Aunt Wang's eyes widened and she laughed, "Skirt, what a beautiful skirt!"
After saying that, he actually rushed over to snatch it.
Zhu Xiaoling was so angry that her face turned blue and she kicked her: "Go to hell, you crazy woman!" She didn't hold back hard enough, so Aunt Wang fell to the ground and couldn't stand up.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Xiaoling's mood improved a lot.
Before Aunt Wang went crazy, she was known for her domineering behavior in Sanwan Village!
Who could have thought that in just a few months, this man would become a miserable lunatic!
Zhu Xiaoling smiled.
"Aunt Wang, now is not the time for you to call the shots. Just wait and see. The person who will have the best life in Sanwan Village in the future will definitely be me, Zhu Xiaoling."
Aunt Wang held onto the steps, muttering, "Zhu Xiaoling... skirt..."
Zhu Xiaoling didn't notice this little detail and went home after she finished speaking.
She had to hide her skirt quickly!
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, someone knocked on Xu Xingchen's door. Yawning, she ran to open it and asked, "Who is it? Why are you here so early?"
"Sister Xu, it's me!" said Zhou Xiaoniang at the door with a smile, "Aren't we going to the embroidery shop today?"
In addition to her, several other women who made skirts also came, looking at Xu Xingchen expectantly with dark circles under their eyes.
Xu Xingchen woke up immediately.
Oh no, she was so tired and sleepy last night that she forgot about this matter. She had to hurry and prepare it. She asked those people to sit in the living room and went to the backyard to wash up.
After a while, Xu Xingchen tidied himself up and returned to the room.
She opened the wardrobe door and was stunned by the scene before her.
Where's the skirt!
Where was that beautiful new dress she had stored in her closet? How did it disappear?!
Xu Xingchen didn't believe it and searched all over the room for a while, but still couldn't find it.
The noise made actually startled Jun Haoyue.
He walked to the door and asked, "Xingchen, did you lose something?" Xu Xingchen looked up suddenly, his brows furrowed, "The skirt I put in the closet is gone."
Xu Xingchen and her friends spent a lot of time and energy to make the skirt.
Jun Haoyue saw all of this, and he knew very well how important the skirt was to them.
"Could it be placed somewhere else?"
Xu Xingchen shook his head. "I've searched every possible place in the room to put something, but I can't find it. Now I just have to dig deep into the ground."
I regret it now, very much!
If she had known that her skirt was being targeted, she would never have left the house!
Jun Haoyue realized the seriousness of the matter.
He walked to the window and looked out, only to see half a blurry footprint on the ground below the window. Obviously, someone had come here when they were not at home.
Just as the two were confused, there was a knock on the door of the room: "Sister Xu, are you ready?"
This was Zhou Xiaoniang's urging voice.
Xu Xingchen took a deep breath. Although he didn't want to, there were some things he had to face.
"I'm going to tell you something very scary. Don't be afraid when you hear it." She paused and continued, "My newly made dress was stolen."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on everyone's faces became stiff.
Zhou Xiaoniang forced a smile and said, "This joke is not funny."
Xu Xingchen said seriously: "It's true."
Xu Xingchen briefly recounted the incident, as well as some of his and Jun Haoyue's speculations. This time, people's expressions changed from shock to anger.
They all began to blame Xu Xingchen: "Sister Xu, I'm not targeting you! How could you do this!"
"We trusted you to keep the skirt, but you lost it!"
Accusations came pouring in.
Just as people were happy just now, they were as angry now. Xu Xingchen understood their current mood, so she did not refute a word. Even Jun Haoyue was stopped by her when he wanted to speak.
She does bear a great responsibility for this matter...
"Stop talking, I believe this wasn't intentional!"
Just when everyone was blaming Xu Xingchen, Zhu Xiaoling stood up.
She put her hands on her hips and said, "Anyone with eyes can see what kind of character Sister Xu has. How could such a selfless and kind person like her deliberately resort to such tricks? This is all the thief's fault. If you want to scold or hit someone, you should go after the thief!"
Someone sneered and said, "We would like to, but where is the thief?"
"I don't care. Anyway, we can't wrongly accuse a good person!"
Xu Xingchen was a little surprised when she saw this scene. Zhu Xiaoling didn't interact with her much in normal times, and the total number of sentences they spoke was no more than ten, but she took the initiative to defend herself at this time.
While feeling it, I also felt a little confused.
"Why are you guys arguing?"
Because the noise here was so loud, many villagers heard the commotion and ran over to watch the fun.
Someone who arrived early knew what had happened and explained it to the villagers who came later.
For a moment, everyone looked at Xu Xingchen with a strange look in their eyes.
Zhang Xiaochun tutted his words and walked to the door. "The timing of the skirt's disappearance is truly coincidental. It didn't come earlier or later, but just when you were about to redeem the reward! Xu Xingchen, could it be that you were greedy and didn't want to share the reward with the others, so you deliberately hid the skirt?"
It would be fine if the other people who collaborated with him to embroider the skirt were criticizing him, but why did Zhang Xiaochun also have to chime in?
Xu Xingchen was dissatisfied and retorted, "Do you have evidence to prove that I stole from the company?"
"I didn't, but—"
Before Zhang Xiaochun could finish his words, Xu Xingchen interrupted him and sneered, "Why are you butting in? Compared to me, someone like you who is stealing people's windows in the middle of the night is more like a thief."
Zhang Xiaochun stamped his feet in anger: "Xu Xingchen, I think you just want to take the money!"
Xu Xingchen glanced at everyone and said calmly, "I won't admit to anything I haven't done. As for the skirt, I can assure you that I will get it back as soon as possible."
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaochun persisted: "What's the point of making a promise? What if you run away?"
"When you run away and leave a mess behind, how are you going to let us clean it up?"
"Can the five taels of silver I pledged be returned?"
Zhang Xiaochun's series of words hit home, especially Wang Li, whose family was in the most difficult situation and she had to borrow money to make the deposit.
I've been going through so much trouble just to use the reward money to improve my life, but now all my efforts are in vain!
She was filled with rage and picked up a fist-sized rock from the ground and smashed it against him.
"careful!"
Xu Xingchen, who was arguing with Zhang Xiaochun, only had time to hear these words. Before she could react, Jun Haoyue hugged her tightly, and then a muffled sound was heard.
Xu Xingchen subconsciously raised his head and saw a trickle of blood slowly trickling down Jun Haoyue's forehead.
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