"You're going to work for Xiao Nuan?" Zhang Yulan, who was watching the commotion with amusement, suddenly asked.
“Xiao Nuan has decided to transfer the business and stay home to be a wife and mother. I’m also handing over the financial reins to her. From now on, she’ll be our family’s finance minister,” Xiao Moran said. “Minister Su, don’t you think so?”
“Great, it’s good to transfer the business out.” Zhang Yulan was particularly happy. “Our family is not short of money now. With so many factories in Moran, we have already made enough money. Xiaonuan is a woman, and she should focus on the family. Once the business is transferred out, it’s time to give me two grandchildren.”
Xiao Nuan's face turned red instantly.
"Look at her, she's a mother of two, and she's still blushing when this is mentioned," Zhang Yulan said, pointing at Xiao Nuan with a smile.
"Mother-in-law, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go to the kitchen and see if Xiao Chen's breakfast is ready. Yesterday, we were all exhausted, and today is another day for our whole family to recover." Ye Mei pulled Zhang Yulan inside. She had instructed Aunt Chen to make some good food for everyone to calm their nerves.
In this world, nothing is more healing than good food. Yesterday, everyone felt like they had just recovered from a serious illness and needed to be properly nourished.
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Li Chunxiang took the opportunity of going out for her morning exercise and walked around the lake. She noticed that there were very few people exercising by the lake today. In the past, there would be many people along the lake in the morning. Because of what happened to the Xiao family, everyone felt it was a bad omen and was afraid that the ghosts of those who were burned to death would come out and cause trouble.
But there were also people who didn't believe in superstition. They didn't seem to be there for morning exercise, but rather for gossip. They gathered in groups of three or five on the greenway behind the Xiao family's house, pointing and gesturing at the Xiao family. Li Chunxiang deliberately slowed down her pace.
"This family is so pitiful. I heard that a madman set the fire. The madman has been arrested and confessed to the arson. You have no idea, last night, they didn't sleep at all. The sound of wind, crying, dogs barking, and cursing was deafening. It was terrifying."
"They covered the iron gate with cloth, probably because they didn't want us to see how sad they were."
"However, I heard from people coming back from the night shift that they heard children laughing."
"That must be the sound of a ghost." The person who spoke immediately crossed their arms, looking terrified. "Everyone should leave quickly. This place is unclean; avoid coming here day or night."
After hearing what she said, everyone dispersed.
Li Chunxiang told Lan Yin everything she had seen and heard when she got home. "Yinzi, now it's our world. Xie Zhi has become the arsonist, and the people monitoring downstairs have left. We can live openly now. Why don't you take Mom to get that money today? There's so much money, you can't carry it all by yourself."
"What's the rush?" Lan Yin fiddled with her nails. "Wait a little longer!"
"What are you waiting for?" Li Chunxiang asked anxiously. "Mom is worried that the place where you put the money is not safe. What if someone takes it? Wouldn't all our hard work have been for nothing? No, you have to go and check no matter what. As long as the money is still there, Mom will feel at ease. Otherwise, I won't feel at ease."
"Okay, I'll go take a look today." Lan Yin replied thoughtfully. She was thinking that she would take advantage of today to test the waters. She wouldn't actually go to the place where the money was kept. She would use a feint to get to the other side, and if anyone had a tail, they would be exposed.
"Then Mom will go and make you something delicious. After you eat, Mom will come with you."
Lan Yin did not refuse, thinking to herself, "Go ahead, it's just a charade anyway."
Li Chunxiang hummed a song with joy. She was about to see the money—more than 100,000 yuan in cash! She had never seen so much money before. She had wanted to see the money last time, but Xiang Qiuyun and Wang Xiaobao had gone instead. She felt that she didn't have the chance to see it.
In an era when a month's wages were only a few dozen yuan, more than 100,000 yuan in cash was an astronomical figure. Having 10,000 yuan was already quite impressive, let alone more than 100,000 yuan. Therefore, this fraud case was a very big one.
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While the Xiao family was having breakfast, the police station called. Su Ming answered and called out, "Xiao Nuan, it's for you."
"Hello, who is this?" Su Xiaonuan asked, her mouth still full of food, her words muffled.
"Comrade Su, hello. I am the captain in charge of monitoring Lan Yin. Director Lu asked me to communicate with you. All actions will be under your command."
"Didn't we tell you to remove the surveillance?"
"They withdrew, but we sent in more spies. Weren't we trying to find out where the money is?" the captain said. "The spy just called to say that Lan Yin and her daughter went out. I'd like to ask Comrade Su for his instructions on how to proceed."
"The mother and daughter went out?" Su Xiaonuan's heart skipped a beat. She thought to herself, would someone like Lan Yin, who would turn her back on her family for money, take Li Chunxiang to withdraw money? Definitely not. Lan Guangxue had already said that only Lan Yin herself knew where Lan Yin kept her money.
"Yes, the mother and daughter went out, each carrying a woven bag."
"And he's carrying a large woven bag?"
"Yes, it was that old woman who went to the grocery store outside to buy it. When they came downstairs, they brought down two woven bags with them."
Hearing this, Su Xiaonuan said firmly, "Don't follow them. They're trying to lure us out. By so openly announcing this to the world, they want to confirm whether they're really safe. That woman is very cunning. You absolutely must not follow her. If you do, you'll expose your whereabouts."
"So what should we do?"
"Don't do anything, let them perform. If this performance doesn't leave a trace, next time she really needs to withdraw money, she probably won't be so blatant, and no one will see them leaving with two big bags. When that time comes, you can take action, and you'll definitely reap the rewards."
"Alright, all actions will be carried out under Comrade Su's command."
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"Yinzi, let's go and bring all the money back now," Li Chunxiang said excitedly. "Mom hasn't counted that much money before. I want to count it all when we get home."
Lan Yin was turning the steering wheel while glancing at the rearview mirror, looking for any suspicious vehicles following behind. She had just gone through so much trouble to lure out the people following her, but there seemed to be no movement at all. Was she really safe?
When she noticed a car closely following hers, she immediately focused intently and watched the car's movements with extreme vigilance.
I dared not drive fast in the bustling city, so the other car followed closely behind.
When they reached a less crowded area, the car that had been following them sped past them, and she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "What a close call!"
After confirming that she was not being followed, she still did not go to the place where she had put the money, but instead drove Li Chunxiang to Lan Guangxue's residence.
Li Chunxiang secretly followed them, pointing ahead and saying, "Where are you going? Are you leaving your money at Lan Guangxue's house?"
"Mom, that's my dad. Stop calling him Lan Guangxue."
"It's good enough that you didn't call him a deadbeat, what's wrong with calling him by his name?" Li Chunxiang snorted. "Whatever you call him, he's no longer alive, he won't know. You put your money in his house, if he weren't dead, wouldn't all that money end up in his pocket? How stupid!"
"The person is dead, so let's not argue about it." Lan Yin was still on her guard.
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