Claire jumped up from her seat, her eyes lit up. âWhat? This car costs two million? Where did you get
all that money from?â
Alex paid no attention to her.
All he wanted to do was resolve the issue and head home immediately. He wanted to keep researching
on the alchemy stove. âShow me the IOU and give me your bank account number. Iâll pay you back for
the amount she owes.â
Lucia stared back at him in disbelief. âDo you even have the money? Everyone knows that you begged
and grovelled for 100 thousand dollars. Donât make such a bluff if you canât bear the consequences!â
Alex glared coldly at Lucia, as if he was looking right into her soul. She trembled, a chill went down her
spine.
âLucia, my mother-in-law may not be the brightest bulb, but donât you dare try to scam her. If I were to
find out that you two were working together to scam both her and her money, youâre dead meat. No
one would save your sorry *sses.â Alex said in a cold tone.
Claire stomped her feet. âWho are you calling dumb?â
Alex ignored her yells once again.
âYou brat, how dare you threaten us?â Luciaâs husband, who was standing next to her, raised his hand
to slap Alex.
Alex slapped his hand away and grabbed him by the neck. He then lifted his whole body up, as if he
was as light as a feather.
âRemember these words. No one can take advantage of my family!â
After releasing his grip, the man choked on his breath, his eyes were filled with terror.
With a light beep, the transaction was complete.
Alex had transferred 500 thousand to Brandon and destroyed the IOU.
And so the Whitneys rushed off after receiving the money.
Alex pulled Dorothy to the side and asked, âDorothy, do you not have any money?â
Dorothy replied, âMy company had just signed a few contracts recently. We didnât have enough money
to get a new batch of materials, so I used my money first and donât have much on me now. But donât
worry, Iâll pay you back as soon as we make money from the contracts.â
Alex shook his head. âYou donât have to pay me back, my money is yours too. Here, I have ten million,
you can spend it however you like.â
Dorothy was shocked, yet she seemed to have remembered something. âWasnât this a gift from Mr.
Carter? No, we canât use this. We might not have much money now, but weâll earn more as we go. We
have to return this money to them, or else weâll always be of a lower class than them.â
âAhâ¦â Alex had almost forgotten about the bank card that Charles gave him. He didnât even check how
much was in the card.
However, Alex couldnât find a better way to explain the money he had on him as of now.
Since Dorothy insisted on not taking it, he gave up trying to persuade her.
After the Whitneys left, Dorothy scolded Claire. âMom, what were you thinking? Do you even know
anything about stone gambling? How could you just blindly follow others like that? Well, look how that
turned out, we donât have much money left now.â
Claire sat on the sofa nonchalantly and replied, âItâs just 500 thousand. Youâre the CEO of a big
company. The whole company is yours and your profit would most likely be more than millions or so.
Iâm your mom, how could you be so stingy with me? I thought I raised you to be better than that.â
Dorothy wanted to slam her own head against a wall.
Claire then started scolding Alex again. âAnd you! Youâre driving a luxurious car thatâs worth two million,
and youâre able to just give 500 thousand out like that! How much personal savings do you actually
have? Hand it all over now, Dorothy must have given you that money.â
Dorothy retorted. âI never gave him any money, itâs his own savings.â
âHeâs my son-in-law, his money is mine too.â
Dorothy fell speechless and changed the topic. âNo, back to stone gambling. Just donât ever go stone
gambling again! You donât know anything about gambling, do you? Sure, you might be able to hit the
jackpot, but youâd lose everything with just one bet too!â
Claire replied, âItâs all just based on luck. Someone was able to get rare emeralds just today! Like, god
damn, that person was insane! He bought three ores with just 500 thousand dollars and all of the ores
had rare emeralds inside, theyâre all priceless! I heard the market price for them would easily be over
500 million. Everyone is calling him the Stone Gambling Prince now. Do you know how amazing it
would be to have him as my son-in-law? Too bad I didnât bump into him.â
Alex rubbed his nose gently. âPhew, that was close. Thank god, you didnât bump into me. That wouldâve
been quite a mess.â
Suddenly, Beatrice screamed excitedly. âOh my god, Mom is telling the truth! There really is a Stone
Gambling Prince! Everyone in my class group chat is going nuts about him. Thereâs a video of him too.
Look, Sis.â
âWhat the f*ck?â
Alex felt extremely uneasy.