Courtyard House: In times of famine, my hamster became a spirit.

Zhou Jianguo reached out with one hand and firmly caught the wooden stick that Xu Fugui was swinging down.

No matter how much Xu Fugui pulled, the stick didn't budge.

"Who are you?! How dare you meddle in the affairs of the Xu family?!" Xu Fugui exclaimed in shock and anger.

Zhou Jianguo ignored him and flicked his wrist slightly.

A tremendous force struck, and Xu Fugui, along with his stick, was thrown back several steps, landing hard on his backside.

Who I am is not important.

Zhou Jianguo clapped his hands, stepped aside to give the stage to Lou Xiao'e, and said, "The important thing is that your Xu family is finished."

Lou Xiao'e took out the bright red certificate.

"Snapped!"

It was slapped directly onto Xu Fugui's face as he had just gotten up.

"Look closely! This is a divorce certificate!"

Lou Xiao'e's voice was sharp yet exhilarating, an explosion of emotions suppressed for years:

"I am Lou Xiao'e now! I have absolutely no relation to that convict son of your Xu family! Stop using your in-laws' authority to intimidate me! You don't deserve it!!"

This information was so overwhelming that it completely stunned the surrounding neighbors.

"A divorce certificate?!"

"A convict?!"

Xu Fugui frantically grabbed the documents, the red stamps on them stinging his eyes.

"Impossible...this is impossible..."

Xu Fugui's hands were trembling as he stared intently at Lou Xiao'e: "Divorce? Who gave you permission to divorce without my consent? And what did you say about a convict? Da Mao is a cadre! You dare to spread rumors?!"

"cadre?"

Lou Xiao'e sneered, her eyes filled with the satisfaction of revenge:

"Xu Fugui, wake up! Your son, Xu Damao, was arrested by the security department two hours ago for embezzling public funds, hooliganism, and engaging in feudal superstition! He was caught red-handed! He was taken away in handcuffs!"

"Ten years to start! He's probably prepared to spend the rest of his life in jail!"

"boom--"

Aunt Xu rolled her eyes and almost fainted.

But this is not enough.

Zhou Jianguo once said that he wanted to inflict psychological trauma on them.

Lou Xiao'e stepped forward, staring at the vicious couple:

"Also, don't try to pin the blame on me for not laying eggs! Dr. Zhou examined me, and I'm perfectly healthy!"

She pointed at Xu Fugui, her voice echoing throughout the entire courtyard:

"The one who's truly sick is your son! Xu Damao has done countless evil deeds and is getting his just deserts; he's a castrated man! A dead eunuch! He'll never be able to have children! The one truly cut off from your family line is your Xu family!!"

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

Xu Damao is in jail?

Was Xu Damao a eunuch?

Has the Xu family line died out?

For this kind of old feudalist who values ​​incense offerings more than his own life, this is worse than being killed.

"puff--"

Xu Fugui felt a surge of anger and a sweet taste in his throat.

His eyes were bloodshot; the shame and despair drove him completely insane.

"You're talking nonsense! You're spouting rubbish! I'll tear your mouth apart!"

Xu Fugui roared and tried to move, but Zhou Jianguo's cold gaze kept him rooted to the spot.

That look in his eyes clearly said: Dare to move, or you're dead.

Xu Fugui was, after all, a seasoned veteran. In his extreme despair, his instinct for greed actually prevailed—his son was ruined, his reputation was tarnished, but he absolutely couldn't lose that money!

He suppressed the shock in his heart, his eyes flashing with a fierce light:

"Fine! Fine! Since you're divorced, then get out! Get out now!"

Xu Fugui opened his arms:

"Since you're not a member of the Xu family, you're not taking a single thing from the house, not even a needle or thread! Consider your dowry as compensation for us, the old couple! It's for emotional distress!"

Shameless.

That's utterly shameless, reaching the pinnacle of human depravity.

Lou Xiao'e trembled with rage: "That's my premarital property! This is robbery!"

"Robbery? This is my house! I can do whatever I want with it!" Xu Fugui started acting like a rogue, plopping down on the doorstep. "Go ahead and sue me if you dare! Without any evidence, how are we supposed to know what you're carrying? If you want money, you'll have to step over my dead body!"

He bet that Lou Xiao'e wouldn't dare to use force, and he was even more bet that the two of them didn't know where the money was hidden.

"Oh."

A soft laugh broke the silence.

Zhou Jianguo flexed his wrist, and his knuckles cracked.

"Old Xu, it seems you really want to go and help your son operate the sewing machine."

Zhou Jianguo took out a piece of paper from his pocket; it was a drawing by Xu Damao.

"You embezzled a huge amount of other people's property, an exceptionally large sum, enough to warrant being executed twice. And you think you've hidden it well?"

Zhou Jianguo's eyes were mocking:

"Under the bed in the east room, under the third floor tile against the wall, there is a tin box."

"Two small yellow croakers were stuffed into the top shelf of the cabinet."

"There's also a hidden compartment under the stove, containing a jade bracelet wrapped in oiled paper."

With each word he spoke, Xu Fugui's face paled a little more.

In the end, he collapsed completely, as if he were a lump of mud.

"How...how did you know?!"

That was his secret stash of money, which he even kept from his wife!

"If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place." Zhou Jianguo glanced at him coldly, then turned to Lou Xiao'e and said, "Sister Xiao'e, go get it. Don't be shy, don't leave them even a coin."

"good!"

Lou Xiao'e has completely let go this time.

She shoved Xu Fugui, who was blocking her way, and strode into the house.

"No! I can't take it! That's my savings for my funeral!!"

Aunt Xu tried to rush in like a madwoman.

"Bang!"

Zhou Jianguo casually stretched out one foot and stepped on the threshold.

His eyes were indifferent:

"Take one more step and I'll consider it robbery. If I break an arm or a leg, that'll be considered self-defense."

Looking into those emotionless eyes, Aunt Xu trembled with fear and forced back her sobs.

She was evil, but she was even more afraid of death.

Ten minutes later.

Lou Xiao'e came out carrying a heavy package.

That was all her savings back then, and she also took more than a hundred yuan in cash that the Xu family had kept hidden away.

"Did you get it?"

"I got it." Lou Xiao'e's eyes were slightly red.

"Walk."

The two turned around.

Xu Fugui looked at the package, his heart aching as if it were bleeding.

That's several thousand dollars!

Losing both a son and money, what's the difference between this and being slowly sliced ​​to death?

"What a terrible thing! You robbers! I'm calling the police! I'm going to report you to the neighborhood committee!!" Xu Fugui roared in despair.

Lou Xiao'e paused in her steps.

She turned around, looked at the mess, and suddenly strode back to the table.

"Splash—!"

With a powerful kick, he overturned the square table where the Xu family was eating!

Dishes and bowls were broken all over the floor, and leftover soup splashed all over Xu Fugui.

"Sue! Go ahead and sue!"

Lou Xiao'e pointed at Xu Fugui's nose, her aura overwhelming: "Let me tell you, I have evidence of all of Xu Damao's filth! If you dare to bother me again, I'll hand over another copy of Xu Damao's embezzlement ledger and send him to jail for the rest of his life! Try me if you don't believe me!"

After saying that, she turned around and strode out of the courtyard.

"Well……"

Xu Fugui was kicked so hard that he breathed his last, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

"Old man!! Don't die!!" Aunt Xu's heart-wrenching cries echoed through the alley.

The neighbors watching hunched their shoulders, their eyes filled with awe.

That's ruthless.

This truly uprooted the Xu family.

……

It was completely dark on the way back to Nanluoguxiang.

Lou Xiao'e clutched the package tightly until she had walked quite a distance, at which point tears welled up in her eyes.

"Jianguo... thank you..."

If it weren't for Zhou Jianguo, she might have struggled in the mire for the rest of her life, eventually being devoured until nothing was left.

"No need to thank me, it's just a transaction."

Zhou Jianguo escorted Lou Xiao'e to the backyard and was about to return to the house.

Sudden.

[Ding! Warning! High-energy alert!]

[A malicious trap targeting the host has been detected! Danger level: High!]

A piercing system alarm blared in my mind.

Zhou Jianguo's pupils constricted slightly, and all his muscles tensed.

He subconsciously looked up at his own house.

By the moonlight.

On the tightly closed paper window of their own house, a figure was clearly reflected.

The shadow hung in mid-air, its neck stretched out extremely long, swaying gently in the night breeze.

Like a... hanged ghost.

The shadow was positioned directly opposite the Jia family's residence in the central courtyard.

Zhou Jianguo squinted.

"Jia Zhangshi? Or Banggeng? You can't hold back anymore?"

In the consciousness space, the newly refreshed card was lit up.

[Props: Factory Production Safety Accident Warning Card]

"use."