The vacant storefront that Yuan Xiuhua mentioned is right next to the sports plaza, about fifty or sixty meters away from the area where they had just danced square dance.

There were a lot of miscellaneous items inside, and this storefront seemed to be used as a base for them to dance square dance.

Jiang Yao carefully placed the speaker and then Yuan Xiuhua, who had led him here, handed him a bottle of drink: "Young man, thank you for your help."

"It's getting late, we have to go back and rest!"

"look……"

She hadn't even finished her words, but her intention to drive him away was already very obvious.

The Jiang Yao in front of her looked almost exactly like her deceased eldest son in her memory, but their ages did not match at all.

There are so many coincidences in the world, and Yuan Xiuhua doesn't think that the two are really the same person.

After all, today's cosmetic surgery technology is very advanced.

Don’t we often see reports in the news about those copycat stars who make themselves look almost indistinguishable from the real stars?

Her eldest son has been missing for seventeen or eighteen years, and Yuan Xiuhua's impression of him has become a little vague.

She just thought that the young man in front of her was very similar to her son.

Seeing this person trying to get close to her and moving closer to her, she felt a little wary.

Back then, when Jiang Yao left her a large sum of money before he left, she did not keep it in the bank and earn the interest.

She doesn't understand other types of investment, but in her eyes, buying houses and shops are businesses that are sure to make money.

At that time, the housing price in the county town was only a few hundred yuan per square meter.

Nowadays, their houses and shops can be found everywhere in Taoyuan County.

Although their family is not very prominent, people who really know Yuan Xiuhua know that it is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that their family is the richest in the county.

Such a guy who looks almost exactly like his eldest son when he was young suddenly appears in front of him. Who can be sure that it is not some ill-intentioned person who has set his eyes on his belongings and wants to take advantage of him, so he deliberately had plastic surgery to create such a person?
This thought had just appeared in Yuan Xiuhua's mind. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this possibility was indeed not small.

The more she looked at Jiang Yao in front of her, the more she felt something was wrong, and there was a clear sense of alienation in her words.

"Understood. I'll leave now."

"You and Qingma should also go back and rest early!" Jiang Yao smiled and nodded.

Of course, he didn't know what Yuan Xiuhua was thinking.

But even if he knew this, he certainly wouldn't care about it.

After saying a few words, he walked straight outside.

Yuan Xiuhua and Qing Ma walked out of the store, and Jiang Yao was no longer seen outside.

After closing the door and pulling down the rolling shutter, the two of them chatted and laughed and soon disappeared at the end of the street.

*
*
Las Vegas, Dajing Hotel, first floor casino, VIP room.

"I've won, all. I don't believe I can lose this time!" A young man who looked to be in his early twenties, dressed in casual clothes, sat on a chair on the left side of the gambling table.

The game at this gambling table is stud poker.

His pair of aces was the biggest hand on the table before the bottom cards were revealed. Besides him, there were two other players at the table who also had pairs of aces, but theirs were not as big as his.

The hole card in the young man's hand that was not turned over was also an A.

Except for the smiling middle-aged man opposite, whose four cards were of the same suit and had the possibility of making a flush, no one else at the table could beat his three aces.

The young man was already in high spirits and had already lost a lot, so he pushed all the chips in front of him onto the gambling table.

"I'll follow!"

"I'll follow too!"

"Open the cards, I have three aces, no one should be able to beat me!"

"Sorry, my hole card is the four of clubs, which just makes a flush, better than your three of a kind!"

……

A few minutes later, the young man walked out of the VIP lounge to the lobby listlessly.

"Mr. Zeng, how is the battle going?"

"Could it be that you lost again?" Upon seeing him show up, a scarred man who had been guarding nearby rushed over immediately.

With a malicious look on his face, he looked the young man up and down and made a joke with a smile.

"Bad luck, I lost everything."

"Where is Brother Hua? Is he there?" With a sigh, the guy called Master Zeng saw the scarred man as if he had seen a savior. He quickly opened his mouth and asked.

"The boss is in the manager's office. I'll take you to see him now." Scarface smiled and greeted Mr. Zeng.

Under his guidance, the two soon appeared in an office on the second floor.

After inviting Master Zeng to go in, the scarred man tactfully closed the door, but he did not follow him in. Instead, he stood guard outside the door.

The Brother Hua mentioned by the two people is a man in his thirties or forties, dressed like a successful man and looks very kind.

This person was a stacker and he liked to look for gamblers in the country.

This Mr. Zeng was one of the wealthy men he discovered.

At the beginning, when Mr. Zeng was brought to the casino by Brother Hua to play, he won every day.

As his gambling addiction grew, the stakes became higher and higher, and the subsequent results are hard to describe.

Seeing Brother Hua sitting at his desk, Master Zeng smiled and sat down in front of him: "Brother Hua, lend me another 10 million to make a profit. When I win, I will return it all to you with interest."

Gamblers are all like this. The more they lose, the more eager they are to make up for their losses.

Seeing this, Brother Hua didn't say anything. He opened the drawer, took out a large stack of IOUs and placed them on the desk in front of him.

With a fake smile on his face, he pointed at the IOUs and said to Zeng Lin, "You signed the IOUs yourself, so you should know what's going on."

"Do you know how much you have borrowed from me these days? I'm telling you, a full 80 million!"

"If you want to borrow more money, you can, but you have to pay off this debt first!"

When Mr. Zeng heard these words, he was visibly stunned.

With a sound of "Ah", he exclaimed: "Are you sure, Brother Hua? How could I owe so much money?"

Picking up the IOUs, he began to examine them carefully.

Relying on his family's wealth, he spent money lavishly in the casino and was very generous.

He had lost all his money. When he first asked Brother Hua to borrow money, he was worried about traps and was always cautious.

But later, when he was defeated, he no longer cared about these things.

Anyway, as long as he signs the IOU, Brother Hua will hand the money to him neatly.

If Brother Hua hadn't just mentioned it, he really wouldn't have known that he had unknowingly owed as much as 80 million.

"My family is rich, you know that, Brother Hua!" "Lend me another 20 million, and we'll have a total of 100 million."

"Don't worry, I will take full responsibility for all debts and will not give you a single cent less." After checking all the promissory notes, Master Zeng's face became gloomy.

He was a poor student. After graduating from junior high school, he didn't even go to high school. He just went to a technical college and messed around for a few years.

He had already lost all his tens of millions of private savings in the casino.

He certainly could not repay the 80 million gambling debt by himself, and he certainly would not be willing to ask his family for help unless he had no other choice.

There was no other way but to borrow a little more to see if he could make back his capital.

"Your family is a big landlord, so I know you are rich. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to borrow 80 million from me."

"Just acknowledge this gambling debt."

"Borrow another 20 million to make up 100 million, OK!"

"Here's the IOU. Sign it and I'll give you the money now!"

Brother Hua, who originally had a fake smile on his face, suddenly turned friendly again.

After putting away the IOU on the table, he took out another IOU. After watching Master Zeng sign his name, he opened the safe with a smile on his face.

Of course, what he gave to Mr. Zeng was not cash, but stacks of chips.

After all, this is exactly what Mr. Zeng, who wanted to make a comeback, wanted. If he really needed cash, he could also exchange it in the casino with the chips.

After saying hello to Brother Hua, Mr. Zeng, who had been dejected before, seemed to be revived. Carrying the small box of chips, he strode outside with his head held high, like a general about to go to war.

*
*
In a teahouse in Taoyuan County, Xiangnan Province.

"Qing Ma, you are really amazing. You know how to educate your children."

"I heard that your Yuan Bo was promoted to deputy mayor in Shao City some time ago."

"If my family could produce a high-ranking official, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

……

At a tea table in the hall, Yuan Xiuhua, Qingma, and another middle-aged woman whose name was unknown were chatting with each other while sipping tea and eating sunflower seeds and peanuts on the table.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.

Most of these aunties who gathered together to dance square dance every day were people Yuan Xiuhua met in the beauty salon. In terms of family background, none of them was poor.

"It is indeed comfortable to be an official. Our Haozi graduated from Peking University and Tsinghua University."

"As a result, after graduation, he went to work for a company with an annual salary of over a million. The salary and benefits were good, but the last time he came back, he was only in his early thirties, but his head was bald, like a little old man. It made me feel so sad."

"By the way, Sister Yuan, what about the one in your family?" After taking a sip of tea, the unknown lady also spoke with a smile.

The Sister Yuan she was referring to was naturally Yuan Xiuhua.

After all, in terms of real age, Yuan Xiuhua is the oldest.

In addition, their square dance team was also established by her. On weekdays, she is kind to others and very generous. She often pays out of her own pocket to organize various activities with team members.

For such a person, some people might say behind her back that she is a sucker, but when they are in front of her, they still have to call her Sister Yuan.

When talking about her own kid, Yuan Xiuhua already had a look of dissatisfaction on her face: "Don't mention Zeng Lin to me, I get angry when you mention him."

"Let him study, he wants to herd cattle. Give him money to start a business, but he spends the money on drinking and partying with his bad friends."

"Some time ago, he felt that the country was not fun, so he followed his friends to the casino."

"I called him several times in the past two days, and he didn't answer, and he didn't even return my calls."

"If he wasn't my own son, a piece of my flesh, I would have wanted to beat him to death a long time ago!"

……

Feeling depressed, Yuan Xiuhua was cursing.

Others drank wine alone, but she drank tea alone. After one sip, most of the tea in the cup was gone.

"Zeng Lin may not be very sensible at his age."

"After a few years, he will be older and more at peace with himself, and he will get better slowly."

"By the way, Sister Yuan, can you let him get married earlier? With your family's financial situation, you can find any woman you want. When the time comes, find him a strong wife who can take good care of him."

"Besides Zeng Lin, where is your Tiantian? How is she now?"

……

Qing Ma and the nameless aunt looked at each other, and they talked to each other to comfort each other.

When they get together at their age, the thing they talk about most is definitely their children.

They both admitted that their family was not as rich as Yuan Xiuhua's, but when talking about their own children, they could still feel some sense of superiority.

"Tiantian's life is pretty good."

"She was in the entertainment industry for a few years. After she stopped being a star, she started her own company and it's said that it's doing very well."

"The most worrying thing about this girl is her marriage."

"Not long ago, her third marriage lasted less than half a year before she got divorced again!"

"When I asked her why, she just said she didn't feel anything. I was almost mad at her."

"Apart from this issue, she is very nice in other aspects and is quite filial. She often takes time to come back and spend time with me and Lao Zeng."

……

After a few words, Yuan Xiuhua suddenly felt something was not right.

The tea table next to her, which had been empty, was occupied by an ordinary young figure at some point.

As soon as she saw the familiar face of the young man, Yuan Xiuhua was furious.

She stood up and walked a few steps to the man: "Why do I see you everywhere? Are you following me?"

"Don't think that I will look up to you just because you have a face that looks very similar to my eldest son through plastic surgery."

"No matter who you are, or who's behind you, I'm telling you, if you want to take over our family, you're just dreaming!"

"With our connections in the county, we have a lot of acquaintances in the police station. Let me warn you one last time. If you dare to appear in front of me again, I will call the police and have them arrest you immediately."

The ordinary young man next to him was naturally Jiang Yao.

When she first met him, looking at his familiar face, Yuan Xiuhua felt really friendly and took the initiative to approach him and start a conversation.

When the man took the initiative to help her carry the speakers, she was just guessing that the man's face might have been plastic surgery, but now, she is basically certain that this man definitely has bad intentions towards their family.

After all, during this period of time, she kept running into this person one after another in various places in the county. Anyone could feel that there was something wrong with this person always appearing in front of her, and it was obviously deliberate.

"I came out for a cup of tea and I met you, Auntie. What a coincidence!"

"Call the police? I didn't do anything. I didn't break any law, okay?" Jiang Yao shrugged innocently and explained. (End of this chapter)

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