At night, Feng Chuchu returned to Jiang's house. Jiang Chao and Zhang Tieying were still awake. They were standing behind the door with sullen faces. As soon as Feng Chuchu entered the room, she was picked up by them.

"You're back so late, where have you been?"

"I... didn't I say I was going to the vegetable garden? And then I took a walk behind the village." Feng Chuchu smiled sweetly, and no one could see the flaw.

"Mom, Uncle Jiang, what's wrong with you?"

"Your mother's gold lock is missing. Did you steal it?" Jiang Chao still hadn't given up his suspicion. He and Zhang Tieying had thought about it carefully. The gold lock had been kept in the cabinet and there was no one else at home. So the most likely person to have taken it was Feng Chuchu.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Feng Chuchu was even more panicked than them, "What? The gold lock is missing? Mom, are you sure?"

Zhang Tieying had not spoken since a while ago, just looking at his daughter suspiciously. Where Jiang Chao couldn't see, Feng Chuchu secretly winked at her.

Zhang Tieying was stunned, and replied subconsciously, "Of course I am sure. I can't even bear to take such a precious thing with me!"

"Okay, okay, now is not the time to talk about this. Feng Chuchu, let me tell you, you and I are both waiting for this golden lock to save our lives! If you took it, return it to me immediately!" Jiang Chao thought about it and still felt that Feng Chuchu was the most suspicious.

Feng Chuchu knew that she couldn't explain herself clearly, so she just lay on the ground and cried aggrievedly, "Uncle Jiang, are you doubting me? Although I'm not your biological daughter, I can always respect you from the bottom of my heart! Since you have doubts, then search me! See if I have taken it or not!"

"you!"

Jiang Chao was speechless because of her asshole look, but the gold lock was too important for him to be careless.

"Search then, I want to see where you can hide!"

Seeing Jiang Chaozhen going to search her body, Zhang Tieying's face changed, "What are you doing? She is still a child! If outsiders saw it, they would think you were abusing your daughter!"

Jiang Chao didn't say anything, he just kept searching Feng Chuchu's body, but not only did he fail to find the thing, Feng Chuchu cried louder and louder.

The sound even attracted Mrs. Wang from next door to ask across the yard, "Jiang Chao, what are you doing at home?"

"Nothing, the kid just fell down accidentally." Jiang Chao didn't want anyone to know, but he really had no choice but to lower his voice and warn Feng Chuchu fiercely, "You little bitch, I know you have a lot of tricks up your sleeve, but if you dare to put me in jail, I'll never let you go!"

"Alright! You're not treating her like this just because she's not your daughter, are you? If you really can't stand us mother and daughter, then I'll just take her away!" Zhang Tieying defended them with a dark face. Jiang Chao didn't really want to do anything to them, so he kicked over a chair and turned away.

Feng Chuchu was still crying. Zhang Tieying was upset and looked at her coldly, "Don't cry, the person is gone!"

Feng Chuchu stopped crying and immediately got up from the ground, "Mom, I knew you would still protect me."

Zhang Tieying said angrily, "Stop smiling at me and tell me what's going on."

She had already noticed something was wrong during the day. Feng Chuchu ran away in a panic, and the golden lock disappeared the next moment. Even a fool would know that there must be a connection.

"Chu Chu, mother knows you like the gold lock, but don't forget, my name is also on the IOU! If you don't use it to pay off the debt, the Zhao guy will sue me too!"

"Don't worry, mother." Feng Chuchu comforted her and admitted generously, "I did take the gold lock because I didn't want you to be stupid enough to give it away! Think about it, Jiang Chao was also the one who borrowed the money, why should he use your gold lock to pay back the money?"

"Besides, he seems incompetent at everything. We and the baby in your belly don't know what kind of life we ​​will have in the future! This golden lock is our only support, you must give it to him..."

"But if you don't give it to me, then the matter of paying it back..."

"I have an idea!"

"What?"

Feng Chuchu smiled maliciously and whispered in Zhang Tieying's ear for a long time. Zhang Tieying hesitated, "Will this work?"

"Whether it works or not, you will know if you try it."

Zhang Tieying was madly excited, but she was reluctant to take out the gold locket.

And what Chuchu said was right. Jiang Chao would be unreliable sooner or later, so she must make plans early.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tieying waved his hand, "Okay, I got it. I'll go talk to him. You should get some rest early. Also, keep an eye on the golden lock! If you lose it, I won't forgive you!"

"Don't worry, mom. I have hidden the things well!" Feng Chuchu giggled and watched Zhang Tieying leave. After she could no longer see his figure, the smile on her lips instantly turned cold and she looked in the direction of Aunt Jiang's house with amusement.

"Now, there will be something interesting to watch."

Two days later, after the last table of customers in the restaurant finished their meal and paid their bill, Liu Chunhua packed up her things and prepared to close the restaurant when Jiang Xiaoluo suddenly rushed in.

"Sister Chunhua...save me!"

"Xiao Luo? What's wrong with you?" Liu Chunhua looked at her in surprise. Compared with the last time, Jiang Xiao Luo was obviously more miserable this time. She was dirty all over, and there was a hole in her cloth shoes. Her big toe seemed to have been scratched by a branch and was bleeding.

"Sit down quickly, how did it become like this?" Liu Chunhua asked someone to bring a glass of water. The shop assistants left one after another, and only Zhao Tiezhu was left.

Liu Chunhua reached out to take the water and said to Zhao Tiezhu, "Does the store have any Band-Aids? Or gauze will do."

"Probably not." Zhao Tiezhu shook his head and glanced at Jiang Xiaoluo's condition. "I'll go outside to buy some. You guys wait here for me."

"good."

Liu Chunhua nodded, and when she saw Jiang Xiaoluo finished her water, she asked, "Would you like another glass?"

"No need." Jiang Xiaoluo cried and threw herself into Liu Chunhua's arms.

"Sister Chunhua, I beg you, you must help me this time."

"Can you tell me what happened first?"

Jiang Ruyi woke up and came out with her short legs. She heard Jiang Xiaoluo crying, "Didn't Jiang Chao owe a lot of money again? In order to pay off his debts, he came to my house and convinced my parents to marry me to Wang Ermaizi. He wanted to use my betrothal gift to pay off his debts!"

"What?"

Liu Chunhua's eyes widened in shock. Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang agreed to such an incredible request?

Jiang Xiaoluo cried, "My parents didn't want to at first, but that damn Jiang Chao! He knelt in front of my parents and expressed his willingness to give himself to them and take care of them in their old age! My mother was immediately moved! She wanted to send me to Wang Ermaizi's house that night!"