Chapter 228: Atonement
As the more calls were made, the man's fraud techniques became more and more mature, at least he found that the phone number he bought back for a thousand yuan was still worth it, and more than eighty percent of the people who answered the phone were indeed old men and old ladies.
The man realized that he couldn't call from one number all the time, so he prepared a dozen calling cards and used them in turns. He also tried to make three different sounds, one that was normal, one that was pinching his nose, and one that was against his throat. The man used three mobile phone cards to verify, and the person who answered the phone couldn't hear that it was the same person.
After exercising such an ability, the man knows how to use a phone call to test the other party's current situation, at least to rule out the situation that his son is around, and he will use chat tools such as WeChat, and there is little hope for those who have close contact with his son, because they usually pass the > firstFinally, there are the old men and women who don't keep up with the times, can't even use smartphones, and have little contact with their sons, which are the most likely targets for successful fraud.
The hard work paid off, and when the man made the 500th call, he heard an old lady anxiously ask, "Son, where are you now?"
The man desperately suppressed the joy in his heart, he knew that the fish had finally taken the bait, the man cried on the phone, and after making sure that he had gained the trust of the other party, the man told his strange mother that he owed a total of one million in gambling debts and needed to raise the money immediately to pay back the creditor.
This amount is exactly the amount that the man owed at that time, with his salary of more than 3,000 yuan a month in the factory, the man knows very well that he will not be able to finish his life.
At a certain moment, the man hopes that he has defrauded a rich man, so that he may be able to pay off his gambling debts and not have to commit suicide to avoid the creditor.
However, after the silence on the other side of the phone, the old lady told him that her entire savings were only 300,000 yuan, and she could not make up the rest of the money. The man sighed silently, 300,000 yuan is still a big gap from gambling debts, but as long as he saves a little money, it is enough for his wife to raise her son.
The man casually made up an excuse, saying that the creditor agreed to collect 300,000 yuan first, and the rest could be repaid slowly later. The man told the old man where he paid the money, it was a drizzly evening, the old man may have left in a hurry without an umbrella, she was wearing a shabby dress, standing in the rain and watching anxiously, until she found that the man wearing a black mask stepped out of the taxi, and the old man took the initiative to carry a cloth bag and handed it over.
"Please, release my son quickly," the old man had a begging look on his face.
This situation made the man worry for a while, he was not a bad person to the bone, and he had not done anything unreasonable before, he only hated why he wanted to linger in the casino, resulting in having to deceive an innocent old man now.
The coat on the old man's body should have been worn for many years, as long as you are careful, you can see that there are several patches on it, and the 300,000 yuan in the cloth bag may be the old man's life savings, in order to save this money, she is not even willing to buy a new coat.
But at this point, the man has no way out, he must be ruthless for his family, and the moment he looks at the old man, the man timidly retracts his gaze.
The man took the bag and found it heavy, so he turned away without saying a word, got back into the taxi and walked away. When the taxi was turning the road ahead, the man looked through the window and saw that the old man was still standing in the rain and looking in his direction...
When the man returned home for the last time, his wife apparently did not welcome his presence, knowing that her husband had a gambling debt outside, and the wife only begged not to lead the creditor into the house. So she wants men to hide outside, and it's best not to go home until they pay off their gambling debts.
At dinner, the wife brought out the prepared meal, but as usual, there were only two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table. The man knew what his wife meant by doing this, and he didn't have any complaints in his heart, only blaming himself for being sorry for them.
The man left the cloth bag containing 300,000 cash, finally took his son in his arms and kissed him, and walked out of the house without looking back.
Whether his wife knows the news of his accident now, the man doesn't know, but it doesn't matter anymore, the 300,000 yuan can allow his wife and son to live a worry-free life for ten years. Ten years later, the son is grown up, and he can rely on his own hands. Now, the only thing a man is sorry for is the old man who gave him all his savings.
Lin Yu knew that the man had done such a thing before he died, and he looked at the man's merit record again, it turned out that the man's original merit value was second-grade, and it was because of the fraud that the old man had accumulated all the merit accumulated in the first half of his life was wiped out.
The man's guilt was written on his face, and he said in a tone of self-reproach, "Lord Death, people like me don't dare to make any wishes, that is, I just want you to give me a chance to give me some time to atone for my sins in front of the old man before going to the soul realm." ”
Lin Yu originally looked down on him, even for the sake of his family, it was extremely selfish to cheat an old man out of money. Now that he himself is dead, he has nothing to worry about, but how can the living old man continue her life? That money is likely to be the last pension of the old man.
The dust has settled, the old man's money has become the living expenses of orphans and widows, and Lin Yu seems to have no way to take the money from that family, I have to say that this is a task that makes him very difficult.
The man's actions and merits are indeed not worth Lin Yu to do anything for him, fortunately, the man also has such self-knowledge, and his wish is just to atone for his sins, Lin Yu feels that he can seem to give him such a chance, and at the same time see how the old man is now.
On the balcony on the third floor, the man's wife had finished drying her clothes, and she seemed to glance in this direction, but all she could see was Lin Yu's figure. The woman would not know that her dead husband was watching her downstairs, and the woman led her son out of the balcony, and they completely disappeared from the man's sight.
The man sighed heavily, Lin Yu could see the loss and melancholy in his eyes, no matter what, he was also a poor person.
"Where does the old man live?" Lin Yu asked.