Chapter 93: The Truth Revealed

  Qiu Ye was crying in Qiu Ma's arms, but she didn't miss a word. From everyone's fragmented conversations, she roughly figured out that Qiu Ma had lost something and was searching for the culprit. Qiu Ma suspected it was Qiu Jia Bao who took it, while Qiu Nai Nai thought it was her own fault for stealing, which is why she slapped herself as soon as she came in, trying to force a confession out of herself.

  Qiu Ye's eyes scanned the people around her, Qiu Jiaqing was not at home. San Shu stood in front of Grandma Qiu with an excited face, seemingly pulling Grandma Qiu along, but actually assisting the villain. San Shu had a furious expression on his face, but laughter could also be seen in his wandering eyes. Behind them, Qiu Jiabao didn't have any fearful look on her face, just a nonchalant expression, with one hand always placed in her breast pocket.

  Qiu Ye took one look and thought of something, then quietly whispered a sentence in Qiu's mother's ear.

  Qiu's mother looked at the chaotic scene and was so angry that she almost went mad. This is really bullying, the thief shouting to catch the thief! When she heard a sentence whispered by the girl in her ear, she burst out.

  "Shut your mouths and stop making a fuss, this matter won't be settled until it's clear."

  Qiu Feng, you go to the security department of the teachers' college first and tell them that our house has been robbed. Let them come and investigate. Today my daughter's slap cannot be in vain. Whoever is the thief, let them investigate and get to the bottom of it. If they can't do it, then report the case. I don't believe it, let the public security bureau come and investigate, they can't find out who the thief is?

  "We'll see who's filial and who's a beast once the police arrive."

  Mrs. Qiu has lost her temper, these are all a group of people who don't care about their reputation, she and her husband didn't want to make a big deal out of it, afraid that it would affect the reputation of that Qiu Jia Bao, but in the end they were the ones who suffered. If it had just ended there, she might have endured it, but the old lady was not acting like an elderly person at all. She falsely accused her own daughter of being a thief and scolded her, and even called her son a beast, as a mother, this is unbearable.

  Qiu Feng listened to his mother's words and turned around to rush out of the house to complete the task.

  The result was blocked by Qiu Yansen, and Zhang Cuilan also reacted and stretched out her hand to pull Qiu Feng, who wanted to drill out, shouting: "Second sister, what do you want to do? Family shame cannot be spread outside, we consider your face, and try to suppress the matter. We can handle it ourselves, but you still want to publicize this matter, how can we go out and see people in the future?"

  They were also aware of their own child's mischievous ways, but just now they wanted to shirk responsibility, so they let Old Lady Qiu make a fuss. Seeing the old lady and Second Brother's wife making a scene, she thought that her family might still be able to get some benefits out of this. Seeing how much Second Sister-in-law valued that gold ring, it meant that the thing the child had stolen was very valuable, a good thing. If they let Old Lady Qiu continue to make a fuss, this matter would probably just blow over, and the gold ring would be hers. Who knew that Second Sister-in-law actually wanted to report it to the police? That would definitely expose who stole the thing, wouldn't her family's child get a bad reputation?

  "Look, we're all colleagues here and it doesn't matter to us anymore. What else do you have to worry about? If you feel embarrassed, then you can go back to your hometown. Our family is small." Qiu's father also realized that in order for his own family to live a peaceful life, his third brother's family could no longer stay here. No matter what the outcome was today, they had to move away.

  Qiu's grandma also shouted, "Are you going to drive me away? I'm the one who raised such a good son! You want to drive your own mother away? Fine, fine, I'll go to your leader now and reason with them. Let's see if they still want to use someone like that!"

  Qiu's father was at his wit's end with his unreasonable and stubborn wife, so he said: "Let's not talk about whether we're driving people away or not for now. Let's first figure out who the thief is. Third brother, move aside and let Xiaofeng go report to the police."

  Qiu Yansen was unable to persuade Qiu Feng to go report the incident, so afterwards the Qiu household was in a state of chaos, with those who wanted to leave not being allowed to do so.

  Qiu Ye thought this wouldn't work, Old Lady Qiu was being unreasonable in the middle, couldn't reason with her, and in the end, Dad and Mom would definitely be at a disadvantage.

  She shouted loudly beside him: "Ah, everyone look, what's in Jia Bao's pocket?"

  This shout stopped everyone in their tracks, and they all turned to look at Qiujiabao in the corner.

  "Jiabao, what's in your pocket? Take it out and show us." Qiu Ye instinctively thought that the hand he had been keeping in his pocket must be holding onto something stolen.

  "What are you doing, what are you doing, why are you showing my son's things to him?" Zhang Cuilan thought something was wrong and quickly turned around, wanting to go back to her son's side to protect him, but she was blocked by Qiu Ma.

  "If it's not stolen, why are you afraid of people seeing it? Quickly take it out." Qiu Feng didn't care about that matter, and with a swift step, he rushed over, pulled out the hand that Qiu Jia Bao had hidden in his pocket, saw that his small fist was clenched, and with a bit of force, pinched his wrist. Qiu Jia Bao's hand loosened, and his fist opened, revealing a gold ring inside.

  "Ah, this is the gold ring I lost." Qiu's mother took a look at it and knew it was the gold ring her daughter had given her, with a maple leaf design that Qiu Ye had specially made to represent her and her brother.

  "Sister, don't talk nonsense. Just because you see a gold ring doesn't mean it's yours. This gold ring is clearly mine, Mom gave it to me, right, Mom?" Zhang Cuilan argued, dragging in Old Lady Qiu.

  Qiu's grandma was taken aback and immediately replied, "Yes, it was I who gave it to Xiaolan. How did it become yours? My grandson didn't steal anything." The last sentence was obviously said with a lack of confidence.

  Qiu's mother looked coldly at the people in front of her who refused to admit their mistakes and framed her daughter as a thief, saying: "Whether it's mine or not, it's not up to you to decide. My gold ring has a mark on it, whoever wants to deny it can't. Take a look inside the ring, is there my name?"

  Qiu Feng stretched out his hand and took the ring, looked inside and said: "There is mom's name here, this ring belongs to you." Then he suspiciously looked at Qiu Nainai and asked: "Didn't grandma say that this ring was not given to San Shu by her? Could it be that grandma stole it?"

  Qiu's grandma was so embarrassed by Qiu Feng's words that she didn't know whether to say yes or no.

  "Ah, ah, forget it, we're all family, what's the point of being so clear? Now that your ring has been found, Second Aunt, isn't everything fine?" Qiu Yansen said with a tone of "case closed".

  "Right, right. As long as we've found it, that's all that matters. Let's just live a peaceful life from now on and not stir up trouble for no reason."

  This old lady never says a good word, and even these flattering words can be distorted by her, it seems that Mrs. Qiu will not live a peaceful life, this time is also making trouble out of nothing.

  Qiu's mother glared, "So according to you, it doesn't matter who stole. Then why did you slap my daughter? My daughter was wrongly accused for no reason, and that slap was for nothing?"

  This old lady beat up the kid. Not a word of apology was said, just wanting to settle it like this, no way.

  "What else do you want? Do you want me to give this little girl a slap in the face and then kneel down and kowtow twice? If that's not enough, should I do it again?" Old Lady Qiu started talking nonsense with an air of self-righteousness.

  Qiu's mother didn't respond, and there was nothing to say to this unreasonable old woman. She directly spoke to Qiu's father: "Old Qiu, you handle it. I have no opinion on supporting the elderly, but I don't have the ability to support others. You saw what happened today. It's not that I don't want to live a good life, it's just that there's no way to do so. This old woman is not like an ordinary person. Her favoritism has reached the extreme. Today, either your brother and his family move out, and we take care of the elderly without anyone stirring up trouble on the side, or you take your brother and his family with you and leave. You go support your mother and brother, I am a biological mother. I will raise my own children." Qiu's mother spoke very calmly, as if she had let go of her emotions.

  "Yanlin, your mom said this woman is vicious. She actually wants to drive your brother away. Is this how a sister-in-law should behave? Didn't they say they were getting divorced? If they're going to divorce, then let's just do it and I'll find you a better match." Old Lady Qiu was shouting from the side, she couldn't wait to get rid of this woman so she could find a more obedient daughter-in-law for her second son.

  Qiu's father heard his mother say more and more without any semblance of reason, and loudly shouted: "Mom, are you still my mom? You're actually hoping I get divorced, hoping for me to be separated from my wife and children?"

  "Son, it wasn't Mom who wanted you two to get a divorce, it was this woman who said so." Old Lady Qiu's words left Mr. Qiu somewhat stunned.

  Qiu Yansen also said beside him: "Second brother, how can you talk to mom like that? Hurry up and apologize to mom."

  "Shut your mouth and give it to me. You know what happened today, don't you? I was going to talk to you about this at dinner tonight anyway, but now is even more suitable."

  These days I've done my best to help you apply for a flat in the teachers' university, considering you're my brother. I paid one month's rent for you, but from now on, you'll have to rely on yourself for the rent. I won't be able to take care of you forever.

  Also, I've found a job for you in our company's family team. You can go and report tomorrow, the specific work will depend on their arrangement.

  "My abilities are limited, and I can only do so much for you. Now, hurry up and pack your things. In a moment, I'll take you to the new house." Old Qiu had made up his mind. These days, because of their arrival, his own children were living in someone else's home, and his wife would rather suffer outside than return home to face trouble. He didn't want to come back and see this house full of relatives who didn't know any better and would only cause trouble. He had been patient for a very long time already.

  "My goodness, look at Second Brother, he really wants to drive us away." Zhang Cuilan's eyes were many, seeing the appearance of Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law, it didn't seem like they were joking. She quickly took the route of Old Lady, anyway, here the Old Lady was the biggest, as long as the Old Lady didn't let them leave, Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law couldn't do anything to them.

  "No way, they can't leave, I won't be apart from my grandson, Jia Bao is still so young, I have to take care of him."

  Qiu's father closed his eyes and said to himself, "I knew it all along, what else can I expect from this mother?"

  "Alright, if you can't leave Jia Bao behind, you can move over there together to take care of him. I'll still provide for your living expenses like before." Qiu's father insisted on settling the matter today, or else things would continue to be messy and their own family would be torn apart.

  ps：

  I know everyone is tired of those relatives, I will let them retire as soon as possible.