Chapter 552: Chapter 551: Love-Struck at Home 33

Ever since Su Man developed a liking for reading newspapers, he finds the latest news for her every day.

Today’s paper, which he glanced over hurriedly, featured a murder case that eventually led to a nationwide gang of robbers.

What shocked him was that the key members who cracked the case were actually his younger sister and brother-in-law, and they even played a critical role.

The article took up quite a bit of space, containing both the perils and praises for those solving the case.

Jiang Maohua felt his blood boil with excitement.

Seeing that these robbers were armed with real weapons, he took a sharp breath.

It was truly too dangerous.

Recalling his calm younger sister and brother-in-law from the day before, he really couldn’t tell they had been involved in such a dangerous case.

Jiang Maohua hurried back to the Jiang Family. Today he took two copies of the newspaper, first stopping by the Jiang Family home, thrusting the newspaper into Jiang Aiguo’s hands.

"Dad, the little sister and brother-in-law pulled off something this big and didn’t let anything slip."

Jiang Aiguo blankly accepted the newspaper and, after reading it quickly, also broke out in a cold sweat. The two of them... he really didn’t know what to say to them.

He then called everyone over, preparing to lecture his youngest daughter and her husband so they wouldn’t be so bold next time and would be more careful. Beyond that, he didn’t know what else to say, as it was their duty to do things for the country; it is an honor, and there’s no reason to back down because of danger.

Jiang Maohua, meanwhile, took the other newspaper and hurried to the old house.

Su Man was still sleeping; usually, Jiang Maohua wouldn’t disturb her.

But this time was different, he gently woke Su Man: "Manman, I brought back today’s newspaper, hurry and take a look."

Su Man, woken up, felt a bit uncomfortable, but as soon as she heard about the newspaper, she was immediately wide awake.

She then remembered that Jiang Chen and Lu Yan had returned home, so she wasn’t too concerned about the newspaper having anything new.

"I’ll look at it later, still sleepy."

"Manman, today’s newspaper is really something else, hurry and wake up and look at it." This time, Jiang Maohua didn’t heed Su Man’s words. Even though his younger sister and brother-in-law’s situation was dangerous, it also made him, as the elder brother, feel proud. Luckily, nothing happened to them, and of course, he wanted to share this joy with others.

Clearly, Su Man was not a qualified listener, feeling only impatience in her heart.

She was also now wide awake from Jiang Maohua’s fussing, feeling agitated, and gave Jiang Maohua a dirty look.

Grabbing the newspaper in one swoop and looking, the big case was right there front and center.

Upon seeing the words "Dazhuang Mountain," Su Man’s eyelid twitched violently, and some blurry memories cleared up a bit.

She remembered that the place where Lu Yan died seemed to be Dazhuang Mountain, right?

Originally they went to capture a murderer, who knew there were more wicked bandits hiding in Dazhuang Mountain, those people wandering nationwide, committing all sorts of evil, had attacked and killed an unknown number of truck drivers, looting goods and property.

Anyone who ran into them barely escaped with their lives, very few survived.

Simply because they had real weapons in their hands.

They were stained with countless bloods, and even many police officers died by their hands.

And there in Dazhuang Mountain, including Lu Yan, eight were killed, a truly large number.

If they had known earlier, the casualties wouldn’t have been so high, but no one expected that vicious bandits would be hiding there, and they were ambushed by them while searching.

After attacking, the bandits immediately retreated, and during their escape, they silenced the murderer they had locked in a thatched house.

Apart from those police officers searching the mountain, there were two bodies by the thatched house, one belonged to the murderer, and the other was said to be one of the bandits.

The wound on this dead bandit’s body was caused not only by the police but also by his fellow bandits.

If they took along an injured person, escaping would naturally be difficult.

So, they could only eliminate this injured person who knew secrets, then no one would know who they were or where they’d run away to.

Even though the police eventually found out this injured person’s identity, they couldn’t ascertain the identities of the others.

Since then, no one knew where the group of bandits went, it was as if they disappeared into thin air.

And this time, those fierce bandits were all captured.

The greatest credit went to Jiang Chen and Lu Yan, with the newspaper praising Jiang Chen’s vision and judgment, calling her sharp-eyed and omniscient. Without her keen eyes and accurate predictions, catching these bandits would have been difficult, and possibly there would have been casualties on the police’s side.

The article even praised her role in a critical moment, where her shout for everyone to hit the ground turned the tide.

Su Man clenched the newspaper, her fingers turning white with the force of her grip, biting her teeth hard.

How could this be?

She had hoped Lu Yan would die, so Jiang Chen would become a widow.

In the end, not only did Lu Yan not die, but he also achieved merit with Jiang Chen.

Her eyes turned red, only feeling that this rebirth was so unsatisfactory, always going against her wishes.

"Little sister and brother-in-law truly did a big thing, silently no less, see their demeanor yesterday, who would’ve known they participated in such a dangerous case." Jiang Maohua didn’t sense Su Man’s reaction, only feeling that this was an honor like no other, having family with such prestige should make anyone proud and joyful, right?

"Manman, you watch first, I’m going over there to see, Dad’s probably going to scold little sister a bit."

"Going to watch the fun."

Since childhood, it was always him being scolded, such occasions weren’t frequent.

"Little sister is really too amazing."

"Since childhood, dad and mom always praised little sister’s intelligence, didn’t expect her vision to be so good too, being praised as sharp-eyed."

Only then did Su Man lift her head to look at Jiang Maohua’s retreating figure, her face pale.

Jiang Chen surely was smart.

Her later college entrance exams verified that, she may not have been the province’s top scorer, but she came in third, and just that is enough to boast about for a lifetime.

Who knew she had such abilities.

Just because of some small changes, did it lead to so much difference?

Su Man didn’t even know where things went wrong.

When Jiang Maohua arrived, Jiang Aiguo was advising Ah Chen and Lu Yan to be careful in the future, not to be reckless, speaking with pride in his words for the two. Such achievements, naturally no one could help but feel proud.

Chen Xiuying’s eyes were red with evident worry.

Jiang Maochuan and Liu Yujia also had looks of admiration, who would’ve thought the little sister and brother-in-law silently accomplished such a grand feat.

Soon, the educated youth in the village who kept an eye on worldly matters also saw this newspaper, spreading the news about Ah Chen and Lu Yan.

This worldly-wise youth was Mei Shijie, who, after reading the report, was full of admiration.

As expected, no matter where the destiny of a master takes them, they still remain a master.

He then did not hesitate to share the newspaper with everyone, soon the whole village knew about it.

Once the villagers knew, soon the people in the town would know too, let alone Ruyi Village.

While Su Man was still doubting her life, Ah Chen and Lu Yan were already back in the county town.

Afterward, the news about Yu Jinyong’s second brother-in-law being arrested also spread in town.

The reason being one of the robbers was named Chang Jianjun, Chang Jianfeng’s brother. Such a big matter implicated the entire Yu Family, followed by various investigations, unveiling a chain of connections. It turned out the Yu family’s success was largely due to Chang Jianfeng’s position as a clerk in the town’s government; his wealth came from his bandit brother Chang Jianjun.

Chang Jianjun even helped dispose of Chang Jianfeng’s rivals.

Even the Yu family’s third sister’s husband’s job selling pork was something Chang Jianfeng helped plan.

The Yu Family was finished, who knows how many people would end up in prison.

Matchmaker Li really wanted to find the Jiang family’s younger sister and vent about the Yu family’s situation.

Unfortunately, the Jiang family’s younger sister was working in the county town, so she couldn’t visit, she could only find someone nearby to talk.

The Yu Family was well-known in town, and now even more infamous, people mentioned them with rueful expressions.

When Su Man heard about it, she was bewildered, the once mighty Yu Family was gone just like that? All because bandit Chang Jianjun was caught?

Too surreal.