After Luo Ergou finished his lunch normally, and learned that Luo Yujiao's boyfriend had not only saved him but was also very rich, his mood was exceptionally good.
He seemed to have truly reformed, showing concern for Luo Yujiao.
However, inexplicably, Luo Yujiao felt a sense of unease. She had a nagging feeling that her father wasn't quite himself. But a brief thought revealed the reason: it was the effect of that 'reversal pill'.
Could he truly turn over a new leaf?
...
During dinner, everyone ate together. Because the house was small and couldn't accommodate everyone, the daughters and their husbands proposed to stay elsewhere.
Only the elderly couple remained at home.
Watching his wife wash clothes, Luo Ergou tiptoed into the room, took out a stack of money from the drawer by the bed, hesitated slightly, then took out all the remaining stacks and stuffed them into his coat pockets.
This money was what Luo Yujiao had saved for her mother.
It was a full one hundred thousand yuan.
When he reached the courtyard, Li Xiuqin was washing clothes.
"Where are you going?" Li Xiuqin looked at Luo Ergou, her expression unreadable, and stopped washing clothes.
"Just going for a walk," Luo Ergou coughed.
"Gambling again?" Li Xiuqin continued, her voice filled with disappointment. She walked up to Luo Ergou.
"I already said, I'm just going for a walk," Luo Ergou said impatiently.
"What's bulging in your pocket?" Li Xiuqin said, reaching for Luo Ergou's pocket. But Luo Ergou pushed her away and walked straight outside.
Li Xiuqin, who had fallen to the ground, sat there, a look of disappointment and resignation on her face.
"Mom," Luo Yujiao walked over, her eyes red.
"I told you, it would be strange if he could change. I didn't expect him to relapse within half a day!" Luo Jinjiao said with a cold sneer. She wasn't surprised at all by her father's actions.
"Perhaps he isn't going gambling?" Luo Yinjiao hesitated, wanting to make excuses for her father, but even she didn't quite believe it.
"I'm going to see how much money he took!" Li Xiuqin gritted her teeth, then the group went into the house. Li Xiuqin opened the drawer and saw that the hundred thousand yuan she had put in that afternoon was gone, not a single bill left.
"If he's not gambling, how could he take all the hundred thousand yuan you gave him this afternoon?" Li Xiuqin looked at her daughters, her eyes filled with a despair beyond resignation. "You all thought he would change, but you don't know the ancient Chinese saying that is very true: 'A dog cannot change its habit of eating shit.'"
Everyone fell silent.
"Where is Feilong?" Li Xiuqin asked, looking around at everyone.
"Feilong went to follow him!" Luo Yujiao said.
"Tell him to come back quickly," Li Xiuqin's expression changed.
"What's wrong?" Luo Yujiao was confused.
"Anyone from outside who goes there will definitely get beaten up," Li Xiuqin said repeatedly.
"There's no need to worry about that," Luo Yujiao shook her head. "He knows where to draw the line."
"Are you sure we shouldn't intercept the money?" Luo Yinjiao looked at Luo Yujiao and asked, "That's a hundred thousand yuan."
"If he doesn't change his ways, let him gamble one last time with the hundred thousand yuan!" Luo Yujiao said with a hint of self-mockery. So she had misjudged him again!
Hearing Luo Yujiao say this, Li Xiuqin opened her mouth to say something, but in the end, it turned into a long sigh.
One night.
That night, none of them slept well.
Because Luo Ergou didn't return all night.
The next morning, he emerged from the casino in a panic. He had impulsively gambled away not only the money his third daughter had given them for living expenses but also owed tens of thousands of yuan.
"Luo Ergou, when are you going to repay the money you owe?" Several people followed Luo Ergou, each with a playful expression.
"Don't worry, my third daughter and third son-in-law have plenty of money. Tens of thousands or even a million is nothing!" Although Luo Ergou was somewhat panicked, his words were firm. His third daughter had always been kind, and his third son-in-law seemed easy to talk to. Since his third daughter had forgiven him, asking for a hundred thousand or so shouldn't be a problem. Well, a hundred thousand might be too little. He heard that his third daughter's company was now making three to four million yuan a month, and it would only increase. Asking for one month's profit wouldn't be too much, would it? After all, he had raised her!
With this thought, Luo Ergou's expression regained its calm.
Not long after, these people followed Luo Ergou to the Luo family home.
"Yujiao," Luo Ergou saw everyone in the courtyard, his gaze focusing on his third daughter.
"You lost all the money?" Luo Yujiao looked at Luo Ergou, her expression cold.
"Ahem, last night was just bad luck," Luo Ergou said with a dry laugh. "Don't worry, I'll have better luck next time, and I'll win back everything I lost."
Luo Yujiao made no comment on Luo Ergou's explanation, and the others remained silent.
"Why are these people with you?" Luo Yujiao looked at the people accompanying Luo Ergou.
"You are Uncle Luo's third daughter, right? We followed him because your father owes us money!" one of them said, looking at Luo Yujiao with covetous eyes and a smile.
"How much does he owe you?" Luo Yujiao asked calmly.
"He owes me thirty-nine thousand!"
"I'm owed twenty-four thousand!"
"Seventeen thousand for me!"
"I lost the least, nine thousand!"
Hearing these people's words, Luo Yujiao staggered slightly, and the others' expressions changed drastically.
"Luo Ergou, you lost over a million in one night?" Li Xiuqin was almost infuriated to death.
The others also looked at Luo Ergou.
Luo Ergou rubbed his hands and said somewhat awkwardly, "Actually, it wasn't over a million. I calculated it, and including the ten thousand I took, I lost a total of ninety-nine thousand."
"..."
Your calculation skills are truly remarkable!
Losing over a million in one night, even though Luo Yujiao had prepared herself mentally, she still staggered and couldn't help but shake her head. She had been desperate yesterday, but a sliver of hope had remained in her heart. Now, that last shred of hope had completely vanished.
It had only been one day, and he couldn't resist gambling again. Although Feilong said the medicine could amplify a person's desires, if he wasn't a pathological gambler, would he have gambled so quickly? If it were just casual gambling, it would be one thing. But losing over a million in one night, was that casual?
Even if Feilong were incredibly wealthy, could he withstand such extravagance?
At this moment, Luo Yujiao's heart was utterly broken!
It truly was as her mother had said: a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit!
"Third Nizi, pay them back the money and let them go!" Luo Ergou said with a dry laugh.
"If you pay it back, will you gamble again in the future?" Luo Yujiao asked calmly.
"In the future, I'll only gamble a little, not so lavishly!" Luo Ergou dared not meet his daughter's eyes.
"Yesterday you said you would never gamble again, and as soon as you recovered, you went gambling. Now, if I ask you, you say you won't gamble so lavishly?" Luo Yujiao smiled, her laughter tinged with a despair beyond resignation. "Forget it, do as you please!"
"Are you going to pay the money back or not?" At this moment, one of the gamblers spoke impatiently.
"Pay up!" The other three echoed.
"You want money?" Just then, a voice rang out.
Everyone looked over and saw Yang Feilong walking in from the door. Yes, Yang Feilong had not been with the group earlier.