After leaving Qi Ran at the hospital to take care of Lu Yuncheng, Old Mrs. Li and Old Mr. Lu returned to Cuishui.
village.
When they returned, they were shocked to find that everything in the village had changed. Everyone was saying that the Lu family had raised a thief who stole money from their own family, and no one wanted to get too close to them.
Grandma Li stormed home in a rage: "Second son, come out here right now and tell me what exactly happened to your eldest brother that day?"
Lu Yunfeng was afraid that Old Lady Li would be angry because he had smashed his eldest brother's hoe, so he simply pushed Shen Qianqian out to be the scapegoat: "Mom, it was the fifth brother's wife who filed the complaint that day. Only she knows the whole story."
"Fifth son's wife, come out here and explain yourself!" Old Mrs. Li roared at the fifth son's room. In her heart, she was extremely unwilling to believe that her eldest son would steal things from the house.
Shen Qianqian didn't leave the room, but said to Grandma Li from inside, "Mom, it's inconvenient with so many people outside. Why don't you come into the room and talk?"
"Why can't we talk about this at home? Why do we have to keep it a secret?" Old Mrs. Li grumbled.
"Alright then," Shen Qianqian said, "But if I say anything wrong later, Mom, please don't blame me."
"What could you possibly say wrong..." Old Mrs. Li muttered, then suddenly realized something was amiss.
Could it be that the fifth brother's wife was referring to the fact that she gave the fifth brother's wife 800 yuan?
That damned Shen Qianqian, even at a time like this she's still using this to threaten her.
Shen Qianqian lazily walked out of the room, but was pulled back into the room by Old Lady Li: "Let's talk in the room."
"Tell me, what exactly happened?" Old Mrs. Li asked Shen Qianqian, arms crossed.
Shen Qianqian locked the door first, then drew the curtains, and lowered her voice to speak to Old Lady Li:
"Mom, when I got home that day, I saw someone rummaging through your room. I thought I was a woman and couldn't beat a man, so I ran to the fields to look for you."
"Then why didn't you check who that person was first?" Old Mrs. Li gritted her teeth in anger, thinking about the recent rumors circulating in the village. "Do you know what everyone in the village is saying about our family?"
What's more, this incident also instantly ruined the reputation of her son, who had become the deputy factory director, turning him into a thief that everyone wanted to kill!
"Mom," Shen Qianqian comforted Old Lady Li, "You can only choose one: your brother being wrongly accused or that matter being discovered."
"Um?"
Shen Qianqian continued, "Look, when everyone rushed home that day, didn't my sister-in-law try to stop us? That proves she knew about this; they did it on purpose!"
"If this is exposed, will the rest of the family agree? Won't the entire Lu family fall apart?"
Grandma Li realized that no wonder Qi Ran had been bringing up money intentionally or unintentionally these past few days; it turned out that she had planned to expose Qi Ran's past so that the Lu family could split up!
You wicked Qi Ran! How come I never realized she was so vicious before!
"What do we do now?" Old Mrs. Li asked anxiously. More than her eldest son's reputation, she wanted to be the head of the Lu family!
Shen Qianqian smiled mysteriously and whispered her plan into her ear.
"Will this work?" Old Mrs. Li frowned, clearly thinking that this method was not very feasible, but she had no choice but to do it now.
As soon as Old Lady Li stepped out of the room, she ignored everyone and went straight back to her own room, where she took out her most treasured savings.
When the Lu family saw that Old Lady Li nervously took out the family's savings, they knew that she had something important to announce again. They couldn't help but step forward and surround Old Lady Li, all their eyes fixed on the ball of cloth.
Grandma Li peeled back the layers of cloth covering the change, and in the end, she only saw a few hundred yuan.
"Mom, what happened?!" Lu Yunfeng and Chen Qin asked at the same time. So much money had disappeared from the house. Could it really have been their older brother who stole it?
Old Mrs. Li lowered her head, not daring to look directly at the crowd, afraid of giving herself away. She sighed deeply: "Is it your eldest brother...?"
These four simple words dealt a devastating blow to the entire family, and even made the second wife's family question the meaning of life.
Alright.
They've always treated my brother's family so well, yet they didn't even consult them beforehand about this, and now they're trying to just abandon them and run away!
That's so unfair!
Lu Yunfeng and Chen Qin roared in unison in their hearts.
Except for the fifth branch of the Lu family, none of the other members slept well. The next day, they even went to the city to urgently buy a large lock and hung it on their room door.
The news of Lu Yuncheng stealing money from his family spread far and wide in the village, and even people from other villages knew about it.
Two days later, Lu Yuncheng and Qi Ran finally returned to the village.
After listening to curses all the way home, the two of them bowed their heads so low they almost buried them in the ground.
When Lu Yuncheng saw Old Lady Li, he seemed to have found a lifeline, grabbing her sleeve.
He said, "Mom, please explain to everyone! I didn't steal any money from home! It's all a frame-up!" He looked at Old Lady Li with pleading eyes. Old Lady Li softened for about a second, then coldly shook him off.
He pushed Lu Yuncheng's hand away: "If you didn't steal money, then why did you come into my house?" "I was..." Lu Yuncheng felt that he had no way to explain himself.
Yes, if he didn't want to steal the money, then why did he go into Old Lady Li's room?
"Mom, don't you know whether the money is less or not? You can't frame someone like this!" Qi Ran realized that Old Lady Li was going to make their whole family take the blame today.
They didn't use the money, so the blame can't be pinned on them.
"This money was actually given to Lao Wu and his family to open a small shop! We just wanted to bring it up and tell the whole family the truth, so that everyone wouldn't be kept in the dark." Qi Qi spoke frankly.
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