The Courtyard House: The story begins with He Yuzhu beating up the White Widow.

Seeing this, Zhao Shufen hurriedly said, "Grandma, don't be angry with him. Don't you know what kind of person he is?! If you get angry with him, won't you just be driven to your death by him sooner or later?!"

The deaf old lady snorted coldly, and without saying another word, she walked towards the backyard with her cane.

In fact, He Yuzhu had been watching the deaf old woman's every move with his divine sense. Even the fierce glint that flashed briefly in her eyes hadn't escaped his notice. He Yuzhu guessed that after today's incident, the deaf old woman was very likely to take action herself, whether openly or covertly. If she did, He Yuzhu was confident that she wouldn't return alive.

Although He Yuzhu had scanned the courtyard several times with his divine sense after returning from Baocheng, he only paused briefly each time, not thoroughly examining every corner. He Yuzhu multitasked, spreading his divine sense while preparing lunch, carefully scanning every corner of the courtyard. The Yan family, as expected of small business owners, despite Yan Bugui's feigned poverty, possessed quite a few valuable items. Especially under the bed of Yan Bugui and his wife, the floor tiles had been hollowed out, revealing a box containing numerous silver dollars and gold bars. When He Yuzhu's divine sense reached the central courtyard, he suddenly realized he had underestimated the Jia family. The Jia family not only possessed the gold ring Old Jia had given to Jia Zhangshi, but also several small gold bars and dozens of silver dollars. Furthermore, He Yuzhu knew Yi Zhonghai was wealthy, but he hadn't expected Yi Zhonghai's wealth to be no less than the Yan family's. It's just that Yi Zhonghai was cunning, having hidden his valuables in several different places.

He Yuzhu's spiritual sense entered the backyard. Although He Yuzhu knew that the Xu and Liu families had some wealth, he hadn't expected them to be mere showpieces. Their combined wealth was only slightly more than the Jia family's. In the deaf old lady's house, there were a few small silver coins in a hidden compartment of her wardrobe. There were some silver dollars in the bedside table drawer. Also, there was a Browning 1910 in a hidden compartment of the bedside table. There was a secret passage under the bedside table. He Yuzhu's spiritual sense quickly followed the passage to the location of the secret room. It turned out that half of the secret room was under Xu Damao's house, and the other half was in the west wing.

Sure enough, there were quite a few things in the secret room. There were over thirty boxes of various sizes. One of the boxes even had a radio on top. Next to the radio was a small box containing several document folders and a book. He Yuzhu's eyes lit up, and he immediately came up with a plan. Today, when he took He Yushui to buy timber, He Yuzhu, as usual, used his divine sense to scan the streets. He inadvertently discovered a secret room beneath a long-abandoned courtyard house. The secret room contained a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition. Judging from the accumulated dust on the boxes, the secret room hadn't been opened for a long time. He Yuzhu planned to bring the items from that secret room over later and exchange them with the items in this secret room. Then he would send a letter of denunciation to Wang Xia. As for the rest, that was beyond He Yuzhu's concern.

After lunch, He Yuzhu cleared the table and asked, "Yushui, I need to go out to buy some things. Do you want to come with me?"

He Yushui thought for a moment and said, "Brother, I'm going to stay home and read comic books, so I won't go with you. Go and come back quickly."

"Okay!" He Yuzhu replied, washed the dishes and chopsticks, took them home and put them away, and then went out.

An hour later, He Yuzhu returned from outside. Seeing that He Yuzhu's hands were empty, Yan Bugui and his wife didn't bother him. He Yuzhu passed through the front yard without incident.

Hearing the door open, He Yuzhu looked up and saw He Yuzhu, who smiled and called out, "Brother! You're back?!"

"Okay!" He Yuzhu took a bag of Mickey Mouse milk candies out of his pocket and handed it to He Yushui, reminding her, "No more than three a day! Don't be greedy!"

"Okay!" He Yushui put away the candy and said, "Brother, Aunt Yi came by after you left."

He Yuzhu asked, "What did she say?!"

He Yushui replied, "I told her you weren't here. Then she left."

He Yuzhu said, "I reckon she came to persuade me to give in to the deaf old lady."

He Yushui tilted her head thoughtfully and looked at He Yuzhu, asking, "Brother, would you bow down to a deaf old lady?!"

He Yuzhu laughed and replied, "You want me to bow down to them?! No way, not even a window." With that, He Yuzhu spread his divine sense and collected everything in the secret room into his spatial storage. Then he put the contents of the box in the secret room into an empty container, and then put the weapons and ammunition he had retrieved from the secret room into the box in the secret room. Finally, he used his divine sense to send everything back to the secret room as it had been.

After doing all this, He Yuzhu's lips unconsciously curled up, and he thought to himself, "I wonder what the deaf old woman will think if she finds out her things are gone from her box?! Anyway, I'll pocket this interest for now!"

After resting for a while, He Yuzhu took out a measuring tape and measured the entire house. By the time he finished, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. He Yuzhu packed up his things and asked, "Yushui, shall we have steamed buns or dumplings for dinner tonight?!"

He Yushui thought for a moment and said, "Brother, I want to eat the xiaolongbao you told me about yesterday."

"Okay! No problem! I'll make it for you right away!" After saying that, He Yuzhu poured some water into the basin, washed his hands first, and then started kneading the dough.

As He Yuzhu placed the steamed buns on the steamer, people returning from work in the courtyard gradually came back. Yi Zhonghai had just entered the house when Zhao Shufen told him about the conflict between He Yuzhu and the deaf old lady. Yi Zhonghai listened to his wife's account with a surprised expression. After a while, he came to his senses and said, "I'll go check on the old lady and be right back."

"Go ahead! Try to persuade the old lady to think more positively." After saying that, Zhao Shufen sighed, went to the kitchen, opened the can of luncheon meat that the deaf old lady had given her, and planned to add some vegetables to the family later.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!" Yi Zhonghai walked to the door of the deaf old lady's house, reached out and knocked, and asked softly, "Grandma, are you resting?"

The deaf old woman replied, "Zhonghai, come in!"

Yi Zhonghai pushed open the door and entered the room, saying, "Grandma, I just heard from Shufen that Shazhu attacked you?! Are you alright?!"

The deaf old woman gave a soft snort and replied, "He's not dead yet!" Then she asked, "Have you gone to see Jiao Laosan?!"

Yi Zhonghai replied, "Grandma, I was just about to tell you this. After get off work today, I took a detour to Jiao Laosan's place. I heard from people around that they haven't seen Jiao Laosan all day. Do you think something might have happened to him?!"