Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

"How sure are you?"

Qin Huairu said with a confident expression.

"Ten percent."

Xu Damao gave a thumbs up.

"Fine, Qin Huairu, you're ruthless!"

"As expected of the woman I, Xu Damao, value, I agree to this."

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"what are you doing?"

Lou Xiao'e, who was chopping vegetables, saw Cao Xu's hand reach out again, and she immediately moved closer to the corner of the wall.

When Cao Xu saw Lou Xiao'e raise her hands and look at her like a startled rabbit, he wondered if this was the same calm and collected woman from yesterday morning.

"I just wanted to help you out."

Lou Xiao'e breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Cao Xu roll up his sleeves. She put the cleaver back on the cutting board and said irritably.

"Go stand over there and help me out. I'll be grateful if you don't make things worse."

Looking at the woman he had been intimate with, Cao Xu felt a pang of heartache as he recalled her frightened appearance.

He walked up behind Lou Xiao'e, raised his hands and wrapped them around her, resting his chin on her hair.

"Sister, I've grown up now."

"There are some things I can help you with, so please don't always treat me like a child."

Lou Xiao'e felt the broad chest behind her, and her body, which had been somewhat stiff, softened.

After enjoying a brief moment of tenderness, Lou Xiao'e said in a deep voice.

"release."

Cao Xu shook his head.

"I do not."

Lou Xiao'e tilted her head to look at Cao Xu behind her.

"I told you to let go."

Cao Xuhuan tightened her grip on Lou Xiao'e's arm as a form of protest.

Lou Xiao'e closed her eyes slightly upon seeing this.

"One...two..."

Before he could even count to three, Cao Xu had already let go of her hand. He looked at Lou Xiao'e, who had regained her freedom.

Are you planning to use these three numbers to scare me for the rest of my life?

Lou Xiao'e looked at Cao Xu, who was somewhat sulking, but in the end, she couldn't bring herself to be ruthless.

She yanked a clove of garlic off the wall and threw it at Cao Xu.

"Go peel the garlic."

Cao Xu reached out and took the garlic, responding.

"okay."

Cao Xu sat at the tea table peeling garlic, but inwardly sighed.

After all, it wasn't his own body. Seven or eight days had passed, yet he was still being affected by his predecessor.

Seeing the change in Lou Xiao'e's attitude towards him, Cao Xu knew that his little tricks had worked.

Just then, a voice broke the silence in the room, completely destroying the slightly warm atmosphere.

"Help! Sha Zhu is going to kill someone!"

Lou Xiao'e put down the kitchen knife in her hand and looked at Cao Xu, asking a question.

"That sounds like Xu Damao's voice?"

Cao Xu put down the garlic cloves and said.

"Sounds like it."

Lou Xiao'e took off her apron and threw it aside.

"Come on, stop peeling them, let's go see what's going on."

Cao Xu followed Lou Xiao'e out of the house, knowing that things were going according to plan.

Qin Huairu, he hadn't misjudged her. Faced with the choice of protecting herself and her son, this woman once again abandoned He Yuzhu.

Chapter 14 Standoff in the Courtyard, a Blame Falls from the Sky!

"Xu Damao, you're just a rooster that only steps on eggs but doesn't lay any!"

When Cao Xu and Lou Xiao'e arrived at the Intermediate Court, they saw He Yuzhu standing at the door, holding a kitchen knife and cursing at Xu Damao outside the door.

Qin Huairu stood between the two, seemingly mediating the issue.

When Xu Damao saw Lou Xiao'e and Cao Xu arrive, he seemed to have found his pillar of support and shouted.

"Xiao'e, Cao Xu, go and call Uncle Da, Uncle Er, and Uncle San."

“He Yuzhu stole our chickens and I found out. Not only did he deny it, but now he’s trying to kill me to silence me.”

Lou Xiao'e had just heard He Yuzhu's cursing, and now that Xu Damao said he had also stolen her chickens, she immediately became furious.

Just as she was about to get angry, she felt her arm being grabbed.

"Sister, go and call Uncle Er. I'll take care of things here."

Lou Xiao'e saw Cao Xu wink at her. Although she didn't quite understand, she suppressed her anger, glared at He Yuzhu, and left the scene.

"Okay, so you've started using kitchen knives."

"He Yuzhu, are you planning to chop him up alive?"

He Yuzhu pointed a kitchen knife at Xu Damao and said.

"That bastard dared to frame me for stealing chickens! Killing him wouldn't be enough to quell my anger!"

Cao Xu shifted his gaze to Xu Damao.

"Did he steal the chicken?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao immediately shouted loudly.

"He stole it; the chicken is still stewing in the pot."

As he spoke, Xu Damao quickly gave Cao Xu a look, signaling him to cooperate.

“You say he stole it, and he says you framed him. Then let’s have someone go to the police station to report it.”

"Why don't we let the police investigate and find the chicken thief?"

"It's better than the two of you arguing back and forth like you're about to fight each other, isn't it?"

Cao Xu's words startled Xu Damao and Qin Huairu.

"Go ahead and call the police. Do you think I'm afraid?"

"I want to see if the police will arrest me, He Yuzhu, or you, Xu Damao, when they come!"

Qin Huairu could no longer remain uninvolved; if Cao Xu really reported it to the police, it would be a real problem.

"It's just a chicken! Why are you reporting it to the police?"

Qin Huairu stepped forward, seemingly thinking of everyone in the hospital.

"Cao Xu, it's just a small matter, you can just ask the old men in the courtyard."

"If this is reported to the police, our hospital will lose face big time."

Many of the onlookers in the courtyard initially agreed to report the incident to the police, but as soon as Qin Huairu spoke, they immediately changed their minds.

"Xiao Qin is right!"

As soon as he heard that familiar voice, Cao Xu knew it was Liu Haizhong.

“Cao Xu, what’s so important that the hospital can’t handle it? Why do you have to go and report it to the police?”

"There are so many people on this street. If we go to the police for everything, they'll be overwhelmed."

"What, do you think we three old men are useless and can't handle such a small matter?"

Cao Xu looked at Liu Haizhong with a smile; this was the courtyard's well-known official-obsessed old man.

"Second Uncle, what are you saying?"

"I'm just afraid that the two of them will get into a fight and hurt someone without thinking."

Liu Haizhong nodded in satisfaction. He saw that He Yuzhu was still holding a kitchen knife and Xu Damao was holding a stove hook, and he shouted.