Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 160 Trouble Encounters (Part 2)

Speaking of this, Li Xunli stopped rolling her eyes.

Shen Qingqing also looked up from the fragrant scallion oil chicken and looked at Shen Rongzhou.

As for the three younger ones, since they didn't understand the complicated relationship, they continued to eat diligently.

“I asked the store manager of the 4S store, and he said he saw him being assigned to sweep the streets here two months ago.”

"I asked someone in the brigade, and it turns out this person was recognized at the ferry terminal, and the police were notified that he owed money and wouldn't pay it back. An investigation revealed that he also owed money to several big bosses."

"When several big bosses received a message from the police and came to collect their debts, they accidentally broke his leg. They thought he was faking it to run away, but it turned out to be real, and now he's crippled."

When Shen Qingqing heard her father recount the story so casually, she wished he would take her to find the person in the brigade so she could hear it in person.

Was it accidentally broken?

Who would believe this!

If someone owes you money and doesn't pay it back, you'd be considered kind-hearted if you didn't skin him alive.

Li Xunli felt a sense of satisfaction after hearing this, "Hmph, serves you right!"

"Luckily, I listened to Da Bao back then and quit. At least I was able to get some wages back. I don't know how unlucky those people who were owed money by him later must be."

After saying this, both the couple looked somewhat wistful.

Shen Qingqing's eyes drooped. She hadn't received any money and had worked for free for several months. Her family was struggling to make ends meet, and their quality of life had plummeted. She had no choice but to find another way to make a living, and in the end, she developed a host of health problems from the exhaustion.

That's just how bad things are.

If there's any natural disaster or man-made calamity, they simply won't be able to survive.

"Mom, since you're going to take your driver's license test, why don't we go to the dealership tomorrow and see if they have any cars with good value for money? We're going to buy one anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to take a look first."

Shen Qingqing's suggestion was approved by Li Xunli.

When Li Xunli finally saw the figure that was still recognizable even when burned to ashes in the distance at the entrance of the 4S store, she deeply felt what it meant to see something in person rather than hear about it a hundred times.

Seeing that person limping along, dragging one leg, cursing and swearing, yet having no choice but to stand under the blazing sun sweeping the streets, made me feel completely at ease.

Shen Qingqing led her three little ones, each holding a small pudding, slurping as they moved closer and closer to the 4S store.

It's still very hot outside.

"Mom, come in and look at the car!" Shen Qingqing was half outside and half inside the store, experiencing extreme heat in one side and cold in the other, like being in two completely different worlds. She couldn't help but urge Li Xunli on.

"Okay, here we come!" Li Xunli, refreshed after looking around, led the children into the store.

Several shop assistants had been watching the family since they first saw them standing at the door, but since they didn't come in and the children seemed to be just there to enjoy the air conditioning, the shop assistants started looking for other customers instead.

When Li Xunli and her group entered the store, there were no staff members available.

The shop manager, who had just come out of the repair area, spotted Shen Rongzhou, who had been there yesterday, and immediately approached him with a professional smile: "Hello, you two, and hello to the kids too. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Do you have any vehicles that would be suitable for picking up and dropping off these children?" Li Xunli asked directly.

The store manager glanced at the children, thought for a moment, then opened his tablet and selected two or three models with relatively large interior spaces: "Gentlemen, this way please. I've found two or three models for you to sit down and take your time looking at."

"Because there aren't many people buying these larger models, we don't have them in stock right now. You two can take a look on the tablet; there are also catalogs of other models over there."

Li Xunli went over with Shen Rongzhou, while Shen Qingqing led her younger siblings around the other cars in the store.

Because Shen Qingqing couldn't stand the smell in the car, she just watched from a distance, while Shen Yangyang and Li Chunchun would get closer to examine the details inside the car.

Of the three children in the Shen family, only Shen Yangyang doesn't get carsick; Shen Qingqing and Shen Hong are both severely carsick.

People were test driving all the cars in the store, and Shen Qingqing and her companions didn't linger there for long. After casually looking at a few cars, they obediently returned to Li Xunli's side.

Li Xunli casually pulled Shen Hong, who was pressed against her, onto her lap, and then held up the two cars on the tablet for the three girls standing next to her to see. "There's one with a lower base, which Qingqing might not be comfortable sitting on, so I'll just skip it. These two have a decent base height and a larger interior space. Which one do you three prefer?"

Shen Qingqing reached out and slid her hand back and forth, comparing the differences between the two models.

Both cars came with video explanations. Shen Qingqing watched both videos, paused for a moment, glanced down at the left and then at the right, exchanged a look with her two younger sisters, and asked them, "Which one do you two like better?"

Shen Yangyang and Li Chunchun both had the same blank expression on their faces.

Shen Qingqing noticed the confusion on their faces, took her hands off the tablet, and asked somewhat awkwardly, "Is this a car you can't see in person? So you can't make a decision after trying it out, right?"

The store manager paused for a moment, but didn't give a definitive answer: "Because these two models are relatively large, their parts are also relatively high-end, and the price is relatively expensive. So we don't stock many of them here, and they are temporarily stored in the warehouse for regular maintenance."

The conversation ended there, but Shen Qingqing still understood the unspoken meaning.

"If I test drive the car and find it unsuitable after selecting it, do you allow immediate refunds?" Shen Qingqing asked again.

"If you're paying a deposit to pick up the car, and it's not suitable after the test drive, the deposit is non-refundable. There are also other breach of contract clauses that you need to fulfill," the store manager explained with a smile to Li Xunli and Shen Rongzhou.

Shen Qingqing has never bought a car before, and her knowledge of car ownership is limited to some popular science videos she watched on Douyin in her previous life.

I now deeply regret not having watched those science videos more carefully in my past life.

Shen Qingqing hesitated for a moment, then decided to leave the decision to her parents: "We can't decide which of these two cars is better, so you two choose."

Li Xunli and Shen Rongzhou also heard what the store manager had just said. They looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.

Li Xunli asked, "So these two models of your cars will never be brought to the store for display, right?"

The store manager smiled and said, "If you two are interested in buying, we can arrange for a car to come over tomorrow for a test drive." This store was recommended by Zhang Zeqin, and the car Shen Rongzhou is currently driving was also one that Zhang Zeqin picked up from this store before.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Rongzhou decided to trust Zhang Zeqin and nodded: "If the test drive is satisfactory, we'll buy it in full."

Upon hearing the words "full payment," the store manager's smile returned to its genuine form. "Okay, when would be a convenient time for you two? We can schedule a specific time so we can arrange for the car to be sent from our warehouse, and you can come over for a test drive."

"Next weekend, let's exchange contact information so I can call you later, okay?" Li Xunli took out her phone.

The store manager immediately took the phone, left his own phone number, and changed his contact name to "calling". "Okay, ma'am, I'm available 24/7. You can call me anytime."

Li Xunli took back her phone, glanced at the new 4S store name on the screen, and nodded: "Okay, that's all for today. I'll contact you next weekend, okay?"

"Okay, no problem, ma'am." The store manager greeted customers with a smile.

Li Xunli stood up, holding Shen Hong, and said, "Let's go."

Shen Rongzhou walked over and took Shen Hong, then put him down and whispered to Li Xunli about the two cars they had looked at today.

Li Xunli now has her own ideas. "I think both models have their own advantages. I can accept either one. But my sister-in-law still needs to test drive the car. Let her take a look next week. We'll decide which one to buy if it suits her."

When Shen Rongzhou heard her say that, he remembered that the car needed another driver, so he nodded and didn't say anything more.

Because Li Chunchun spent the weekend at the Shen family's house, on Monday morning, Shen Rongzhou had to drive the four children to school.

Otherwise, although Li Xunli's motorcycle could carry four children, it would still be quite dangerous, and Li Xunli wouldn't dare to take such a big risk.

These four precious children must not be harmed.

Fortunately, Shen Rongzhou was only late, less than half an hour, so the fine deducted was not much.

Monday morning was for the Chinese class reading aloud. The school closes at 7:30, and the morning reading time is from 7:35 to 7:50. However, the seat next to Shen Qingqing was still empty until the morning reading time ended at 7:50.

Shen Qingqing frowned. After the morning reading session ended, she counted the English homework that had been handed in to her. After confirming that only Wu Fangyi was missing, she took the stack of homework to the office.

Fang Chengying did not go to patrol the classroom today; it was the Chinese teacher who did.

Just as Shen Qingqing arrived at the office and did not see Fang Chengying at her workstation, Fang Chengying walked in anxiously from outside the office.

When she saw Shen Qingqing standing in front of her workstation, her tone softened, but her furrowed brows remained. "Qingqing? Oh, you're here to hand in your homework, right? Put it down."

After putting down the stack of homework, Shen Qingqing asked, "Teacher, my deskmate Wu Fangyi didn't come to class today. Did she ask for leave for you?"

Hearing Shen Qingqing ask this, Fang Chengying stopped searching and said with a headache, "She has a fever of over 39 degrees Celsius and is alone in her dormitory. The school doctor is watching over her in her dormitory."

Shen Qingqing looked at Fang Chengying in surprise: "Didn't she go home?"

Fang Chengying shook her head: "I don't know if she went back or not. The dormitory supervisor found her this morning during room checks. She was burning up and unconscious."

Shen Qingqing suddenly recalled what Wu Fangyi had said on Friday night, and her heart sank.

"Alright, you can go back to class now. During the class meeting, tell everyone to study on their own. I'll come over after I've taken care of Fangyi's matter. Tell the class monitor and the academic representative to keep discipline in place." Fang Chengying sighed wearily, lowered her head to flip through the student record book, found Wu Fangyi's home phone number, and took out her phone to dial it.

Shen Qingqing deliberately slowed her pace as she walked towards the office door. When she reached the door, she heard Fang Chengying say impatiently after failing to get through on the phone, "Why can't I get through?"

She glanced back discreetly, and Fang Chengying called again.

Shen Qingqing walked out of the office, feeling heavy-hearted. She knew perfectly well what Wu Fangyi had told her about her family situation, so why did she let her leave alone on Friday night?

I should have forcefully pulled her home with me back then.

It's better than being feverish and unconscious in my dorm right now.

Shen Qingqing could basically guess what had happened on Friday night.

It's nothing more than Wu Fangyi missing the last bus home, going back to her office to borrow a phone from a teacher, and calling back to find no one coming to pick her up.

She most likely spent the rest of her life in the school dormitory.

"Qingqing! Go back to your class and tell your classmates that today's English class has been switched with tomorrow's geography class. You still need to go back and preview the homework, and then come back tomorrow. We'll have a dictation test during the morning reading time."

Shen Qingqing hadn't gone far when she heard Fang Chengying's voice from behind, followed by hurried footsteps approaching. As Fang Chengying passed by her, she quickly gave these instructions and then walked away without looking back.

Before Shen Qingqing could react, Fang Chengying's figure had already disappeared at the top of the stairs.

A bad feeling began to spread in Shen Qingqing's heart.

Wu Fangyi...are you alright?

But no matter how worried Shen Qingqing was, she couldn't go see her right now. With a heavy heart, she returned to the classroom and told the other students what Fang Chengying had just said.

There was a 15-minute break between the second and third periods. Shen Qingqing thought for a moment and then went to the dormitory building instead of the teaching building. She had been to Wu Fangyi's dormitory with her before and remembered how to get there.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Wu Fangyi's dormitory, the door was locked, and looking through the window, there was no one inside.

Shen Qingqing went downstairs and asked the dormitory supervisor. She was told that the person had been taken to the hospital by the homeroom teacher and the school doctor.

They said the child was unconscious due to high fever, and they couldn't reach the parents by phone, so they had to take the child to the hospital first to avoid delaying the child's treatment.

Shen Qingqing thanked the dormitory supervisor and returned to her class. After each class, she would go to the office to see if Fang Chengying had returned. After lunch, three classes passed in the afternoon, but Fang Chengying still hadn't returned.

When she took out her phone, Shen Qingqing remembered that she had Fang Chengying's QQ account. She quickly logged into QQ on her phone, found Fang Chengying's QQ account, and sent her a message asking how Wu Fangyi was doing.

See you tomorrow night~