A fierce glint flashed in Ding Xiuping's eyes—the word "lone ghost" made her quite uncomfortable.
She snatched the money away: "Only ten yuan?!"
Ding Silai spat and said, "Since you won't let me do it now, of course it's ten yuan!"
Ding Xiuping glared at him again, while stuffing the money into her own pocket.
She rummaged around in her pocket a couple of times, then suddenly felt a jolt—her pockets were empty!
The wad of money that was there is gone!
Ding Xiuping grabbed Ding Silai by the crotch: "What are you doing, you lecherous bastard? So you stole my money! Give me back my 170 yuan right now, or I'll make sure you lose everything!"
Ding Silai, in pain, begged for mercy repeatedly: "Xiuping, are you crazy? When did you get 170 yuan?"
Ding Xiuping didn't care about anything else:
“Yesterday I went up the mountain and found Cycas lying unconscious under a paulownia tree.”
I touched him, and to my surprise, he was really rich—a total of 170!
I have no idea where he's been these past few days; he's probably been speculating or making money!
When I asked him, he said he couldn't remember!
I reckon he might have been knocked silly by the fall!
I showed him the money, but he didn't even know it was his!
Upon hearing this, Su Tie frowned.
So that's how it is...
When he was tied up and taken up the mountain, he was naturally penniless.
This money must have been a gift from the old immortal when he sent me away from my immortal mountain cave.
What have I done to deserve meeting such a wise old man? Am I going to use up all the luck in my life?
I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to thank the old immortal in person?
Ding Silai's face was already contorted with pain: "Xiuping, let go! I've taken off all my clothes and pants now, you can search me! You can search me, okay?"
"Dream on! You'll run away if you let go!" Ding Xiuping's hand tightened again. "Take it off now! Take off your vest first!"
Su Tie stared in disbelief at Ding Silai, who had soon stripped naked.
Ding Silai was almost in tears: "Xiuping, I really didn't take your money! Are you sure you're not mistaken? Su Tie doesn't seem like the type to take 170 yuan!"
"He killed so many members of the Ding family; he must have searched them all before he did!"
Ding Xiuping realized that her logic had formed a complete closed loop. She let go of his hand, clapped her hands, and said happily, "If Su Tie isn't sentenced to death, I'll wait for him to be released! Su Tie is truly the best person in the world to me!"
"Are you going to wait for my son to get out of prison?"
Ding Silai's face turned as black as ink. "Xiuping, what are you thinking? Su Tie is definitely going to get shot! You'd better listen to my advice and marry that cripple from the next village!"
"Wait a minute! My money must have fallen in Old Man Jin's yard. I need to go get it back first! Don't come into the village with me. Wait five minutes before you come back!"
As Ding Xiuping spoke, she pulled up her pants, turned around, washed her hands and face in the river, then left Ding Silai standing there and walked towards the village alone.
Ding Silai sighed, gathered his clothes into a pile, sniffed his armpits, and then jumped into the Big Butt River to take a bath.
Su Tie became anxious.
But Ding Silai was taking his time taking a bath, so he couldn't just climb down the tree.
Meanwhile, Su Ruyi had already gone to give Shen Guoliang acupuncture in Xiao Fang's jeep.
In Jin Dachun's small courtyard, he was left all alone.
Su Ruyi had ordered a reclining chair for him from the carpenter in the village these past few days, and it was delivered yesterday.
He was rocking back and forth in his recliner, waiting for his pot of large-leaf tea to be brewed to its perfect consistency.
In his hand, he was flipping through a thread-bound book that had been passed down in his family.
Ding Xiuping, head down, rushed into Jin Dachun's courtyard.
They barged in without even knocking.
Jin Dachun trembled at Ding Xiuping's aggressive demeanor: "You...don't you have any manners? Don't you know how to knock before entering someone's house?"
"I lost my money in this yard. Whoever picked it up, please give it back to me right now!" Ding Xiuping said irritably.
Because the old man was too upright, she dared not ask him for a prescription and had to go to Sanhe County again and again to get abortion medicine.
Even the transportation costs are unknown, and I don't know how much more I overpaid!
What a useless old geezer who hogs the spot without doing anything!
Ding Xiuping's gaze fell on Jin Dachun's injured foot, which was in a splint, and the crutches he had placed to the side.
With a single reach, he tossed the crutch far away against the wall.
"What exactly are you trying to do?!" Jin Dachun felt that this girl was getting more and more insane.
"I know you won't admit it, I'm going to find it myself!" she said, and then plunged into Su Ruyi's room.
Jin Dachun jumped to the door on one foot in a panic: "What's wrong with you, girl? Besides, how can you be sure that your money was stolen from my house and not by your lovers?"
Ding Xiuping stopped searching and walked up to Jin Dachun: "You old geezer, what did you say?!"
This was the first time Jin Dachun had ever been called an old man to his face. He was so angry that his hands trembled: "You think nobody knows about your affairs?! Let me tell you, Chu Liang'an from Sanhe County is my apprentice!"
"Is Doctor Chu your apprentice?"
Ding Xiuping gasped, stunned for a few seconds, and when she looked at Jin Dachun again, her eyes flashed with a fierce light: "Did you talk nonsense with Su Tie?"
Jin Dachun stroked his beard, his expression enigmatic: "If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place!"
Ding Xiuping stood still, staring intently at Jin Dachun.
Jin Dachun stared back at her without any politeness.
Ding Xiuping felt very uncomfortable under the old doctor's righteous and awe-inspiring gaze, and looked away.
At that moment, she saw the dagger on Su Ruyi's bedside table—it had originally been under the pillow, but she had just found it.
She snatched the dagger from her hand.
Jin Dachun immediately jumped back two steps: "You want to kill someone?"
"Did you say anything bad about me to Su Tie?" Ding Xiuping gripped her dagger and approached Jin Dachun.
Jin Dachun shook his head and sighed, "You and Su Tie can't be together. Your face is destined for a life of loneliness! Only by diligently cultivating virtue..."
"Bullshit!" Ding Xiuping suddenly exerted force, and the dagger in her hand instantly plunged into Jin Dachun's stomach.
The blade was completely submerged.
Ding Xiuping knew that Jin Dachun was somewhat shrewd and could predict the future; before the policies became stricter, he was practically a fortune teller in the village.
Her life's destiny was revealed to her in this way, which coincided with her deepest fears, and she could not accept it at all.
If she initially took out the knife to force Kim Dae-chun to tell the truth, at this moment, she only wanted to shut him up.
"Uh..." Jin Dachun clutched his stomach in disbelief and fell backward to the ground.
He struggled to lift his head and saw that a large amount of red liquid was seeping from the spot he was covering with his hand.
He stared for a few seconds, then his head fell back to the ground. His gaze returned to the sky, and a smile appeared on his lips: "Indeed, I wasn't wrong! My lifespan has indeed come to an end!"
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