CHAPTER 137: CHAPTER 137: PANIC

Others are there, worried and afraid, because they’re scared the thief will target their house.

After all, making money these days is not easy at all.

The assets they have at home, you can’t even say how they were earned. It’s all hard-earned money from working tirelessly.

If they were to be completely robbed by a thief, the loss would be huge. After all, they can’t even afford to spend money on a meal now.

God knows how much they earn in a month, and if it gets stolen, they wouldn’t know how to get by in the meantime.

After all, the neighbors around here are just as poor, living just as hard. These days, every household doesn’t have enough to eat, and even if the money is stolen, going to others to borrow money, no one would lend to you.

Moreover, even if they have the idea, they don’t have the capability.

That’s why they’re so tense.

But Mrs. Fu is different.

She’s truly afraid, she thought over and over, imagined all the bad things, but never imagined that Jiang Xin would call the police because of this.

Saying there’s a thief in their house, wanting the police to come help catch the thief, isn’t this nonsense?

If by chance people find out that she stole the dress, wouldn’t that be disastrous?

If Jiang Xin were to come home, open her wardrobe, and find clothes missing, then turn around to question her, she could still deny it.

But if she lies in front of the police now, it won’t hold water, and if discovered, she could face more charges.

Mrs. Fu wouldn’t dare do such a thing.

Right then, she was scared and broke out in cold sweat.

Her mind was racing, thinking of strategies and what to do to avoid suspicion.

Now, she’s truly at a loss, suddenly becoming cowardly, completely losing her earlier self-assured appearance, wanting to go inside and sever ties with Jiang Xin, when she thought Jiang Xin was causing trouble outside.

Now, Mrs. Fu’s mind is in disarray, she has no idea what to do next.

If the police ask her anything later, how should she respond?

Mrs. Fu raised her head, touched her forehead, and felt cold sweat.

She was so scared she was shaking.

So many people charging into the house would naturally grab everyone’s attention inside.

At first, outside in the yard, Jiang Xin saw Mrs. Fu leading a big group of people over.

At that time, Jiang Xin thought, wait till Mrs. Fu comes inside, how she’ll explain herself.

This was her doing, she can’t blame anyone else.

Besides, Jiang Xin guessed that Mrs. Fu dared to enter their yard with a crowd because she felt she had done something bad, and the police were coming to arrest her.

So Mrs. Fu dared to bring people over to join the fun, never thinking the police would be coming for her.

Jiang Xin smirked, thinking Mrs. Fu was shooting herself in the foot this time.

Let her learn a lesson for breaking into her room without permission to steal things.

Watching Mrs. Fu with an unnatural expression.

Jiang Xin intentionally initiated a conversation with her.

"Hey, Mom, you finally came back."

"Why weren’t you home today? You don’t know, our house has been robbed."

"When I came back from town, I noticed something was off in our house, looked like someone rummaged through it. So I opened the door, went inside and saw my valuable dresses in the wardrobe were all gone. This thief isn’t picky, even stealing some broken dresses."

"You came back just in time, go check your room and see what’s missing. Good that the police are here. I just reported it in town, let’s see the losses and settle the score with that thief."

Jiang Xin hadn’t finished speaking when everyone’s gaze fell on Mrs. Fu.

By logic, Mrs. Fu should be the first to be anxious about stolen things at home, right?

After all, elderly folks are more frugal, feeling pain with every penny spent. If valuable items were stolen from home, shouldn’t they be furious, but looking at it, Mrs. Fu’s reaction is unusually strange.

Upon hearing Jiang Xin mention stolen items, not only wasn’t she worried, but she was also sweating profusely, clearly suspicious.

Mrs. Fu was already anxious, and now, seeing everyone staring at her, she got even more worried.

She couldn’t let herself reveal anything suspicious, so she had to pretend to be anxious.

Pretending to say:

"What did you say? Things were stolen from home? That’s not good, I have quite a bit of cash in my room, if it’s gone, it’d be terrible. We’re counting on that money to live."

After saying this, Mrs. Fu pretended to go back inside to check her bag.

In reality, whether there’s money in the bag, only she knows.

Mrs. Fu feels bitter, but can only stubbornly deny, after all, she can’t admit she stole the things.

If the police knew, they’d arrest her as a thief.

Mrs. Fu walked to her and Mr. Fu’s room, and people followed, wanting to see what valuable items were missing.

Since, in the eyes of these villagers, they believe Fu Yu made quite a fortune going to sea over the years, and earlier, Mrs. Fu was bragging about Fu Yu’s successes.

Presumably, this house holds a lot of money.

They were indeed curious, curious about the Fu Family’s wealth.

Under the gaze of these people, Mrs. Fu appeared particularly nervous.

After a moment of confusion, she quickly realized they wanted to follow her to see where she kept the money, which wouldn’t do.

Though her family fortune had long been used to aid her relatives, they weren’t very rich.

But someone like Mrs. Fu, who is vain, wouldn’t willingly expose this fact. After all, everyone in the village thinks her family is wealthy.