Chapter 27: Li Jin Framed For Stealing Money
Seeing Xia Wan looking at the snack bar, Xia Chen thought she wanted some, so he asked, "Wanwan, do you want to buy some snacks?"
Xia Wan shook her head. "No, I thought I saw Xia Yu just now. Didn't he go to the hospital yesterday? he didn't come back the whole night. I thought it was serious. I didn't expect to be able to go to the grocery store to buy food so soon. It didn't seem that bad."
Xia Chen nodded. "He eats a lot, so he's recovering quickly. Wanwan, you've walked such a long way today. Take a nap when you get back. Don't tire yourself."
Knowing that Xia Chen was concerned about her, Xia Wan nodded and smiled sweetly.
When she got home, Xia Wan looked around vigilantly. After making sure that there was nobody from her first and second uncle's families around, she hid the pork, beef jerky, and some delicious dried fruits that she had bought in the county on the pillars of the roof.
The location was high and hidden, and after thinking for a bit, Xia Wan decided to hide the money there.
Being rather light, and with the cabinets in the house stacked high, she could reach the beam by stepping on the cabinet with the help of the bench. She also didn't want to arouse the suspicion of the other two families by climbing up the beam with a ladder.
This was the safest place where Xia Wan could hide her things.
After she was done with everything, she waited for Xia Hai and Yan Han's return.
However, it was then that a discordant voice could be heard.
Li Jin was shouting loudly. Before he even entered the house, his loud voice was audible.
"Xia Chen, Xia Wan, Xia Feng! You three scoundrels, get out here!
"You're really bold. You actually dared to steal my money?! Today, I'm going to beat up you three monkeys!
The door was closed, and Li Jin couldn't enter, so she began banging on it.
The three people in the room looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.
Xia Wan thought of Xia Yu, who she had met before, and came to a conclusion.
Xia Feng pursed his lips and said in a slightly aggrieved tone, "We didn't steal any money. Why didn't you ask us nicely? Why did you have to accuse us?"
Xia Chen sighed and comforted him. "Grandma is biased. You'll get used to it. In her eyes, the three of us are the worst children in the family."
Xia Wan looked at the two of them, her eyes full of encouragement. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I won't let grandma implicate us."
Xia Wan walked towards the door and was about to open it, but Li Jin was slamming the door so hard that she could feel the door shaking violently even from a distance.
Are you going to pin the blame on us without investigating, she thought to herself as her eyes turned cold.
She suddenly opened the door. Li Jin, who was about to kick the door, lifted his foot and fell to the ground.
Xia Wan pretended to be surprised and asked with concern, "Are you alright, grandma? I saw that you were knocking on the door in a hurry, so I wanted to open it quickly for you. Grandma, you just... Were you about to kick the door?"
Xia He and Xia Ye, who were behind Li Jin, quickly helped her up.
Xia Ye acted like an obedient girl and asked, "Grandma, are you okay?"
Then, she looked at Xia Wan and complained, "Wanwan, you're really wrong. Even if grandma knocked on the door in a hurry, she's still your grandma. How could you be so stubborn?"
Xia Wan interrupted her before she could finish.
"Sister, I don't understand what you mean," she said with a look of confusion. "I'd already said that I heard grandma baning on the door, so I quickly went to open it. Did you think that I anticipated that grandma was going to kick the door down, and I opened it quickly to make her fall? "
With tears in her eyes, she said with a wronged look, "Sis, how could you say that about me?! And grandma, why did you say that we stole? When did we do such a thing?"
Xia Wan lowered her head slightly to hide the hatred in her eyes.
In her previous life, it was Xia Ye who plotted to snatch her marriage away. So be it if she stole it away, but she still tried her best to oppress their family, thereby causing the death of her parents.
She had no choice but to settle the score with Xia Ye.
In this life, she wanted Xia Ye to live for a long time in pain. She didn't even have the right to die!
Putting away the hatred in her heart, Xia Wan still put on a pitiful look.