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Chapter 312 The Female Cannon Fodder Who Falsely Claims Favors in the Historical Literature 53

Jiang Yueshu looked at her without saying anything, but what she was thinking in her heart was that Zhao Xue really could make things disappear out of thin air, which made it very difficult to find out the truth.

Seeing Fang Ruoyao staring at her, Jiang Yueshu smiled and explained.

"You're right to think so. But think about the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law just now. When Zhao Xue retorted just now, she asked Lu's mother to produce evidence several times, and she said it with great confidence. Although Lu's mother's words sound reasonable, without evidence, what can we do by just guessing and eliminating?"

Fang Ruoyao frowned and thought, as if she was thinking about something.

"It seems to be true. Is it true that Zhao Xue was wrongly accused? She didn't steal the money?"

Fang Ruoyao herself didn't believe what she said. She approached Jiang Yueshu in doubt.

"No way, why do I feel like she stole the money? Let me tell you, Jiang Jiang, do you remember the last time Wenhao paid me back? That time Wenhao didn't have enough money, so he directly asked Zhao Xue to come over and asked Zhao Xue to give him 150 yuan to make up the money! What a good relationship they have to have to pay back so much money for someone else? Zhao Xue looked reluctant at the time, so she definitely didn't lend it to Wenhao. She must have owed Wenhao so much money, so Wenhao asked her to pay it back."

"Jiang Jiang!" Fang Ruoyao exclaimed in a low voice, "How shameless does Zhao Xue have to be to ask Wen Hao for 150 yuan? They are not even in a relationship, but she has the guts to accept so much money from a stranger. Stealing money is not uncommon. Just looking at the way she pretends to be, who would have guessed it! So, I just suspect that she stole the money!"

Jiang Yueshu nodded in agreement.

"But this is our suspicion after all. Zhao Xue's performance just now was even calmer than the last time she went to the police station. It is obvious that she is not afraid. If she really stole it, she either hid the money in a very secret place where no one can find it, or she has spent it without leaving any trace. In any case, there must be no trace left."

Fang Ruoyao paused, then suddenly remembered something and her eyes lit up.

"True, but aren't there special interrogators?"

Fang Ruoyao still remembered that in the last hooligan case, the town police station applied to the higher authorities for special personnel to come for interrogation, and Li Peng confessed everything at that time!

If there is another interrogation like this, Zhao Xue will definitely confess everything.

Jiang Yueshu was not optimistic. "This time is different from the last time. The previous case was not just one case, it also involved a murder case, and the higher-ups paid special attention to it. But this time, at best, it's just an exaggerated family conflict case, with little impact, and it's very likely that we won't be able to apply for special personnel to come down for interrogation."

Unless Lu Jianjun intervenes and applies forcefully, he must also be prepared for the possibility that the people who have been specially interrogated may become mentally ill.

In this case, as a wife and a mother, who would take such a risk?

Therefore, Jiang Yueshu felt that it was very likely that she would not be able to find out where the betrothal money had gone this time. After all, Zhao Xue still had a space where she could store the stolen goods without being discovered.

Fang Ruoyao nodded suddenly, and became a little anxious, "What should we do? Wouldn't this make Zhao Xue lose? Is there something wrong with her? She can't stand others being good, and she is mean to outsiders. She is even like this to her own family members? How can she be so selfish!"

Jiang Yueshu shook her head. "I don't know. It depends on whether Mother Lu is willing to find her son. Her son will definitely believe her and will naturally find a way to mediate."

Seeing Fang Ruoyao still looking worried, Jiang Yueshu patted her shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. People always need to learn some lessons before they can grow up. She has a son, so she is not to be pitied. Let's go back and eat!"

Fang Ruoyao nodded, and the two left hand in hand.

Jiang Yueshu took just two steps when she suddenly turned around and looked at the figure that was getting farther and farther away.

If I'm not mistaken, that should be... Wen Hao.

This direction...is it going to town?

When Fang Ruoyao saw Jiang Yueshu stop, she hurried over and called her.

"Jiang Jiang, why don't you leave?"

Jiang Yueshu looked at the people around her who were still whispering to each other and asked an irrelevant question.

"Yaoyao, do you think the educated youths at the educated youth camp don't like to watch the fun?"

Fang Ruoyao exclaimed, "Ah," and thought, "No, they just like to watch the excitement at the educated youth site. As for the ones in the village, they don't like to watch it."

"I seemed to have seen Wen Hao just now." Jiang Yueshu said calmly.

"Who? Wen Hao? Impossible! He just lost face last time, how could he dare to hang around in a crowd - could it be because of Zhao Xue?"

Fang Ruoyao retorted subconsciously, then thought of one of the protagonists of today's dispute and stroked her chin thoughtfully.

Ever since Wen Hao's "calling a deer a horse" incident while repairing the tractor, his reputation has become extremely bad.

This blatant act of deceiving the villagers, confusing right and wrong, and putting the wrong things on paper successfully made him famous overnight. His deeds became a fresh topic of conversation among the villagers, causing everyone to laugh at and get angry. He also became the most hated educated youth among the villagers of Xinghua Village.

It doesn't matter whether they can't or don't want to, but the key is that Wen Hao is fooling people like this, isn't he treating them all as fools? This is simply too much.

Things have come to this, how dare Wen Hao come here and accept everyone's pointing and criticizing him!

"No way, is it possible that he loves Zhao Xue so much that he doesn't care about his reputation?" Fang Ruoyao opened her mouth in shock. "No matter what, it was Zhao Xue who dragged him into the tractor repair incident last time, and Zhao Xue is married now? He can't possibly want to ruin the military marriage, right?"

"This doesn't make sense. If that was the case, why did he force Zhao Xue to pay back the money that time? Is love so unpredictable..." Fang Ruoyao murmured to herself.

He does not mean that.

When Jiang Yueshu heard this, her mind quickly and spontaneously connected all the threads together, and her thoughts gradually became clearer.

What on earth had happened that made Wen Hao, who had just lost face and was ostracized by all the villagers, come here at the risk of being scolded to death by everyone?

Is it because of your love for Zhao Xue?

No, obviously not.

Just as Fang Ruoyao said, if he loved Zhao Xue, he would not have forced Zhao Xue to pay back the money.

Why? Curiosity? Fear? Worry?

Take away curiosity, and all that's left is fear and worry.

Are you afraid that your theft of the bride price will be exposed and discovered?

Could it be that the betrothal money lost by the Lu family has something to do with Wen Hao?

It happened to be dinner time, and at this special juncture he followed Zhao Xue and the others to the town after they reported the case. It was really hard not to be suspicious.

Jiang Yueshu always felt that she seemed to have guessed a possibility, but she couldn't confirm it.

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While the Lu family was investigating the case anxiously, the situation on the Jiang family's side was quite different.

After Liu Qingqing returned to the Jiang family, as expected, she was met with the cold shoulder from Grandma Jiang and the indifference from Father Jiang.

After all, she was frightened by the ugly faces of the Jiang family a few days ago, so she hurried to find Liu Hongjuan.

Liu Hongjuan was busy in the kitchen, but after not seeing her for a few days, Liu Qingqing always felt that her mother looked a lot more haggard.

When she first saw Liu Qingqing, she was in a daze for a moment, and the next moment her eyes immediately turned red and she looked like she was about to cry.

Liu Qingqing felt upset and couldn't help asking, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Hongjuan quickly covered Liu Qingqing's mouth and shook her head silently. After hearing no movement outside the room, she let go of her and whispered softly.

"Qingqing, don't talk yet, lest they hear you. I'll talk to you when I have time."

Liu Qingqing was in mixed feelings. She didn't understand why her mother had become like this. She just asked a question, so why was she afraid of being heard?

After dinner, when I saw Liu Hongjuan washing the pots and dishes and then taking up the clothes for the whole family to wash, I realized something was wrong.

Liu Hongjuan took her daughter to the river in the village to wash clothes. When several women saw her, they all moved away, as if they didn't want to have anything to do with her at all.

Liu Qingqing had an unpleasant look on her face, but Liu Hongjuan was somewhat accustomed to being rejected by others. She chose a place far away, squatted down, and started washing clothes.

After the people who were washing clothes in the distance left, Liu Qingqing immediately couldn't wait to ask.

"Mom, what happened at home? Why do you have to do all the work? Where's my sister-in-law? Why doesn't she do it?"

After Liu Hongjuan confirmed that everyone had left, she recounted what had happened in the village, including what had happened to the Jiang family.

Ever since the last time Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang were criticized, the two of them had held a grudge against Liu Hongjuan, who had stood by and watched coldly, and vented their anger by beating and scolding her.

Grandma Jiang pretended to be sick and stopped doing housework. The eldest daughter-in-law of Jiang was pregnant and almost fainted several times while working. Father Jiang was very angry. From then on, all the work at home and outside was thrown to Liu Hongjuan alone.

How could Liu Hongjuan tolerate this with her personality? She acted like a shrew and threatened Jiang's father with a divorce.

But Father Jiang was no longer the husband who had loved her before. In addition, she was pointed at and criticized by the villagers when she went out to work in the fields all day, which made her feel angry. This really annoyed Father Jiang.

Father Jiang no longer cared and vented all his anger on Liu Hongjuan.

After being beaten several times, Liu Hongjuan was afraid and in pain, so she obediently took over the job.

"Qingqing, Mom didn't mean it. Last time it was your dad who forced me to ask you for money. When I resisted, he beat me up. I have remembered all that money in my heart. One day I will make him return it all to you!" Liu Hongjuan looked guilty.

"What? Dad hit you? How could he do this to you?"

Liu Qingqing's eyes were filled with tears, she couldn't believe it.

No wonder her mother was wrapped up tightly that day, and was so abnormal, not talking, and looked like she was about to cry.

It turned out that he was afraid that she would know that she was beaten. When Liu Qingqing thought of this, she felt extremely guilty, and her previous resentment had long disappeared.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, comforting each other.

Liu Hongjuan wiped her daughter's tears distressedly, "Qingqing, you must remember, don't trust Boss Jiang easily in the future! They asked you for money because of Boss Jiang. I don't know what he was up to. He asked you why you haven't come back at the dinner table. Because of this, your father and your grandmother went to ask for money!"

Liu Qingqing nodded with tears in her eyes, "I understand, Mom. It's true that a mother can't give birth to two different people. That Jiang Erya is so selfish. Jiang Lao Da is really not a good person."

Liu Hongjuan nodded in agreement.

After crying and venting for a while, Liu Qingqing asked in a dependent manner, "Mom, what should we do now? We can't let Dad beat you all the time, right? And what about my marriage? Our family's reputation is so bad now, what should I do?"

When mentioning Jiang's father, Liu Hongjuan's eyes flashed fiercely, and she comforted her daughter, "Don't worry about your father, I know everything. As for your marriage..."

Liu Hongjuan frowned and thought, "Qingqing, didn't you say before that you wanted to contact the workers in the garment factory? How are things going now?"

Liu Qingqing looked hesitant and stammered, "I did make contact, it's just... it's just..."

Seeing Liu Qingqing's expression, Liu Hongjuan immediately urged nervously, "What is it? Qingqing, what happened?"

Liu Qingqing took a deep breath, and although she looked embarrassed, she still explained calmly, "Mom, I happened to see Dad and Grandma being criticized last time. I was scared at the time, so I went back to the factory immediately. Then my mind was in a daze, and when I was about to go to the park with a male comrade, I was bumped into by another comrade..."

In fact, she was a little too eager for quick success and made appointments too frequently. Who knew that Xiangdong would come to her on his own and then they bumped into each other.

"What? So where have you gotten to now? Have you done anything out of the ordinary?"

Liu Hongjuan was shocked, but couldn't help but teach her earnestly, "You are too impatient. Didn't I tell you to be careful? You should be more reserved like I was back then, and let them all revolve around you. That way, you can finally choose the most suitable person to marry."

Liu Qingqing was so embarrassed that she couldn't even lift her head. She pulled Liu Hongjuan's sleeve and said, "Mom! No, we didn't do anything! Dad and grandma have both been criticized, and if I don't take the initiative and step up the pressure, who would be willing to let me in when they hear about our family's reputation?"

Liu Hongjuan was angry but helpless, "Then you didn't tell them clearly that you were dead, right?"

If this kind of thing is not handled properly and is reported by someone, it will be considered as having an affair between a man and a woman, and keeping the person hanging is the right thing to do.

Liu Qingqing shook her head. "No, it's just that one of them is pestering me and insists on asking about our relationship. I came back this time to discuss this with you, and Uncle Wang was there too. Captain Sun and Jiang Erya happened to pass by and saw us. Captain Sun offered to give me a ride, so I didn't refuse."

When she heard that Captain Sun and Jiang Yueshu from the same village had seen them, Liu Hongjuan became nervous again, "Did they see it? Did they hear anything? Maybe they know about it too?"

Liu Qingqing recalled carefully and said with certainty, "Definitely not. They were driving a tractor. We didn't say anything when we heard the noise, and no one asked about it on the way."