Father Jiang puffed on his pipe and thought for a moment before saying, "I think so. Otherwise, why would she suddenly ask these questions? She must have heard something."
Jiang's mother was terrified when she heard this. "What should we do? If she really finds out, our lives will be very difficult from now on."
Jiang's father took a deep puff of his cigarette, exhaled a smoke ring, and said firmly, "What are you afraid of? Even if she finds out, what can she do? We have the final say in the family now. As long as we refuse to admit it, what can she do to us?"
Jiang's mother thought it made sense, but she was still a little worried: "That being said, what if..."
Father Jiang interrupted her: "There's no such thing as a chance! Anyway, we have separated from that ungrateful bastard now, and the money is real in our hands. As long as we hold on to the money tightly, we don't have to worry about her making a fuss." Mother Jiang nodded, thinking that what Father Jiang said made sense, and she felt a little more relaxed.
At this moment, Jiang's father suddenly remembered something important and hurriedly asked, "By the way, mother, the address and name you gave that woman were all fake, right? And did you put the jade pendant away?"
Jiang's mother patted her chest and said with relief, "Of course it's fake. How could I not know that? As for the jade pendant, I've always kept it at the bottom of the cabinet. No one can find it."
Father Jiang nodded with satisfaction: "That's good. This way, even if that woman comes looking for us, she won't be able to find us. Besides, the third brother is not at home all year round. After so many years, maybe that woman is already dead, and this matter will be forgotten."
Jiang's mother sighed and said with emotion, "Yes, I hope this matter will just pass like this and nothing else will go wrong."
After the two of them finished their discussion, they went to bed, but they didn't know that their conversation was heard by Liu Yanran who was hiding in the space.
Upon learning of Jiang Qi's life story, Liu Yanran couldn't help but feel a surge of sympathy. He, too, was a pitiful man, having lost his family at a young age and been forced to wander the world. The jade pendant was his only connection to his family, and held immense significance for him.
"How despicable!" Liu Yanran clenched her fists in anger. "Those two bastards actually wanted to use Jiang Qi for their own personal gain. How shameless!"
She secretly made up her mind to help Jiang Qi find the jade pendant. But now was not the right time, she needed to wait for a suitable opportunity.
After a while, the room finally quieted down, leaving only the intermittent snoring. Liu Yanran knew that the couple was already fast asleep.
She didn't show up, but instead went invisible and opened the cabinet, taking out the banknotes and jade pendants. The money was originally a gift from Jiang Qi to them, and now it was time to return it to its original owner. As for this miserable couple, they didn't deserve any sympathy at all.
"Hmph, just keep dreaming!" Liu Yanran sneered, then waved her sleeves and disappeared into the darkness without a single cloud.
The next morning, shrill screams rang out from the Jiang family, shattering the previously peaceful atmosphere. "Gone, gone, all gone!" All the money the Jiang family had hidden the day before had vanished. The family looked at each other in dismay, their faces filled with fear and despair.
Jiang's father's face turned blue with rage. All the money he'd painstakingly saved his entire life had vanished without a trace. Jiang's mother collapsed on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. She couldn't accept this cruel reality. Jiang's eldest and second sisters were also terrified. The 50 yuan they'd just received the day before was gone, and they suspected their mother had embezzled it.
"It must have been a thief!" Jiang's father gritted his teeth and said, "We must find this thief and make him pay the price!"
So, the Jiang family launched a vigorous operation to catch the thief. They asked around, looking for clues, and not letting go of any suspicious person. However, after a few days, they still didn't find any useful clues. The thief seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
The Jiang family fell into chaos and despair, not knowing how to deal with this sudden blow. The culprit was already on the train back to Su City.
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