Chapter 239 - Sly Fox

" what are you going to do with this pouch ?" said Lin Chen, he didn't know why but the second he snatched the money pouch from Lin Che, and returned to his fifth brother, the latter took away the pouch from his hands just a second later he finished counting the money. 

" What do you t..think ?" arching an eyebrow Lin Yu answered, seeing him act like this Lin Chen felt a chill spread down his spine whatever, his fifth brother was planning it wasn't anything good. 

" Hey? Hey! Hey! Hey !!!!" just as this thought crossed Lin Chen's mind, he caught sight of Lin Yu raising his arm high and throwing away the pouch in hand like he was playing catch. The pouch was sent flying towards a group of refugees, who caught it at once - and the next scene that followed, Lin Chen didn't even want to think about it anymore. It was as if someone had thrown a chunky piece of meat in a pond full of piranhas- all the refugees pounced on that pitiful cloth pouch and torn it up within seconds, the measly sum of four hundred copper coins vanished so fast that Lin Chen couldn't even blink before it happened. 

That was their four hundred copper coins, the coins for which he and his brothers worked so hard for, and they were looted just like that? 

" Why did you that ?" Lin Chen couldn't help but snap, even though their earnings were stable, his heart still ached for those four hundred copper coins - in the past, it was such a big amount for them! How could Lin Yu throw the money away just like that? 

Lin Yu looked at his third brother's enraged expression and casually shrugged " what? Didn't you say that we need not leave any evidence behind? With this Lin Che won't have any evidence to implicate us "

" But that was four hundred copper coins !" insisted Lin Chen 

" Says the one who spent four taels on bribing the boss lady and the waiter " retorted Lin Yu 

That made Lin Chen shut up, alright whatever - you were the boss who was he? Just a measly underling? He couldn't help but sulk inwardly. Yeah, it was him who bribed those two but when he told this plan to Lin Yu, he didn't hear the latter rejecting him? But now that the matter was done and over with, he was the one who was forced to carry this black pot alone? 

" Let's go and get changed, what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for Lin Che to bring those officers and apprehend us ?" Lin Yu didn't bother about his brother's sulkiness, he now had a complete understanding of his third brother. If he was a scheming fox then his brother was of the same category as a sly fox, he would be a fool to believe that even half of the emotions that he was displaying were his true emotions. 

Lin Chen rolled his eyes but didn't say anything, he followed behind Lin Yu and the two of them changed their clothes and cleaned up their messed up appearance. With their resplendent and attractive appearance, no one would be able to link them to the two refugees who ' stole ' from Lin Che. 

The two brothers swiftly and sneakily mingled in the crowd that was leaving the town gate. No sooner have they walked out of the town, Lin Che came running followed by two officers. 

" I'm telling the truth officers, some refugees stole my money from me . " said Lin Che as he wiped his sweat that was trickling down his face with his sleeves " officers, you really need to help me. That money pouch held two taels and four hundred copper coins, it was my monthly allowance. I'm afraid that if I couldn't get the money back then my family would have to kill themselves to make up for this loss, wu, officers My family is  already so poor and my father have hurt his legs, I'm really scared, wuwuwu "

Lin Che was truly the spawn of the old Lin family, even though he was beaten so badly that his hazy mind have sobered up. He was still insistent about scheming, he was afraid that if he asked for money from his family after being robbed then he would have to naturally tell his father and grandmother that he was robbed off - but if he told them that he only had four hundred copper coins in the pouch then he might have to cough up the truth regarding what happened to the ' three taels ' that his grandmother sent him at the beginning of the month. 

But he wasn't willing to tell ' the truth ' to his family. After all, he was still an innocent baby in the eyes of his grandmother and mother - if they came to know, all his efforts that he spent in creating that innocent, yet a hard-working young child of his would go down the drain, not to mention even his image at the academy will be affected. So, even though Lin Che knew he was taking a really big risk by lying to the officers, he still gritted his teeth and acted according to the situation. He lied to the officers by telling them that he lost two taels, if his family got to know about this matter he could just tell them that he was robbed and if the officers couldn't find the money, then hehe - after the situation was stabilised, the officials will still have to pay for his damage, right? 

After all, it's all because of their incapability and lack of management that caused his suffering right? 

The officers who were dragged to the refugees camp felt their temple throb, the incidents of refugees stealing from common people were increasing day by day. They knew that as the person in charge they need to give a proper explanation to the victims but all the victims that they faced were more and more unreasonable than the others. They watched as  Lin Che put on his ' white lotus bullied really badly ' performance and sighed in their hearts why were they the ones who have to take off these unreasonable people? 

"Young man, calm down, " said an officer, as he patted Lin Che on his shoulder " We have heard your complaint and we will definitely work on it, just leave it to us "

Lin Che's plan was flawless but it was only flawless in his mind, in reality, it was completely full of loopholes. These officers that he brought with him, were just servants of the high ranking officials and even if the Emperor passed on the order that every single victim of the disaster would be repaid, but after going through all the corruption what will be left of the financial help?  will those corrupt officials leave anything for the common people? 

Thus, even if Lin Che thought that he would get his two taels back - the only thing he will receive in the future would be ' a dozen dusty copper coins ' nothing else. Of course, this was something that will happen in the future . 

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" Don't make me force you to give me all your power stones sweetheart , you won't like it " -Lin Yu