Jiang Lei hung his head in silence, while Zhou Aifeng didn't know how to explain, stammering, "Because... because..."
"Because if you really called the police, the one getting arrested wouldn't be Xiao Ming, but Lei, right?"
"What?" Jiang Yonghan stood up abruptly. "Lei, you little rascal, what trouble have you gotten yourself into now?"
"Don't shout at your son!"
Zhou Aifeng immediately started defending Lei, "It was old mother who told him to do it."
Jiang Yonghan frowned tightly, "What exactly happened?"
"He found some shady characters to force Xiao Ming to divorce me and to take our house, then for some reason, he ended up getting beaten up instead."
Jiang Xue glared at her mother and brother, "Now, not learning from your mistakes, you're even trying to blame Xiao Ming? Who here is the heartless one?"
"Nonsense! I did it for you!"
Zhou Aifeng shouted, "What's so great about living with that loser Xiao Ming? You're out of your mind, and as your mother, of course, I have to make decisions for you."
"For me? That sounds nice. Do you see anyone but Lei in your eyes?"
"You... whore, how dare you talk to me like that, I'll beat you to death!"
Zhou Aifeng swung her hand toward Jiang Xue's face, but did not expect another large hand to slap her first, hitting her face hard.
"Have you caused enough trouble?" Jiang Yonghan roared.
Zhou Aifeng was stunned for a moment, then tears immediately spilled out of her eyes.
"Jiang Yonghan, you heartless man, after slaving away for this family, you even hit me... Lei, are you just going to watch your mom get hit?"
Just as Jiang Lei stood up, he heard Jiang Xue's cold voice, "If you dare to do anything unfilial, I'll have your brother-in-law have someone beat you to death!"
Jiang Lei wasn't afraid of Jiang Xue, but after listening to Ma Biao's description of Xiao Ming earlier that day and being terrified out of his wits by getting beaten, he didn't dare act recklessly anymore.
Seeing this, Zhou Aifeng began to curse at her daughter again with words so foul that not even a cesspit could compare, leading one to doubt if the two were really blood relatives or mortal enemies.
Jiang Xue had given up on her mother completely, as if she hadn't heard a thing, and took two thousand yuan out of her bag, placed it on the table, and left the house without looking back.
Xiao Ming's wife didn't bring up her family again, so naturally, he didn't ask any further. In the blink of an eye, four days had passed, and at two o'clock in the early morning, on his orders, Yun Shi Yu and Shen Siyi sold the futures contract for 45,298 yuan.
With that, the five days of torment came to an end. After deducting the handling fees, Shen Siyi's five million yuan principal had ballooned to nearly one hundred and fifty million, far exceeding the amount he bet with Shen Siqi.
Yun Shi Yu's earnings were even greater, exceeding six hundred million yuan!
As for Xiao Ming, although his principal was ten million less than Yun Shi Yu's, he had still earned over three hundred million yuan.
Shen Siyi shouted excitedly, ordering the hotel service to deliver two bottles of champagne and generously giving a thousand yuan tip, delighting the waiter who grinned from ear to ear, thanking him profusely.
What he didn't know was that the net worth of the three young people sitting in front of him had already surpassed a billion yuan, enough to buy their entire hotel building with ease.
Compared to Shen Siyi's excitement, Yun Shi Yu was much calmer, sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows with a glass of champagne, staring dreamily at the city's night scene.
"You're not thinking that you earned too little, are you?" Xiao Ming sat down on a couch next to her.
Yun Shi Yu pursed her lips and smiled, "I'm trying very hard to resist the urge to take your innocence."
Xiao Ming paused, then shook his head, "You even dare to tease me, it seems that you're not unexcited, but rather too excited."
The girl looked at him, her gaze serene and profound, as if gazing at the stars.
"Honestly, during that night of the race, when you told me that you could help me stand at a height where even the Yun family would have to look up to me, I didn't believe it. I agreed only because I am drawn to thrill-seeking by nature.
But who would have thought, in less than half a month, you've already shown me the first light of dawn.
Ming, do you know? This is the first time in my life that I've felt what it's like to have control over my fate."
Xiao Ming sipped his champagne, "You haven't even lived long enough to talk about life.
Your future is still very long. As long as you obey, not just your fate, but even the fate of the Yun family could be in your hands, if you want it to be."
"Obey? That's a strange way to put it. Shouldn't it be 'trust me'?"
"That's because I don't like being doubted. Mere trust isn't enough.
So you need to think carefully. In the future, there's a good chance I'll make autocratic, maybe even pigheaded decisions, and if you can't absolutely obey, then it would be better if we don't get too involved with each other."
Yun Shi Yu frowned, "Can't I even raise objections?"
"You can, but I might not accept them. Even if I do, I may not have time to explain them to you in detail.
Can you follow my intentions strictly with complete doubts and fears?"
Yun Shi Yu contemplated for a long while, then said, "I don't know, but I want to try."
The next day, when Shen Siyi showed Shen Siqi the proof of his earnings and his futures trading record, Shen Siqi was so shocked he almost fainted.
Having been an executive in a corporation for many years, he could tell that both the proof and the records were genuine, but this was precisely why he couldn't believe his own eyes.
Five million multiplied thirty times in five days; it was nothing short of a miracle!
Moreover, this miracle was made by his own brother Shen Siyi, who had always been considered useless.
How could this be possible?
I have worked diligently and racked my brains for the corporation, only gambling occasionally for relaxation, and yet I've accumulated over fifty million in debt.
Shen Siyi, a good-for-nothing who only knows how to court cats and dogs, casually invests in futures once and earns over a hundred million.
How could this be fair?
Is Heaven blind?𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Shen Siyi couldn't hear his brother's internal roar, but he stiffly said, "If you don't believe it, you can hire a third-party auditing company to investigate.
I'll give you one day. Tomorrow I will convene a board meeting and in accordance with our bet agreement, acquire your shares."
Shen Siqi clenched his fists, and after his brother left, he smashed them down on the table hard.
"You want my shares? Dream on!
Father won't agree to it, and the board members will never allow so many shares to be in the hands of a useless person.
Fool! That betting agreement from the start was only ever meant to have me as the winner!"