Once again, he slept until noon.
Mom shouted at the door dozens of times, banged on the door, and made a loud noise. Only then did Chen Jin wake up.
"Okay, I'm up!"
He jumped up from the bed, opened the door quickly, and saw his mom standing at the door with a cold face.
Saturday.
Chen Jin immediately realized that it was the weekend.
Usually, for a two-income family with stable jobs, parents would not have lunch at home from Monday to Friday because they had to work.
Therefore, Chen Jin could explore the other world to his heart's content from Monday to Friday. He could go back to his bedroom on Earth and sleep until 5 or 6 pm.
But he could not do it on Saturday and Sunday. His parents were at home, and he had to cooperate. He had to wake up for lunch.
But he was too tired last night and slept so soundly that he did not hear the alarm. It was his mom's loud banging on the door that woke him up.
"Son, this is the third time. You should restrain yourself."
He Li was not angry. At least, Chen Jin did not hear any anger in her calm tone.
But the word "third time" made his heart skip a beat, and he became a little nervous.
This word was too familiar. Every time it was said, it foretold a storm was coming.
He could only smile cautiously. "Mom, I'll be more careful in the future. I promise to wake up on time for lunch!"
He Hi looked at him calmly and nodded her head lightly.
…
At the dining table.
The family finished their lunch peacefully.
"Ah!"
He Li put down her chopsticks and sighed heavily.
Chen Jin's expression changed.
"Son, there's something I need to tell you," He Li said with a heavy expression.
"What is it, Mom?" Chen Jin quickly pricked up his ears. Here comes the drama!
"Recently, there's been a lot of news about P2P platforms exploding. Have you heard about it?"
"Uh, I think I've heard a little." P2P is a kind of Internet financial peer-to-peer lending platform, used to provide third-party lending services, there is a high risk.
"I've been hit by a bomb too. The P2P platform I invested in exploded recently. I can't withdraw all my capital." Speaking of this, He Li took out a tissue and started sobbing softly.
Chen Gang's expression also changed. He looked at her and asked, "You've been involved in P2P too? I told you it was a Ponzi scheme. It would explode sooner or later. How much did you lose? "
Wiping her tears, He Li sobbed and said, "I didn't withdraw the capital of more than a million. The platform ran away."
"More than a million?"
Chen Gang's eyes widened, he slammed the table, pointed at her and said: "Is there such a good thing as a pie falling from the sky? Others might not understand P2P, but how did you fall for it? More than a million, how many years do we have to work to save up that much? Now you've defeated all of them! "
His father, Chen Gang, cursed loudly.
He Hi didn't make a sound. She just kept wiping away her tears, her heart aching at the huge loss.
"Dad, don't say that to mom."
Putting a stop to his father's criticism, Chen Jin asked He Li, "Mom, can you tell me the specifics of the situation? Which platform did you buy? Are the legal representatives of the platform under control? Did the police get involved? "
He Li introduced, "The platform I invested in is called 'Tianze Finance.' It has raised more than 50 billion yuan. The platform's CEO has already run overseas with the money … Look, this is the platform's app, but I can't log in. My account has also been blocked …"
She placed her phone in front of Chen Jin. Sure enough, she saw an app called "Tian Ze Finance." She really could not log into it.
"Oh …"
Chen Jin nodded his head in realization. Four words appeared in his mind:
She came prepared.
Mom came prepared this time.
He didn't pursue the matter further. He only comforted his crying mom. "Mom, don't be too sad. We can only blame our bad luck for encountering such a thing. Whether we can recover our losses will depend on how the police handle it after we report it to the police."
Chen Gang slammed the table. "Recover our losses? Your mom has already become a taker. How can we recover our losses? Your mom's IQ isn't high enough. This time, she has to pay the IQ tax. "
"Chen Gang, what do you mean? Are you still going on and on? "
He Li raised her eyebrows and immediately retorted.
Chen Gang looked embarrassed and didn't dare to speak.
Chen Jin asked, "Then … Mom, what should we do next? Do we still have money to spend after losing such a huge sum of money? "
"Uh …"
He Li coughed and said, "Well … we still have some pocket money. It's enough for us to get by. But we don't have any big money."
She looked ashamed. "Son, you're going to have to suffer a little. I don't have any extra money here. If you have any big expenses in the future, I really can't help you anymore."
"Son, it's all my fault. I was too stupid and got cheated. I caused you to have to suffer too."
She wiped the corners of her eyes with a tissue, looking like she was about to cry.
Familiar.
This scene.
Chen Jin felt that it was all too familiar.
He remembered when he was 15 years old and in the third year of middle school. At that time, he was at the peak of his rebellious phase. He spent money lavishly, played games all night, formed gangs in school, got into fights, found girlfriends to date, smoked, drank, and almost got hooked on drugs with a few of his friends. During that period of time, he did almost all kinds of daring things.
He became the most troublesome student in school. He was the black sheep of the crowd. The school wanted to expel him several times.
Until one day, when he came home from school.
Mom was sitting on the sofa crying. Dad was squatting in the corner, smoking a cigarette.
A few burly men in sunglasses and suits stood in the house. They handed a contract to Dad and looked at him with a threatening gaze. "If you don't sign it, I'll chop off your son's hands and feet!"
Dad had to sign it.
Mom carried a few simple clothes and left the house. She cried and said, "Son, your dad went gambling and fell into someone's trap. He owes them $5 million!"
"Now our house is gone and our car has been driven away. I only have $200 left. I can only find the cheapest house to live in."
So the family of three squeezed into a rough house that was only 10 square meters. The monthly rent was only $100.
The remaining $100 was the monthly food expenses for the family of three.
How did their family survive that one month?
They bought the cheapest rice. The oil was probably gutter oil.
The pot and stove were borrowed from the landlord.
They didn't have enough money to buy groceries. They could only go to the market and pick the best ones from the pile of leftover vegetables. They also had to endure the strange looks from passersby.
When they saw empty mineral water bottles on the roadside, they would subconsciously pick them up. They would go to the waste collection station and exchange them for some money to buy the cheapest popsicle.
When he returned to school, Chen Jin felt like he had fallen into hell.
His classmates who were close to him kept their distance from him, as if they couldn't wait to avoid him.
His girlfriend was in the arms of a good friend.
Some classmates who had a grudge with him blocked him at the school gate after school and dragged him into an alley to beat him up.
No one reached out to help him.
The disdain, ridicule, taunts, and even adding insult to injury made him feel cold all over.
That month, he felt like he had fallen from heaven to hell. He experienced what "brotherhood" was, what "the essence of love" was, and what "the fickleness of human nature" was.
During that time, his rebelliousness, arrogance, and condescension had all disappeared.
Half a year later, Chen Jin's family moved out of that cramped rough house and moved into a medium-sized two-bedroom rental.
Then, his parents announced that they had paid off their gambling debts. They bought a high-end commercial house and returned to the days when they had plenty of money.
But by then, he was mature and sensible. He learned how to do housework to lighten his parents' burden. He understood the importance of studying. His grades were no longer at the bottom of the class.
Most importantly, he learned to keep a low profile.
Until one day, when he accidentally overheard his parents' conversation through a crack in the door that wasn't tightly closed.
"Old Chen, do you remember that time when I took our son to the market to pick vegetables and saw you eating beef ramen in a noodle restaurant? Our son pointed at you and said that's Dad. I insisted that it wasn't, saying that he was starving and that his eyes were playing tricks on him. I quickly pulled our son away and almost let the cat out of the bag. Old Chen, you're not reliable at all.
You still have the cheek to criticize me. Don't you often buy pork knuckles to eat after work? I told you to give me a piece, but you refused.
Get lost! I only secretly ate pork knuckles when my son was in school. Is that the same as yours?
Sigh, those days were really bitter and sweet. I actually miss them. "
"…"
Chen Jin, who was at the door, was completely stunned.
He returned to his bedroom in a daze.
Ever since he found out the truth that day, he became a spendthrift again.
Every time He Li felt that he was overdoing it and spending too much money, similar dramas like "gambling debts," "accidentally losing money," and "being cheated of money" would play out in front of him.
This time was the same. He Li felt that he was too much of a homebody in his room. She intentionally used financial means to suppress him.
Chen Jin nodded. "Okay, Mom. I'll spend less in the future. I won't ask you for money anymore."
He Li blamed herself again. "Son, it's Mom's fault for making you suffer."
Chen Jin stood up and said helplessly, "Mom, you … you're really getting better at this."
He looked at his father. "Dad, your performance just now was a little exaggerated."
"Uh-huh ~"
"Ahem ~"
Both husband and wife coughed at the same time. Their expressions were slightly awkward.
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