The second scene.
Early morning.
" Ding!"
The urgent ringing of the phone woke the old man up from his sleep.
The old man quickly got up and picked up the phone.
The reason why she could answer the call so quickly was because she had moved a recliner and slept by the phone all day and night.
"Hello, Xu 'er? Is that you?" The old man quickly asked.
"It's me, Mom. Morning!" The middle-aged man greeted.
"Morning, morning! "Xu 'er, have you gained weight or lost weight recently? The weather is about to turn cold. Remember to wear more clothes. Be careful not to catch a cold…" The old man began to patiently remind him.
"Yes, yes, I will, Mom!"
"Also, don't be reluctant to spend money. You'll only have the strength to work if you eat well, right?”
" Got it, Mom. I'll be careful. Oh right…"
" Also, Xu 'er, Xiaomei is a lady after all. You have to give in to Xiaomei a little more. Don't be so chauvinistic in everything. This won't do. Xiaomei is beautiful and capable. It's a blessing that you won't be able to get in three lifetimes if she takes a fancy to you…"
"I know, I know, I know!"
The middle-aged man raised his voice a little, not giving the old man a chance to speak. He spoke again,"Oh right, Mom, transfer me another 20,000 yuan. My business problem hasn't been completely solved yet…"
The old man suddenly fell silent.
"Mom, after I solve this problem, I'll be able to go home immediately!”The middle-aged man spoke again.
"Okay, okay, okay. Mom will transfer the money to you in a while!”the old man said.
"Yes, yes. Thank you, Mom. Mom, you're so good. I love you so much!”The middle-aged man sounded unusually excited.
"Xu 'er, what's going on with your business? Could it be that he had encountered a scam company? Don't be fooled by a swindler. A swindler has many tricks up his sleeve. You must be careful…"
The old man could not help but remind him.
"Yes, yes, I will. Mom, I will pay attention. Alright, Mom, I won't talk about it anymore. I have an urgent matter here.”
" Hey, Xu 'er, wait. Talk to Mom again…"
"Beep, beep, beep…"
The call was hung up again.
The old man grabbed the receiver and tears fell again.
The room was silent.
The second scene ended and the third scene began.
A few days later, at night.
The old man was sitting on the sofa with a bowl of porridge in his hand. He stared blankly at the phone on the coffee table. He was like a zombie as he ate the porridge mouthful by mouthful.
Suddenly.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding!"
The phone rang again.
The old man's dead eyes instantly came back to life. He quickly grabbed the phone and said,"Hello, is this Xu 'er?"
"Mom, it's me!" The middle-aged man's voice sounded again.
"Why didn't you call for so many days? I was really worried about you. I thought something had happened to you!”As he spoke, the old man choked.
"Mom, I'm fine, I'm fine. Haven't I been busy with business? " Sigh…" The middle-aged man sighed.
"It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine!"
The old man sobbed and heaved a sigh of relief." Oh right, Xu 'er, didn't you say you wanted to go home? When do you plan to go home?"
The other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
"Xu 'er? Why did you suddenly stop talking?" The old man quickly asked.
After another period of silence, the middle-aged man said,""Mom, I might not be able to come back!"
"Why, why didn't you come back? What happened?？”The old man immediately became anxious.
"It's still about the business matters that we talked about a few days ago. Mom, you're really right. The company I met was really a scammer. I was scammed. I was scammed of 200,000 yuan. Now, the company's accounts are short of 200,000 yuan.”
" 200,000!!"
The old man suddenly fell silent.
In the silence, she looked around the empty and quiet room. Then, she said with a trembling voice,"Xu 'er, Mom won't let you go to jail. Mom will think of a way to get 200,000 yuan!”
"Really? Mom, you're so good to me!"
"You're my son, you're my Xu 'er. If I don't treat you well, who else would I treat well?”
"Xu 'er, you must not have been eating or sleeping well these past few days, right?" the old man continued. You must have lost weight, right? Don't skip your meals. Mom will think of a way to get you 200,000 yuan. You must eat more!”
"Okay, okay, Mom!" "Mom, I have something urgent to do now. We'll talk later!" The middle-aged man spoke again.”
"No, no, Xu 'er, don't hang up…"
"Beep, beep, beep…"
The call ended.
The third scene ended and the fourth scene began.
"Creak ~"
The door opened.
The old man dragged his tired body back home and placed a note on the table.
The content of the note was a money order.
The old man quickly walked to the phone and dialed the middle-aged man's number.
However, what greeted her was a busy tone.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently busy. Please try again later…"
Again and again.
Again and again.
No matter how many times the old man called, the phone was still busy.
Ten times, twenty times, thirty times…a hundred times…
No one knew how many times the old man had called, but finally, the heavens paid off.
After hundreds of times, the call was picked up.
"Hello?" The middle-aged man's cold voice rang out.
"Xu 'er, Mom has already sent you the money. Did you receive it?”The old man asked shakily.
"Yes!" The middle-aged man said impatiently.
"Xu 'er, this way you won't have to go to jail, right? When are you coming home? Don't forget to bring Xiaomei…"
Before the old man could finish, he was interrupted by the middle-aged man,"Is there anything else? If there's nothing else, I'll hang up. I'm busy here!”
"Don't, don't, don't. There's one more thing, one more very important thing!”
The old man hurriedly said.
"What is it?" The middle-aged man said impatiently.
The old man suddenly fell silent.
"What is it? What important thing? Are you going to tell me or not?”The middle-aged man urged impatiently.
The old man wiped the tears from his face and looked up at the black and white photo of the young man on the wall. He said with a trembling voice,"Young man, can you call me mom again?”
The middle-aged man on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, the middle-aged man finally spoke,""Mom, take care!"
With that, he hung up.
The old man collapsed to the ground weakly. He looked at the black and white photo of his son who had died five years ago hanging on the wall, tears streaming down his face.
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