Wang Lanqing couldn't figure it out either.
Although Qi Yu had indeed made a lot of money using her identity, in the end, no one knew that this money was earned by her, except for the signatory.
Yet, these cheap parents showed up the moment she made money.
Wang Lanqing couldn't make sense of it no matter how she thought about it.
Qi Yu didn't seem to care much about the couple standing outside. Seeing Wang Lanqing looking troubled and hesitant, she couldn't help but ask with concern, "Why don't you open the door? We can't just keep this up."
After all, the couple outside wasn't making a sound, just standing by the door like door gods, one on each side. Even if they were deities, it would feel quite eerie.
Wang Lanqing's face showed embarrassment. She wanted to explain something, but ultimately suppressed the words and replaced them with a "thank you" before walking to the door and opening it.
Outside, a middle-aged couple, looking to be in their late fifties, slowly walked in.
Although the faces of this middle-aged couple were aged, looking at the details of their features, one could vaguely discern that they were related to Wang Lanqing by blood.
The middle-aged woman, seeing so many people sitting inside the room, walked forward tremblingly. She looked around, her gaze finally settling on Wang Lanqing. "Girl, where have you been all these ten years? Why are you only returning now? Don't you know I've been looking for you for a long time?"
As she spoke, she nudged the middle-aged man beside her.
The middle-aged man beside her seemed to wake up from a dream upon hearing the middle-aged woman's words. He then awkwardly stepped forward and took Wang Lanqing's wrist. "We've really been looking for you for quite some time."
"I just went on a long trip. I didn't do anything particularly extraordinary. On the contrary, since you've been looking for me and missing me all these years, why didn't you call me?" Wang Lanqing said, shaking her phone before slamming it onto the table.
If the phone was turned off and unreachable, there should have been incoming call records before it was turned off.
At the very least, if they had come to her door, they could have reported her missing.
However, she had transmigrated for so long, and her room, apart from dust, showed no other traces. No one from the police station had reported her missing.
Although Wang Lanqing hadn't thought about home much during these ten-plus years of transmigration, not thinking about it was one thing, but being unfound was another.
The middle-aged woman wiped her tears. "Of course, we looked for you! We looked for you several times, but no one opened the door. We thought you might be on a business trip or not at home, so we didn't look anymore."
The middle-aged man quickly nodded upon hearing this. "Yes, we looked many times, really. Your mother and I come here several times every year, but..."
The middle-aged man didn't continue the rest of his sentence.
Wang Lanqing seemed to have grown tired of listening. She stood up and opened the door again. "There's no need to explain so much. If you didn't see me, you didn't see me. But you didn't come before, so why are you suddenly here now? If there's nothing else, please leave. I have guests to entertain."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged couple immediately showed hesitant expressions again. The middle-aged man took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and found a random spot to sit. He said awkwardly, "Your brother is getting married and needs a 300,000 betrothal gift, as well as a 400,000 down payment for a house. Your mother and I could only scrape together 200,000 at most. We are still short by at least 600,000. After all, besides getting married and taking a wife, we also need to have a wedding banquet and buy the 'three golds'."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he kept his eyes lowered, looking at the table, as if contemplating something. His voice had no inflection. The middle-aged woman beside him had a slightly better attitude. Upon hearing her husband speak, she immediately put on an embarrassed smile. "Qing, we know it's not easy for you to save money from your work all these years, but we can't help it. You have to support our family's situation."
Wang Lanqing looked at Qi Yu.
Qi Yu rested her chin on her hand and turned to look at the middle-aged couple. She suddenly smiled and extended her hand towards them. "Your daughter indeed wants to help you out, but business has been bad in recent years. So many investors have gone bankrupt. Therefore, not only can she not pay you the 600,000, but she also owes me 1 million. Since you are family, and this money can be used together, it must be repaid together."
As Qi Yu spoke, she took out a pen and paper. "Who among you will pay me 400,000 for your daughter first? Do you think we are here to freeload today? No, we are here to collect debts. Every single one of us here is your daughter's creditor."
Qi Yu said this while waving her hand to the people around her.
They exchanged glances and, in unison, surrounded the middle-aged couple.
The middle-aged couple was stunned. Their originally calm faces instantly exploded.
Especially the middle-aged woman, who had seemed so gentle just moments ago. Upon hearing the word "repay debts," she stood up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and asked Wang Lanqing incredulously, "What do you mean? After working for so many years, you haven't saved money, but you've incurred debt, and so much debt? Did you go bankrupt from an investment? Then why did your father's friend say he saw you on set and heard some inside information that you became some big boss? It turns out it was all a lie."
It was as if her feelings had been deceived.
As the middle-aged woman spoke, her expression became very sharp.
Wang Lanqing looked at her with an innocent expression. "Mom, you heard that from others, not from me. I never told you I became a big boss."
No wonder they suddenly showed up today. It was for this reason.
The middle-aged woman clenched her fists in anger, her face flushing and turning green. Finally, as if she couldn't bear it any longer, she kicked the chair with a bang, grabbed the middle-aged man, and turned to leave.
Wang Lanqing stood there expressionlessly, saying nothing.
The middle-aged man, muttering about bad luck, turned and left.
Only after the two of them had gone far away did Wang Lanqing slump back into her seat, looking dejected. She then wearily massaged her temples.
"Are those your parents?" Sui You asked Wang Lanqing cautiously after everyone had left.
Wang Lanqing nodded.
Sui You pursed her lips. "They seem too awful."
They came from so far away, crying and wailing. Originally, they thought something heartwarming would happen. But after talking for so long, their sole purpose was to get money.
Sui You was speechless.