Transmigration: On the Gossip Front -
Chapter 212 True or False First Love 12_1
Chapter 212: Chapter 212 True or False First Love 12_1
With no other choice, Old Master Zhou decided to shift the blame onto Zhou Dahai.
As for how Zhou Dahai would scold Yang Zhaodi, Old Master Zhou thought it wouldn’t be a big problem, since the old lady would definitely protect her son.
Old Madam Zhou, fuming with anger, recounted what she heard upon going upstairs, only to find that Old Zhou hadn’t joined her in the hectic search, which infuriated her.
"Hey, Old Zhou, why aren’t you helping?"
"We have to look and see just how much money that wretched girl has hidden away."
Wretched girl? In this household, the only one who could be called a wretched girl was Zhou Juan.
But did that girl have any money? Despite her going out to do the grocery shopping every day, she had to account for every penny, so she had no way to embezzle.
"She let that foolish girl Zhou Lina pay."
"You see, they are always going out to shop for groceries."
"I see." Old Zhou understood; this time, he was dragged down by Zhou Juan.
He thought flusteredly, how did it suddenly become a thorough search? Luckily, if any hidden money was found, he could just claim it was hidden by Zhou Juan.
Of course, if possible, he preferred it not to be found at all, otherwise, how would he manage to improve the meals?
Forget it, no use thinking too much about it now, better to start searching and see how much could be collected.
"Found something!"
"Found something else!"
Even knowing that there would be gains today, he hadn’t expected there to be so much.
Gazing at the several ten yuan notes before her, Old Madam Zhou fell into deep thought, feeling that something was amiss, "Could Zhou Juan really have hidden away this much money?"
Old Zhou’s heart was bleeding. He had truly intended to avoid the places where he hid his private cash, but somehow, the old lady had managed to dig it out.
Although there were a few other hiding places left, those only contained small amounts of money; the bulk of it had already been found by Old Madam Zhou.
Was it easy for him to hide that money? It was all taken in one fell swoop, and now he doubted whether these losses could be compensated by Zhou Dajiang.
He hadn’t provided living expenses for a few months now, so he should have quite a bit of money, enough to properly show him some filial respect.
Of course, the money shouldn’t be given to the two of them again; the house was truly unsafe. It was better kept with him, and should they need any, he could give it to them then.
As for the few ten yuan notes, they must have been placed by Zhou Dahai. Now everything was taken in one fell swoop, too.
There was no way he would say it was Zhou Dahai’s money; all his money had been confiscated, and as his son, Zhou Dahai should face the same treatment.
"But when she goes shopping, the money we give her isn’t that much, right?" the old lady still doubted.
Old Zhou was about to be infuriated to death by the old lady. Wasn’t it good enough to have money to take? And yet, she still insisted on investigating.
"Are you implying it’s my private cash?" He thought, might as well bring it up directly.
"If you really think so, then I will take the money back." He swiftly and crucially took all the ten yuan notes.
Old Madam Zhou would never agree, "Don’t, it’s Zhou Juan’s private money."
"Think about it, haven’t you said before that sometimes you felt the money was less?"
"And Dahai and the others also say they always feel the money isn’t right, that it seems to be less."
"I suspect, I suspect that the missing money might have been taken by Zhou Juan."
"Otherwise, how do you explain where this money came from."
As for whether Zhou Juan was being wronged, the old lady didn’t think too much of it; if it wasn’t her hiding private money, it couldn’t be like this.
Just as Zhou Juan hurried downstairs to explain the situation, she unexpectedly overheard such explosive news.
When they accused her of stealing money from her grandparents and parents, she was truly astounded.
Though Zhou Lina’s words were unpleasant, they were the hard truth, without lies, and Zhou Juan was unable to refute them.
But she had never expected her very own grandmother, Old Madam Zhou, to speak of her in such a way.
The few neighbors following behind Zhou Juan were shocked when they heard this sensational news.
"What, Zhou Juan actually has money?"
"Yes, Old Madam Zhou said so herself. Who would have their own grandma wrongly accuse their granddaughter?"
"Exactly, although Old Madam Zhou tends to favor boys over girls a bit, there’s no need to wrong someone like that."
Old Madam Zhou had not expected her speculation to be overheard by the neighboring folks, what to do?
Old Madam Zhou was dumbfounded. If word got out, would Zhou Juan ever be able to marry off?
Who would want to marry a thief, and no one would want to become sisters-in-law with a thief either; otherwise, living under the same roof would really be unsafe.
But if Zhou Juan wasn’t a thief, then wouldn’t it mean her own grandmother had wronged her granddaughter?
What to do? Old Madam Zhou thought about it and quickly made a decision, "Zhou Juan, this money was found by us, it’s not you who stole from your parents and us. How did you manage to save so much money?"
"Really now, no wonder we always felt short on money, we thought it was lost, but we never suspected..."
Old Madam Zhou looked as if she was disappointed in someone who had failed to meet her expectations, while Zhou Juan knew she was the scapegoat regarding the so-called "private savings".
If she wasn’t mistaken, this money was either Old Master Zhou’s or Zhou Dahai’s.
Don’t ask her why she thought Old Master Zhou was involved because she knew he liked to improve his meals outside, and she had seen him several times while out with Zheng Weijian.
In order not to let Li Na find out, they had gone far away to date, only to see Old Master Zhou sneaking around, sly and secretive.
However, she didn’t disclose this matter; otherwise, how could she explain being so far from home herself?
She remembered this incident and was determined to get Old Zhou to agree to a generous dowry when she married.
Despite the appearance that women were in charge at home, she knew that actually, it was still men who held the real power.
Once they made a decision, no one could argue; they had to go along with what they said.
Now the question was whether she could even marry off at all, with her own grandmother having sealed her fate.
No, she couldn’t just admit to it, "I haven’t saved any private money."
"I really haven’t, I also didn’t steal any money." She could admit to hiding private money, but stealing was absolutely out of the question.
Who should she push the blame onto? Zhou Juan’s mind raced.
She certainly knew who else had hidden private money, but could she really rat them out?
Particularly, Old Master Zhou’s few grim glances had given her the chills.
She knew she absolutely couldn’t push this onto Zhou Dahai and the others; thereby the only person she could shift the blame to was—
"It’s Li Na, she’s the one who hid it," Zhou Juan shouted out loud.
Instantly, the people standing at the door began to murmur, "Who would hide their private money in someone else’s house?"
"Exactly, and who would even admit to it."
"She, she’s trying to frame and set me up." Zhou Juan knew she couldn’t appear legitimate with such a claim but having already said it, she could only persist.
Hmph, she must put the blame entirely on Li Na; only then could she ruin her. Even if Li Na was in the city, what of it?
Without a good reputation, she was still worthless, and Zhou Dajiang would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to kick Li Na out to become a "sent-down youth."
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