She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Old Chen was just about to raise his stick to hit someone when he heard this and was stunned. "What money? You don't even have a job, what money could you possibly have?"

Chen Xiangbei shouted, "You're heartless enough not to give me living expenses, and you want to watch me starve to death? My two older brothers, my sister, and my brother-in-law can't bear to see me starve to death. They all gave me money, they all gave me money!"

Chen Xiangnan admitted without any shame, "Yes, Tang Jiao and I both gave him money."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xianghong.

Although she was confused, under such gazes, Chen Xianghong felt she still needed to lie. Her room was gone, clearly indicating that her father didn't want to acknowledge her as his daughter anymore. She could understand her father's preference for sons, but if he could be so heartless to his son Chen Xiangbei, she shouldn't let him have it too easy.

Chen Xianghong thought back to the possible situation she had imagined at her wedding when she was at her mother's house, and this situation was very likely caused by the woman crying in front of her. She was even more upset. "Yes, Brother Yu and I both gave him money, didn't we, Brother Yu?"

Yu Hongzhen coughed tactically, then nodded.

We're family, so there's no question of breaking the law.

It's okay to lie occasionally, just a white lie.

Chen Xianghong continued, "I still have the betrothal gift Brother Yu gave me under my bed, three hundred yuan. I couldn't find it just now. If you can't explain it clearly, I'll call the police."

Yang Su was even more bewildered. How could they accuse someone so easily? She hadn't found any money when she was moving things, so there couldn't possibly be any money. Were these two brats trying to scam her?

Chen Xiangnan silently gave Chen Xianghong a thumbs up, and he even wondered if Chen Xianghong had really lost the bride price money.

Chen Xiangbei was already convinced that he had lied earlier, but he felt that his sister, being such an honest person, would never say such things, so he became even angrier. Although he had bullied his sister before, they were family, and it didn't matter if they argued and fought, but outsiders were stealing from his sister, which was absolutely intolerable.

"Fine, my dad picked out a thief for our family after all that searching. Didn't you even bother to find out who I am? You still want your son to have a job and a future? With a mother who's a thief, what future can he possibly have?"

"I'm telling you, you'd better give the money back right now, or I'm reporting you to the police immediately. I really don't know what kind of taste you have, Dad, picking someone like this. I'm ashamed to even take him out. You don't think you're making a big splash by marrying him, do you? You want to throw a big party? After you do, everyone around here will laugh at you."

After Old Chen threatened to hit him again, Chen Xiangbei immediately hid behind Yu Hongzhen. "Brother-in-law, you can't just watch me get beaten, right?"

Yu Hongzhen said righteously, "Dad, I think Xiang Bei is right. No matter what, you can't steal money. Xiang Bei doesn't have a job, and he's reluctant to spend the money we give him, hiding it at home. You stole it all at once. This is really wrong. How could you target the money of a junior? Dad, you're not without a job either."

Chen Xiangbei poked his head out from over Yu Hongzhen's shoulder and loudly affirmed, "That's right. Dad, you really are something I don't even want to talk about."

Chen Xianghong interjected, "Second brother, why don't you go check if anything is missing? This is really worrying; there's been a thief in the house."

Chen Xiangnan nodded. "I do need to investigate this thoroughly."

"Brother Chen, I... I didn't see any money at all. You were here last night too. I started sorting things after dinner, and you agreed to it. I didn't find any money at all." Yang Su sobbed, "Why don't you come and search now? I don't have that much money at all."

With his back to them, Chen Xiangnan's lips curled up when he heard this. "Third brother, I remember you told me before that you hid more than a hundred yuan, right? One hundred and forty or fifty?"

Chen Xiangbei was confused. Although he didn't know why such a number would appear, his second brother said that there must be some explanation. He immediately said, "Yes, that's the amount of money."

"Then hurry up and search their rooms, don't miss a single one," Chen Xiangnan said in a deep voice.

Chen Xiangbei was completely bewildered, but he still obediently started flipping through the pages. Old Chen tried to stop him, but after being yelled at by Chen Xiangbei to report the incident to the police, Old Chen angrily sat down on the stool and declared, "Your Aunt Su could never be that kind of person."

Chen Xiangbei searched very carefully, and finally found 460 yuan in his original room, which is now Wang Ming and Wang Xian's room. His hands were trembling when he opened the small cloth bag. "Second brother, we found my and sister's money. They... cough... he really stole money."

Wang Ming immediately shouted, "This is not your money, this is my money, the money I used to buy a job, it is not yours at all."

Old Chen asked in confusion, "Susu, didn't you say your second son didn't have the money to buy a job?"

Yang Su was visibly panicked. The money was indeed for her second son to buy him a job, but it was only part of it. She planned to "borrow" some more from Old Chen, but in order to swindle more money, she had previously said that she and her sons had no money at all.

“Brother Chen, this…this…this was given to my second son by his in-laws. It was given to him later, and I only found out yesterday. I was just about to tell you.” Yang Su’s voice softened considerably. “This money really doesn’t belong to Xiang Bei and Xiang Hong.”

Chen Xiangnan: "What evidence do you have? The money that Xianghong and Xiangbei lost was exactly 450 yuan, and you just happened to find 460 yuan here. You never told us that you had this money before. As soon as I mentioned this money and found this money, you said that this money was yours. Who would believe that?"

"Dad, you know, when Battalion Commander Yu gave my younger sister three hundred yuan, she couldn't possibly keep it in her dormitory at work, where several people live together, so she would only keep it at home."

Chen Xiangnan didn't care where the money was. Anyway, no matter how brainless Chen Xianghong was, she wouldn't leave the money at home after her father remarried. So she must have found a reliable place. He could say whatever he wanted.

Chen Xiangbei: "Yes, that's right, it's definitely you guys who have the problem."

Yu Hongzhen was starting to doubt whether he had actually given Chen Xianghong 300 yuan as a bride price. But after he gave Chen Xianghong the bride price, she thought it was inconvenient to keep it outside, so she put it in his dormitory. If he hadn't lost his memory, the money should be in his dormitory cabinet now, and it should be locked.

He and Chen Xianghong exchanged a glance. For some reason, he felt a little... happy that he was doing something so bad for the first time.