Thinking things through and hesitating repeatedly, Hao Yunyang slowly pressed his mother’s phone number. He had been out for two years, always sending money home. Although he used to ask his family for money before leaving, now that he was working, even with his thick skin, he felt embarrassed to ask his family for money.
However, this money really couldn’t be refused this time.
Looking at the numbers on the screen, Hao Yunyang took a deep breath and pressed the answer button.
“Hello, your mobile phone bill is overdue, please go and pay the fee, thank you…” The voice from the phone caught Hao Yunyang completely off guard, and he immediately became furious.
“What a scam!” Hao Yunyang had checked when he first got the phone and confirmed there was a prepaid 50 yuan phone credit. After receiving the phone, he had only made one call, with a total call time of just over twenty minutes.
According to the phone shop owner, incoming calls were free, and outgoing calls cost two cents per minute. These 50 yuan should have been enough for at least 250 minutes, right?
“China Mobile.” Standing in place and gritting his teeth for a moment, Hao Yunyang suddenly became alert. He knew best what this phone was for – was he really going to investigate or complain over these few dozen yuan? What if something inappropriate was discovered? His phone, his son, his wife…
“Just accept it.” After struggling for a long time, Hao Yunyang helplessly chose to accept his fate, sighing and standing in place for a while. After looking around, he finally saw a small convenience store at the corner of the alley. Gritting his teeth, he pulled out a crisp, bright red bill from his pocket and walked over.
“Boss, help me top up 100 yuan of phone credit.” After entering the store, Hao Yunyang realized this was a comprehensive small shop combining a convenience store, public phone, underground internet cafe, and gambling machines. The boss was a young man in his twenties, with an outdated yellow-dyed hairstyle, wearing a thin camouflage autumn shirt, oversized hip-hop style jeans, and surprisingly, an earring and a pair of pink cotton slippers with a hole in the front – quite a strange outfit.
