Chapter 43: The Truth About the Title Certificate
Jiang Yulan was really confused. She and Ji Yushu had been divorced for a while. Now that the Ji family’s property certificate was missing, what did it have to do with her?
"Who else could it be except you? The last outsider to come to our house was you. Who else could it be except you?" Chen Guilan was stopped by the police and pointed at Jiang Yulan's nose.
Jiang Yulan thought about it and realized which time she was talking about. Before the divorce, she went to the iron factory to find Ji Yushu and ask for a divorce. It was also at this time that she suddenly remembered what Aiguo had said before, saying that Ji Yushu had taken the property certificate to the business office to apply for a loan. Was Chen Guilan just discovering this?
"Then do you have any concrete evidence?" the police continued to ask Chen Guilan.
"What evidence do we need? Who else could it be but her?" Chen Guilan insisted that it was Jiang Yulan who did it.
"Ms. Jiang, thank you for making this trip." The police asked her to come over to understand the situation.
"It's okay, just investigate thoroughly." Jiang Yulan said indifferently. As she passed by Chen Guilan, she reminded her, "There's a saying that goes, 'You can be on guard day and night, but you can't guard against thieves in your own home.'"
"No, Public Security Comrade, you just let her go like that?" Chen Guilan stared at Jiang Yulan's back in disbelief. How could she let her go like that?
"Comrade, we need evidence to investigate this case. You can't just say she replaced your home's real title deed. You need to provide proof. I think the woman just now is right. You need to check your family first. Go home and ask them tonight, and we'll assist you in the inquiry tomorrow."
Chen Guilan was still cursing at Jiang Yulan, but when she heard the police's words, her eyes widened. "Impossible! It couldn't have been done by a family member."
"This kind of thing is usually done by family members." They invited Jiang Yulan over because Chen Guilan's words were vague and they thought they were a family.
Chen Guilan couldn't help but frown when she heard this, but since the police had said so, she could only go back and wait for news.
When Chen Guilan returned home, Yao Yan was complaining, "I haven't seen you since day after day. Don't you know we need to eat when we get home from get off work?"
"Okay, Mom probably has something to do," Ji Yumo couldn't help but said when he saw her complaining all the time. With the comparison, he looked at Yao Yan with more disgust.
"When did the problem arise? Why does it have to happen now?" Yao Yan continued to add coal to the stove in dissatisfaction.
"Of course it's a big deal. I don't know when our property ownership certificate was replaced. I went to report it to the police." Chen Guilan said unhappily, and paid attention to the expressions of the two men.
"What? The property certificate is missing, Mom, isn't it in your custody? Are you regretting the document you signed before and saying this on purpose?" Yao Yan looked at her with suspicion. Ji Yumo's eyes were also full of suspicion when she heard that.
"Am I that kind of person?" Chen Guilan glared at the two of them and thought to herself, judging from their reactions, it should have nothing to do with them.
"Then who knows? What did the police say? Aren't you the only one who has the key? How did it disappear?" Yao Yan's tone was still full of doubt.
"I'm also wondering. The police said that this was most likely done by a family member. I suspect it was Jiang Yulan. She came to our house before she divorced the second son." Chen Guilan's suspicion is still Jiang Yulan. The family members don't have this motive.
"How could it be her? She has nothing to do with this house, and she can't do anything with it." Although Yao Yan and Jiang Yulan have always been at odds, she still knows her a little bit. Otherwise, how could they say that the one who knows you best is always your enemy.
"Mom, why don't you ask my second brother? He must have spent a lot of money on his first trip to Guangzhou, right?" After Ji Yumo said this, she felt more and more that her guess made sense.
"That's right, where did he get all that money? Wait, he agreed so readily in the written agreement, couldn't it be because of this? No, we have to go and find out clearly." Yao Yan said as she was about to pull Chen Guilan to go and find out clearly.
"No matter how urgent it is, there's no need to rush now. Let's eat first." Chen Guilan was a little worried. Could it really be the second brother? What the public security comrade said made sense. If someone else sold it, someone would have come to the door long ago. If the second brother used it as a mortgage loan, everything seemed to make sense.
*
At the rental house, Ji Mingyue was confessing to Ji Yushu that she had ranked second in the exam this time, while Ye Qiuju and Song Zhenzhen were discussing moving out. At present, she and Ji Yumo have officially met. He will come to the hotel to find her when he has time in the next two days. He doesn't know his relationship with Ye Qiuju yet.
"Dad, this is only the first exam. I will work hard next time." Ji Mingyue promised him.
"Second is second." Compared to Ji Mingyue's worry, Ji Yushu's reaction was indifferent. In his opinion, even if Lili changed her surname, everyone knew that she was his daughter. Now the first and second in the grade were both his daughters. He felt happy when he thought of those people's envious eyes.
At this moment, the courtyard door was pushed open from the outside, followed by Yao Yan's loud voice: "Ji Yushu, come out."
"Third brother, is this how you and your wife behave?" Ji Yushu looked at the person behind Yao Yan with dissatisfaction.
"Second brother, it's not that we are impolite, it's just that the matter is too big. If it is a misunderstanding, I will apologize to you later." Ji Yumo's meaning was very clear.
Ji Yushu was a little puzzled, until he saw Chen Guilan appear, he had a bad premonition in his heart. He lowered his eyes and said coldly: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Did you move the property certificate at home?" Chen Guilan asked directly. She had thought about it all the way here and felt that Ji Yushu was the most likely culprit. Before the divorce, he said that Jiang Jianyi had guaranteed the loan, but after the divorce, without his guarantee, how could he borrow money from the business office?
"What property certificate?" Ji Yushu frowned. He didn't expect that this matter would be discovered so quickly.
"As for the property ownership certificate of the house, my mother has already reported it to the police. The police said that most of the things were done by family members. Let us check our home first. The police will come to assist us tomorrow." Yao Yan had already determined in her heart that it was Ji Yushu who did it. After all, if she put herself in his shoes, she would not be willing to give up the house in the iron factory like that.
"Have you reported it to the police?" Ji Yushu couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Isn't this a trivial matter? Is it really that serious?
"Of course, such a big thing must be reported to the police. Mom even asked the police to invite Jiang Yulan. She suspected that it was Jiang Yulan who took it away." Yao Yan raised the corner of her lips after she finished speaking. Ji Yushu's reaction was probably correct.
"Second brother, were you the one who took it away?" No one present was a fool. Looking at his reaction, Chen Guilan quickly knew the answer.
"It's me. You should go to the police station and cancel it immediately." Ji Yuanping said unhappily.
"Second brother, a thief in the family is still a thief. The house now belongs to Wenwu of my family." Yao Yan was unhappy when she heard him admit it.
"I'm not saying I won't return it to you. Why are you in such a hurry?" Ji Yushu said and looked at Chen Guilan, waiting for her answer.
"Second brother, did you really use it for mortgage loan?" Chen Guilan's voice trembled.
"Well, I'm short of money at the moment. Don't worry, I'll be able to redeem it for you within half a year at most." Ji Yushu assured her.
"Words are not enough, how can we believe it?" Yao Yan didn't want this matter to let go like this.
"Brother Ji, who's here?" Ye Qiuju and Song Zhenzhen, who were in the house, heard the noise outside and came out of the room together.
"Zhen" Ji Yumo just said one word and then suddenly closed his mouth. Song Zhenzhen also showed confusion at the right time.
"Really what?" Yao Yan looked at Ji Yumo suspiciously.
"I'm asking if what my second brother said is true? The property certificate can be obtained in half a year." Ji Yumo said hurriedly. He didn't expect that the cousin Song Zhenzhen was talking about was actually Ye Qiuju. This damn world is so small. He concealed the existence of Yao Yan from her, and he didn't know how she would view him now.
"Of course it's true. I promise you that I can get the property certificate back in half a year." Ji Yushu was a little surprised by Ji Yumo's flexibility.
"How about we just trust our second brother this time? After all, we are a family?" Ji Yumo said and looked at Yao Yan.
"No, words are not enough. What if they refuse to pay in the future?" Yao Yan was unhappy.
"Then what do you want to do?" Ji Yushu looked at Yao Yan coldly.
"You have to write an IOU." This was Yao Yan's purpose.
"Okay, then write it." Ji Yushu didn't take this matter to heart at all. He was confident that he could pay off the bank loan in half a year.
The matter was resolved just like that. Yao Yan left with satisfaction over the IOUs. Ji Yushu stopped Chen Guilan as she was about to leave and said, "Mom, don't forget to go to the police station to withdraw the case."
"I understand." Chen Guilan nodded. She thought of what Jiang Yulan said when she left, and her face turned red for a moment.
On the way back, Ji Yumo had a stern face. He was thinking about how he was going to explain to Song Zhenzhen tomorrow. Seeing him like this, Yao Yan was very unhappy: "Who are you showing such a stern face to?"
"I just think that it was a bit wrong for you to force my second brother to write the IOU just now. We are all family, and it is too inhumane for you to do this." Ji Yumo complained.
"Okay Ji Yumo, why don't you tell me that I always take the lead in everything? Now you are looking for trouble. Don't you even think about who I am doing this for?" Yao Yan glared at him with a knife-like look.
"I know you are doing this for the good of the family, but my second brother helped us a lot in the past few years. You and mom go back first. I will go and talk to my second brother. I hope this incident will not affect our brotherhood." Ji Yumo was still thinking about explaining to Song Zhenzhen.
"The third brother is right. You go. Yao Yan and I will go back first." Chen Guilan agreed without giving Yao Yan a chance to speak.
No one expected Ji Yumo to come back. Ji Yushu looked at him with displeasure: "I have already written the IOU, what else do you want?"
"Second brother, please listen to my explanation. That's not what I meant. Please believe me." Ji Yumo smiled in a flattering manner.
Ji Yushu snorted coldly and ignored him. He always did this, hiding behind a woman.
"Second brother, I'm here to look for Zhenzhen." Ji Yumo approached him and told him why he came.
"What do you want to do with him?" Ji Yushu frowned, looking puzzled.
Ji Yumo laughed dryly twice, unable to speak. At this moment, Ji Yushu suddenly thought of something and looked at her in shock. Ji Yumo did not explain, but whispered: "Second brother, I beg you this time."
When Song Zhenzhen saw him push the door open, her eyes quickly turned red: "Comrade Ji, please leave. You are not welcome here."
"Zhenzhen, please listen to my explanation. I didn't mean to lie to you." Ji Yumo himself didn't expect that the truth would be revealed so soon.
"No need to explain. Although I, Song Zhenzhen, come from the countryside, I still understand the basic moral integrity. You can go now." Song Zhenzhen said with a cold face.
In the yard, Ji Yushu looked at Ye Qiuju next to him and said coldly, "What's going on with them?"
Ye Qiuju quickly shook her head. "I don't know either. Zhenzhen told me yesterday that there's a guy who often comes to eat there. He said his wife just passed away and he wanted to date her. I asked her to find a time to bring him home. Who knew that guy would be my third brother?"
Seeing that her expression didn't look fake, Ji Yushu glanced inside and then nodded: "I understand. Remember to keep this a secret."
"Of course. Zhenzhen is the victim now. Who knew that the third brother is so dishonest?" Ye Qiuju put all the blame on Ji Yumo.
Ji Yushu didn't say anything. He didn't expect that the always honest third brother would have such a treacherous mind. Well, the two of them would talk it out today and the matter would be over.
*
"It's outrageous! How could she have the nerve to report you to the police?" Jiang Yulan's words made the Jiang family very angry.
"Who knows what she's thinking? The police station has already said it has nothing to do with me. I guess things will get busy at the Ji family now." Jiang Yulan said with a curled lip corner.
"Serves you right." Jiang Jianyi cursed.
"I guess this matter will end up in nothing. Can they really let the police arrest him?" Zhou Qingfen guessed.
"The police won't arrest her, but Yao Yan won't let her get away easily. I guess she will definitely ask Ji Yushu to write an IOU." Jiang Yulan guessed.
"That's right. Now that we know who took it, they probably want to handle this matter low-key. We can't let them get their wish." Jiang Lili spoke gently. They couldn't let Jiang Yulan go to the police station in vain.
"Leave this matter to me." Jiang Jianyi's eyes were still filled with anger.
"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to grandpa. Mom, we should go back to bed." Jiang Lili said as she yawned. Jiang Qitong next to her had already fallen asleep leaning against the sofa.
"Look at me, I forgot to call back in advance. Let's go, let's go back quickly." Jiang Yulan quickly stood up.
"It's okay. Tomorrow is the weekend. You can sleep a little longer." Jiang Lili took her arm and signaled her not to blame herself.
Jiang Aiguo held Jiang Qitong and stood up: "Let's go, I'll take you back."
Lu Jiaze started a little embarrassedly: "If it weren't for me..."
"This has nothing to do with you, Jiaze, you should go to bed early." In fact, they originally planned to arrange Lu Jiaze to stay with Jiang Yulan and the others, and let Lili sleep here, but thinking of some people's gossip, they finally made such an arrangement.
After returning home, Jiang Aiguo carried Jiang Qitong to Jiang Lili's room, then turned to the mother and daughter and said, "Sister, Lili, you two should go to bed early. I'm going back first."
"Well, be careful on the road." Jiang Yulan saw him out.
Jiang Yulan came back and saw Jiang Lili still standing there. She reached out and rubbed her head. "Did the talks at Factory One go smoothly today?"
"It went smoothly, and I also got some good news." Jiang Lili was happy to share such good news with her.
"What good news?" Jiang Yulan was a little curious.
"The leaders of Factory One are holding a meeting to discuss the sale of Factory Two." Jiang Lili's tone was filled with excitement.
"But if we sell it now, we can't afford it." Jiang Yulan didn't understand what she was so excited about.
"It's okay, we can wait for the new factory manager to come and find us." Calculating the time, after the pattern is finalized, the first batch of goods will soon appear in major counters in Yuncheng.
"Okay, then we'll just wait for them to come to us." To be honest, Jiang Yulan didn't take Jiang Lili's words seriously. She was still thinking about how she had to speed up her night school courses.
Knowing that she didn't believe it, Jiang Lili didn't say anything else. She said good night to her and went back to her room. Now she was waiting for the first batch of dress-up dolls. According to Director Yang, they would arrange people to work overtime this weekend to produce 500 sets of dress-up dolls and put them on the market to see the market reaction.
In fact, the best time to launch new products is holidays and weekends, but there are no suitable opportunities now. Even though Monday is Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival is no longer a legal holiday.
The next morning, Jiang Lili took Jiang Qitong to Jiang Aiguo's place and saw Jiang Jianyi preparing pumpkins, millet and other things. Jiang Qitong was a little curious: "Grandpa, what are you doing with this big pumpkin?"
"The day after tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's a time to worship the moon." Jiang Jianyi said as he touched her head.
"Wow, does that mean we're going to eat mooncakes?" Instead of worshipping the moon, Jiang Qitong wanted to eat mooncakes.
"Yes, I'll go out and buy some mooncakes later. How many do you want to eat?" Mooncakes at that time were all made quite large, and were almost sold per person.
"I want to eat two." Jiang Qitong hesitated and stretched out two fingers.
Jiang Jianyi was amused by her: "Okay, I'll buy you two."
"Sister Lili and Brother Lu also want two." Jiang Qitong did not forget the other two people in the family.
Jiang Lili was amused by her: "I'm afraid of cavities, I only need one."
"Me too." Lu Jiaze didn't like such sweet things, so when he heard Jiang Lili's words, he quickly said that he only wanted one.
Seeing this, Jiang Qitong quickly covered her mouth and said reluctantly: "Okay, then I only want one too."
Everyone was amused by her. At this time, Jiang Lili asked, "Grandpa, are you going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it?"
"Go directly to the food factory and buy it." The food factory is now selling mooncakes at the factory gate, with more varieties than the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Then I'll go with you." The food factory was not far from the first factory, so she could just go and see how Zhao Dong and the others were working overtime.
"Okay." Jiang Jianyi probably guessed what she was thinking and agreed readily.
"Then I want to go too." Jiang Qitong and Lu Jiaze said this in unison.
"Okay, okay, let's all go. Jiaze can take Tongtong with him." Two bicycles were just enough for them to go together.
When they arrived at the food factory, Tongtong followed the old man happily to the factory. Jiang Lili turned her head to glance at Lu Jiaze beside her: "Didn't you come here to buy mooncakes? Why aren't you going?"
"Aren't you going to the toy factory? Come on, I'll accompany you." Lu Jiaze thought about it all night last night. He felt that Jiang Lili was right. Dreams are something that change at any time. Besides, her family's situation is different now. He was too naive.
"Let's go." Jiang Lili knew that she couldn't persuade him to quit, so she simply took him to a factory nearby.
The guard at the door still remembered her and called Zhao Dong in the workshop. After getting a positive answer, he let them in. On weekends, only this production line was working overtime, and it was much quieter inside than usual.
"I remember that there were always a lot of people in the factory even if we had to work overtime on weekends. Now more and more people are being laid off, so it's right to find a way out in advance. I was superficial yesterday, I'm sorry." Lu Jiaze's tone was sincere.
Jiang Lili thought that this was probably the reason why Lu Jiaze was not annoying. Whenever he realized that he was wrong, he would not be arrogant like other people, but would sincerely apologize to her.
"It's okay, it's normal that you don't understand." Being in a family like that, there are still many things he doesn't understand.
Lu Jiaze was about to say something when Zhao Dong interrupted him: "Sister Lili, why are you here? Come on, come and see how we're doing."
"My grandpa came to buy mooncakes, and I came to take a look since I had nothing to do." Jiang Lili explained the reason why she was here, so that they wouldn't really think she was here to supervise.
Lu Jiaze followed them into the workshop, listening to them talking in a language he couldn't understand. His eyes fell on Jiang Lili's smiling face. He couldn't help but wonder what he had thought when he first wanted to be a pilot. It seemed to be related to her, too.
The fabrics used to make the little skirt were all old and very dusty. Lu Jiaze kept sneezing. Seeing this, Jiang Lili looked at him and said, "Why don't you go out and wait for me? I'll be out soon."
Lu Jiaze sneezed again, this time even tears came out. Glancing at everyone's gazes, he realized that his presence disturbed them, so he nodded: "Then I'll go to Grandpa Jiang first."
"Okay, tell grandpa by the way that I will come to find you later." Jiang Lili said.
"Okay." Lu Jiaze came out of the toy factory and planned to look for Jiang Jianyi and the others. Unexpectedly, he had only taken two steps when he heard a surprised voice behind him: "Lu Jiaze, are you here to buy mooncakes too?"
Lu Jiaze turned around and saw Ji Mingyue walking with a woman. She was looking at him with surprise, and he frowned unconsciously.
"I'm Ji Mingyue. Have you forgotten that I accidentally bumped into your foot last time?" Ji Mingyue didn't seem to be hurt by his indifference and continued to exude her enthusiasm.
"I haven't forgotten, I just feel that we are not familiar with each other and there is no need for us to get to know each other." Lu Jiaze said indifferently.
"Oh, so that's it." The smile on Ji Mingyue's face fell, and there was a hint of loss in his eyes.
Lu Jiaze didn't look at her again, turned around and continued walking forward. Thinking of her lost expression, he felt a little apologetic. After all, she couldn't choose her birth.
When Ji Mingyue saw that the strategy value above her head, which was originally negative, turned into zero, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. It seems that today is not a complete failure. At least the strategy value is not negative now.
"Is that your classmate? Why is he so arrogant?" Ye Qiuju asked softly after watching the person walk away.
"Of course he's arrogant because he has the capital to do so. How's my aunt doing?" Ji Mingyue didn't know the follow-up of last night's incident.
"Are you still worried that she can't handle your second uncle? Your second uncle still plans to find a new place for her to live." He probably thought that since he came to find Song Zhenzhen, it would be inconvenient for her to live with them.
"What's the big deal about renting a house?" Ji Mingyue didn't think this was any progress.
"It will take some time." Ye Qiuju felt that this would not happen so quickly.
As they were talking, the mother and daughter had already arrived at the entrance of the food factory. Many people came here to buy mooncakes. Jiang Jianyi had already picked out the mooncakes he needed and was talking to Jiang Qitong with a smile on his face. When his eyes swept over Ji Mingyue and Ye Qiuju beside her, he couldn't help but snort coldly. Obviously, their appearance had affected his good mood.
"It's her." Following the old man's cold snort, Jiang Qitong also discovered Ji Mingyue and her daughter. Although she was still young, she also knew the reason why her family disliked this mother and daughter. In her opinion, they were the ones who snatched away Sister Lili's father.
"What?" Lu Jiaze didn't hear her clearly.
Jiang Qitong puffed out her cheeks and pointed at the mother and daughter, saying, "They were the ones who took Sister Lili's father away."
Jiang Qitong's voice was so loud that for a moment, everyone who was still choosing mooncakes looked over.
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