Chapter 322: Chapter 322: It Really Isn’t Her
Thinking of the terrifying scene from her dream, she immediately got out of bed, took the pocket watch, and ran outside, intending to throw it back onto the firewood pile.
She was not going to take advantage of this situation!
It’s true what they say, when you’re unlucky, even drinking water can get stuck in your teeth.
Just as Sun Lixia reached the door and was about to throw the pocket watch onto the firewood pile, Zhang Guihua came out of the bathroom and caught her red-handed.
“Sun Lixia, what is that in your hand?!”
“I don’t have anything!” Sun Lixia instinctively clenched the pocket watch and hid it behind her back.
But the more she did so, the more suspicious Zhang Guihua became. She glared fiercely and demanded, “Show me your hand, is that San Ya’s pocket watch!”
“I really don’t have anything.” Sun Lixia turned and tried to run.
The old lady immediately pounced to snatch it, “Oh! So it was indeed you, you foolish woman with shallow eyelids, stealing San Ya’s watch,”
Her shrill voice echoed throughout the Jiang family home, startling all the Jiang family members awake.
“Mom, no, I didn’t take it, I found it.” Sun Lixia explained frantically.
“You found it?! When the Eldest questioned you yesterday, you didn’t say a word? You’re playing with death, daring to steal from your own family; your audacity has grown from stealing food to stealing such an expensive watch, I will beat the sense out of you, you ungrateful daughter-in-law.” Zhang Guihua chased after her, hitting and scolding.
Jiang family members, hearing the noise, hurriedly threw on their clothes and came out, only to see Sun Lixia being pinned against the wall and beaten by Zhang Guihua.
Jiang Changtao heard Zhang Guihua’s words from inside the house; his face turned terribly grim. Seeing his wife being beaten, he showed no intention of intervening.
The second household did not find this scene surprising at all.
It was indeed typical of Sun Lixia, who loved to take small advantages, to do something .
Zhaodi watched Sun Lixia being beaten with glee; indeed, a scoundrel needs another scoundrel to grind them down, now only the old lady could handle her in this house.
On the contrary, brothers Zhiwen and Zhiwu, who were always the most cherished by their grandmother, hurried over to intervene.
“Grandma, please don’t hit my mom.” Zhiwen grabbed Zhang Guihua, and Zhiwu also hugged their grandma’s waist, desperately trying to separate the two.
Zhang Guihua looked at her two grandsons and, with a cold snort, stopped her hand.
She said to Jiang Changhai, “Eldest, I personally saw the pocket watch with Sun Lixia; she definitely picked it up the night before last and deliberately hid it.”
“No, mom, I really didn’t, I found the pocket watch last night by the firewood pile. It was too late, so I didn’t deliver it to my brother-in-law; I was going to bring it over first thing in the morning,” Sun Lixia hurriedly explained.
“You’re so kind-hearted, you must have picked it up the night before last, intending to keep it for yourself,” Zhang Guihua said, disbelievingly.
“Mom, I really picked it up yesterday, I swear, if I’m lying, may thunder strike me down,” Sun Lixia swore vehemently.
Unfortunately, her reputation in the Jiang family was not very good; even if she swore, no one believed her.
“Changtao, can you say something for me? I really didn’t steal San Ya’s pocket watch, I’m being wronged.”
Seeing that no one in the family believed her, she ran over and grabbed Jiang Changtao, hoping he would speak up for her.
Jiang Changtao shook off her hand in disgust. Not only did he show no intention of speaking up for her, but he also glared at her fiercely.
Seeing that even Jiang Changtao did not believe her, Sun Lixia felt incredibly aggrieved, it really wasn’t her!