In Luo City, Central Garden.

Chen Shuo and Wang Hui Ling stood in front of a villa gate. Outside the beige courtyard wall hung a wooden plaque that read “Central Garden Building 33, Peace and Joy.”

Wang Hui Ling said sarcastically, “When your older brother’s family first moved into this house, your sister-in-law invited us over for barbecue every other day, as if only her family had a villa and a courtyard. She couldn’t show off enough!”

“Now you also have a villa, right?” Chen Shuo said proudly, “If it wasn’t for your smart husband, could you live in a villa?”

Wang Hui Ling happily linked arms with Chen Shuo. “Look at how capable you are!”

Chen Shuo pressed his fingerprint to open the door. When the door opened, they saw a grand and spacious living room with a high ceiling and a crystal chandelier. The living room was filled with genuine Italian imported leather sofas.

However, on the most eye-catching coffee table in the living room, there were actually black and white portrait photos of Chen Ji’s parents, with fresh fruits placed in front of them.

Wang Hui Ling said in a disgusted voice, “Why put portraits in the living room? Does Chen Ji understand the rules or not? Doesn’t he feel creepy? Even if he’s not disgusted, how uncomfortable is it for guests who come over?”

With a bang, Chen Shuo casually threw the portraits into the garbage bin.

Earlier, he had wanted to partner with someone to do a big business and had asked his older brother to borrow four million. His older brother had insisted he wasn’t suitable for big business and only gave him twenty thousand to open a small supermarket, treating him like a beggar.

Wang Hui Ling sat on the leather sofa, touching this and that. She looked towards the opposite one-hundred-inch LCD TV and said happily, “How comfortable is it to watch TV series on this? They really lived like immortals before.”

“What TV are you watching? Hurry up and go upstairs to find the house deed. I remember they also bought some gold, find that too.”

On the wall of the second-floor corridor, framed honor certificates were nailed up: “Three Good Student,” “Luo City Go Competition First Prize.” All of them belonged to Chen Ji.

Wang Hui Ling pouted when she saw this. “Every time we came over, your sister-in-law would drag us to the second floor to show them off. She couldn’t show off enough. Hurry up and throw them away, they’re just annoying to look at.”

Wang Hui Ling took down all the certificates and threw them on the ground without a second thought.

They opened the door to each bedroom. Chen Ji’s bedroom was stacked with books, mostly popular science books about the military, and detective, mystery, and spy war novels, as well as many professional popular science books.

On the desk, there was still an admission notice for the Army Foreign Language College.

Chen Shuo and Wang Hui Ling searched the rooms and cleared out and threw away Chen Ji’s family’s belongings, as if only by cleaning up these traces would the house truly belong to them.

In the living room, Chen Shuo scratched his gradually thinning scalp. “Eh, where’s the house deed? Where is Chen Ji’s property certificate kept?”

“He didn’t guess something and hide the house deed outside, did he?”

“Impossible. Old Liu said he still thinks we’re doing what’s best for him.”

Wang Hui Ling quickly said, “We are indeed doing what’s best for him! After his parents passed away, he stayed home all day every day. This way down, he will definitely have problems and be completely disconnected from society!”

Ding dong.

The doorbell rang.

Chen Shuo was startled. “It’s already so late, who is it?”

He went to open the door. Outside was a middle-aged man wearing a black Tang suit. His skin was dark, and he had a short buzz cut, looking particularly vigorous. “Where is Chen Ji?”

Chen Shuo was suspicious. “Chen Ji isn’t home. What do you need to tell me? I’m his second uncle.”

“Second uncle?” The middle-aged man pushed Chen Shuo aside and walked in. Only then did Chen Shuo see that he was followed by another person.

This person was bald and shiny, and had a scar more than ten centimeters long, like a centipede, extending from the top of his head to the back of his head.

“Who exactly are you?” Wang Hui Ling retreated in terror. “We’re going to call the police!”

The middle-aged man looked around as if no one else was there. “Friends like to call me Robe Brother. I usually do some lending business. The one behind me is my little brother, Two Knives. Don’t be afraid, Two Knives’s scar looks fierce, but he just carelessly stepped into a void and fell while working on a construction site before. His brain isn’t too good now, a bit stubborn.”

Robe Brother continued, “We came here because Chen Ji mortgaged this building. He called this afternoon and said he couldn’t repay the money, so he asked me to come and collect the house.”

“What?!” Wang Hui Ling was greatly shocked. “On what basis did he mortgage this building? This house is ours!”

“Oh?” Robe Brother said calmly, “The property certificate is in Chen Ji’s name, what relation does it have to you?”

“How much money did he mortgage?” Chen Shuo asked nervously.

“Fifteen million,” Robe Brother sat down on the sofa boldly. “We do things according to the rules. As long as the customer can repay the principal and interest, we’ll be at peace. But now that I’m looking at this building, the money doesn’t need to be repaid, the house belongs to me.”

“No!” Wang Hui Ling said sharply, “Chen Ji is a mental patient now, the mortgage contract he signed doesn’t count.”

This sentence also reminded Chen Shuo. He said urgently, “Right, Chen Ji is a mental patient. We have his diagnosis report here!”

Robe Brother frowned.

He looked at the date on the diagnosis report in Chen Shuo’s hand and laughed in anger. Chen Ji had arranged for him to come collect the house tonight, yet he had temporarily gotten a diagnosis report. He clearly wanted to trick him. It was understandable to not have money to repay the debt, but to treat him like a fool was too insensible. “So you were waiting for me here, huh? You all planned it out to play a trick on me, right? Kneel down.”

“What?” Chen Shuo almost thought he had misheard the last two words.

Two Knives: “Robe Brother, where should they kneel?”

“Kneel in front of me.”

Before Chen Shuo and Wang Hui Ling could react, Two Knives carried the two people in front of Robe Brother, kicking the back of their legs one by one. The two people suddenly knelt in front of Robe Brother.

Robe Brother bent down and stared at Chen Shuo. “I’ve struggled in society for so many years, what haven’t I seen? Do you two even deserve to play a trick on me? Break a finger and then we’ll talk properly.”

Two Knives: “Which one to break?”

“Index finger.”

Two Knives: “Which section to break?”

Robe Brother rubbed his eyebrows helplessly. “The second section, I guess.”

The dialogue between the two was very strange. This Two Knives did things step by step. He did what Robe Brother told him to do.

Two Knives’s hand grasped Chen Shuo’s index finger like iron pliers. With a *ka* sound, he accurately broke the second section.

“Ah!” Chen Shuo cried out in pain.

“I want to call the police!” Wang Hui Ling shouted.

Robe Brother: “Two Knives, slap her.”

“How hard should I slap?”

Robe Brother laughed coldly. “Slap her until she sees her great-grandmother.”

Two Knives thought for two seconds, then swung his arm and slapped her. He slapped her until Wang Hui Ling’s eyes went black.

After slapping, Two Knives observed Wang Hui Ling’s expression, then turned his head and said to Robe Brother seriously, “She should have seen her.”

Robe Brother took the diagnosis report from Chen Shuo’s hand. “I am a very reasonable person in the way I do things. Since Chen Ji said he has no money to repay, then the house is mine. According to the situation, the matter should stop here. However, I am a person who dislikes being deceived the most. Since you set up a trap to deceive me, you should accept the consequences of deceiving me.”

“That’s not right!” Chen Shuo gradually reacted. “Not right, not right, not right! This matter isn’t us setting up a trap to deceive you, it’s Chen Ji setting up a trap to deceive you! We’ve also been deceived!”

“Oh?”

Chen Shuo’s finger hurt and his forehead was dripping with sweat. “Chen Ji said he couldn’t repay the money himself, so he arranged for you to come and collect the house. But according to what I know, his parents left him at least three million yuan! So it’s impossible for him to lack money, and there’s no need to mortgage this house, and it’s even more impossible for him not to be able to repay your money!”

These words surprised Robe Brother. Chen Ji actually didn’t lack money?

And as Chen Shuo analyzed, his brain also gradually cleared up. Chen Ji’s performance at Green Mountain Hospital that afternoon was all fake, just so they would bring the diagnosis report back to anger Robe Brother, while Chen Ji himself hid safely in the hospital.

So, Chen Ji chose a fierce person from the underworld to take the house, instead of choosing one of the many proper banks!

Robe Brother thought thoughtfully, “Chen Ji? I see him as quite honest and shy. You’re not bluffing me, are you?”

He recalled his impression of Chen Ji. At the time of signing the contract, Chen Ji was especially shy and taciturn.

Could this kind of sheltered student have the mind to play everyone at once?

Chen Shuo saw him hesitate and continued to explain, “Don’t you see that he also deceived me? I still don’t know that he signed a mortgage contract with you. Doesn’t this explain the problem? And you want this house, right? He can repay you at any time. After you deal with me, he will redeem the house back, and you will only earn some interest! He’s playing you!”

Robe Brother smiled lightly. “According to what you’re saying, I was used by a high school student?”

“He’s not a high school student, he got into the Army Foreign Language School through a special recruitment test.”

Robe Brother raised an eyebrow. “This school doesn’t just teach foreign languages, the people who come out are diplomatic military officers stationed abroad, ah… Interesting. Where is Chen Ji now?”

“At Green Mountain Mental Hospital!”