Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets

Monica Brown had always believed that Sean Knight was a good person, otherwise, he wouldn't have returned her suitcase without asking for anything in return.

As for Emily Taylor's suspicion of ulterior motives, the fact that Sean hadn't called in the past two days seemed to prove Monica's guess that he was a genuinely kind person.

That's why Monica wanted to find a proper job for Sean, which she thought would be much better than scavenging containers.

In her eyes, it was basically the same as collecting trash.

"Is this Sean? This is Monica Brown," Monica cautiously chose her words on the phone:

"Thank you for finding my suitcase..."

"No problem, we're compatriots and you've already thanked me." Sean was examining a piece of stone.

"That's why I found you a more formal job, as a librarian at Columbia University, what do you think?"

Sean was a little surprised, not expecting Monica to be so helpful, but how could he possibly work as a librarian?

Putting aside the fact that a librarian's salary was too low, the place was not suitable for him either!

"Thank you," Sean said with a smile, "No need, I'm doing quite well at the moment."

"Really, I truly hope you'll take this job. The salary is not bad, 800 dollars a week, which is considered quite high!"

For Chinese people like Sean who had just arrived in the Beautiful Country, this weekly salary was indeed high.

However, Sean did not look up to that small amount of money. He laughed and said:

"No need, I can make several thousand dollars or even more scavenging containers every week. It's pretty good."

Monica Brown didn't expect Sean to be so stubborn, she couldn't help but quote Emily Taylor's words:

"Sean, we are both Chinese, I really want to help you sincerely! You don't need to pretend! I honestly hope our fellow Chinese can live well here..."

Pretend?

Sean was puzzled, what was the pretense about?

"You borrowed that 60,000 dollars, didn't you? Actually, here, you don't have to pretend to be rich. We're all the same, so don't be afraid of being laughed at..."

Upon hearing this, Sean couldn't help but laugh!

What's the meaning of this?

Did they think he asked Paul Walker, a policeman, to send money to their place just to pretend?

Was it necessary?_x000D_

"I'm not lying to you, thank you for your kindness. My current job earns me much more than working as a librarian!" Sean was getting impatient.

Yet, Monica still believed Sean was deceiving her. She relentlessly urged him to take the right path and talked about how good it would be to have a proper job.

Sean grew annoyed and said:

"Monica, how about this, hang up your phone now. Let's have a video call, and I will show you how I make money!"

He hung up the phone first.

Video calling is generally not accepted by those who have just met.

Sean thought, if she really called, it wouldn't hurt to explain things to her.

If she didn't call, then that's it, it would be over.

He took out an angle grinder, plugged it in, tried it out, and then waited for Monica's call.

On Monica's side, she looked confused when Sean hung up the phone.

She didn't understand what Sean meant.

Seeing Monica staring at her phone in a daze, Emily couldn't help but ask:

"Monica, what's wrong? Did that Sean guy get embarrassed and hang up when you caught him in his lie?"

Monica shook her head and said:

"No, he told me to call him on video and see how he makes money."

"What?!" Emily rolled her eyes:

"Don't bother with him!"

Monica shook her head, saying:

"I think we might have really misunderstood him. If he's really poor, then an ordinary person can't refuse a salary of 800 dollars a week.

And according to you, he's interested in me. Given that, he wouldn't likely refuse this opportunity to get close to me, would he?"

Emily was caught off guard by this question and was left speechless.

Monica opened her phone, making a video call while saying:

"I need to know if he can truly make money easily to set my mind at ease!"

When the video opened, Sean simply said:

"Do you see the items on my table?

This is a piece of stone from the container I scavenged today. I think it's a raw jadeite stone, so I'll cut it to show you!"

After that, he fixed his phone, adjusted the angle, and began to grind the stone with the angle grinder.

A harsh noise rang out. Even though Sean had placed the phone away from the stone, the sound still made Monica and Emily frown.

"Is that guy an idiot?" Emily suddenly asked.

Monica didn't say anything, just stared at the phone screen.

There was a basin of water beside Sean. As soon as the angle grinder finished polishing the stone, he took the stone to wash in the basin.

After rinsing it, Sean brought the stone close to the phone screen for the two girls to see:

"Do you see it? There's green inside. I don't have a high-powered flashlight here. I'll turn on the phone's flashlight, adjust the camera, and you can see..."

Through the flashlight, Monica and Emily could both see that the stone had a deep green hue and seemed very moist!

It was indeed jadeite!

The two girls exchanged glances but said nothing.

Given the quality of this jadeite, it could easily be worth several years or even a decade or more of a librarian's salary, right?

Sean put the stone down and asked:

"Do you believe it now? Rest assured, I make a living from scavenging containers. Thank you, I'll treat you to a meal sometime.

Oh, and the reason Paul delivered the money to me that day was not a show. It was because I found a hidden deal with more than 20 ancient silver coins."

Sean's explanation made Monica feel embarrassed. She declined Sean's offer to treat her to a meal and hung up the video call.

Monica looked at Emily helplessly and said:

"It seems that there's still a lot we don't understand!"

Emily still believed that Sean's reason for returning the suitcase couldn't be so simple.

After hanging up the video call, Sean prepared to clean the table when there was a knock on the door.

He opened it to see Aunt Susan, fuming:

"Young man, the noise in your room is too loud, and I might get complaints!"

Sean hurriedly apologized:

"I'm sorry, I didn't know the situation here. It won't happen again."

Aunt Susan didn't expect Sean to be so polite, and her tone softened:

"If you need to use tools, go to the tool room in the backyard. That's where you're allowed to use all kinds of electric tools."

"Alright!" Sean nodded, "Thank you!"

After Susan left, Sean couldn't wait to pick up the jadeite.

He had decided not to sell this jadeite. When he cut open the raw jade with the angle grinder earlier and exposed the jadeite inside, he felt an intense longing from his Sky Eye!

The Sky Eye was located slightly above the center of the eyebrows, at the pineal gland.

It was in the same position as Erlang Shen's third eye, which couldn't be seen by others.

But as soon as the jadeite was revealed, the Sky Eye became hot with desire, a feeling that came from deep within his soul!

He carefully pressed the jadeite against the hot spot on his forehead.

An odd sensation immediately spread through him!