Erwa kept crying, tears streaming down his face. Lin Minjun wiped his tears with a handkerchief and looked at him while holding her breath.

The old lady threw the cane and said, "Do you mean to protect the thief?"

"You keep calling me a thief. Do you have any evidence? Nowadays, the police call people criminal suspects. Do you know what it means to call them suspects? You can't convict someone without evidence."

"I have no evidence. Do you have evidence? Show it to me." The older mother was also angry.

"Take it out and then you'll apologize to my brother?"

"Yes, can you take it out and I'll kowtow to him? I really don't believe it. Can you take it out and I'll kowtow to him three times and nine times and call him grandpa? But I can't take it out. He has to compensate me today, and we won't pay rent in the future. It's really unbearable that I live in this yard and still have it robbed." The aunt really doesn't think at all when she speaks.

Lin Minjun looked around and said, "You are all here and have heard it. You will have to testify for us when the time comes."

"Don't talk nonsense. Where is the evidence?"

Lin Minjun: "Wherever your bacon is, that's where the evidence is. If it was stolen, there will be evidence."

"Oh, I've been looking for a long time, but I can't find the evidence you mentioned." The old lady put her hands on her hips, thinking it was very funny.

"What if it was someone from your own family who stole it? You would pretend you didn't see it even if there was evidence!"

"Then you guys go in and look for him yourself. When you find him, we will kowtow and call you grandpa." The aunt was really confident.

The eldest master couldn't sit still any longer. "It's no joke for us to kowtow to others at our age. Xiuhua, stop messing around!"

Lin Minjun followed up with the next sentence, "Look for it, don't resist!"

She pulled Erwa up and walked towards the west chamber. When she arrived at the door of the second mother's house, she suddenly felt a little confused.

Just now she was filled with anger and was determined to seek justice for Erwa, but no matter in her previous life or this life, she had never learned how to investigate a case and find a thief.

Just like a rabbit will bite when it is cornered, Lin Minjun was a rabbit that was cornered just now. Now standing at the door of a big mother's house, she doesn't know where to start.

Lin Minjun's mind was in a mess. A woman followed her from behind and said, "Look for it. Didn't you say that you have evidence if you stole it? Why don't you go in?"

Erwa wiped his tears with his handkerchief, and seemed to cheer up. He asked coldly, "Where is your bacon?"

"It's hanging on the kitchen beam."

Erwa walked towards the kitchen, and Lin Minjun followed him. When she entered, she saw Erwa already starting to investigate in an orderly manner.

He first looked at the kitchen door lock, picked it up and looked at it for a long time. When he saw Lin Minjun coming over, he whispered, "If it was really stolen, it must have been stolen by an outsider or their family members themselves."

Is this progress?

Lin Minjun was a little surprised, "Why?"

"My mom is very considerate. She always locks the kitchen door even when she goes to the toilet. The lock has never been pried or hit, so the door can only be opened with a key." Erwa explained.

Lin Minjun: "Could it be that she forgot to turn it off?"

"Impossible." Erwa said firmly, "Today when I came back from school, I saw her complaining to Aunt Xia in the yard. She said she was busy chopping stuffing in the kitchen and had no time to go to the toilet. She just came out once at that time. Their kitchen was locked at that time. Not long after she went to the toilet, she said that her bacon was stolen, so the thief had no choice but to steal it at that time."

Then he walked into the kitchen to look at the stove, walked around the stove, and looked up. Lin Minjun also looked up and saw a hook hanging on the beam. Under the hook was a bamboo basket. That should be the place where the bacon was placed.

The beams of this kitchen are quite high. Lin Minjun is not short among girls, but she cannot reach the bamboo basket even when standing like this.

"Sister, can you carry me to the stove?" Erwa suddenly said.

"OK."

Lin Minjun carried him up and saw Erwa measuring the object very seriously. He then jumped down and circled around the stove, looking for it but couldn't find it. He then looked at the wooden table next to the stove.

Originally, when they caught Heng and Ha stealing money last time, Lin Minjun thought that Erwa was just lucky, but she didn't expect that he was so good at investigating the case and catching the thief.

Just by looking at his serious look, you feel that you will definitely find the truth.

As they were searching, the door suddenly darkened and the eldest grandfather came in. He blew out a puff of smoke and began to smooth things over. "Alright, let's forget about this matter. Our family just suffered a loss and we won't bother about it. You guys don't have to bother with anything. Second child, grandpa is here to apologize to you. Your eldest mother is a person who doesn't use her brain and likes to make a fuss. She makes a big fuss over a small matter."

What the eldest uncle said sounded like a sensible thing to say, but why didn't he come out when the eldest mother tied up the second child and beat him just now?

Maybe he also thought in his heart that it was Erwa who stole the things, or maybe he was afraid of trouble, so he hid back and kept silent.

Why are you speaking up now? It's too late!

Lin Minjun looked at him politely, but did not give in at all. "You are wrong. What do you mean by taking a dumb loss? It makes it seem like my brother really stole something. This matter cannot be glossed over. Your apology is useless. If they really find out, you and your mother should apologize together. Although we don't have parents to support us, this matter cannot be glossed over with a brainless statement."

"There must be an explanation for this matter!"

"Do you really think Erwa didn't steal?" the eldest master asked back.

"Haha." Lin Minjun responded with an awkward yet polite smile.

The eldest master originally came in to smooth things over, thinking that he could use his authority to muddle through the matter. He had already given in and decided to take the loss, so what else could he do.

I didn't expect that Lin Minjun would start to talk to me. The eldest master rolled up his sleeves, looked at me as if you are just a bunch of idiots, and walked out.

The eldest master was still busy after leaving the kitchen. He stood in the yard and said to everyone, "Don't leave. Haha, this girl really got stubborn with us today. Stay and see what they can find out."

"Found it." Erwa, who had been circling the stove and the table, suddenly said.

Lin Minjun: "Did you find the thief? Who is it?"

When this voice came out, the people in the yard who were already extremely curious rushed in at once, "Who is it?"

"The eldest master's youngest son, Cao Bin."

Oh my, there really is a thief in this family?

"That's impossible. Xiaobin may be a bit of a jerk at times, but he wouldn't steal things from our own family." Someone looked incredulous.

"That's right, is Xiaobin stupid? His mother favors her little son the most. If he says he wants to eat, can he still eat his mouth?"

The mother finally reacted and jumped up in anger, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are ruining my son's reputation. Why did my son steal things from home for no reason?"

She was furious, like a tigress protecting her cubs. "Okay, I thought the evidence you were looking for was real, but in the end you are trying to put the blame on my son."

The eldest mother would never believe that her son would steal anything, but the eldest grandfather felt a little uneasy.

The author has something to say:

I miscalculated the number. I regret that I can't finish writing today because my whole family is suffering. But I will update early tomorrow. See you at 9 am.