MWSB -Chapter 5 Taking My Younger Sister Along with the Army

Even as the neighbor spoke, there was a hint of fear in her heart. She then looked at
the police officers.

“Comrades, you must find that thief as soon as possible.”

“If this thief really stole everything so cleanly, what are we going to do if
they come back and steal everything from the rest of us too?!”

The neighbor shouted loudly, and the people who had been gathered outside no longer
held back. They all crowded inside to watch the spectacle.

After seeing the state of the house, many people hurried back home.

Just what kind of thief could do this?

They had actually managed to steal everything so thoroughly!

Those people had better hurry home and hide their valuables properly too.

Which household didn’t have at least a few valuable things?

Once they were stolen, there would be no way to cry them back!

Although the police found it hard to believe, they still conducted a thorough
investigation according to procedure.

After they finished investigating, Wang Chunhua stuck her head over.

“How is it? Did you find anything? Can you find the thief?”

The police officer had already written the results of his investigation in the small
notebook he had brought with him.

Hearing Wang Chunhua’s question, he shook his head with a troubled
expression.

“The theft at your home is extremely bizarre. We’ve never seen anyone
steal things this cleanly before, so we’ll need to investigate further.”

“Also, I hope you can prepare yourselves mentally.”

The police officer sighed.

“We haven’t found any clues about how the thief committed the crime, nor
have we found any traces. So there’s a good chance that you may not be able to recover your
belongings.”

“What?!”

Wang Chunhua shrieked like a little firecracker going off.

“Comrade, you’re not joking with me, are you?! If all those things in our
house are gone and we can’t get them back, how are we supposed to live?!”

The police officer didn’t know what to say.

Wang Chunhua rushed forward and grabbed him.

“But you’re the police! If you won’t help us, what are we supposed
to do?!”

“Comrade, please calm down.”

The police officer was helpless as well. Liu Dajun hurried forward to pull Wang
Chunhua away.

“If there’s anything we can do to help, we certainly will. But we still
need to investigate this matter!”

After saying that, the police officer walked around the area one more time.

He truly couldn’t find a single suspicious trace.

In the end, he had no choice but to return to the police station.

Wang Chunhua sat beneath the steps at home like a withered eggplant, her hands weakly
patting her shoulders, her eyes completely devoid of their usual brightness.

All the money she had painstakingly saved for her son was gone.

There was nothing left in the house.

They were going to starve to death…

Just as Wang Chunhua was thinking this, Liu Dajun returned from outside.

He was carrying a bag of rice, flour, and some sweet potatoes and potatoes.

“I went back home and explained the situation to my parents. I brought some
food back with me, and I also borrowed some money from a few of my brothers. Let’s get through this
period first and figure out the rest later.”

Liu Qingyue had stayed inside the house the entire time. Hearing this, she merely
smiled and said nothing.

“Mom.”

Liu Wanwan hadn’t expected things to turn out this way either, so she walked
over to Wang Chunhua, sniffing back her tears.

“Everything is gone. I can’t even get her dowry anymore, and our family
has become like this too!”

Wang Chunhua was angry as well, but she knew that life still had to go on.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea popped into her head.

She grabbed Liu Wanwan’s hand and began whispering something to her.

Liu Qingyue happened to come out of the room at that moment.

The moment the two of them saw her, they immediately shut their mouths.

What kind of wicked scheme are those two plotting now?

Whatever they were planning, it didn’t matter.

Liu Qingyue had food and drink in her space, and there was even a small wooden house
inside where she could cook.

She wouldn’t go hungry.

As for what those two wanted to do, that was their business!

The incident had caused quite a commotion.

Although the neighbors eventually left, all sorts of rumors about their family began
circulating throughout the village.

Liu Qingyue took a walk around the village and saw quite a few people sitting beneath
a large tree.

She had barely approached when she heard the woman known throughout the village as
the “Village Loudspeaker” speaking mysteriously.

“Do you think someone in their family must have done something terrible, and
that’s why Heaven punished them?”

The people listening rolled their eyes.

“Come on, Loudspeaker. You’re usually the first person in the whole
village to know every piece of gossip. What happened to you today? Have you suddenly become
superstitious?”

“No!”

The Village Loudspeaker sat down and rolled up her trouser legs to cool herself off
before continuing to chatter away.

“Just think about it. Who could possibly steal everything so thoroughly? Even
if someone wanted to move out everything belonging to an entire family, it would still take several days,
right? But that thief managed to finish everything in just one night!”

After she put it that way, everyone felt that she had a point.

“Could it really be because they did something immoral, and Heaven punished
them by taking everything from their house?”

“That’s really frightening!”

“Spring Flower usually doesn’t treat her stepdaughter very well
either.”

“I think it’s entirely possible that Wanwan really wanted to steal
Qingyue’s fiancé. Maybe she actually fell for her own older sister’s
fiancé!”

…

There were all kinds of versions of the story.

After listening to them, Liu Qingyue showed no reaction. She merely smiled and
returned home.

When she got back, Wang Chunhua had already prepared the meal.

The pots, bowls, and utensils had all been borrowed from the neighbors.

Before this, Wang Chunhua had made quite a scene over it, but Liu Dajun had promised
that he would find a way to buy some new ones.

Only then had she finally stopped making a fuss.

When Liu Qingyue saw Wang Chunhua return, Wang Chunhua hurriedly pulled the bowls and
chopsticks closer to herself and began shoveling food into her mouth like crazy.

With one more person eating, everyone would have to eat less. She had to fill her own
stomach first.

Liu Wanwan hadn’t even reacted yet when Liu Qingyue picked up the bowl in front
of her and started eating.

She hadn’t eaten it yet anyway. If she didn’t eat it, then it was better for
it to end up in her own stomach.

By the time Liu Wanwan finally realized what had happened, there was only half a
small bowl of rice left on the table. She slammed her hand down on the table and wailed loudly, “Liu
Qingyue, how could you eat my food? What am I supposed to eat now?”

“Why should I care?”

“That bowl of rice might have been placed in front of you, but it doesn’t
have your name written on it! If you can eat it, why can’t I? Or does my dad not even want to give me
food to eat?” Liu Qingyue immediately turned to look at Liu Dajun.

Liu Dajun opened his mouth, but he didn’t know what to say. Wang Chunhua was so
angry that her head started spinning, and she turned away, not wanting to look at him.

Liu Wanwan continued crying and complaining.

Liu Qingyue ignored the whole family and went straight back to her room. Then she
entered her space and began farming.

When she had moved everything out of the house last night, she had found some seeds.
Since there happened to be empty farmland in the space, she figured that if she planted those seeds, she
might have something to eat later.

The days that followed were extremely difficult.

The police came again and told them that they really couldn’t investigate the
case any further. The whole thing was simply too bizarre.

The villagers got to enjoy quite a show, as the family continued arguing nonstop
every day.

Only Liu Qingyue remained completely unaffected by all the noise. While they argued,
she quietly farmed inside her space, paying no attention to Liu Dajun’s pressure or his repeated
sighs.

When it was time to eat, she ate.

When it was time to sleep, she slept.

She even sent the coat from before to the home of her ex-husband’s maternal
grandmother from her previous life.

After half a month passed like this, Liu Qingyue seemed to have gained a little flesh
on her face. She had put on just the tiniest bit of weight.

Throughout this half month, Wang Chunhua and Liu Wanwan had been constantly
discussing how they could scheme against Liu Qingyue.

When the time finally came, Wang Chunhua urged her, “It’s about time for you
to go to the island and join your husband, isn’t it?”

Liu Qingyue leisurely ate her food.

During this period, Liu Dajun had borrowed quite a bit of money, but he had finally
managed to get all the basic furniture for the house.

Perhaps because Liu Qingyue was about to leave and join her husband, Wang Chunhua had
even made noodles today.

Liu Qingyue was quite happy eating them.

“Then take your younger sister with you!”

The moment Wang Chunhua finished speaking, Liu Dajun put down his chopsticks. He
looked confused, but he also immediately disagreed.

“That doesn’t seem appropriate. It’s too dangerous for the two of them
to travel somewhere together. They’re both girls!”

Oh?

Hearing such blatant double standards, Liu Qingyue almost laughed out loud.

Apparently, it was unsafe for two girls to travel together, but he had no problem
letting her go alone to join her husband on the island.

Fine, fine, fine.

So she was the only one who was supposed to be the biggest sucker here, huh?

“There’s nothing unsafe about it.” Wang Chunhua continued eating her
noodles, her eyes darting around as she spoke. “The reason I want Wanwan to go with her is because
I’m thinking that once they get there, perhaps we can use some connections to find Wanwan a job on the
island.”

“Given our family’s situation right now, wouldn’t things be much better
if we had another person working and bringing in an income?”

As Wang Chunhua spoke, she deliberately put on a pitiful expression.

“Do you think I’m not worried about her?”

“But if our family keeps living like this, won’t we be completely ruined?
Once she gets there, Wanwan might even be able to find herself a decent husband!”

After hearing all this, Liu Dajun thought about it for a while and eventually felt
that it really was a good idea.

Recently, he had borrowed a great deal of money to buy all the furniture for the
house. If nobody helped share the burden, who knew how many years it would take him to pay all that money
back?

His son still needed to get married, too. They had to save money.

“All right.”

In the end, Liu Dajun agreed.

But the moment he agreed, Liu Qingyue immediately stretched out her hand.

Liu Wanwan and Wang Chunhua didn’t understand what she meant.

Liu Qingyue simply said, “Give me the money!”

Seeing that Wang Chunhua was about to explode, Liu Qingyue yawned.

“I’m going to have to take a train to join my husband, right? If the two of
us go together, that’s the cost of two train tickets, plus all kinds of travel expenses. If you
don’t give us any money, are you expecting us to go there and beg for food?”

“Everything I owned was also stolen clean. Otherwise, I would obviously have
paid for it myself!”

Liu Qingyue had completely blocked off every possible argument.

Liu Dajun’s expression became somewhat unpleasant, but when he thought about his
daughter joining her husband and eventually marrying Zhou Heshen, he felt better.

Zhou Heshen was a battalion deputy commander, so his salary was certainly quite high.
By then, none of these problems would matter anymore.

That was why he nodded and agreed.

After dinner, he went to the village. When he came back, he handed Liu Qingyue a
crumpled wad of money.

“This is the money for the train tickets for you and your younger sister. Keep
it safely in your pocket. Get yourselves ready. You two should leave first thing tomorrow
morning.”

Liu Dajun’s back was much more hunched than before, and his voice sounded
heavy.

Recently, Wang Chunhua had been forcing him to work far too hard.

He was genuinely exhausted.

“Okay.”

Liu Qingyue cheerfully took the money and went back to her room.

Liu Wanwan was somewhat unhappy. She pouted deliberately, putting on a coquettish
expression.

“Dad, why didn’t you give the money to me? What if Sister refuses to buy me
a train ticket…?”