"Son, the money in your sister’s card hasn’t arrived yet. Tell Sissy to wait a few days. Our family already paid five million, so two hundred thousand isn’t a big deal."
I rushed in like a madwoman to confront them after catching the truth—but it only led to a tragic ending.
Thinking of this, the sadness in my eyes turned into anger. Anyway, I was killed by them, so I just gave up!
At that moment, my father urged impatiently on the other end of the phone, “Did you hear me? This girl likes to eat seafood. Buy more. Don’t be stingy. And don’t forget the red envelope I asked for…”
Before my father could finish speaking, I interrupted him in a cold tone, “Wait. I’ll be there soon.”
He didn’t notice anything unusual in my voice. After a few perfunctory remarks, he hung up the phone. But when I showed up at the door empty-handed, my parents’ expressions instantly shifted.
“Where are the things?” Mom walked over, her tone full of reproach. She glanced outside again and again, unwilling to believe it. “If you can forget something this simple, what else can you even be trusted to do?”