00:00The elderly couple always called their son very early on the eve of the Lunar New Year
00:02to reserve his return home so they could celebrate the holiday together.
00:05This was because on the day of their son's wedding, their daughter-in-law had imposed a rule.
00:09From then on, New Year family reunions would operate by reservation.
00:12Whichever parents called first would be the ones they visited for the holiday.
00:14But for eight years, the old couple had never managed to obtain that precious reservation.
00:18That year, unable to endure missing her grandson any longer,
00:21the mother woke up before 5 a.m. to call her son.
00:23But he was still sleeping.
00:24Before they had even finished speaking, he hung up directly.
00:27The old couple had no choice but to wait patiently.
00:29Finally, at 8 a.m., the mother called again.
00:31This time, it was the daughter-in-law who answered.
00:33What a shame.
00:34My parents already made the reservation earlier this morning as soon as I woke up.
00:38The mother hurriedly explained that they had called since 5 a.m.
00:40But her son replied impatiently.
00:425 a.m. is too early.
00:43Reservation hours hadn't started yet, so your call doesn't count.
00:46After saying that, he hung up once again.
00:48The mother's heart completely froze.
00:50Failing once could be coincidence.
00:51But eight years in a row, how could that be explained?
00:54Even fools would understand by now.
00:55Since their son disliked returning home so much,
00:57then they no longer needed the son either.
00:59The next day, the mother quickly contacted a real estate agency to sell the house
01:02and move elsewhere with her husband.
01:03But at that moment, their son suddenly called.
01:06Seeing your sincerity, this year we'll make an exception and come home for the new year.
01:09What they did not know was that their grandson was about to enter elementary school,
01:12and the old couple's house happened to be located in an excellent school district.
01:15This time, he also planned to use the trip to transfer ownership of the property.
01:18Moreover, for all these years, it had been his in-laws who took care of their children.
01:22To thank them, the son ordered his mother to immediately prepare
01:2450,000 euros as a gift for his in-laws.
01:27Furious, the mother asked,
01:28Why should I pay?
01:29Over the years, she had already spent more than 1 million euros helping their family.
01:32The remaining 50,000 euros was their retirement savings.
01:35Her son could forget that idea.
01:36After saying that, she hung up.
01:38The daughter-in-law immediately asked what that meant.
01:40But the son reassured her,
01:41Don't worry, I already linked dad's bank card to password-free payments.
01:44Half an hour later,
01:45The husband suddenly received a debit notification on his phone.
01:48Their son had used the remaining 50,000 euros to buy a car for his father-in-law.
01:52Enraged, the mother started a video call with her son
01:54and demanded to know how they were supposed to live after he had taken all their money.
01:57But her son replied,
01:58With my parents' pensions, you won't starve to death.
02:00My in-laws don't even have jobs.
02:01They've suffered their whole lives.
02:02Don't they deserve to enjoy life a little now?
02:04And besides, without my wife giving you a grandson,
02:06your family line would have ended.
02:08What are you still unhappy about?
02:09Seeing her son's shameless attitude,
02:11the father collapsed from anger and lost consciousness.
02:13The mother no longer even had time to argue with her son
02:15and urgently asked him to return and take his father to the hospital.
02:18But the son coldly replied,
02:19You didn't reserve our return home.
02:21At that moment, the mother fell into complete despair.
02:23She had to drive her husband to the hospital alone.
02:25The father's condition was critical,
02:27and surgery had to be performed immediately.
02:29The doctor asked the mother to notify a relative.
02:31Having no other choice,
02:32she called one of her husband's former students.
02:34Back then, the elderly couple had pitted the orphaned boy
02:36and secretly supported him financially.
02:38Ten years later,
02:39he had become the president of a major corporation.
02:41As soon as he learned that his former teacher
02:42had suffered an accident,
02:43the CEO immediately canceled his work,
02:45booked a flight overnight,
02:46and rushed to the hospital.
02:47Seeing the anxious young man,
02:49the mother felt extremely complicated emotions.
02:51She temporarily entrusted her husband to him
02:52because she still had something more important to do.
02:54She returned to the real estate agency
02:56to put the house up for sale.
02:57Since the house was ideally located
02:58in an excellent school district,
03:00the agency director directly offered
03:018 million euros for it.
03:03But just as she was about to sign a contract,
03:05her son suddenly called.
03:06He announced that in a few days
03:07he would return to stay for a while with his in-laws
03:08and asked his mother to prepare everything for their arrival.
03:10In reality,
03:11he had just learned
03:12that a major corporate project
03:13was about to enter the bidding stage.
03:15If he won the contract,
03:15he could earn a net profit of 5 million euros.
03:18He had already planned to use 1 million euros
03:19to bribe the project managers.
03:21Coincidentally,
03:22his in-law's old house
03:23was worth exactly 1 million euros.
03:25So he planned to sell that house
03:26to finance the deal,
03:27then move everyone
03:28into his mother's home together.
03:29The in-laws,
03:30who had long coveted the mother's house,
03:32enthusiastically agreed immediately.
03:33The son quickly called his mother
03:35to give her instructions.
03:36But before he could even finish speaking,
03:37she hung up directly.
03:38The son assumed his mother
03:39was deliberately angry
03:40to give herself a way out.
03:41So he decided to return
03:42the very next day with his wife.
03:43But by then,
03:44the mother had already sold the house
03:45to allow his former teacher
03:46to rest peacefully and recover.
03:48The considerates owe book plane tickets
03:49that very same day
03:50to send the elderly couple on vacation.
03:52The next day,
03:53the son and his entire family
03:54arrived happily in the neighborhood,
03:55convinced that the house
03:56would now become their new home.
03:57The in-laws even rushed inside
03:59to choose their rooms.
04:00But when they opened the door,
04:01the house was already completely empty.
04:02My mother really sold the house.
04:03In any case,
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