Ch 42: He’s Protecting Her This Much?
“First, I’ve never seen this gold lock, second, I’ve never been in your bedroom and didn’t know you had this thing, finally, please use your brain to think, if this thing was really stolen by me, I wouldn’t put it in such an obvious place, at least I would hide it.”
Shen Mingyue’s analysis was quite right. She had only been at the Gu Family for a few days. How could she know that Gu Sisi had a gold lock? Their relationship was so bad that Gu Sisi wouldn’t let her into her room. Since she didn’t even know about this thing, how could she have stolen it?
Gu Jianjun and Tian Shufang didn’t say anything, after all, the thing was found with Shen Mingyue, and everyone inevitably had suspicions.
After all, she had the worst conditions in the whole Gu Family, and the other children didn’t lack money, so they shouldn’t need this thing.
If it was really Shen Mingyue who stole the thing, it would be too shameful. Their Gu Family actually produced such a daughter-in-law; if it got out, people would laugh their heads off.
But hearing Shen Mingyue’s explanation, they felt it made some sense.
If Shen Mingyue had low intelligence, and she did this, everyone could understand, but after getting along for so long, they thought Shen Mingyue was very smart and shouldn’t have made such a low-level mistake.
At this time, Gu Yuanzhou also came back from work, and after learning about the cause and effect, he couldn’t help but narrow his eyes and look at the gold lock.
He knew that no matter what Shen Mingyue said, she couldn’t be cleared of suspicion in a short time.
First, everyone lacked trust in her, subconsciously thinking that she was from the countryside and might have unclean hands.
Secondly, there was no surveillance at home, and no direct and strong evidence could be produced, and all the clues still pointed to her.
“Okay, stop arguing. If you’re caught, you find excuses. Could this gold lock have flown into your pocket? It’s not a spirit. According to your explanation, someone framed you, right? There are only a few people in this family, and none of them have any grievances with you. Why would everyone do such a boring thing?”
Gu Sisi’s words also made some sense; anyway, Tian Shufang and the others wouldn’t be bored enough to do this.
Moreover, Zhou Xiaofei and Gu Yuanyang couldn’t have done this.
Gu Sisi was the most likely, but seeing her angry look, it shouldn’t have been her, so there was only one person left, Shen Mingyue.
Seeing this, Zhou Xiaofei supported Gu Sisi’s arm from the side.
“Okay, Sisi, say less. Since Second Sister-in-law said she didn’t take it, then she probably didn’t.”
This seemed to be persuasion, but it was actually adding fuel to the fire. Shen Mingyue glanced at her, feeling a little annoyed.
She worked hard outside, learning piano and selling goods, and when she came back, she had to perform psychological warfare with her. She didn’t want to pay attention to her, but she kept making trouble. This damned green tea.
Just as Shen Mingyue was about to retort, Gu Yuanzhou, who was beside her, suddenly spoke. He slapped his forehead in annoyance.
“It’s all my fault. I took the gold lock.”
As soon as Gu Yuanzhou said this, everyone was stunned, their eyes subconsciously looking at him.
Gu Sisi also looked dazed. “Second Brother, what did you say?”
“I took the gold lock. I got married to your second sister-in-law too quickly and didn’t buy her three golds. Thinking that Mom and Dad gave you a gold lock, and it was quite pretty, I wanted to show it to your sister-in-law. If she liked it, I would buy one for her tomorrow. I put it in her clothes and forgot about it. I’ve been too busy with work recently, and my memory has deteriorated.”
Gu Yuanzhou spoke plausibly, and everyone was stunned. After all, Gu Yuanzhou rarely lied and gave people the impression of being quite calm.
Gu Sisi wasn’t very bright. Hearing her second brother say this, she subconsciously said, “Second Brother, are you making excuses for her?”
Gu Yuanzhou snorted and frowned.
“What kind of excuse could there be for this kind of thing? Why would your sister-in-law want your gold lock? To be honest, I keep my passbook with her, and she can use the money as she pleases. If she really liked this, she could buy it with the money. Why would she steal yours? Besides, your sister-in-law’s clothing store has daily receipts of over 300 yuan now. If she really liked it, she has the ability to buy it.”
Hearing Gu Yuanzhou say this, everyone was shocked. Gu Yuanzhou had saved a lot of money over the years, and he actually entrusted his passbook to Shen Mingyue.
Didn’t that mean that Shen Mingyue managed their money? Did that make sense? Why should Shen Mingyue manage the money? What kind of person is Gu Yuanzhou? Is Shen Mingyue worthy?
Gu Sisi and the others thought that if this was the case, Shen Mingyue really didn’t need to steal it, after all, gold, however expensive, wasn’t priceless.
Gu Yuanzhou had so much money that he could buy as much as he wanted. Why would he steal it? And even if he stole it, he couldn’t wear it, and it would be easy for people to see.
Tian Shufang and the others heard their son say this and quickly came forward to smooth things over.
“Yuanzhou, you took it, why didn’t you tell your sister? This caused such a big misunderstanding. Don’t do this next time.”
Everyone was persuading them, only Zhou Xiaofei’s expression was unusual. She didn’t expect that Gu Yuanzhou would sacrifice himself to this extent for this country bumpkin, even making up such a lie.
This realization made her feel even more uncomfortable. What did it mean? It meant that Gu Yuanzhou cared about Shen Mingyue very much, and even made excuses for her in this matter, protecting her so well.
Gu Sisi was not very bright. Hearing everyone say this, she felt that she had wronged Shen Mingyue, and she felt a little embarrassed.
But even if she was embarrassed, she wouldn’t apologize. She just yelled, “You can’t blame me. It’s because my second brother is not smart, otherwise I wouldn’t have wronged you.”
Gu Jianjun and Tian Shufang looked at each other and then persuaded them for a while, and the matter was over.
Gu Yuanzhou gave the gold lock to his sister and immediately said that he would take Shen Mingyue to buy three golds tomorrow.
Zhou Xiaofei didn’t expect to shoot herself in the foot, failing to successfully frame Shen Mingyue, but instead helping her get the things.
Is this kind of person worthy of buying three golds?
But since it had come to this, everyone couldn’t say anything.
Gu Sisi took the gold lock and went back to her room directly, while Gu Yuanyang was thoughtful.
Shen Mingyue’s eyes turned cold as she scanned Zhou Xiaofei from head to toe.
Since the other party had taken the initiative to declare war, she couldn’t be too passive. She would find a way to punish her later so that she wouldn’t be too proud.
Only after closing the door did Shen Mingyue speak.
“Thank you just now, but I want to know who framed me. I really didn’t take that thing.”
Gu Yuanzhou nodded, almost blurting out, “I know it wasn’t you.”
Shen Mingyue’s heart tightened. This feeling of being trusted was quite good.
“It must have been someone in the family, but I don’t know who it is. It seems that my presence here has offended some people.”
Gu Yuanzhou wasn’t a fool, and he naturally guessed it too.
“Don’t worry, with me around, no one can wrong you.”