Chapter 545

Jia Zhangshi had fainted once just a moment ago, so he had experience. He barely managed to carry Jia Zhangshi to the bed and sprinkled cold water on her face.

Jia Zhangshi woke up.

Her eyes stared at the ceiling, and she didn't say a single word.

"Mom, are you alright?"

Jia Dongxu was a bit panicked.

If Jia Zhangshi were making a huge scene and scolding him, he wouldn't be panicked at all; that was Jia Zhangshi's normal behavior.

But with Jia Zhangshi not speaking and not scolding anyone, he felt uneasy.

"I'm fine."

"I'm thinking, how can I get the money back?"

Jia Zhangshi shook her head.

At Yi Zhonghai's house.

The police had left.

Liu Haizhong and Jia Zhangshi had also left.

Only the Deaf Old Lady and Yi Zhonghai's couple remained.

"Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi's reaction isn't right. Did you notice?"

The Deaf Old Lady recalled a suspicious point.

"Are you saying she went to Wan Ping'an's house to steal things?"

Yi Zhonghai's brows were tightly locked.

"Jia Zhangshi probably didn't go to steal things. Only she herself knows what she wanted to do."

"I suspect she might have some clues."

"You go find her and see if you can ask it out of her. She lost the most money, over a thousand yuan; she must be more anxious than the three of us to get it back."

The Deaf Old Lady shook her head.

She held the same view as Jia Dongxu: Jia Zhangshi wasn't stupid. With so many people gathered in the backyard, how could she be stupid enough to go steal things?

At Liu Haizhong's house.

Liu Haizhong discovered, quite unexpectedly, that only his large bed had been chewed up by rats.

Liu Guangqi's bed, and Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu's bed, had not been visited by the rats!

Slap!

Liu Haizhong gave Liu Guangtian a slap.

Backhanded.

He gave Liu Guangfu another slap.

"You two little brats, when I'm talking, who let you get sleepy?"

Liu Haizhong was simply venting his anger.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were not even ten years old yet, but they had become Liu Haizhong's punching bags. Whenever Liu Haizhong had fire, he would take it out on the two of them.

Liu Guangqi shivered.

Although Liu Haizhong never hit him, watching Liu Haizhong hit his two younger brothers still left him terrified.

What if one day, Liu Haizhong hit him too?

He made up his mind that while at home, he would act like a well-behaved child and not provoke Liu Haizhong's anger. Once he had the ability in the future, he would immediately leave the Liu family.

And never come back.

Then he would never have to live in fear again.

The sky had just brightened.

The Sihe Academy became lively.

People who had gotten up were talking about the events of last night again.

Yi Zhonghai finished washing up in a hurry, didn't even eat breakfast, and headed straight for the Jia family.

Last night.

He and the Deaf Old Lady had analyzed that Jia Zhangshi likely knew some clues.

He had wanted to come and ask last night.

He had endured until morning.

"First Elder, why have you come?"

Jia Dongxu was a bit surprised.

The sky had just brightened, and there was still some time before work. Why was Yi Zhonghai here at this time?

"I'm looking for your mom. I have something to ask her."

Yi Zhonghai stated his purpose.

Jia Dongxu went to knock on the door.

Before he could knock, Jia Zhangshi came out, wearing a pair of large, dark circles under her eyes.

Jia Zhangshi hadn't slept all night.

"What do you want with me?"

Jia Zhangshi was in a bad mood, and her tone was sharp.

"Dongxu, you go to the doorway and keep watch. What I say to your mom cannot be heard by outsiders. Otherwise, your Jia family might have trouble."

Yi Zhonghai frowned.

Jia Dongxu was stunned for a moment, then obediently walked to the doorway.

He looked outside the door.

Pricking up his ears, he wanted to know what Yi Zhonghai was going to discuss.

"Jia Zhangshi, regarding the rat disaster, do you know something?"

"Tell me, and I won't tell anyone else."

Yi Zhonghai glared at Jia Zhangshi.

"I don't know anything. You've found the wrong person."

Jia Zhangshi was greatly shocked.

How did Yi Zhonghai know?

Seeing Jia Zhangshi's reaction, Yi Zhonghai concluded on the spot that Jia Zhangshi definitely had something she was hiding from him!

"Jia Zhangshi, think about the money you lost."

"From the time you got married until now, that was your coffin money, your retirement money, and not a single cent was left for you."

"Don't you want to get it back?"

"Tell me everything you know, and perhaps I can help you get the money back."

Yi Zhonghai leaned toward Jia Zhangshi.

"I..."

Jia Zhangshi was tempted.

She had lost over a thousand yuan, which had been saved up over nearly twenty years from when she and Old Jia got married until now; it was the lifeblood of half her life.

"I don't know anything!"

Just as she was tempted, she was doused with a bucket of cold water.

All four families had lost money. If Yi Zhonghai and the others knew that it was she who had caught the rats, which led to the four families suffering, would they call the police to arrest her?

She didn't want to go to jail.

And she didn't want to pay compensation even more.

She absolutely could not admit it!

"It seems you have concerns."

"I won't force you. You think it over carefully: is your concern more important, or is getting back the thousand-plus yuan you saved more important?"

"The sooner you think it through and tell me, the greater the possibility of getting the money back."

Yi Zhonghai was very helpless.

If Jia Zhangshi wouldn't say, he couldn't force Jia Zhangshi to speak.

"Mom, remember, you absolutely must not say anything."

"If you say it, the Deaf Old Lady and Liu Haizhong and the others will definitely blame our family and make us pay compensation. Our family has no money left."