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

Back at courtyard house number 94, Li Kaixin had just finished washing up and lay down when there was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, Aunt Ye's voice came from outside: "Kaixin, are you asleep?"

Li Kaixin frowned slightly, got up and put on his clothes. As he walked towards the door, he wondered what Aunt Ye could want from him at this hour.

As soon as the door opened, Aunt Ye, who was standing outside, looked a little embarrassed and said, "Kaixin, I'm so sorry to bother you so late."

"Aunt Ye, is there something you need?" Li Kaixin asked.

"Yes, yes..." Aunt Ye said, but then hesitated, unsure how to begin.

Seeing her like this, Li Kaixin took the initiative to invite her, "Aunt Ye, if you feel uncomfortable outside, we can come inside to talk."

"No, no, thank you!"

Aunt Ye waved her hands repeatedly, then steeled herself and said, "I'm so happy! I saw you brought back a lot of things this time, so I was wondering if you could... could you share some with the people in our compound? Even if the price is a bit higher, it's fine!"

After speaking, she cautiously observed Li Kaixin's expression.

"Hey! I thought it was something serious!"

Li Kaixin replied nonchalantly, "How about this, the price remains the same, I won't make any profit on you. Come find me again tomorrow when I get back from the countryside, okay?"

"Great!" Aunt Ye was about to say a few words of thanks when a voice suddenly sounded behind her: "Kaixin, you're back?"

The two turned their heads and saw Lu Chunhua hurriedly running out of the room opposite.

Lu Chunhua walked over in a few steps, a smile on her face: "Sister Ye is here too? Looking for some fun so late, is there something important?"

"Nothing much, just wanted to say hello since Kaixin just got back."

Aunt Ye smiled and looked at Lu Chunhua triumphantly: "By the way, could you share some of the things Kaixin brought back with you?"

Seeing that Li Kaixin had already agreed, she saw no need to hide it any longer.

There was no surprise as expected; instead, Lu Chunhua's face showed a hint of unease.

Aunt Ye noticed something was wrong and asked in confusion, "Chunhua, what's wrong with you?"

"Sister Ye, there's something I've told Kaixin, please don't blame me." Lu Chunhua hesitated for a moment before speaking.

She had actually been watching from the window the whole time, and after hesitating for a while, she finally decided to come over. Her original plan was to tell Li Kaixin privately.

Aunt Ye could tell something was wrong at this point, and her expression became serious: "Chunhua, tell me! I won't blame you."

Li Kaixin stood aside listening to the conversation between the two, and vaguely guessed what was going on in her mind.

Aunt Lu is not usually this hesitant and evasive. If she is like this, it must be something related to her, and it must be something bad.

Sure enough, no sooner had Aunt Ye finished speaking than Aunt Lu appeared in front of her, speaking in a voice that only the three of them could hear:

"Kaixin, Aunt Qian from the backyard just called us together and said, she told us to team up so that you would at least give back half of the things you brought back at a fair price."

"Oh, really?" Li Kaixin's lips curled into a playful smile. "Aunt Lu, do you know who agreed?"

Lu Chunhua shook her head: "I left as soon as I heard that, so I don't know who was there."

"Okay, thank you, Aunt Lu." Li Kaixin's smile faded slightly.

"You're welcome, it's nothing."

Lu Chunhua quickly replied, then turned to look at Aunt Ye, "Sister Ye, I wasn't targeting you, please don't take it to heart."

"It's alright!" Aunt Ye forced a smile.

Having said all that needed to be said, Lu Chunhua bid farewell and turned to go back into the house.

Aunt Ye stood there, her face flushing red and then turning pale, and it took her a while to come to her senses.

She stared at Lu Chunhua's tightly closed door, then at Li Kaixin. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words back.

Seeing Aunt Ye's expression, Li Kaixin smiled instead: "Aunt Ye, I know this has nothing to do with you, you don't need to be like this."

"I'm happy, thank you for understanding."

Aunt Ye breathed a sigh of relief and then began to explain, "Actually, just now, Aunt Qian and Yu Guifen saw you driving back and asked me to come here first to sound you out."

"I told them not to make a fuss, but who would have thought Aunt Qian would pull this stunt behind my back."

"Aunt Ye, I understand what I'm doing," Li Kaixin said calmly. "You should go back and rest first. We can talk about tomorrow's matter when I get back from the countryside."

Aunt Ye was too embarrassed to stay any longer and said awkwardly, "Kaixin, please just pretend this never happened! Sorry to have bothered you today."

Li Kaixin didn't try to stop her. Watching Aunt Ye's departing figure, his face darkened.

Wasn't the authority I established in the courtyard enough? Trouble came knocking as soon as I got back.

In the backyard, at Aunt Ye's house, as soon as Aunt Ye returned inside, she slammed her hand hard on the table.

The loud "bang!" startled the middle-aged man sitting in the recliner.

He immediately stood up and went to his wife's side, gently patting her back to comfort her, "Wife, what's wrong? Why are you so angry? Is it because Li boy disagreed?"

"Hmph, it would be better if Kaixin rejected me, after all, she just moved in." Aunt Ye picked up the teacup on the table and took a big gulp.

"So what exactly happened?" Aunt Ye's husband asked curiously.

When her husband asked, Aunt Ye didn't hide anything and recounted the whole story in detail.

After saying that, she slammed the teacup down on the table and said angrily, "Honey, tell me, isn't this infuriating? I was so happy to be facing you, I wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear!"

After a moment of silence, Aunt Ye's husband finally spoke:

"Aunt Qian really did something wrong. You shouldn't get involved. The fact that young Li agreed to your request shows that he's not petty."

"I know!" Aunt Ye said with a worried look on her face.

"Alright, alright, go to sleep early." Aunt Ye's husband pulled her along. "We'll talk about tomorrow's problems tomorrow."

Aunt Ye nodded and followed her husband to bed, but she tossed and turned on the kang (a heated brick bed) and couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did.