Li Qiang and Li Zhuang searched the entire room upside down. They even checked the corners, but they still couldn’t find the six hundred yuan.

Li Zhuang scratched his butt in frustration and anxiously said, “Bro! That damn woman Jiang Yujiao isn’t screwing with us, is she?”

“Impossible! At noon I heard people in the production team say Jiang Ling got six hundred yuan from the old lady, and they even fought over it.”

Li Qiang was certain the six hundred yuan was still with Jiang Ling.

But after rummaging through everything and still finding nothing, he started doubting whether this was really Jiang Ling’s room.

Li Qiang took out the map Jiang Yujiao had drawn for them and compared it carefully. This really was Jiang Ling’s room.

“Search carefully one more time. If we still can’t find it, then we leave!”

They couldn’t come here for nothing. At worst, they could at least steal something valuable or a few food coupons.

Listening to their conversation, Jiang Ling finally realized Jiang Yujiao was the mastermind behind everything.

No wonder these two brothers dared sneak into her room—they had been bought with money.

And they were carrying knives too. Luckily she had hidden inside her space beforehand, otherwise blood would definitely have been spilled.

…

Jiang Ling’s eyes suddenly lit up.

These two had actually given her a great idea.

She had only just discovered that her space could move together with her.

Earlier, she merely wanted to get closer so she could watch the drama more clearly, but unexpectedly, the space moved along with her footsteps.

Her space hadn’t had this ability in her previous life.

Could it be that after being reborn, her space had evolved too?

While the two thieves were still rummaging through her room, Jiang Ling quickly went to Old Madam Jiang’s room.

The old woman was sleeping soundly. Jiang Ling searched through her cabinet and under the bed, and sure enough, she found quite a few good things.

Inside an envelope hidden beneath the bed, Jiang Ling opened it and found six hundred yuan.

This was the compensation money left behind by her father. Jiang Ling sneered inwardly. She knew the old woman had been dishonest.

She searched through the cabinet again and took away all the food coupons, fabric coupons, and oil coupons, leaving not a single one behind.

Jiang Ling kept rummaging and even stole the old woman’s undergarments—they would be useful later.

After emptying Old Madam Jiang’s room, Jiang Ling headed to Li Chunmei’s room.

Li Chunmei and Third Uncle slept like dead pigs. Jiang Ling opened the cabinet and found the fifty-something yuan bride price Zhou Qianming had given them inside a box.

There were also some food coupons underneath.

Jiang Ling happily accepted everything.

Figuring the brothers were almost done searching her room, Jiang Ling went into the courtyard and quietly locked the pried-open window from the outside.

That way, when shouting started later, they wouldn’t be able to jump out through the window.

Jiang Ling stepped out of her space, grabbed a ladle, and banged loudly on an iron pot while shouting toward the house.

“Thief!! Catch the thief!!”

The Jiang family was jolted awake by the commotion. Hearing there was a thief, they scrambled out of bed and rushed outside.

Old Madam Jiang opened her eyes groggily. When she woke up, her room only had the bed and blanket left. Everything else was gone.

At first she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her, but after lighting the kerosene lamp, the room was still completely empty.

“Oh heavens! My money! My cabinet…”

Rolling up her sleeves, Old Madam Jiang stormed outside. She wanted to see which thief had the guts to empty out her room.

…

Jiang Yujiao hadn’t fallen asleep at all.

She was nervous too, constantly worried the Li brothers would mess things up.

Six hundred yuan was no small amount. She absolutely couldn’t let Jiang Ling keep it.

After returning from the educated youth residence tonight, she had immediately gone to find the Li brothers. She was even the one who personally opened the Jiang family courtyard gate to make it easier for them to enter.

The brothers had proudly guaranteed that they had never failed to steal money before.

Jiang Yujiao lay happily in bed, waiting for the brothers to hand her the six hundred yuan tomorrow.

She had even threatened them: if they dared pocket the money themselves, she would report them to the police and get them executed.

But instead of hearing the brothers successfully steal the money, she heard Jiang Ling outside noisily shouting about thieves.

Jiang Yujiao’s heart nearly leapt into her throat.

Had those two idiots been discovered?

Panicked, she ran outside and found everyone already gathered at Jiang Ling’s doorway.

Seeing Jiang Yujiao rush over in alarm, Jiang Ling spoke meaningfully.

“These two thieves stole all six hundred yuan from me.”

Li Qiang and Li Zhuang were pinned to the ground by the Jiang brothers while loudly protesting:

“We’re innocent! We didn’t steal anything!”

Jiang Eldest Uncle searched their bodies. He didn’t find the six hundred yuan, but he did discover… Old Madam Jiang’s undergarments.

“Uh…”

Everyone’s expressions immediately turned ugly.

Were these two perverts? They even stole an old lady’s underwear.

Old Madam Jiang’s face flushed red with rage. She stepped forward and slapped them hard.

“You didn’t steal anything? Then why has everything in my room disappeared? It must’ve been you two black-hearted thieves!”

Li Chunmei and the others from the other rooms were still gloating—until Jiang Ling suddenly said:

“Shouldn’t you all check whether your own rooms are missing anything too?”

Only then did everyone react. Earlier, it had been pitch black, and no one had checked whether anything was missing from their own rooms.

Three minutes later, sharp screams erupted from the other rooms.

Li Chunmei stormed out and kicked Li Qiang and Li Zhuang several times.

“Hurry up and return my food coupons and money!”

The brothers felt terribly wronged. They had only been inside Jiang Ling’s room. What did the missing items from the other rooms have to do with them?

“We didn’t steal anything!”

As they spoke, they secretly glanced toward Jiang Yujiao.

If that damn woman hadn’t encouraged them to steal the money, would they be getting beaten by the Jiang family right now?

Jiang Yujiao frowned suspiciously.

Jiang Ling claimed the six hundred yuan had been stolen, but no money had been found on the brothers.

Suddenly thinking of something, she suspiciously looked at Jiang Ling.

“If they stole everything, then the money and stolen items should’ve been on them. But nothing was found.”

“I suspect Jiang Ling stole our things herself and framed them!”

Her words caused everyone’s eyes to unconsciously shift toward Jiang Ling.

Old Madam Jiang felt it made sense and questioned her:

“Ling girl, why were the two of them in your room so late at night? And where did you go?”

Jiang Ling had already prepared her excuse. Innocently blinking, she said:

“I went to the outhouse. You all only left me leftovers to eat, so after eating them, I got diarrhea. When I came back from the toilet, I saw them inside my room.”

“They’ve probably stolen from our house several times already. You all sleep like dead pigs and never noticed.”

“I even suspect you people invited them here! Earlier, when you handed over the money, every single one of you looked like you wanted to devour me alive.”

The Jiang family was momentarily speechless.

Yes, they hated giving up the six hundred yuan, but not enough to send thieves in the middle of the night.

Jiang Eldest Uncle kicked the brothers a few more times before turning to Jiang Ling.

“So the six hundred yuan is really gone?”

Jiang Ling spread her hands.

“You all saw it just now. I searched under the bed and through the cabinets in my room, but I still couldn’t find the six hundred yuan.”

“If they didn’t steal it, then who else could it have been?”