Finally, the doctor arrived, gave her a small bottle of medicine, and Li Zhaodi woke up.

"Mrs. Wei, you have heatstroke." The doctor's face was very pale, especially when he saw the injury on her face; a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

Li Zhaodi was stunned. It wasn't even the hottest time of the year yet, so how could she have heatstroke?

"Old Chen, she just covered herself up completely, long sleeves and trousers, only her eyes were showing," Granny Li said, clicking her tongue several times as she stepped forward.

"I bet she's been beaten so badly that she's covered in bruises and swellings, but she's too ashamed to show them," Grandma Li continued.

Li Zhaodi didn't dare to say a word, but she cursed her son in her heart. If he hadn't been away from home all day, she wouldn't have been dragged out of bed and beaten last night.

The other women looked at her with pity.

After the commotion in the vegetable garden, no one was in the mood to chat anymore, and they all picked up their buckets and left.

Li Zhaodi didn't take the bucket and slowly made her way home.

The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner, and if her son doesn't come home tonight, she'll really have to go to town to look for him.

These past few days, she went to town to sell vegetables and ran into Wei Quan's family several times, but they didn't even greet her when they saw her.

Wei Sheng said he was going to town to help Wei Quan's family, but he didn't give them a single penny.

The fact that her son was made to do chores without being paid made Li Zhaodi feel a surge of anger rising to her throat.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The village's worship ceremony began in the morning.

The sounds of roosters crowing in every household, firecrackers going off in the ancestral hall, and so on were constant.

The children almost always waited in their own main room, waiting for the adults to take them out.

Jiaojiao and Xiaoxiao got dressed early and sat at the door waiting for their grandmother.

They all knew that their older sister was busy today and wouldn't have time to go to the temple with them.

Grandma only carried a basket with some paper money, pastries, and a bamboo hat.

"Ah Yan, lock the door when you go out. I have the key with me," Ah Tai called out to the window.

Lin Ziyan: "Okay, go ahead and have fun!"

After receiving a response, the three waited at the door for a while before walking into the temple with Granny Qin.

A short while later, Lin Ziyan also locked the door and went out.

People from all over the village went out one after another, and even the old ladies who usually chatted under the banyan tree went to the temple.

The doors of every house were locked, and occasionally you could hear dogs barking.

“Brother Sheng, if you keep anything hidden from me again, I’ll make a scene in the village, and nobody will have a good time.” Wei Quan leaned against the mud wall not far from the Lin family’s house.

Wei Sheng took a drag of his cigarette, his brows furrowing slightly. His left eyelid had been twitching since he woke up this morning.

He immediately threw the underwear he had casually taken back last time into the fire and burned it.

"Got it, be smart in a bit." Wei Sheng raised his eyelids slightly, his heart raced, the veins on the back of his hands bulged, and his legs trembled slightly.

He was still scared after almost getting caught last time.

But when he thought of those gold bars, he tried to calm himself down.

"It's a pity that the Lin family's eldest granddaughter isn't home, otherwise I could have gone up and had some fun later..." Wei Quan grinned lewdly.

Today the village was the quietest it had ever been; everyone was busy going to the temple, and no one heard her even as she shouted herself hoarse.

Wei Quan thought this, and his heart began to itch with desire.

Back when he was in the village, he often stopped girls, coerced and lured them, and even touched them inappropriately…

Wei Quan's eyes changed; he felt an unbearable itch, and his throat was very dry.

"Looking for death? That girl is really weird, she can throw me over her shoulder." Wei Sheng kicked him.

"You look skinny, but you probably couldn't even hold your own in a fight." Wei Sheng glanced at Wei Quan beside him, a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Standing less than 1.6 meters tall, with a pointed face and monkey-like features, he still has his eye on Lin Ziyan?

Wei Sheng was disdainful in his heart, but remained outwardly calm.

He always felt uneasy...

“Brother Sheng, just because you’re weak in that area doesn’t mean everyone else is. Don’t let my short stature fool you, I can crack the bed frame without a problem.” Wei Quan straightened his back and looked at Wei Sheng with disdain.

He thought to himself, "What's the use of being tall? It's useless."

He's all bark and no bite; Wei Quancai doesn't envy his height.

"Let's go, this time we need to be quick." Wei Sheng threw away his cigarette butt and stomped on it a few times.

Wei Quan banished the thoughts from his mind and nodded vigorously.

In any case, the two are now in the same boat, and if the boat capsizes, neither of them will have an easy time.

The two arrived at the entrance of the Lin family's courtyard, glanced left and right, and exchanged a look.

"Stop climbing over the wall, pry open the door." Wei Sheng took out his tools and quickly pried open the lock.

As Wei Quan watched his skillful operation, a sense of disbelief flashed through his mind.

Unbeknownst to him, Wei Sheng had learned lock-picking skills after his last visit to the Lin family.

Wei Sheng also went to town several times and stole quite a few things.

The two successfully pried open the door to the main room and quickly ran up to the second floor.

"Damn it, even the upstairs rooms are locked. Looks like they were added after the last burglary."

"Click!" Another door opened, and Wei Sheng stopped cursing.

"Brother Sheng, where are the gold bars hidden? Are you sure she hasn't noticed they're missing?" Wei Quan walked into Lin Ziyan's room and immediately looked around.

“You can’t find it in the wardrobe; there are quite a few gold bars there.” Wei Sheng didn’t have time to look at the room’s furnishings and went straight to the wardrobe.

Large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his back was soaked.

Wei Sheng's hands trembled as he immediately opened the wardrobe door.

"Get out of the way, I'm taking the gold bars with me this time." Wei Quan pushed open the wardrobe door and immediately bent down to search.

Wei Sheng felt something was off about the room; the wardrobe didn't seem this long when he came in last time.

"Brother Sheng, you've struck it rich!"

"Let's leave immediately, or we'll be finished if we're discovered." Wei Quan was sweating profusely, his heart pounding in his throat.

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