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Chapter 113: More Wronged Than Dou E?
Chapter 113: More Wronged Than Dou E?
Pan Daidi's face paled, "What do you mean by entering the house to steal? Don't make it sound so bad! I didn't do such a thing. These sanitary napkins are mine! Give them back to me!"
Pan Daidi reached out to grab them.
Jiang Xia quickly retracted her hand, dodging Pan Daidi's outstretched hand, her voice cold, "So, you're not admitting it? In that case, I'll have to ask the militia captain from the production team to come and uncover the truth! I'll also ask the captain to investigate if the fire in my kitchen was deliberately set, and if someone took advantage of the fire to rob the house!"
Of course, Jiang Xia was only bluffing, as neither Zhou Zhou nor Zhou Wenguang could explain how the fire started.
Pan Daidi's face turned ashen, "You're making false accusations! I didn't start the fire. It was your house that caught fire, and I came to see if I could help put it out! Your whole family can testify to that!"
She had only taken the opportunity to rush into the house to see if she could find her pearl.
Thankfully, she had encountered Zhou Yongguo's family when she entered; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River!
Great-Grandmother: "I didn't see anything, and neither did my whole family! We only saw you coming out of the house just now, but we didn't see when you went in."
Pan Daidi: "..."
Damn it!
They're all in cahoots!
They're bullying her!
They want to ruin her, to send her to jail!
Do they think she's a helpless tiger?
"Good deeds go unrewarded! You're all ganging up on me because I don't have a man, huh? Don't think you can slander me with a few words. I'm not afraid even if the militia captain comes. I didn't do it! You despicable person, you almost caused my son to be cut off from having descendants last time! This time, you want to send me to jail, no way! Despicable person, if someone harms me, I'll beat them to death!"
With new grudges added to old ones, Pan Daidi became more agitated as she spoke, eventually losing control of her emotions, and angrily waved her hand at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia took action, and Zhou Chenglei quickly stepped forward, grabbing her wrist with one hand and twisting it forcefully!
Just now, Zhou Chenglei was afraid that Pan Daidi would hit someone, so he asked Zhou Wenguang to go and get the militia captain, while he quietly approached Jiang Xia.
"Ah!" Pan Daidi let out a pig-like scream.
Zhou Chenglei: "Did you steal something from my house?"
Pan Daidi felt like her wrist was about to be twisted off, and to relieve the pressure, her massive body contorted, "I didn't steal, I came to help put out the fire! Those sanitary napkins, I was just borrowing them, just borrowing them for a moment!"
Still being stubborn?
Jiang Xia sneered, "Borrow? Did you ask me? Taking without permission is stealing! Moreover, you just said they were yours, and now you're saying you borrowed them?"
A flash of ruthlessness crossed Zhou Chenglei's eyes, and he increased the force in his grip.
"Ah!" Pan Daidi screamed again, her body twisting, cold sweat breaking out, "She felt like her entire arm was about to be twisted off by Zhou Chenglei.
The villagers watched, afraid to even breathe.
Zhou Chenglei spoke in a cold voice, "I'll ask you one more time, did you start the fire? And what else did you steal?"
The fire clearly started from the straw stack, and the fallen firewood from the fireplace couldn't have ignited it from there!
Pan Daidi was in so much pain that tears came to her eyes, "No, I really didn't! I didn't start the fire! Your cabinet was locked, what could I steal? I only took a pack of sanitary napkins, truly!"
At this moment, the militia captain rushed in with his men. He had been nearby, and seeing the thick smoke, he was leading his team over. Then he happened to meet Zhou Wenguang, who was looking for him, so he arrived exceptionally quickly.
"What's going on here? I heard someone set a fire and broke into a house to steal?" The militia captain asked.
Only then did Zhou Chenglei release Pan Daidi, "It's her!"
Pan Daidi was terrified, shaking her head vigorously, "No! I didn't start the fire! Give me ten times the courage, and I wouldn't dare to start a fire! My house is right next door! I'm not afraid of burning down my own house!"
"I’m not afraid of going to jail!"
It’s a real injustice! More than Dou E!
Pan Daidi cried and shouted, "I just went in to check if other houses were on fire, and I couldn’t resist taking a pack of sanitary napkins from Jiang Xia. She has a whole cabinet full of them, more than a hundred or two hundred packs. Can’t a neighbor take a couple of packs? How can that be considered stealing?"
The women in the village gasped, a hundred or two hundred packs?
This thing seems quite expensive, doesn’t it?
At one yuan per pack, a hundred packs would cost a hundred yuan, let alone that they cost more than one yuan per pack.
As women, they all couldn’t help but look at Jiang Xia with envy.
So wealthy, so generous!
Jiang Xia said, "Captain, taking my things without my permission, rifling through my belongings, and taking them away—how can that not be considered stealing? At first, she even said these sanitary napkins were hers and refused to admit her mistake. Last time, she openly robbed my house, and this time, she took advantage of the fire! She keeps coming to my house to rob and steal, and who knows if she also set the fire? It seems the lesson from last time wasn’t severe enough, so she didn’t learn her lesson and dared to do it again!"
Zhou Chenglei said, "Someone did set the fire deliberately, Captain. You can see for yourself."
Pan Daidi’s face turned pale. "I didn’t set the fire, don’t slander me! I only stole the sanitary napkins, I didn’t set the fire!"
The captain ignored her cries and walked into the kitchen, where he immediately saw the straw stack that had burned halfway from the middle.
Zhou Chenglei then asked Zhou Zhou, Zhou Wenguang, and the great-grandmother to explain the situation.
Pan Daidi was terrified. If someone really set the fire, wouldn’t she become the scapegoat?
"I didn’t, I didn’t set the fire!"
The Militia Captain, with a stern face, hated those who repeatedly committed crimes and refused to admit their faults. He waved his hand. "Take her away first!"
Setting fire and entering a house to steal was far more serious than just being criticized and educated.
The villagers looked at her in shock. Taking advantage of the absence of adults to set fire and steal from a house was terrifying!
Living in the same village with such a person, who wouldn’t be scared? After all, who could stay at home all day to guard their house?
So the villagers said, "Captain, don’t let her out once you catch her!"
"Too wicked! Lock her up for life! Don’t let her out, or who would dare leave their house? If you leave in the morning and return in the evening, your house might be gone!"
"Setting fire and stealing in a house with two children inside is almost like arson and murder! Murderers get the death penalty, right? Even if not, lock her up for life, don’t let her out to harm others!"
...
Pan Daidi was terrified by what the villagers said and cried out, "Injustice! Injustice! I really didn’t set the fire! Waaa… I only wanted to get back my pearl."
She really just wanted to take the opportunity to find her pearl!
But she couldn’t find the pearl, and the cabinet was locked, so she couldn’t open it. Feeling frustrated, she took a pack of sanitary napkins, opened it, and divided it into several pockets to take out.
She heard the shopkeeper’s wife at the village convenience store say that these things were very expensive, costing several jiao per piece, and sometimes even money couldn’t buy them.
She thought that stealing a pack and selling it would earn a few yuan. After all, Jiang Xia had so many sanitary napkins, and losing one or two packs wouldn’t be noticed!
Waaa, if she had known the fire was set by someone else, she would never have stolen anything!
Earlier, Zhou Chenglei was too worried about Jiang Xia being bullied by Pan Daidi and didn’t have time to look closely. Now, as he looked around, he noticed a footprint on the wall of the courtyard.
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