allonlinenovel Chapter 164 Self-blame
Chapter 164 Self-blame
The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.
Shangguan Rui's blood was boiling, sadness spread to his eyes, and a tear fell from his eyes.
"Brother, now is not the time to cry, we have to call the police! Mom and Dad's death must be related to this insurance company!"
Shangguan Rui also agreed with his sister's opinion. He nodded vigorously, put the notebook into his bag, and drove to the nearby police station.
Mei Ling'er insisted on going with them on the grounds that Lao Ding and the old woman had difficulty walking.
Old Ding and the old woman agreed to her request because it was Mei Ling'er who found the notebook.
When they arrived at the police station, they thought they had come to the wrong place.
The police station was packed with people inside and outside, and there were some elderly people sitting on the floor in the hall crying, some even fainted from crying.
Mei Ling'er and her group finally made their way through the crowded crowd and quickly made their way to a police officer.
"Hello, officer, we need to call the police!"
As soon as the police officer saw Lao Ding and the old woman, he looked as if he knew everything and asked Shangguan Rui to go to a temporary table nearby to line up for registration.
Mei Ling'er followed Old Ding and the old woman. Taking advantage of a break in the queue, she patted the person in front of her on the back:
"Hello, excuse me, what's the police call you're calling? Why is the police station so busy today?"
The man in front had a sad look in his eyes. He didn't look at Mei Ling'er, but instead said to Old Ding:
"How much did you spend on it? Did you put any of your retirement money into it?"
Old Ding was confused and asked doubtfully:
"I didn't buy anything. What are you referring to?"
The person in front took out a registration form with the words "Minzhong Insurance" written in large letters on it. This was the insurance company that Shangguan Rui's parents bought.
Seeing this, Mei Ling'er and her group had already guessed that most of the people who came to the police station to report the crime today were cheated by the so-called Minzhong Insurance and wanted to get their property back by calling the police.
She looked up at the people around her, and everyone had the same expression as her.
Everyone tacitly agreed not to speak anymore and waited in line quietly.
There were so many people in front of us that it took about half an hour before it was Shangguan Rui's turn.
As soon as Shangguan Rui mentioned his parents' names, the police officer's eyes lit up and his brows furrowed.
Another police officer quickly took out another stack of registration forms and kept searching through them.
Finally, when I was almost done flipping through the registration form, I stopped at a certain page.
The police officer looked up at Shangguan Rui and said in a bad tone:
"I know your family was defrauded of a large amount of money. Your old man and old lady came here several times a day recently."
"I was wondering these past few days why he suddenly stopped coming? Turns out he went to visit his son and daughter..."
Shangguan Wen burst into tears after hearing what the police officers said:
"Mom and Dad, you've suffered so much... I'm such an unfilial daughter! My brother and I didn't know what happened to you. Now that you're gone, you let the police wrongly accuse you. It's all my fault... Wuuwuwu..."
The two registered police officers only then realized that they had said the wrong thing. They looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort Shangguan Wen.
Shangguan Rui saw his sister crying like this and didn't know what to do. He knew that his sister was right. They cared too little about their parents. If they could take a little time to reply to their parents when they asked them questions, their parents might not have been so depressed and committed suicide.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Rui's eyes also turned red.
Finally, Old Ding couldn't stand it anymore and dragged the Shangguan siblings out of the police station.
Compared with what happened in the hotel conference hall before, Old Ding's attitude towards the Shangguan siblings had obviously softened a lot.
Seeing the brother and sister immersed in self-blame, he felt uncomfortable. If his good brothers Shangguan and his wife could see it in heaven, they would definitely feel very distressed knowing that their children were so sad.
Mei Ling'er didn't know what to say. She didn't expect that her momentary curiosity would lead to such an unexpected result.
At this time, the old woman beside broke the silence:
"Everyone, don't be so gloomy. Now that we all know that the Shangguan couple's despair is due to fraud, let's wait for the results of the police investigation. So many people have been deceived, I believe the police will give us an explanation."
"To prevent what happened to the Shangguan couple from happening again, Old Ding! We need to tell more people in our senior group about this, and we need to get the young people around us to tell their parents about it too!"
Shangguan Rui also stood up and expressed his support for the old woman:
"Auntie, you're right! I'll have the company set up a special team to set aside 5% of profits each year for anti-fraud publicity. I know what I did to my parents is irreparable, and I hope to help some people who haven't been scammed yet and raise their awareness of fraud prevention."
"This way, an unfilial son like me can feel less guilty."
Shangguan Wen's eyes are full of admiration for her brother. He has always been the responsible and responsible big brother!
After saying a brief farewell to Shangguan Rui and his group, Mei Ling'er stood there, watching the four people's backs as they walked away.
One day, her parents will become slow in movement and as old as the deceased Shangguan couple, Uncle Ding, and the old lady.
Thinking of this, a feeling of sadness surged in her heart, and Mei Ling'er called her mother.
"Hey, Mom! I'm going home today."
That evening, in Mei Ling'er's house, the food was already placed on the table in the main hall.
Mei's mother yelled from the kitchen, "It's time to eat! Help yourself! Hurry up!"
Mei Ling'er was watching a TV series in her bedroom and was frightened by her mother's shout.
After turning off the iPad, Mei Ling'er walked all the way to the kitchen in her slippers.
Mei's mother cooked rice on the stove today. Every time Mei Ling'er came home, she would cook rice on the stove, wanting her daughter to eat a bite of rice crust, or drink a mouthful of rice crust porridge made with rice soup.
"It was too late when you called me. I didn't have time to go to the street to buy vegetables. But the vegetables on the street are not as good as in the morning. I went to the next village and bought a chicken. It's cheaper than the vegetable market. But the ones in the next village don't clean it up, so I have to do it myself."
Mei Ling'er looked at the two big chicken legs on the plate, her eyes narrowed into slits with smile, and she shook her head slightly.
No matter how old she is, her mother still keeps her old habit: saving big chicken legs for her.
However, she doesn't like eating big chicken legs very much. She doesn't like eating big pieces of meat, but she has eaten big chicken legs for so many years, without missing a single one.
Mei's mother held the chopsticks without moving, watching her daughter slowly chewing the big chicken leg, feeling indescribably happy!