Today was indeed a rather tiring day for Xia Wan.

This fatigue does not stem from physical exhaustion, but from the constant depletion of energy deep within the mind.

After a whole day, she felt as if she had gone through countless brainstorming sessions and used up a lot of brain cells.

The complex problems, tedious tasks, and complicated interpersonal relationships left her feeling exhausted.

However, despite being exhausted, Xia Wan quickly fell asleep.

She thought that after a night's rest, she would be able to go to work refreshed the next day, but fate always seems to like to play tricks on people.

Just before dawn, a series of urgent and violent knocks suddenly rang out, abruptly pulling Xia Wan from her sweet dream back to reality.

At this moment, Xia Wan was still in a state between sleep and wakefulness, her consciousness still somewhat blurred.

But the knocking was so loud that it could hardly be called knocking; it sounded more like someone was banging on the door with all their might! The banging was particularly jarring in the quiet morning, making Xia Wan's ears ring.

"Xia Wan, you arrogant little bitch, get out here right now!" A sharp, piercing shout came from outside the door. The voice was like a demonic sound, sending chills down one's spine.

"Come out! Come out! Don't hide inside like a turtle and play dead!" The house seemed to tremble slightly as the heavy knocking echoed through the room.

Xia Wan was still immersed in a sweet dream when the sudden noise disturbed her peace of mind.

Muttering complaints under her breath, she reluctantly got out of bed, hastily threw on some clothes, and stormed toward the door.

When she opened the door and saw the two men standing outside, looking aggressive and furious, her anger instantly reached its peak. She wanted nothing more than to rush forward, grab them, and give them a good beating.

Xia Jianjun and Li Cao were glaring at her with wide, angry eyes, their fierce gazes seeming as if they wanted to devour her whole.

Especially Li Cao, whose face, which was originally quite normal, was now twisted and ferocious with anger, making him look extremely terrifying.

"What are you two doing here so early in the morning, howling like ghosts? Disturbing my sleep, are you tired of living?" Xia Wan retorted without backing down.

Xia Jianjun and Li Cao exchanged a glance, then said in unison, "Hmph, stop playing dumb! Did you deliberately push your grandmother to the ground, causing her to fall and be seriously injured and hospitalized? You have to pay us compensation today! Otherwise, this isn't over!"

Hearing this, Xia Wan felt both annoyed and amused.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes and said irritably, "Are you two out of your minds? It was clearly your mother who accidentally stepped on something and slipped, what does it have to do with me! Why should I pay for it?"

Sigh, there are so many weirdos these days, and I've run into them all.

Thinking of this, Xia Wan couldn't help but shake her head helplessly. But since the matter had already come to her door, she might as well have a proper discussion with them.

"Stop talking nonsense! Your grandma said you were right there and told her to eat less of something. So it must have been you who pushed her!" Xia Jianjun shouted, pointing at Xia Wan's nose.

Xia Wan turned her head slightly, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye. Her face showed an expression as if she had heard the most absurd thing in the world, clearly saying, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"There were so many eyes watching at the time, and I was the first one to run over and warn you! Don't you remember? You're such ungrateful bastards!"

As Xia Wan spoke indignantly, she quickly glanced outside the door and found that there was no one around.

Without hesitation, she kicked out twice, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, instantly sending the two people in front of her flying far away!

Since no one was watching her now, she didn't even bother to disguise herself.

Hmph, who told these two arrogant fools to come looking for trouble so early in the morning? Well then, they'll have to accept their fate of getting beaten up.

Moreover, judging from their arrogant and domineering manner just now, it seems that Old Lady Xia's fall was not too serious.

Thinking of this, Xia Wan couldn't help but think to herself: It seems that this alone is not enough, she has to go to Xia Jianjun's house again in person.

Those despicable old men can only vent their anger when they're paralyzed in bed and unable to move!

Xia Wan slammed the door shut with a "bang" and stretched lazily. Now that she was fully awake, she might as well make breakfast.

After all, I have to rush to work after I finish eating.

At this very moment, the two people who had been mercilessly kicked out of the door and sent flying far away by Xia Wan were struggling to slowly get up from the cold, hard ground.

They supported each other and limped along with difficulty towards the direction of the brigade leader's house.

However, after walking only a few steps, Li Cao suddenly stopped and said with a serious expression, "Jianjun, wait a moment..."

Xia Jianjun was shivering from the cold, his body trembling uncontrollably. He looked at Li Cao with impatience, muttering, "What are you doing? It's freezing! Stop dawdling and hurry up and finish your business so we can go home."

Li Cao held him tightly, cautiously looking around to make sure there was no one in sight, before lowering her voice to speak to Xia Jianjun:

“If we just rush off to the brigade leader like this, we definitely won’t get much out of it. Dad said we have to bring back at least fifty yuan this time! But look at us, we’re not even hurt a bit. How are we going to extort money from him?”

Upon hearing this, Xia Jianjun turned his gaze to his wife and scrutinized her carefully several times.

Indeed, Li Cao doesn't look too bad off. The brigade leader has always favored Xia Jianguo's family. If the two of them were to go directly to their door like this, they probably wouldn't get a good outcome.

Thinking of this, Xia Jianjun frowned, looked at Li Cao with a puzzled expression, and asked, "So according to you, that definitely won't work. Could it be... that I should beat you up to make you look more pitiful?"

Upon hearing this, Li Cao's eyes widened immediately, as if she had heard the most absurd thing in the world. She glared fiercely at Xia Jianjun, making no attempt to hide the deep disdain in her eyes, and said irritably:

"Are you out of your mind?! How could that be what I meant?! My idea is that you go find the captain yourself and tell him that Xia Wan kicked me unconscious!"

Xia Jianjun suddenly realized, looking at his wife with admiration: "How come I didn't think of that! Let's do it this way, you lie down first, I'll go find the brigade leader now..."

As he said this, he jogged away!