Chapter 174: Chapter 174 - Parted Lovers Who Still Long for Each Other

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the early morning, Armstrong left the villa and strolled to the antique market.

When he was at the door of First Pavilion, he saw a huge crowd gathering there. They were laughing and chatting.

Armstrong walked over to join in on the fun. “What are you looking at?”

“Oh, it’s Ol’ Murphy! Do you not know? A new batch of raw stones arrived at First Pavilion, and they’re high-quality ones from Green Country. A few of the customers have gotten jades from the stones, and someone has just gotten a very high-quality icy species jadeite. Ms. Houston bought it for 80 million.”

“Also, there was an ordinary young man who bought a stone for fifty thousand, and then got a piece of jade worth over twenty million. Tch tch…”

“Aren’t you going to try, Ol’ Murphy?”

A few of Armstrong’s friends spoke to him, making insinuations.

Even though Armstrong was intrigued, he shook his head with a smile. “No, my wife is very strict, so how could I have the money for stones? I’ll just have a look.”

One of his friends walked over to him. “Ol’ Murphy, do you think we don’t know? Last time, your son-in-law who married into your family got very lucky and found a premium imperial jade that cost 200 million. How dare you say you don’t have money?”

“Yeah, if you don’t dare to do it, we can just drop the topic.”

“Hehe, Ol’ Murphy is always scared of his wife. We know that.”

“Yeah, he doesn’t dare to open the stones, but it’s very reasonable of him. Stop laughing at him.”

His friends looked at him in amusement.

Armstrong had a straight face. “Who said I don’t dare? Come on, let’s go open some. I’m not afraid of you all.”

Armstrong was the first one to go into First Pavilion. His friends behind him all wore meaningful smirks.

At the other side of the city, Clarence had just hung up his call with Selina when Miranda called him.

“Clarence, help me,” she said immediately.

Clarence frowned. “What happened?”

The two of them had fought last night, eventually promising to part ways. Knowing Miranda’s personality, how could she call the next afternoon to ask for help?

Miranda explained grudgingly, “It’s my dad. He went to First Pavilion again this morning and cut open more than thirty stones in one go. The total of all those stones was over a billion dollars. My father can’t take out that much money, so First Pavilion called us.

“A billion is half of the Murphys’ assets!”

The woman had no choice. “Even though my family is known to have two billion worth of assets, they’re from all kinds of stocks, real estate purchases, sports cars, gold, futures contracts, and so on. We don’t even have one billion in cash.

“You know how we are. How can we take out one billion in one go? I had no choice but to call you.”

Clarence asked, “Are you asking me to pay the one billion for you?”

Miranda shook her head. “No way. Weren’t you invincible last time? You spotted the premium imperial jade that cost 200 million immediately, right? Carrie asked you to go over there and gamble with her. If you win, she’ll waive the one billion.

“Clarence, I’m begging you…

“Selina’s ten billion order hasn’t arrived here yet. If the Murphys collapse before that, everything is over for us.” Miranda sounded like she was crying.

Clarence could not bear it. He sighed and said, “Fine, wait for me at the antique market. I’ll go over now.”

Clarence told everyone what had happened.

“What? You’re going out?”

Bill and Kate did not want him to leave. “No, Dom is watching you now, so if you go out, you’ll definitely be in danger. Also, it’ll be easier for him to strike out there.”

Clarence shrugged. “We can’t let the Murphys collapse, right? It’ll just depend on my luck if anything happens to me. I won’t blame you guys for it.”

They could not prevail against Clarence’s argument, so they just followed him to the antique market.

He spotted Miranda anxiously standing at the entrance of the antique market from afar. Once he got out of the car, he walked over. “Miranda.”

When she saw Clarence, it was as if she had seen her savior. She grabbed Clarence’s hands. “You’re finally here.”

Clarence shook his head. “Let’s go. We’ll go have a look in First Pavilion.”

“Okay!”

Miranda led the way. They went to the stone garden at the back of First Pavilion.

There were a lot of customers in the garden.

More than ten stones on the ground had been split open. The stones lay on the ground. Not many of them had jades.

Clarence had been there before, so he remembered these stones.

Armstrong had recklessly split open ‘The King of Stones’, which was worth 19 million, but there was nothing inside.

There were also more than ten stones that just arrived from Green Country. Each of them cost around thirty to forty million.

Armstrong had opened ten in one go. Even though he had found jade in them, the value of the jade was not more than ten to twenty million. His 400 million had gone to waste, just like that.

Taking the other stones he had also opened into account, his total was now worth more than a billion.

Peony, her daughters, and her sons-in-law were also present. When they saw Clarence, Peony immediately rushed over to him. “Clarence, you have to save us! Didn’t Selina give you ten billion? It’ll mean nothing to you if you give us a billion, right?”

Clarence frowned and asked, “Armstrong, what’s going on?”

Armstrong’s face was red as he stammered, “I don’t know. I wanted to have some casual fun. Who knew that things would get so out of hand? In the end, I lost tens of millions.

“I figured I had a premium imperial jade that cost 200 million, so if I opened a few more and got a green one, I’ll be able to make my capital back.

“However, I lost even more. In the end, I was so blinded by my losses that when I came back to my senses, I realized I had opened a billion dollars worth of stones…”

That was the mentality of a gambler. They would always think they could make back the money they had spent.

In the end, they would only fall deeper and deeper.

Peony got closer to Clarence to grab his sleeve. “Clarence, you have to save the Murphys. I’ll ask Miranda to remarry you!”

They had been talking about using Villa One in Dragon Soar Heights to pay back their debts.

Villa One was worth a billion.

Peony had moved into the villa and she had fallen in love with the place, so how could she move out again?

Over her dead body!

Miranda said, “Mom, we’re divorced. What are you talking about? He’s only here to help.”

After Miranda said that, she stole a glance at Clarence to see how he felt about everything.

Unfortunately, Clarence had no expression on his face.

Miranda was slightly disappointed.

“So what? You can get remarried!”

Peony’s argument had some strong points. “Everyone knows you two still long for each other. You went out with makeup yesterday, don’t think I didn’t notice! You even reserved the entirety of Love Sea Restaurant to have a date with Clarence.”

She looked at Clarence with a pleased look on her face. “Clarence, I know you still love Miranda. So, if you help us this time, I’ll give you the chance to start over with Miranda.”

Armstrong also nodded. “Clarence, I was wrong back then. If you can save my family, I can forgive the past and allow you to start over with Miranda.”

Kate could not stand them any longer. She yelled, “How can you old farts be so shameless? You were hurting and slandering Clarence in front of everyone yesterday, and now, you’re asking him to go back home?”

Peony was furious. “What nonsense are you talking about? I was fooled. What do you mean, I slandered him? Do you think I don’t know what kind of person Clarence was? He’s a very good son-in-law!”

To Clarence, the phrase ‘a very good son-in-law’ sounded very strange coming from Peony.

Clarence did not say anything. Instead, he looked at Miranda. “How do you want me to help?”

At that moment, the owner of First Pavilion showed up. She was wearing a bluish-green dress with a very high thigh slit. Her beautiful legs that resembled ivory appeared in glimpses as she walked, causing one’s imagination to run wild.

Carrie smiled and greeted Clarence. “Mr. Howard, we meet again.”

Clarence asked faintly, “Ms. Houston, why did you call me here?”

Carrie got straight to the point. “The last time you were here, you won a premium imperial jade worth 200 million from my shop. I still remember that.

“Today, your father-in-law has come into my shop again. Unfortunately, he lost one billion dollars in one go.

“I’m not an unreasonable person. If Mr. Howard is willing to gamble with me, and Mr. Howard wins, then I’ll waive the one billion.”

Clarence raised his eyebrow. “What if I lose?”

Carried chuckled. “If you lose…”

Suddenly, another voice rang out, interrupting Carried. “If you lose, you’ll kneel in front of me, let me slap you a hundred times, and then, you’ll crawl out of First Pavilion!”

A familiar figure appeared in front of them.

It was Mr.. Cooke from Beth City, who had appeared in Humanity Hall yesterday.