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Xu Damao hummed a little tune as he walked into the courtyard. Before he could even stand still, Yan Bugui grabbed him.

Yan Bugui is a man with sharp eyes; he can tell the weight of something in your hand at a glance.

He has an exceptionally accurate sense of time; he can almost predict exactly when everyone will return to the courtyard house.

There's no one he can't stop if he wants to.

Xu Damao was startled and shook Yan Bugui hard, saying, "What are you doing?"

Yan Bugui, needing a favor from someone, put on a smiling face and said, "Da Mao, I need to talk to you about something."

Xu Damao finally shook off Yan Bugui and moved two steps away from him.

"You must be up to no good."

This is inside the courtyard, and there are quite a few people here.

Xu Damao's words were a blatant disrespect.

Yan Bugui then questioned, "What you're saying is wrong."

“What’s wrong with that? You ask the people in the compound to talk to you. When will you find someone else to do something good?” Xu Damao said without any politeness.

Yan Bugui was furious and wanted to teach Xu Damao a lesson.

He had to endure it all for the sake of making money.

"This is really good news."

Xu Damao looked at it carefully with suspicion before saying, "Tell me about it."

Yan Bugui was too embarrassed to say it in public, so he went up to pull Xu Damao away.

Xu Damao reacted quickly and dodged directly: "Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."

Yan Bugui had no choice but to say, "Then come to my house with me. We'll talk about it when we get there."

He subconsciously glanced at what Xu Damao was holding.

Xu Damao immediately became suspicious of Yan Bugui.

After all, Yan Bugui has a criminal record. He blocks the door every day just to get benefits.

"Wait a moment, I'll put the things at Uncle Li's house, and then I'll go with you."

After saying that, he ignored Yan Bugui's shouts and went straight into Li Dagen's house.

"Uncle Li, I feel like Yan Bugui is acting strange. Has something happened in the yard?"

Li Dagen shook his head: "Nothing happened. Old Yan and the others have been going out early every morning these past few days to buy treasury bonds."

By the way, Old Yi just left his house not long ago.

Xu Damao couldn't see anything wrong either, so he could only say, "Among these things, there are some that He Yuzhu brought for you."

You can just put it away.

"Zhu Zi is back?" Li Dagen ignored those things and asked He Yuzhu first.

"I just got back today. I was drinking with him this afternoon," Xu Damao explained. "I'm going to see what Yan Bugui is up to first."

Yan Bugui looked at Xu Damao, who was empty-handed, and his old habit kicked in: "What did you bring back? It smells so good."

"It's nothing, just some food I brought back from Chaoyang Hotel." Xu Damao knew he couldn't hide it from Yan Bugui, so he didn't try to conceal it.

Yan Bugui looked regretful and said, "Then why didn't you bring some over? We can eat and chat at the same time."

Xu Damao said irritably, "You're the one who came to me for something. Even if you're going to treat me, it's your turn to treat me."

Yan Bugui looked a little embarrassed: "We've been neighbors for so many years, why do we still have to be so particular about it?"

Xu Damao was unhappy about this.

Yi Zhonghai and his group may say nice things, but in reality, they are the ones who understand the divisions the most clearly.

"As you said yourself, we're just neighbors, so it's best to keep things clear."

Yan Bugui regretted letting Yi Zhonghai go back.

If Yi Zhonghai were here, Xu Damao would never dare to treat him like this.

But the thought of Yi Zhonghai's temper gave him a headache. This time, they were the ones asking Xu Damao for help, and Yi Zhonghai absolutely could not be present.

If Yi Zhonghai were there, they would definitely have started arguing.

"Da Mao, why are you just like Sha Zhu, so petty?"

Let's not dwell on those unpleasant things from the past.

Xu Damao ignored him, stepped into the Yan family's house, and found a chair to sit down.

"Stop with the nonsense. Just say what you need to say. I need to go home and sleep after that." Yan Bugui had originally wanted to try to appeal to Xu Damao's emotions, but Xu Damao wasn't falling for it, so he couldn't do anything about it.

"I'm not here for anything else. Wasn't it you who brought up the treasury bonds issue?"

I've acquired a lot of treasury bonds, but I don't know what to do with them.

Didn't Director Li say that treasury bonds could be sold to him?

Could you please tell him for me that I'd like to sell them to him? My asking price isn't high, just 103 yuan each.

Xu Damao asked curiously, "The day after tomorrow is the 21st, why don't you go and sell them yourself?"

It might even be more profitable than selling it to him.

Yan Bugui felt somewhat helpless.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go, it was just that it wasn't cost-effective.

He didn't acquire many treasury bonds to begin with, so he couldn't make much money in a single round trip.

Yan Bugui naturally wouldn't tell Xu Damao this reason, for fear that Xu Damao would refuse or lower the price.

"Look at how old I am. If I were five years younger, I would definitely make a trip to Shanghai myself."

Yan Bugui's stinginess was deeply ingrained in people's minds. He would do anything to make money.

After he said that, Xu Damao really didn't doubt it.

Besides his annoying stinginess, Yan Bugui also had another annoying habit: he was difficult to deal with.

He can pester you to the point of questioning your existence for the smallest thing.

Xu Damao didn't want to get entangled with him, so he asked directly, "How many treasury bonds do you have?"

Yan Bugui looked at Xu Damao warily: "Why are you asking this?"

Xu Damao looked at him disdainfully: "Don't worry, I'm not going to steal it from you."

Yan Bugui smiled awkwardly: "That's not what I meant. It's just that, as you know, my family's situation is such that I don't have much savings and can't buy much."

Seeing that he wasn't telling the truth yet, Xu Damao didn't bother to ask any further questions.

"Since you don't have much, don't bother looking for Director Li."

"Why?" Yan Bugui asked anxiously.

Xu Damao looked relaxed: "Why do you think that is? Director Li is a big boss now, and he's doing big business."

He doesn't even bother with the treasury bonds you have.

People simply won't buy it.

Yan Bugui panicked as soon as he heard that.

He expected Xu Damao to lower the price, and he expected Xu Damao to disagree, but he never expected Li Huaide to look down on this business.

Undeterred, Yan Bugui said, "You're not lying to me on purpose, are you?"

Even a small mosquito is still meat, Director Li…

Xu Damao interrupted him before he could finish, saying, "Do you think everyone is like you?"

Don't forget, it was Director Li who first brought up the treasury bond business.

If he were interested in this business, he would have started it himself long ago; why would he let you know?

"Don't even mention Director Li, can't you see I wouldn't even consider him?"

Yan Bugui opened his mouth, unsure of what to say next.

Because what Xu Damao said was indeed the truth; Xu Damao never did this business at all.

"so what should I do?"

Xu Damao said, "I heard that Yan Jiecheng and a few others are also buying and selling treasury bonds, aren't they?"
Go find them.

He already knew about Yan Bugui's scheme to frame Yan Jiecheng, so he deliberately came up with this idea to have Yan Bugui go to Yan Jiecheng.

Given the nature of the Yan family, if Yan Bugui dared to go to Yan Jiecheng, he would definitely be severely stabbed by Yan Jiecheng.

Yan Bugui frowned, clearly disagreeing with the idea.

"Don't you know anyone else who wants to buy Treasury bonds?"
"By the way, you can talk to Sha Zhu. I can sell it to him cheaply."

Xu Damao sneered: "Yan Bugui, don't even dream about it. Do you think He Yuzhu would even bother with you?"

I don't care whether you wanted to find He Yuzhu yourself or asked on behalf of someone else.

I advise you to be honest. (End of Chapter)