Upon hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling quickly ran from one room to the other, only to find that Zhuang Zhennan was nowhere to be seen.

Huang Ling panicked and rushed to check where she had hidden her money. Then she shouted, "Chao Ying, Chao Ying, something terrible has happened! The money is gone! Zhen Nan must have stolen it!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Pengfei panicked and slapped his thigh, about to run outside. Zhuang Chaoying grabbed him and said, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to chase after Zhennan! We can't let him take the money like this!"

"What are you chasing? It's the middle of the night, you can't see anything outside, where are you going to chase after it?"

Huang Ling, who was jumping up and down anxiously, saw Zhuang Chaoying blocking Xiang Pengfei from chasing after him and became a little anxious as well. She shouted, "Zhuang Chaoying, what do you mean? Zhennan just stole the money like that and you're just going to ignore it?"

Zhuang Chaoying hurriedly whispered to Huang Ling, "You're just being quiet! Are you afraid the neighbors won't hear? Why don't you take a loudspeaker and broadcast it in the street? Zhennan is our nephew, can you please keep your voice down?"

"That,,?"

Huang Ling, who was about to shout, also felt that Zhuang Chaoying made sense, but she was unwilling to give up. Suppressing her anger, she said in a low voice, "We can't just let him take the money like that!"

"Come on, let's go talk in that room!"

Zhuang Chaoying pulled Huang Ling and Xiang Pengfei back into another room.

Zhuang Tunan asked cautiously, "Zhennan really ran away!"

Zhuang Chaoying nodded and said, "Yes, they ran away!"

Zhuang Tunan suddenly laughed and said, "Run! Let's see how he'll ever have the nerve to come to our house again. Honestly, he's even learned to steal!"

"Alright!"

Zhuang Chaoying said irritably, "Fine! You can try to sneak away too!"

Seeing that the father and son were acting as if nothing was wrong, as if they were hiding something from her, Huang Ling asked Tu Nan, "Tu Nan, what's going on?"

Zhuang Tunan laughed and said, "Mom, don't worry, the money isn't lost!"

"It's not lost?"

Huang Ling said somewhat disbelievingly, "Really? Don't try to fool me just to comfort Mom!"

"Mom! Believe me. Besides, I'm a graduate student, and Dad isn't stupid. How could we let Zhennan take the money? The money you hid is just a pack of tissues!"

"What about the money?"

Huang Ling wanted to get to the bottom of things, but Zhuang Chaoying suddenly coughed. Huang Ling then subconsciously realized that Xiang Pengfei was also present, and some things couldn't be said openly. So she stopped asking and instead said to Xiang Pengfei, "Oh! It's getting late, Pengfei, you should go and get some rest! Your brother Tu Nan is fine with me and your uncle!"

Xiang Pengfei naturally understood what it meant. He didn't say anything, left the room, and went to sleep in the next room.

Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling went to sleep in the back, but Huang Ling still wouldn't let it go, insisting that Zhuang Chaoying reveal where the money was. Zhuang Chaoying actually smiled at Huang Ling and said, "The money is with Tu Nan. Go and ask for it."

Upon hearing that the money was with Tu Nan, Huang Ling naturally didn't want to ask Tu Nan for it directly, but she was indeed worried. So she put on her clothes again, went to Tu Nan's bedside, and asked Tu Nan, "Tu Nan, did your dad say you have the money?"

Zhuang Tunan was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and said, "Did my dad say that? If he said so, then it's in my hands."

Huang Ling frowned, somewhat disbelievingly saying, "So you don't have it? Don't try to fool me!"

"Why would I lie to you? Mom, she's really in my hands!"

"Then let Mom take a look, otherwise Mom won't feel at ease!"

Zhuang Tunan raised an eyebrow, looking somewhat troubled, and said, "You're still looking? You've already lost your own hiding place, what if I lose mine too?"

Huang Ling dared not look any longer after hearing Zhuang Tunan's words, fearing that Zhuang Tunan's words might come true and she would regret it later.

Huang Ling thought for a moment and said, "Alright! You go to sleep! I'm going to sleep too!"

Zhuang Tunan watched his mother go to the back, smiled, and carefully pulled the blanket up to go to sleep.

As soon as Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting got home, Lin Dongzhe couldn't wait any longer and pulled out a videotape from his pocket. When Zhuang Xiaoting saw the cover of the videotape, she felt nauseous and said angrily, "Lin Dongzhe, I was wondering why you were out all afternoon. So you went to buy this stuff! Don't you know that distributing this is illegal?"

"I,,!"

Lin Dongzhe defended himself, saying, "I didn't spread it! I just wanted to watch it with you."

"Let me tell you, don't drag me into this. If you want to watch it, go watch it yourself. Don't disgust me like this, okay?"

Lin Dongzhe, fearing that Zhuang Xiaoting would really get angry, quickly said, "Xiaoting, I really didn't buy this. I found it in Xiang Pengfei's car!"

Zhuang Xiaoting frowned and said, "Where did he get this thing from?"

"He must have bought it secretly while he was running a transport business. That guy is no honest man at all!"

"Then I'll have to remind him tomorrow, lest he do something illegal!"

"Yeah, I'll teach him a lesson with you tomorrow, shall we?"

"What are you looking at! Get lost!"

Lin Dongzhe was rebuffed, but he didn't give up. With a smirk, he went to check it out in the living room by himself.

Zhuang Xiaoting went back to her bedroom to sleep, ignoring Lin Dongzhe.

"Super Hero, Super Hero!"

Zhuang Tunan was awakened by his grandfather's shouts, but he couldn't move his legs, so even if he heard them, he couldn't get out of bed.

Fortunately, Huang Ling was making breakfast at that moment. She came out wearing an apron and said to Grandpa Tu Nan, "Dad, why did you come so early in the morning? It's so cold on the way! Don't let yourself catch a cold!"

"I'm fine. You didn't call the police, did you? That Zhennan kid actually did something like that!"

"Why would I call the police? They're all family, there's no need to call the police. Let him spend the money as he sees fit!"

“No, he can’t just take it without permission. That’s theft. My family may be poor, but we’ve never done anything like this before. You, as his aunt, can forgive him, but I, as his grandfather, certainly can’t. I’ll make him pay you back. Borrowing is borrowing, and stealing is stealing. They’re not comparable!”

At this moment, Zhuang Chaoying came out, walked into the yard, and said to Grandpa Tu Nan, "Dad, did Zhennan go back last night?"

“How could he dare to go home? He called home and said he borrowed 100,000 yuan from you to go south and make a living, and would come back in a few years. I thought to myself, that’s absolutely impossible. How could his aunt’s hidden things have fallen into his hands? It must have been stolen or robbed, so I came to ask!”

Zhuang Chaoying nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Dad, you guessed right. Yesterday, he made an excuse that he was making the bed next door. I was chatting with Huang Ling and Pengfei when I suddenly heard an unusual noise next door and found that he had taken the money and run away!"

"Okay, I got it. I'll see when he gets home, then I'll break his legs and come back to apologize. That's all, I'm leaving!"

Zhuang Chaoying said with some concern, "Dad, why don't you go back inside and warm up? You must have been very cold on the way here so early!"

The old man turned his back to Zhuang Chaoying, waved his hand, and muttered, "I raised two sons, and although neither of them amounted to much, neither of them did anything to disgrace me. I never expected that Zhennan would steal, and even steal from his own uncle. Is it because I failed in my parenting? Or is it just that my Zhuang family is destined to produce such a scoundrel? I just don't understand!"

Zhuang Chaoying watched his father walk forward shakily. He dared not help him up, nor did he dare to say anything, because he had been afraid of his father since he was a child. He had grown up amidst constant arguments and quarrels, so he was very afraid of his father.

Feeling uneasy, he stood in the yard, wondering whether to help him up, when he suddenly heard someone shout from the alley entrance, "Oh dear, old man, why did you fall?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying was so frightened that she ran outside the courtyard.