"Grandma, did Xiao Chen really steal it? We shouldn't go to the Party Secretary yet; we can't wash our dirty linen in public!"
Lin Tao feigned surprise, his face full of doubt as he pretended to be a good person, but his last sentence confirmed that Lin Chen had stolen the money.
Lin Chen looked at him, his gaze sharp: "Lin Tao, what nonsense are you spouting? You're trying to use this to frame me. If you're so capable, produce some evidence, otherwise it's just slander."
Jiang Ning walked to his side and echoed:
“We all agree to bring the Party Secretary over. Since we suspect a thief, let’s just investigate. Everyone in this house is a suspect; if we’re going to search, we should search them all!”
While the discussion was in full swing, Lin Baojia, lying on the oxcart, hugged his legs and kept crying out.
"What's wrong? Can you take me back to bed before you argue? Ouch... ouch..."
His life is so miserable; he broke his leg and was even kicked out of the hospital.
You can't blame anyone else. After selling the bracelet, Yu Xiaofeng bought two large meat buns, intending to give one to Lin Tao and one to each.
But when he saw it, he insisted on eating it. The doctor said that he had just had surgery and the anesthesia had not yet worn off, so he could only drink porridge. But he insisted on eating it.
When the doctor found out, he said that since they had money to buy meat buns but not money to pay medical bills, they were deliberately owing money and kicked him out.
Hearing the call, Lin Zhoushi remembered to look at her precious son's leg. She lifted his trouser leg and saw that his right leg was in a cast. When he was helped to get down, one leg was raised, like a mummy.
After settling Lin Baojia in, Yu Xiaofeng winked at Ma Huijuan, signaling her to go find Lin Fugui.
She had long suspected that the wedding next door had so much money. If it was stolen from the old woman, then it would make perfect sense.
She's so stupid, why didn't she think of stealing it before?
Soon, Lin Fugui arrived and asked him to judge another case. He was at his wit's end, so he simply called over a middle-aged man with a bald head and a ring of hair around his neck and asked him to search the house inside and out.
People living nearby, seeing the excitement, called their friends and family over.
After searching the old lady's house first, finding nothing in any corner, they went to Lin Chen's house.
After coming out of Lin Chen's room, the uncle shook his head at Lin Fugui to indicate that he didn't.
Yu Xiaofeng jumped out: "How could that be? Uncle Man, you mustn't be protecting Lin Chen!"
The man called Uncle Man immediately turned pale: "I'm so incredibly smart, you don't need to question me. Is there anything else I haven't searched?"
Lin Tao, remembering the treasures in his box, looked at Lin Fugui with a grin:
“Secretary Lin, since they don’t have it at home, then search them. There’s no need to search my house. My grandma trusts me; she definitely won’t take her money.”
Yu Xiaofeng also said, "The old lady has already promised to give us the money, so there's no need for us to go through the trouble of stealing."
Jiang Ning sneered: "You're making it sound so high-sounding, aren't you feeling guilty? You said you'd check every room, but you changed your story when you got to yours. Secretary Lin, don't show favoritism."
The onlookers also started discussing it.
"It couldn't be Lin Tao, could it? He's lazy at work and likes to gamble. He must be short of money!"
"I never expected that after taking so much money from the old lady, they would still be so stingy and poor as to put on such a poor wedding!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Tao was so angry that his teeth were grinding together.
"Damn it, which of your eyes saw me take it?!"
Lin Fugui quickly smoothed things over: "Alright, Uncle Man, please do the search again!"
Uncle Man went inside to search, and everyone craned their necks to look forward like ducks.
He quickly brought out a wooden box about 20 centimeters square from inside the house, handed it to Lin Fugui, and said:
"We searched the rest of the house but found nothing, except for this box which was locked and couldn't be opened."
Lin Tao's face turned green when he saw the box.
The box was in a pile of junk, covered in dust, yet he still managed to find it.
"There are just some old books inside. I haven't opened it in a long time, and the lock is rusty," Lin Tao said, indicating that he didn't have the key.
Lin Fugui was in a dilemma: should he open the box or not?
Lin Chen gave him no chance to escape, and said to Lin Zhou Shi:
"Grandma, did you break the key to my door? That lock is much bigger than this one. It shouldn't have been difficult for you to break this small lock, right?"
Hearing him say this, everyone looked surprised. It turned out there was such a story before they came!
The old lady is too biased; we must help Lin Chen.
Someone in the crowd shouted "Smash it open!" which seemed to trigger a switch, and everyone started yelling along.
"Smash it open!"
"Smash it open!"
They were eager to see a good show, so they lifted up both Lin Zhoushi and Lin Fugui.
There was no other way but to smash it. Uncle Man picked up a stone and smashed it against the lock.
With a cloud of dust, the box was opened, and just as Lin Tao had said, it was full of books.
He still had his old school books, and naturally, he hid the color picture books among them.
Seeing everyone's disappointed expressions, he became quite smug, saying, "See? It's full of books."
He casually pulled out a book, blew on it, and the resulting dust caused everyone to cough.
Just as Uncle Man was about to close the box, Jiang Ning called out to stop.
"Uncle Man, is this all? Aren't you going to check it properly? What if the money is hidden in the books? I suggest you take out all the books and check them one by one."
Lin Tao's face immediately darkened, and he said sternly to her, "Isn't that unnecessary?"
Lin Chen was furious. He always spoke softly and gently to his wife. When did it become his place to yell at her like this?
In a fit of anger, he kicked the entire box over.
All the books were scattered on the ground, and two old green stones rolled out of the books.
The men present were immediately drawn to the open yellow pages and picked them up to read.
Lin Zhoushi picked up the green stone.
These stones were a gift from her husband, who said they were valuable and worth a lot of money.
How did it end up in Lin Tao's box?
The stone was in his box, which means he took the money.
Thinking of this fact, her body trembled violently with anger!
*Smack!*
She used all her strength to slap him hard across the face.
"You beast! You even stole your grandmother's money! Why did you do that?! That money was meant for you!"
She uttered a soul-searching question in a voice that seemed to tear at the soul!
Lin Tao covered his face, looking completely bewildered. "Grandma, why did you hit me?"
Lin Zhoushi held up the green stone and gave a bitter laugh: "This stone was kept with the money. You didn't steal my money, so how did the stone end up in your hands? What a disaster! What kind of grandson did I raise!"
After saying that, she clutched her chest, looking as if she was about to die.
Lin Tao quickly helped her up, and after understanding the situation, he hurriedly explained, "Grandma, I didn't, you have to believe me..."
Jiang Ning, however, had anticipated this scene and calmly remarked:
"Lin Tao, you didn't expect the green stone to be found, did you?"
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