Chapter 717 - 713: Catching the Thief

Xu Wenwan let out a loud cry, instantly drawing everyone’s attention.

Trembling, she explained what had happened.

Mrs. An’s eye twitched. She hurried to her room and discovered many things were missing.

The most crucial item was the golden bracelet.

That... that was something she had found in a wealthy family’s home back when she was leading raids on their houses.

The item was their family heirloom, supposedly a gift from the Emperor to his daughter.

She had taken a great liking to it and secretly kept it, planning to pass it down as her own family heirloom one day.

She never thought, never imagined, that it would be stolen.

Mrs. An’s vision went black, and she fainted.

The affair caused a commotion for half a month, but the thief was never found.

The last time Zhang Tianming went to Leng Yuan’s house and mentioned this to him, it was right after the An family had discovered the burglary.

From that day on, the An Family began using their connections and network to search for this so-called thief.

But despite all their searching, they found no useful clues. They suspected someone had climbed the wall into the courtyard and stolen the items while the entire family was out.

The incident caused quite a stir, and many people heard about it. Naturally, Zhang Tianming paid it no mind.

However, what made people curious was that no one from the An Family reported it to the police.

When someone asked about it, An Mingjiang was evasive. Many people didn’t understand why they wouldn’t call the police if their things were stolen.

People started giving An Mingjiang strange looks, but he just pretended not to notice.

Others might not know, but the An Family themselves knew that many of the stolen items were things they couldn’t let anyone else know about.

If they actually reported those items to the police, they’d be arrested themselves right after filing the report.

Heartbroken, Mrs. An clutched her chest and complained of pain every day. Xu Wenwan looked terrible as well. She had seen that Jade Bracelet—its translucency was superb, a piece of jadeite easily worth millions. If she had been able to keep it, she could have skipped at least twenty years of struggle.

But it was gone. Everything was gone.

An Dongyang didn’t dare make a sound.

No one in the family suspected him.

No one believed An Dongyang would steal. Everyone assumed a burglar had come, since the house was occasionally empty during the day.p>Mrs. An had even suspected Xu Wenwan, but she dismissed the thought after seeing that Xu Wenwan was even more heartbroken than she was.

In the end, the matter could only be dropped.

An Mingjiang also fell ill from anger over the incident. Whenever he saw his son lazing around the house all day, he would remember that the boy had actually been expelled from school, and he would become unbearably furious.

"Look at you! What a mess you’ve become! I went through so much trouble to find you that job, and you managed to lose it. You’ve completely disgraced me."

This wasn’t the first time An Dongyang had been scolded, and he was long used to it.

’After all, I was born well. Given my family’s status, even if I don’t work hard or strive for anything, I’ll still have endless money to spend. Who can blame me? I’m a descendant of the An Family!’

Some people are just like that. The moment they are born, they’re already at the finish line.

And he was one of those people, born standing at the finish line.

Mrs. An thought so, too.

She felt that if her son didn’t want to work, then he didn’t have to. What was the big deal? ’It’s not as if the An Family can’t afford to feed An Dongyang.’

Thinking this, she couldn’t help but speak up for her son.

"That’s enough. Why do you keep scolding him? And you’re still going on about that teaching job. I’d say that principal is the one who doesn’t know what’s good for him. Did he not know our Dongyang’s identity? Firing him just like that! I haven’t even gone to settle the score with him yet!"

"Besides, if you hadn’t found him that teaching job, would our son have gotten into a conflict with that Xia Qiuming’s nephew?"