Old Chen woke up at night and immediately asked for water. Chen Xiangdong hurriedly poured him some water and scolded him while serving him, "Dad, you are not a young man anymore. Do you only care about your own happiness when doing things and completely ignore the feelings of your family?
"How many times have the second and third brothers told you that woman is not a good person, but you insisted that she was gentle, kind and virtuous. Now, the person you called the most virtuous has beaten you like this. She is indeed virtuous, very virtuous."
Old Chen gulped down several gulps of water. When he heard Chen Xiangdong mention Yang Su, he immediately asked, "Where is she?"
Chen Xiangdong: "Of course she was arrested. How could we possibly let her off easy after beating you like this?"
Old Chen got anxious when he heard this. "Why arrest her? Don't arrest her. Let her come back."
Chen Xiangdong rolled his eyes: "Are you crazy? Our family and their family are fighting like this, and you still want to smooth things over?"
Old Chen felt dizzy, but he was still unhappy when he heard this. "That's our own family matter. Wouldn't it be a joke if I reported it to the police?"
Chen Xiangdong: "There are so many things about our family that people laugh at, is this the only thing missing?"
Old Chen refused to listen. "Go to the police station quickly and have them release her. I won't pursue her. The jokes we made before were all because your mother was mentally ill, but now I'm married for the second time. I absolutely cannot let anyone know that something's wrong with our family again. Even if your Aunt Su burns down the house, you can't arrest her."
"Dad, did you get hit on the head and become stupid?" Chen Xiangbei was standing at the door of the ward. He wanted to curse again when he heard this. What did it mean that for a second marriage, even if you burn down the house, no one can know about it? What did it mean? That dead old woman Yang Su couldn't let anyone know about burning the house, but his mother's burning of the house could be known to everyone, and later it became a point that made people feel sorry for his father.
Old Chen's voice was very soft, but his words were infuriating. "I said I won't pursue her problem. Bring her back."
Chen Xiangbei: "If I don't go, she should go to jail."
Old Chen cursed loudly, "I, the injured person, didn't pursue the matter. Why should you pursue it on my behalf? Even if the police came to question me, I would give the same answer. She would still be released."
Chen Xiangbei yelled, "She stole all the money, and you still have the nerve to not pursue it? That's our brothers and sisters' money. Why do you make decisions for us?"
Old Chen was panting heavily, and his head hurt just from saying these words, but he still insisted, "There's no definitive answer as to who stole it. If it was really her who stole it, even if she refuses to give it back, I will make up for it with my salary for the rest of my life.
If it wasn't her who stole it, but you guys, tell me honestly, do you really want to watch me toil and pay for the rest of my life because of your one wrong move?"
His eyes shot straight at Chen Xiangbei, making Chen Xiangbei panic, but he still said: "I can't explain it to you clearly. I don't know what you mean. If you have anything to say, tell your second brother."
He ran away feeling guilty. Anyway, the second brother would definitely come to the hospital after coming out of the police station. As for what to say, he knew it for sure.
Chen Xiangbei was very confused. On the one hand, he felt jealous of his father's kindness to Yang Su's family. As his father's biological son, he didn't even think of getting him a good job. But a stepson whom he had known for only a few months could get so many benefits from him. He really felt it was unfair.
But when he thought about his father's words that even if the money was really lost, he would work hard in the future to pay back the money he owed them, he felt a little sad. His father was hateful, but he was not really stupid enough to give his children money for big things to others.
He walked towards Old Lady Xia with his head down. Not knowing what to do, he might as well ask his mother. Although he would definitely be beaten, he was too consumed by internal friction right now. Even if he was beaten, he still wanted to resolve this issue.
Old Mrs. Xia's eyelids began to twitch again. She always felt that something bad was going to happen today. She didn't want to sit and wait for death, so she prepared to hide out. "Sister, let's go out for a walk. The weather is so nice today, and the wind is warm."
Xia Yu'e had just finished washing the dishes. After hearing this, she felt that it would be much more comfortable to go out for a walk after dinner, so the two sisters went out.
When Chen Xiangbei arrived, the whole house was dark. Seeing this, Chen Xiangbei thought it was a good time to get the money back, so he went around to the back of Mrs. Xia's house and climbed up nimbly.
Then...his world collapsed.
He screamed, then looked up and down several times, climbed up and down and searched everywhere, but he couldn't find the money he had hidden.
That was all his father's belongings. Chen Xiangbei felt desperate. He was just wondering what to do with the money, but now, he didn't have to think about it anymore because the money was gone.
He lay directly on the river bank in despair, like a dead fish.
Qiao Yi came to see Old Lady Xia. She vaguely heard that Old Lady Xia was going to run for election, so she came to ask if there was anything she could help with.
But there was no one in the house. Thinking that Old Lady Xia often put a chair by the back door for people to sit on, Qiao Yi wanted to go to the back door and move a chair to the front yard to sit and wait for them to come back.
Just as she turned the corner and went to the backyard, she saw the chair. She was still thinking that it was not put away, when her foot stepped on something soft, and then someone under her feet screamed.
It got dark so quickly, and it was even darker near the back door. If you didn't pay attention, you really couldn't see who was lying on the ground.
After all, which normal person would lie down and do the defecation at any time and place, especially in the dark?
Chen Xiangbei felt that he was really unlucky. Not only did he lose such a large sum of money, but he was lying on the ground and someone stepped on him. And the person who stepped on him was his head, his head!
Qiao Yi and Chen Xiangbei shouted almost at the same time. After shouting for a while, they realized that the other's voice was very familiar.
"Sister Qiao, if you want to kill me, just say it." Chen Xiangbei rubbed his forehead frantically. His head was almost stepped on and exploded. It was too scary.
Qiao Yi patted her chest, terrified, "What are you doing lying here so late at night? Are you trying to scare me to death?"
Speaking of this, Chen Xiangbei began to sigh. Qiao Yi was family anyway, so it was okay to talk about it. At this moment, Chen Xiangbei suddenly wanted to talk.
Qiao Yi was pushed down on the chair by him, and then she saw him sitting down next to her and started talking about his own bad luck and his father's troubles.
Accompanied by Qiao Yi's exclamations and indignant curses, Chen Xiangbei strangely felt a lot calmer inside.
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