bookcurios Chapter 163 Insurance in the Notebook
Chapter 163 Insurance in the Notebook
After rummaging around, Shangguan Rui grasped a red iron box in both hands. He opened it excitedly, but found that it was empty.
He had already exhausted his strength and threw the iron box aside.
Hearing what Lao Ding said, he immediately stopped, leaned against the end of the bed and gasped for breath, with fatigue obvious on his face.
Mei Ling'er looked at the middle-aged man slumped on the floor in the bedroom. He no longer had the high-spirited look he had in the conference hall. It seemed as if he had aged several years in an instant.
The rest of the people were blocking the door. Seeing Shangguan Rui's appearance, even Old Ding, who had made things difficult for him before, couldn't bear to see him like this.
However, just when everyone thought he would remain silent for a while, Shangguan Rui suddenly spoke:
"You know what? As soon as I got through, Cuihua started yelling at me. She even said my parents deserved to die because they hadn't paid her a dime. She also said that in the past two months, not only had she not made any money, but she had actually lost a lot of money. If it weren't for the sake of our fellow villagers, she would have called the police and asked them to handle this matter long ago."
"Sister, do you know why mom and dad are like this?"
Shangguan Wen looked confused when she heard this and shook her head gently.
"I guess you don't know either. Neither of us knows..."
Shangguan Rui had a sad look on his face, and then he buried his face deeply in his knees.
Shangguan Wen saw this and quickly ran to her brother's side, wrapping her arms around him with great effort.
"Brother, don't be anxious. Did Cuihua say something else? What were you looking for just now?"
Shangguan Rui slowly raised his head, his eyes red:
"Cuihua said that her parents always use an account book to do their accounting. They put the account book in an exquisite red box, which should be the one I just found." He pointed to the iron box on the ground.
Shangguan Wen quickly picked it up and opened it. There was nothing in the box. She looked at her brother suspiciously:
"Yes, I've just checked carefully, there's nothing inside." Shangguan Rui looked at his sister helplessly.
Mei Ling'er glanced at the clueless Shangguan siblings and secretly turned the jade ring.
Soon, a voice that only she could hear came: "Trash can."
Mei Ling'er, having received the hint, immediately took action.
"Ouch!"
A scream came from the bedroom, and everyone looked at Mei Ling'er who was tripped by the trash can.
"I'm sorry, I wanted to help find it, but in my haste, I accidentally kicked over the trash can." Mei Ling'er apologized and stood up. "I'll clean it up right away... Oops?" Mei Ling'er opened the trash bag and picked up a notebook with a black cover. "Why is there a notebook here?"
When Shangguan Rui heard the word "notebook", he immediately rushed to Mei Ling'er and snatched the thing from her hand.
Mei Ling'er was so frightened that she leaned back, her eyes wide as bells. However, the other party was completely focused on the book in his hand and didn't notice the hint of guilt hidden under the mask of surprise.
Shangguan Rui frowned, scanning the contents of the notebook with his eyes like a scanner.
The word "insurance" appeared most frequently, followed by the names of Shangguan Rui and his sister Shangguan Wen. How could their parents buy so many insurance policies without their knowledge, and they had never heard them mention it.
He roughly calculated that the total amount of these insurance policies was almost a million, which far exceeded his estimate of his parents' savings. Where did they get all this money? The wrinkles between Shangguan Rui's brows deepened, and he looked up at his sister Shangguan Wen:
"Do you know that our family has so much money?"
Shangguan Wen shifted her gaze from her notebook upon hearing this, her eyes also filled with confusion as she gently shook her head.
"I don't know. We usually give our parents a fixed amount of living expenses every month. Do you secretly give them money?"
Shangguan Rui opened and closed his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then answered uncertainly:
"Your sister-in-law should have given me some holiday money or something. I'm too busy at work, so your sister-in-law is in charge of all the household affairs."
Shangguan Wen listened and nodded silently.
Old Ding, who was standing by, silently read the contents of his notebook, and suddenly clapped his hands:
"I see!"
"Your father has mentioned this insurance to me many times before and asked me to buy it for my son as well. I also asked my son, and he said it was obviously a scam and told me not to believe it. Since my son said it was a scam, of course I wouldn't buy it. I also tried to persuade your parents not to buy it, but they said they bought it for you and Xiaowen and they would ask you again."
"He didn't mention this matter later, I thought..."
Shangguan Wen, who was standing by, seemed to suddenly remember something and pointed at her notebook as she recalled:
"Why does the name of this insurance company look so familiar?" She said as she opened WeChat on her phone and searched for the name of the insurance company in the chat box between her and her mother.
Soon, the word "insurance" appeared under the "Search" bar in the chat history.
It was a message her mother had sent her a month ago, asking if the insurance company was reliable, but Shangguan Wen didn't respond. After her inquiry went unanswered, her mother sent another message: "Will you be home for dinner this weekend?"
It was not until the afternoon that Shangguan Wen replied: "No reply."
After reading the chat records, Shangguan Wen was already in tears. She was busy shopping and watching movies with friends at the time and automatically ignored her mother:
"Brother, how could I do this? I thought this kind of insurance was obviously fake, but I was so busy buying clothes that I forgot to tell Mom. I'm such an unfilial daughter!"
Shangguan Rui put his arm around his sister's shoulders and comforted her softly:
"It's not just your fault, I'm also responsible." He took out his cell phone and placed it in front of the two of them.
From the chat logs between Shangguan Rui and his mother, it can be seen that his mother did ask him the same question, asking if the insurance was reliable. However, he was busy with a meeting with his company employees at the time, and his mother's message was overwhelmed by the messages in various business groups, so he completely forgot about it.
If he hadn't seen his sister Shangguan Wen looking up the chat records with his mother on WeChat, he would have had no idea that his mother had also asked him.
Shangguan Rui's eyes were filled with tears. He thought he was being filial by providing his parents with food and clothing, but he couldn't even see a message from his mother. If his mother had sent a message asking for help, he wouldn't have seen it either.
Thinking of this, he felt sad.
When he was a child, his mother always responded to his requests and never ignored any of his little requests.
Now that he has grown up, his parents have grown old and are the ones who need to be responded to, but he...