Chapter 604
Jiang Yexun saw that Jiang Quankun was completely unwilling to listen to any reasoning, so he raised his foot and gave him a hard kick, directly pushing him aside.
When Hu Yuezhen saw Jiang Yexun storming in with the villagers, looking like he was going to raid their house, she immediately opened her arms to block their way.
“You can’t…”
However, her words faltered as she locked eyes with Jiang Yexun, whose imposing aura made her fall silent. When Jiang Yexun took another step forward, she obediently stepped aside.
Finally, Jiang Yexun, leading the villagers, spent about half an hour before successfully finding the hidden stash of money and tickets in Jiang Quansheng’s room, which had been sealed off.
When Jiang Quankun saw the pile of 10 yuan bills and the thick stack of loose cash, he was in complete shock. The previous night, he had been startled by Dong Jiaxuan’s frightful threats, and with both his brother and sister-in-law having passed away unjustly, he hadn’t dared to sneak into their rooms in the dead of night. But now, early in the morning, the villagers had cornered him.
Seeing all that money and tickets that had to be handed over made Jiang Quankun’s heart bleed.
But Jiang Yexun didn’t care about his thoughts; he counted the money and tickets carefully, then returned them to the respective families one by one.
The villagers, who had originally thought they had little chance of getting their money back, smiled widely as they received the repayment. They knew Yexun had been raised well by his mother. Though he was fierce and strong, as long as no one provoked him, he was reasonable.
After thanking him, they were about to leave, but Jiang Yexun suddenly spoke up, “I need you all to witness something.”
Everyone froze for a moment before stopping.
Kong Dongfeng was pushed out from the back of the crowd. He awkwardly smiled and said, “Yexun, if you need something, just let us know. We’ll handle it for you; we’re all from the same village.”
“Team Leader, you saw what my father did. He can’t avoid prison. And he has wronged my mother, so I’ve decided to divide the family.” Jiang Yexun said coldly, his expression firm.
Everyone froze at his words. Kong Dongfeng frowned and tried to persuade, “Yexun, although your father did wrong, he is still your father. Isn’t dividing the family too hasty before any verdict is even made?”
“Are you questioning the country’s laws, Team Leader?” Jiang Yexun lowered his brows, his voice cold and piercing like the chill of hell, making the air around them feel several degrees colder.
“Of course not!” Kong Dongfeng quickly looked at Jiang Quankun and Hu Yuezhen standing by and asked, “Jiang Quankun, Hu Yuezhen, what do you two think?”
Jiang Quankun, still reeling from the loss of the five hundred yuan, hadn’t fully processed the situation and was momentarily stunned. When his wife nudged him, he quickly agreed, “I agree! Divide the family! Right now! But we need to clear up some matters first. What about that girl from the second branch? We can’t give her a share of the household items. Also, that girl was supposed to be taken care of by my father, but now that he’s in prison, she should be under the responsibility of the third branch.”
“Watch your words! Do you want me to knock your teeth out?” Su Xiaoxiao shot him a look of disdain, glaring at Jiang Quankun.
Though he wasn’t happy to be spoken to like that by a woman, and despite the fact that Jiang Yexun, his crazy brother-in-law, was standing right there, Jiang Quankun didn’t have the guts to retort to Su Xiaoxiao.
Seeing him stay silent, Su Xiaoxiao sneered, “Your father was arrested because of his own disgraceful actions. He already had a wife, but still did shameful things. Cheating was bad enough, but he even slept with a woman carrying his own son’s posthumous child. He disregarded everything—morality, law, and family.”
Jiang Quankun opened his mouth to argue but found he couldn’t refute her.
Hu Yuezhen immediately became defensive and shouted, “What do you mean by that? If you dare throw that girl at us, don’t blame us if something happens to her!”
“What happens to her is none of our business. Her own parents didn’t think about her future when they went mad, so why should we outsiders care?” Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes.
At these words, everyone was stunned.
They hadn’t expected that Jiang Yexun would take responsibility for Jiang Guoli’s daughter, but they had assumed that for the sake of face, some of the family property would be divided less fairly.
After all, they weren’t lacking that much money.
But no one had expected Su Xiaoxiao, who seemed like a soft-hearted city girl, to be so selfish.
However, the villagers all knew that both Jiang Yexun and Su Xiaoxiao had sharp tongues, so they didn’t dare interrupt, not wanting to get involved.
“Third sister-in-law, what do you mean by this? If you refuse to discuss that girl’s matter properly, you can stop thinking about dividing the family.” Jiang Quankun impatiently said.
“Jiang Quankun, who gave you the nerve to speak to my wife like that?” Jiang Yexun’s voice was filled with anger as he coldly scolded him.
Jiang Yexun had only stepped back to let his wife manage the situation, but that didn’t mean he was powerless.
“I… I didn’t mean it like that!” Jiang Quankun shrank his neck, reluctantly admitting, “I’m just anxious. If we keep pushing and pulling like this, how are we supposed to divide the family?”
“This isn’t pushing; the relationships between you and her are already closer, with the same grandparents. There’s nothing to fight over. The rules of the village are clear—everything is divided by the male heirs. The second branch has only one daughter, so there’s nothing to divide for her. The old Jiang family’s assets will be split into three parts: one for the grandparents, one for the eldest branch, and one for the third branch. The second branch’s daughter will be under the grandparents’ care, so it doesn’t concern you two brothers at all.” Su Xiaoxiao calmly explained.
Although, as a woman, she should be more considerate of the girl, Su Xiaoxiao wasn’t going to show sympathy for the second branch’s daughter. After all, the girls from the old Jiang family had caused her a lot of trouble in the past, so she wasn’t going to spare her now.
By not throwing the girl into the fire, Su Xiaoxiao felt she had already shown humanity.