Chapter 184: Chapter 184 is captured, don’t worry.

Lu Xiaoting saw his colleagues and boss off, then double-locked the courtyard gate before returning to the room.

Susu heard the man’s voice and hurriedly got off the kang to open the door, holding Da Hei as she poked her head out to look, “Were they all caught?”

“Yes, wife, get some rest.”

Susu then loosened the homemade cloth muzzle from Da Hei’s mouth, cursing angrily, “They are just a bunch of absolutely rotten, worse than pigs and dogs, scum.”

“Was the thing thrown into the yard meant to poison Da Hei?”

Lu Xiaoting nodded and helped put Da Hei, who was wagging its tail, down on the ground, “Yes, it was raw meat, probably laced with rat poison or something.”

Hearing this, Susu became even more furious, “A bunch of damned scoundrels. Ptui, ptui, ptui… Calling them scoundrels is an insult to dogs.

A bunch of sewer rats, with perfectly good arms and legs, but still doing thieving and robbing like it’s their job; their ancestors would be so ashamed they’d come crawling out of their graves.

Scum that’ll wipe out their own lineages, they’re probably stained with human blood.”

“Old Lu, you must thoroughly investigate these bastards, it’s best to keep them in jail forever so they can’t harm others,” Susu exhorted her husband fiercely.

Lu Xiaoting’s eyes were filled with determination, and he felt for his wife, who had surely been scared these past days, “Don’t worry, wife, we’ll leave no stone unturned, we definitely won’t let these people off the hook.”

It was only after Susu had finished her tirade late last night that her husband pulled her up to sleep on the kang. She had no idea what time he left in the morning.

Dawn had just broken when Lu Xiaoting rushed to the police station.

Susu, who had only gone to bed after 4 a.m., slept straight through until the sun was shining on her butt.

Rubbing her eyes and rolling around in bed, Susu didn’t want to get up at all.

“Oh dear, oh dear!”

Suddenly remembering her in-laws and children, Susu sprang up from the kang, not caring if she was hungry or not, quickly got dressed, washed her face, and ran outside.

“Da Hei, stay good at home.”

Concerned about a repeat incident, Susu didn’t dare let Da Hei out into the courtyard, fearing someone might poison him again.

Susu, with her hair all disheveled, raced on her bicycle, hurrying as much as she could to Cheng He’s house.

“Parents, Cai Xia.”

“Second sister-in-law is here, come in and sit down.” Wang Caixia, who had just come out, ran into the flustered Susu.

Inside, Tianyu and the triplets, hearing the noise, vied with each other to run out.

“Mom, you’re here!” Tianyu positioned himself in front of his mother.

“Mom, why did you come so late?”

The triplets immediately lunged onto their mother’s legs, causing Susu to stagger, nearly losing her balance.

“There, there, I’ve come to pick you up, haven’t I?”

Susu, smiling warmly, stroked each of her four children in turn, “Cai Xia, did the two children go to school?”

“Yes, didn’t Aunt and Uncle tell you? Are all the thieves caught?”

“They’re caught, don’t worry.”

Susu pulled out a coin as she saw her eldest son hesitate, “Tianyu, don’t worry, it’s all over. Take your brother and sisters to buy some snacks.”

“Okay, I got it, mom.”

“Hee hee, mom is the best~”

The triplets, who had just been complaining about their mom’s late arrival, immediately took their brother by the hand and skipped out happily.

After the children left, the adults began to discuss serious matters.

Father Lu and Mrs. Lu had been on edge since yesterday, unable to relax, and they had slept poorly last night.

“Don’t even mention the old couple, Wang Caixia herself was scared out of her wits, and this morning had her husband ride a bike to take their two sons to school.”

“You should know, the brothers usually walk to and from school by themselves.”

“Dad, Mom, we should also be more careful at home. If I hadn’t made that muzzle for Da Hei yesterday, I bet someone would have already poisoned and killed him by now.”

Father Lu cursed angrily, “A bunch of heartless bastards, really malicious hearts, even using poison, it would have served them right if they poisoned themselves to death.”

…

Knowing that Mom and the other adults were talking business, Tianyu slowly led his younger brothers and sisters back home, walking and stopping along the way.

“Alright, thank you for the past few days, Cai Xia, we will head back now.”

“Second sister-in-law, it’s no trouble at all. We’re all family here, bring my big nephews over to play when you have time.”

“Ah, go on in, no need to see us off.”

Wang Caixia cheerfully saw them off to the front gate, waited until they turned out of the alley, then she securely closed the door and went inside her house.

The whole family took the opportunity to visit the vegetable market before heading home.

Susu and her mother-in-law cooked a large pot of rice, whipped up a couple of simple dishes, and made a big bowl of egg custard.

The whole family ate their fill, having not rested well yesterday, Susu took her four siblings to lie down on the brick bed to catch up on sleep.

“Lele wants to sleep next to Mom.”

“An’an wants to sleep next to Mom too.”

The two siblings rushed to be on either side of their mother, triumphant in their scheme, grinning like two little cats that got into the cream.

Pingping, who also wanted to sleep next to Mom, just shrugged her shoulders and, clutching her pillow, ran to the foot of the bed, “I’ll sleep next to Mom’s feet.”

Susu, “…”

“My good son, Mom’s afraid that she might kick you by accident in her sleep, how about you sleep next to your brother and sister, okay?”

Tianyu immediately pretended to be strong and shrugged, “Mom, never mind, if Pingping doesn’t want to sleep next to me, that’s okay. I…”

Young Pingping sighed like an old soul, sat between her big brother and sister with her pillow, and patted her big brother’s shoulder.

“Don’t be sad, big brother, Pingping will sleep with you, oh oh oh, sleep well, big brother.”

Tianyu, caught between laughter and tears, lay down, “Mm, thank you, Pingping. You’re the best.”

Their old mother Susu closed her eyes, but it was the trembling of her shoulders that betrayed—how hard Susu was trying not to laugh.

Later, the theft gang was caught in a dragnet, and the police from the police station found a good deal of gold and silver jewelry, as well as radios and other stolen goods at the thieves’ hideout.

After investigation and calculation, the criminals had stolen an amount totaling ten thousand yuan, including items that had already been sold.

Regarding the remaining money and the stolen items, after investigation they were to be returned to the victimized families, but due to the criminals’ squandering, the money could only be distributed to the victimized families in certain proportions for the time being.

Brother Tian and his righthand men were reported by their subordinates, with more than a dozen lives on their hands.

Eventually verified as true, Brother Tian and his second in command received the death sentence, and the rest of the accomplices were sentenced to jail time.

Every household was talking about it, all applauding the outcome, though it was regrettable that the squandered goods could not be reclaimed, and they could only chalk it up to bad luck.

Recently, the Lu family’s house was busier than a marketplace, every day filled with neighbors looking to talk to Father Lu and Mrs. Lu, the flattery making the old couple somewhat embarrassed.

Susu grew weary of this gossip-loving crowd of aunties and uncles. Every morning, after sending her oldest son off to school, she found refuge in the quieter workshop.

“Sister, I’ve got something to tell you.”

“Go ahead.”

After waiting for a long while without hearing her younger sister’s voice, Susu looked up to see that she had turned as red as a beet.

With a voice as quiet as a mosquito, “The Li family thinks it’s suitable, they, they want to set the engagement.”