My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 406 - 25 The Deceived Children_2

Chapter 406: Chapter 25 The Deceived Children_2

Zheng Cuicui was taken aback, somewhat puzzled by her meaning.

Lin Xiaoguai explained, "His behavior just doesn’t match up with the actions he’s committed. A young man who dares to murder, even if he’s cornered, still has some nerve. And from what that prison guard said, he’s even more suspect."

"What do you mean?" Zheng Cuicui pondered thoughtfully.

"Could it be that Zhang Jian has a mental illness?" Lin Xiaoguai voiced her suspicion.

In the future, she had heard about a mental illness called mania, and its symptoms seemed to match Zhang Jian’s situation very closely.

Zheng Cuicui was startled, then realized, "Right, how did I not think of that?" Saying this, she quickly returned to her seat, leaned out, and said to Lin Xiaoguai and company: "Later on, could you guys bring Nuonuo back for me? I’ve got something to take care of and need to leave first."

"What’s going on?" As the sedan sped past her, Han Shouzhen blinked, completely at a loss.

"If it’s confirmed that Zhang Jian has a mental illness, then he won’t have to be executed, and Ping’an’s issue will naturally solve itself," Lin Xiaoguai explained.

The precondition for Zhang Jian to donate his heart was that he be executed. If he was no longer a death-row inmate, one couldn’t very well force him to die, could they?

Han Shouzhen was overjoyed upon hearing this, "Really? Let’s hope I’m not celebrating too soon."

"Don’t worry," Lin Xiaoguai felt that the likelihood of getting her wish was very high.

"Little Aunt..." Upon entering the shop, she noticed the three children seeming somewhat deflated, as Han Xinyu timidly called out.

"What happened?" Lin Xiaoguai asked with a light chuckle, "Didn’t you guys actually make me lose money, did you?"

The three children looked at each other, Shen Yinian stammered, "Mom, we took counterfeit money."

Han Shouzhen frowned, "What happened?"

Xu Ji awkwardly explained, "An old man came to buy something. He bought a pot of medicinal wine for two hundred and sixty yuan, paying with twenty-six ten-yuan banknotes, all counterfeit."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoguai wasn’t angry but rather, she was curious, "Didn’t you guys notice?" To her knowledge, none of these three kids was anything less than shrewd.

Especially... She looked at the stack of banknotes Han Xinyu handed her. Shouldn’t the fact that they were fake be obvious?

"I saw that he was so old, I felt too embarrassed to say anything," Shen Yinian said, his face flushed with embarrassment.

This child, when it came to money, was like his parents; he didn’t take it too seriously. Seeing that the other party was of considerable age and even stooped over, he couldn’t bring himself to expose the truth.

Xu Ji’s face became even more embarrassed, "By the time I noticed, he’d already ridden away on his tricycle..." He had been preoccupied with how to convince his mother to agree with his decision. How could he pay attention to other matters?

"I was going to say something, but I was too embarrassed," Han Xinyu’s face turned red as she said, "That old man had already ridden his tricycle past the door, but it seemed like he saw that we kids were minding the shop, so he turned back. I felt something was wrong then, but I just couldn’t say it..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoguai sighed. Well, the old man obviously took advantage of the situation.

But when Han Shouzhen heard this, she was furious. It was clear bullying of the kids. She glared and demanded, "What did that old man look like?" Anyone passing by the shopfront was likely a resident going to the farms to buy vegetables, and thus someone familiar. Her nephew felt pity because the man was old, but did she not know him? Those who came to the village to buy vegetables simply because they were fresh weren’t the kind to lack money. Just look at the tricycle; was it the time when not every family could afford one?

Despite not being short on money, to take advantage of the kids like that, how shameless was that?

"Very thin, and hunched over," Han Xinyu tried to recall.

"What kind of tricycle was he riding?"

"Army green, about this big," Shen Yinian gestured to show the size.

"How old was that old man?"

"Around seventy, I guess," Xu Ji answered after a thought.

Having gotten the information she needed, Han Shouzhen turned to the staff within the farm. Now, there weren’t many people coming to buy vegetables, and with a few questions, it wasn’t hard to find out who the old man who deceived the children was.

And sure enough, that old man was from their own compound, even a retired cadre.

Han Shouzhen gritted her teeth and instructed the staff: "Let everyone know that from now on, customers coming to buy vegetables can only use the South Gate and North Gate. Don’t let them come in through the East Gate or West Gate again."

If she could, she would have stopped selling vegetables individually, but considering her brother and brother-in-law both lived in the compound, it wasn’t worth it to have a falling-out over such a small matter.

However, that did not mean she would let the perpetrator off the hook.

"Also, spread the word among the other staff members. If customers ask why they can’t use the East and West Gates anymore, tell them the whole story." Those who came to the shop were not fools; they knew each other well and it wouldn’t be difficult for them to figure out who took advantage of the kids. She wondered if that old man would still have the face to go out.

Lin Xiaoguai watched from the side with a bit of resignation but did not stop her.

To her, this was such a trifle that wasn’t worth this reaction, causing harm without any personal benefit. Better to treat it as a small loss and a lesson for the kids. As long as they didn’t get fooled again, that would be fine.

"What do you know? When dealing with such vile characters, you must act this way; otherwise, if they taste success once, without being taught a lesson, they’ll think of doing it a second and third time." Han Shouzhen saw through her mindset right away, speaking in a tone of tough love.

She knew her sister-in-law’s temperament well. She wasn’t weak; when it was necessary to be firm, she could be, but her way of dealing with people was only suitable for gentlemen, not scoundrels.

"Can’t you just listen to your sister?" What Han Shouzhen was saying, Lin Xiaoguai actually understood, but people are creatures of habit, hence the saying, "Old habits die hard."

How could Han Shouzhen fail to recognize her thoughts? She glared at Lin Xiaoguai, then turned to the children, ready to use this as a teaching moment, especially for her nephew, hoping that he wouldn’t end up like his Little Aunt.

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