Chapter 181: Chapter 181 Sentencing, Regret Chapter 181: Chapter 181 Sentencing, Regret Kong Yuru just couldn’t understand, she had only taken a jade pendant, so how had things e to this point?
In her heart, she grew even more resentful toward Stone, thinking that it was all because of that jinx. If he had obediently handed over the Scar Removal Ointment, she wouldn’t have rummaged around, wouldn’t have seen that jade pendant, and wouldn’t have developed greedy thoughts.
And she wouldn’t be stuck in this godforsaken place now. Who could e to rescue her?
As for the three hundred dollars Lu Yichen claimed to have lost, Kong Yuru tried to implicate the brigade leader and the villagers present at the time, suggesting who knows if they were the ones who took it.
The police had called in those people for questioning, one by one, but came up with nothing. In the end, the matter of the money had to be set aside. However, Lu Yichen insisted that all the items Kong Yuru had touched must be replaced with new ones, otherwise the matter wouldn’t be settled.
The Sun Family had also heard that Lu Yichen was a man with connections, and fearing further trouble, they had replaced all the bedding in his room. As for the clothes, they really couldn’t do anything about them.
Although Kong Yuru staunchly denied stealing the three hundred dollars, due to the high value of the jade pendant, Sun Baoqing’s pleas to Lu Yichen were futile, and Kong Yuru was sentenced to six years of fixed-term imprisonment.
Now, both the Sun Family and the Kong Family had gained notoriety in Chaoyang mune, with people pointing fingers and gossiping every day. The Sun Family Main Wife had almost had the bride-to-be called off—only by adding a hundred dollars to the dowry were they able to finally pacify the situation.
But the bride’s family demanded a grand wedding, not to let their daughter be wronged. The Sun Family Main Wife had no choice but to agree, and the dishes served on the wedding day were indeed quite splendid. Yet, the uninformed villagers just cursed them even more.
Accused of spending the sister’s money to throw a lavish wedding banquet for their son, yet not even acmodating the only child of her sister’s family, the people called out the Sun Family as inhumane and vile, not a single decent person among them.
As a result, the new bride was reduced to tears on the very day she entered their home. To satisfy the in-laws, the main house had emptied their coffers, only to leave the new bride unhappy and attract the villagers’ curses.
The Sun Family Main Wife and her husband were now worried. They still had two more sons to marry off. The second son had reached the age for marriage talks as well, but now the family had already spent the money for the second son’s wedding on the eldest’s bride.
Ever since the second son found out that the money saved for his own wedding had been spent by the eldest brother, his looks became sharp as needles. He treated his parents and brother’s family disrespectfully every day, making everyone at home afraid to provoke him.
Old Lady Sun was starting to have regrets. If only she had paid more attention to Stone back then, perhaps the Sun Family wouldn’t have ended up like this. They had squandered the good days by their own doing.
Old Lady Sun thought at least the third branch of the family had not been implicated, but alas, misfortunes never e singly. It wasn’t long before the third branch had its own trouble.
The third son, Sun Baojun, went to the county town on errands and unexpectedly overheard people discussing the Sun Family’s affairs. He had no idea how word had spread to the county town. He had intended to leave quietly.
But who would have thought that an old colleague from the factory where his second brother had worked would recognize him. Sun Baojun had run a few errands for his second brother to the county town before, and that person happened to work in the security department.
Once those in the discussion found out he was from the Sun Family, they surrounded him with righteous anger and started scolding him. Then he heard shocking news—his second brother’s job had apparently been obtained in exchange for his sister’s life.
His second brother had never mentioned a word of this to him or his eldest brother. Already in a foul mood, Sun Baojun remained silent as one of the older men tugged at his sleeve, and that’s when the tragedy happened.
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