Chapter 445 Everyone Hates Mother-in-Law (13)
When Liang Dashi thought that the cassava processing factory almost belonged to him, he felt extremely painful, as if his money was snatched from his pocket. He disliked Chen Shichu even more and decided to teach her a lesson. So he went to steal Chen Shichu's things. One reason was to scare her and let her know that women cannot live without men, and the other was purely to get some money to spend, killing two birds with one stone.
Chen Shichu had no idea that Liang Dashi had such complicated feelings towards her. She only knew that this man was a thief who broke into her house and should be punished for his crime. Otherwise, if she let him go, wouldn't it be telling others that they could steal things from her house at will without paying any price?
The police arrived soon, and Chen Shichu handed them the video that he had intercepted of Liang Dashi's face. They took photos one by one to collect evidence, took a statement from Chen Shichu, and then rushed to find the suspect. After all, with the video as solid evidence, all they had to do was catch the suspect.
Aunt Wang saw the police coming to Chen Shichu's house. After they left, she quickly asked Chen Shichu, "Sister Chen, why did those police come to see you?"
"Something in my house was stolen, so I called the police." Chen Shichu said bluntly that Liang Dashi's crime in her hands gave her a reason to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, so that people nearby would not see that she had become rich and would always think of crooked ways to take advantage of her.
"What? Someone is stealing things? This hasn't happened in years?" Aunt Wang widened her eyes in shock. The public security in their village was very good. Usually, people would just quarrel and rarely fight. It was not like decades ago when everyone relied on farming for food and would gather to fight in order to occupy more water resources. Now, most of the people left in the village were the elderly, the weak and the disabled, and since everyone lived a good life, there was naturally no need to commit crimes.
But in such a village with good public security, a theft case has now occurred and even the police have been called. Isn't this going to cause a huge uproar?
"What was stolen from your house? Is the loss serious?" Aunt Wang asked again.
"Some jewelry was stolen, probably worth more than 100,000 yuan." Chen Shichu replied, "There was also an antique table lamp, which is more valuable."
"Oh my! Such valuable things were stolen! Have the police found the thief?" Aunt Wang was worried. "He stole from your house this time. Will he steal from other houses next time? What's more, your house is so close to mine..."
Chen Shichu: …
She actually felt that Liang Dashi had chosen her as his target for theft, but he had no plans to commit crimes on a large scale. However, Aunt Wang knew nothing and thought he was just an ordinary thief, so it was normal for her to have this worry.
"I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go home and hide my precious things well. I can't let them be stolen. I can't stand it..." Aunt Wang yelled, and then she turned around and went home to hide her precious things.
In the next two days, Aunt Wang, the competent loudspeaker, had spread the news of the theft in Chen Shichu's house throughout the village, causing panic among the people. Everyone was busy hiding their valuables during these days, and they also did not forget to ask Chen Shichu whether the police had caught the thief.
When Chen Shichu said that he had not been caught yet, they began to sympathize with Chen Shichu because so many valuable things had been stolen from him.
"Well, don't be too sad if your things are sold by thieves. I don't think you care much about things worth hundreds of thousands of dollars." Aunt Qian said sourly, "Your cassava factory should be able to make a lot of money. You can buy back those things in a few minutes."
Chen Shichu said with a half-smile: "Aunt Qian, I'm not as generous as you. I don't think hundreds of thousands of dollars are worth it."
"You're already a big boss, why do you still care about this little money?" Aunt Qian pouted. Now that Chen Shichu has become rich, she has opened up a big gap with the villagers who were of similar level before. Naturally, she is easy to attract attention. Isn't Aunt Qian just envious and jealous of her? She can't do anything about Chen Shichu in other aspects, but now that Chen Shichu has been robbed, she immediately feels much better. She also persuaded her earnestly, "I think you are too careless. If you leave such valuable things at home, won't thieves be interested in it?"
Chen Shichu: "Where else can I put my valuables if I don't keep them at home? And they are all things I need every day. Do I need to put them in a safe to store my money? Then why should I buy jewelry and table lamps? It would be better to just buy gold bars and store my money..."
Aunt Qian choked. Chen Shichu mentioned jewelry and gold bars in his words. Just sounding rich made her feel very uncomfortable. Was Chen Shichu showing off to her, trying to show how rich he was?
In fact, Chen Shichu has never really thought about it this way. Isn't it ridiculous for her to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to show off her wealth to others?
"Aunt Qian, don't worry about me. The thief should be caught soon. He can't get away." Chen Shichu said with a smile, "After all, I have surveillance cameras installed at home."
"Your home has surveillance cameras? Did you see the thief's true appearance?" Aunt Qian was immediately alerted and asked anxiously, her eyes shining, obviously very curious about who the thief was.
Of course Chen Shichu would not directly say it was Liang Dashi. She just shook her head and said, "The thief was a little clever. He wore a mask and a hat to hide his face. The police said they had to compare his height and other features to find his true identity."
Aunt Qian let out a disappointed sound. Without seeing the person's face clearly, she immediately lost interest.
Chen Shichu sent the people away and went back to the factory to get busy. Although she asked her employees to help, there were some things she still had to take care of herself and could not rely entirely on her subordinates.
A few days later, the police called her and asked her to go to the police station. They said that they had caught Liang Dashi. Liang Dashi was caught at the scene of selling stolen goods. He was caught red-handed and had no way to deny his crime. All of Chen Shichu's things were recovered, but her things had to be kept as evidence and could not be returned to her for the time being.
Chen Shichu didn't care much about this. Since she couldn't use these for the time being, she could just buy more. Anyway, she had no shortage of money. As long as she could put Liang Dashi in jail, it would be enough. The huge amount of money could get him sentenced to several years in jail.
"Sister Chen, has the thief been caught?" Aunt Wang asked Chen Shichu, who had just returned, with shining eyes at her door. Chen Shichu told her that he was going to the police station when he left. So Aunt Wang stared at the door of Chen Shichu's house all day, wanting to know whether the thief was caught as soon as possible.
"He was caught." Chen Shichu nodded.
"Who is it?" Aunt Wang asked holding her breath, staring at Chen Shichu without blinking, as nervous as if she was the owner.
"It's Liang Dashi." Chen Shichu had no intention of hiding anything for Liang Dashi.
"Liang Dashi?! Why did he become a thief?" Aunt Wang asked in astonishment.
Chen Shichu shook his head: "How would I know? Maybe he's short of money?"
(End of this chapter)
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