Chapter 176: A Dull Knife Cutting Meat

Hearing the person in front say payment and goods exchanged hand in hand, Lu Chi could only believe it.

After all, they have no other choice now.

When Lu Chi was about to hand over the gold to the other party, Zheng Hongyu interjected: "We need to see the money first; take us to get the money."

"No problem."

The other party agreed readily, quickly went to the nearest bank, and withdrew four million cash with his own bank card.

Obviously, the other party's limit was high; four million could be withdrawn just like that.

Lu Chi also tentatively believed that the person in front of him was really doing business.

To get the money as quickly as possible, Lu Chi and Zheng Hongyu kept a close watch on the other party, fearing they might swap the beams and pillars.

In less than an hour, all the bill counters had finished counting the four million.

Finally, payment and goods were exchanged hand in hand.

After confirming everything was correct, Lu Chi took Zheng Hongyu and left first; their most urgent task now was to hurry to the real estate center, hand over three million to the agent, and then purchase the second-hand house.

But on the way back, Zheng Hongyu kept muttering that she had lost out, after all, it was a million.

This time, if it's said there isn't, then there isn't.

Since Lu Chi found out that the person trying to mess with them was Lu Jingqing, he actually felt rather fortunate that the gold in his hand could be sold.

After all, if it weren't for meeting this person, the gold in their hands would really be no different from bricks.

Meanwhile, inside Jingyuan.

Secretary Li had already placed the gold submitted by his people in front of Lu Jingqing.

Lu Jingqing merely glanced at it casually and asked: "Has it been counted clearly?"

"It's already clear."

Secretary Li nodded and said: "These are indeed gold worth five million."

"Did Lu Chi get rid of it for four million?"

"Yes, as you said, Lu Chi indeed got rid of it for four million."

Lu Jingqing still understood his younger brother quite well.

Although smart, but not much.

Otherwise, if he just used his brain a little, he would know how to break this situation.

It seems he is also used to being extravagant, so even a small matter feels troublesome to him.

"Making them lose a million, I suppose their hearts are not at ease."

Secretary Li said: "There's nothing to be done about the imbalance; you've already cleared the way from top to bottom, so absolutely no one would dare to exchange gold with them."

When Su Yun Jiao came downstairs from upstairs, she heard the two people's conversation; just now she faintly heard Lu Chi's name.

Indeed, as soon as she went downstairs, she saw in front of Lu Jingqing a whole box of gold.

"Where did all this gold come from?"

Su Yun Jiao remembered that this should be Zheng Hongyu's private stash.

Zheng Hongyu had always hidden it very carefully; even in her previous life, she only took it out at the very end.

Su Yun Jiao never expected this box of gold to end up in Lu Jingqing's hands.

"Do you like it? If you do, I'll give it all to you."

Lu Jingqing had little interest in this gold, so he simply pushed it toward Su Yun Jiao.

Su Yun Jiao said: "Then please keep it for me; I'll still need it when I go to university."

School was about to start; although Su Yun Jiao didn't need remedial classes lately, she still reviewed her papers every day, daring not to neglect her studies.

After all, the saying "knowledge changes destiny" is not something that can be said lightly.

Lu Jingqing gave Secretary Li a glance, and Secretary Li quickly took that box of gold downstairs.

Lu Jingqing said: "Let me see if the wound has healed."

"Not yet, but I'd rather know how you managed to trick the gold into your hands."

Su Yun Jiao gave Lu Jingqing no chance to change the subject at all.

He really wanted to know what means Lu Jingqing used to get this box into his hands.

Knowing that Zheng Hongyu especially likes to hide her private money, even though those jewels have already been distributed by Lu Jingqing to the servants, this box of gold certainly wasn't taken from Zheng Hongyu's home.

Otherwise, this box of gold should have appeared in Jingyuan at this time yesterday.

"Want to know?"

"Curious."

"Is it because Lu Chi is curious, or because you yourself are simply curious?"

"... I myself am simply curious."

Su Yun Jiao knew why Lu Jingqing often brings up Lu Chi at the slightest provocation.

She had long since stopped taking Lu Chi seriously.

Lu Jingqing is not unable to see that.

Lu Jingqing seemed quite satisfied with Su Yun Jiao's answer, so he nodded and said: "Lu Chi is still very careful; he took this box of gold and ran, but I didn't give him a chance to exchange the gold, just used a little scheme, and thus this box of gold worth five million ended up with four million in my hands."

"But actually you could have given them nothing at all."

Su Yun Jiao is very clear about Lu Jingqing's methods.

Even if Lu Jingqing gave them not a penny, afterward Lu Chi and his group would have no way to pursue Lu Jingqing.

After all, the status gap is too great; Lu Jingqing could easily throw a few pennies their way and leave Lu Chi and his group with no recourse.

There's really no need to actually use four million to retrieve this gold.

"Do you think tormenting people is better with a swift sword cutting through tangled hemp, or with a dull knife slicing flesh, which is more painful?"

Of course it's like cutting flesh with a dull knife.

Lu Jingqing gave a faint smile and said, "Let them feel what it's like to have no money, give them a place to shelter from wind and rain—how about that? Gaining it only to lose it is the most painful."

Su Yun Jiao stared blankly.

For a moment, she didn't know what Lu Jingqing was up to.

However, this tactic didn't seem very friendly toward Lu Chi and Zheng Hongyu.

It was already evening.

Lu Chi and Zheng Hongyu could only find a random place to stay; they couldn't afford a presidential suite costing tens of thousands for one night, so they had to settle for a modest inn.

After all, they had limited cash on hand, and they had just bought a house; they wouldn't get the keys until tomorrow.

Lu Chi even clung to the million in his arms while sleeping, fearing someone would snatch it away.

After spending the night in anxiety and fear like that.

Only then did Lu Chi and Zheng Hongyu go to the second-hand house they had bought.

It was a typical two-bedroom, one-living-room unit, with a total area of only seventy square meters, in an old residential complex built twenty years ago.

Zheng Hongyu despised this environment; as soon as she entered, she saw cockroaches crawling on the floor—how could anyone live in such a place?

"I don't want this house! I'd rather die than live here!"

Having been Mrs. Lu for half her life, she firmly refused to endure such hardship again.

In such a cramped place, she felt even breathing was a strain.

"We have nowhere else to go, Mom; just bear with it for now—I'll be fine once I graduate from college."