After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 157 The Jam Was Stolen
With these questions in mind, Su Xiaoxiao and Qian Musheng secretly went to the window and found that the shop assistants inside had already closed the door, and the owner of Tianji Grocery Store had come out to see the two of them.

Why are these two in Beijing? It seems they've received a warm welcome from the owner here.

The owner of Tianji Grocery Store treated the two people like VIPs. Su Xiaoxiao heard the two people inside assuring the owner of Tianji Grocery Store, "You can rest assured and do your job well. We will keep stealing jam from Su Xiaoxiao's jam workshop."

"We're worried we won't have any stock left. What if she finds out?"

Liu Datou burst into laughter after hearing this, "How could that be? No matter what, Su Xiaoxiao would never have imagined that the person who betrayed her was the one right next to her."

They seemed to be saying something else, but the voices grew softer and softer until they were barely audible.

Qian Musheng then pulled Su Xiaoxiao away from there.

On the way back, Su Xiaoxiao felt as if she had been betrayed, and she felt very unhappy.

She thought of the people around her, and several had already passed away. Currently, only Sun Shi and Wang Er were closest to her. Who else could it be besides them? But in this world, it seemed that Su Xiaoxiao could trust no one else besides them. How could it be them? Su Xiaoxiao really didn't want to believe it; she didn't want to believe it was true.

Su Xiaoxiao was surprised that these people were so arrogant, actually smuggling jam out of her jam workshop. Wasn't this tantamount to embezzlement?
At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao felt as if she had betrayed someone, and at the same time, she felt that the people around her were not very reliable.

She seems unsure how this incident will affect her, or whether it will ruin the business of her hard-earned jam shop.

However, Su Xiaoxiao was prepared to start over. What's the big deal? She could always try again. "I'm an unkillable cockroach," Su Xiaoxiao thought.

When Su Xiaoxiao returned to Baihua Village, she first secretly observed Sun's usual work situation but found nothing unusual.

It wasn't until Mrs. Sun gradually sensed something was wrong that she asked Su Xiaoxiao what had happened.

At first, Su Xiaoxiao didn't want to tell Sun about this, fearing that Sun might betray her.

Later, Su Xiaoxiao realized that she hadn't even given Sun this much trust.

It wasn't until Ms. Sun mentioned that she had recently noticed something was off about her neighbor, Ms. Zhao, who came to work there. Ms. Zhao was always the last to leave, and jam would often go missing while she was at work.

One day, Su Xiaoxiao caught Zhao in the act and discovered that Zhao was indeed colluding with Liu Datou to steal her family's jam.

Su Xiaoxiao was furious. After catching the culprit red-handed, she immediately notified the village head and then reported the case to the authorities in town.

In any case, Su Xiaoxiao will definitely not let these people off easily this time.

Granny Wang quickly came over to plead for her daughter-in-law, Zhao, "Su Xiaoxiao, please spare my daughter-in-law for my sake! She was just out of her mind for a moment. I don't know what she was thinking or why she would do this. If you take her to court, how will she live in the future!"

Su Xiaoxiao said to Granny Wang, "I can't help you with this. This matter is very important to me. It's your daughter-in-law who broke the law. You should go and persuade her instead of continuing to make a fuss here."

Su Xiaoxiao showed no respect to Granny Wang at all. Granny Wang was also crying and didn't know what to do. She now pinned her hopes on Liu Zian, who was an official in the capital. However, Liu Zian was so far away from them that he was out of reach.

Su Xiaoxiao knelt before the county magistrate and said, "Your Honor, I want to sue these people for stealing our family's ancestral secret recipe."

Magistrate Huang, sitting in the courtroom, narrowed his small eyes and stroked a few strands of his goatee. "Who is kneeling below? State your name!" Su Xiaoxiao realized that she had indeed been too hasty and hadn't told Magistrate Huang her name.

With that in mind, Su Xiaoxiao generously gave her name and explained the purpose of her visit.

"What evidence do you have?"

Magistrate Huang asked casually.

“I discovered that Zhao, the owner of our workshop, stole our jam. He then colluded with Liu Datou and his uncle, Scarface, to transport our jam to the capital to sell.”

"Even if your jams taste exactly the same, how can you prove that the jam was stolen from your house?"

"Sir, you'll know once you try it!"

Magistrate Huang slammed his hand on the table. "Nonsense! How do you know this jam was stolen from you? Couldn't they have made it themselves?"

“I have a witness, she is one of our employees, who saw Zhao taking jam out of our workshop.”

At this point, Magistrate Huang had no other choice but to signal his clerk to bring Liu Datou and Scarface up.

After the two men entered the courtroom, they seemed indifferent to the proceedings and appeared quite audacious, not even bothering to kneel down.

Su Xiaoxiao seemed to have noticed something. Liu Datou and Magistrate Huang in the courtroom had made eye contact, and the two seemed to know each other before, and their relationship was unusual.

Magistrate Huang didn't make things difficult for him. Instead, he asked very politely, "This lady Su claims that you and Zhao from the workshop colluded to steal jam from their jam workshop and sell it. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Datou hurriedly shouted, "Injustice! Sir, I developed that recipe with my uncle. Why can Su Xiaoxiao make jam, but we can't?"

Magistrate Huang then asked Scarface, "Is this true?"

Scarface quickly stepped forward and bowed, appearing very polite.

“We did indeed develop this jam ourselves. Because I really like eating sashimi, I naturally care a lot about the jam. Su Xiaoxiao, without any evidence, accused us in court based on the grounds that her employees saw us colluding with the Zhao family. This is completely fabricated, sir! We have been wronged!”

Upon seeing this, Magistrate Huang said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Your so-called witness or employee is also one of your own. I see that both sides are sticking to their own stories, and it's impossible to determine who is right and who is wrong. I'm sorry, I can't help you, Su Xiaoxiao."

Then, Magistrate Huang gave his clerk a wink, "Court adjourned!"

The clerk understood perfectly well, and shouted to the audience to leave the courtroom, and they withdrew.

Su Xiaoxiao also knew that this matter was clearly something that Magistrate Huang had communicated with Liu Datou beforehand, and that the two of them were in cahoots.

(End of this chapter)