Becoming the Richest Man Alive

The following morning, Cody woke up extraordinarily early. After he got up, he came to the cybercafé to wait for the man he had
met the previous day. On the way, he had already sent numerous messages urging the latter to come.
He ought to be ashamed of himself. Not to mention his foolishness to believe a stranger would lend him such an amount of
money, it was highly inappropriate to hasten the other party for the money. It was as though he thought he deserved the money.
“I’m here.”
After anticipating for a while, Cody finally saw the man. As soon as the man walked in, he patted his bag gently. “The money’s
ready. But I cannot take it out here. Follow me.”
Cody was overwhelmed with anxiety. “Hurry!” The only thing he wanted for that moment was to get the money to buy the AIO
computer he had been dreaming of.
The man brought him to a hotel in Dacapo Town, where they booked a room. Upon arriving at the room, the man boldly took out
a thick pile of cash, around two hundred thousand.
“There’s one hundred and eighty thousand here, with the twenty thousand I gave you last night, it makes two hundred in total. It
should be enough for you.”
Cody’s eyes flashed with excitement as he did not expect to meet such a generous person. But when he reached out his hand to
take the money, the man pressed his hand down.
“What?”
Cody furrowed his frown staring at him. Is he having second thoughts?
“Bro, I’m sure you’ll pay me back when you are capable. But we should have some guarantee after all.”
Staring at that man’s genuine smile, Cody still could not wrap his head around it. “What do you mean?”
“I mean an IOU. I can use it to remind you in case you forget about the amount in the future.”
Seeing the man’s polite gesture, Cody agreed to it without hesitation. “Sure. How should I write it?”
Right then, the man shook his head slightly. “Two hundred thousand is not a small amount after all. Besides your name, please
provide your ID card number and your bank account number. And after you signed on it, I’ll give you the money.”

Cody frowned again. “Is that really necessary?”
Upon hearing that, the man’s expression turned dark. “Now you’re unreasonable. If you’re borrowing from the bank, you’ll need
to mortgage your house and car. And the interest will be so high. Now I’m only asking for your personal information. Is that too
much to ask for?”
Right away, Cody was persuaded thoroughly by that man. After all, the latter had given him twenty thousand the previous night,
so he doubted this would be some scam.
With that, Cody stood up and went back to take his ID card and bank account. Staring at his back figure, the man’s lips curled
into a cunning smile. A moment after Cody left, Casper entered the room. Looking at the cash on the desk, he knew that Cody
had gone into his trap.
“Even though this mother and son are mean, they are just a pair of fools.”
Without wasting any time. Casper took out another pile of cash and switched it with the money on the desk.
After a while, Cody returned to the hotel with all his documents, panting exhaustedly. After the man checked the documents and
snapped photos of them, he took out an agreement. “Have a look. Then sign on it.”
Only if Cody took his time and read through the agreement closely, Casper’s plan would be in vain. However, as expected,
Cody’s impatience would cost him his future. “There’s no need to look. I’ll sign now.”
After he signed on every page of the agreement, the man finally passed the money into his hands.
“Perfect! My AIO computer!” Packing up the money impatiently, Cody stood up to leave. But before that, the man stopped him.
“Hold on a second. This is your copy of the agreement. Take it with you.”
Cody took it unwillingly and left abruptly, without even a thank you.
Taking all the money, Cody arrived at the bank, planning to deposit all of it into his account. With that, he would be able to buy
the AIO computer he wanted online.
As for how to pay back the money, the first person that came to Cody’s mind was Casper. As he believed the latter would not
give up on his sister so easily, he planned to get the money out of him.
“Number 0814, please head to the counter.”

Taking the bag full of money, Cody put it on the counter with a satisfied smile on his face.
The bank clerk was initially startled to see a young man bringing so much cash to the bank. But as soon as she saw the money
with her own eyes, her expression turned awkward and relieved at the same time. Nevertheless, she still followed the procedure
and put those cash into the currency detector.
“Counterfeit bills.”
Cody froze on the spot. Seconds later, he asked, “Excuse me? What did you say?”
“I’m sorry, sir. But all your money is fake.” The clerk explained politely.
“That’s impossible. The machine must be broken! Or are you guys trying to steal my money?”
Seeing Cody unwilling to believe it, the clerk uttered in a composed manner. “Sir, please calm down. We’re a bank, and we won’t
do this kind of thing. If you don’t keep your voice down, I’ll have to ask the guard to escort you out.”
Just when Cody was about to burst in wrath, his phone rang. Noticing it was from Hilda, he panicked and hesitated to answer it.
But as the call did not stop coming, he had no choice but to answer it.
“Son, what did you do? Why are there people coming to our house saying that you owe them one million?” Hilda’s voice was
trembling in fright.
“One million? That’s preposterous!”
No matter how foolish he was, he realized he had been cheated. Packing up all the fake bills recklessly, he rushed out of the
bank.
Arriving at his house, Cody’s heart skipped a beat as he saw a big group of people gathering at his front door.
“Son, you’re finally back! Explain to me now! How did you owe them one million?”
By that time, Hilda was already stomping her feet in desperation. Even though she was a brutal savage herself, she had never
encountered such a big group of opponents.
“I only borrowed two hundred thousand. How could it become one million?”

Facing those hostile-looking men, Cody’s voice had gotten extremely weak.
“Kid, it is written on the agreement clearly that you borrowed one million today. Your signature is all over it. Are you still trying to
deny it?” One of them took out an agreement, the same agreement that Cody signed earlier in the day.