Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder

The Lucky Star Control Corporation in the 70s (51)

Chu Xiang has no feelings for the Chu family, and Yin Xu naturally had no affinity toward the Chu family, so he was completely unwilling to intervene in the Chu’s matters. However, the Captain helped them at first, and the money was also the blood and sweat savings of the villagers. Yin Xu gave it a thought and decided to take care of it.

Of course he wouldn’t go forward to take care of it himself. To avoid getting involved with the Chu family, he directly reported to the police.

Since he got in touch with the Commander, the Commander called his acquaintances in the capital and asked someone to help Yin Xu. This someone was the Chief of the Public Security Bureau.

For such a trivial matter, Yin Xu only mentioned it to the Chief’s secretary.

Chu Lan arrived in the capital full of expectations for a better life, and was arrested by the police as soon as she got off the train. She was thunderstruck. She struggled violently but was still detained by the officers.

She was suspected of defrauding the money of the villagers. With substantial evidence, she wasn’t arrested unjustly. Even if she refused to admit it, more than a dozen villagers in the village clamored for an explanation. After she was detained for a day, she was sent back to the village, and her money was also confiscated and handed over to the Captain.

Chu Lan’s trip to the capital was simply a one-day trip, or could be said a day trip to eat prison meals. She returned to the village in a daze.

On the day she returned to the village, more than a dozen villagers whom she swindled blocked the village entrance and hurled rotten leaves and dung balls at her. A stimulated granny even splashed her with hogwash!

Chu Lan screamed and covered her face. Her mother couldn’t restrain herself and rush forward. Thus, the mother and daughter were drenched in hogwash together.

Everyone scolded her sharply. All the villagers were livid that she cheated so many people out of their money. Chu Lan was well aware of the consequences of a convict, but she refused to plead guilty. She insisted saying that she went to the capital to buy goods and did not swindle anyone of their money.

Unfortunately, there were two witnesses who confirmed that she was sneaking away from everyone when she left. They had no idea at the time that she took other people’s money. Otherwise, they would have stopped her right there and then.

There was both human and physical evidence, and more than a dozen villagers who had been swindled refused to reconcile, all accusing Chu Lan of fraud.

No matter how Chu Lan knew that she was unlucky, she never thought that she would be so unlucky to such an extent! She was at least a free person in her last life, but she has become a prisoner in this life! She was not reconciled, but she tried every means to no avail. She could only stay in the prison, despairing day by day.

The incident involving Chu Lan set off a furor in the village. There has never been such a villain in their village since the liberation. Nobody was quite particular with family status now, but people’s mindset has not yet changed. Once there was a convict in a family, then her whole family would be looked down upon.

The Chu family was ungrateful and neglected their benefactor, then they favored sons over daughters and drove their granddaughters out. Afterwhich, they shamelessly wanted to take advantage of the Yin family. The villagers have long witnessed everything. Adding Chu Lan’s deeds this time, they could no longer lift their heads up. With all the villagers despising them, none dared to step a foot out of the house.

The only survivor of the entire Chu family was Chu Xiang. Although she had severed ties with the Chu family, this kind of cousin’s crime would definitely affect her.

However, the key was that the Captain asked Yin Xu to bring Chu Lan back!

In the past, Yin Xu repeatedly stated in public that Chu Xiang and the Chu family had nothing to do with each other. Chu Xiang also stated that she would not have any dealings with the Chu family. Now that Yin Xu helped the villagers retrieve their money and brought Chu Lan to justice, Chu Xiang didn’t show a thread of partiality. She obviously sacrificed consanguinity for the sake of righteousness. This made everyone grateful to Yin Xu and Chu Xiang.

Everyone also had a shocking discovery through this incident. Yin Xu, who went out of their village, could let Chu Lan be arrested and sent back the moment she disembarked?

That was the capital! None of them in the village has ever been out of the provincial capital, let alone the capital, which in their eyes was the altar of God. Yin Xu did what the Captain asked, but the result was simply beyond their imagination. Now they regarded Yin Xu as a big shot in their hearts, and Chu Xiang, who was admitted to the military academy, was his perfect match. They were a pair of golden phoenixes who brought glory and honor to their ancestors!

Such a contrasting difference highlighted Chu Lan’s vileness even more. The rumors of the lucky star and the broom star were dug up anew, but this time everyone was entirely sure that Chu Xiang was the proper lucky star. Chu Lan, on the other hand, was the broom star that people should steer clear of!

Not only they thought so, but even the Chu family thought the same, especially Grandma Chu, who cried and berated Chu Lan’s parents at home. Her parents suffered and became the object of condemnation by the whole family.

Chu Weiguo and Li Yuezhen were the most angry. Chu Xiang was their biological daughter! She was so promising. How glorious was it for her to be an officer after she got admitted to the military academy? To say that they didn’t take this seriously before because they only valued their son, then it was different now, knowing that she had a promising future! Had the broom star matter not come up, wouldn’t they have been at the capital now, enjoying their blessings?!

Most importantly, after Chu Lan’s incident, the only child left in their family was Chu Xin. He would be taking the college entrance examination in a year, but if he performed poorly in the exams, he wouldn’t be able to marry someone. Their reputation was all now dragged down by Chu Lan. How could Chu Xin still dream of a bright future? Nobody wanted to hire him.

When Chu Lan said that she could help Chu Xin after she married Song Yang and go to the provincial capital, they also believed it and agreed to give Chu Xiang up. And the result? They didn’t gain any advantage but instead caught themselves in a trap. They even cut off their chance to follow Chu Xiang’s side and enjoy the blessings. They were on the brink of death due to anger!