"Have you ever thought about why your parents haven't told you all these years that you're adopted? Knowing their personalities, wouldn't telling you the truth make it easier for them to exploit you? Knowing your personality, if you knew you were adopted, you would definitely give your mother the extra money she asked you to send each month. For their own benefit, they had no reason to hide this from you!" Zhao Zhenzhu asked.

“But I don’t look like I was abducted! The Zhou family already had two sons, so they didn’t need to buy another son to carry on the family line,” Zhou Bingchen analyzed.

"Bingchen, there's something I wanted to confirm before telling you, but now it seems I have no choice but to say it..." Zhao Zhenzhu sighed and told Zhou Bingchen about the matter concerning Tao Jiadong's child.

Originally, Zhao Zhenzhu planned to go to town after dawn to find out more from Tao Jiadong before telling Zhou Bingchen about the matter.

However, plans can't keep up with changes.

If Zhao Zhenzhu doesn't say anything now, Zhou Bingchen won't get any sleep tonight.

"Pearl, do you suspect that I am the child who was stolen by spies?" Zhou Bingchen was dumbfounded.

“Yes.” Zhao Zhenzhu nodded and said, “Tomorrow we’ll go to town together to find Uncle Tao and have him confirm it.”

“Pearl…” Zhou Bingchen wanted to say something more.

"Shh! Zhou Bingchen, shut up now. I'm going to sleep." Zhao Zhenzhu stopped Zhou Bingchen.

At this moment, Zhou Fugui had already dragged Zhou Bingxing to the backyard to dig for gold bars.

Zhao Zhenzhu was busy listening to Zhou Fugui and the others, and didn't want to listen to Zhou Bingchen's nagging anymore.

Zhou Fugui and Zhou Bingxing spent more than an hour in the backyard, but still couldn't find the jar to hold the gold bars.

"Zhou Bingxing, hurry up and bring out the jar!" Zhou Fugui was going crazy.

“Dad, it’s really gone. The jar disappeared after Xiao Cui left. I’m not lying to you,” Zhou Bingxing said, touching his swollen cheek.

The vegetable patch in the backyard has been dug into a large pit. Still, the jar is nowhere to be seen.

Zhou Bingxing had long believed that the jar had probably been taken away by some kind of "ghost or god." Zhou Fugui, however, refused to believe it and forced Zhou Bingxing to dig with him.

The result was predictable.

"Go back inside and give me the four gold bars you took out." Zhou Fugui had no choice but to accept his fate.

Just now inside the house, Zhou Bingxing told the truth. The four gold bars in Zhou Bingxing's hand have now become Zhou Fugui's last straw.

Since the items couldn't be put back in their original place, Zhou Fugui had no choice but to run away.

As for how Tian Shanhua would deal with Zhou Fugui's family after he ran away, Zhou Fugui didn't care at all.

“Dad, do you know how to exchange gold bars for money? Xiao Cui said the bank in the county town can do it,” Zhou Bingxing said.

"I understand. I'll go to the county town tomorrow and see. If I can't exchange it, I'll borrow some money from Meimei first," Zhou Fugui said calmly.

"Dad, thank you so much. Xiao Cui and I will be grateful to you for the rest of our lives." A smile appeared on Zhou Bingxing's face.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and bring the things into my house." Zhou Fugui threw down the hoe, turned around and left.

“Dad, I’ll cover the hole first, then I’ll go get it later,” Zhou Bingxing said.

"I told you to go get it right now, don't you understand? Do you want me to hit you a few more times?" Zhou Fugui couldn't help but roar.

Zhou Fugui just wants to see the gold bars right now.

So what if there's a hole in the backyard?

Anyway, he'll be flying away tomorrow. Even if there were ten or eight traps, Zhou Fugui wouldn't care, let alone one.

"I'm coming right away." Seeing Zhou Fugui waving and walking towards him, Zhou Bingxing quickly dropped his hoe and ran into the house.

Zhou Fugui took a few deep breaths before walking into the room.

Not long after Zhou Fugui returned to his room, Zhou Bingxing arrived.

"Dad, Xiao Cui put the gold bars in the box. I searched for a long time before I found them." Zhou Bingxing took out four gold bars from his pocket and handed them to Zhou Fugui.

"Put it on the table!" Zhou Fugui's eyes flickered slightly as he pointed to the table.

Knowing the gold bars were poisonous, Zhou Fugui would never have caught them with his bare hands.

"Dad, it should be real gold. I just bit it, and there's a tooth mark!" Zhou Bingxing said excitedly, pointing to one of the gold bars.

Zhou Bingxing had heard stories from the village elders that in the old society, pawnshop owners would bite gold with their teeth to distinguish its authenticity.

Gold is soft; you can bite it with your teeth and leave an indentation. Brass is hard; you can't bite it with your teeth.

"You just bit a gold bar?" Zhou Fugui was speechless.

“Yes, Dad, I’m afraid it’s fake. I want to see if it’s worth anything!” Zhou Bingxing said.

This was the first time Zhou Bingxing had ever seen gold bars, and before he could even enjoy them, Zhou Fugui was about to take them away.

Zhou Bingxing felt it was a pity, so of course he wanted to play the role of "pawnshop manager" for a while.

Little did he know that this bite would send him straight to the brink of death.

"Alright, put it down! Go back to your room and rest. You have to go to the hospital to take care of Xiao Cui tomorrow!" Zhou Fugui waved his hand, signaling Zhou Bingxing to leave.

Zhou Fugui did not intend to tell Zhou Bingxing about the poisonous gold bars.

Who told that stupid son to ruin his plans?

If Zhou Bingxing makes a fuss about it, Zhou Fugui will definitely be in trouble tomorrow.

So stupid, living is a waste of food, it would be better to die.

"Okay, Dad." Zhou Bingxing was unaware that in Zhou Fugui's mind, he was already considered as good as dead. After placing the gold bars on the table, he left happily.

Zhao Zhenzhu felt like she had only been asleep for a short while when Chen Jinfeng woke her up.

Chen Jinfeng came to call Zhao Zhenzhu to cook together.

Today was originally Ding Xiaocui's turn to cook, but Ding Xiaocui went to the hospital. Chen Jinfeng felt that it was a waste for her to cook alone, so she quickly called Zhao Zhenzhu to join in.

"Sister-in-law, Bingchen and I are going to town to run some errands later. We won't be eating at home all day. Whether you cook or not is up to you!" Zhao Zhenzhu refused.

Ding Xiaocui's poisoning incident served as a wake-up call for Zhao Zhenzhu.

This house is too dangerous.

Who knows if Zhou Fugui might go crazy and poison them or something?

Zhao Zhenzhu thought about it last night.

You must not touch the food from the Zhou family, and it's best not to even drink a drop of water.

After meeting Tao Jiadong, regardless of whether Zhou Bingchen is the person Tao Jiadong is looking for, Zhao Zhenzhu will move out of the Zhou family home.

A wise man does not stand under a walled enclosure.

Zhao Zhenzhu didn't want to stay in the Zhou family's den of wolves for even a minute longer.

"Pearl, can't you stay home and help out today? My second sister-in-law went to the hospital, and I have to cook, do housework, and deliver food to them at the hospital. I'm just too busy," Chen Jinfeng complained.

“If you’re too busy, find someone else. Besides you and me, there are so many other people in the family!” Zhao Zhenzhu said coldly.

“We can’t expect the men of the house to do all these chores, can we?” Chen Jinfeng retorted.

“If you don’t want to ask for help, then do it yourself. I’m too busy anyway,” Zhao Zhenzhu refused.