After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Lan Yujuan, carrying an axe, barged into her in-laws' room and, taking advantage of the situation, thoroughly searched the place!

From drawers to cabinets, from chests to bedside tables, they ransacked the room, making a complete mess of everything.

"Lan Yujuan! What are you doing!"

"Stop right there!"

Tian Xiuhua was furious, but seeing the axe in her hand and her reckless attitude, she didn't dare to approach her at all.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lan Yujuan searched every possible hiding place in the house.

And he silently memorized the location where he put his household registration book.

"Are you crazy?"

"I'm an old woman, how would I know how to use such a high-tech phone? I'm not a young person, what would I do with your phone!"

Lan Yujuan knew very well that Tian Xiuhua was right.

The phone has already been opened, so the phone store definitely won't allow a return. I guess I'll just have to keep it for my own use.

Since Tian Xiuhua won't use such a complicated smartphone, it can only be left for young people!

She might give the phone to her brother-in-law, or she might secretly take it and give it to her sister-in-law; either way is possible.

Thinking of this, Lan Yujuan picked up the axe and walked towards her sister-in-law's room.

"You're right. This phone is so complicated; if you don't know how to use it, then it's naturally meant for someone who does!"

Liu Zhifang was wearing headphones and lying in her room watching a short drama.

Hearing the commotion outside, I endured it for a while, but finally couldn't resist taking off my headphones and getting up to go out and see what was going on.

"Mom! What's wrong with you and my sister-in-law again?"

As soon as she reached the door of the room, she saw Lan Yujuan carrying an axe, which frightened her so much that she took several steps back and her face turned pale.

"What...what do you want to do?"

Lan Yujuan stared coldly at her and said, "My phone is missing. Did you take it?"

Liu Zhifang was dumbfounded, her mind a complete blank. "What phone?"

"No, what does your lost phone have to do with me? What makes you so sure I took it?"

Lan Yujuan sneered, "My phone was clearly charging in my room, and no one else came to the house."

"But while I was doing laundry, my phone, along with the charging cable and the box, all disappeared!"

"But the SIM card in my phone is still on the table!"

"There are only four of us at home. Since you say you didn't take the phone, then tell me, who else could have taken it?"

"It's not your mother, and it's not you. Could it be your father?"

Liu Zhifang, her back against the wall, slowly moved inwards, instinctively saying, "My dad? That's impossible!"

"He usually doesn't want new phones when I give him them, so why would he steal yours?"

However, Liu Zhifang quickly realized: if it wasn't her parents, or herself, then who could it be?

"Sister-in-law, could it be... that my second brother took it?"

"What if he sneaks back through the back door, grabs your phone, and runs away?"

Liu Zhifang swallowed hard and said nervously:

"Although you can't return your phone now, you can still sell it secondhand for a good price, at least 20% of its original value!"

Standing outside the door, Tian Xiuhua immediately wanted to curse when she heard that her youngest daughter had thrown dirty water on her second son:

"You brat, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"Your second brother, though his grades weren't great, when has he ever done anything petty like stealing chickens or dogs? Don't you dare slander him!"

"Besides, I've been cooking pig feed in the kitchen the whole time, and no one has been going in or out of the back door, so it couldn't be your second brother!"

Hearing her mother's words, Liu Zhifang felt a pang of anger and heartache. "Mom! What do you mean it can't be my second brother?"

"No one else came to the house, yet you're so certain that neither my dad nor my second brother took the phone. Do you think the house is haunted?"

"Or perhaps, deep down, you feel that I took your sister-in-law's phone?"

Tian Xiuhua pursed her lips, and after a long while, she whispered, "Of course, there's no way our house could be haunted."

"Zhifang, tell me honestly, who took it?"

"If you took it, hand it over right now, to avoid chaos at home and embarrassment for everyone!"

"When you came back yesterday, didn't I remind you not to rush?"

"No matter what it is, we'll talk about it when you get back to the provincial capital, okay?"

Lan Yujuan, standing to the side, finally understood!

It turns out that the mother and daughter had already discussed it and decided to remain silent for the time being.

When her sister-in-law returned to work in the provincial capital, she simply took her phone and left, acting first and asking questions later. Naturally, she couldn't do anything about it!

But now, it's unclear who is telling the truth between the mother and daughter, and who is lying.

Liu Zhifang was furious and immediately raised her voice, shouting shrilly, "I already said, I didn't take it! I didn't take it! I didn't take it!"

"Mom! Why don't you believe me?"

"You said I stole the phone, and I even suspected that you might have taken advantage of my being home to sneak the phone away and give it to my second brother later?"

The mother and daughter stood in the room and outside the door, arguing endlessly as they tried to shift the blame onto each other.

Lan Yujuan, too lazy to watch the drama unfold any longer, barged into the room and coldly said, "Whether you took it or not, a search will tell!"

Every time Liu Zhifang came home, she would often go into her and her husband's marital home and wander around, checking to see if they had added anything new or if there was anything she liked.

If she has it, she will either ask for it directly or borrow it tactfully and then never return it.

Lan Yujuan, on the other hand, has only entered this room twice in the three years since she married into the Liu family.

The first time was when my sister-in-law was suffering from menstrual cramps and was rolling around in pain on the bed. She made a cup of brown sugar ginger tea and brought it in.

Another time, her sister-in-law was sick and lying in her room with a high fever. She sat by her bedside and stayed with her all night until the fever subsided.

On the previous two occasions, Lan Yujuan focused on her sister-in-law after entering the house and paid little attention to the room's layout and decoration.

This time, however, she searched every nook and cranny of the room meticulously!

"This fur coat looks so familiar. If I remember correctly, it was taken from my closet, wasn't it?"

Lan Yujuan pulled out the collar to take a look, and then decisively took it out of the closet.

She opened the drawer and pulled out a Longines watch, well protected in a velvet box.

"This watch was a reward my dad gave me when I received my first scholarship in college."

"More than three years ago, you told me that you often forgot the time when you were taking exams at school, and you wanted to borrow this watch from me to wear for a while."

"It's been over three years since I borrowed it, shouldn't you pay me back by now?"

As Lan Yujuan explained in detail, she skillfully put the watch back on her wrist.

"And these bags, these pieces of jewelry..."

Lan Yujuan dragged her axe and conducted a thorough search of the room.

Liu Zhijuan didn't take any of her own things; she simply took all her belongings from the room back in front of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law!

Lan Yujuan kept all the items that had sentimental value or could be resold secondhand, such as watches, bags, fur coats, and jewelry.

She stuffed the rest into the kitchen stove, where it crackled and popped as it burned.

Liu Zhifang stood by and watched, feeling heartbroken and aggrieved, wishing she could rush up and fight Lan Yujuan again!

Tian Xiuhua was already furious. Taking advantage of Lan Yujuan's inattention, she stepped forward, snatched the axe, and then began to incite Liu Zhifang:

"You brat! What are you standing there for?"

"This cheap goods from out of town! He didn't keep an eye on his own phone, and now he's turning around and falsely accusing and bullying us, mother and daughter. And you're just going to put up with it?"

"Go up there and slap her!"

Liu Zhifang was eager to try, and with her mother encouraging her, she actually rushed over.

"I'll teach you to bully people! Just you wait..."

"Slap!" Just as Liu Zhifang raised her hand, Lan Yujuan was one step ahead and slapped her across the face.

Liu Zhifang was stunned for a moment, and was about to fight back.

"Slap!" Lan Yujuan slapped him again with a clean backhand!

"You dare touch me?" Lan Yujuan said fiercely.

"Anyone who dares to lay a finger on me, I'll immediately call Liu Zhiyuan's workplace and ruin his job!"

"Don't think I don't know, your older brother is never home for the Lunar New Year. He uses the company's name to keep a mistress and fool around outside, and you're probably the one covering for him and instigating it!"