An Li pointed at Zhuang Han and said, "They must be in the same group and teamed up to cheat Chengze."
Zhuang Han ignored An Li and said to Gu Chengze, "Kid, you have to speak with conscience. It was you who begged us to borrow money at the beginning. I also thought the amount was too large and was unwilling to lend it to you. It was you who said that this little money was nothing for your family, so I reluctantly lent it to you."
The police asked Gu Chengze if the situation was true, and Gu Chengze nodded.
Grandpa Gu asked Gu Chengze who took him to gamble.
Gu Chengze still wanted his grandfather to pay him back, so he told the truth.
When he went out to play with his classmates, he saw people gathering to gamble, so he tried it out of curiosity and won money.
Later, he went there often alone and was able to win money. He felt that he could make a lot of money from this.
The strong man said: "The police comrades are all here, and he said it himself. The gambling matter has nothing to do with us. I lent him money because he has a good relationship with my child. I also reminded him in the middle."
The other strong men also nodded. Their children are all friends with Gu Chengze.
An Li was unwilling to admit this fact and asked the police to search the gambling den and recover the money.
A group of people went to the gambling place mentioned by Gu Chengze.
After arriving, they found that there was only an old man in the yard and no one was gambling.
The old man said that his yard was rented to someone before, and the rent expired yesterday, so the person checked out and left.
The police asked for the information of the tenant, and the old man said that it was only a short-term rental and did not ask the other party's name.
The matter was cut off at this point, but Gu Chengze borrowed money voluntarily, and the money still had to be repaid.
5,000 yuan is something that an ordinary family cannot afford.
Even if the Gu family has money and pays back the money, I am afraid that the Gu family's property will be almost gone.
An Li said, "Chengze is still a child, he was also deceived. We will return the money to you after we catch those gamblers."
The men disagreed and said that if the Gu family was unwilling to pay back the money, they would come to ask for money every day and go to the couple's workplace.
It is natural to pay back debts, and even the police cannot stop them from asking for money.
Gu Zhengyuan looked at Grandpa Gu: "Dad, what should we do now?"
Grandpa Gu said to the men who were asking for the debt: "This is not a small amount of money. We need time to raise it. Please give us some time."
Seeing that Grandpa Gu agreed to pay back the money, the men said: "I believe that the Gu family is not a family that owes money and does not repay it. I will give you three days. After three days, we will go to the Gu family to get the money."
Grandpa Gu nodded in agreement.
The matter was over and the day was bright.
From beginning to end, the An family did not interrupt. They were afraid that the Gu family would blame the An family for Gu Chengze's gambling.
After all, Gu Chengze started gambling after he arrived at the An family.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, An's mother quickly packed her daughter's luggage and asked her and her son to go back with Gu Zhengyuan.
Gu Zhengyuan did not stop them from going back, and the An family breathed a sigh of relief.
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After returning home, Grandpa Gu called his son to the room, took out the box from under the bed again, and touched the jewelry inside reluctantly.
"I never thought that your mother's jewelry would be handed over to you in this way. You sell these jewelry and pay back the money."
Gu Zhengyuan felt sad: "Dad, I'm going out to borrow money, and Mom's jewelry can't be sold."
Mr. Gu sighed, "Even if you borrow money, you have to pay it back. With your salary and my pension, how long will it take to pay it back?
Besides, even if you sell these jewelry, it may not be enough. You have to hurry up. You can't let people find your company. It will have a bad impact.
This time it's not like Siyuan's case. He came forward to explain for you. If you don't pay back the money, you will be criticized."
Gu Zhengyuan went out with the box in great sadness.
When he got to his room, Gu Zhengyuan said to An Li, "Now you are satisfied. All of Dad's property will be given to Chengze."
An Li opened the box and looked at the jewelry and cash inside. She was also very distressed.
The property she had calculated so carefully was finally in her hands, but she didn't even have a chance to warm it up before giving it to others.
When Gu Chengze saw the things in the box, his eyes lit up. He took the cash in the box and said, "Give me this money first. I just had bad luck at the moment. If you give me another chance, I will definitely win back what I lost and I won't have to sell the jewelry."
Gu Zhengyuan snatched the money from his hand and slapped him in the face, "You idiot, you still don't repent. Do you believe I will kick you out of the house?"
An Li was extremely scared now. If Gu Zhengyuan was unwilling to take care of this matter and divorced her, what would she do if that group of people asked her for money?
She quickly advised Gu Chengze: "Chengze, gambling will only make you get deeper and deeper. You must never touch it again in the future. Apologize to your father quickly."
Gu Chengze was stubborn and refused to bow his head.
Seeing that Gu Zhengyuan was about to leave with the box, An Li said with a cruel heart: "Chengze, if you still don't recognize your mistakes, I will not care about you anymore. You have to pay the money yourself."
This trick really scared Gu Chengze, and he apologized to Gu Zhengyuan reluctantly.
Because the Gu family was in urgent need of money, the jewelry in the box was not sold at a normal price, and it was still not enough. Gu Zhengyuan borrowed some from his three sisters' homes and made up 5,000 yuan to pay off the debt.