Jiang Bing smacked her lips and rolled her eyes. She hadnāt even finished her egg pancake, yet she was almost full from the dog food.
"Stop interrupting, or Iāll kick you out."
Jiang Tao reached out and flicked Third Brother on the forehead, making her grimace with a look of anger but unable to say anything.
"Wife, recently we..."
Jiang Tao explained to Xu Li again about his plan to buy cattle and shared his investment plan with her.
"Husband, do as you see fit. I donāt understand these things."
"But no matter what you do, Iāll support you. How much more do you need? Iāll transfer it to you."
After hearing Jiang Taoās investment plan, Xu Li didnāt hesitate at all and chose to fully support him, both mentally and financially!
Jiang Tao was also very gratified to hear this.
He liked that Xu Li supported him no matter what he did and never nagged him.
To marry such a wife, life hasnāt been in vain.
"When I need money, Iāll tell you. Oh, speaking of money, something came to mind."
"Yesterday, I saw Zhang Chao posting in the WeChat group that several people from their village got scammed while doing fake orders, losing over 200,000 yuan in total."
"Recently, there are so many online scams, and they specifically target the elderly who have weak fraud awareness."
"You should also remind your mom not to get scammed."
While eating his egg pancake, Jiang Tao smoothly shifted the conversation to fraud cases, subtly hinting a reminder to Xu Li.
"Itās not like you donāt know my mom. Sheās so sharp. Who could scam her!"
Xu Li shrugged, showing a look of indifference, confidently believing in her momās savvy.
"..."
Jiang Tao was speechless too. He just couldnāt fathom how his mother-in-law, such a clever woman, could make such a basic mistake.
"Even the sharpest people can have moments of confusion. Itās no harm to remind them more often."
"Uh-huh, I got it. Today we arranged to go up the mountain for a temple fair, so Iāll remind her."
Xu Li didnāt know why Jiang Tao suddenly brought this up, but seeing his serious look, she nodded in agreement.
As they ate and chatted, Xu Li went to the kitchen to wash the dishes after breakfast.
Sitting on the couch, a bright idea suddenly crossed Jiang Taoās mind.
He immediately started searching for various scam cases on WeChat regarding fake orders and began sharing them with his friend circle!
So-and-so lost over 400,000 yuan in a fake order, so-and-so clicked an unknown link and got pulled into a group, resulting in over 500,000 yuan being swiped.
So-and-so believed in a fraudulent cashback scheme and lost over 600,000 yuan of hard-earned money.
Jiang Tao continuously shared over a dozen fraud-related news stories on his friend circle.
Several friends on WeChat asked him if he had started working at an anti-fraud center.
Others asked if he had been scammed.
Jiang Tao ignored their teasing.
He just hoped that by such an abnormal act, he could catch his mother-in-lawās attention and alertness, thereby preventing a bigger loss.
75,000 yuan, that would probably be her entire life savings.
His mother-in-law, such a smart and strong person.
If she got scammed for 75,000 yuan, who knows what desperate things she might do.
"I hope she can see that Iām hinting at her!"
Jiang Tao stopped after sharing the 10th fraud case, thinking the reminder should be obvious by now.
...
Ping County, West City Hua Fu District.
Building 22, Room 1502.
Du Yongmei was staring at her phone, hesitating over the messages her good friend Wang Hongying had sent her.
[Once you hit 100,000, you can cash out. I just did a few days ago.]
[Weāve known each other for decades, could I possibly deceive you?]
Wang Hongying also sent Du Yongmei a screenshot of her successful cash out.
After hesitating for a few minutes, Du Yongmei was about to exit WeChat and continue the fake order process on the app Wang Hongying recommended.
Her glance fell on a refreshed red dot in her friend circle.
For Du Yongmei, who had a bit of OCD,
she absolutely couldnāt allow any red dots to appear on her phone.
So she opened her friend circle, and the first thing she saw was a case that Jiang Tao shared about getting scammed on fake orders.
Scrolling down, the second one was the same.
The third, fourth, fifth...
At first, Du Yongmei thought Jiang Tao was going crazy and didnāt pay much attention to what he forwarded.
But when she scrolled to the 8th fraud case shared by Jiang Tao, her finger suddenly froze.
The expression on her face grew serious instantly.
She lightly tapped on it, started reading the original article, and the more she read, the colder she felt.
This case was exactly like her current situation, without a single difference.
Through the victim in this case, Du Yongmei felt as if she was looking at her own reflection!
In this case, the victim also had their withdrawal amount frozen due to a manipulation error.
Then they started amassing larger amounts as demanded by the scammers.
The victim didnāt have that much money and even took out online loans to gather the initial 100,000 yuan, but another failure required them to amass 150,000 to withdraw.
And then it became 200,000, 250,000, 350,000...
Ultimately, the victim was swindled out of over 500,000 yuan by the scam gang, ending up in debt to online lenders!
After reading, Du Yongmei collapsed onto the couch, overwhelmed by a chilling fear.
It took her a good while to regain her composure.
Once she settled down, the first thing she did was dial Xu Liās number.
"Hello, Lili? Mom seems to have been scammed..."
Jiang Tao and Xu Li hurriedly drove to her parentsā place, arriving after 10 am.