The Juyuan Pavilion Trade Fair (Part Two)

Du Yuncheng knew his own limitations. Hearing what Du Liyu said, he gave an awkward smile and hurriedly said, "There's nothing good outside anyway. Let's go inside and have a look!"

Du Liyu smiled but neither agreed nor disagreed. To be honest, she really did not want to go in. Aside from the crowd and cramped conditions, the most important reason was that once they went inside, she would definitely have to worry about everything again. Given their level of skill at gambling on stones, it would not be easy to pick out anything particularly good. Since that was the case, they might as well not go in.

If I'd known this would happen, I should have transferred the money to him today. Sigh! How did I end up with such a useless older brother? Could it be punishment for sins committed in a previous life?

Actually, Du Yuncheng was not as useless as Du Liyu thought. He did have a knack for making money. It was just that he sometimes did things too impulsively. For example, when gambling on stones, if he felt that a piece of rough stone looked particularly good, he would want to buy it.

Although stone-gambling masters usually stopped him, sometimes Du Yuncheng would get such a strong feeling that the stone would bring a huge profit that he would insist on buying it. Perhaps his luck was pretty good—out of ten attempts, he actually won six times. However, the money he lost in the other four attempts was several times greater than what he earned from those six wins.

Seeing Du Liyu's reluctant expression, Du Yuncheng ignored her. The money was already in his pocket, so he could use it however he pleased. Besides, he had written IOUs for all of it.

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