Chapter 68 The Insider
The neighbor's words sounded different to Li Xiumei's ears.
"How do you know my house was robbed? Tell me, did you hire someone to steal it?"
"What did you say? You're a good-for-nothing, Li Xiumei. I came to show concern, and you're trying to extort me? Fine, let's go report to the police. Today, I'll make sure the police clear my name."
Thus, everything was decided before Ye Xingguo could even figure it out. Even more tragically, when the police arrived, he didn't even get a chance to speak.
"Everyone be quiet, how can we investigate the case if you're all making noise?"
The scene immediately fell silent. After examining the Ye family's house, the police officers first noticed that the door lock had not been tampered with.
"How did the thief get in without picking the lock? Did you not lock the door when you slept at night?"
Ye Xingguo also went to check the door lock. There were indeed no signs of tampering. He immediately suspected an inside job. This was because every night before going to sleep, he would double-check that the door was locked, and he was certain that their door had been locked last night.
"Officer, I make sure to lock our door every night. It was definitely locked last night."
"Then who in your family has a key, and who has lost a key?"
At this moment, Ye Xingguo's younger son, Ye Tianhu, spoke up.
"Brother lost his key a few days ago, but he was afraid of being scolded and didn't dare to tell the family." Su Dan Novel Network
However, Ye Tianlong, who was inside checking if the money in his schoolbag was missing, found his key in his schoolbag. He thought he had simply forgotten to find the key earlier and, afraid of being beaten, quickly ran out of the room with the key.
"My key is in my schoolbag, I just forgot about it earlier."
The police officer looked, then turned back to Ye Xingguo.
"Your family's situation of being robbed should be an inside job. Otherwise, it's impossible to get in without picking the lock, and to steal everything clean in the middle of the night."
Ye Xingguo became even more convinced it was an insider. But there were only four people in the family, and the two children were too young to be capable, so it could only be Li Xiumei. Moreover, she had been arguing with him recently, and perhaps she had an ulterior motive. The more he thought about it, the more hatred he felt. However, considering the ledger, he dared not make a sound. This matter had to be resolved privately.
"Officer, how about you investigate it for now? It's almost time for work, and all the money at home is gone. We can't afford to have our wages docked again. I'll have my family members ask around nearby as well. Let's share any information we find to catch the thief as soon as possible."
The police had no leads at the moment and could only rely on canvassing the neighborhood for information. Staying at the victim's house was not useful, so they could only register the report and leave.
The neighbors present went to work, while those who didn't have jobs continued to discuss the matter at the entrance of the Ye family's house.
Ye Xingguo now just wanted to question Li Xiumei clearly. After sending the children off to school, he pulled Li Xiumei out of the house.
"Ye Xingguo, why are you dragging me out when you should be going to work?"
Ye Xingguo didn't say a word, just tightly grabbed Li Xiumei and walked. His large hand felt like it was trying to crush Li Xiumei's wrist.
"Ye Xingguo, let go of me quickly, are you trying to crush me to death?"
Ye Xingguo quickly pulled Li Xiumei into a secluded small grove and flung her hand away.
"Li Xiumei, stop pretending. Hand over everything that was stolen from the house."
Li Xiumei was still rubbing her wrist, and upon hearing Ye Xingguo's words, she became even angrier.
"I want you to hand over the money too. More than five hundred yuan was stolen from the house. This is money the family saved for over a decade."
Li Xiumei had no idea that someone was giving Ye Xingguo child support money every month, nor did she know about the money Ye Xingguo stole from the coal mine. After all, it was difficult enough for Ye Xingguo to support the family on his salary alone, so saving over five hundred yuan was already not easy. Therefore, she had never suspected anything.