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Chapter 394: Astonishing Bet (50+ Monthly Tickets Update)

Chapter 394: Chapter 394: Astonishing Bet (50+ Monthly Tickets Update)

As Suizi and her husband had guessed.

Yu Shuisheng was put under house arrest.

He proposed to return to his hometown to live, and though his adoptive father didn’t offer an opinion, he secretly sent someone over to try to kill Suizi’s baby.

A strategy to sow discord.

As long as Suizi’s baby died, Yu Shuisheng would never be able to return home. His adoptive father, Mr. Hu, was confident that Suizi and her husband would forever bear resentment towards Yu Shuisheng.

Even with his abilities, Yu Shuisheng had become a caged bird, unable to fly.

At this time, Yu Jingting came over.

He didn’t even allow the brothers who accompanied him to go with him, but asked them to stay at the guesthouse.

He went over alone and directly approached them.

There were more than ten thugs in Mr. Hu’s house at the time, all muscular bruisers. Yu Jingting visiting alone was rather heroic.

This audacity shocked Mr. Hu, who personally received Yu Jingting.

Yu Jingting cut to the chase, telling him to release his captive.

Mr. Hu was amused by this.

He asked him if he knew where he was, and how easy it was for a person to disappear on his turf.

When Yu Jingting recalled this, it was only a few words, but his family could all feel the tense atmosphere.

Yu Jingting’s bravery caught Mr. Hu’s attention, and he straightforwardly asked him if he was willing to change his surname and become his grandson.

Mr. Hu was childless underneath him, only having the adopted son Yu Shuisheng. Seeing the potential in Yu Jingting, a bold and capable young man, he became interested.

Mr. Hu wanted to keep Yu Jingting at the border as a successor to Yu Shuisheng.

In this way, his Hu family would have an heir, and he would also cultivate a successor, killing two birds with one stone.

Yu Jingting declined without hesitation.

He had a home, a wife and children, and a mother. How could he possibly stay here living a dangerous life?

Wealth is fleeting, and if one risks his life for money, he won’t have anywhere to spend it once he gets it. It’s better to be at home with a warm bed shared with wife and children.

This refusal enraged Mr. Hu, and he immediately ordered his men to tie up Yu Jingting.

At the critical moment, Yu Jingting presented Suizi’s brocade sachet. Mr. Hu, reading the three characters on it: Wealth, Longevity, and Life, almost choked with laughter.

He viewed Yu Jingting’s action merely as a desperate struggle, paying no real attention to the three brocade sachets.

If Yu Jingting had been an ordinary person, displaying even the slightest fear, Suizi’s plan would not have unfolded.

But Yu Jingting was no ordinary person. Even with a knife to his neck, he was fearless, simply asking Mr. Hu to open one and take a look.

Mr. Hu unwrapped the one labeled "Wealth", and upon seeing the characters inside, he laughed even more heartily.

Inside Suizi’s first brocade sachet, there were only two words.

Horse Stone

How could such abstract and unintelligible characters possibly mean wealth?

When Suizi was writing these three brocade sachets, Yu Jingting was at her side. Suizi thoroughly explained the meaning of each sachet to him, so even in the face of a volatile situation, Yu Jingting remained calm.

He told Mr. Hu to bring out Yu Shuisheng, saying that Yu Shuisheng knew the meaning of these two words.

Yu Shuisheng who was under house arrest was brought out. Seeing his son, he was beside himself with worry.

Although he had missed his wife and children these past few days, he had also been relieved, knowing that if he could ensure the safety of Cuihua and her children, he would eventually find a way out.

Who would have thought that his son would come of his own accord?

Upon meeting, father and son hadn’t even time to say anything before Mr. Hu showed Yu Shuisheng the note. Laughing, he told him that his son had brought a sachet, asserting that these two characters could bring Mr. Hu a great fortune.

How large a fortune could it be?

According to Suizi’s description, it was a tremendous wealth that could change the fate of the Hu family locally and ensure its long-lasting stability.

After reading the note, Yu Shuisheng’s face became ghastly pale.

"A few years ago, I bid on a raw stone weighing 300 kilograms. Not sure if there were any goods inside, and with the bidding price being too low to bother extracting it, I casually tossed it into the stable to serve as a tether for the horses," said Yu Shuisheng.

So, when his son presented him the note, the first thing he thought of was that stone.

At the dinner table, there was a grave silence. Despite the scrumptious food served, no one had the appetite to eat, all waiting to hear the amazing encounter of the father and son at the border.

"What happened afterward?" Wang Cuihua, her hand sweating, eagerly asked.

"Afterward, my adoptive father made a bet with Tiegen regarding the stone. If there were goods inside, and as Tiegen said, it was of enormous value, he would let me go back. If not—" Exchange

Yu Shuisheng took a deep breath and looked at his son.

Yu Jingting, unperturbed, picked up a piece of fish, dangled it in front of his son’s mouth, and just as his son tried to reach for it, he popped it into his mouth.

Bobo, who had been tortured by hunger, felt deceived. With a pout, he was about to cry, Suizi quickly used a small spoon to feed him and his sister mashed egg yolk.

The children, now big enough to have a bit of complementary food, were voracious lately and would drool whenever they saw adults eating.

Yu Jingting, the mischievous dad, always enchanted his kids to the brink of tears.

"If there were no goods, he would take one of Tiegen’s legs," Yu Shuisheng recalled the stake of the bet, still shaking at the thought.

He almost had a lame son.

Wang Cuihua’s eyesight blurred, nearly fainting.

"Huh, mother, you must adore your good son, right?" Yu Jingting bent down to Wang Cuihua, teasing.

Slap!

Wang Cuihua slapped him on the face, immediately breaking down into tears.

"You little rascal! So you’ve learned to gamble! And they’re wagering arms and legs!"

"Wife, she hit me!" Yu Jingting turned to Suizi to snitch, only to find his wife with red-rimmed eyes.

"Didn’t I tell you to talk to them calmly? Weren’t you being too defiant? If you didn’t provoke them, how could they have even mentioned wagering your leg?"

Suizi’s heart was pounding, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Although she had full confidence, the scare was real. Knowing Yu Jingting’s confrontational nature, she was sure he must have said something provocative enough to upset Mr. Hu, hence his aggressive bet.

Yu Jingting shrugged. He really didn’t say much. He just bragged a little bit, but based on fact. Who knew the old man could hold such a grudge?

"So what happened later, was there something in the stone?" Wang Cuihua asked.

"If there had been nothing in the stone, we wouldn’t be sitting here."

When the first cut was made, nothing was found. Mr. Hu had already prepared the knife, planning to personally cut off Yu Jingting’s leg because this kid’s mouth was just too unscrupulous.

At the time, many people were present, and nobody could cheat.

Everyone doubted that there was any value inside this horse tether stone because there were many experts in gem gambling in Mr. Hu’s headquarters. That stone was just thrown in the stable, visible to everyone coming and going.

If there truly was value inside, how could everyone overlook it?

But when the second cut was made, a miracle occurred.

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