Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 992 - 7979: Coughing Blood (2)

They searched him and found a box. Nothing else. Now, without Mr. Mei’s input, they can’t say what exactly was stolen. It’s really hard to investigate.

After the Mei Family learned about it, they were quite troubled. They had to go to the hospital to find Old Mei.

It was the same night they discovered Qu Liushou’s theft that some of our things went missing. He only said two boxes were stolen, nothing else was taken. Mr. Mei pondered for a moment and said to his two sons, "There were originally two boxes. But there was nothing else."

Mr. Mei’s words shocked the two sons. They knew very well there were more than those two boxes. Indeed, saying it like this was clearly to conceal past mistakes. If these things were really investigated, then he, half buried in the earth, would truly have to spend his remaining days in prison.

Seeing Mr. Mei say this, Mei Shuping and Mei Shuqing could only tell the police the same.

Qu Liushou stole two boxes. One is gone now, leaving only one, and the Mei Family isn’t pursuing the whereabouts of the other box.

The contents of this box really aren’t worth much. It doesn’t constitute any crime. At most, he’ll be out in half a month.

Qu Liushou secretly rejoices now. Luckily, he didn’t take another artwork from Ye Qingqing. Large artworks are worth a lot. If that artwork were in his hands now, it wouldn’t just be a matter of coming out in half a month.

Half a month sounds good. Once he’s out, he’ll take the 1000 yuan you’ve already given him and directly look for a job in another city, find a wife. Life will certainly be better than now.

No, it’s not just this 1000 yuan so simple. You’ve done so many things. In such crucial moments, being so loyal and able to hide things for him has indeed provided Ye Qing with much convenience. At least she is still doing alright in the Mei Family now. Otherwise, it would be Ye Qing going to jail.

When he’s out, he could use this to threaten Ye Qing a bit, ask for more money before leaving, ensuring his days outside are secure.

Speaking of Ye Qing. When she woke up, it was already past ten. Realizing she overslept, she hurriedly dressed, brimming with worries as she left home and headed straight to the old Mei mansion.

In her heart, she’d already prepared for various contingencies. Anyway, Qu Liushou left now. Even if Mei Langchi told the Mei Family, she wouldn’t be afraid. At most, they’ll part ways and directly divorce Mei Langchi. If Mei Langchi doesn’t agree, he’ll secretly take Hua Hua away. Once everything is settled elsewhere, call and inform the Mei Family about Hua Hua’s origins. They wouldn’t believe that once they know Hua Hua’s real background, the Mei Family would still want Mei Langchi to stay with her.

When Ye Qing arrived at the Mei Family, everyone was there, including Han Yi and Lin Wan. Even Mr. Mei was back.

Ye Qing suddenly felt a bit nervous. She thought Mei Langchi had already told the Mei Family everything, and now the family was waiting for her to confront her.

Ye Qing hesitated at the door for a long time before entering uneasily. After entering, she realized it wasn’t what she thought. The Mei Family’s eyes weren’t on her.

Beside her, Mei Langchi sat with arms crossed, with only a mocking glance directed at her.

Ye Qing realized, Mei Langchi hadn’t had time to say anything yet.

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Because in the morning, when Old Mei saw the items had been returned, he directly proposed to be discharged. Between the Mei Family brothers, Mr. Mei wasn’t having significant issues now. After asking the doctor’s opinion, the doctor said Mr. Mei was in a recuperation stage, and being in the hospital or going home was the same. If they wanted to go home, they could handle the discharge procedures anytime.

Seeing this, Mr. Mei hurriedly asked his two sons to handle the discharge, and he returned to the Mei Family that morning.

After the police interrogated Qu Liushou, they directly sent the items over. When Mr. Mei returned home, everyone was there, waiting for Mr. Mei to inspect.

Upon seeing only one of his treasured artworks left, Mr. Mei felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, extremely uncomfortable. Upon opening it, the erotic painting inside, with a few words particularly conspicuous.

The young members of the Mei Family all lowered their heads. Even the unrelated Chen Haichang chuckled, "Old man, turns out the treasure you hid was this. Your taste is quite unique. But it suits your character well. Isn’t it why you won’t say what was stolen when asked by the family? Seems you couldn’t bring yourself to say it. I understand. If we lost such things, it’d be hard to speak out in front of the younger generation."

Not only Chen Haichang, but even Mei Shuping and Mei Shuqing frowned deeply. Unexpectedly, their dad hid these things, and when they asked him, he was unwilling to tell. Apparently, this was the reason.

Mr. Mei now had no mood to banter with Chen Haichang. His two most valuable artworks had now turned into an erotic painting. Not just that, all those paintings he’d hidden for years have vanished. Who knows if Qu Liushou intentionally replaced their contents? Of all things, why put this in there? It was to make him lose face in front of the whole family. This silent grievance was like swallowing a fly, uncomfortable and disgusting. He couldn’t hold back the mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, and it burst forth.

The Mei Family, shocked, had no thoughts left to consider Mr. Mei’s odd taste, hurrying to stand up.

"What happened, what’s going on?" Old Mrs. Mei, scared, stood up trembling.

"No, something’s wrong with the things inside." Mr. Mei struggled to say.