Chapter 243 The Whistleblower

Just after Fang Hu and the others left, Li Erhua, who had been quietly observing everything from the side, quickly stepped forward.

Her gaze, filled with curiosity and doubt, was fixed on Shen Xiaoxiao. She couldn't wait to ask, "Oh my, little girl! Tell your auntie, how did the Revolutionary Committee suddenly come to your house to deliver furniture? How did you manage that?"

Upon hearing Li Erhua's question, a look of confusion and innocence appeared on Shen Xiaoxiao's still somewhat immature face. She gently shook her head and answered.

"Auntie, to be honest, I don't know what happened either! You saw it with your own eyes just now. Even our family didn't find out about it until they delivered the furniture to our door."

"How about you go to the Revolutionary Committee and ask around for us, Auntie?"

Upon hearing this, Li Erhua's face immediately showed an embarrassed expression. She smiled awkwardly and waved her hand, saying, "Well... never mind then, hehehe." She dared not go to the Revolutionary Committee to find this group of fierce-looking people.

At this moment, Shen Xiaoxiao glanced at her slightly messy house behind her, then smiled and said to the villagers around her, "Alright, uncles, aunts, grandpas and grandmas, I'm really sorry, we'll go back to the house first."

"As you can all see, my house is a mess right now. I need to quickly tidy up and arrange these newly delivered furniture. So it's not convenient for everyone to come in and sit down today. I hope you can all understand."

After saying that, Shen Xiaoxiao turned around and walked into the house with light steps.

Seeing their daughter handle the situation so well, Ma Aning and her husband, who were standing to the side, felt very gratified.

The couple smiled at each other and followed Shen Xiaoxiao into the house.

Dai Xingyun and Xiahou Jie followed closely behind Shen Xiaoxiao as they entered the house and gently closed the door behind them.

"Daughter, what's going on? Why did you suddenly send us so much furniture?" As soon as she entered the door, Ma Aning couldn't contain her curiosity and asked impatiently.

Her eyes widened as she looked at the brand-new furniture, her face full of confusion.

Shen Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, revealing a mischievous look, and playfully explained, "Mom, don't worry!"

"In my opinion, that guy probably had some doubts after he got back, and he was afraid that I was lying to him when I said I knew Director Wei. He must have gone to Director Wei to verify it."

At this point, Shen Xiaoxiao paused, her smile widening, and continued, "After he confirmed that I did indeed know Director Wei, he immediately panicked."

"They're afraid we'll report him to Director Wei, and then he'll be in big trouble!"

"That's why this guy rushed to buy all this furniture to please us, hoping we adults will be magnanimous and let him off the hook." After saying that, Shen Xiaoxiao winked at her mother, looking very playful and cute.

Hearing her daughter's explanation, Ma Aning nodded in sudden understanding, and a huge weight was finally lifted from her heart.

But then, as if she had thought of something, she frowned slightly and said worriedly, "Oh dear, we've already taken his money, and now we've also accepted these pieces of furniture. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

After all, one shouldn't accept something for nothing. Ma Aning felt somewhat guilty about accepting such a valuable gift from someone for no reason.

"Don't worry! I've already returned the money to them, and I even specifically asked them to help us find the guy who wrote the anonymous tip!"

As Shen Xiaoxiao spoke, she gently patted the other person's shoulder to reassure them.

Upon hearing this, Ma Aning's eyes widened, and she asked with a face full of doubt, "When was it returned? How come I had no idea about it?"

She stared intently at Shen Xiaoxiao's face, as if trying to glean some clue from it.

Shen Xiaoxiao remained calm and answered honestly, "Just now, when you and Dad were helping them move the furniture." After saying that, she winked mischievously at Ma Aning.

Ma Aning nodded in understanding, then said, "It's good to return it. We can't just take advantage of others." She then smiled.

Afterwards, the group worked together to rearrange the items in the room, tidying up what needed tidying up and wiping what needed wiping down. After a flurry of activity, the room finally became neat and tidy.

As for the anonymous whistleblower letter, Shen Xiaoxiao decided to ignore it for the time being.

Since she hasn't found any useful clues yet, instead of blindly pursuing the matter, she might as well hope that the people wearing red armbands will make a discovery.

In this way, her heart gradually calmed down, and she once again devoted all her energy to her former peaceful and regular life.

Every morning, just as the sun rises, she would shoulder her bamboo basket and slowly ascend the winding mountain path, venturing deep into the dense forest to collect various precious herbs.

After returning home, she would carefully select and dry the herbs, then grind them into powder or boil them into a medicinal liquid, and then send them to the troops for the soldiers to use.

However, unlike her, although Shen Xiaoxiao had temporarily put that matter out of her mind, Dai Xingyun could not let it go.

He and Xiahou Jie would leave home before dawn every day and only return home exhausted as night fell.

Their tireless efforts in searching and investigating finally paid off, and they discovered some clues.

Subsequently, the two joined forces with Fang Hu to conduct a more in-depth and detailed investigation.

After many twists and turns, they finally focused their suspicions on Lin Huanhuan.

It turns out that Lin Huanhuan had recently been transferred to Shijia Village to work as a barefoot doctor.

In truth, she had always harbored resentment. Furthermore, being tricked into marrying Jiang Long only deepened her hatred for Shen Xiaoxiao.

Since starting work at Shijiacun Health Center, she has been absent-minded all day and has been perfunctory in her work.

Whenever someone in the village comes to her for medical help due to illness, she always puts on a cold face and has an extremely poor service attitude.

Over time, the villagers of Shijia Village, seeing her actions, naturally developed resentment towards her and stopped treating her as kindly as before.