Old Chen was about to raise his stick to hit someone when he was stunned by what he heard. "What money? How can you, a person without a job, have any money?"
Chen Xiangbei yelled, "You're so cruel that you didn't give me living expenses. You wanted to watch me starve to death. My two brothers, my sister, and my brother-in-law couldn't bear to see me starve to death. They gave me money, all of it!"
Chen Xiangnan admitted without any guilt: "Yes, Tang Jiao and I both gave him money."
After saying that, he looked at Chen Xianghong.
Although she was confused, under such a gaze, Chen Xianghong felt that she still had to lie. Her room at home was gone, and it was obvious that her father didn't want to recognize her as his daughter. She could let it go, and she could understand her father's preference for boys over girls, but Chen Xiangbei was his son and he could be so cruel. She should not let him have it too easy.
Chen Xianghong thought again about the possible situation that might arise at her wedding when she was at her mother's house. This situation was very likely caused by the crying woman in front of her. She was even more upset. "Yes, Brother Yu and I both gave him money, right, Brother Yu?"
Yu Hongzhen coughed tactically and then nodded.
We are a family, so there is no such thing as breaking the law or not.
It's okay to lie occasionally, just a white lie.
Chen Xianghong continued, "There's still three hundred yuan worth of betrothal gifts from Brother Yu under my bed. I just couldn't find it. If you can't explain it, I'll call the police."
Yang Su was even more confused. How could they falsely accuse someone just by talking to each other? She didn't find any money when she was moving things before. There was no way there was money. These two little bastards were trying to cheat her, right?
Chen Xiangnan silently gave Chen Xianghong a thumbs up. He even wondered if Chen Xianghong had really lost the betrothal money.
Chen Xiangbei had already believed what he had just said. He felt that his sister was such an honest person that she would never say such nonsense, so he became even angrier. Although he had bullied his sister before, they were a family and quarreling and fighting was fine, but if someone else stole something from his sister, he would never tolerate that.
"Well, my dad picked out a thief and brought him home. You didn't even ask who I am? You want your son to have a job and a future, but he has a mother who is a thief. What future can he have?
I'm telling you, return the money immediately, or I'll report it to the police. I don't know what kind of vision you have, Dad. You chose such a person. I feel ashamed to take him out. You don't think you're so glorious by marrying him, do you? You want to have a big party, but after you do, everyone here will laugh at you.
After Old Chen was about to hit him again, Chen Xiangbei immediately hid behind Yu Hongzhen, "Brother-in-law, you can't watch me get beaten, right?"
Yu Hongzhen said righteously, "Dad, I think Xiangbei is right. No matter what, you shouldn't steal money. Xiangbei doesn't have a job, but he took the money we gave him and hid it at home, unwilling to spend it. You stole it all at once. This is too wrong. How can you target the money of a junior? Dad, you are also unemployed."
Chen Xiangbei poked his head out from Yu Hongzhen's shoulder and loudly affirmed, "That's right. Dad, you really are... I don't even like to say that to you."
Chen Xianghong interrupted, "Second brother, why don't you go and see if anything is missing? This is too worrying. There's actually a thief in the house."
Chen Xiangnan nodded and said, "I really need to check it out."
"Brother Chen, I... I didn't see any money at all. You were there last night, and I started to clean up after dinner. You agreed to it, but I didn't find any money at all." Yang Su sobbed, "Otherwise, you can come and search now. I don't have that much money at all."
Chen Xiangnan had his back to them. When he heard this, the corner of his mouth curled up. "Third brother, I remember you told me before that you hid more than a hundred yuan, right? One hundred and forty or fifty?"
Chen Xiangbei was confused. Although he didn't know why such a number came out, his second brother said so, so there must be an explanation. He immediately said, "Yes, that's the amount of money."
"Then hurry up and search their rooms. Don't miss any one of them." Chen Xiangnan said in a deep voice.
Chen Xiangbei was confused, but he still obediently started to flip through the books. Old Chen wanted to stop him, but after he yelled at him that he would report the case, he sat down on the stool angrily and threatened, "Your Aunt Su can't be such a person."
Chen Xiangbei searched very carefully and finally found 460 yuan in his former room, which was now Wang Ming and Wang Xian's room. When he opened the small cloth bag, his hands were shaking. "Brother, I found my sister's and my money. They...ahem...he really stole the money."
Wang Ming immediately yelled, "This is not your money, this is my money, the money I used to buy a job, it's not yours at all."
Old Chen was puzzled: "Susu, didn't you say that your second son doesn't have money to buy a job?"
Yang Su was visibly panicked. This money was indeed the money she used to buy a job for her second son, but only part of it. She planned to "borrow" the other part from Old Chen. However, in order to cheat more money out of her, she had previously said that she and her sons had no money at all.
"Brother Chen, this... this... this was given to the second son by my parents-in-law before me. They gave it to me later. I just found out about it yesterday and was just about to tell you." Yang Su's voice softened a lot. "This money really doesn't belong to Xiang Bei and Xiang Hong."
Chen Xiangnan: "What evidence do you have? The money lost by our family's Xiang Hong and Xiang Bei is exactly 450 yuan, and you just found 460 yuan here. You never told us that you had this money before. As soon as I mentioned this money and found this money, you said that this money is yours. Who would believe it?
Dad, you know that when Captain Yu gave my little sister 300 yuan, she couldn't possibly have put it in the dormitory where she works. There are several people living there, so she would only put it at home."
Chen Xiangnan didn't care where the money was. No matter how stupid Chen Xianghong was, she wouldn't keep it at home after her father married a stepmother. So she must have found a reliable place, so he could say whatever he wanted.
Chen Xiangbei: "Yes, that's right, there must be something wrong with you."
Yu Hongzhen almost doubted whether he had really given Chen Xianghong 300 yuan as a betrothal gift. However, after he gave Chen Xianghong the betrothal money, Chen Xianghong felt it was inconvenient to keep it outside, so she put it in his dormitory. If he had not lost his memory, the money should have been kept in the cabinet in his dormitory and locked.
He and Chen Xianghong looked at each other. For some reason, since it was the first time he did such a bad thing, he felt a little... happy?
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