Chapter 11

"Look, a diamond, the color reaches the highest D grade, the clarity is at least IF, oh my God, this is really a diamond." The middle-aged white man, with an excited look on his face, said. Finding money on the street wasn't rare, but finding a diamond early in the morning was something not everyone could encounter. Looking far away at Li Han and his group, Smith was puzzled. It seemed to be two women and one man, and a three or four-year-old child had just walked past, dressed ordinarily, and the man's clothes were even a bit worn out. As for Liu Xu, who had walked far away, Smith didn't pay much attention.

"Sir, please wait a moment." Seeing that Li Han and his group were about to enter the dormitory, Smith realized and quickly walked a few steps, calling out to Li Han.

"Hello, is there something?" Li Han sized up the white man in front of him, who looked to be in his forties, a bit puzzled. He didn't seem to recognize this person.

"Professor Smith." Han Ximin and Li Xi were surprised that the person stopping Li Han was actually a professor from the college, the youngest professor in the law school.

"Xi?" Smith didn't expect it to be Han Ximin and Li Xi. Besides being a law professor, Smith was also a diamond appraiser. Smith didn't hide it; he mentioned finding the diamond, and Han Ximin and Li Xi were a bit stunned. Not just them, Li Han was also dumbfounded, asking blankly, "You mean this is a diamond?" If the energy core is a diamond, that means he has a pile of diamonds. A fragment of the energy core that big, at least half a kilogram, how much would it be worth?

At that moment, Li Han's eyes were full of golden light, all money. But in an instant, Li Han realized that with so many diamonds, the source was a problem. If he just took them out casually, he would be in trouble. "Han, are the ones Doudou has also diamonds?"

Li Xi's voice trembled a bit. After all, it was the first time seeing a child play with diamonds. Professor Smith had said that the diamond Doudou threw at Liu Xu was at least ten carats, of extremely high quality, worth up to ten thousand dollars per carat. Even with poor cutting, it was still worth several hundred thousand dollars, and Doudou was just throwing it around casually. "This one should be too." Li Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These days, he had been sitting on a gold mine without realizing it.

"Han, didn't you know about these diamonds?" Smith, after learning Li Han's current situation from Han Ximin and Li Xi, was quite astonished. Begging while holding diamonds was too unbelievable, especially when diamonds, more valuable than gold, were just a little girl's toy, worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

"I just found out." Li Han had no chance to study diamonds. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been begging for money, which was embarrassing. "Han, can I see this one?" Doudou still had a large diamond in her hand, at least four or five times bigger than the one she threw.

"Doudou." Li Han coaxed for a while, and Doudou handed the diamond to Li Han. Smith, with an excited look, took it and examined it with a magnifying glass, then said, "Too perfect, absolutely perfect, I've never seen such a perfect natural diamond. This is a miracle created by God."

"Professor Smith, how much is this diamond worth?" Li Xi asked softly, while Li Han looked at Smith with great anticipation, and Han Ximin blinked, looking at the diamond in Smith's hand. "This diamond is probably fifty carats, worth over five million dollars."

Li Han's mind went blank, and his whole body trembled. Five million wasn't in RMB but in US dollars. Just a while ago, Li Han was worried about breakfast and had to borrow money from Han Ximin and Li Xi, feeling embarrassed. Liu Xu had secretly mocked him, and he could only endure it. Similarly, for the farm, to get a loan, he had protested in town for months, losing face. Thinking about the torment of a loan of over a hundred thousand dollars for more than a year, he hadn't slept well. After buying the farm, Li Han's life became hard, and he felt heartache. He wasn't a child anymore and hadn't told his family, even saving money to skip the Spring Festival.

His niece just wanted to ride a horse, and he couldn't afford it. He had run around to buy a sick horse, knowing that a horse on its last legs was no different from a dead one, but he couldn't afford a good horse. Why did Li Han, who didn't believe in heaven or respect the earth, a very practical person, agree to the system's temptation? He knew the consequences of agreeing, but he really wanted to change.

Five million, everything was solved. Li Han was dazed. As for the remaining diamonds in the space, Li Han only thought about it. He wasn't greedy, but he knew the source of the diamonds couldn't stand scrutiny. "Professor Smith, can you help me contact a buyer? You know my situation."

"Too bad, if it were designed and auctioned, the price would be even higher." Smith looked at Li Han, who shook his head slightly. An auction would be too public. "Can you contact a buyer privately? A lower price is fine, I'm willing to pay a five percent commission."

Smith's hand trembled slightly. He had already had such thoughts after finding the diamond, but he didn't expect Li Han to offer such a high commission. "No problem, it's a coincidence, a guest yesterday needed a large diamond."

"Thank you." Li Han had a good impression of Smith. If someone else found a diamond worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, they would hide it immediately. Smith wasn't uninterested in money, but he was more straightforward.

Li Han entrusted Smith to handle the diamond and borrowed Han Ximin's phone to call home. The phone rang for a while, but no one answered. Li Han was puzzled. Wasn't Wei Li there? He called Wei Li's mobile phone, which finally connected after a while, but it was quite noisy on the other end.

"Wei Li." "Han?" Wei Li's voice was a bit hoarse, and the surroundings were very noisy, with faint shouts of someone's name.

Kexing Town hadn't been peaceful since Li Han left. In recent days, the town's electoral district had held several large-scale protests. "Han, that bastard Max betrayed us, we were deceived."

"Wei Li, slow down." Li Han was a bit anxious. Max was the town's electoral district representative, originally representing the interests of small and medium-sized farmers and family farms. Unexpectedly, Max voted in favor of a bill that benefited large and medium-sized farms. The economic crisis and snow disaster had caused significant losses to small and medium-sized farms. Although there was insurance compensation, the losses still made many small farms struggle. The passage of this bill made it harder for small farms to get loans, and agricultural subsidies were tilted towards large and medium-sized farms.

Wei Li said on the phone that some small farm owners planned to sell their farms quickly, and large farms would take the opportunity to buy them at a low price. The consequences were serious, as most small and medium-sized farms were family-run, with limited funds, and now faced such problems.

"Wei Li, calm down. I'll be back to Kexing Town this afternoon. We'll talk when I get back. Help me keep an eye on the farms around me. If any are for sale, I'll buy them at market price." Hearing this news, Li Han immediately thought it might be an opportunity to expand his farm. A family farm of about 3,000 acres was more suitable; any smaller, and the efficiency of labor and agricultural machinery would be too low.

"Han, you want to buy a farm?" Li Xi and Han Ximin waited for Li Han to finish the call and asked softly. "I have a small farm in Montana. Now that I have some spare money, I'll buy some more land."

"Really, can we go?" Han Ximin looked delighted. The first thought of a farm was vast land, endless fields, high mountain pastures, herds of cattle and sheep, and cowboys riding horses with silver revolvers at their waists, looking very cool.

"Of course, it would be my honor to have you. I'll treat you well." Li Han was genuinely grateful to Han Ximin and Li Xi for their help without expecting anything in return. They were worth befriending.

"Xi, let's go horseback riding, okay?" Han Ximin started planning what to do on the farm. Li Han stood by, smiling, while little Doudou was playing with dolls, a bit violent.

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