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Chapter 1527 Good Luck Continues (16)
Seeing that Li Qiuyun hadn't even married Cao Li yet, and that the Cao family was already interfering in their marriage, Linlang thought to herself that if Li's mother wanted a divorce, she wouldn't be able to just do it so easily; there would have to be a certain opportunity.

Perhaps we can use the fact that the Cao family came to the Li family to cause trouble to create an irreconcilable conflict between Li's mother, Li Qiuyun, and the Cao family. This way, when Li's mother says that she can't stay in this house anymore and wants a divorce, it will seem legitimate and open, so as to avoid Li's father disagreeing with the divorce and causing endless trouble.

Leaving aside Linlang's plan, let's talk about what happened next. Cao's mother and Cao Li saw that Aunt Li's family had left, and then Grandpa Li chased them away, but they argued back. They then went straight to their goal, which was to confront Li Zhiguo and his wife, insisting that they had stolen the money and demanding that they return it to Li Qiuyun.

Li Zhiguo and his wife were truly surprised. Before they even got any money, Li Qiuyun could falsely accuse them of stealing her money. Seeing that they couldn't get their money back, she went to the Cao family and found someone to back her up before coming to them to ask for their money back. It was infuriating.

Neither of them had a good temper, so when Sister-in-law Li heard what the Cao family said, she jumped up several feet in anger and said, "We said we didn't take it, what nonsense are you spouting? Besides, if we stole Li Qiuyun's money, we're going to call the police to settle this!"

The police never said they stole it. This group of people is really something, insisting that they stole it. Are they crazy? What, are they better at solving cases than the police?

They were in the right, but Cao's mother said, "Just because the police have no evidence doesn't mean you didn't steal. You are the most suspicious people in this family. If you didn't steal, then someone in your family did. If no one admits it, fine. Everyone except Grandma Li and her in-laws will split the cost and pay my son and daughter-in-law eight hundred yuan."

She certainly wouldn't steal the money Grandma Li gave her. Besides, Grandma Li favors her daughter-in-law and still has money on hand. As long as we appease her, the money Grandma Li has will still be theirs in the future. So naturally, we can't say that Grandma Li stole the money, make her unhappy, or stop giving them money in the future. The same logic applies to Li's father, so we don't need to give them money.

The decision to have the entire Li family share the cost of 800 yuan with Li Qiuyun was something they had agreed upon before coming. Since they were certain that the Li family had stolen the item, they naturally had to pay for it, and 800 yuan was the minimum.

Hearing what Cao's mother said, Linlang felt that this was an opportunity to escalate the conflict with Li Qiuyun. Before Li's grandfather, Li Zhiguo, and the others could scold Cao's mother for her unreasonable words, Linlang was the first to jump up and point at Li Qiuyun, saying, "You piece of trash! You stole my money and didn't return it, and now you want my mother and me to pay you back? This family is impossible to live in!"

Turning to Li's father, he said, "Dad, you have to say something fair, otherwise, Mom and I can't stay in this house anymore. I'm taking Mom and leaving!"

From now on, she must show that she is irreconcilably opposed to Li Qiuyun, paving the way for her future departure from this family.

Of course, she and Li Qiuyun were sworn enemies from the start, after all, the other party had "stole" more than 600 yuan from her and dozens of tickets.

When Li's mother heard Linlang say that she wanted to take her away, she was taken aback and looked at Linlang.

Although she hadn't considered leaving, she wouldn't contradict her daughter in front of her and embarrass her, so she paused for a moment and remained silent.

When Li's father heard Linlang say she wanted to leave, he was immediately displeased and said, "Leave what? How can you say such a thing?"

He'd already been divorced once. If he divorced again and wanted to remarry, it wouldn't be impossible with his income, but it would be troublesome. What if his new wife demanded his salary? Not every woman is as easy to talk to as Li's mother, so naturally he didn't want a divorce. He was naturally unhappy after hearing Linlang's words. However, he still had to take Linlang's words seriously, lest they get angry and run away if he actually asked them for money, which wouldn't be good for him.

Li's father then looked at Li Qiuyun and said, "Don't say things like 'I'll make everyone in the family pay you back'..."

Although he felt sorry for his eldest daughter who had no mother to take care of her, he couldn't follow Cao's mother's suggestion at this moment. After all, he was someone who listened to his father, and Li Zhiguo was also someone he valued. How could he go against his father's words for the sake of his eldest daughter and let Li Zhiguo suffer losses? If he dared to agree, his father and Li Zhiguo would blame him to death.

Li Qiuyun remained silent, because if she spoke up about this matter, it might upset her father, and he might give her less money in the future.

But it doesn't matter, she now has a mouthpiece—the Cao family can speak for her.

Sure enough, as soon as Li's father finished speaking, Cao's mother objected, saying, "Qiu Yun's eight hundred yuan was just stolen like that? How can this be! It's eight hundred yuan! No matter what, either your family finds the thief and makes him hand over the eight hundred yuan; if you can't find him, then it means everyone is a suspect, and everyone has to share the money with Qiu Yun."

Grandpa Li sneered from the side, "We shouldn't have given it to her in the first place! She even said that we should each give her some money, but I mean the exact opposite. She has to return the eight hundred yuan, and then I want to split it equally among the three families. I don't want my youngest son to fall out with me because of the eight hundred yuan she took."

Now things are really messed up. Grandpa Li wants Li Qiuyun to return 800 yuan, or he'll deduct it from her wages.

Li Qiuyun then blamed the lost money on the Li family, demanding compensation from them.

Both sides demanded money from the other, which led to a heated argument that drew crowds of onlookers.

In response, some poor families in the courtyard made sarcastic remarks, saying, "It's all because of having too much money. If we didn't have money, there wouldn't be so many problems! It's clear that it's better not to have money. Money is the root of all evil."

The Cao family didn't leave until dark, and even said they would come back whenever they had time, staying until they got the money—after all, Cao's mother didn't have a job, so she had plenty of time to cause trouble at the Li family's house.

They weren't lying; after all, the temptation of eight hundred yuan was too great. So they kept making a scene at the Li family's house, demanding that the Li family hand over the eight hundred yuan.

Then Uncle Li's family would often come over to ask Grandpa Li if the matter of the eight hundred yuan had been resolved, and when they would give their family the eight hundred yuan. This caused a lot of turmoil in the Li family, making it the talk of the town among the neighbors. As a result, the Li family's status in the courtyard quickly dropped from above average to the lowest. After all, any old man who showed such favoritism, giving all his private savings to one of his grandsons, was bound to bring trouble. Everyone felt that the Li family would fall apart sooner or later—and they really did predict it. In the end, the Li family did indeed fall apart.

While they were making a ruckus, Linlang was quietly making a fortune in a corner they didn't know about.