295: Sooner or later, you will have to pay for what you have done.

By the time Ye Su finished his work for the day and returned to his rented apartment where he stored his things with the mahjong set, it was already just past 4:00 PM.

Looking at the wooden mahjong box, which had a layer of aged patina on it, with a large drawer at the very bottom, and two layers above it—each divided into two columns, making a total of four small drawers—Ye Su sighed with emotion:

“So this is the mahjong set that can sell for up to two million yuan. It could easily buy out ten Xingchao Garment Factories!”

Every time he got his hands on such an expensive item, Ye Su couldn't help but marvel at the vast gap between the rich and the poor.

Some people worked from dawn to dusk, diligently and conscientiously, not even daring to take a single day off, all for a monthly salary of just ten to twenty thousand yuan.

Yet, some people could spend one or two million yuan just to buy a mahjong set.

People really do have different fates!

Yet, even with such a massive wealth gap, some bosses still withheld a few thousand yuan of their workers' wages, only to end up being confronted in real life. It was simply absurd.

Thinking of this, Ye Su made up his mind that he must never withhold his workers' wages in the future.

For one, it was because of the education he had received from Ye Jianguo since childhood.

And for another, Ye Su was also afraid that he might be the next boss to be confronted in real life.

Sure, he might save a few thousand yuan, but he wouldn't be alive to spend it!

To amass billions with the system, only to end up getting stabbed to death over unpaid wages—Ye Su felt that such a way to die would be way too pathetic and embarrassing.

While reminding himself that certain bottom lines must never be crossed, Ye Su pulled out several drawers of the mahjong box.

The bottom drawer contained the mahjong tiles, though their size was slightly smaller than those commonly found on the market.

Ye Su compared them with his finger and found that the length of a mahjong tile was only slightly longer than one knuckle of his middle finger.

The width was even shorter than a knuckle, likely around three centimeters by two centimeters.

The tiles had a lustrous, slightly yellowish texture, and the carvings of the characters and patterns were still clear. Their state of preservation was quite excellent.

He casually took out a few tiles to inspect them and found no signs of wear or corrosion.

These tiles were meant to be 'placed' at Wang Lijuan's.

To be safe, Ye Su arranged the mahjong tiles one by one on the coffee table, grouping identical tiles in sets of four, to check if any were worn or missing.

“Not bad, not a single one is missing, and there are no worn spots. It's presentable.”

Ye Su counted them; there were 160 tiles in total in this mahjong set.

The suit tiles and wind tiles were the same as those used today: [Bamboos, Characters, Dots, East, South, West, North], totaling 124 tiles.

As for the dragon tiles [Zhong, Fa, Bai], the [Zhong, Fa] tiles were replaced with [Dragon, Phoenix], totaling 12 tiles.

The remaining flower tiles were carved with the eight characters [Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, Happiness], and also featured carvings of [Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum], totaling 32 tiles.

As for the remaining four drawers, they contained 128 ivory tallies, which were used for keeping score during the game.

Finally, there were two ivory-carved dice.

Measuring them with a ruler, Ye Su confirmed that the mahjong tiles were indeed of the standard Qing Dynasty imperial court size: 3.2 cm by 2.1 cm by 1.5 cm.

Ye Su didn't have much interest in mahjong.

After confirming that nothing was missing, he carefully packed the mahjong set back into the wooden box.

“To think that something that can sell for up to two million yuan fits into such a small box.”

Ye Su had looked it up this morning. Last year in Hong Kong, an imperial Qing Dynasty ivory mahjong set that looked similar to this one was auctioned off, with a final transaction price of over 2.8 million Hong Kong dollars.

If it weren't for the incomplete paperwork of this mahjong set, its final price at an auction house would definitely be far more than the maximum price of two million yuan mentioned by the system.

“I'll leave it here for now. I'll take it over tomorrow and leave it at Li Mengyao's mother's place.”

Ye Su opened his safe, cleared some space, and placed the mahjong box inside vertically.

“This safe is almost full.”

Ye Su had only bought a small home safe.

Now, with a jar of aged tangerine peel, a mahjong box, a watch, and the Mysterious Surprise Items [Working Cat] and [Ruyi Abacus] inside, it was basically packed to the brim.

As for the two cooperation contracts with the factory and the Agricultural Science Institute, as well as the Baiyun Group, they didn't take up much space anyway, so he could just stuff them into any random gap.

Yet, even if someone offered fifty million yuan in cash for the contents of this tiny safe, Ye Su might not even be willing to trade!

“Never mind, I'll claim it tomorrow.”

Ye Su hadn't claimed the [Working Cat]'s wages for the past few days, and the accumulated amount had now reached [93,778 yuan].

However, it was only past 4:00 PM, and the [Working Cat] still had over an hour of work left.

So, Ye Su simply decided to wait until he came to pick up the mahjong set tomorrow to claim the wages altogether.

Buzz—

Just as Ye Su locked the safe and was preparing to head back to the other residential community, his phone suddenly vibrated.

“Who's messaging me at this hour?”

Ye Su took out his phone and saw that it was Li Mengyao, whom he hadn't contacted in days.

“I haven't even looked for you, yet you've reached out to me first?”

Ye Su murmured as he tapped open the message.

[Li Mengyao: Hey, what are you doing?]

“You're a wealthy young lady, yet why do you talk to people in this tone?”

While grumbling, Ye Su's fingers moved rapidly as he replied to Li Mengyao.

[Nothing, what do you want to do?]

Li Mengyao didn't catch the double meaning in Ye Su's words and replied instantly.

[Li Mengyao: Did you forget something?]

“Me? Forgot something?”

“Did I borrow money from her? No, I didn't.”

Seeing Li Mengyao's message, Ye Su quickly racked his brain but couldn't recall forgetting anything.

Right after, he received a screenshot from Li Mengyao, showing their chat history.

It was the excuse Ye Su had casually made up last time so he could go to Li Mengyao's house to get the [Lucky Dice].

He had said he would visit Li Mengyao's home a few more times before the summer break to help her deal with Li Shanhai and Wang Lijuan.

However, once he got his hands on the [Lucky Dice], Ye Su threw the matter to the back of his mind and hadn't visited Li Mengyao's home since.

Ye Su had no idea that because he had vanished into thin air over the past few days, Li Mengyao had already cursed him to high heaven behind his back.

Saying things like, 'A man's mouth is a lying ghost,' and 'If a man can be trusted, pigs can fly.'

“Oh, so it was about this. As expected, what goes around comes around.”

Ye Su didn't blame Li Mengyao for coming to demand answers.

He had made up such a sweet-sounding excuse last time, but as soon as he got the item, he went completely off the grid.

Treating a woman who was excellent in every aspect like this, even Ye Su felt that he was indeed acting a bit like a scumbag.

[My bad]

[I've been really busy these past few days, so I couldn't find the time to visit your place]

At this moment, Li Mengyao was still alone in her office, puffing up her cheeks in anger as she messaged Ye Su to demand answers, only to see him instantly slide to his knees and admit his mistake.

The angry speech she had prepared in her mind suddenly had nowhere to go.

“At least you're sensible enough to know to apologize to This Miss.”

Li Mengyao was highly satisfied with Ye Su's apologetic attitude, and without her realizing it, her puffed-up cheeks deflated.