I'm only five years old, how come I've become the military region's darling?

Old Mrs. Ruan stormed over, cursing as she went, "You, Su Mei, I've finally caught you! You coward, don't think I'll let you go just because you're in the police station! Give me back my money right now!"

"Let me tell you, besides the 1,457 yuan your mother gave you, Jianhua also gave you his salary. Over the years, my family has provided for your food and clothing, so it should be at least 1,000 yuan. That's a total of 3,000 yuan. Pay me back!"

Su Mei, who had been arguing with Jiang Hongxia, forgot the pain of the fight and broke down in anger, yelling, "Three thousand yuan! Why don't you just rob me!"

"Robbery? That's nothing compared to your shamelessness! My old man took pity on you and took you in, feeding and caring for you. Back then, when my son became a battalion commander, you said you wanted to marry Jianhua. But when my son was injured, you kicked him to the curb! Su Mei, a person can be shameless, but they can't be ungrateful. Don't you even know if you have three thousand yuan? Don't try to play dumb with me. I think you're just pretending to be deaf and watching a show, putting on an act for me. Give me back the money!"

Su Mei was no match for Old Lady Ruan's swearing; her face flushed red as she stammered, "I... I don't have that much money right now!"

"I don't have that much money. I've been working for years and I've never even taken a scallion from you. How could a woman like you possibly need that much money?"

Grandma Ruan looked at the pile of broken copper and scrap iron on the ground, picked it up, and dumped it outside.

"I'll take a look."

"What are you doing!" Su Mei was pushed so hard by Old Lady Ruan that she fell to the ground, tears welling up in her eyes from the pain.

When Grandma Ruan picked up the wallet and opened it, her face darkened.

Standing to the side, Jiang Hongmei burst into laughter, "Nine yuan and fifty-eight cents, hahaha, so poor!"

Grandma Ruan turned around and glared fiercely at Su Mei. She didn't believe that Su Mei had so little money.

"I really don't have any money, but I will pay it back."

Su Mei cried and sobbed, "You've already left me nowhere to live, don't force me anymore."

Some onlookers couldn't help but speak up, "Old comrade, she's already in this state, can't you give her some time? Why are you being so aggressive!"

Old Mrs. Ruan glared at him fiercely, and the man who had spoken up for her trembled in fright.

"An old woman being aggressive? Oh my God, someone just spouts nonsense! My whole family is old and young, we're starving! Good comrade, if you feel so sorry for her, why don't you help her pay off her debts?"

The man's face flushed red from the rebuke. "I... I don't know her."

"Don't worry about things that don't concern you. Does your wife know how much you like to meddle? If anyone knows his wife, go back and tell her that her husband always likes to speak up for pretty women."

The man immediately shut up, saying, "I was too talkative, I was too talkative," and fled in a disheveled state.

Old Mrs. Ruan rolled her eyes. "Easy for you to talk when you're not in the situation," she said, turning to stare at Su Mei. "This old woman never bullies honest people, but are you? Do you dare say I'm lying? Do you dare swear you haven't wronged my son?"

Su Mei was so angry she was practically pounding, but she couldn't refute it. Not a single word Old Madam Ruan said was true, but she had also given birth to a child for the Ruan family, so why didn't she say that?

But she dared not say that she had no money right now, and Old Lady Ruan could not force her.

Ruan Xiaochun looked at Su Mei and pouted. With all those things scattered on the ground, others might not know where Su Mei hid her money, but she did.

"Are you really out of money?"

Xiaochun deliberately looked at those things, "Grandma, don't you like to put money in your socks? Could she be hiding it in her socks too?"

Grandma Ruan's expression froze. How did this girl know where she hid her money?

When did I give myself away?

No, if you can hide money, so can Su Mei.

Grandma Ruan glanced at Su Mei beside her, seeing her furtive expression. "You little Su Mei, you're playing guerrilla warfare with me!"

Grandma Ruan walked over, picked up the socks and started squeezing them, but there was nothing there.

Did Xiaochun just say it casually?

Grandma Ruan took out the clothes one by one and kneaded them.

Su Mei's expression grew increasingly grim.

Seeing Grandma Ruan reach for something very private, his pupils constricted sharply. "Don't move!"

Old Mrs. Ruan raised one hand and pushed the person to the side of the net with the other, "What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Just a moment ago they were acting like they were about to die, but now those two holes are getting anxious.

Grandma Ruan reached in and pinched inside.

Whoops.

It doesn't feel right; it's sticking out.

"Let me see."

Grandma Ruan turned her hand over and pulled out two rolls of money.

Su Mei's face changed instantly. "You, you..."

That was the last bit of confidence she had left.

"You really know how to hide things. I never knew those two balls of yours could be used like this."

Many of the older women watching the spectacle burst into laughter, while Su Mei's face turned bright red with embarrassment, wishing she could disappear into the ground.

Xiaochun was somewhat impressed with her grandmother's skills. If she had inherited even a little bit of her grandmother's abilities in her past life, she wouldn't have felt so frustrated. On the contrary, her biological father inherited everything.

Grandma Ruan went through Su Mei's belongings in a flurry of activity, examining every single one of them, and then looked at the money she found.

"A little over six hundred. Let's say three thousand for you, that leaves two thousand four hundred!"

Su Mei's face turned pale. Where was she supposed to get more than two thousand for her?

If it were in her past life, she would have had at least 24,000, let alone 2,400.

But.....

Su Mei's eyes were filled with a dark mist. She took a deep breath. It was only six hundred yuan. Once she settled down, she would definitely earn more money.

She had a way in her past life, and she can do it in this one too.

Seeing Su Mei's unconvinced expression, Old Lady Ruan snorted, telling her to keep her grievances to herself.

Just then, Jiang Hongxia, who had been standing at the back, suddenly raised her voice, "Old lady, let me tell you, she's not short of money. She's just given her money to others. Let me see, watches, pens, bicycles—she's given them away one after another."

"Jiang Hongxia!"

Jiang Hongxia's description was so detailed that Su Mei's face grew paler by the minute.

"I'll pay it back, I definitely will! Don't listen to her nonsense, I'll pay the rest!" Su Mei interrupted Jiang Hongxia urgently, "I'll write an IOU, I promise I'll pay it back!"

Grandma Ruan looked at Su Mei, who had been like a dead person just now, and suddenly heard the man's voice, and she was so angry that her head was practically steaming.

"You slut, did you crawl out of a chamber pot? You're a living slut! She doesn't want you, and you still have the nerve to lick her boots. You're messing around with sluts without even trying to hide it. I'll beat you to death."

Xiao Chun glared resentfully at Su Mei, who was holding onto Old Lady Ruan's hand. "Grandma."

Grandma Ruan was so angry she gritted her teeth as she watched the uniformed people walking towards her from not far away.

"Write an IOU? When are you going to pay it back?!"

Su Mei choked up.

"Fine, if you don't go, I'll go find that bastard and get it!"

"Wait a minute, I'll return it! I said I'd exchange it! Give me half a month, and I'll definitely return it to you!"

Su Mei grabbed Grandma Ruan's arm, on the verge of tears, "Mom, no, Aunt Qin, please believe me this once, I will definitely repay you."

Grandma Ruan looked at Su Mei's pleading face, her lips trembling a few times.

She didn't mean to pressure her like that, but that's not how people act.

Ruan Xiaochun knew that her grandmother was not a heartless old lady. She took Ruan's grandmother's hand with her chubby little hand and said, "Okay, then it'll be half a month, Grandma. She can't run away in half a month. If she doesn't return it by then, we'll go find that man."