Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 102: One hundred and two has been targeted_1

Chapter 102: One hundred and two has been targeted_1

Upon hearing Li You’e’s words, Gu Chenzi was at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

What a situation.

At this point, how could she still be so stubbornly fixated on one idea?

That thief, eight or nine times out of ten, probably just took the money and ran.

It’s certain that no one could steal money and still stand here to watch the excitement, right?

Not feeling guilty at all?

Besides, with all this denouncement going on, why would he stay after taking the money?

Just to aggravate himself?

Gu Chenzi kindly advised, "Aunt Li, your daughter is what’s important."

This New Year’s, it’s best to hurry home to take care of proper business.

Li You’e couldn’t figure out why such bad luck had befallen her, complaining with a face full of anger.

"How could I have encountered such an incident!"

This hundred yuan, she had saved for a long time, just waiting to buy treats for her daughter and grandson.

Her daughter and grandson didn’t get the treats, the thieving bastard got them instead!

The more she thought about it, the more unpleasant it felt in her heart.

"Enough, Auntie, don’t think about it anymore, just take this, consider it warding off greater misfortunes by losing money," Gu Chenzi persuaded.

After saying that, she stuffed the one hundred yuan in her hand into Aunt Li’s.

Gu Chenzi had prepared a little over one thousand yuan in total.

When she took out the money, due to the sudden situation, she casually stuffed the remaining nine hundred into the pocket of her coat.

In this back and forth, the edge of the nine hundred yuan poked out of the pocket.

Several one hundred yuan bills, no less.

At this moment, in the crowd, a short man wearing an army-green cotton hat had his eyes suddenly light up.

He was dressed very simply, in a thick cotton-padded jacket, cotton-padded trousers, and cotton shoes.

So plain that he was virtually indistinguishable in the crowd.

No one knew, his real name was Ma Huan, and he was a fugitive murderer on the run.

The police had been investigating, but they had not been able to catch him.

After all, surveillance technology of this era was really not as effective as in future times.

In this era, these kinds of events were still the minority.

But they certainly weren’t exceptions.

As for why.

It’s because almost every weekly report has different pictures of fugitives, stating that whoever discovers person xxx and reports them will be rewarded with a cash prize of one thousand yuan.

Of course, there are also rewards of two thousand, three thousand, and even five thousand.

The highest can soar to twenty thousand; anyway, the reward money is scaled to the severity of the crime.

The more severe the crime, the higher the reward.

Just last week’s report clearly displayed the photo of a lean man, with the caption that he was a fugitive, born in 1970, by the name Ma Huan.

The physical features match the photograph.

If anyone provides a lead that proves accurate, they will be awarded a reward of 5,000 yuan, and we thank everyone.

A reward of five thousand yuan was considered a high amount.

This indicated something that everyone should inherently understand.

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"Ma’am, in my opinion, you shouldn’t bother looking anymore, definitely won’t find it," someone in the community advised.

"Yeah, you might as well just buy your groceries and go home for the New Year," another suggested.

"Exactly, and finding it might not even be a good thing, a while back I heard about an incident in another place where someone chasing a thief ended up being stabbed several times by the criminal," chimed in another.

"That’s right, how scary is that? Money can be earned again, but if a person is gone, they are truly gone," said yet another.

"It’s Chinese New Year, think of it as losing money to avoid disaster, ma’am, try to let it go," someone else counseled.

People from small towns talk a lot and are all very enthusiastic.

Seeing that Li You’e had encountered misfortune, everyone couldn’t help but offer advice one after another, hoping she could take it a little easier.

When misfortune strikes like this, what else can you do?

Surely it doesn’t mean you should give up on the New Year, right?

Not going home over a hundred bucks?

It’s not worth it.

Ji Pianran, hugging Tangtang, squeezed in from the back, looking at Li You’e with full sympathy.

And joined everyone in persuading her.

"Yes, Aunt Li, going home to see your daughter and grandson is the proper thing to do. Your daughter must miss you so much, and the little grandson might already be fussing for his grandmother. Buy the groceries and head back quickly."

Why waste time here?

Li You’e knew everyone was right; she just couldn’t swallow the affront.

The money she had saved through hard work had been stolen by some lazy bastards!

She felt so unwilling to let it go.

But unwilling as she was, there wasn’t much she could do.

Right now, the most important thing was to buy the groceries and go home.

She sighed and took the hundred yuan from Chenzi’s hand.

"Chenzi, Auntie really thanks you. As soon as I get money next month, I’ll definitely pay you back first."

Chenzi really had helped her out a lot.

If it weren’t for his family showing up today on time,

and lending her the money, she would have had to walk back and fetch it.

The trip there and the trip back,

by then, her daughter and little grandson would have returned home.

There wouldn’t be time to cook!

Indeed, people from the same village are reliable!

Having said that, she glanced at Ji Pianran with embarrassment.

"Pian Ran, wait until Yue Yue leaves tomorrow, then I’ll come to your place so we can discuss that embroidery pattern in detail!"

After all, her family’s man had helped her out.

If she didn’t take extra care of Chenzi’s wife after this, it really wouldn’t be right.

In all things, one must maintain the principle of reciprocity, a true heart for a true heart.

If people are sincere with you, you should sincerely reciprocate.

Before Ji Pianran could speak, Chenzi laughed heartily.

"That would be a big help, Aunt Li. You sure know how to be considerate."

Ever since the big fuss at Li You’e’s home the last time, Ji Pianran had been too embarrassed to visit Li You’e’s place again, preferring to dwell on and slowly work on the embroidery at home.

She was someone with a thin skin who hated to cause trouble for others.

Chenzi noticed all this, and if Aunt Li could come over to teach, it would be more than great.

At least it would save Ji Pianran quite a bit of time from trial and error, wouldn’t it?

The blinking Ji Pianran wanted to say that she could manage on her own, but given that Chenzi had put it that way, she didn’t feel it was appropriate to say more.

She just followed suit with a smile.

Li You’e smiled embarrassingly, "Well, anyway, thank you so much."

In the crowd, Ma Huan’s eyes were locked onto Chenzi’s pocket, already showing a trace of impatience.

There was quite a lot of money in that pocket.

If he could successfully steal it, plus the money he had stolen from Li You’e earlier,

with some frugality, he could last for more than half a year!

That meant not having to show his face for over half a year.

It was just too good.

Now he just needed to wait for the crowd to disperse. Once everyone spread out and he could catch Chenzi off guard, he planned to pretend to sprain his ankle, bump into him accidentally, and take the money from his pocket.

The days after would be much better!

Excitement gleamed in Ma Huan’s small eyes; his plan was simply perfect.

Now, as Li You’e took the money and was about to go grocery shopping, the onlookers indeed began to disperse.

After all, the excitement was over, and everyone had their own business to attend to.

After chatting a few more words with Li You’e, Chenzi’s family bid farewell too, and everyone went their separate ways.

Watching as everyone left,

Ji Pianran finally breathed a sigh of relief.