Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

The silence of the night was shattered by Qin Huairu's hysterical self-destruction.

Outside the window, the cold wind swirled and swept up a few fallen leaves.

"Thud!"

A sharp, crisp sound of a wooden stick hitting the ground rang out abruptly from beneath the window.

Sha Zhu stood there dumbfounded in the cold wind.

The broom he had been gripping tightly in his hand had now fallen to the ground.

Every word Qin Huairu shouted was like a heavy hammer, slamming into his forehead.

"Vampire?"

"What an idiot?!"

Although Sha Zhu is usually carefree and irresponsible, he is definitely not stupid.

He was simply blinded by Qin Huairu's beauty and her delicate demeanor.

Now that Qin Huairu has said these words in person, Sha Zhu feels his heart turn ice-cold.

It turns out that in her eyes, I was just a blood bag that could be squeezed at will!

In the room.

Qin Huairu also heard the noise outside the window. She covered her mouth in horror, tears streaming down her face.

She wanted to rush out and explain to Sha Zhu, but now, every time she opened her mouth, she would only say the darkest truths in her heart.

She could only stumble and flee Zhang Huaimin's house as if she had seen a ghost.

They didn't even bother to grab the bowl of thin porridge.

Watching Qin Huairu's disheveled escape.

Zhang Huaimin calmly closed the door and bolted it.

"Going into someone else's house in the middle of the night and acting crazy, that's really rude."

Zhang Huaimin muttered something to himself, then rolled onto the kang (heated brick bed) and fell into a comfortable sleep.

The next morning.

A thin layer of morning mist rose in the courtyard, and the air was bitterly cold.

But the atmosphere in the compound was even more lively than during the Spring Festival.

After Qin Huairu made the revelation last night, she developed a high fever overnight.

He's lying in the house talking nonsense right now.

Madam Jia was heartbroken and jumped up and down, but dared not go out to cause trouble.

Meanwhile, by the public pool in the middle courtyard, the neighbors of the compound were lining up to wash up.

No one noticed that the water in the communal well next to the pool seemed clearer than usual today.

Zhang Huaimin gets up very early.

Last night, he not only gave Qin Huairu the "truth potion" to drink.

In order to let the scum in this compound truly experience what it means to be "completely honest with each other".

He casually mixed the remaining medicine into the public well.

The medicinal effects were diluted by the well water.

But just one sip, or even just rinsing your mouth with it, is enough to make someone uncontrollably blurt out the truth for the next ten minutes.

At this moment, Uncle Liu Haizhong, with his big belly, was brushing his teeth by the sink, holding an enamel mug.

He gulped down a mouthful of well water, tilted his head back, and rinsed his mouth with a "slurp, slurp" sound.

Next to him, Uncle Yan Bugui, the third uncle, also came over carrying a towel.

Yan Bugui wore a new cotton-padded jacket with slightly neater patches today, which made him look energetic.

"Hey, Lao Liu, good morning."

Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses and greeted him with a smile.

Liu Haizhong spat out the water in his mouth and was about to reply with "Good morning".

Suddenly, he felt a numbness in his tongue.

Immediately afterwards, a sentence completely out of his control spurted out of his mouth:

"Early my foot! Old Yan, you look like a beggar in those new clothes today!"

"Also, last night when I got up to pee, I passed by your back window."

"I also heard your wife complaining about you! She said you're all show and no substance, a useless showpiece!"

As soon as those words were spoken...

The area around the pool instantly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

All the neighbors who were brushing their teeth and washing their faces stopped what they were doing.

As if frozen in place, she stared intently at Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong was stunned, and he covered his mouth in horror.

What did I just say?!

Yan Bugui's smile froze instantly.

Then, his thin face turned bright red, looking just like a boiled crab.

"Liu Haizhong! What nonsense are you spouting, you old bastard?!"

Yan Bugui was so angry that he trembled all over. He usually valued the face of scholars the most.

Now that his shortcomings have been exposed in public by Liu Haizhong, how can he possibly tolerate it?

He was about to retort when the effects of the Mantra Potion kicked in simultaneously, as he had also rinsed his mouth with well water earlier!

"You power-hungry fool, who do you think you are?"

"Your eldest son, Liu Guangqi, is cheating on you, do you even know that?!"

"The child in his wife's belly isn't his at all!"

Yan Bugui, with his hoarse voice, hysterically roared out the gossip that had been weighing on his mind.

boom!

This caused an uproar in the courtyard.

Liu Haizhong usually dotes on his eldest son the most, and upon hearing such a humiliating insult, his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

"Old Yan, I'll tear your rotten mouth apart!"

Liu Haizhong smashed the enamel mug and, with his large belly sticking out, lunged at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui was not to be outdone, and waved the towel in his hand as he went to meet him.

Two elderly men, usually highly respected in the courtyard, suddenly started fighting.

They rolled around in the muddy pool, looking utterly pathetic.

But this is just the beginning.

The power of the Mantra Potion is spreading throughout the entire pool.

The neighbors who had just washed up with well water began to uncontrollably "self-destruct".

"Aunt Zhang! The half-pound of cornmeal you lent me the day before yesterday had two ounces of sand mixed in!"

"Sister Li! Your laying hen was actually killed by my big yellow dog, but I didn't dare admit it!"

"Wang Ergou! I stole your wife's red bellyband; I hid it under my bed!"

The situation was completely out of control.

Those neighbors who are usually friendly and call each other brothers.

At this moment, it was as if all the fig leaves had been torn off.

All sorts of dirty schemes, sordid secrets, and unspeakable shady dealings.

Like rats in a sewer, they were all turned over and brought into the sunlight.

"You bastard Wang Ergou, you dare steal my wife's things! I'll beat you to death!"

"Aunt Zhang, you heartless old woman, I'll give you back your cornmeal!"

Curses, screams, and tearing sounds echoed throughout the entire Hongxing Courtyard.

The public pool instantly transformed into a fighting arena for unrestricted combat.

The men punched and kicked each other, while the women pulled each other's hair.

The fight was incredibly intense and fierce.

Even Sha Zhu, who hadn't had time to wash up, was dumbfounded as he stood at his doorway.

Are all these people in the courtyard possessed by evil spirits today?!

At this time.

In this chaotic corner of the courtyard, a place that resembled a living hell.

A five-and-a-half-year-old baby is quietly squatting under the eaves of his house.