Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder's Comeback in the Era Tales

Chapter 209: Chapter 209: The Hapless Eldest Sister 24

Today is the weekend, and the steel factory workers aren’t working. When they saw the director coming to the Zhong Family, some curious ones followed along.

Some older women, after hearing the whole story, exclaimed, ”Tsk tsk tsk, so Yuan Chun really isn’t Ma Xiaolan and Zhong Damin’s biological daughter. I knew it! How could a real mother disregard her daughter’s well-being, squeezing her dry? Turns out, she wasn’t a real daughter.”

”Even if she’s not a biological daughter, she’s still a niece, related by blood. Bullying an orphan girl with no parents like that, Ma Xiaolan is going too far.”

”I heard the man from Beijing say that Ma Xiaolan was raised by her elder sister. Oh dear, this woman, when ruthless, is truly cold and heartless. Not only did she forget her sister’s kindness but also abused her sister’s daughter. Isn’t she afraid her elder sister will jump out of the grave to settle the score?”

Hearing these words, Ma Xiaolan was so frightened she shuddered all over, quickly explaining, ”No, my sister would understand me. I have to care for four children on my own, and sometimes I can be neglectful. I didn’t mean to exploit Yuan Chun, please don’t spread rumors.”

She suddenly knelt down, shaking her head desperately, acting as if she had gone mad, crying and pleading.

Zhong Damin quickly helped her up, trying to take her inside the house. Zhong Li Jing said, ”Ma Xiaolan, I’ll give you ten minutes to hand over my second brother’s inheritance. If not, I’ll make sure you eat free prison meals.”

Previously, Ma Xiaolan said the money was stolen, but Zhong Li Jing didn’t believe her. He was worried Ma Xiaolan intended to embezzle his second brother’s inheritance and said it on purpose.

He also asked Director Zheng, ”Ma Xiaolan said money was stolen from her home. Director Zheng, can you help me find out if the Zhong Family ever reported the theft to the police?”

Coincidentally, an older woman next door overheard this and said, ”No, I live right next to the Zhong Family. I moved here before them and never heard about any money theft. Zhong Damin and Ma Xiaolan never reported it to the police. If police came to their house, I would know.”

Upon hearing this answer, Zhong Li Jing became even more suspicious that Ma Xiaolan wanted to embezzle his second brother’s inheritance, and his hatred towards Ma Xiaolan and Zhong Damin deepened.

Ma Xiaolan cried her heart out, ”Zhong Li Jing, the money from my home was really taken away by my elder sister and brother-in-law. If you don’t believe it, go see the wall in my room. My sister not only took all our money but also drew a big blood skull on the wall.”

”Damin and I were afraid of losing face, being ridiculed, and even more fearful of angering my elder sister and brother-in-law, leading them to retaliate against us. We didn’t dare mention the money loss outside.”

Zhong Damin nodded in agreement, ”Director Zheng, you and Mr. Zhongli should go inside and see. The blood skull had been covered with lime powder. You need to scrape off a layer of lime powder to see it.”

Someone then asked, ”Zhong Damin, when you bought lime powder from me a few days ago, was it to cover up that blood skull?”

Zhong Damin replied awkwardly, ”Yes, the evening before, Xiao Lan and I went to that intersection on Taihua Road to burn paper money.”

”That’s true. When I came back from my mom’s place and passed Taihua Road, I happened to see the two of them burning paper money.”

”So, does this mean the blood skull is real too?”

”What blood skull? Just hearing about it gives me the creeps.”

”Go inside and see for yourself, then you’ll know.”

”Well... let’s go inside and take a look,”

”Okay, let’s go and see.”

...

A group of colleagues who worked with Zhong Damin all clamored to enter the house.

Zhong Damin let go of Ma Xiaolan, took a kitchen knife, and handed it to one of the colleagues, ”Let’s go, I’ll take you to see it. But you’ll have to scrape off the lime powder from the wall yourselves.”