Chapter 65 The Thief Cries "Stop Thief!"
Zhu Fan had a lot of jewelry missing from her room, but she had no idea whether anything else was missing.
There are so many clothes, bags, and shoes in the walk-in closet that even if they go missing, you won't notice.
Meng Yin was also taking inventory in the room at that moment.
Upon checking, she discovered that besides the missing Australian white pearl jewelry set, a sapphire jewelry set she had recently purchased at auction was also missing. Only the necklace and bracelet remained in the box; the matching ring and earrings were gone.
I didn't know until I checked that there were far more things missing from the room than I thought.
Meng Yin called all the servants to the living room.
Zhu Fan came downstairs, and Meng Yin's usually gentle face was serious, a look she had never seen before.
Upon hearing that something had gone missing from the house, the servants all became extremely nervous and panicked.
“Madam, I have been working for you for five years. You pay me such a high salary, and I have never thought about finding another job. I remember all the kindness you have shown me. Please believe in my character.”
“Madam, you pay me more than other masters. You’ve been so good to me. I would never do something so ungrateful or despicable. Madam, you have to believe me.”
“When my grandson had surgery last time, you not only gave me a month of paid leave to take care of him, but also visited me at the hospital. I am truly grateful to you and would never do anything so heartless.”
Ji Shu interrupted the housekeepers, "Something went missing from the house. Madam called you all over not because she suspects you, but to ask if any of you have seen any strangers come to the house recently."
Meng Yin and Ji Shu personally vetted all three of the housekeepers in the family.
These three women have always worked from home and took turns resting.
“Madam, I remember now. Last month, a relative of Aunt Zhang came to visit her, and they chatted for a long time in the garden.”
Meng Yin's gaze swept over Aunt Li, who was speaking.
Aunt Zhang's eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled up in them.
Meng Yin spoke up, "Everyone, please don't be suspicious of each other. The amount of money lost this time is over 4 million yuan. I have already reported it to the police."
Such an amount is nothing to the host family.
But for ordinary people like them, they might not earn that much money in their entire lives.
The silence in the air and the sound of breathing were broken by the driver rushing in.
"Madam, Miss Yuan and Miss Ci are fighting in the carriage, and I can't stop them from fighting."
Meng Yin got up quickly, and her knee hit the coffee table.
Zhu Fan helped her mother walk out quickly.
"What caused A-Yuan and A-Ci to fight?"
The driver recounted everything that happened in the car in great detail.
He followed his wife's instructions, first going to Gefei to pick up Miss Wan, and then going to No. 2 Middle School to pick up Miss Ci.
Miss Yuan started doing her test paper as soon as she got on the bus.
After getting into the car, Ms. Ci initially made a video call to a friend.
After hanging up the phone, Miss Ci forbade Miss Yuan from doing the test paper and insisted on chatting with her.
Miss Wan ignored Miss Ci.
Miss Ci went to tear Miss Yuan's exam paper, and the paper was torn to shreds.
Then, somehow a fight broke out.
After listening to the driver's words, Zhu Fan asked as they walked, "Who started it?"
Meng Yin was in a real bind. She still had to deal with the missing items at home, and now the two sisters were fighting again.
She rubbed her temples. "A-Yuan is well-behaved and sensible. She definitely didn't start it."
The driver was silent for a few seconds. "Miss Wan started it." He added, "Miss Wan unilaterally beat up Miss Ci."
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Inside the car, Zhu Ci was pinned down in the back seat by Zhu Wan, completely powerless to fight back.
She reached out and pulled Zhu Wan's hair.
Zhu Wan's head was pulled to the side, and she used her knee to press down on Zhu Ci's back, pinning Zhu Ci's hands behind her back and pressing down hard.
"All you do is pull people's hair and scratch their faces. Can't you do anything else?"
Zhu Ci cried out in pain.
"Zhu Wan, you motherless bastard."
"How dare you hit me! I'm going to kill you!"
"Let go of me, %&*……%（*）"
The foul language Zhu Ci uttered caused Meng Yin's brows to furrow tightly.
Zhu Fan stepped forward and opened the car door, just in time to see Zhu Wan take off her shoes, pull off her socks, and stuff them into Zhu Ci's mouth.
"Ugh, sob sob—"
Zhu Ci was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. Her hair was a mess, and her eyes were blazing with fury. She wished she could tear Zhu Wan to pieces.
The open car door gave her hope.
Upon seeing Zhu Fan and Meng Yin standing outside the car, Zhu Ci's tears fell even more fiercely, and she struggled even harder, sobbing uncontrollably.
Mom, save me.
The older sister is definitely on Zhu Wan's side.
Zhu Ci also began to hate Zhu Fan.
Zhu Wan's buttocks pressed down on Zhu Ci's, her bare feet, without socks or shoes, resting on the soft seat.
The corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, a result of successfully calming Zhu Ci down. Her high ponytail fell messily down her back, and there were two or three scratches of varying depths on her fair cheeks.
Zhu Wanqing's eyes widened when she saw her sister holding onto the car door.
Zhu Fan coughed lightly, "A-Yuan, you're wearing a skirt."
Zhu Wan lowered her head, her face instantly turning bright red.
Meng Yin separated the two little girls from the car.
Zhu Ci seized the opportunity, but Zhu Fan grabbed her hand as she tried to forcefully pull Zhu Wan's hair.
Zhu Fan looked at her expressionlessly, "Zhu Ci, that's enough."
Zhu Ci ripped the sock out of her mouth, her eyes blazing with fury. "You only protect Zhu Wan, why don't you yell at her?"
She collapsed to the ground, crying and begging Meng Yin to stand up for her.
"Mom, Zhu Wan is going to cripple my hand..."
Zhu Ci was pulled up from the ground by Meng Yin. "How old are you? Why are you still throwing a tantrum on the ground?"
I noticed that Meng Yin's complexion wasn't very good.
Zhu Ci got up from the ground, clutching her back, gasping for breath in pain, and almost fainted from crying.
Meng Yin frowned and tried to soothe her.
Zhu Wan looked up and glared at Zhu Ci, who was crying and making a racket. "You're still crying."
Zhu Ci pouted, her hand trembling as she pointed at Zhu Wan. She sobbed and slumped her shoulders, unable to utter a single word.
Zhu Wan stared at her fiercely.
Zhu Ci covered her mouth with both hands.
Zhu Fan turned her head away, suppressing her laughter without making a sound.
Meng Yin was taken aback.
This was the first time she had seen A-Yuan lose her temper.
When A-Yuan got angry, she puffed out her cheeks like a little pufferfish.
Cute yet fierce.
Meng Yin thought of herself as a parent, and that she had to be fair and just.
"You two, come inside first."
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Seeing the aunties and Aunt Shu standing in the living room, Zhu Ci suddenly had a bad feeling.
Meng Yin asked Ji Shu to take the aunt downstairs first.
She doesn't discipline her children in front of outsiders.
After the aunties left, Meng Yin sat down on the sofa. "A Fan, come sit down next to me."
"Zhu Ci, Zhu Wan, you two stand up."
"Tell me, what is there that can't be resolved by fighting?"
Zhu Ci interrupted, "I accidentally ruined Zhu Wan's test paper, and she hit me over it! Waaah, Zhu Wan is just a country bumpkin..."
"vulgar."
"Rogue."
"She's petty and cruel to her sisters..."
Zhu Wan remained quiet and did not interrupt Zhu Ci's accusations and insults.
Meng Yin slammed her hand on the table. "A-Yuan, you tell us."
Zhu Wan held out her hand, which was still red from being stepped on by Zhu Ci. "Zhu Ci deliberately tore my test paper in the car, and when I picked it up, she stepped on my hand."
"You're talking nonsense. I clearly stepped on your hand by accident. It wasn't intentional at all."
Zhu Wan calmly looked up, "You did this on purpose."
Zhu Ci wanted to explain, but under her mother's stern gaze, tears welled up first.
Meng Yin was genuinely angry.
Meng Yin was puzzled by what the driver said, wondering why A Yuan would fight with A Ci.
Zhu Fan stood up, gently pulled off the hair tie from A Yuan's hair, and retied her hair that had been torn apart in the fight. "Are there any other injuries?"
Zhu Wan met her sister's concerned gaze and gently shook her head.
Zhu Fan took her hand and led her upstairs, saying, "Let me take you upstairs to change your clothes first."
Two buttons on Zhu Wan's school uniform shirt were ripped open, and she was wearing sneakers without socks.
They looked disheveled and pitiful.
"You fought a fight that injured the enemy by a thousand, but also caused you to lose eight hundred."
Zhu Wan followed behind her sister with her head down.
She used to be bullied by boys at school in the village, and if she didn't fight back, she would be bullied even more.
So she learned to fight.
"Sister, will you dislike me because I fight and am rude?"
Zhu Fan bent down, meeting Zhu Wan's gaze. "If you're bullied, bully back. Who says fighting is vulgar?"
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Zhu Ci couldn't understand why everyone favored Zhu Wan.
Meng Yin's head ached from Zhu Ci's crying. "Aci, you're the one who started this."
"If you keep crying like this, go back to your room and cry by yourself."
Zhu Ci pursed her lips, holding back her tears.
Zhu Wan changed her clothes and went downstairs. Her mother called her to the dining table to drink pear and white fungus soup with her sister.
The arrival of the police made Meng Yin get up from the sofa.
A fleeting look of panic crossed Zhu Ci's eyes.
The questioning by the two policemen made Zhu Ci's palms sweat nervously.
When Zhu Linjun arrived home and saw that his wife and daughters were safe and sound, he was relieved.
He was at a dinner party when he received a call from his wife saying that their home had been burgled.
He rushed back as soon as the dinner ended.
When the police said it was an inside job, Zhu Ci's taut nerve snapped.
The police routinely questioned Zhu Ci.
Zhu Ci was very agitated. "It was Aunt Zhang. Other cleaning ladies never go into Mom's or my sister's room. Aunt Zhang has always cleaned Dad, Mom, and my sister's rooms. It must have been Aunt Zhang who stole it."
Zhu Linjun and Meng Yin both frowned upon hearing Zhu Ci's words.
Aunt Zhang is an elderly person in the family. She has worked diligently and conscientiously for many years without ever making a mistake.
Aunt Zhang suddenly knelt on the ground, "Sir, Madam, I didn't steal anything. If I did steal anything, may I die a horrible death."
Zhu Fan came out of the kitchen and, together with Meng Yin, helped Aunt Zhang up. "The security camera in my room should have captured who stole it."
Zhu Ci's face turned deathly pale instantly.
The three women all had smiles on their faces. They were relieved and happy that they could be cleared of suspicion and continue working for the Zhu family.
Zhu Ci met her sister's eyes and panicked.
Zhu Fan gave Zhu Ci a chance.
If Zhu Ci doesn't steal things from her room after returning from Qingxi Mountain, the surveillance cameras won't catch her.
Last night, Zhu Ci went to her room to help her put her bag away, so he must have taken something from her room.
Meng Yin and Zhu Linjun noticed Zhu Ci's unusual behavior.
The police were about to go upstairs to collect evidence when Zhu Linjun stopped them with a smile.
After the police left, the women were comforted by Ji Shu and went back to rest.
Zhu Ci knelt down at her parents' feet.
Meng Yin was truly heartbroken this time.
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