Chapter 102: The Household Registration Has Disappeared

Chapter 102: The Household Registration Has Disappeared

Zhao Daxing stared intently at Su Jianjun, "Do you really have no idea where she is?"

"I followed all the local customs, held the wedding banquet, and got the marriage certificate. Not a single step was skipped. I married her properly, and now, not long after, she's gone. If I don't come to you, who else should I go to?"

Su Jianjun retorted angrily, "A married daughter is like water spilled on the ground. You took her home, and her household registration was moved to your Zhao family. If she hasn't returned home, why are you making a scene here? That doesn't make sense!"

"Her household registration was moved out of the Su family?"

"When did this happen? Why wasn't I informed?"

Zhao Daxing stepped forward, asking urgently.

Su Jianjun and Ji Qingqing exchanged glances, their expressions turning serious.

"It was a few days after you brought her home. Didn't you ask her to come over and handle it? She even brought us some jujubes and peanuts."

Xiao Jiliang, hearing Su Jianjun's words, immediately charged forward, "You, Su Jianjun, you cheapskate! I was wondering why a big bag of peanuts and jujubes in my cabinet went missing. Sure enough, Su An took them back to help her family. My two thousand dollars..."

"Mom!!!"

Zhao Daxing shouted at Xiao Jiliang, "Can you calm down? Is this really about peanuts and jujubes now? Didn't you hear them say that Su An's household registration has been removed!!!"

Xiao Jiliang glared at Su Jianjun and his wife, reluctantly closing her mouth.

"What did Su An say when she returned?"

Su Jianjun also realized something was wrong, "She said you were too busy with work to accompany her back, so she brought some things back herself and handled the household registration. She told us to come see you in a week to sort out the work matters!"

Zhao Daxing took a deep breath, "The day I brought Su An home, we had a bit of a disagreement, and I injured my arm. I was admitted to the hospital that same day. I didn't ask her to go back and handle the household registration, nor did I mention anything about work."

At this, both parties fell silent.

In the small living room, the four of them sat around the table, separated by the furniture. Xiao Jiliang's nose twitched slightly; she always thought there was a strange smell in the room.

Ji Qingqing, noticing Xiao Jiliang looking around, her recently relaxed expression darkened again.

Last time, Su An had made the house smell bad, and Ji Qingqing, feeling uneasy, had burned some leaves to fumigate the house for a few days. Now, the bad smell was gone, but there was a faint bitter leaf odor instead.

"Qingqing, go fetch the household registration book," Su Jianjun instructed Ji Qingqing.

Ji Qingqing nodded and went into the master bedroom, returning shortly with a small booklet.

Su Jianjun flipped through it a couple of times and then handed it over to Zhao Daxing, "Take a look for yourself. Su An's household registration is indeed no longer part of the Su family."

Zhao Daxing took the household registration book and flipped through it. Su Jianjun's, Ji Qingqing's, Su Jiao's, and Su Lei's names were there, but Su An's was missing.

"Hmph, it seems I've really encountered a marriage scam!"

Su Jianjun's expression also turned unpleasant. What did Zhao Daxing mean by this? His wife is missing, and now he's blaming his father-in-law?

"What do you mean by a marriage scam? I handed my daughter over to you in good faith. Once she went to your house, she became your family's responsibility. Now that she's missing, shouldn't I be the one asking you for my daughter? Why is it that a perfectly fine person, who was fine at my house, disappeared after just a month at yours?"

Zhao Daxing, with a cold face, looked up at Su Jianjun, "Tell me the truth, did Su An have any lovers before we met? Last time she went back to her parents' house, she was gone for a few days. You assured me she was at her brother's place."

"I spent a lot of real money to marry a wife, not to bring home a used woman!"

"Is this 'brother' you mentioned her 'real brother'? Why haven't we seen this brother from the time we met until we got married?"

Seeing Zhao Daxing being so aggressive and dragging the reputation of the Su family into it, Su Jianjun’s expression also turned unpleasant.

"Is he really her brother? You can check the household registration. His name is Su Ping, he’s Su An’s full brother. Why would I lie to you about something like this?"

Zhao Daxing tossed the household registration towards Su Jianjun, "The household registration has Su Jiao and Su Lei, but not Su Ping!"

"Are you trying to trick me? Do you think I’m stupid?"

"Impossible!!!" Ji Qingqing nervously grabbed the household registration from the table and started flipping through it.

She flipped through it from front to back, then back to front, then looked at Su Jianjun with a grim expression.

"Jianjun, the pages for Su Ping and Su An in the household registration are... are missing!"

"How is that possible?" Su Jianjun grabbed the household registration from Ji Qingqing and quickly flipped through it twice.

"Nothing."

"Nothing."

"Su Ping’s household registration is also gone..."

Su Jianjun suddenly jumped to his feet, "Did they take the household registration out of the house?"

His voice was already strained! His earlier calm was completely gone.

Then he slammed the household registration on the table, "Those two ungrateful brats!!!"

"Do they even respect me as their father anymore?"

"After all these years, I’ve raised two ungrateful wretches!"

Just then, Su Jianjun seemed to remember something, turned to Ji Qingqing, "You mentioned before that Su Ping’s salary from last month hasn’t come in? What about now?"

Ji Qingqing, seeing Su Jianjun’s furious expression, felt a little scared.

"Still, still haven’t received it."

Su Jianjun’s face turned pale, his words coming out through clenched teeth, "Hah, they think they’re ready to fly, but their wings aren’t even fully grown yet!"

"Where do they think they’re going? I doubt they’ll go back to farming in the countryside!"

With that, Su Jianjun turned to Zhao Daxing and his mom and began shooing them out, "We’ve got things to take care of at home today, so we won’t keep you any longer!"

Before Zhao Daxing could say anything, Xiao Jiliang leapt to her feet.

"What are you talking about? Where’s Su An? Where’s the bride we paid good money for?"

"I gave you the full bride price, not a single penny short, and now that the person is gone, this is your attitude? Listen, if you don’t give us an explanation today, we’re not going anywhere!"

"We’re not leaving!"

With that, Xiao Jiliang plopped her leg on the table, looking like she was ready to camp out, clearly showing that if you don’t give me an explanation, no one will have an easy time.

Zhao Daxing wasn’t sure if Su Jianjun was telling the truth or just putting on a show for him.

When he met Su An, he had never met this "brother," and at the wedding, this "brother" didn’t show up either, but looking at the anger on Su Jianjun’s face, it didn’t seem fake.

Ji Qingqing, seeing Xiao Jiliang’s stubbornness, pointed at her and snapped, "You still have the nerve to talk to us about the bride price?"

Su Jianjun held Ji Qingqing back; now wasn’t the time to pick a fight with the Zhao family. The focus was on Su Ping.

He needed to rush to Wuzhen—fifty yuan a month, six hundred a year, that’s a lot of money to just vanish without a trace!