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

"You said this phone was a New Year's gift from someone?" the police officer immediately asked. "Who gave it to you?"

The little boy was so frightened that he took half a step back, shook his head, and remained silent.

Even his friends noticed something was amiss and quickly shook him, urging, "What are you hiding? Tell me!"

"If you don't explain yourself clearly, the police might really misunderstand and think you stole this phone!"

The other children in the room also put down their phones one after another, and began to worry:

"Yes, just tell me!"

"If you become a thief, we can't even be friends anymore!"

"If my parents knew I was friends with a thief, they'd kill me!"

The little boy's face gradually turned pale, and he looked like he was about to waver and speak.

Just then, Liu Zhifang burst in from outside, panting, and said, "Oh! So it was you, you little thief, who came to my house to steal my phone!"

"No wonder you were lurking around my back door this morning; you were stealing from my house!"

Before the other person could speak, Liu Zhifang immediately put the hat on the little boy's head.

Now the little boy was really anxious; his face immediately turned bright red, and he desperately tried to explain:

"I didn't! I didn't steal it!"

"This phone was clearly given to my grandma by Grandpa Liu, and then given to me by my grandma!"

"Besides, I slept in late this morning, not getting up until almost noon, so I didn't even go out!"

"You're framing me! You're talking nonsense!"

The other children at the scene quickly chimed in, "It's true, he didn't go out this morning!"

"When we came to visit him, he was still lying in bed playing on his phone!"

To everyone's surprise, Liu Zhifang said firmly, "You stole it! I clearly saw you!"

"They came looking for you around noon, which only proves you were home at noon, not that you were home the whole morning!"

"You could simply go out first, steal the stuff, then go home, lie down, and pretend you never left."

"In short, my dad would never steal my sister-in-law's phone, much less steal it and give it to your grandma!"

The two, one big and one small, were arguing fiercely in the room, each trying to throw mud at the other's house in order to clear themselves of any wrongdoing and maintain their innocence.

The police, who were standing to the side, saw that things were getting out of hand and quickly separated the two parties. They then called over the other two people involved.

The villagers of Xiahe Village had just finished watching the spectacle at Liu's house and were still discussing it with great interest, not yet satisfied.

Who would have thought that there would be another spectacle at Widow Zhang's house!

Widow Zhang was playing mahjong in front of the convenience store, having a great time, when she was told that something urgent had come up at home and she needed to go back. She quickly got off the table with a smile.

"I'll stop here for today, I'll come back next time!"

She was afraid that if she played a few more rounds, she would lose all the money she had won.

Back at the Liu family's place, Liu Defu learned that the lost phone had been found and that the police were questioning who stole it. He was so angry that he felt a tightness in his chest and almost couldn't catch his breath, his eyes rolling back in his head.

"No, no! My head is spinning, I can't go now..."

Liu Defu clutched his chest for a moment, then reached up to support the back of his head, wishing he could lie down immediately to avoid this embarrassing situation.

To everyone's surprise, Tian Xiuhua sneered and said, "Keep acting! Keep acting!"

"You don't want to go? That's fine too!"

"You know perfectly well why Lan Yujuan's new phone ended up at Widow Zhang's house!"

"If you don't take advantage of the police's presence now and quickly go over to explain things clearly and try to gain Lan Yujuan's forgiveness, you'll be in trouble."

"At that point, they'll go all the way and have the police take all the suspects back to the county town for investigation, turning everything upside down."

"As long as you really don't mind losing face!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Defu's face immediately turned ashen.

He squinted at the opposite bank of the river and said irritably, "Look at this! This is the wife your son carefully selected from outside!"

"It's just a lost phone, why make such a fuss, the whole village knows about it!"

"What good does it do her to embarrass the entire Liu family?"

Tian Xiuhua sneered, "Hmph, my son? Why didn't you say that when you were spending your son's money?"

"Instead of complaining here, why don't you think of a way to get your son another obedient and sensible woman to marry?"

Enraged, Liu Defu glared at Tian Xiuhua and snapped, "Shut up!"

He then went out the door and headed straight for the other side of the river.

As he approached the door, he subconsciously raised his hand and touched his head.

It seems that the head injury he sustained a couple of days ago, after being ambushed by a "stranger," has not yet fully healed.

Tian Xiuhua was left alone at home. After glancing at the empty old house, she locked the door expressionlessly and slowly followed them.

The couple arrived at Widow Zhang's house on the other side of the river almost at the same time.

At this moment, a huge commotion had already broken out in front of Widow Zhang's house.

"Your grandson stole my sister-in-law's new phone!"

"The police saw it with their own eyes, they caught you red-handed, are you still trying to deny it? You whole family are thieves!"

Liu Zhifang seized the initiative, tackled Widow Zhang to the ground, straddled her, grabbed her neck with one hand and slapped her with the other, all the while cursing and hitting her.

Although Widow Zhang was at a disadvantage, she kept scratching, kicking, pulling, and pinching Liu Zhifang, refusing to admit defeat!

"Who are you calling a thief? Who are you accusing of stealing a phone?"

"You brat! Let me tell you, even if I stole from your dad, I would never steal a phone!"

"Pah! You're all a family of scoundrels, not a single one of you is any good!"

"The old man stole his own daughter-in-law's phone and gave it away, and the young man even came to their door to accuse them of something. This whole family is shameless!"

Taking advantage of the moment when Liu Zhifang was distracted, Widow Zhang flipped over and flipped Liu Zhifang over, turning her upside down once again.

The two of them wrestled and fought fiercely!

The police officer intended to step forward to break up the fight, but before he could even see who had slashed at him, his ear was scratched until it bled.

"Stop!" Liu Defu shouted as he arrived at the scene.