The cold wind howled into the house. Liu Xiuqin stood at the door, shivering, whether from the cold or from anger, she didn't know.
"Du Jianshan! You beast!"
She rushed into the house and frantically searched for the items, but apart from a few rags scattered on the floor, there was nothing left.
"Where's my money? Where are my food coupons? Where are my clothes?"
Liu Xiuqin plopped down on the ground and burst into tears, wailing, "Damn it! I can't live like this anymore!"
"Aunt Liu... Aunt Liu!"
Just then, Li Fuqiang, shirtless, got up from the ground, shivering from the cold, and stared blankly at the empty room.
"Our house has been burgled?"
When Liu Xiuqin looked up, she almost fainted from anger.
Li Fuqiang was only wearing his underwear, and even his socks had been taken off!
"Fuqiang! Why are you naked?"
"How would I know!" Li Fuqiang jumped up and down, arms crossed. "I was sleeping soundly, and when I woke up I fell to the floor. When I opened my eyes, even the blanket was gone!"
"Where the hell are my things?!"
He looked down and realized his secretly hidden handwritten copy of "A Girl's Heart" was gone. He panicked: "Aunt Liu! Where's my book?"
Liu Xiuqin cried, "It's all gone! That little beast ran off with it all!"
"Du Jianshan?" Li Fuqiang's eyes widened, then he roared in fury, "Fuck him! He dares to steal our things!"
"Steal? Why don't you keep watch at home? How come you're sleeping so soundly!" Liu Xiuqin suddenly shouted, startling Li Fuqiang.
With so much stuff, it'll take a while to move it!
Is Li Fuqiang just a useless person?
Didn't you notice at all?
Liu Xiuqin slumped to the ground, muttering to herself, "It's over...it's all over...now you have to marry into the family."
Li Fuqiang immediately panicked: "Aunt Liu! We can't just let this go! I'm not going to marry into the family! I didn't even see that widow taking a bath!"
"This matter was never reported to the authorities! I framed him!"
"What?" Liu Xiuqin looked up abruptly.
"I...I just wanted to trick Du Jianshan..." Li Fuqiang stammered, "Then, if we get rid of Du Jianshan, the worker positions will be mine, right?"
"There's absolutely no need for me to marry into the family! But how could this bastard manage to empty our house? That's too ruthless!"
Liu Xiuqin's mind went blank, and her vision went black.
"What...what did you say?"
"I was lying to you!" Li Fuqiang said defiantly, "I just wanted to mess with Du Jianshan! Who knew this kid wouldn't listen to you!"
Liu Xiuqin was stunned.
Did she compromise and try to be a good empress? But now, she's raised such a wretch.
It's all fake! Fake!
"Smack!"
She slapped Li Fuqiang across the face, trembling with rage: "You...you know that your father signed a confession last night? Now the whole commune knows you've been a pervert!"
Li Fuqiang covered his face, both shocked and furious: "Aunt Liu! You hit me?!"
"Hit you? I wish I could beat you to death!" Liu Xiuqin roared hysterically, "Your father's savings account is gone! All our belongings are gone! And now you're telling me you were faking it?"
"Even if you want to harm Du Jianshan, you should at least tell me and your father first!"
Li Fuqiang was dumbfounded.
He then realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Then, what do we do now?"
"What should we do?" Liu Xiuqin gave a bitter laugh: "Go and marry into her family. The widow has your confession. If you don't go, she'll dare to send you to a labor camp!"
Li Fuqiang was struck dumb, and he collapsed to the ground, crying out, "No... I won't go! Aunt Liu! Please save me!"
Liu Xiuqin looked at him and suddenly felt completely unfamiliar with him.
Is this the son she has loved all these years?
For him, she abused Du Jianshan and spent all of her husband's pension on him, and as a result... she raised such a useless person.
"A jinx!"
Li Fuqiang suddenly sprang to his feet, pointing at Liu Xiuqin and cursing, "It's all your fault! What kind of son did you raise?! That beast Du Jianshan! He killed his father, and now he's trying to harm me!"
Liu Xiuqin was struck dumb and staggered back two steps.
She...her adopted son actually insulted her?
"What...what did you say?"
"I'm telling you, you're a jinx!" Li Fuqiang screamed hysterically. "If it weren't for you, would I be in this state?!"
Liu Xiuqin's vision went black, and a sudden pain shot through her chest, almost causing her to collapse.
She's favored Li Fuqiang for so long, but this guy is treating her like this now?
They keep calling him a jinx!
Honestly, after so many years in the Li family, she has been more than qualified as a stepmother!
They take meticulous care of her and spoil her in every way.
He'll give Li Fuqiang whatever he wants!
But her own son, Du Jianshan... was driven away by her own hands...
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