Altogether, there should have been six or seven thousand yuan in the entire room.
Xu Shuning completely cleared out her scumbag father’s and stepmother’s bedroom. She didn’t leave behind a single thing that could be taken.
Next came her stepsister’s room.
She emptied that one too.
Under her stepsister’s bed, she found a chest containing several pieces of jewelry that looked familiar.
They had all belonged to her mother.
Her scumbag father had claimed he was only keeping them for her, yet somehow they’d ended up in Xu Siyao’s hands.
What a wonderful father.
The more Xu Shuning thought about it, the angrier she became.
She simply went into the kitchen as well, taking all the rice, flour, and even the pots sitting on the stove.
Let them drink the northwest wind tonight.
After leaving the kitchen, Xu Shuning went back and emptied her own bedroom too.
If she was going to do this, she might as well do it properly.
Once the house had been completely stripped bare, Xu Shuning stepped outside and stored everything she could see into her space.
She didn’t even leave behind the firewood in the woodshed.
The only thing she couldn’t take was the bicycle Cui Wenzhou had bought for her because someone had ridden it away.
Everything else was now inside her space.
Damn it.
She hadn’t even ridden the bicycle Cui Wenzhou bought her once, and someone had already taken it away.
No.
She absolutely had to get that bicycle back too.
Once it was brought back, she’d make another trip and take it.
Anything that belonged to her, she was going to reclaim.
Now the entire house looked as though no one had ever lived there.
It was almost unnaturally clean and new.
Who would have imagined that less than half an hour ago, the place had been filled with furniture and household belongings?
Now it was completely empty.
Xu Shuning stood in the courtyard, admiring her handiwork with satisfaction.
“Much better. This looks so much more comfortable. Look how clean it is.”
She clapped her hands and swaggered out of the house.
As soon as she stepped outside, she ran into her neighbor, Auntie Sun.
Xu Shuning greeted her casually before walking away right in front of her.
She hadn’t gone far when she spotted two sneaky figures at the entrance of an alley.
Taking a closer look, she recognized them immediately.
Xu Siyao and that scumbag Zhao Yang.
Those two being together definitely meant trouble.
They were obviously plotting against her again.
Xu Shuning quietly moved closer.
Then, with a quick movement, she slipped into her space.
From inside the space, she could still hear sounds from the outside, so she listened in on their conversation.
Sure enough, the two of them were plotting against her.
Xu Siyao wanted to trick Cui Wenzhou into coming back and arranging for him to catch Xu Shuning cheating with Zhao Yang.
For the sake of the two old men, Cui Wenzhou probably wouldn’t make a huge scene.
But after seeing that, he certainly wouldn’t be able to continue tolerating her.
That way, the two of them would successfully get divorced.
Afterward, Xu Siyao could come forward and comfort him.
Maybe Cui Wenzhou would be so touched by her kindness that he’d be willing to marry her.
Xu Siyao even told Zhao Yang that after Xu Shuning and Cui Wenzhou divorced, she would give him some money and have him take Xu Shuning back to his hometown.
Although Xu Shuning had been married before, she was still a beautiful woman, so Zhao Yang wouldn’t be losing out by marrying her.
Once they returned to his hometown, he could do whatever he wanted with her.
As long as he kept her alive, he could occasionally bring her back to Nancheng and let the Wen family see that she was doing fine.
At the same time, he could use the opportunity to get more good things from the Wen family.
And whatever they managed to get, he would receive a share as well.
The more Xu Shuning listened, the angrier she became.
She wanted nothing more than to rush out and punch each of them twice.
What a disgusting piece of trash.
Did he never bother looking at himself?
He was nothing but an ugly toad.
She felt dirty just looking at him for too long.
Xu Siyao, Xu Siyao…
You really had everything planned out, didn’t you?
You’d even thought about what would happen afterward.
She knew very well that in this era, having an illicit relationship between a man and a woman could have extremely serious consequences if discovered.
And Xu Shuning’s marriage to Cui Wenzhou was a military marriage, making the situation even more serious.
The original owner might have been stupid and hopelessly blinded by love, but even she understood that some lines couldn’t be crossed.
Although the original owner had feelings for Zhao Yang, she had kept her distance from him before divorcing Cui Wenzhou.
At least she had enough sense to do that.
Otherwise, she would have been dragged out for public criticism long ago.
The original owner had repeatedly demanded a divorce from Cui Wenzhou, but she had always given other reasons.
She had never mentioned another man.
Of course, Xu Shuning could guess with her toes that Cui Wenzhou probably knew the truth anyway.
The original owner might not have said anything, but there were plenty of people willing to make trouble behind her back.
After all, Xu Siyao’s intentions were practically written all over her face.
Xu Shuning simply couldn’t understand why Cui Wenzhou had never agreed to divorce the original owner.
Anyone else would probably have had enough long ago.
These two really were rotten to the core.
When one scheme failed, they immediately came up with another.
Xu Siyao even wanted Cui Wenzhou to marry her.
Even if Cui Wenzhou were completely blind, there was no way he’d fall for someone like her.
Xu Shuning hadn’t even gotten around to dealing with them yet, and they were already plotting against her again.
How was she supposed to tolerate that?
She couldn’t.
Not a chance.
Xu Shuning found a stick inside her space and weighed it in her hand.
It felt sturdy enough.
She then hid inside her space near the entrance of the alley.
After the two finished their discussion and walked out of the alley, Xu Shuning emerged from the space.
Before either of them had a chance to react, she struck them hard from behind, knocking both of them unconscious.
Her movements were incredibly fast.
She gave them no opportunity to fight back.
Once they collapsed, she quickly stored both of them inside her space.
Xu Shuning took a roundabout route and returned to the Xu family’s house.
After entering, she took the two unconscious people back out of her space and threw them into Xu Siyao’s bedroom.
Holding back her disgust, she stripped the clothes off both of them and positioned their naked bodies together.
As she did so, Xu Shuning couldn’t help wondering whether she’d get eye problems from this.
After all, she’d just seen something so horrifying.
Once everything was done, she went into her space and thoroughly washed her hands.
Then she washed her eyes with spiritual spring water as well.
Only after that did she feel as though her soul had been cleansed too.
She quietly left the house afterward.
Not a single person saw her.
Xu Shuning used her space to conceal herself along the way, repeatedly disappearing from sight whenever necessary.
Only after she had gone far enough did she finally relax.
Those two blows she’d delivered hadn’t been light.
The two of them wouldn’t be waking up anytime soon.
They should remain unconscious until Xu Siyao’s mother came home around noon.
Xu Shuning couldn’t help wondering what Xu Siyao’s reaction would be when she woke up and discovered herself in that state.
Just thinking about it made her excited.
Xu Shuning had found quite a lot of things hidden by Xu Hongtao.
Aside from the gold bars and antiques that couldn’t be used openly at the moment, there was more than seven thousand yuan in cash, along with all kinds of ration coupons and other vouchers.
Seven thousand yuan was an enormous sum in this era.
It was practically a fortune.
Xu Hongtao was merely a workshop supervisor at a machinery factory, while Zhong Yan was just an ordinary employee at a textile factory.
Combined, their monthly salaries didn’t even reach one hundred yuan.
And a considerable portion of that seven thousand yuan had actually been taken from Xu Shuning in the first place.
Now, she was simply reclaiming what belonged to her.
As for the rest, she would consider it compensation for all the years they’d spent raising her.
She didn’t care where the remaining money had come from.
Once it had fallen into her hands, it was hers.
Over the years, Xu Hongtao had obtained plenty of benefits from the Wen family.
It was only right that he cough some of them back up.