Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

Chapter 402: Being Deceived 2

"Don't be so fussy. When Yang Yue marries into our family, she'll be a member of our Zhao family. If you give her things, they'll still belong to us. Tell me, how much money do you have?"

Zhao Aiguo pretended to be impatient and yelled at Wei Chunlan.

Wei Chunlan was startled and quickly said, "I only have 8 here, and there is still a gap of 7."

After saying that, she began to regret it again. She should not have agreed to this old man. Now, she had to pay so much money at once, which really pained her.

This money was given to her by her two children in the past few years. Wei Chunlan was reluctant to spend any of it and saved it all.

"8. I still have 2, which means I'm still short of 5. Let me call Wen Jing and ask her to help advance the money."

Zhao Aiguo walked straight into the inner room and prepared to make a phone call.

Wei Chunlan followed and suggested, "Wen Jing is in that clothing store. 5 is not a small amount of money for her. Otherwise, you can just call Wen Hao directly."

"How can that be? The bracelet was sold to Yang Yue. How can we ask Wenhao for money now? Let's keep this secret from him for now and give the young couple a surprise later." Zhao Aiguo rejected Wei Chunlan's suggestion and called Zhao Wenjing directly.

Unfortunately, Zhao Wenjing felt strange when she heard that it would cost so much money.

But Zhao Aiguo did not explain clearly what he wanted the money for, so naturally he did not get the money.

"Boss Zhao, what's going on? This is taking too long, isn't it?"

Seeing that Zhao Aiguo had not come out since entering the house, the two people waiting outside could not help but feel anxious. So the man in black walked into the main room and shouted at the door.

"I'm here, why are you rushing me?" Zhao Aiguo walked out helplessly.

"Well, have you collected all the money?" the man in black asked hurriedly.

Zhao Aiguo looked at Wei Chunlan before answering, "There's only 10 yuan left at the moment, and 5 yuan left. I've already called my daughter, and she'll wire it to me when the time comes."

Wei Chunlai was about to interrupt but was stopped by Qian Aiguo.

"Only 10." The man in black frowned, but he didn't want to lose this business. "Why don't you borrow some from other neighbors first?"

Zhao Aiguo glanced at the man in black with annoyance: "Are there a lot of rich people in your village? Do you think everyone's family is like me, able to easily come up with so much money?"

The man in black thought about it and agreed.

In this day and age, not everyone can come up with 5, let alone 5000.

"Then what do you say we should do?" The man in the white shirt came over.

"How about this? I'll take you to the bank to withdraw the 10 yuan. You give me the bracelet first. Then I'll write you an IOU, and when my daughter wires the money over, I'll give it to you."

Zhao Aiguo pondered for a while and finally gave his own thoughts.

"That's definitely not possible. There's no point in writing an IOU for something like this. No, absolutely not." The man in black shook his head repeatedly.

Zhao Aiguo was furious when he heard this: "Who am I? I'm Zhao Wenhao's father. Just based on my face, I'm not worth 5?"

Wei Chunlan, who was standing by and saw the situation getting awkward, was already a little reluctant to spend so much money on a bracelet. So she stepped forward and said, "Aiguo, why don't you just forget about it? I just don't think it's worth it."

"You are a woman with long hair and little knowledge. What do you know?" Zhao Aiguo pushed Wei Chunlan away.

The two men on the other side looked at each other, and then seemed to have made up their minds.

"Alright, now that you've said this, whether we give you face or not, we have to give Zhao Wenhao some face."

When Zhao Aiguo heard this, he was overjoyed.

He immediately asked Wei Chunlan to take out her passbook, then found his own passbook and drove away.

The three of them quickly went to the bank in town and took out 10 yuan. Zhao Aiguo also wrote an IOU and gave it to the other party.

"This is a bracelet, please keep it safe." The man in black took out the bracelet wrapped in cloth from his bag and handed it over.

Zhao Aiguo quickly opened it and saw that it was the bracelet. He immediately smiled happily.

"Don't worry, my daughter will wire the 5 yuan you need in the next two days. Come back and see me in a couple of days."

Zhao Aiguo rewrapped the bracelet and carefully placed it in his bag.

"Okay, we believe you." The man in black raised the corner of his mouth, and an imperceptible strange smile appeared on his face.

So, the two parties temporarily parted ways, and Zhao Aiguo returned home with the bracelet.

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Wei Chunlan chattered on and on, and finally explained the whole story clearly.

When Zhao Wenhao on the other end of the phone heard that his father actually spent more than 100,000 yuan to buy a bracelet from a stranger, he knew it was a scam.

It was obvious that the bracelet that was shown to Manager Mao must be real.

But the other party must have prepared two bracelets, one real and one fake.

To an outsider, it is impossible to distinguish such things.

By the time the item reached Zhao Aiguo's hands, it must have been swapped. And Zhao Aiguo was still gloating over it.

"Mom, go find my dad right away. He's been fooled. That bracelet is fake!" Zhao Wenhao said speechlessly.

When Wei Chunlan heard this, her face turned pale as paper. She widened her eyes and said in disbelief, "How is it possible? I've seen that bracelet before. It's really beautiful, and it even has an appraisal certificate."

"Okay, Mom, don't worry about this. I'll take care of it."

Zhao Wenhao knew that he couldn't explain it to them, so the most urgent thing was to call the police and find a professional to conduct a new appraisal.

"Mom, I'm going to hang up first. I'll talk to you later."

"Wenhao, Wenhao, what's going on?" Wei Chunlan finally became anxious. She still had great faith in her son. When she heard Zhao Wenhao say this, she knew something might have happened.

That was 10 yuan in cash! It was the money she had saved for several years to hold a wedding banquet for her son.

Zhao Wenhao wanted to explain things to Wei Chunlan, but since he hadn't even seen the bracelet yet, it was pointless to say anything now. So, he simply hung up the phone and called Zhang Bingkun of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Ping'an County Public Security Bureau.

After some explanation, Zhang Bingkun immediately concluded that this was a premeditated fraud.

The other two must have known Zhao Aiguo and were familiar with his character, so they deliberately set up such a trap to deceive him.

Moreover, a day has passed, and the two scammers must have escaped long ago. It is impossible for them to still stay in Ping'an County.

Besides, it was already night, so Zhang Bingkun could only find a cultural relic expert to identify the bracelet and only proceed to the next step after confirmation.

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