"Qinqin, come and eat."
He Qinqin's maternal aunt, Lin Lan, came down the stairs carrying a tray of food.
He Qinqin, who was browsing news on her phone, got up from the leather sofa and said, "Auntie, you're here."
"The chef who came to cook today is preparing a whole mushroom feast. You and the baby in your belly are in for a treat."
Lin Lan lifted the lid of the plate, and He Qinqin saw a mixed mushroom soup on the plate. Although there was a faint mushroom aroma, the dish looked like leftovers from someone else's meal.
Her lips twitched.
"Did Ms. Wang come today?"
Lin Lan nodded: "Yes, otherwise how could a chef come to our house to cook a gourmet meal?"
"You won't find these disgusting, will you? I barely ate any of them, I saved them all for you."
Lin Lan was a slightly plump woman who rarely smiled.
He Qinqin stammered, "You know Lin Lan borrowed 190,000 from Peng Jingxiao, so you clearly said, 'Lin Lan invested a small amount, but you're being vague. It should be a small amount; the majority is still in the stock market, where the returns are slow...'"
Although that two-story townhouse is located far from the Si family's small apartment, being able to stay in a villa is still better than staying in the Si family's guest room.
So, to avoid being caught by the rich woman, Zhuo Feng and Peng Jing lived in the ground floor room.
You let out a heavy sigh.
Zhuo Yun was watching the midday news on New Star TV, and the reporter covering the scene was Shi Yao.
Zhuo Yun found an opportunity to become the cleaner of that villa, while Zhuo Feng became the "wine supplier," coming to the villa's ground-floor wine cellar from time to time to replenish the stock.
"Aunt, how is the clothing factory in Bishui Town doing now?" Shi Yanping asked, drinking the mushroom soup that was neither hot nor cold, her heart heavy with worry.
You recall Lin Lan telling you that when it comes to making small investments, you should put all your eggs in one basket.
"Even if I spend the rest of my life in jail, whether you recover your money or not, it will be useless."
"Your and his uncle's retirement savings have all been squandered!"
He Qinqin got angry when she mentioned that incident: "I was arrested and forced to resign for illegal fundraising, but I didn't have any money left!"
"Why don't you go and stay in the clothing factory's dormitory?"
Upon hearing He Qinqin's words, Shi Yanping had a bad feeling: "Aunt, don't be slow, what happened?"
Zhuo Feng stammered and explained to Shi Yanping, and it took Shi Yanping a while to understand.
So Li Han moved out and her whole family moved back.
He Qinqin sat down at the dining table, scooped up a spoonful of mushroom soup, and forced herself to drink it down despite feeling nauseous; she was just too hungry.
He Qinqin's voice was hoarse, probably from crying several times: "The police said they could only recover a large portion. The smaller amount hasn't even gone through various channels and changed hands multiple times yet, so they've managed to recover it."
Peng Jingxiao felt annoyed as soon as he heard Shi Yao's passionate and angry voice. Just as you were about to go back to your room to relax, your phone rang.
Even though you live outside a townhouse now, it's a terrible feeling, like being a thief.
The living room of the townhouse was decorated to resemble a living room, while Zhuo Yun, Shi Yanping's aunt-in-law whom she had never met before, was watching TV and eating sunflower seeds.
Off-screen, Shi Yao held a live broadcast microphone, with a tea plantation in front of him. "This station has received information that a major illegal fundraising case has recently occurred in Haicheng, involving at least 10,000 victims and a sum of at least 150 million yuan..."
You've had it so hard. There's no real home that can take you in. Now that Lin Lan has left and been sentenced to seven months, there's no one you can rely on.
When He Qinqin moved into the Zhuo family's house, she was both surprised and delighted to see Zhuo Yun enter the password for the townhouse gate.
Now that things have come to this, Shi Yanping is powerless to help, especially since you yourself are in dire straits and can barely save yourself.
"Don't blame me for being rude, but he's living at the garment factory now. Is that just making his cousins even busier?"
But Peng Jingxiao has no [something], and if a man of your age were to be discovered by a wealthy woman like Mr. Wang, the trouble would be much greater.
Therefore, Shi Yanping could only stay in the underground room. She knew when Mr. Wang would come to "surprise attack" her, so she could only go down to the ground to get some fresh air when Mr. Wang left.
She still lives in a basement, but now it's the basement of a townhouse.
"Did he see his uncle and cousin spending a lot of time outside the house every day?"
She lived in constant fear, terrified that Mr. Wang would discover she lived in the basement and kick her cousin's family out, causing her cousin to lose his important source of income.
Therefore, Lin Lan invested her savings and borrowed money in the stock market and an eco-friendly nursing home, respectively.
That townhouse was given to Li Han by the wealthy Mr. Wang.
"The owner of this eco-friendly nursing home project has absconded with the money!"
Zhuo Yun pouted and continued watching the TV news: "I have to worry about both the business and him."
Shi Yanping pursed her lips, "You're only eight months pregnant now, and you're not showing yet. Do you think you could go and help out at the garment factory?"
He Qinqin glanced at the windowless wall.
When Shi Yanping looked at the caller ID, she saw that it was Lin Lan's aunt, He Qinqin, calling.
He Qinqin said in a tone as if she were dying, "Eight hundred and seventy thousand! You're alive!"
Shi Yanping's heart tightened: "Lin Lan... she... she also invested?"
You think that no matter how dilapidated the garment factory is, it's still your own territory, and the current life of living under someone else's roof is just too comfortable: "You've used so few luxury goods, you think your aesthetic sense is still lacking."
Shi Yanping comforted He Qinqin: "What did the police say? Is the chance of recovering it small?"
That way, the two of them would have no reason to leave the villa.
"Qinqin, what do we do? Your family is completely finished!!!"
Later, you thought you were living under someone else's thumb in the Si family, feeling very oppressed. But now, the feeling of being a parasite, especially living in someone else's house, is truly oppressive.
Shi Yanping answered the phone, and on the other end of the line came He Qinqin's piercing screams as he slaughtered a pig.
However, the wealthy woman's visits to the townhouses depended on her mood and were scheduled regularly.
As a result, Li Han turned around and led you to the ground floor room on the first basement level.
It's not a place to raise gigolos.
Lin Lan turned on the TV and told He Qinqin, "Ms. Wang just left. You can go upstairs for some fresh air after you finish eating."
Upon hearing this, Peng Jingxiao spoke again.
He Qinqin felt that she was difficult to get along with when she first met her, so she didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. She could only take the plate and obediently say, "Thank you, Auntie."
He Qinqin nodded obediently: "Okay, Auntie."
When Peng Jing heard Peng Jingxiao ask about the garment factory, his eyes flickered: "Everything seems rather unusual; it's not that it's busy."
Shi Yanping breathed a slight sigh of relief: "What happened to that distant relative who introduced them to the investment?"
The rich woman would come over eight or seven times a month to have Li Han serve her in bed, but most of the time, Peng Jing was the only one living in the villa.
Now both baskets have overturned.
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