The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

When Officer Xu saw Aunt Lu's reaction in the crowd, he already had some guesses in his mind.

The person who did this is most likely Zhu Xiaohua, who hasn't shown his face yet.

He turned his head and asked Li Kaixin in a low voice, "Comrade Li, was it this person who hasn't arrived yet who did it?"

"Officer Xu, we still need to talk about evidence."

Although Li Kaixin said this, she nodded slightly as she spoke, her attitude speaking volumes.

"Once you compare the handprints and footprints, it will be clear."

Seeing this, Officer Xu smiled knowingly: "Comrade Li is quite enlightened!"

Although the two spoke softly, Aunt Ye, who was standing nearby, heard every word they said.

She didn't doubt the truth of what Officer Xu said at all, and she already harbored resentment towards Zhu Xiaohua in her heart.

After more than ten years of living together, she had a pretty good understanding of the character of the people in the compound.

She really couldn't think of anyone else besides their family who would do something like this.

Actually, when she first heard about this from Officer Xu, she had a vague feeling that it was Zhu Xiaohua who was causing trouble.

About fifteen minutes later, Zhu Xiaohua was half-dragged and half-pulled by Gui Fen to the entrance of the backyard.

"Yu Guifen, I don't want to go, why are you dragging me!" Zhu Xiaohua said with a look of resistance, her body still shrinking back.

Yu Guifen held onto Zhu Xiaohua's arm tightly, saying, "The comrades from the neighborhood committee are waiting to question you. What's the meaning of your hiding?"

As he spoke, he tightened his grip even more.

Zhu Xiaohua felt the force from her arm increase, and panicked. She lowered her head to bite Yu Guifen's hand.

Of course she knew why the people from the neighborhood committee had come; it was definitely related to what she had done in that kid's room. She never expected that kid would suddenly come over today.

Just then.

"That's enough!"

Aunt Ye's angry voice rang out, her gaze sweeping towards the two people at the entrance.

"Guifen, let go of her. I want to see what she's up to."

Upon hearing this, Yu Guifen released her grip and walked towards the meeting place.

At the same time, Zhu Xiaohua was also startled by the shout and stopped what he was doing.

Turning his head, he saw Aunt Ye staring at him angrily, and he immediately felt a little guilty, his eyes darting around.

However, she didn't dare to leave, so she slowly moved into the line.

This also shows that Aunt Ye had a high level of prestige in the courtyard.

Seeing that everyone was here, Aunt Ye turned to the two street office staff members and smiled again: "Officer Xu, Office Officer Sun, everyone in the compound is here now. You two can ask whatever you want."

"Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Ye." Officer Xu nodded slightly, stepped forward, and addressed the crowd: "Comrades, I've invited you all here today for one matter."

He then pointed to Li Kaixin, who was standing to the side:

"The two rooms allocated to Comrade Li Kaixin have been deliberately vandalized. Our initial assessment is that it was done by someone from the compound. We now ask the comrade who committed this to come forward and admit his mistake; we can consider giving him a lighter sentence."

After speaking, he glanced at where Zhu Xiaohua was standing, seemingly casually.

These words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd gathered in the courtyard, who began to shout and yell at the same time:

"Comrades from the neighborhood committee, we didn't do anything!"

"Exactly! You can't wrong an innocent person!"

Zhu Xiaohua joined in the commotion, but she wasn't stupid enough to admit it herself.

Seeing her like this, Li Kaixin couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "She really has a thick skin."

"Everyone, please be quiet!" Secretary Xu raised his hand to quiet everyone down.

"We understand everyone's feelings. Since we invited you all here, we will naturally find out who did it, and we will never wrong any comrade."

The noisy crowd gradually quieted down.

Yu Guifen stepped forward, her voice trembling with excitement: "Comrade from the Subdistrict Office, please tell us what the solution is, we will definitely cooperate!"

The others nodded in agreement, all turning their gazes toward Secretary Xu.

Only Zhu Xiaohua, standing in the crowd, felt a sudden jolt of fear, her eyes beginning to dart around.

"Alright!" Officer Xu said calmly, "Now, please follow me to line up in front of Comrade Li Kaixin's house."

Led by Officer Xu, the crowd stopped in front of Li Kaixin's two rooms.

The door was locked again after Li Kaixin brought Officer Xu and the others out to preserve the evidence.

Upon opening the door, the first thing that catches everyone's eye is the overlapping black handprints on the wall.

Judging from the exposed white walls in those inaccessible areas, the extent of the damage is truly shocking.

Everyone gasped in shock.

Aunt Ye frowned and couldn't help but glance at Zhu Xiaohua.

An elderly woman surnamed Lu in the crowd bluntly remarked, "Who was so stupid as to do this? They've ruined a perfectly good wall like this!"

As he spoke, he raised an eyebrow provocatively in Zhu Xiaohua's direction.

This remark stirred up the crowd, who joined in the cursing.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Xiaohua felt both angry and panicked, but thinking that it would be easy to expose herself if she spoke, she had no choice but to hold back and glare at Aunt Lu with fierce eyes.

Seeing her so frustrated, Aunt Lu felt very pleased and scolded her even more fiercely.

As for why Aunt Lu is targeting Zhu Xiaohua so much.

The reason is actually quite simple: Aunt Lu's family only has one daughter, and every now and then Zhu Xiaohua's family would curse her as having a life without offspring. This feud had been brewing for a long time.

Upon seeing Li Kaixin today, she couldn't help but reveal what Zhu Xiaohua had done.

Even when introducing neighbors to Li Kaixin last time, Aunt Lu was initially reluctant to introduce the Zhu family, otherwise she wouldn't have put them last.

At this moment, Officer Xu stood on the steps in front of the eaves, turned around and coughed a few times.

Once everyone quieted down, he raised his voice a few decibels: "Everyone, please wait outside the door. We'll go into Comrade Li's room one by one. By comparing the hand and footprints left inside, we'll naturally know who did it."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the crowd: "Give me another chance. Step forward yourself. What I said earlier still stands."

After a moment, they saw that Zhu Xiaohua was still shrinking and not moving.

Officer Xu didn't wait any longer and announced, "In that case, let's begin. Who wants to go first?"

"Me!" "I'll do it!" The crowd immediately became lively again, all eager to clear their names as soon as possible.

Only Zhu Xiaohua couldn't help but shiver, shrinking back into the crowd as if afraid it would be her turn.

The first person to go in and compare hand and footprints was Aunt Ye, who set the example for everyone.

However, the final result was naturally that they didn't match.

Immediately afterwards, one by one, the people in the courtyard went in to compare. After Aunt Lu came out, only Zhu Xiaohua was left who hadn't gone in yet.

Looking at Zhu Xiaohua, who was trembling, Aunt Lu chuckled, "Zhu Xiaohua, you're the only one left, hurry up and go in!"

This sound drew everyone's attention, and they all focused on her.