Chapter 529: The Melon-Eating Survival System (28)

Kang Dama spat at the three thieves with hatred.

Li Axiang, Luo Caifeng, and Niu Cuifen also followed suit, hurling plenty of insults.

In this day and age, what people hated most were thieves who dreamed of getting something for nothing; if they dared to enter their homes and steal their things, beating them to death wouldn't be too much!

"They're here! The Public Security officers are here!"

"Comrade Public Security officers, it's these three!" Lu Youcai pointed at the three "meat dumplings" in the snow, "They pried their way into the Xie Family in the middle of the night to steal things, and were caught red-handed by Xiao Xie!"

Lu Ziwen also said, "Comrade Public Security officers, please be sure to punish them severely! This behavior is too vile! It's fortunate that Xiao Xie was alert; if they had succeeded, there's no telling how many of our families would have suffered."

Wang Yumei chimed in with lingering fear, "It's a good thing Xiao Xie usually deals with machinery and has trained up her strength. If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to beat them, and I might have suffered a great loss."

Thinking of this, the several women were all terrified: "Punish them! You must punish them severely! They are too hateful!"

Miao Lan glanced at Xie Yang, worried that because she had beaten these three petty thieves until their faces were bruised and swollen, she might also be taken away by the Public Security officers. So, she stepped forward and said:

"Comrade Public Security officers, the worst part is that they deliberately chose today. Tomorrow... no! It's past midnight now, it's already New Year's Eve. Which family doesn't stock up on New Year's goods just to have a Reunion Dinner on this New Year's Eve? These three scoundrels targeted exactly that, it's truly hateful! If the New Year's goods my family spent time and effort preparing were stolen, let alone just beating them up, I would even have the heart to kill!"

Zheng Guangrong hurriedly echoed his wife, "That's right! People like this deserve to be shot!"

"No, we didn't deliberately choose today..." one of the bruised and swollen petty thieves attempted to explain.

The other two petty thieves also nodded in unison:

"We heard from someone the day before yesterday that this family had so many New Year's goods there was nowhere to step, so we came to try our luck. We didn't specifically pick the day."

"Yes, yes, yes! The person who told us is also from this courtyard, and she even said if the theft succeeded, we'd give her a ten percent cut."

"What!!!"

These god-forsaken thieves had an accomplice? And the accomplice was from their own courtyard?

The people present were shocked, then looked at one another, unable to believe it.

Xie Yang was thoughtful, then said to the tall, cold-faced officer who had arrived, "Comrade Public Security officer, I suspect they are deliberately fabricating this, intending to destroy the unity of our 8 Hao Dayuan..."

Before she could finish, one of the thieves shouted back defiantly, "Who's fabricating it! It's someone from your courtyard, she just married in this month, her maiden home is in the same alley as us. If you don't believe me, call her out, I'm not afraid to confront her face-to-face!"

"..."

Once these words were out, who couldn't guess who they were talking about?

After all, the only family that held a wedding this month was the Wang Family.

Everyone turned their gaze toward Niu Cuifen's family in unison.

Wang Guoli, Niu Cuifen, Wang Tao, and Wang Lin were all present, wrapped in thick cotton-padded jackets and trousers, but only the daughter-in-law had not come out.

Everyone had originally thought she didn't come out because she was pregnant, but now that they thought about it, could it be that she was guilty and didn't dare to show her face?

"Xuefang is not that kind of person!"

Niu Cuifen cared about her reputation; even if she believed it a little in her heart, she firmly refused to admit it:

"My daughter-in-law is pregnant, she hasn't stepped out of the courtyard gate at all these past few days."

The thief shouted, "It's her! It was Lou Xuefang who told us to come and steal. If she hadn't told us, how would we have known there was a wealthy household here?"

"Wealthy your mother's head, wealthy!"

Xie Yang stepped forward and slapped the other party twice, looking down at them with cold eyes as she said:

"My ancestors were either poor peasants or workers, and every member of my family is red-blooded and upright. How dare you try to pin a crime on my family with empty words? What is your motive?

Oh, you've got your eyes on my family's New Year's goods, right? But those were awarded to me by the organization because I studied mechanical knowledge early and late, racked my brains to improve lathe technology, and devoted myself to winning glory for the factory.

And there are my relatives in the south, and friends of my parents before they passed away, who saw that we were old and young, and specifically sent packages and New Year's goods so we could have a good New Year.

And what about you? You don't work hard, you don't make progress, you just drift through the days, and when you have no New Year's goods, you set your sights on us workers who work diligently and live industrious lives. Not only is your behavior vile, but your thinking is also extremely corrupt and degenerate! You really deserve to die!"

Two powerful slaps later, the thief was left dizzy and disoriented.

Let alone talking back, even their mouth was too swollen to open.

The head that was already bruised and swollen was now completely swollen into a big pig's head, and it hurt so much they couldn't even howl.

Gu Yu'an covered his mouth with his hand and coughed lightly, then signaled to the two subordinates who had followed him, "Take them back for interrogation."

"Yes! Bureau Chief Gu!"

Bureau Chief Gu?

The crowd was stunned.

Including Zheng Miaomiao, who had been kept at home by her parents and forbidden from coming out to blow in the cold wind, and could only watch the excitement from the window: "!!!"

Wow! Reporting to the Public Security, how did it end up with the Bureau Chief coming out? Exciting!

Xie Yang was also a bit surprised and subconsciously looked at him.

She hadn't looked carefully just now, but now that she saw his appearance clearly... I have to say, he was actually quite good-looking.

Gu Yu'an was clearly looking at her too, his sharp, eagle-like gaze flashing with a very faint smile when it met hers.

The Main System was making a ruckus in her sea of consciousness: 【Host, your type.】

"..."

"Awoo—"

A wail interrupted Xie Yang's train of thought.

It turned out that Lou Xuefang, who had been implicated by the three thieves, was also going to be taken to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement.

She deliberately stuck out her stomach and claimed she was a pregnant woman, not letting anyone touch her: "Don't touch me! Don't anyone touch me! If the child in my stomach is gone, I'll fight you to the death, I'm telling you."

"..."

Luo Caifeng couldn't help but retort, "Little Lou, you haven't even been married for a month, even if you are pregnant, it's not showing yet! What could happen if you cooperate with the Public Security to give a statement? You're the one causing trouble by not cooperating."

Niu Cuifen gritted her back teeth, feeling that the face she had maintained for her husband's family for decades was about to be lost by this little harlot!

She had morning sickness less than twenty days after marrying in, and the hospital check-up said she was forty days along. What does that mean? She was already with her own foolish son before the wedding.

But even if they were together, the wedding had already been held; at least keep a low profile and don't let others see that you did "that" before marriage.

Yet she was particularly high-profile; after being diagnosed as pregnant, she just threw up her hands, only eating and doing nothing, as if she had become an Empress Dowager from ancient times just by being pregnant.

To think that at a time like this, she would actually dare to use her pregnancy to stand up to the public security officers.

"Wang Tao, take a military overcoat and accompany your wife for a trip. The public security comrades said it's just a normal questioning procedure; you can come back as soon as it's recorded."

"Oh, oh, alright."

Wang Tao was actually dumbfounded.

Weren't they just watching the Xie Family catch a thief? How did watching the excitement end up involving his own household?

And it was his newlywed wife at that! Are you kidding me!

The others all returned to their respective rooms to turn off the lights and rest, but whether they could actually fall asleep was anyone's guess.