Chapter 25: The Thief - The Sickly Young Girl Eating Watermelons in the Courtyard

Tsk, I never thought that I could catch a thief after coming back, and it looks like this family doesn’t seem to be unaware of it!

So what yard did they move into?

It seems like no family in this front yard can get along well with each other!

Thinking of this, Cen Xi couldn't help but shook his head and turned back into the house.

The Su family, Aunt Su and Qin Xiulian immediately hid behind the wall when Cen Xi looked over.

Unfortunately, they might not know that the light was on in the room and the shadows inside the window could be seen from outside, so Cen Xi could see their little movements clearly.

"Mom, we haven't been discovered, have we?" Qin Xiulian said worriedly.

"It's okay. So what if we saw it? If he really asks us, we can say that we heard something outside, so we took a look!"

"Yes, that's right, yes, that's right. We just heard the noise outside and wanted to take a look." Qin Xiulian soon calmed down under the comfort of Aunt Su.

"But Dazhuang is really something. Why doesn't he wait until everyone falls asleep before going?" Aunt Su complained in a gentle tone.

Qin Xiulian didn't like to blame her son. She didn't think it was her son's fault. "This should all be blamed on Cen Xi. Why did he come back so suddenly?"

"Yes, he should be blamed!" Aunt Su quickly shifted the blame.

Cen Xi didn't know that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't think that Su Dazhuang's stealing was wrong, but instead blamed him for coming back suddenly.

Aunt Su looked at her daughter-in-law, who was pretty and had a charming figure, and her eyes sparkled. "You think Cen Xi's monthly salary should be around a hundred yuan? Can they spend all of it?"

Qin Xiulian seemed to have thought of something when she heard Aunt Su's reminder. "Mom, you're right. There are only two of them. How can they spend all their wages in one month? I wonder if we can borrow some money from him to spend?"

Of course, the "borrow" Qin Xiulian mentioned is certainly not just a simple "borrow"!

But Qin Xiulian soon thought, "Isn't it said that his wife is a sickly person? Maybe she has to spend a lot of money on medical treatment every month!"

Thinking of this, she became a little worried. How could such a good man find a sick woman? This sick woman would cost a lot of money every month! How could she save money?

Aunt Su thought about it and it was true. She had just forgotten about it. "But, I think his wife's illness doesn't seem that serious! She's probably just a little weak. She didn't seem to have any other problems today. And, I think they deliberately wanted to punish Gu Dama and Aunt Jiang this afternoon."

"Mom, are you telling the truth?" Qin Xiulian didn't expect that there would be such a secret behind what happened in the afternoon.

Aunt Su's face was full of pride, "Of course, who am I? How could I not see it? I saw it with all my heart, Mr. Cen's young wife suddenly fell into his arms. She was fine during the day, how could she suddenly fall down?

And it wasn’t the first time that Aunt Gu and Aunt Jiang had said something to her. They had said it once this morning, but she had only warned them.”

"Then... Is it possible that he was already angry in the morning, so he fainted when he heard it in the afternoon?"

"Impossible." Aunt Su believed in her own judgment.

"But, hasn't she been admitted to the hospital? And the doctor also checked and confirmed that she is indeed in the hospital!" Qin Xiu Lian thought of the people who had not returned from there.

"She is sick!" Aunt Su firmly believed in her own judgment.

"She is already ill, so doesn't that mean she has to spend money on treatment? I guess Cen Xi won't be able to save any money." Qin Xiulian said with some regret.

Aunt Su also thought of this and couldn't help but sigh again: "Alas! How could such a good man marry a sickly woman?"

…

Cen Xi had no idea that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were whispering about him behind his back. After taking the book he wanted to read, he locked the windows and doors of the two rooms.

We have to lock the door. There are thieves in the yard. How can we not be on guard?

This can indeed prevent thieves. Su Dazhuang was so scared that he ran back home and became more and more unhappy the more he thought about it.

If you don't let me steal, I will steal even more. So he decided to wait until Cen Xi left and then find an opportunity to steal.

He waited and waited, and sure enough, after a while, Cen Xi went out.

He looked out of the window and found that the person had left. He waited for a while and found that no one came out of the yard. Then he quietly opened the door, bent over and walked through the Zhou family's door stealthily.

He touched the front door of the Cen family, reached out and touched it, and actually touched the lock. He was a little dissatisfied, so he touched another door and found that it was also locked.

He suddenly became angry, looked at the two windows of the Cen family, pushed them, and found that they were locked.

He kicked the wall angrily. He didn't dare kick the door. Unfortunately, his shoes were not strong enough and he hurt his foot.

"Ouch~" He cried out softly in pain.

In the end, I had to run back home empty-handed and angry.

When he ran back, he didn't pay much attention and ran back without any noise, which made Zhou Qin notice him directly.

But even if he was discovered, Su Dazhuang would not admit it because he didn't steal anything anyway.

He also injured his foot, which caused him to vomit blood.

After returning home, he began to mutter, "Lock the door? Lock the window? Who are we protecting from?"

If Cen Xi were here, he would probably say: Of course, we are protecting ourselves from a little thief like you! Who else can we protect ourselves from?

Although Cen Xi locked all the doors and windows, he didn't think that the thief would come back again after being caught by him once.

At this time, Cen Xi had already returned to the hospital.

Cen Xi looked at Lin Qing who was still sleeping, and then looked at the old lady.

"Don't worry, your wife is not awake!"

"Okay, thank you for keeping an eye on it for me, Auntie." As Cen Xi said this, he took out a handful of wedding candies that had not been distributed at his wedding from his pocket and handed them to Auntie.

"You're welcome. You're welcome." The aunt took the candy he gave her and said with a smile.

Cen Xi returned to the bedside and sat down, picking up the book he had just brought.

The books he read were all materials, of course not foreign language materials, but some research materials in the factory. Some of them could be taken home for reading, but some were more strict and could only be read in the factory's laboratory and were not allowed to be taken out of the laboratory. Of course, this was only required for confidential materials.

Cen Xi read a book for a while, and when he got tired, he looked at his wife's sleeping face for a while. When the time was almost up, he planned to lie down beside the hospital bed and have a good sleep.

The ward happened to be full and there was no empty bed for him to rest, so she could only lie down and sleep for a while.