Money was now found on Lin Xing. Looking at her demeanor, it was clear she had premeditated framing Lin Feng and sending him to jail.
"It wasn't me, I didn't!" Lin Xing shook her head, denying it outright. "This is my own money!"
"Where did you get money from? Your dowry was taken by Lin Dawei to pay off gambling debts!" the village chief roared. "Lin Xing, stop quibbling. Tell me! Who gave you the money to frame Lin Feng?"
"I didn't, don't slander me! I told you, it's my money!" Lin Xing raised her voice, trying to mask her guilt.
"Then tell us, where did you get the money!" the village chief pressed.
Faced with the aggressive village chief, Lin Xing couldn't speak. Just then, someone suddenly burst in. "It's mine, mine! You ungrateful girl, stealing my money, aren't you! I knew something was missing!"
Lin Xing saw Lin Dawei rush to the village chief, attempting to snatch the money. Fortunately, the village chief immediately retracted his hand, and Lin Dawei failed to grab it.
Lin Xing panicked. If her father took the money, she would truly have nothing left. "Give me my money back!"
"What's yours? That's my money! You ungrateful girl, you deserve a beating for stealing my money!" Lin Dawei raised his hand to slap Lin Xing. The village chief glared, and Lin Dawei immediately put his hand down with a fawning smile.
"Oh! Village chief, give me my money! This is my money, it was stolen by the girl!" Lin Dawei reached out to the village chief, shamelessly demanding.
"You can't give it to him, that's my money!" Lin Xing cried out desperately.
"Then tell us, who gave you the money? Where did it come from?" Fu Wenwen asked Lin Xing. She hoped Lin Xing would reveal the person.
However, Lin Dawei wouldn't let Lin Xing speak. If she said it wasn't his money, then he wouldn't get it. "Daughter-in-law, what are you talking about? That's my money! Don't listen to this girl's nonsense, it's my money!"
"It's... Dad's money." Lin Xing, receiving a look from Lin Dawei, dejectedly said.
Fu Wenwen and Lin Feng exchanged glances, frowning.
The village chief knew that with Lin Dawei muddling the waters, this matter couldn't be investigated. He directly confiscated the money. "Since the source of the money cannot be clarified, it will be confiscated according to the rules!"
"Hey! Hey! Village chief, that's my money! You can't snatch my money! That's my money..." Lin Dawei was indignant. He had hoped for a turnaround when Lin Xing changed her story, but the village chief had taken the money.
"What evidence do you have to prove it's your money?" the village chief asked coldly.
"This girl has already said it's my money with her own mouth! How can it not be my money? Village chief, don't deliberately stir up trouble! I, Lin Dawei, am not someone to be trifled with!" Lin Dawei was anxious and threatened the village chief.
"What? You, Lin Dawei, are so capable? Dare to yell at the village chief?" A villager next to the chief couldn't stand it. He stepped forward, grabbed Lin Dawei's clothes, and yanked him up.
"I... He took my money, how is that wrong?" Lin Dawei instantly faltered, unwillingly saying.
"I am the village chief, the rules are like this! If you want to get the money back, provide evidence to prove it's your money!" The village chief snorted and turned to leave.
"Village chief, give me back my money! My money!!!" Lin Dawei shouted twice, but the village chief didn't stop and left with his people.
Fu Wenwen watched Lin Xing, who had collapsed on the ground, with indifference. "The play is over, you can go now."
"If it weren't for the fact that you're only fourteen, I could have sent you to the police station for slandering Lin Feng and accusing him of bullying you! For defamation!" Fu Wenwen glanced at Lin Xing coldly. "So foolish!"
Lin Xing silently stood up and walked out.
She looked back at Lin Feng. His eyes were filled with frost. A chill ran down Lin Xing's spine. This time... she truly had nothing left.
After Lin Xing had taken a few steps, Lin Dawei slapped her from behind. "You ungrateful brat, you have money and you don't even honor your father?"
Lin Dawei dragged Lin Xing home, while Fu Wenwen and Lin Feng watched them leave indifferently.
"Who do you think it was?" Fu Wenwen asked Lin Feng.
Lin Feng looked at Fu Wenwen, and they both said in unison.
"Liu Zhiqing!"
"Liu Zihua!"
Fu Wenwen narrowed her eyes. "You think it was him too."
"Not many people in the village could come up with a hundred yuan to frame me," Lin Feng guessed, thinking.
"Mainly, the day before you returned, he was ambushed, beaten into a pig's head, and completely lost face..." Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng and smiled sheepishly. It was truly a sin to let you take the blame for me.
"He wanted revenge, so he gave Lin Xing a hundred yuan and told her to accuse me of bullying her!" Lin Feng thought, this was the most likely answer.
"And Lin Dawei's appearance just now... do you think he might have been involved too?" Fu Wenwen asked.
"You think he orchestrated Lin Dawei's sudden appearance?" Lin Feng looked at Fu Wenwen, surprised by her acuity.
"Isn't it very possible? And Lin Dawei didn't even look at you, he was only there for the hundred yuan! Most importantly, how did he show up so coincidentally? We were just interrogating Lin Xing about who gave her the money, and just as she was about to say, Lin Dawei arrived!" Fu Wenwen said slowly. kuAiδugg
"It all looks like he wanted to make Lin Xing 'shut up'?" Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng. "What do you think?"
"The same as you!" Lin Feng nodded, he thought so too. Lin Dawei's appearance was the biggest suspicious point.
"It's too coincidental. I think things that are too coincidental are not coincidental at all," Fu Wenwen agreed.
"You have to go to work!" Lin Feng reminded her.
Fu Wenwen paused. "Ah! I forgot! I'll go record my work points first! We'll talk about it later!"
Fu Wenwen immediately ran out.
Lin An walked up to Lin Feng and beckoned him. "Daddy, squat down."
"What is it? Lin An?" Lin Feng squatted down at Lin An's words. Lin An whispered in Lin Feng's ear, "There was an uncle behind the wall by the courtyard who told Grandpa to tell Lin Xing to... shut... shut up?"
Lin An tried hard to repeat, tilting his head.
Lin Feng was startled. He immediately climbed over the wall in the direction Lin An pointed. Seeing the deliberately smudged footprints on the ground, Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.
"This Liu Zhiqing..." Looking at the disturbed footprints on the ground, Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly.
On Fu Wenwen's way back from work, many people in the village already knew about Lin Xing's actions, and they were talking about Lin Xing in twos and threes. Zhang Cuihua ran over and looked at Fu Wenwen.
"Sister, about Lin Xing..."
"It's true." Fu Wenwen said. "She wanted to frame Lin Feng for bullying her and send him to jail." Since it was going to be blown up, let the whole village know.