Seeing that Second Aunt had stopped crying, Zhao Mei called her uncle, who was sitting on the sofa next to her and smoking, "Uncle, can you help Second Aunt up first? Let's have a good chat today about what happened over the past few years."
Second Aunt Zhao Danhong listened to Zhao Mei's words and her sobs, which had just subsided, intensified. "Oh my! How can someone who owes money be so righteous?! My sister and I paid for your education when you were little, and even had to work to support you when you grew up, Zhao Zhengzhen. How can you treat us like this?! You've screwed me and my eldest sister's family!"
Zhao Mei's father, Zhao Zhengzhen, looked exhausted. "Sister, I have money, so how could I not give it to you? Back then, that business was supposed to be closed while it was going strong. Didn't you make a killing? I tried to persuade you later, but you didn't listen. I really had no choice. Look at us now. We're renting a place, and we've sold our car. We've given you everything we can."
Men don't cry easily, but they do until they're heartbroken. Seeing her father in such pain, Zhao Mei felt bad from the bottom of her heart and just wanted to cut the Gordian knot: "Dad, how much is the IOU for?"
Before Zhao Zhengzhen could say anything, Zhao Danhong started to wail, "He owes us over two million! Over two million!! Most people only earn that much in their lifetime!! Oh my god, why am I so miserable!"
After listening to what she said, Zhao Zhengzhen sighed and said to Zhao Mei, "I didn't dare to tell you before, afraid that you would be too stressed. After all, it's not a small amount of money. The total amount at home is more than 4 million, and the total amount outside and at home is more than 10 million. Over the years, I have sold cars and houses to pay back more than 500. For the rest, I can only wait for the previous investment to come back to give me some. Sigh..."
Zhao Mei felt a bit awkward after hearing this. Although she had noticed something strange after moving out of her original large apartment in high school, her parents never told her about these things because they cared about her studies. She only knew that her family owed money, but she didn't expect it to be so serious. However, the current Zhao Mei is no longer the Zhao Mei she used to be.
"Dad, get all the IOUs from Second Aunt and the others." Zhao Mei saw her father go inside to get the IOUs first, then turned back and continued with a cold face, "Second Aunt, I was embarrassed to say this even when my dad was here, but you're out of money for cards again, right? Do you think it's worth it to lose your brother just to play cards? And what about my uncle, is he secretly running a card room? There's no such thing as a wall that's impenetrable, as the neighbors all say."
"What...what's wrong? You have to pay back your debts! It's only natural! Why do you care about me taking money..." Zhao Danhong looked at her husband guiltily, her voice getting weaker and weaker.
Zhao Mei rolled her eyes nonchalantly: "I'm just advising you not to make a mistake. As long as you don't regret it, that's all."
At this time, Zhao Zhengzhen also came out with the IOU. Zhao Mei took the small pieces of paper, carefully calculated the amount and asked, "Second Aunt, I still call you Second Aunt. Do you have the IOU? And give me the bank card."
Zhao Danhong was full of disbelief: "How can a little girl like you be rich? This is nearly one million."
"You don't want the money, right?" Zhao Mei said. Zhao Danhong reluctantly got up from the ground, took out the bank card and IOU from her bag and threw them to Zhao Mei.
"It adds up to a total of RMB, is that the number?" Zhao Mei looked up and asked, seeing Zhao Danhong nodded, she took out her cell phone and made a call.
"Zhao Jing, transfer the money to a card with the number xxxxxxxx at the Xincheng Plaza branch of Huaxia Bank. Don't make it any less or more, and the sooner the better."
"Yes, miss."
After Zhao Mei hung up the phone, Zhao Danhong folded her arms and looked at her sarcastically, "I haven't seen you for such a long time, little girl. You haven't learned any manners, you just pretend. I was thinking you could do something, but you're here to embarrass yourself. God is really blind for you to come up with so much money."
Zhao Mei didn't want to care about her rage. She just looked at her father's worried eyes and comforted him: "It's okay, Dad. Just wait two minutes. I'm sure I can find a way to help your daughter."
Sure enough, within two minutes, Zhao Danhong and Zhao Mei's phones simultaneously rang with a text message sound. Zhao Danhong, still cursing, slowly pulled out her phone, lit up the screen, and said stubbornly, "I don't believe you have so much money...?!"
Zhao Danhong suddenly froze in place while speaking: "One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand... eight hundred thousand?!"
Zhao Danhong's eyes turned red as she read the text message. She had never thought that a college girl could come up with so much money! If she had known earlier, she wouldn't have done such a thing! Looking at Zhao Mei's slender figure, fair skin, and smooth, beautiful face, she suddenly thought, this girl must be kept by someone! Otherwise, where would she get so much money?
Zhao Danhong's heart was in turmoil, but she said something completely different: "...Oh, it's because of our beauty. We are so promising at such a young age. Second Aunt is also like this. Your brother is in a hurry to get married recently and is really short of money. It's Second Aunt's fault. Second Aunt apologizes to you. We are all family, we are all family."
Zhao Mei rolled her eyes fiercely. "You've already forced yourself into my house. Who wants to play the role of a loving family with you? I've already paid you back. I'm recording it. Hurry up and tear up this IOU and leave. Otherwise, I'll call the police in the middle of the night. Oh, and don't forget to ask my aunt, let's just call her, to come over tomorrow night with the IOU. No one will be waiting after that."
Zhao Danhong gritted her teeth: "Okay, I'll tear up the note right now. Don't bother with Second Aunt about what happened today. Second Aunt really had no choice. I will definitely bring my eldest sister here tomorrow to apologize to my younger brothers and sisters." After she forced a smile, she glanced at Zhao Mei, tore up the note, grabbed her husband and rushed out of the door.
With a bang, the room finally returned to silence. Zhao Mei also sighed. She rushed home overnight and could not hide her exhaustion. Ye Danqin looked at her with distress: "Oh, Meili, go change your clothes, take a shower and go to bed first. If there is anything, we can talk about it tomorrow. It's too late today."
Zhao Mei shook her head. "It's okay, Mom. I'll tell you first. It's not that complicated. Don't be angry if I tell you. Because our family is in debt, I like to buy lottery tickets every time I get paid after doing odd jobs. I know it's not good, but the ending is good. Your daughter won a few first prizes in the lottery, and our family's debts can be paid off. You and Dad finally don't have to live like this anymore."
These few simple words left Zhao Zhengzhen and Ye Danqin in disbelief: "Won the lottery? Lecai Lottery? What's a few bets?"
Zhao Mei knew that her parents didn't understand, so she could only explain, "Lecai Lottery is the lottery with the largest amount of money. There are several first prize Lecai Lottery tickets. You just need to know that your daughter has won hundreds of millions." After saying that, she didn't plan to continue explaining. Instead of continuing, it would be better to give her parents some space to calm down. She went to the bathroom to take a shower and go to bed, leaving her two elderly parents in their fifties counting how many numbers one hundred million meant.
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