Chapter 181 Sentencing and Regret

Kong Yuru couldn’t understand it. She just took a jade pendant, so how did things come to this?

In her heart, her hatred towards Shitou grew stronger. She thought it was all because of that jinx. If he had obediently brought out the scar removal gel, she wouldn’t have searched around and she wouldn’t have seen that jade pendant, and wouldn’t have been tempted by greed.

She wouldn’t be stuck in this ghostly place now. Who could come and save her?

As for the 300 yuan that Lu Yichen claimed was lost, Kong Yuru also wanted to accuse the Captain and the villagers present at the time, questioning whether they might have taken it.

The police also interrogated each of those people, but found nothing. In the end, the money had to be set aside. Lu Yichen insisted that everything Kong Yuru had touched should be replaced with new items, or else the matter wouldn’t end.

The Sun family also heard that Lu Yichen had some background and feared causing more trouble, so they replaced all the bedding in Lu Yichen’s house. As for the clothes, they were really powerless.

Although Kong Yuru never admitted to stealing the 300 yuan, because of the high value of the jade pendant, Sun Baoqing’s plea and Lu Yichen’s influence, Kong Yuru was sentenced to six years in prison.

Now both the Sun and Kong families in Chaoyang Commune have become well-known. They were constantly talked about by others every day. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Sun family almost called off the engagement, but was finally appeased with an additional hundred yuan as a betrothal gift.

However, the bride’s family insisted on a grand celebration, unwilling to let their daughter suffer any grievances. The Sun family had no choice but to agree. The dishes on the wedding day were quite lavish, but unaware villagers continued to criticize.

Using the bride’s money to host a lavish wedding for their son, yet not even accommodating the bride’s only niece, the Sun family was seen as unethical and disgraceful, with not a single good person among them.

As a result, the new bride was in tears on her first day in the household. In order to satisfy the bride’s family, the Sun family had emptied their coffers. Unfortunately, this didn’t please the new bride but instead attracted criticism from the villagers.

This worried the Sun family’s elders. They still had two more sons to marry off. The second son was now of marriageable age, and the family had already allocated the money meant for his bride to marry off their eldest son’s wife.

Ever since the second son found out that the money saved for his own bride was spent by his elder brother, his eyes were as sharp as needles. Every day, he glared at his parents and his elder brother’s family, making everyone in the household afraid to provoke him.

Old Mrs. Sun was now feeling some regret. If she had valued Shitou more in the beginning, the Sun family might not have ended up like this. The originally peaceful situation was ruined by her own actions.

Mrs. Sun thought thankfully that the third had not been involved, but unfortunately, the saying “misfortune never comes alone” turned out to be true.

The third son, Sun Baorong, went to the county town for business. Unexpectedly, he heard people discussing their family matters there. She didn’t know how this happened or how this news spread to the county seat. He had originally intended to leave quietly.

However, who knew that his second brother’s former colleague recognized him, and he had previously come to the county seat to bring things to his second brother several times, and that person just worked in the Security Department.

When those who were gossiping heard that this person was from the Sun family, they angrily surrounded and cursed at him. Then they heard a shocking piece of news, the second brother’s job was actually exchanged for his sister’s life.

The second brother didn’t even mention a word to him or his elder brother. Now, he wasn’t in a good mood at all. Suddenly, an elderly man, seeing him silent, reached out to tug his sleeve, and it led to a disaster.