Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 596 What is the national flower?

Chapter 596: Chapter 596 What is the national flower?

"Children can be educated for stealing money, but they should not be abused. With such good grades, if you don’t let her study, aren’t you delaying the country’s future?"

Despite saying this, the police didn’t actually believe Zhou Lanfang’s words. They had encountered too many unreasonable rural women like her, who liked to lie and had a strong preference for sons over daughters.

Even if Shen Mianmian did steal the money, it must have been because of the abuse she suffered. Only having no other choice would she resort to theft. Without money, how could she survive in the city?

"What future of the country?" Zhou Lanfang’s heart ached with anger, and she finally understood why Shen Mianmian had dressed like a beggar today. It was to set them up. That explained why the police had arrived so promptly. "Comrade police, you’ve been deceived by her appearance. Normally, she dresses like a rich young lady. She stole two to three thousand yuan from home and lived so carefreely in the city, not caring whether her father and I live or die. Why would she need us to give her money to spend?"

Stole two to three thousand yuan from home?

That was no small sum; it constituted a major theft.

Of course, the police wouldn’t take Zhou Lanfang’s word for it. With the person in question present, they naturally had to verify the claim.

"Shen Mianmian, did you really steal that much money?"

"Uncle Police, I didn’t steal any money. She’s talking nonsense." With He Nan beside her, Mianmian wasn’t flustered at all. "My family are farmers, my mom doesn’t work, and my dad works in a brick kiln and often doesn’t have work. Where would we get two to three thousand yuan to save? Forget about two to three thousand, we haven’t even saved two to three hundred. If you don’t believe it, you can investigate in our village. Our house is still made of mud bricks. If we really had that much money, even if we didn’t build a house, we would have kept it in the bank. Who would keep it at home?"

Her words were logical and reasonable, leading the police to feel that Zhou Lanfang was just making wild accusations. So they questioned Shen Jianhua.

"Which one is telling the truth, your wife or your daughter?"

"..." Shen Jianhua felt guilty being questioned; he indeed hadn’t earned that much money and could only answer truthfully, "We really don’t have that much saved at home, but it is true that she took some money from home. My wife saw her carrying a jar of money away with her own eyes."

Shen Jianhua knew his wife’s temper well. If Shen Mianmian hadn’t taken that much money, she would rather Shen Mianmian not come back.

Seizing the key point in his words, the police officer asked, "So what you mean is, you didn’t see your daughter steal money, and no money went missing from your home?"

Shen Jianhua: "..."

That was indeed the case, but if he admitted it, wouldn’t it prove that Shen Mianmian hadn’t stolen any money?

Zhou Lanfang, hearing this, anxiously interrupted, "Comrade police, she did steal the money. I saw it with my own eyes. It’s not money my husband earned. That ungrateful girl must have stolen it from someone else’s home."

"The money I took was my own private savings, just a few dollars, and I’ve already spent it all. You just don’t want to give me the money for tuition and living expenses. There’s no need for such lies, right? Do you think the police uncles are easy to fool?" Shen Mianmian retorted calmly.

A few thousand yuan is a significant loss of property. If someone had lost that much money, they would have reported it to the police long ago, but recently there have been no such reports, which proves that Zhou Lanfang’s words are utterly unreliable.

Only Shen Mianmian’s explanation makes sense. This couple just doesn’t want to take responsibility for their child’s living expenses.

The child’s academic performance is so good, yet they come up with such lies to frame her just to prevent her from going to school.