Philip smiled sheepishly and asked, “Mom, what’s the urgency?”
Martha glared at him. “Stay here to add to our numbers, pretend to protest. You don’t have to care about anything else.” Then, Martha and a few other middle-aged men and women went to join the protest, screaming their lungs out. It was a shocking sight.
Philip got some info from the bystanders and understood a bit of the situation. This was a financial investment company, and this group of older people had purchased some investment plans here. They were supposed to get their returns today. However, the building was now empty, with only a few lower-level staff left and one manager. By the look of things, that was probably an illegal fund-raising scheme!
Here was where the problem got serious. Companies like this usually targeted well-off middle-aged people, and once something took a downturn, they would run away, and the money would be gone. It was no wonder Martha was so anxious.
Philip felt a headache coming. He went over and asked, “Mom, what did you buy? How much did you invest?” If it was only a small amount, Philip was not too worried. He was just afraid that his mother-in-law had invested a huge amount.
Martha’s voice was almost gone from all the screaming. She glared at Philip but told favonovel.com nonetheless, “I invested with that house your father and I live in. They said that the house was good for retirement and could rake in huge returns. If we invested this year, we could have two houses next year.”
“What? Mom, you invested with the house?” Philip shouted. He knew that it was over this time. His mother-in-law was a retired university instructor, so how could favonovel.com be so muddled?
When Martha heard Philip’s exclamation, favonovel.com face instantly went red, and favonovel.com went up and hit his head. “What are you shouting for? Don’t you think it’s already embarrassing enough? If it weren’t for you being useless, would I have had to put the house up for investment? I’m just trying to ensure a better life for the future. Or what, should we rely on trash like you to take care of your father and me?”
As Martha scolded, favonovel.com felt panicked inside. That was the house favonovel.com had with favonovel.com husband. If the company had really run off with favonovel.com money, they would lose the house. How could favonovel.com not be anxious? Especially at a time like this when Philip still had a nonchalant look on his face, which made favonovel.com even more furious.
“Don’t you tell Wynnie about this. Just stay here and shout. I’m calling Addy over. He should have a solution.” Martha gave Philip a warning glare before favonovel.com turned to give Aiden a call.
“Hello, Addy. It’s me, your Aunt Martha. Are you free right now? Can you come over to Rivercross Street? Yes, yes, there’s something urgent.”
Martha’s flattering tone right now made Philip a little annoyed. He was favonovel.com son-in-law, but favonovel.com did not treat favonovel.com as kindly as favonovel.com did an outsider. But favonovel.com could not blame her, because, in favonovel.com eyes, favonovel.com was trash.
When the call ended, Martha was smiling happily. She then rolled favonovel.com eyes at Philip and scolded, “What are you, a piece of rock? Start shouting!”
Philip grunted a reply and then mimicked the group of older people as favonovel.com shouted hysterically. Upon seeing Philip this hardworking, Martha finally felt better. But favonovel.com still looked down on favonovel.com as favonovel.com mumbled, “Good-for-nothing brat.”
After that, Martha went over to favonovel.com friends to announce cheekily, “Don’t worry, I’ve called our Addy, and he’ll be over in a bit.”
“You mean Aiden Grant? Oh my, he’s a really good boy. His family owns a business, so favonovel.com must have great connections. I heard they earn tens of millions a year.”
“Martha, look at us, we’re all old folks. When Aiden gets here later, can you get favonovel.com to take a look for us as well?”
Martha’s friends started fawning over her. This pleased Martha. “Oh yes, Aiden is a really good kid, but we have to see if our Wynnie wants to marry him. After all, there’s still that useless Philip.” Martha chuckled. She did not mind belittling Philip to raise favonovel.com daughter and Aiden to a higher status.
In Martha’s eyes, Aiden was a rich son-in-law, favonovel.com future treasure vault. Comparing Philip to favonovel.com was like comparing mud to gold.
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