Typically, Jacob wasn’t one to act so boldly.


    But on this particr day, he found the courage to confront the security officer aboard the ne, motivated by the staggering sum of 20 million.


    Just like wine can boost confidence, so can money.


    When ites to amounts like thirty or fifty thousand, people tend to shy away, but when it hits three and a half million, some might even resort to extreme measures.


    And here he was, dealing with a whopping 20 million!<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    This felt like Jacob was essentially handing over 20 million, but worse, it was being tossed into the hands of his enemy.


    That thought alone was enough to send him into a panic.<fnbc02> This text is hosted at Find~Novel</fnbc02>


    Yet, ine’s calming words helped him regain hisposure.


    What good would it do to end up in a detention center?


    ine had spent just two or three days inside and came out with a broken leg. If Jacob ended up detained for fifteen days, he couldn’t even fathom the suffering he might endure.


    With that in mind, he hesitated to provoke the security personnel further. Instead, he slumped back into his seat, tears streaming down his face, and helplessly clutched ine’s hand, asking, “Wife, what are we going to do? I thought this thing wasn’t worth much, like three hundred thousand at best, but now it’s worth 20 million! This feels like a massive loss for my grandma’s house… I’m feeling so awful about this!”


    ine quickly reached out tofort him, gently stroking the back of his hand, and asked, “Husband, can you exin to me what’s happening?”


    Jacob, embarrassed, leaned closer to ine and confessed, “Well, the manager of Jiqing Hall, Zhou Liangyun, had previously beaten me, and I was upset about it. So when Zhang Ermao (Cade) told me he could help me get back at him, we thought of selling him a fake item. Zhang Ermao (Cade) helped me find an old copper Buddha, which I bought for ny-eight thousand. Justst night, I sold it to Zhou Liangyun for thirty thousand, but I never imagined it might actually be worth 20 million…”


    ine shook her head in disbelief and couldn’t help but retort, “Husband, I shouldn’t scold you since we’re back together, but what you did was incredibly foolish. If this gets out, people willugh at you.”


    Jacob sighed deeply, “What’s done is done. Right now, we need to focus on how to retrieve that money. We can’t let Zhou just pocket that 20 million so easily!”


    ine pondered for a moment before saying, “Give me all the details. How did you trick him? What story did you use?”


    Jacob then recounted the borate tale that Zhang Ermao (Cade) had concocted.


    Once ine heard it, her eyes lit up, and she eximed, “Wait a minute! Didn’t Zhang Ermao (Cade) have his younger brother pretend to be the one who stole it? Then they found someone else to impersonate his brother and went straight to Zhou Liangyun, iming the item was passed down from their father. They said it was stolen and sold by the younger brother, and now they demanded it back along with the three hundred thousand. If Zhou didn’t return it, they threatened to go to the police, arguing that this item was stolen property and should be recovered.”