CHAPTER 155: CHAPTER 144: A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING

"It’s truly shocking. Just because someone has a lot of clothes, does that mean she deserves to have them stolen? The parents spent so much money buying them for her, why should she give them away for nothing to your niece? That’s absolutely absurd!"

The villagers’ opinions shifted incredibly fast. Initially, they were all speaking in support of Mrs. Fu.

But now, having seen the truth, they quickly changed sides and all began to speak for Jiang Xin.

Jiang Xin didn’t really mind about this,

Her initial plan was just to clear the bad reputation left behind by the original character as quickly as possible within the village.

Now, with Mrs. Fu’s actions, Jiang Xin was spared a lot of effort.

Moreover, the villagers’ impression of her wasn’t particularly good to begin with.

Now that there’s a basis for it, when the time comes for her to confront Jiang Wan, perhaps someone will step up to support her.

At least she won’t be completely isolated like before.

Mrs. Fu was originally quite justified, but as soon as she spoke, the villagers shot her down immediately.

Even before Jiang Xin could say a word, they unconditionally sided with her.

Mrs. Fu was at a loss.

At this moment, the police officer handling the case spoke up:

"Now, do you have anything to say? If you can quickly find those few pieces of clothing and return them to the owner, you might still get a more lenient treatment."

"Your current actions constitute a home invasion theft."

"If you adamantly refuse to acknowledge this, then you’ll have to come with us."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Fu started to shiver with fear.

In her heart, she thought it couldn’t be that serious. After all, the issue between her and Jiang Xin could at most be considered a family conflict, and no matter what, she was Jiang Xin’s mother-in-law.

So taking a few pieces of clothing from Jiang Xin couldn’t be that unreasonable.

Facing the officer’s words, Mrs. Fu was still trying to argue, so she said:

"Listen, please let me explain."

"This shouldn’t count as home invasion theft, after all, this is also my home."

"Have you ever heard of someone getting arrested just for climbing through a window at their own house?"

"At the end of the day, this is just a matter between my daughter-in-law and me, we can resolve it ourselves, there’s no need to trouble the police officers to put in all this effort."

"My daughter-in-law is young and doesn’t understand, she only knows how to cause trouble for you. I apologize on her behalf, if there’s nothing else, please leave."

Mrs. Fu’s intention to send them away was quite obvious.

She essentially brushed off her theft as a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict, trying to downplay a serious matter into a trivial one.

However, no one present was a fool.

They could naturally see through her behavior and understand what she meant.

The police officer furrowed his brow and said, very displeased:

"Do not try to deceive us here. Your behavior is home invasion theft, it has nothing to do with any mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict."

"Right now, what we’re discussing is your theft of someone else’s clothing. Those dresses have a combined value of over six hundred. If you have time to argue, you’d be better off thinking about how to return those clothes."

"Otherwise, the law will naturally punish you harshly."

"Don’t argue with us here, save it for the courtroom and argue with the judge when it goes to trial."

It was only at this point that Mrs. Fu completely crumbled.

She knew, given her family’s nature, there was no way they would return anything once given.

Moreover, she had presented herself as wealthy when delivering gifts to her family, telling her nieces there that those new dresses were newly bought from the Department Store, costing her quite a bit.

If her family found out the dresses weren’t bought by her but were stolen, they’d probably scold her to death.

That image of being a wealthy person she maintained in her family for so many years would completely collapse.

No, no, this can’t happen!

If she asked for those given dresses back, her face would be truly lost, and she might not even be able to return to her family home in the future.