Chapter 186 Give Me Back My Clothes

The main problem was her honest and simple brother-in-law, who used to stutter when speaking to her. He deliberately started arguing with her from across the threshold, saying, "If you insist on supporting her, then you can go live with her."

"Our family can't afford to enshrine such a large Buddha statue."

Although her sister still told her, "Stay here for a couple more days. It's Chinese New Year, and I'm off work, so I can spend more time with you."

Xu Shanshan still bought a train ticket for the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and returned to Beijing.

I just never expected... never expected that all the money I had left would be stolen on the way back!

She had never encountered anyone like this before when she went out, so she didn't even think to be careful, and didn't even mention keeping her money in separate places...

The mournful cries soon stopped, and Zhizhi, still inside the carriage, continued eating her snacks, waiting for the train to arrive at the station so she could get off.

The reason Xu Shanshan stopped crying was because of her pride; she didn't want to be looked down upon by the Wen family.

In particular, one must not be looked down upon by the branches.

She has to live well and prove that her choice back then was not wrong.

After Zhizhi got out of the car, Wen Jinshu picked her up.

Xu Shanshan watched from a secluded spot as Zhizhi familiarly got into the car and talked to Wen Jinshu. The two siblings were close and familiar with each other, but Xu Shanshan felt a deep and unspeakable unease in her heart.

She walked back.

By the time I got to the rented room, it was already evening, and I had blisters on the soles of my feet.

The landlady was sitting in front of the door eating sunflower seeds. When she saw her, she greeted her loudly, "Back so early?"

Has your man come back yet?

There were quite a few people sitting around her, and upon hearing this, they all cast sizing glances at Xu Shanshan.

Xu Shanshan glared at the landlady with annoyance, then turned around and went inside.

But as soon as she entered the house, she noticed something was wrong; the house had been ransacked.

Besides the clothes she was wearing and the ones she took with her, two nice cashmere coats were missing, along with two scarves, a black sweater, and a pair of boots...

Xu Shanshan then rummaged through other things, and fortunately, her watches, which she had hidden well, were still there.

but……

"Bang!" Xu Shanshan suddenly pushed the door open.

The door slammed against the outside wall with a loud bang, startling the landlady who was about to pick up a stool to go back inside. "What are you doing?"

"You'll pay for the broken door?"

"If you can stay, then stay; if you can't, then get out of here."

Xu Shanshan was so angry that she trembled all over, her face turned red, and she was speechless for a moment.

When the landlady saw her like this, she cursed, "You're crazy!"

As the landlady was about to go back inside, and the other chatting neighbors were about to go home, Xu Shanshan's lips, which had turned ashen, opened and closed a few times, "...give me back my clothes, give me back my clothes..." Her voice remained very soft, almost inaudible.

Seeing the landlady enter the house like a victor, Xu Shanshan suddenly ran towards her, grabbed her hair from behind, and held on tightly, repeatedly muttering, "Give me back my clothes..."

No matter how much people tried to pry her hand open, she wouldn't let go.

The landlady screamed in pain as her hair was pulled, yelling, "You damn bitch, let go of me!"

"release……"

The landlady struggled to turn around and kicked Xu Shanshan hard in the leg.

Just then, Xu Shanshan suddenly went limp, closed her eyes, and collapsed.

The people who were pinching and twisting her scattered in fright, and everyone withdrew their hands.

They all said, "I didn't hit her!"

"Neither do I."

"I didn't, I... I just pinched her."

Finally, everyone's attention fell on the landlady.

The landlady looked at her feet, indicating her innocence, "I...I didn't use much force at all," she said, still protesting her innocence, pointing to Xu Shanshan lying on the ground, gesturing for everyone to look at her hands, "Look, she pulled so much hair out of me..."

But it's no use saying all this now, "Then what about her..."

"He can't really be kicked to death, can he?" one of them looked down and expressed doubt.

Another person suggested, "Should we take him to the hospital?"

As he spoke, the man squatted down and put his finger under Xu Shanshan's nose to check. "There's still air, there's still air," she said, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief, including the landlord's wife.

Seeing that she was still breathing, the landlady felt relieved and her face hardened. "Let me handle this. I have a way to deal with her."

As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves, squatted down, and pinched Xu Shanshan's philtrum hard, revealing her thick fingernails.

She had seen people pretend to be dizzy, and some were genuinely dizzy; this method was very effective.

Even pinching Xu Shanshan's philtrum until it bled didn't help.

The others were scared and said, "Why don't we send him to the hospital? Let's not risk anyone dying."

"Yes, it's the Lunar New Year, and someone has actually died..."

One of them was already moving out of the yard, saying, "I'm leaving now, I have things to do at home."

Seeing that someone had left, the other two immediately said, "My husband seems to be calling me."

“Yes, yes, I heard that too,” and then they both ran away.

The landlady was left alone to watch over Xu Shanshan, who had fainted on the ground.

Whether it was due to fainting or lying on the ground for too long, Xu Shanshan's face was pale, and her lips were almost bloodless.

The landlady was now scared. She clasped her hands together and pleaded with Xu Shanshan, who was lying on the ground with her eyes closed, "I really didn't mean to take your clothes. I just... I've never worn nice clothes before, and since you have so many, I thought I'd take a couple."

The landlady said with a disgruntled look, "Look at you, you have so many nice clothes, do you really need those two?"

Why are you taking this so seriously?

The landlady, still furious, raised her hand and slapped the unconscious Xu Shanshan twice across the face.

Then he went back inside and returned the clothes, shoes, and other items he had taken to Xu Shanshan's rented apartment.

Of course, Xu Shanshan was still lying on the ground.

Even after she had returned all her things, Xu Shanshan showed no sign of waking up.

Instead, his face became even paler, with a bluish tinge.

The landlady was genuinely frightened, so she went to find her husband who was playing mahjong outside.

Her husband was playing mahjong and was supposed to come home late at night, but she interrupted him, and he got very angry, yelling, "Did you get your head stuck in a door? Why are you running here?"

His wife stood there, looking very upset, and he gestured for her to come out.

He looked at him and it seemed like something really happened, so he could only get up and say, "You'd better really have something to do today, or I'll make sure you don't have a good New Year."

The landlord came out of the house cursing, and someone immediately filled his vacancy.

As soon as he came out, his wife grabbed him and pulled him quickly towards home. The landlord angrily asked, "Did someone announce a death at home? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Unexpectedly, his wife stopped and told him with a bad expression, "That...that tenant is back, she...she seems to be a little dead."

The landlord's face darkened; this was truly bad news.

"Why would someone who was perfectly healthy suddenly die?" the landlord pressed.