Chapter 13

“The Cai family is in trouble! Someone from above sent someone to investigate!”

The neighbors in the family compound spread the news.

“Really? What happened?”

Time goes back to six in the morning.

The head of the department arrived at his office this morning and found an anonymous letter on his desk.

The letter accused Cai Ren of abusing his power for personal gain, acquiring a large amount of gold and silver, and urged the organization to investigate thoroughly. It also claimed that the stolen money was buried under the big tree in the southeast corner of the yard.

The head of the department was shocked. After everyone else arrived, he quickly called a large meeting.

The anonymous letter was passed around among the people.

But one thing had to be mentioned… the handwriting… it was ridiculously ugly! It was simply unbearable to look at!

As they looked, the expressions on everyone’s faces turned strange.

“As the forces of justice, we have a duty to investigate.”

“Someone from the masses chose to anonymously provide information. To ease everyone’s mind, we should investigate even more.”

“Agreed!”

“Arrange it immediately!”

Thus, the scene before them unfolded.

Cai Ren, standing inside the house, felt his heart pounding. He shoved Liang Meixin aside and stepped forward to ask what was going on.

Liang Meixin, in turn, swung her fist angrily.

The captain in charge furrowed his brow. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have believed that the Cai family was a chaotic mess, constantly fighting.

Moreover, with the letter in hand, looking at the two of them today, they seemed different.

“We are just conducting a routine inspection. We hope Commander Cai will cooperate.”

Following the contents of the letter, the men quickly found the location of the hidden stash of money. They pulled out shovels from behind their backs and expertly began digging.

Cai Ren, witnessing this, understood everything.

Had he been exposed?

He was doomed, doomed… if this continued, he would lose everything.

Who had betrayed him?

Only he, Liang Meixin, and their son Cai Fang knew about this secret. He had personally dug the hole and buried the iron box!

There couldn’t be a fourth person who knew!

So, was the traitor Liang Meixin?

Or Cai Fang?

Cai Ren’s lips turned pale, his gaze filled with hatred and fury, fixed on Liang Meixin, wishing he could skin her alive.

Liang Meixin reacted instinctively, retorting, “What are you looking at me for? Are you suspecting me? Cai Ren, you’re crazy.”

“It’s all your fault, okay? You have the nerve to blame me?”

This was their biggest trump card. She was crazy to betray her own family.

Cai Fang, this mama’s boy, swallowed hard, “Dad, how can you yell at Mom, hit Mom?

You always say you’re doing this for my good, but as soon as something happens, you just hit people. I don’t understand, am I your son, or just a punching bag for you?”

At this crucial moment, these two fools were completely useless, driving Cai Ren crazy with anger.

He slapped Cai Fang across the face, cursing, “You little bastard! I told you to be careful with your words, did you think I was farting? Say another word and try it!”

Liang Meixin screamed loudly, immediately protecting Cai Fang, “Why are you hitting my son? I’ll fight you!”

Cai Ren pointed at Cai Fang, scolding him with disappointment, “It’s all your fault! You deserve this now. You’ve always spoiled Cai Fang, what good is he? He’s grown up so big, he’s useless! Now he’s learned to stab me in the back?”

“Cai Ren, shut up! You… you’re really going to make me die of anger.”

A loud slap echoed, Liang Meixin’s eyes were bloodshot, she couldn’t believe that Cai Ren had dared to hit her in public?

It was ridiculous, so ridiculous. She, Liang Meixin, had schemed and plotted for the sake of the Cai family, offended so many people, and what had she gotten in return?

She got two slaps from her husband and ended up being reviled by everyone.

The scene spiraled out of control. The captain in charge couldn’t stand it anymore and yelled loudly, “Stop it!”

But Cai Ren and Liang Meixin ignored him, treating him like air, the more he tried to stop them, the more fiercely they fought!

The captain pulled out his weapon and threatened, “Keep fighting, and you two can go to jail together. You’ll have company.”

Cai Ren and Liang Meixin stared at each other with wide eyes, then turned their heads and snorted.

The search team worked quickly, dividing into three groups, searching the Cai family’s house from top to bottom.

The leaders who received the news also rushed to the scene.

Everyone held their breath, waiting to see what would happen next.

Under the curious gaze of the crowd, the captain in charge opened the iron box, revealing its contents.

The onlookers gasped in shock, unable to tear their eyes away from the gold and silver jewelry.

My goodness, there were goldfish! Jade bracelets!

And that wasn’t all, the Cai family even had a sewing machine and a radio.

They had bought so much fabric, cotton, plastic shoes, cloth shoes, winter woolen coats, corduroy pants.

In the corner of the kitchen, there was a coal stove, briquettes, six large bags of dozens of kilograms of rice and flour, three barrels of peanut oil, two bags of brown sugar, three strips of cured meat, and a basket of eggs.

The tables and chairs in the house were made of good wood, there were several thermoses and army water bottles, what kind of family was this?

Everyone around was filled with anger.

Good for them! While everyone else was struggling to make ends meet, this family was eating and drinking like royalty.

“Each item is more valuable than the last. My goodness, those goldfish are definitely real, right?”

“If you don’t believe me, bite them.”

“Where did they get all this stuff? How much money and tickets would it take to buy all this? Did they use improper means to get it?”

“The Cai family, they’re all bad people. Other families are so poor they can’t even put food on the table, but this family is living high on the hog, they’ve embezzled so much, are they even human?”

“Cai Ren already made a big mistake before, and now this? It’s a real sin!”

“Wicked people do wicked things. Finally, someone couldn’t stand it anymore and reported them.”

“It turns out the Cai couple are real scum. No wonder Cai Fang always said he was a young master, he’s been living like a young master.”

At first, everyone just listened to Cai Fang’s words, after all, everyone knew what their family’s situation was.

But Cai Fang kept saying he was a young master, that his mother, Liang Meixin, was the best, and she loved him the most. Over time, everyone got used to it, thinking Cai Fang was just trying to save face, just bragging.

But today, when everyone saw it with their own eyes, they realized how honest Cai Fang was!

He was telling the truth, with so many valuable things in the house, he really did have a reason to be arrogant!

Cai Ren was in a panic. He decided to ignore the mother and son and turned to the leaders, explaining that he was innocent, that he had no idea about the things hidden in the yard.

“Someone is trying to harm me, please believe me.”

But people’s hearts are complicated. When others are convinced that you are guilty, you will never be able to escape.

What kind of a terrible person is this, doing bad things and trying to run away?

Everyone looked at Cai Ren with anger.

“I spit, Cai Ren, the weather isn’t even cold, how come you’re talking nonsense? You’re the richest person in the whole family compound, you’re poor?!”

“Look at the new clothes your wife and son are wearing, and what are we poor people wearing?”

“Oh, cry, cry, cry, if you want to cry go home and cry, what’s the point? Liang Meixin, what are you pretending to be?”

Jiang Zhizhi, a bystander in the crowd, was enjoying the show.

Look at the Cai family, who were so smug just a few days ago, are their smiles gone now?

No, no, no, the smiles have just shifted to Jiang Zhizhi’s face.

If looks could kill, Jiang Zhizhi would have been killed by Liang Meixin a thousand times over.

This is exciting, so exciting, Jiang Zhizhi laughed even harder.

Liang Meixin, you can only call your family to smash my house, attack my father and mother, and cause them harm, but you can’t allow me to fight back?

And this Cai Ren, he’s incompetent but wants to get promoted, he’s willing to do anything to frame my father and mother. You two, the despicable couple, have been caught, I’ll see how you continue to act, how you continue to harm good people.

Jiang Zhizhi doesn’t want this ill-gotten wealth, she even thinks it’s a good thing that the organization is confiscating the Cai family’s property.

At least the authorities will use it rationally, for the good of the people.

Jiang Zhizhi doesn’t feel any guilt at all.

Liang Meixin wouldn’t give up, she insisted that it was Jiang Zhizhi who did it, that the Cai family and the Jiang family were enemies.

“This little slut is the one who did it, it’s so unfair, leader, we’re innocent! It must be someone from the Jiang family who sneaked in last night and beat up our Cai Fang, who else would be so wicked? You have to deal with this fairly, leader, you have to find the culprit.”

When others heard this, they all burst out laughing, tacitly defending the Jiang family.

“Jiang Xiangsheng’s daughter is thin and weak, do you think she could beat up your Cai Fang?”

“I think it’s because the two families didn’t get along, the Cai family is blaming the Jiang family, and now they’re taking this opportunity to smear them!”

“Look at what you’re saying, you’re bragging! You said Cai Fang was beaten last night, couldn’t Cai Ren and Liang Meixin hear him yelling?

The two of them slept so soundly, they didn’t even notice anyone coming in?

That doesn’t make sense. If the person being suspected really had such good skills, they could probably join the army, right?”