That day, he deliberately punished Qianmo by making her face the wall in the ancestral hall to reflect on her mistakes.
His intention was to help her find the whereabouts of the jade pendant. In fact, he had heard his father-in-law say something about the Yin-Yang Jade before his death, which was about the ancestral hall.
He had tried to find it before, but after decades of searching, he still hadn't found the Yin-Yang Jade.
Not wanting to disturb the ancestors of the Huo family, the search for the jade pendant was put on hold.
However, in order to protect the jade pendant, the ancestral hall became a forbidden area for the Bai family.
As expected, Qianmo did not disappoint him; she found the jade pendant's whereabouts that very day.
On the same day, Bai Xinrou also visited the ancestral hall and noticed seven holes in the roof, but assumed that they were caused by the ancestral hall being in disrepair for many years.
How can someone like her be compared to Qianmo?
Bai Xinrou felt her heart sink to the bottom after hearing what Elder Bai said.
The nascent hope was shattered.
Bai Xinrou sneered disdainfully: "So what if Bai Qianmo is smart? She still ended up in a vegetative state, didn't she? Hehehe, old man, your own granddaughter is probably going to leave you first. It must be a bitter experience for an old man to bury his young."
Bai Kangyan said, "Bai Xinrou, you are truly stubborn and incorrigible."
As a father, hearing others curse his daughter like that felt like a knife had been plunged into his heart.
Old Master Bai remained expressionless and silent.
“My granddaughter will wake up sooner or later. As long as she still has attachment to this world, no one can stop her.”
Old Bai looked at Gu Jueye: "Now that we've found them, what are your plans for dealing with them?"
Gu Jueye looked towards Gu Jin.
The other person stepped forward and opened a black leather bag, which contained some scrolls and a few pieces of jewelry and porcelain.
Old Bai merely glanced at the items in the bag.
When Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan saw the handbag, they were already stunned into silence.
These are some famous paintings, jewelry, and porcelain that they stole while living in the Bai family home. The paintings and porcelain were all taken from Old Master Bai's study.
Because Mr. Bai had a large collection, she thought that taking a few paintings and small ornaments would go unnoticed, while Zhang Cuiyan stole the jewelry from the room when Xu Hualan was not at home.
These are all internationally limited edition designer brands; if you have no objections, the minimum price will be at least six figures.
In fact, Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan only knew that these things were valuable, but they didn't know how much they were worth.
Fearing that her escape would be discovered, Bai Xinrou even went to a pawnshop to store her belongings.
She originally planned to wait until things calmed down before coming to the capital to dispose of these things.
Unexpectedly, Gu Jueye's men found them.
"Grandpa Bai, could you take a look? Do these things belong to the Bai family?"
Old Bai nodded, and Bai Kangcheng and Xu Hualan, a married couple, went closer to take a look.
“Honey, isn’t this necklace the one your little niece gave you for your birthday the year before last? And this ring, I gave it to you personally last year when we were close to our anniversary.”
"It is indeed mine."
She keeps her jewelry in a separate room. She usually prefers a simple and elegant style of dress. These pieces of jewelry are usually sent over by the Xu family whenever they have new jewelry designs.
Upon seeing this evidence, Bai Yitang became incredibly excited and began to meticulously review it.
"There are four antique paintings from my grandfather's collection, three jade carvings, two wolf-hair brushes, and an inkstone. I estimate the total value to be over ten million, right?"
"Bai Xinrou, you even dared to steal my mother's jewelry? Heh, do you know that the Xu family's status in the world is unshakable? These pieces of jewelry that my mother has are all limited editions from the Xu family's new product launches every year. Take this bracelet for example, as far as I know, it was a new product from last autumn, and the official price announced at the time was 3.7 million. All these miscellaneous items add up to more than 20 pieces, so it must be at least 20 million."
When Bai Xinrou heard these two astronomical figures, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
His body began to sway precariously.
Bai Luoyu said, "This is already a serious theft. According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law, those who steal a particularly large amount of money shall be sentenced to 10 years in prison or life imprisonment."
Bai Xinrou felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.
Zhang Cuiyan finally realized that they had committed a crime, and she ran crying to Old Bai.
“I stole them. I stole all of these things by myself. It has nothing to do with Xinrou. If you want to arrest someone, arrest me.”
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