Chapter 319

Upon hearing this, Xiao Changgan immediately cursed, "Ma Lan, stop your damn lying!"

Ma Lan also got anxious and blurted out, "Oh, you don't believe me? Fine, I'll tell you, if you can find Qian Hongyan, count it as my loss!"

Xiao Changgan blurted out, "What do you mean?"

Ma Lan cursed, "Figure out what I mean yourself. I'm annoyed right now, I can't be bothered to talk to you!"

After saying this, Ma Lan immediately hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Xiao Changgan was so angry he almost threw his phone.

It was Xiao Hailong who stopped him in time and blurted out, "Dad, don't be impulsive. The top priority now is to find Mom first!"

Xiao Hailong didn't know that his mother had already been sent to the mountain gullies of Jinxi, and with the meager abilities of the Xiao family, it would be impossible to find her in this lifetime.

At this moment, Xiao Weiwei, who was on the side, also advised, "That's right, Dad! Why are you getting so angry! What did that stinky woman Ma Lan say?"

Xiao Changgan said angrily, "Ma Lan said your mother kept a young gigolo and ran off with him!"

"Ah?!" Xiao Hailong, Xiao Weiwei, and Old Mrs. Xiao were all shocked!

"Keeping a young gigolo?!" Old Mrs. Xiao shouted angrily, "Is this true?"

"I don't know either, Mom!" Xiao Changgan was anxious and angry, and blurted out, "That's what Ma Lan said on the phone. She also said Hongyan was just lying to me about setting a trap to swindle her money, but in reality, Hongyan was setting a trap for me to let my guard down, so she could gain time and opportunity to elope!"

Xiao Hailong blurted out, "That dog Ma Lan is lying through her teeth! How could my mother keep some gigolo! It's even more impossible for her to elope with one!"

Xiao Changgan's expression was a bit strange, and he said coldly, "Who can say for sure? Now that I think about it carefully, your mother's actions were indeed a bit suspicious!"

"How so?" Xiao Hailong and Xiao Weiwei hurriedly asked, "How was Mom suspicious?"

Xiao Changgan said with a gloomy face, "Your grandmother kept wanting me to give eight million to the family, but your mother didn't want to give it, so she suggested transferring the money to her first. Then I told your grandmother that the money was being redeemed by a wealth management manager, which is why I transferred all fifteen million of the family's money to her!"

Old Mrs. Xiao's eyes widened in anger, and she slapped Xiao Changgan directly in the face, cursing angrily, "Didn't you tell me you only had ten million?!"

Xiao Changgan had been in a moment of desperation, so he had blurted out the truth. Now, having been slapped, he felt aggrieved and angry, and blurted out, "Mom! Wasn't that your own estimate that I had ten million? I didn't say that!"

Old Mrs. Xiao cursed angrily, "Then why didn't you tell me the truth?! I'm your mother! Why didn't you give me the bottom line and tell me how much money you actually have?!"

Xiao Changgan was speechless.

In the end, it was indeed he who had concealed his own financial amount, and there was no arguing that.

Old Mrs. Xiao was furious and said coldly, "I always thought you were different from your brother, thought you were more capable than your brother, thought you had more means than your brother, and had better vision than your brother! But I didn't expect that you would even dare to lie to me!"

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Xiao gritted her teeth and said, "Now you know what it means to be too clever for your own good, right? You didn't give your own mother the bottom line, but instead gave all the money to that wife of yours. Now it's great, she's run off with the money, and we're all going to be finished!"

Xiao Weiwei bit her lip and said, "Grandma, my mother isn't that kind of person!"

Old Mrs. Xiao sneered, "Not that kind of person? Then where is your mother? Where did she go? Why did she disappear at this time?"

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Xiao asked aggressively, "Also, your mother kept saying she was setting a trap to swindle Ma Lan, so why did the people who set the trap with her also disappear? Only Ma Lan is still fine? This proves that there is something very fishy about this matter!"

Xiao Hailong blurted out, "Could it be Ma Lan's doing? Could it be that she turned the tables and dealt with my mother and the others who set the trap for her?"

Old Mrs. Xiao said with disgust, "Ma Lan? A shrew like her, where would she have such ability? Only a fool like your second uncle would be schemed against by a shrew like her! I won't comment on your mother's character, but her intelligence is ten times that of Ma Lan. If she really wanted to play Ma Lan, Ma Lan would only be the one being played!"

Xiao Changgan's expression was uncertain; he now also highly suspected that his wife had run off with the money!

Except for this explanation, nothing else made sense!

Four people, they couldn't just evaporate into thin air, right?

Even if they evaporated into thin air, there should be some shadows and clues left behind, right?

Combined with the fact that Qian Hongyan had fifteen million in cash, he felt even more that Qian Hongyan might have betrayed him.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "No, I have to go find Ma Lan and ask her clearly in person!"

Old Mrs. Xiao angrily hit Xiao Changgan on the back with her cane and cursed, "Go ask her clearly for me, and then find that stinky woman Qian Hongyan and bring her back! Even if you can't find her, you must find that fifteen million for me. If the money can't be found, don't come back either! Just pretend I never gave birth to a son like you!"

Xiao Changgan had no choice but to nod and say, "Alright, alright, alright, I'll go right now!"

Old Mrs. Xiao suddenly said, "Don't be in such a hurry! I'm going with you!"

Xiao Changkun said in a breakdown, "Mom, what are you going for! Stop adding to the chaos!"

"I'm adding to the chaos?!" Old Mrs. Xiao cursed angrily, "You've squandered all the money, and now you say I'm adding to the chaos? I'm telling you, I'm going this time! If you don't resolve this matter for me, I'll live at Changkun's house from now on and cut off our mother-son relationship!"

Xiao Changgan had grievances he couldn't voice, so he could only nod and say, "Fine, fine, fine, then let's go together!"

Both of them were extremely anxious, went out, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for Ma Lan's house.

Ye Chen and his father-in-law were sitting on the sofa watching TV, while his mother-in-law Ma Lan was alone in her room, her head wrapped in the quilt, crying and wailing, still feeling heartbroken over her two million-plus in cash and that broken jade bracelet.

At this moment, a loud banging on the door suddenly came.

Ye Chen stood up and opened the door, finding Old Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Changgan standing at the entrance, and asked with a frown, "What are you here for?"

Seeing Ye Chen made Old Mrs. Xiao feel miserable with anger, and she cursed furiously, "You loser, get out of my way, let Ma Lan come out!"

Ye Chen frowned and said coldly, "Old woman, our family has already cut off ties with you, you are not welcome here!"

"What did you say?!" Old Mrs. Xiao cursed angrily, "Who gave you the nerve? How dare you be disrespectful to me?!"

Ye Chen said coldly, "Do you still think you're the head of the Xiao family from before? Everywhere you go, you have that arrogant, self-important air? Let me tell you, you are not welcome here, get out!"

After saying this, Ye Chen was about to close the door.

Xiao Changkun heard the commotion at this time and ran over.

Seeing the two people at the door, he couldn't help but frown and ask, "What are you here for?"

Old Mrs. Xiao let out a cold snort and asked with full authority, "Changkun! Do you still have me, your mother, in your eyes?"

Xiao Changkun was startled and said, "You were the one who wanted to cut off ties with me, you should ask yourself if you still have me, your son, in your eyes."

Old Mrs. Xiao's expression was very ugly, and she blurted out, "Blood is thicker than water! No matter what, I am your mother!"

Xiao Changkun had suffered enough grievances from the old woman for so many years, and said angrily, "When you were annoyed with me, you wanted to cut off ties with me; when you have something you need from me, I'm your son at any time? Sorry, I don't want a mother like that either!"

After saying this, Xiao Changkun turned around and went back into the house.

Ye Chen looked at Old Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Changgan, smiled slightly, and said, "You heard what my father-in-law said, please go back!"