Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 991 - 992: Countryside Orphan Girl 36

Work half the day, slack off the other half. Zhang Yu was quite satisfied with her current work status.

By the time she got back to the gatehouse, Li Cui had already prepared the meal, waiting for her to start eating together.

"We have fish today." Zhang Yu glanced at the fish soup, genuinely surprised.

It’s known that the market doesn’t usually have fish available, and even if there were, the chance of grabbing some is slim.

Clearly, Li Cui didn’t mention anything at noon, yet unexpectedly, there it was. "Did Old Man Wu next door go fishing?"

Old Man Wu lived near the police station. Zhang Yu didn’t know how Li Cui chatted with people, but occasionally, they would have fish to eat afterward.

Li Cui nodded, "I bought two fish."

The conditions at Old Man Wu’s home weren’t great. They had a big family, with many half-grown children, which was a heavy burden. He fished not only to improve food variety but also to trade for some money and ration coupons.

After Li Cui got along well with Old Man Wu, she often bought fish from him.

Zhang Yu’s eyes lit up hearing this. In this era when eating meat was tough, having fish once in a while was indeed good news.

Two people shared one fish, and it made Zhang Yu quite pleased. After a brief rest, she was ready to wash the dishes.

Just as she was about to go to the sink to wash the dishes, she heard a familiar crying sound.

This scared Zhang Yu quite a bit. Could something have happened at the courtyard?

Could it be that Liu Jianshe regretted going to be an intellectual youth and came up with some self-tormenting trick?

Many people would go to great lengths not to become intellectual youths; there’s no tactic they wouldn’t use.

Watching the Liu Family make a fool of themselves was something Zhang Yu wouldn’t miss.

She quickly washed the dishes and then prepared to head over to the street office to join the fun.

However, as she stood by the sink, she saw Liu Qiang and his entire family of four in action.

Zhang Yu watched them enter the police station. Her first thought was, it’s not Liu Jianshe regretting—but maybe Liu Qiang’s family was bullied?

Although they were a bit down and split up now, barring them from confronting anyone with male heirs in the big courtyard.

When Zhou Xia saw Zhang Yu, she awkwardly closed her mouth from crying.

They were so concerned with their significant loss, crying sadly, yet forgot Zhang Yu lived at the police station now.

"What happened to you?" Zhang Yu looked at Zhou Xia, who couldn’t cry anymore. "Tell me, what’s wrong."

Looking at Zhang Yu’s face, Liu Qiang really wanted to punch it. If it weren’t for her, would his family be in this state?

But he didn’t dare act, fearing the consequences, "We want to report a crime."

Although Zhang Yu quickly learned this news, she certainly wished to know as late as possible if possible.

Reporting a crime? Zhang Yu glanced at the four of them. What’s going on? Did someone bully Liu Jianshe?

But no, if they were bullied, with the Liu Family’s current obsession with money, would they let the culprit go?

They would certainly strike back fiercely—unless they’d met their match this time?

"Go on in, there are staff on duty." Since they didn’t want to talk, she wouldn’t press, she’d find out eventually.

At the police station, they reported a loss amount that startled the on-duty officers.

There was money involved, along with numerous coupons. After confirming with Liu Qiang and his wife about the lost items, silence fell as they realized what had happened.

The on-duty officer took a deep breath, "If you insist on reporting this case, we can bring him back from where he’s gone to be a youth."

"But you must know, once we bring him back, the charges he’ll face aren’t light. He might have to go in for re-education for a few years." The officer felt it was just internal family affairs and there really wasn’t a need to report it to the police.

Hearing that Liu Jianshe might be locked up, Zhou Xia became uneasy, "Liu Qiang, maybe we shouldn’t report this."

Upon returning home, seeing the house like a burglar’s den—valuable items gone—Liu Qiang nearly fainted.

It was obvious who had done it. Other than Liu Jianshe, who left to become an intellectual youth today, no one else would dare.

"If you insist, then I’ll apply for a leadership approval." After all, it involved intellectual youth across provinces and cities.

"When can he come back?" Liu Qiang now wanted to give Liu Jianshe a severe lesson.

Despite his age, he still didn’t know respect and integrity.

The officer didn’t know either, shook his head, "We really don’t know."

"We need them to catch Liu Jianshe and conduct a brief interrogation there."

Liu Qiang didn’t expect that even if they caught him, it would still be complicated, "Can’t you do it faster, or just return my money to me?"

The officer shook his head, "We can only inform you as soon as we have news."

What else could Liu Qiang do but head home, feeling gloomy?

If they came crying, feeling that reporting would lead to a resolution, at least.

Now, they were truly crying in grief; knowing the situation, thinking about the upcoming expenses, which weren’t small.

Zhang Yu finished washing the dishes and waited at the gatehouse, watching for when they’d come out.

She initially thought they’d be inside for a while, but they came out surprisingly fast.

Judging by how quickly they went in and came out, Zhang Yu knew it wasn’t a big deal.

Zhang Yu looked up and noticed that while Liu Qiang was not crying much on the way in, on the way out, he was crying terribly.

"Something big happened?" Her heart sank, "Grandma, I’ll go in and check."

Upon going inside to find out what had happened, she was speechless, "Seriously..."

The last time Zhang Yu went back to check on the house renovations, she heard old neighbors talking, saying Liu Jianshe hoped Zhou Xia could help prepare his belongings for being an intellectual youth.

But Zhou Xia was simply unwilling to do it, publicly claiming it was to better train him.

"After Liu Jianshe received the notice, he asked his family to help prepare things."

The officer thought what Liu Jianshe did was reasonable, "After all, he had no job, though they might hold you accountable."

They watched the Liu Family getting played by Zhang Yu, believing she was being bullied despite knowing she wasn’t weak.

"Whether they blame me or not is their business; I’ll ignore it."

"They wouldn’t dare confront me to my face." Zhang Yu knew others actually disliked her, but they didn’t dare to say it.

"If they had prepared things for Liu Jianshe, this wouldn’t have happened." Zhang Yu knew Liu Jianshe couldn’t just sit quiet and do nothing, hadn’t expected his actions to be so aggressive.

"Such a huge courtyard, and leaving in broad daylight, it’s impossible no one noticed."