Inside Villa Number One.
The security guard brought over a jade carving. Tang Qingying took it and handed it to Chen Fan.
"Mr. Chen, this is what the thief stole from Villa Number One. It's now returned to its rightful owner!"
Chen Fan took it and casually set it aside.
"Thank you!"
"This is what we should do."
Seeing Chen Fan's indifference towards the jade carving, Tang Qingying's eyes sparkled. With her background, she could tell at a glance that the jade carving was made from top-grade Hetian jade. Although it was just a decorative piece, its value was not low. On the market, it would be worth at least a million. This was also why she personally apprehended Wang Dongdong; Wang Dongdong holding this item made him appear suspicious.
She then asked, "So, Mr. Chen, how do you intend to deal with this thief? Send him to the police station, or have you handle him?"
"Leave him to me!"
Chen Fan didn't want to make things difficult for Su Yingxue.
Tang Qingying had the security guard hand over the person. After a few perfunctory words, she left with the property management staff.
Wang Dongdong, now free, chuckled and flopped onto the sofa in a swaggering manner.
Su Yingxue couldn't help but frown. She glanced at Chen Fan and said, "Wang Dongdong, get up."
"What for?" Wang Dongdong, with his legs crossed, said shamelessly, "I've been standing for so long, I'm exhausted. Let me rest."
"You..."
Su Yingxue was furious at Wang Dongdong's attitude. "How could you steal things from the villa?"
"Sister Xue, why such a big reaction?"
Wang Dongdong was like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, saying indifferently, "The things aren't yours anyway, so why bother?"
Su Yingxue was both anxious and angry. "We're living here because of Brother Chen, and you actually brought people here and stole things. How will Brother Chen explain this to the villa owner?"
Wang Dongdong chuckled, "That's easy, just say you didn't know. Right, Chen Fan? Anyway, this villa owner is so rich, they won't miss a little thing like this."
Su Yingxue was astonished by Wang Dongdong's shamelessness. He stole things so brazenly, without considering how difficult it made things for others.
"You... you get out!" Su Yingxue couldn't stand it any longer and said angrily.
"Sister Xue, don't be so cold and ruthless." Wang Dongdong said with a grin, "My sister took your mom for a medical check-up. My sister helped you a lot before, how could you be so heartless?"
Su Yingxue felt a bit conflicted. She had indeed received a lot of help from Wang Tingting. She had to explain this matter to Wang Tingting, but would doing so affect her relationship with Wang Tingting?
"Sister Xue, look, you can't be ungrateful, right?" Wang Dongdong was emboldened and said, "Besides, the thing wasn't lost, was it?"
Su Yingxue was choked with anger and bitterness.
"Alright, Yingxue, leave it to me!" Chen Fan said with a smile.
Su Yingxue said apologetically, "Brother Chen, I'm sorry, this is all because of me that so many things happened."
"It's nothing, it's just a small matter." Chen Fan said with a smile, "How about you step aside, and I'll talk to him."
"Brother Chen, you... perhaps I should explain to Tingting and have him move out," Su Yingxue hesitated and said, "He's Tingting's only relative, after all."
"No need to move out." Chen Fan smiled, "Don't worry, I won't beat him. You step aside first."
Su Yingxue had expected Chen Fan to teach Wang Dongdong a lesson, but with Chen Fan saying this, she couldn't quite guess what he would do. She nodded and went into a room, closing the door.
Wang Dongdong leisurely swung his legs, completely disregarding Chen Fan.
Meanwhile, at the garden villa, or rather, the dog house.
The Su family members looked at the unusually low villa in silence. Jiang Shaolong also didn't have the face to invite everyone in with a host's demeanor.
Finally, someone broke the silence.
"Proudly bought a new house, only to find it's a dog kennel someone built specifically. Shaolong, you need to be more careful in the future!"
The speaker was Su Yufang, Su Yingxue's aunt, who was always sharp-tongued and sarcastic. When she benefited from Jiang Shaolong, she praised him incessantly, calling him the best son-in-law in the world. Now that she felt disgraced, she couldn't help but nag and blame Jiang Shaolong.
Jiang Shaolong's already terrible mood worsened.
"Aunt, Shaolong didn't know either. Please don't blame him," Su Yingxia said, afraid Jiang Shaolong would lash out.
"Fine, we can't blame Shaolong for this. If anyone's to blame, it's Chen Fan, that jinx, that unlucky star. Nothing good ever happens when he's around." Although Mother Su felt humiliated, she still spoke up, thinking she would have to rely on this son-in-law in the future.
"Yes, it's all Chen Fan's fault, that jinx. We already kicked him out, but he's still lingering around!"
"Exactly, why doesn't that good-for-nothing just die? He even managed to get on the villa owner's good side. I'm so angry!"
"..."
Everyone cursed Chen Fan again, using all the vicious words they could think of. Then, still, no one walked into the villa.
"Let's go, back to the old house!" Old Mrs. Su, being old, was tired after the commotion. She had wanted to go inside and rest for a while. But the moment she remembered that the villa was originally a dog kennel, she still couldn't muster the courage to go in. Ignorance was one thing, but knowing it was a dog kennel and still going in to rest, what would that make her, a dog? The longer they stayed, the angrier she became. Hearing the younger generation curse Chen Fan, she felt even more humiliated. The dignified Su family, along with the favored son-in-law of the Jiang family, were so angered by such a wretch like Chen Fan that they felt like spitting blood. After speaking, Old Mrs. Su, leaning on her cane, turned tremblingly to get into the car. The rest of the Su family exchanged glances and followed.
Only Jiang Shaolong and Su Yingxia were left standing there, extremely awkward. This dog kennel was their new home. Should they live there or not?
"Shaolong?" Su Yingxia hesitated and said, "How about we find another place to live?"
Jiang Shaolong watched his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the rest of the Su family, drive away without even a word to him. Fire raged within him. He turned with a cold face and walked into the villa.
"Shaolong?" Su Yingxia quickly followed him in. "If we keep living here, people will laugh at us."
"I've already become a laughingstock!" With no one else around, Jiang Shaolong's eyes turned red, his face contorted into aç‹°ç‹ž distortion. He glared at Su Yingxia, "All of this is because of you, because of your Su family?"
"Shaolong..." Faced with Jiang Shaolong's terrifying gaze, Su Yingxia trembled.
"After marrying you, the wedding was a disaster. What great price did our Jiang family pay?" Jiang Shaolong grabbed Su Yingxia's neck and shouted explosively, "And the new house is a dog kennel bought by someone else!"
"Today's disgrace was all caused by Su Yuxin. How dare your Su family blame me?"
Su Yingxia felt her breathing become difficult and struggled. Tears streamed from her eyes. Jiang Shaolong, however, didn't completely lose his mind and let go of her. Su Yingxia slumped to the ground, sobbing.
"I'm living here, and I'm not going anywhere," Jiang Shaolong said angrily. "I refuse to believe that Chen Fan, that dog, has such a deep connection with the villa owner. Will I have no chance at all? He's a worthless pauper, yet he got the chance to see the villa owner's property. Will I be worse than him?"
"When I rise, I swear I will make Chen Fan suffer eternal damnation!"
Su Yingxia just wept silently.