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

Lou Xiao'e took Lou Zhenhua's arm and, without hiding anything, said directly, "It's a gift from He Yuzhu. In two years, I plan to find a good designer to redesign it and rebuild this house."

Lou Zhenhua surveyed the surroundings and said, "The feng shui here is good! But it's still a bit inferior to the two villas below." He then asked, "Are the two villas below owned?" Lou Zhenhua pointed to the villas not far away.

Lou Xiao'e looked in the direction Lou Zhenhua pointed and said with a smile, "Dad, these two villas belong to Zhuzi. Although the houses are in his name, I'm in charge of them now. If you want to live there, that's fine too. I'll have someone go and tidy them up tomorrow. Our whole family will move there."

Lou Zhenhua replied with a smile, "No need! Staying here is just fine!"

"Dad! I'll take you inside to have a look!" With that, Lou Xiao'e pulled Lou Zhenhua and walked into the villa.

The next morning, He Yuzhu got up early and made breakfast before waking Song Ran. After breakfast, He Yuzhu went to work. Today was the day for students to register at school. After eating, Song Ran went next door to pick up He Yushui and Xu Xiaoling to go to school together.

As Song Ran led the two into the school gate, He Yuzhu arrived at his workplace. Entering his office, He Yuzhu saw Ma Huaimin and asked, "Old Ma, what's going on?!" He then handed Ma Huaimin the wedding candy and cigarettes.

Ma Huaimin took the items and said, "The granary in the south of the city was robbed before the Lunar New Year. Two thieves were caught, but the stolen grain is still missing. That's why everyone's having such a headache over it!"

He Yuzhu asked, "The traitor has been caught, how come we can't find anything?! Haven't they confessed yet?!"

Ma Huaimin nodded and said, "The Chengnan branch has used every means at their disposal. Those two just won't confess. So, in order to find that batch of grain, we swept through the entire black market in this area. We arrested quite a few people, but we still haven't found the whereabouts of that batch of grain."

He Yuzhu asked, "It's been so long. Do you think that batch of grain might have already been shipped out?!"

Ma Huaimin said, "There are others in the southern part of the city who have the same idea as you. They have already checked all the units in Beijing that have vehicles. But they have found nothing."

He Yuzhu continued, "Actually, this is good news. The lack of harvest means the grain is still in Beijing. As long as it's in the city, we'll find it sooner or later." After saying that, He Yuzhu placed the wedding cigarettes and candies on the other desks, then left the office with a cloth bag full of wedding candies and cigarettes.

He Yuzhu distributed the wedding cigarettes and candies to his colleagues, then took a portion and went into Ye Guoliang's office. He placed the gifts directly on Ye Guoliang's desk.

Ye Guoliang glanced at He Yuzhu, put the things back in the drawer, and got straight to the point: "Zhuzi, you must already know about the grain theft from the granary in the south of the city, right?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "I just overheard Lao Ma in the office mention it." Then he asked, "What happened?!"

Ye Guoliang said, "We suspect the grain hasn't been transported away yet. It's still in Beijing. Our superiors have given us a deadline to retrieve it, and there are only a few days left until then!"

He Yuzhu scratched his head and asked, "Uncle Ye, what should we do now?!"

"What else can we do?! It's not the last minute, so let's keep searching!" After saying that, Ye Guoliang lit a cigarette, took a couple of puffs, and continued, "If you have any time, go out and look around. Maybe you'll get lucky and find some food?!"

"Okay! I'll go out for a walk in a bit. I'll be going now!" After saying that, He Yuzhu waited for Ye Guoliang's permission before leaving Ye Guoliang's office. After returning to the logistics department office and staying for a while, He Yuzhu said goodbye to Ma Huaimin and rode his bicycle away from the police station.

He Yuzhu rode his bicycle through all the alleys in his jurisdiction but found nothing unusual. As he was about to return to the station for lunch, he suddenly remembered what Aunt Pang had said about Yan Bugui being beaten. He Yuzhu, almost as if possessed, went to the Sixth Hospital. He pushed his bicycle into the parking shed, locked it, and went into the inpatient department. Reaching the nurses' station, he took out his work ID and handed it to a nurse, asking, "Comrade, do you have a patient here named Yan Bugui?!"

The nurse took He Yuzhu's work ID and looked at it, saying, "Comrade, we do have a patient here named Yan Bugui. He's in room 307 right now."

"Thank you!" He Yuzhu took the work ID and put it in his pocket, then walked towards Yan Bugui's ward.

As He Yuzhu approached the ward door and was about to push it open, he heard Yang Ruihua and Yan Bugui talking.

"Old Yan, you're usually so shrewd, why did you act so recklessly this time?! Is it worth getting beaten up for no reason just for some grain?!"

Yan Bugui said, "I never expected those people to be so ruthless!" When he got excited, Yan Bugui accidentally pulled at the wound on his face and couldn't help but grimace and yelp.

Seeing that the time was right, He Yuzhu pushed open the door and went inside. Yan Bugui's eyes lit up when he saw He Yuzhu, and he asked with a smile, "Zhuzi, what brings you here?!"

He Yuzhu said, "I heard you got beaten up. I came to see!" Then he asked, "I just heard Aunt Yang say that you were beaten up over grain. What exactly happened?! Can you tell me?!"

Yan Bugui immediately laughed it off, saying, "Zhuzi, you misheard! Yes! You must have misheard!"

He Yuzhu said, "Yan Bugui, I advise you to think this through and speak up sooner rather than later. Giving false testimony and protecting a criminal will get you several years in jail!"

Yang Ruihua, standing to the side, advised, "Old Yan, you should just tell the truth!"

Hearing his wife's words, Yan Bugui, who was already somewhat hesitant, sighed and told He Yuzhu what had happened. It turned out that that night, Yan Bugui had eaten something bad and went to a public toilet. On his way back, he saw a bulging sack in the middle of the road. Driven by a greedy nature, Yan Bugui went to check it out. He found it full of grain. Thinking it was a windfall, he assumed everything he found was his. So, he carried the sack of grain home. Unexpectedly, the owner of the grain came looking for him. Seeing the grain in Yan Bugui's hand, the owner beat him up without a word and took the grain away.

After listening to Yan Bugui's account, He Yuzhu asked, "In which alley were you beaten?!"