Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 348 - 46: The Doomed Sister-in-law in the Group-Pampered Novel

Chapter 348: Chapter 46: The Doomed Sister-in-law in the Group-Pampered Novel

Some people didn’t believe it and wanted to ask Eldest Xie personally, but Eldest Xie, heavily criticized by the whole village because of Lv Cuiping, couldn’t take the stress and left home.

Yes, a sixty-year-old man left home, and the three brothers of the Xie Family couldn’t find him anywhere.

Now there’s no one from the family to help Xie Yumian with the wedding arrangements, so her two sisters-in-law were busy running around handling everything.

Xie Guo and Xie Qiang were furious. On the day the Jiang Family came to deliver gifts, they directly beat up Jiang Jinbao, causing a conflict between the Jiang Family and the Xie Family outside their doorstep. Their bizarre actions once again shocked the crowd that had come to watch the spectacle.

Despite a poisoning attempt, they could still arrange a marriage. On the day of the engagement, the two families could even start a fight, and after that, sit down as if nothing happened and continue discussing.

If one hadn’t seen such things with their own eyes, no one would believe it.

Xie Yumian was already numb, sitting amidst the crowd facing the scrutinizing eyes of the Jiang Family’s elderly women, clenching her fist to suppress her nausea and try to ignore Jiang Jinbao beside her. Her indifferent expression angered the Jiang Family members.

But there was no choice. Besides Liu Yan, everyone knew that Jiang Jinbao just had a stroke of luck, otherwise, given his looks, it would be nearly impossible for him to find a woman interested in him this lifetime.

Liu Yan promised Xie Yumian that she would give her the gold block on the wedding day.

She calculated in her mind, even though the gold goes to Xie Yumian, once she marries into the Jiang Family, it would essentially return to them. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

When rice is cooked and ideally, if Xie Yumian gets pregnant right away, it would be perfect for both sides.

On the wedding day, the Jiang Family set up several tables in the courtyard. The plump Jiang Jinbao couldn’t even find suitable clothes, wearing borrowed clothes from relatives, buttons almost about to pop, while Xie Yumian was in red, going table by table to toast.

One had folds of fat overflowing with smiles.

The other had a cold expression and lifeless eyes as if mourning their parents.

As the two toasted, the guests couldn’t enjoy the drinks, which made the whole scene somewhat lukewarm.

Xie Yumian was holding on, just waiting for the banquet to end to get the gold block. Anyway, Jiang Jinbao was now listening to whatever she said, for any further steps, the gold had to be handed over first.

Once she got the gold, Xie Yumian had everything planned.

She wanted to drug Jiang Jinbao, escape to the town under the cover of night, sell the gold, and permanently leave this place once she had the money.

As long as the outcome is good, the process doesn’t matter.

Xie Yumian kept comforting herself, eagerly waiting for nightfall.

While everyone was in the midst of eating and drinking, suddenly the main door was kicked open by several men with armbands, leaving everyone confused, as one of them directly rushed into the room, followed closely behind by others who started searching through cabinets and cupboards without delay.

Liu Yan jumped and cursed behind, trying to stop them, but the strong men easily pushed her to the ground.

"We received a report that your family is hiding public property, and as the self-formed village enforcement team, we came to investigate!"

The other men continued their violent search, from kang, under kang, cupboard, windowsill, all were experienced individuals, who quickly found the gold block wrapped in red cloth under a loose brick below the kang.

When the gold block was found and displayed publicly, Xie Yumian’s legs gave way, and she sat weakly on the ground, her eyes fixed on the piece of gold, shaking, and her eyes bloodshot.

Liu Yan jumped, screamed, and cried to Heaven, claiming the gold was left by ancestors and accusing them of being bandits and robbers.

Those people didn’t listen to her.

In this era, even chickens and ducks could only be raised a few at a time, let alone have such a big piece of gold.

"Save your tears for when we reach the brigade; you are hiding public property! You claimed just now that you hid this, right?"

Liu Yan was tough but knew when it was the brigade people, crying wouldn’t help.

Upon hearing that she might be punished, she nervously pointed at Xie Yumian.

"It’s her! She wanted to hide it! I’m innocent; I know nothing about it; she was the one who found the gold first!"

Anyone involved with the gold was taken to the brigade.

Jiang Lai received the news with a calm nod.

"I know."

Xie Jian had a worried look; within a few days, after losing his parents, he was about to lose his sister too. Though he proclaimed indifference, it weighed on him internally.

"Do you think your sister is innocent?"

"I don’t think so; just as her brother, it feels difficult to hear."

Jiang Lai nodded.

She understood, those taken were not just any stray cats or dogs but his sister, who he cared for over ten years. Even if justice was served, it would still hurt.

As long as it didn’t bother her, she didn’t care about the rest.

She knew what would happen next. Sure enough, the next day, the ones who caught Xie Yumian and Liu Yan came and took Jiang Lai away too.

Xie Jian followed along.

When the village leader found out, he hurried after them and inquired about the situation. Seeing it was the village leader, they showed some respect, and their attitude became mildly accommodating.

"Those two insisted the gold was found by Jiang Lai and claimed it was Jiang Lai who secretly hid it under their house bed, unknown to them."

The leader found it hard to believe.

"Who finds gold and doesn’t hide it at their own home but at someone else’s?"

The men shook their heads helplessly.

"According to the rules, we have to take her over to ask some questions. Any statements you want to make, consider now; the brigade leader will handle this personally, and if the penalty occurs, it will be very strict."

They weighed the gold, revealing it to be over seven hundred grams, discovered to have been hidden previously by a landlord, and somehow was found.

Finding it and reporting it would bring rewards, but hiding it becomes a serious issue—privately hoarding public assets, a crime no lighter than when Lv Cuiping poisoned someone’s well.

When Jiang Lai arrived, Liu Yan pointed at her accusingly, frantic.

"It’s her, Jiang Lai! My daughter! After finding the gold, afraid of being discovered and punished, she hid it in our home!

It’s all your fault! You damned curse, you’re going to kill your mother, your brother, and your sister-in-law!"

Without giving Jiang Lai a chance to speak, Liu Yan eagerly pinned the blame on her, fearing if delayed, Jiang Lai would escape.