Dragon Blood Divine Son-in-law
Chapter 554 This is a scam

Chapter 554: Chapter 554 This is a scam

"Mom, just tell me, what on earth is going on?!" Han Jingting was getting anxious.

Ding Lijuan mumbled with her head down, "I... I just wanted to make some investments to earn some money, I didn’t know I would accidentally lose it all..."

Han Bowwen was so angry he exploded, "You call that an investment? That’s outright gambling!"

"I’ve told you so many times not to put in so much, but you never listen!"

"Now look what’s happened, the villa worth over thirty million has been lost because of you, now we might as well get ready to live on the winds of the northwest!"

Even though Han Bowwen was exceedingly weak on normal days, at this moment, his anger couldn’t be hidden.

Ding Lijuan totally lost her temper and slapped Han Bowwen, "Why are you yelling at me? Do you think I wanted this to happen? I just wanted to earn some more money! Who knew it would end up in a loss! Boo hoo hoo..."

Ding Lijuan truly felt wronged and started crying.

Indeed, Ding Lijuan felt extremely aggrieved.

Initially, she had mortgaged the villa and handed over all the money to Ding Liang, wanting him to use Brother Guo’s connections to make a big bet and earn tens of millions. But unexpectedly, a phone call from Brother Guo yesterday plunged them into the abyss.

The investment was a failure, all the money went down the drain!

An investment of fifty million, just vanished!

Last night, in the dead of night, Ding Lijuan and her family were evicted from the villa by the debt collectors.

From a high-net-worth lady with luxury cars and a mansion to a homeless wanderer on the streets struggling for food, Ding Lijuan experienced it all in one day!

From their conversation, Han Jingting picked up on some clues, "Investment? All lost? Dad, what exactly did you guys do?"

Han Bowwen, restraining his anger, told Han Jingting all about the recent events in detail.

After listening, Han Jingting and Chen Xuan looked at each other, lost for words.

A return rate of nearly sixty percent?

Both were somewhat familiar with business, and they had never heard of an investment with such a high return rate!

"Mom? You couldn’t have been scammed, could you?" Han Jingting asked.

Ding Lijuan waved her hand, very certain, "Impossible! Have you ever seen a scammer who actively hands over money to you?"

Han Bowwen also nodded, "Yeah, we have made quite a bit of money before! And this time, it was your mom who insisted on getting involved in the investment, Brother Guo originally didn’t even want to take us along for the ride!"

"Exactly, that Brother Guo is also Xiao Liang’s friend, how could he possibly scam us!" Ding Lijuan was confident.

Chen Xuan cautioned, "Mom, have you ever considered that the real person who might want to scam you isn’t Brother Guo, but Ding Liang?"

Han Bowwen caught onto something and brightened up, "Chen Xuan, are you saying that Ding Liang and that Brother Guo are in cahoots?"

Chen Xuan nodded, "I think it’s very possible!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Ding Lijuan cursed him out loudly, "That’s total nonsense!"

"Chen Xuan, stop sowing discord here! Ding Liang has been brought up by me since he was a child, he’s like a son to me!"

"Let me tell you, even if the whole world deceives me, Xiao Liang would definitely not!"

"If you want to drive a wedge between me and Xiao Liang, get out of my sight!"

Ding Lijuan was furious, like a lioness protecting her cub, forbidding anyone from slandering Ding Liang!

Han Jingting watched Ding Lijuan’s behavior, feeling a surge of heartache.

She was Ding Lijuan’s biological daughter, after all!

But from childhood to adulthood, she never once saw her mother defend her like this. On the contrary, in Ding Liang’s presence, she felt so superfluous, so insignificant!

What Chen Xuan couldn’t stand the most was Ding Lijuan’s biased behavior toward Ding Liang.

It was precisely because of her favoritism that he almost ended up in prison, almost caused Han Jingting’s company to go bankrupt, and even Xiao Yu was forced to leave home because of her partiality towards Ding Liang!

"A return rate over sixty percent, how could there possibly be a project with such a high return rate in this world!"

"Even if there were, it wouldn’t be something that ordinary people could easily get their hands on!"

"The previous few small investments were fine, but this large investment was a complete loss, quite obviously, it was all a setup!"

"Those earlier profitable investments were simply to lure you into the trap!"

Chen Xuan’s expression was severe as he stated emphatically, "All these projects were introduced by Ding Liang. This setup is definitely connected to Ding Liang!"

Initially, Ding Lijuan was very confident, but after hearing Chen Xuan’s analysis, she began to waver.

Han Jingting suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked, "Right, where’s Ding Liang? Where did he go?"

"He was chased out with us earlier, but then he became afraid that creditors would come to him for debts, so he took his mother and returned to his rural hometown!"

"Debt collection? Does he still owe money?" Han Jingting was surprised.

Han Bowwen explained, "Brother Guo said before that this investment needed at least fifty million to start with. Your mother mortgaged the house and even the cash she had was not enough. In the end, it was Ding Liang who borrowed over six million from outside, and that’s how they amassed the fifty million!"

"Now that the investment has failed, the house is gone, and naturally, Ding Liang cannot repay the six million he borrowed!"

Han Jingting and Chen Xuan were speechless.

To mortgage the house and all the money, and even borrow millions, just for an investment?

That was far too reckless!

Ding Lijuan straightened her back even more, "I’ve always said, Xiao Liang is a good kid. He’s now swamped with debt. How could he possibly trick me! I think you all are just biased against him!"

Chen Xuan scoffed, "Whether he tricked you or not, if you call him over and ask him, you’ll know!"

Ding Lijuan was not convinced, "Fine, I’ll call Xiao Liang right now and let you see his filial piety! Compared to you and your son-in-law, Xiao Liang is a hundred times better!"

Ding Lijuan then dialed Ding Liang’s number, but it showed that the cellphone was turned off.

After several attempts, it remained the same.

"Xiao Liang must be avoiding calls from debt collectors, so he turned off his phone. It must be the case!" Ding Lijuan was very certain.

However, Chen Xuan felt it was not so simple, "Where is Ding Liang’s hometown? Let’s take a trip there now!"

After hesitating for a moment, Ding Lijuan eventually gave the address of Ding Liang’s family home.

Then, Chen Xuan drove Han Jingting and her family straight to Ding Liang’s rural home.

Ding Liang’s hometown was in a backward village, and the yard was very dilapidated.

It had been a long time since Ding Lijuan had returned, and as soon as she got out of the car, she excitedly went up to knock on the door.

"Xiao Liang, open the door, it’s me, your auntie!"

However, despite knocking for a long time, there was no response from inside.

At that moment, a neighbor’s voice came from behind, "Stop knocking, Ding Liang’s family hasn’t lived here for ages, the house has long been sold to someone else!"