Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 120 Disaster Diverted East?_1

Chapter 120: Chapter 120 Disaster Diverted East?_1

Lin Du and Hu Zhi exchanged a glance, a bit puzzled about what this damn girl Lin Qing was up to.

How the color changed, they were the clearest about it.

How did she get involved with someone else?

Could it be that the Jade Ruyi was swapped by the person Lin Qing mentioned?

Or perhaps, the Jade Ruyi was fake from the beginning?

For a moment, Lin Du was a bit confused.

After coming to his senses, he finally asked, "Who are you talking about, who did the tampering?"

"I’m not sure, I’ll go ask him first. Maybe it’s a misunderstanding."

Lin Du couldn’t help but ask, "Who is this person you’re talking about?"

Lin Qing furrowed her brow, not too pleased, and said, "It’s the village where my sister went to during the movement, Erdao River Village in Nanshan County Town. I gave the Jade Ruyi to Xiujuan to play with, and then she gave it to Song Mingsheng."

"Song Mingsheng, Song Mingsheng? Who is he?" Lin Du asked suspiciously.

"Song Mingsheng is the youngest son of the former Brigade Leader Song’s family from Erdao River Village."

Lin Du and Hu Zhi exchanged a glance again.

Lin Du took the Jade Ruyi and examined it carefully once more, reconfirming it was indeed their family’s.

The next moment, Lin Qing snatched it back, "Alright, I’m going to Erdao River Village to ask Song Mingsheng if he accidentally did something."

Hu Zhi scrutinized Lin Qing. This damn girl was very cunning, not like her sister at all. She wasn’t just cunning, but also ruthless at heart.

She asked doubtfully, "Who all were present when Xiujuan gave Song Mingsheng the Jade Ruyi? Did you see him do anything?"

"They were all kids, and we weren’t paying attention then."

"Since it was kids, why do you say he tampered with it?"

Lin Qing looked at Hu Zhi with a smile that wasn’t a smile, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes, "Auntie Hu, what do you mean by that... Could it still be the box’s problem?"

Before Hu Zhi could speak, Lin Du became upset and pointed at Lin Qing, "She’s your mother, too."

"My mom died a long time ago, get it straight."

Hu Zhi glared at Lin Du, as if being called mom by Lin Jia and Lin Qing was something pleasant. She didn’t like being called mom by them at all—it was bad luck!

"Then you should take it to a professional place to have it checked," Hu Zhi suggested persistently.

Lin Qing looked leisurely at Hu Zhi and said word by word, "I won’t go yet. What if someone tries to trick me and takes my thing? I’d be at such a loss. First, I’ll go to Erdao River Village to ask Song Mingsheng what he did to the Jade Ruyi. If it’s not related to him, then when I come back, I’ll ask a few more places to help me check it."

Having said this, she got up and walked towards the door. Suddenly, she stopped, turned back, and looked at the two people, "If it’s nobody’s fault, I’ll just take my bad luck. Anyway, the thing is mine, I might as well smash it to pieces!"

After finishing her speech, Lin Qing left with her head held high.

Lin Du and Hu Zhi exchanged a glance,

Hu Zhi said, "The Jade Ruyi has been taken by her; I feel like it probably won’t come back."

Lin Du cursed, "This damn girl."

Hu Zhi wasn’t ready to give up, "You find out about the situation in Erdao River Village, and keep an eye on Lin Qing’s movements."

She didn’t believe it could be smashed to pieces.

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Song Yunuan hadn’t expected to see Lin Qing again. At that moment, she and her brother had just returned from herding the geese.

The little geese liked to eat grass, nibbling on tender young shoots, until their crops were bulging at their necks.

Then the siblings saw the jeep driving up and Lin Qing getting out with Uncle Azhong, who always followed her around.

Just the two of them.

This time, Lin Qing smiled before she even spoke, as if none of the past had ever happened.

Song Yunuan didn’t let them enter the house but pointed to the yard and said, "My dad and the others are building a house, so let’s just talk here."

Lin Qing took the discolored Jade Ruyi out of her bag and got straight to the point, "I’d like to ask your little brother if he remembers this thing?"

When Song Mingsheng saw Lin Qing, he wanted to hide, but thinking of his sister who knew how to drive and shoot, he didn’t worry. His chubby hand was held by his sister’s; he pulled it out, pointed to the Jade Ruyi, thought for a moment, then obediently said, "I’ve never seen this one, but I’ve seen one just like it in shape, shown to me by Sister Xiujuan. The color was pretty, kind of bright green, just like the grass that the little goose loves to eat most."

Song Yunuan felt very satisfied.

Little Asheng was getting better and better at dealing with things.

Lin Qing’s eyes flashed, and she asked bluntly, "Asheng, do you know why?"

Song Yunuan extended her hand and pushed Lin Qing, "Are you sick or something, asking my little brother why? Are you trying to frame him?"

Lin Qing staggered from the push but managed to steady herself, annoyed, she said, "I was just casually asking, why are you getting so worked up?"

Song Yunuan asked coldly, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"This is the very Jade Ruyi that Asheng saw that day, but unfortunately, its color changed suddenly a few days ago."

Song Yunuan laughed scornfully, "Well, that’s easy to guess, it’s been switched with a fake."

Lin Qing was stunned for a moment; she hadn’t thought about that possibility.

"How is that possible? I kept it in a safe."

"Lin Qing, don’t pretend to be naive with me. I don’t believe for a second that you don’t know that skilled thieves can steal artifacts from museums; your home safe is hardly an exception. I’ve heard that in the old days in Beidu, there were several master thieves, one of whom happens to have the last name Hu."

Lin Qing’s complexion soured – why hadn’t she known about this?

But then she remembered something, frowned, and asked Song Yunuan, "What do you mean by that?"

Song Yunuan: "You’ve come all this way to my house and brought a fake that’s been switched out. Failing to take revenge on my father, are you now trying to frame my little brother? What’s the matter, has my Song family poked a hornet’s nest in your family, or thrown one of your babies down a well?"

A string of questions made the usually calm Lin Qing finally lose her composure.

Song Yunuan thought that Lin Qing really deserved the title of the main female character.

The things she did in the books, the way she treated the bad guys, were particularly gratifying and cathartic to read.

Especially since she excelled at killing two birds with one stone.

Take her actions right now, for instance. The Jade Ruyi was probably tampered with, but as luck would have it, it had been touched by Asheng.

Not finding a reason, she decided to take a calculated risk and came to Erdao River Village.

The ones coveting this Jade Ruyi were her own father and stepmother.

Song Yunuan analyzed that before Lin Qing left, she must have gone to her father’s house. She didn’t know if they had argued, but one thing was certain: she intentionally revealed her plans to Lin Du and Hu Zhi.

Whether those two came looking for trouble with the Song family or not didn’t matter to her.

Her main goal was to use the Jade Ruyi to blind the Song family and create a diversion, while at the same time giving Father Lin and the stepmother a hard time.

After all, doing so was no loss to her.

This plot wasn’t triggered; it was analyzed by Song Yunuan because Lin Qing’s actions were too obvious.

Her goal wasn’t the brother; it was purely to disgust and frame the Song family.

Song Yunuan couldn’t understand: are all main female characters like this, needing to find a way to take revenge on anybody who made them uncomfortable?

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