Black Market Boss: His Beloved Wife's Lazy Life

"You guys go back first!" Shang Guokang waved to the group and said.

The other three packed up the remaining money and went home one by one.

Shang Yanfang waited silently until all the outsiders left before entering the house. "Sister, hurry up and get on the kang (heated brick bed). You must be freezing!"

Shang Guokang stared guiltily at his older sister.

Shang Yanfang was helped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) by Gao Jianguo, her eyes fixed intently on Shang Guokang. "Tell me! How did you get to know those people?"

"Sister, sister. Um, I..." Shang Guokang stammered, overwhelmed by his sister's sharp gaze.

Shang Yanfang silently accepted the warm water handed to her by Gao Jianguo, and Shang Guokang finally breathed a small sigh of relief.

"Sister, I saw them playing cards by chance when I was at the market. There were originally four of them, but one of them had something to do today, so I filled in."

Shang Yanfang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her younger brother's words; it was still manageable if the pregnancy wasn't completely over.

"Sis, we played one cent at a time today, and I've already won a dollar." Seeing that his older sister wasn't so angry anymore, Shang Guokang boasted to himself, and even took out all the money he had won and placed it in front of Shang Yanfang.

Shang Yanfang almost choked on the water she had just drunk, and Gao Jianguo quickly patted his wife's back.

Shang Guokang naively thought his sister had choked on her water, so he comforted her, saying, "Sis, don't drink water so fast, it's not like you're in a hurry to be reborn."

The more Shang Yanfang listened to her younger brother's words, the angrier she became, and she slapped Shang Guokang on the head.

"Sister, why did you hit me?" Shang Guokang looked at Shang Yanfang with a wronged expression.

"Why did I hit you? I really want to beat you to death, you disobedient brat." Shang Yanfang's anger had reached its peak.

She was both worried that her younger brother was going to repeat the same mistakes he made in his previous life, and angry at his stupidity.

He hadn't learned his lesson from Lin Huihui's incident, and this time he even brought those people home.

Shang Yanfang became increasingly angry and gave Shang Guokang a severe beating, while Gao Jianguo carefully protected his wife from the side.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law. You need to control my sister, stop her from going crazy again." Shang Guokang continued to be sarcastic while dodging her.

"Xiao Kang, shut up!" Gao Jianguo had just noticed that his wife's temper had subsided a bit, but as soon as his brother-in-law finished speaking, his wife's temper flared up again.

After hearing his brother-in-law's words, Shang Guokang stopped provoking his sister and obediently waited there to be punched by her.

Shang Yanfang got tired of hitting him and finally stopped, sitting to the side panting heavily. Gao Jianguo considerately brought her a glass of warm water to help her recover.

Shang Guokang hadn't felt himself being hit for a long time, so he sat up and looked at his older sister accusingly.

Shang Yanfang had vented her anger and rested enough. Seeing her younger brother's accusing gaze, she snorted disdainfully.

"Xiaokang, do you know why you were beaten?" Shang Yanfang asked her stubborn younger brother.

"Because I was playing cards." Shang Guokang was still clearly aware of the mistake he made.

"That's right, you got it right. Do you know why I beat you up every time you play cards?" Shang Yanfang asked Shang Guokang, trying to coax him.

"I don't know." Shang Guokang looked at Shang Yanfang with a pitiful expression. His parents hadn't interfered when he went out to play cards before, so why wouldn't his sister allow him to play cards?

"Sigh!" Shang Yanfang sighed deeply and looked at Shang Guokang, saying, "Xiaokang, do you know who those people are?"

When Shang Guokang heard his sister's first question, he opened his mouth to answer it, but Shang Yanfang asked one question after another.

"Do you know where they live? Do you know what they do? You dare to bring them home? Don't you think your life is good enough?" Only after Shang Yanfang asked a long string of questions did Shang Guokang realize what was going on.

He really didn't know where those people lived, what they had done, or even their names; he only knew their nicknames.

Shang Guokang opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he closed it.

“I know you don’t understand any of this. But Xiaokang, when you play cards with them, that’s gambling, you know that?” Shang Yanfang said earnestly, looking at Shang Guokang who was deep in thought.

"Do you know why you won so much today? Do you really think it was just because you had good luck?"

Gao Jianguo stared at his wife, who was scolding her younger brother, with a look of infatuation on his face.

"Isn't that right?" Shang Guokang looked at his sister with those clear yet foolish eyes.

Shang Yanfang really didn't want to extinguish the light in her younger brother's eyes, but in order to let him know the dangers of the world, she was determined to be the bad guy.

"That's a trap they set for you. This time you played for one cent and won a dollar. Next time, they said they'd play for one dime. You'd definitely be hesitant, but they'd say you're so lucky and you could win ten dollars just like this time. Wouldn't you be tempted?"

As Shang Yanfang spoke, she glanced at her younger brother, Shang Guokang, who fell into deep thought.

Indeed, as his sister said, their parents gave them the same amount of pocket money, but he would use the money to gamble. At first, he would win, but later he would be the one who lost.

"Win ten dollars? How could you not be tempted? You'd definitely agree to their offer, since you could win a dollar even if you only bet one cent! If you're tempted, you'll fall into their trap. They'll let you win the first two rounds, and then you'll lose."

When you lose, you feel resentful, believing you were lucky, just that your luck hadn't run its course yet. This is the mentality of those who lose everything through gambling. They end up selling their houses, their wives, or even their lives.

As Shang Yanfang spoke, she thought of Shang Guokang's past life, which was truly...

After listening to his sister's words, Shang Guokang remained unsettled for a long time. His heart was in turmoil; he had almost, almost completely lost everything.

"Let's go, wife. Let Xiaokang think about it here! Let's go home!" Gao Jianguo gently patted his wife's back. His wife had gotten so excited talking that she was quite thrilled.

“Okay, let’s go back!” Shang Yanfang was afraid that she would lose her temper here and continue to scold Shang Guokang, so she agreed to Gao Jianguo’s suggestion.

"Xiaokang, this is a sweater your sister knitted for you. I've left it here. Think about it carefully! We'll head back now," Gao Jianguo said, glancing at his brother-in-law.