novelraw Chapter 416 - 194: New Intel: Investment Project, Cheating, and Diamond Ring!
Chapter 416 - 194: New Intel: Investment Project, Cheating, and Diamond Ring!
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He crossed his arms and legs swiftly, moving up like the roots of an old tree coiling around a trunk.
Jiang Tao’s body moved upward rapidly with his climbing movements, agile like a monkey.
In less than 30 seconds, he had already climbed to a height where he was eye-level with the bird’s nest.
He looked into the nest under the silver moonlight.
Besides four sleek bird eggs, there was indeed a Tiffany diamond ring emitting a dim golden glow, sparkling.
"It’s you!"
Jiang Tao hugged the tree trunk with his left arm to secure himself and reached out his right hand to grab the Tiffany ring.
Who would have thought that in such a commonplace bird’s nest, a diamond ring worth almost 40 million was hidden!
After placing the ring into the pocket of his work clothes, Jiang Tao quickly descended the tree like an ape again.
With his immense strength, climbing trees was as easy as breathing for him.
Standing back on the ground, Jiang Tao wasn’t red-faced or gasping. Besides a bit of dust on his work clothes, he didn’t show a hint of abnormality.
"An 88-point constitution is already this amazing."
"Once I complete those two special tasks triggered by Jiang Yi and Xu Li’s dad, my constitution will exceed 100 points."
"With a constitution over 100 points, my athletic performance should be outstanding!"
"Completing the sports star mission won’t be difficult for me either."
Jiang Tao considered and had a fairly clear understanding of his current physical condition.
Even though he still wasn’t fully in control of his body and muscle tissue, unable to effectively exert all his strength.
But compared to before, he had improved immensely.
"Someday, I’ll ask Shan Yang to help test my running performance. I must have improved by quite a bit compared to before."
While calculating in his mind the things he needed to do in the coming period.
Jiang Tao didn’t linger in the small forest, turned, and walked toward the entrance of the park.
It was past midnight, and the park was utterly silent, with no one around.
Nobody noticed that Jiang Tao had been there and had taken away a diamond ring worth nearly 40 million.
Jiang Tao drove back to his neighborhood, and by the time he took the elevator home, it was a little past 1 AM.
After spending 66 yuan to activate [Deep Sleep Mode] for himself, he went to sleep!
Nothing happened during the night.
The next morning.
When Jiang Tao woke up, Xu Li had just returned with Jiang Xue from taking the school bus.
While eating, they started talking about plans for the Qingming Festival.
Jiang Tao’s hometown has a tradition of ancestor worship and tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival.
His father is an only child with no siblings.
So, his mother has to take care of visiting and sweeping the grandparents’ graves.
After discussing, they decided to leave for his hometown after lunch tomorrow.
Jiang Tao’s family of five and his father-in-law’s family of three.
The two families would drive back in two cars to watch out for each other on the road.
After confirming the plan to visit their hometown for the Qingming Festival holiday.
His parents went downstairs to oversee the work at the food factory.
Currently, the factory has more than a dozen employees.
His parents’ work is much simpler and easier than before.
They only need to make the sauce needed for the Eight Treasure Pickles in the enclosed room.
The rest, like processing ingredients, canning, packaging, sterilization, etc., is done by other employees.
Xu Li went to Building 62 to invite her mother and younger sister for shopping.
Bringing some specialties from Beijing back home for the Qingming Festival holiday is a gesture of courtesy.
Jiang Tao had tasks to do today, so he didn’t join Xu Li and them for shopping.
He needed to go to Pan Garden to find Zhang Bo to sell some stuff.
Recently, he had been busy accompanying his father-in-law’s family for travel and dealing with the new company’s matters.
Jiang Tao hadn’t been to Pan Garden for some time.
Now, he had accumulated some assets that needed to be converted into cash.
Such as the meteorite he fished out of the pond at Xiaoshanhe Village.
And the 400-gram gold bar taken out of a fish belly the night before last.
This stuff had an unclear origin with a hint of blood, so it was better to dispose of it sooner.
And the Tiffany ring taken from a bird’s nest last night.
The combined value of these three items was at least 1.6 or 1.7 million, maybe even close to 2 million!
Though Jiang Tao had acquired a lot of antiques during this time, he had no interest in collecting them.
He still preferred money.
Exchange goods for money, and then let money breed more money.
Driving out of the neighborhood alone, Jiang Tao first found a place to park on the side.
Next, he opened the "Unicom Small Number" app on his phone.
Previously, when he warned He Jing about the cameras installed in her room by the landlord, he got a virtual number through an annual membership on "Unicom Small Number".
Using this virtual number to send texts could effectively hide his information.
Jiang Tao’s fingers danced rapidly on the virtual keyboard on his screen.
He quickly edited a message, found Shan Yang’s number, and hit send!
"Bro, this is as far as I can help you."
After sending the message to Shan Yang, Jiang Tao threw his phone onto the passenger seat and continued driving toward Pan Garden.
Around 10 AM, Jiang Tao parked his car at a paid parking lot near Antique Street.
After parking, he walked briskly towards Antique Street, carrying the items he planned to sell today.
It was April 2nd, a Wednesday, a workday.
Yet Antique Street was still bustling, with people coming and going, a busy scene.
Familiar with the area, Jiang Tao quickly arrived at the entrance of Boya Auction House.
It had just opened not long before, and there were no other customers inside.
When Jiang Tao entered, he saw Zhang Bo dozing behind his desk.
"Oh! Brother Jiang! Long time no see, what a great honor to have you here!"
Seeing Jiang Tao enter, Zhang Bo instantly woke up and jumped up from his seat with a cheerful welcome.
Jiang Tao chuckled, teasing, "You have the cushiest job, just sitting around waiting for people to bring you money."
"Hehe, Brother Jiang, you jest, we just run a small business, can’t compare to you!"
Zhang Bo laughed humbly, not daring to boast in front of Jiang Tao, and then asked:
"Brother Jiang, you must have brought some treasures to sell today?"
"You guessed it right, I did get hold of some good stuff lately, take a look and give me an estimate."
Jiang Tao didn’t beat around the bush with Zhang Bo.
He directly took out a roughly 10 cm square jewelry box from the hand purse he casually carried.
Along with a strip wrapped in white toilet paper and a small box with a 3 cm edge.
He placed the three items on a small table one by one and said with a smile:
"These are the three items, take a look."
"Got it! Please wait a moment, Brother Jiang!"
Seeing Jiang Tao take out three items at once, Zhang Bo knew a big business had arrived!
Opening the strip wrapped in toilet paper first.
Zhang Bo found a glittering gold bar inside, with 400g inscribed on it.
"Hey, does your family always wrap gold bars in toilet paper?"
Zhang Bo glanced at Jiang Tao, joking with a smile.
Jiang Tao laughed, "I couldn’t be bothered finding something else, what’s today’s buyback price?"
Zhang Bo replied, "Today’s gold buyback price is 750."
"Deal! As per your stated price."
Jiang Tao nodded, having no objections to the price.
He trusted Zhang Bo, knowing he wouldn’t cheat him over such a little gold and ruin their relationship.
"Please wait a moment, Brother Jiang, I’ll just verify the composition."
Though Zhang Bo regarded Jiang Tao as a good friend, business procedures couldn’t be skipped.
Such precautions benefit everyone.
Genuine gold can withstand inspection, but human nature is best left untested.
Upon testing, Jiang Tao’s gold bar was found to be 999‰ pure gold.
A bona fide piece of pure gold.
The buyback price was 300,000 in total.