“I’m already asleep… I didn’t rob anyone… I just wanted to sleep…” Zhang Xiulian loudly defended herself, determined not to admit to robbery.

Although she didn't understand the law, her ex-lover had gone to jail for robbery. At the time, she wanted to buy a beautiful coat that cost several hundred yuan, but her lover couldn't afford it, so he went into the city to rob someone. He failed on his first job, didn't get the money, and ended up in jail, where he was sentenced to three years and is still not released.

My aunt's husband, son, and daughter-in-law all came over, but they were too ashamed to stay and had a lot of complaints about my aunt. How could they possibly live in the neighborhood anymore?

"It's all your fault! You wouldn't listen to advice. Now look what's happened! We've lost all face!" Aunt's husband complained angrily.

My aunt was already filled with regret, and being blamed by her family made her even angrier, causing her blood pressure to spike. She hated Zhang Xiulian to death. When she saw this shameless woman still spouting nonsense and smearing Master Nie, she kicked her, cursing and hurling all the ugly things Zhang Xiulian had done in the past.

"If I had known you were such a scumbag, I definitely wouldn't have taken you in. Get out of here now! I don't have a relative as shameless as you!"

Ye Qingqing coldly reminded, "You can't leave now. This woman is incredibly audacious and almost harmed Master Nie. We must have the police deal with her."

The sirens grew closer and stopped at the gate of the courtyard. Two policemen squeezed in. Ye Qingqing recognized one of them; he was Xiao Zhong, Fang Yanming's apprentice, who was now handling cases independently.

Ye Qingqing gave a brief account of what happened, insisting that Zhang Xiulian had broken into the house to rob and even attempted to harm Master Nie.

"Look, even the master's back is twisted! This woman is despicable! She tried to rob him but then falsely accused him of raping her. How awful!"

The other male police officer was very young, with a somewhat immature face, clearly a recent college graduate. He glanced at Zhang Xiulian and couldn't help but laugh. Anyone with a brain wouldn't believe this woman's nonsense; the master wasn't blind.

The police took Zhang Xiulian away. Ye Qingqing and Master Nie also went to give statements, as did her aunt's family. After giving their statements, the group took a taxi back. The cousin ignored her friends the whole way; she was still angry!

My aunt hated Zhang Xiulian even more. In a few days, she would go back to her hometown and tell everyone about all the shameful things Zhang Xiulian had done, so that this bitch would be infamous in the village and unable to stand anywhere.

When she got home, her cousin got angry as soon as she saw Master Nie. While cleaning the house, she yelled, "Starting tomorrow, get up at seven in the morning and go for a run. Run for at least half an hour. If you don't get up, I'll pull off your blanket."

Master Nie shook his head vigorously, saying that making him run would be worse than death, and he would rather die than run.

"You have no choice. You'd better run away tomorrow. You can't even handle a woman. What good are you? You're just a useless piece of trash. You won't run away, huh? Fine, starting tomorrow you'll eat bitter melon every day. I'll let you eat your fill!"

My cousin used her trump card, glaring at Master Nie with a look of disgust.

Master Nie's earlier feelings of being moved vanished in an instant. It must have been an illusion. The cousin he was seeing now was the real her. In his cousin's heart, she was not even as important as the big yellow dog they raised back home.

Because his cousin often scolded him, saying he wasn't even as good as Da Huang, who at least could guard the house.

Under his cousin's intimidating influence, Master Nie had no choice but to give in. However, he still managed to secure a small right to sleep in, changing his wake-up time from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., and allowing him to rest at home when it was windy or rainy.

From that moment on, Master Nie's greatest wish every day was for it to rain, or even better, for it to hail. He didn't want to leave his warm bed at all. Sigh!