Chapter 43: The Chip Problem
Rey pulls out the invitation.
A few rays of slanting sunlight shone on the narrow sheet of metal, glowing white.
The invitation is very light, only 20g in weight, but it is like a wheel of life to give people a chance to turn their destiny again.
Everyone needs her, especially those who have seen the truth of life and still love it. Only Jiang Ziqi, who buried his life with his own hands and dragged down his family, does not deserve it!
Rey fell into deep thought, and his hand gripping the invitation began to tremble.
Lili's whimpering finally stopped, and there was silence in the hallway.
Rey felt that the silence was like the depths of the ocean, hopeless, bleak, more oppressive than the weeping.
"Dad...... Daddy......"
The babbling baby suddenly broke the silence.
Lili's tears broke again.
……
With a bitter cry, Rey finally made up his mind. This invitation must be sent to Ziqi, although Ziqi is hopeless, but Lili and the child need a chance to change their fate.
"Lili, listen to me." "I know exactly what's going on, but it's not the end of the road. Maybe I have a solution, and I'm here to find Ziqi for this. ”
For a long time, no one spoke.
Just as Rey was about to continue his persuasion, the door opened silently......
The living room is cluttered.
The furniture was crooked, all the drawers were open, and all kinds of materials and documents were scattered everywhere. The walls were empty, and there were a calligraphy and painting that was about to fall, and several scrolls that had been rolled up stood in the corners. A pure wood antique bell fell to the ground unwillingly, telling the past glory of this huge living room together with several noble statues that also fell beside him.
In the center of the living room, on top of the complexity, there is a lonely crib. Next to the crib, a woman sat on the ground with her hands and knees folded, her head buried deep in her chest, already overwhelmed.
The door was still open, and through the messy floor, Rey made his way to the crib. A white chubby baby is already asleep with a pacifier in his mouth.
The woman sitting on the ground slowly raised her head.
His long hair was disheveled, his eyes were red and swollen, his face was pale, and his lips were bloodless.
Through her haggard appearance, Rey seemed to see her former face.
Lili was a beautiful woman......
"My name is Rey, and I'm a friend of Ziqi." Rey whispered.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Lili said, biting her lip, her red and swollen eyes glistening with tears.
"No, you don't have to apologize, I can understand your mood at the moment."
The interior of the house is like a palace after the fall of the dynasty, full of devastation. No matter who goes through such a thing, there will always be times when the emotions are out of control, let alone a woman.
"I guess, you already know."
Lili nodded silently, stretched out a white hand, and slowly spread it out.
On the small palm, a crystal shard emitted a faint purple light.
"Ziqi has been very strange lately, and often can't even see a figure. For two nights, they said that they had something to go out for, and they came back very late, and asked him not to say anything. Lili slowly stood up from the ground.
"I'll pour you a drink."
"Ah, no, don't bother." Rey said hurriedly.
Lili's petite back was full of exhaustion, and she walked barefoot towards the self-service water machine in a corner of the house that had not yet collapsed.
Barefoot? Lily?
A blurry figure reappeared in Rey's mind, followed by intense pain.
"Ah......h
Rey clasped his head in his hands in agony.
What the hell is going on?
"You, are you alright?" Lili walked over with a glass of lemonade in her hand.
"No, it's okay, thank you." Rey quickly dispelled the blurred figure from his mind and took the water from Lili.
The pain subsides.
"Yesterday morning, Ziqi locked himself in the study, and I clearly heard a loud sound coming from the study, like, like smashing something with a hammer." Lili said with a frown.
That should be Ziqi smashing his own crystal.
"I was very worried, and he didn't respond to any of the calls. Later, he finally came out, his eyes slightly red. We've been together for so long and know each other so well that I know he must have had some great difficulty, but he doesn't say anything to me. ”
Rey listened quietly, not knowing what to say.
Last night, he silently hugged Dudu (Lili and Ziqi's child) for a long time, as if he would never see him again. Then he took me into his arms, and I could feel him crying. I knew he should have something to say to me, but he forced a smile and said that the company was in a hurry, and he would come as soon as he went. ”
Lili straightened her long messy hair on her forehead and continued, "He never came back. Crystal couldn't reach him, it had never been. The bad feeling grew stronger, and I rushed into his study, desperately trying to find some clues, and finally found this small piece of fragment. ”
"I'm amazed that I can't help myself, what kind of thing can a person face to smash his identity crystal, sir, you say......" Lili's voice trembled.
"I also graduated from Peony University, and I studied quantum crystal research and development. Although I became a housewife after marriage, with the remaining knowledge, I put the crystal fragments on the scanning board and connected them to the brain computer. Most of the content has been damaged and unrecognizable, but bypassing the broken data, there are still two complete pieces of information that I have deciphered. ”
Is gambling also recorded on the crystal? Rey thought to himself as he took the lemonade that was getting cooler.
"The first piece of information is money, Ziqi's crystal has a total of less than 200 Great Wall coins! Our money was deposited in a fund in his unit in Ziqi's name, and there should have been 6 million, and I felt dizzy at the time. The second piece of information destroyed me even more, the ownership of this house is no longer Ziqi, but the bank. We have less than a month of access left. ”
"It's over, it's all over, we have nothing left! A month later, Dudu and I would be displaced. I'm not a good housewife, I trust Ziqi too much, except for the necessary living expenses, I let Ziqi save most of the money. I never thought to ask about our assets, and I never thought that Ziqi would cheat on me. Lili silently shed tears.
Rey was at a loss and didn't know how to comfort Lili.
"I'm sorry, sir, I'm so excited." Lili said softly.
"I guess he gambled."
Lili's words surprised Rey.
"That's right, he made a roulette wheel in his dreams, betting on such a sound." Lili cleared Rey's confusion and continued, "It's also strange that I never noticed this. I'm worried about Ziqi, but I can't contact him, where can I find him with Dudu? The priority is to return the money to the bank, you laugh, the house is so messy because I'm looking for everything I can get money for. ”
"I guess those paintings are too, right?" Rey gestured to a few scrolls standing in the corners.
"Hmm. I was deranged, and I was rummaging through things, thinking that everything was supposed to be exchangeable for money. I searched and searched in a panic, and my mind went blank. Finally I sat down on the floor and weakly admitted a fact. It's impossible for us to scrape together the $3.5 million bill. ”
"So, how much money can you scrape together?" Rey asked with concern.
He was eager to know how useful the invitation in his hand would be if it turned into full gold.
"1 million, no, it may not be enough, I guess Ziqi went out to raise money. But neither his family nor my family could come up with so much money at once. Lili said sadly.
Rey was speechless, Ziqi didn't go out to make money, but to commit suicide.
Yes, even Lili knows that she should find a way to redeem the house first, why does Ziqi have to commit suicide?
Even if 3.5 million is really an astronomical number, even if it is really too late for ten days, Ziqi seems to have never worked hard in this regard, but is full of only the idea of suicide.
Something is wrong with this?
Rey struggled to recall every word Ziqi said, and suddenly a sentence appeared in Rey's mind. "Within ten days, as long as I can commit suicide on the roof of the Spring Cake Building, my gambling debts will be written off."
It's also a bet.
Since it is a bet, there must be losses and wins.
Rey ignores a fact.
That is, Ziqi lost his life and actually won! This will allow you to get back all the property you lost.
So if Ziqi didn't succeed in suicide, wouldn't it be considered a loss? What else will Ziqi, who already has nothing, lose?
Could it be that money can't solve the problem? That's why Ziqi is the only way to commit suicide?
Ziqi's life turned out to be not a chip in the bet, but the content of the bet!
To die or not to die is just two sides of the silver coin that was thrown, the death side of Ziqi's bet, the life side of the other party's gamble, real estate and six million are the other party's chips, what are Ziqi's chips for the last bet?
Looking at Lili, who was still sad, and Dudu, who was gently picked up by Lili, Rey didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"Good, good, baby. Mommy will always be there for you. Despite the exhaustion on her face, Lili still coaxed the child softly.
Now even if he has three pieces of red gold, he may not be able to save Jiang Ziqi.
He may have blocked someone else's life, which is the only thing that Rey can think of as if he Jiang Ziqi still had.
If he made such a bet, then he really is a bastard. He really had to die.
Admit defeat in betting.
No one can help him, and Time Games Workshop can't do anything, do you want to give him this invitation?
Rey was lost in thought, and Lili concentrated on coaxing the child, the door still open.
Give it to him, at least make him happy before he dies.
Just as Rey casually raised his head after making up his mind, a figure flashed through the doorway.