“He doesn’t know anything. He thinks the tuition money is ours.”

"Does he think he can get away with nothing just because he didn't know? Aunt, you're kidding me! No matter what, you took our money and won't pay it back, and you're even spreading rumors in the village that my brother and I are ungrateful! Now, the police station has found out that my uncle embezzled 20,000 yuan from our family, which is a crime! So, he has to go to jail!"

Cao Xinchun knew that Yang Dali had been detained for fifteen days, and she thought he was going to jail, so she was terrified.

"Yang Wanwan, I'm begging you, I'm kneeling down and begging you! Please go and talk to the people at the police station, please don't let your uncle go to jail!"

As he spoke, Cao Xinchun knelt down, tears streaming down his face, looking utterly pitiful.

Some people were gossiping, saying that Yang Wanwan was too hard-hearted, forcing her elders to kneel.

"Why can't Yang Dali just return the money to her? Is it really necessary to force Cao Xinchun to kneel down?"

"No matter how many faults Yang Dali and the others have, they are still her uncles, her elders. How can she accept an elder kneeling before her?"

"Exactly! Yang Wanwan is really unreasonable!"

"What a heartless person!"

...

Use this tactic to force her?

Yang Wanwan had anticipated that she would pull this stunt.

Listening to everyone's discussion, Yang Wanwan kept sneering, unwilling to say a single word more.

They'll never know how serious the consequences are until they experience it themselves.

If Yang Wanwan and her siblings had received this money in their previous life, she could have easily gone to a vocational school, let alone high school. After graduating from vocational school, she could have worked, and with that money, she could have easily supported her younger siblings' education.

If they had gained more knowledge and become more independent, they could have managed their own lives instead of being grateful to the Lin family for money and ultimately being devoured, leaving not even bones behind.

As for the villagers feeling that they are hard-hearted, there's no need to care.

These people have no principles; they are often sycophants and opportunists.

People with true principles won't come to their own doorsteps, acting as righteous envoys and casually discussing other people's affairs, just to stir up trouble.

Those who can truly take control of their lives and maintain their stance are busy with their own careers at this time—doing business, working for others, starting their own businesses—they are extremely busy, every minute is busy, where would they have time to come to their own backyard to express their opinions?

Those who stand here and make random comments are just bored and have no principles whatsoever.

Therefore, Yang Wanwan returned home without changing her expression, closed and locked the door, and came out with her schoolbag.

“Aunt, I think you should kneel down and repent properly in front of my parents! You've been using their hard-earned money, yet you've been pressuring their daughter and spreading rumors that she's an ingrate who's been living off you all these years. If my parents forgive you, I won't call Qingqiu's school. Aunt, please kneel here and beg for my parents' forgiveness!”

After saying that, Yang Wanwan left without looking back.

If you want to kneel, then kneel properly!

Some people, feeling they hadn't had enough of the excitement, called out to Yang Wanwan: "Yang Wanwan, are you just going to leave like that? You're just going to make your aunt kneel here? You're really heartless! We've never seen such a heartless girl in our Fuxing Reservoir Village!"

Yang Wanwan turned around and gave a sarcastic smile, saying, "Auntie, you have a soft heart. How about you help my uncle return that 20,000 yuan to me?"

The person still had something to say, but Yang Wanwan was too lazy to argue with her; it wouldn't make sense anyway.

She understood this principle all too well.

There are always some people in the world who just stick to their own beliefs and won't let go, making it impossible to communicate with them.

When Yang Wanwan arrived at school, unsurprisingly, her deskmate's seat was empty.

She took out her books and began to study diligently.

After school in the afternoon, Er Ye caught up with her. "Big sister, I know everything that happened today. It's all over the school. The classmates are saying that Uncle and Second Uncle are shameless, and Yang Yixuan is a lunatic. Big sister, were Uncle and Second Uncle taken to the police station?"

Yang Wanwan briefly recounted what had happened that day.

"Big sister, do you mean they also embezzled the 13,000 yuan that Mom and Dad left behind?"

"Yes. This money was lent by Dad to an uncle for his business. It was around the year before last. This uncle wanted to pay us back, but my uncle stopped him, saying we were still too young. So, the uncle gave the money to my uncle instead. At that time, Qingqiu was starting university, and the tuition was over five thousand yuan. My uncle immediately spent five thousand yuan of that. This year, he paid Qingqiu's tuition with the remaining five thousand yuan. For the past year or so, Qingqiu's expenses at school have basically been just that three thousand yuan."

"So, this money can be traced, so even if he wants to say it was given to you, he can't fool anyone."

“Futaba is very clever, that’s right. It’s like a person walking. He walked on a cement road before and didn’t leave any footprints. Now he’s walking on snow and the footprints are very clear. So, he left evidence.”

"Big sister, how did you know that?"

“Dad left behind an account book with a lot of things written in it, but it wasn’t very clear. I’ve only recently figured out some of the details. Do you remember? Dad did a lot of business, and he made money every time. Our family’s wealth is definitely more than just this house; we should have had quite a bit of savings. Dad is a kind person, and he probably lent money to my eldest and second uncles, but there were no IOUs, so we don’t know exactly how much he lent them. When we get home, I’ll take out that account book, and you can take a look.”

In fact, Yang Jinqiang did not leave any account book at all. It was Yang Wanwan who forged an account book by imitating Yang Jinqiang's handwriting to deceive Er Ye and Shang Tao.

"Erye, it took me a long time to understand this ledger, and I doubt it can be used as evidence. Just know that. As for that thirteen thousand yuan today, I was just guessing, a complete fluke, but it turns out there really was something like that. Actually, I think this uncle probably didn't borrow that much money, but my uncles are hiding something, so..."

Er Ye nodded: "Big sister, I understand."

"Er Ye, they definitely got more than 20,000 yuan from my house, but it won't be easy for us to get it back. So, don't have too high hopes. Just consider it a lesson learned, like throwing away 20,000 yuan. Don't worry, your older sister will help you and Shang Tao make money. You'll definitely earn a lot more money in the future, far more than 20,000 yuan. This incident is a painful lesson on our path to adulthood. Always remember that so-called relatives may be wolves, and so-called trustworthy people may stab you in the back at any time. Don't trust others so easily, don't place your hopes on others, and firmly grasp your own life."