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

Liu Zhigang was slapped by his own father, feeling completely bewildered, and shouted his accusation:

"Why are you hitting me? I didn't say you stole it!"

The local gangsters who were originally standing by watching the commotion immediately objected when they saw the father and son teaming up to shift the blame onto them!

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense! We have professional ethics; we don't do anything like stealing!"

"That's right, we just arrived and haven't even entered the gate yet, so it's none of our business!"

In short, everyone said they didn't steal it and it wasn't their problem.

The police officer glanced at the crowd, looking somewhat troubled, and turned to Lan Yujuan, saying:

"Where did you lose your phone? Take us to the scene first!"

Unexpectedly, Liu Defu, who is usually taciturn, couldn't help but speak up again.

"What's the point of going back to the room to check if your things are gone? How are you supposed to know where you lost them?"

"Knowing your phone is so valuable, you should take better care of it. Whose fault is it for being so forgetful?"

"If you ask me, since we can't find it anyway, we might as well not bother looking for it, so as to save the police officers' precious time."

"Don't you have an old phone? It's not broken, and the SIM card is still there, so keep using it!"

After listening, the two police officers looked at Lan Yujuan with some embarrassment: "Responding to calls is our duty, so it's not a matter of delay."

"Whether this matter is investigated or not is up to you, as the owner of the lost item and the person who reported it."

Lan Yujuan nodded. "Thank you, officer! We must investigate!"

As she spoke, she looked up at Liu Defu and asked earnestly, "Dad, you left early this morning and just came back. You had no idea that I lost my phone."

"Then how did you know that my phone was lost in the room? And that only the phone was lost, not the SIM card?"

Upon hearing this, the Liu family members all looked at Liu Defu with suspicion in their eyes.

Liu Defu's face flushed red, and he immediately retorted, "Nonsense!"

"You either keep your phone in your pocket and never let it out of your sight, or you put it back in your room to charge."

"Since you said it was stolen, not lost, is there any need to guess? You obviously said it was stolen from your room!"

"Besides, you lost your phone but were still able to call the police, so you must have only lost the phone, not the SIM card!"

"I kindly reminded you, but you've taken it all for granted!"

Lan Yujuan said calmly, "If I lost my phone, a normal person's first reaction would be to assume that I borrowed someone else's phone to call the police."

"Dad, only you could have imagined that the thief who stole my phone would still kindly leave me the SIM card."

Liu Defu's lips twitched with anger, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Sharp-tongued!"

"I've never seen a daughter-in-law who would call the police and make a scene everywhere after something was stolen from her own home!"

"Fine, then let the police search the house!"

"If you can find any cell phones or evidence in this house today, I'll change my name to Liu!"

The neighbors who had gathered around had already started making bets, all guessing whether the phone would be found in the end.

Liu Zhifang stood to the side, looking at Lan Yujuan as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

She gently tugged at her mother's arm, about to speak, but met her father's warning gaze.

"Shut up!"

"What occasion? Don't say things you shouldn't say!"

"Let them search! If they don't find anything, I'll teach her a lesson today!"

Lan Yujuan looked at her father-in-law's confident demeanor, certain that the police wouldn't find anything.

What else doesn't she understand?

The loss of the phone is definitely related to my father-in-law.

But now, the phone is obviously no longer at home, so he's not afraid of anything.

But it's alright. She has her own way.

"Officer, there's no need for that. I roughly know where my phone is!"

Lan Yujuan's words successfully attracted everyone's attention.

Even Liu Defu, who had just looked relaxed, suddenly tensed up.

"Oh? You know where it is?"

"So you didn't lose your phone, but just forgot where you put it, and now you finally remember?"

The neighbors who were watching couldn't help but hold their breath.

Lan Yujuan shook her head. "Officer, my phone was indeed stolen."

"However, I have been using the same brand of mobile phone all these years, and they are all linked to my personal account."

"I just suddenly remembered that I can see the location of my lost new phone from my old phone."

As Lan Yujuan spoke, she took out her old phone, logged into the search service, and quickly located the real-time location of the lost phone.

Upon hearing this, the police officer's face lit up with joy. "That's wonderful!"

"Let's see where the phone is now, and we can just go and find it, which will save us a lot of trouble."

One of the police officers took Lan Yujuan's phone, checked the map on the phone, and quickly locked onto the direction.

Are there many people living on the other side of the river?

"According to the map, the lost phone is on the other side of the river!"

"Let's go, let's go over there now and see what's going on!"

As they spoke, the police officers made a move to cross the river to the other side.

Upon hearing this, Liu Defu turned pale with fright and hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"My phone was perfectly fine at home, how could it have ended up on the other side of the river? Could it be that my old phone had a bad signal, or the GPS wasn't accurate?"

"In all my years, I've never heard of a lost cell phone that can report its location online!"

"Stop it, nobody's allowed to go!"

As Liu Defu spoke, he began to put pressure on his entire family.

"Don't you guys even look at the situation now?"

"Debt collectors are already at the door, and you're still thinking about your phone!"

"When you're a person, don't just think about yourself; you have to consider your family too!"

The police officer was originally preparing to leave and go to the other side of the river to take a look.

After hearing Liu Defu's words, he immediately stopped and frowned, asking, "Who came to collect a debt? Who comes to collect a debt during the first month of the lunar year?"

"I'm warning you: Gambling is strictly prohibited during the Spring Festival!"

"Gambling is illegal and against the law. Once caught, all gambling funds will be confiscated, and the offender will be severely punished!"

Liu Defu was so frightened that he shrank back and immediately fell silent.

Liu Zhigang, who was standing nearby, quickly winked at the leader of the gang and began to discuss the matter carefully:

"Brother, as you can see, I have some other things to take care of at home today."

"How about this, you go back today and come visit again tomorrow?"

Upon hearing this, the gangster stopped fiddling with his prayer beads, folded his hands in front of him, and said earnestly, "Sure!"

"However, one thing at a time, we need to settle our accounts with you guys today." The gang leader leaned closer and whispered, rubbing his fingers together as he spoke.

The two stood in the corner, arms around each other, whispering to each other. To outsiders, it was impossible to guess what they were talking about.

After hearing the amount, Liu Zhigang pursed his lips and frowned. He then asked his mother for six thousand yuan in cash before he could finally get rid of the group of gangsters.

Tian Xiuhua was heartbroken to see the six thousand yuan in cash being taken away by outsiders, but she didn't dare to step forward to stop them.

The father-in-law, Liu Defu, and the sister-in-law, Liu Zhifang, remained completely silent throughout the entire process.

Lan Yujuan knew that now was the crucial moment to expose the truth. Relying on the large number of onlookers and the presence of the police, she boldly walked over and blocked the group's path.

"Wait a moment!"

"Since you took the money, shouldn't you at least have left a receipt?"

"Didn't you say that Liu Zhigang owed 800,000 yuan last night, and that you have an IOU?"

"Then the six thousand yuan owed here should at least be deducted from that eight hundred thousand!"

Upon hearing those three words, the two policemen exchanged a glance, their eyes gleaming. "Eight hundred thousand?"

"You lot, don't leave yet!"

"Everyone come here, show your ID cards, and explain the whole story clearly!"