The beloved but ungrateful girl is reborn: This time she has truly changed.

Hearing Sun Xidi say this, Tang Aijun and Tang Tiantian exchanged a glance and immediately accepted the answer.

After all, Qi Weiwei's personality has changed drastically in the past two days.

He used to be submissive, but suddenly he dared to talk back and even slam the door and leave.

Who else could it be but her?

"That bitch!" Tang Aijun gritted his teeth. "She pretended to be sick and went back to her parents' house, but she stole the money and ran away!"

He turned and ran out, intending to go to Qi Weiwei's parents' house to settle accounts.

But Tang Tiantian stopped him: "Brother Aijun, don't be impulsive! Her parents' house isn't a safe place to go. Besides... doesn't she have tuberculosis? That disease is contagious. What if you catch it if you go to her house?"

Sun Xidi retorted, "Tuberculosis? I think she's just faking it! She ran off with all our money, and she's probably already hooking up with some young gigolo! Bah! Shameless thing! I knew she wasn't going to stay put!"

Tang Aijun stopped and pondered for a moment.

Tang Tiantian is right, tuberculosis is no joke.

If I really get infected, my life will be ruined.

"Then what should we do?" he asked.

"Let's find out secretly," Tang Tiantian said. "First, let's find out if she's really sick. If not, then she must have run off with the money. We can settle accounts with her later."

Tang Aijun thought it made sense.

But he still felt uneasy.

That much money represented all the savings he, Tang Tiantian, and Sun Xidi had.

If Qi Weiwei really manages to run away with him...

How dare she?!

He decided to go find his father, Tang Qu, first.

The director of the expropriation committee can easily investigate individuals.

That afternoon, Tang Aijun went to the harvest committee and told Tang Qu about the matter.

After listening, Tang Qu narrowed his eyes, stared at Tang Aijun for a long time, and then slowly said, "You mean, that idiot suddenly changed his personality and stole money and ran away?"

"Yes!" Tang Aijun nodded. "Dad, you have to help me get the money back! That's all the savings I have, Tiantian, and Grandma!"

Tang Qu did not answer immediately.

He stood up and paced around the office. Sunlight streamed in through the window, casting a shadow on his somber face.

After a long while, he stopped and looked at Tang Aijun: "I'm asking you, did that idiot find out about your affair with Tiantian?"

Tang Aijun was taken aback and thought about it carefully.

He and Tang Tiantian were always very careful and never overstepped their bounds in front of Qi Weiwei.

Qi Weiwei is both stupid and slow-witted, how could she possibly discover that?

"That's impossible," he shook his head. "We were very careful; she never showed any suspicion."

"Then why did she suddenly act like this?" Tang Qu frowned. "Faking illness, stealing money, running away... it's clear she doesn't want to live like this anymore. But Qi Weiwei, she used to cry and beg to marry you."

This is also what Tang Aijun can't understand.

Qi Weiwei loved him to death. In order to marry him, she quarreled with her family, went on a hunger strike, and used every trick in the book.

How could a woman like that suddenly turn on you?

unless……

"Dad, could something have happened to her family?" Tang Aijun guessed. "They need money but are too embarrassed to ask, so they..."

"Possibly," Tang Qu nodded, "but whatever the reason, stealing money is stealing money. This matter cannot be left unresolved."

He immediately sent people to investigate all the hospitals in the district.

The results came back quickly: Qi Weiwei had indeed not gone to the hospital for treatment, let alone received a diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Tang Qu brought this result to the courtyard in person.

That evening, the Tang family of three—Tang Qu, Tang Aijun, and Tang Tiantian—along with Sun Xidi, sat in the main room in a somber atmosphere.

"The hospital checked, and Qi Weiwei isn't sick." Tang Qu looked at his son. "She's lying."

Tang Aijun's face looked very grim.

Tang Tiantian bit her lip, her eyes flashing with hatred: "That idiot, how dare he lie to us!"

Sun Xidi started crying again: "My money... my savings for my funeral..."

Just then, the person Tang Qu sent to inquire about the situation at the railway family compound returned.

The man, looking as if he'd discovered a huge secret, lowered his voice and said, "Director, I've found out. Qi Weiwei went to the bank yesterday to withdraw money—a full two thousand yuan!"

"Two thousand yuan?!" Sun Xidi's crying stopped abruptly, her eyes wide open.

Tang Aijun was also stunned.

Where did Qi Weiwei get so much money?

"It's a passbook," the person continued, "an account opened in Qi Weiwei's name."

"My savings account! My life savings!" Sun Xidi slapped her thigh, crying and cursing, "That heartless slut! She took our Tang family's money and deposited it in her own name! Now she's trying to withdraw it and run off with it! Shameless! Heartless!"

Tang Qu's face was so gloomy it could drip water.

He stared at Tang Aijun, his voice icy: "You shouldn't have put money in that idiot's name for insurance in the first place!"

However, Sun Xidi has a rural household registration, making it inconvenient for her to save money in the city.

Given that the source of this money was unclear, Tang Qu had an account opened in Qi Weiwei's name and deposited the money into it.

At the time, they all thought Qi Weiwei was easy to manipulate and that using her name would be safe.

Now look what's happened, Qi Weiwei has taken all the money.

Tang Aijun's mind was in a mess.

"No," he stood up, "I still have to go to the mentally challenged man's parents' house. Are they planning to all run away and disappear? But the man's grandparents and a bunch of older siblings are all in Beijing; even if they run away, they can't escape!"

"Why is this idiot making such a scene?" Tang Qu pounded on the table. "Did something happen to someone in her family? Why would they need such a large sum of money?"

Tang Aijun shook his head blankly: "I don't know. At first, she just had a few words with my grandma."

Tang Tiantian gritted her teeth: "If you ask me, this idiot has gone completely mad. Before, she never fought back or talked back to Grandma, but suddenly she's a completely different person. Isn't that insane?"

"Lost your mind?" Tang Qu sneered. "A lunatic would still remember to go to the bank to withdraw money?"

Silence fell in the room again.

The four of them racked their brains, but they couldn't come up with the idea that Qi Weiwei knew about the affair and the illegitimate child.

In their eyes, Qi Weiwei was a fool, an idiot, and easy to fool.

How could she possibly discover such a secret?

In the end, Tang Qu made the final decision: "We won't get anything out of those two old folks in the Qi family. Anyway, our goal is to get the money back. No matter where Qi Weiwei ran off to, she still needs her parents, right?"

Tang Tiantian scoffed, her tone contemptuous: "As long as I love Brother Jun and he's happy, she'd be willing to let a fool sell her parents!"

Tang Qu rolled her eyes at her: "We're talking about serious matters, Tian Tian, ​​stop fooling around."

Tang Aijun looked at his father: "Dad, what are your plans?"

"Simple." Tang Qu exhaled a puff of smoke. "Force her back. If her parents get into the land requisition committee, will she still be able to live a carefree life outside?"