A heavy object hit her on the head, but she didn't flinch; instead, a look of joy appeared in her eyes.

But after the thing rolled to the ground, Su Manao's eyes gradually changed.

She picked up the roll in disbelief, carefully untied the rubber band, and her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets—she wasn't mistaken, it really was a stack of yellow paper.

In an instant, Su Manao was so frightened that her soul almost left her body.

Her childhood adventures led her to become a superstitious person at the young age of ten.

With trembling hands, she counted them—29 sheets of yellow paper, no more, no less.

The rubber band was still her rubber band; even though she wrapped it three times, it was still three times.

If she was still wondering who had taken her money and replaced it with yellow paper, the fact that the amounts were exactly the same was truly chilling.

She threw the yellow paper on the ground as if it were burning her, and scrambled away from the storage room.

After thinking for a moment, he mustered his courage and rushed in, picked up the yellow paper roll with two fingers, ran out of the yard, swung his arm, and threw it far into Aunt Wu's yard.

Then she scooped up two large buckets of water and washed her hands ten times.

When I wash my hands, I always feel like someone is behind me, so I keep turning around.

After washing his hands, he didn't dare go into the yard anymore, so he sat on the threshold.

Thinking about her recent experiences, she burst into tears again.

Hearing footsteps, she looked up and saw Su Zhenzhu walking towards her. Her eyes immediately filled with utter terror. She wanted to run, but her legs were numb and she couldn't stand up.

Su Zhenzhu looked at her still swollen face: "Don't worry, I said I'd hit you after the swelling goes down. But if you insist on hanging around under my nose, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Su Manao let out a scream, leaped up like a cat, brushed past Wang Bo, and quickly disappeared without a trace.

Wang Bo hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Pearl, is this Su Manao? Your younger sister?"

Su Zhenzhu nodded smugly: "You've grown up to be ugly, haven't you? I think so too!"

She had hated this pretty and domineering younger sister since she was a child, so how could she not be happy to see her become like this?

Wang Bo sighed, "This is truly...a girl changes so much as she grows up!"

Su Zhenzhu glared at him: "Your eyes are always on other women, are you tired of living?"

Wang Bo grinned obsequiously, "How could I dare?"

The two entered the room chatting and laughing, then immediately fell silent.

The courtyard was a mess, almost turned into ruins.

Not a single pane of glass in the windows was intact, and not a single piece of furniture in the room was not missing a piece or part.

Su Zhenzhu rushed to the main room and saw the five-drawer chest with all five drawers pulled out, and fell completely silent.

Unbeknownst to her, after everyone in the Su family was taken away, the neighbors had already swarmed in and thoroughly searched the place.

The Su family is now truly penniless, with not a single grain of rice left.

Even the cabinets were all pried open.