Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"My goodness, how come there are so many rats?"

Xia Yichu remembered Xia Guoan cooking for her in her past life and unconsciously walked into the kitchen.

Several mice were scurrying around inside, squeaking and chattering. She had lived here for over a month in her previous life and seemed to have never stepped into the kitchen. At that time, Chen Shaoping was still studying at university in Pengcheng and would only come to Kyoto during long holidays or occasionally on Sundays, so she didn't need the kitchen.

The kitchen was large, with three stoves and a broken water vat next to them. However, because it hadn't been used for a long time, it looked rather cluttered, with various odds and ends piled up in the corners, providing excellent hiding places for rats.

Just as Xia Yichu was about to leave the kitchen, a snake suddenly crawled out from beside the stove, its mouth holding a small mouse. Startled, she reacted faster than her brain, grabbing a stick and hitting the snake.

Xia Yichu's hand trembled slightly from fear of snakes, and she only managed to hit one before the snake dropped the mouse and slithered away. She wasn't afraid of any animals, except snakes, and wanted to leave as quickly as possible. Glancing at the dead mouse, she noticed something golden next to it.

Curious, she used the stick in her hand to pry the dead rat aside, revealing what it was—a gold ring. Xia Yichu stared wide-eyed in disbelief, remembering that this thing had come out of a snake's mouth. She took out a glove from her spatial storage and used it to pick up the ring to examine it.

"It really is a gold ring. How could there be a gold ring here? I've never heard of digging anything up here in my past life."

In my previous life, this courtyard house was turned into a park, and they dug up everything they could, but they never heard of finding anything. It's even more impossible that Xia Guoan took it; if there really was something, Xia Guoan's first thing would be to hand it over to the state.

"Never mind, let's look for something first."

Xia Yichu disgustedly wrapped the gold ring in her gloves and put it in her spatial storage. She wanted to clear out the clutter in the kitchen first, but she was afraid that another snake would crawl out, so she used a stick to knock the clutter away first.

Half an hour later, there was almost nothing left in the kitchen except for the stove. Xia Yichu used the available space to throw everything outside. Fortunately, she didn't see any snakes, and although there were rats, they had all run away.

He then took out a hoe from his spatial storage and dug up the places with rat holes, but found nothing after digging in five or six places.

"I'm exhausted. Maybe I guessed wrong. It wasn't in the kitchen. Maybe a mouse or snake bit me from somewhere else."

Xia Yichu put the hoe down and noticed that the sound from where she had placed the water vat was off. She tapped it again and compared it to other places; it was indeed different. Also, there was a mouse hole in the corner, which she had just dug.

"It must be here."

Fully revitalized, Xia Yichu swung the hoe forcefully, digging towards the ground. As the soil was gradually turned over, Xia Yichu's heart pounded faster. Finally, the hoe struck something hard, making a crisp sound.

She hurriedly squatted down and carefully dug away the surrounding soil with her hands, revealing an old-fashioned box. Xia Yichu took a deep breath and opened the box. Inside, various gold rings, gold necklaces, and gold bracelets were simply placed there without any covering. She picked up the box.

"So heavy"

The box didn't look big, but it was surprisingly heavy. Once taken out, I noticed a small hole in the wooden box, likely chewed by a rat; the rat hole led to this spot.

After all that fuss, Xia Yichu realized it was almost midnight, so she put the box into her spatial storage. Then she filled in the hole she had dug, and since there wasn't enough soil, she dug some more from outside.

Fortunately, everyone thought this place was unlucky, so no one came over. They went to the space to wash their faces and change their clothes before coming out.

"Xia Yichu, it really is you."

After leaving the haunted house, Xia Yichu went to a restaurant for dinner. She ran into Zhang Xiaohua at the restaurant entrance. Zhang Xiaohua called out to her excitedly, but Xia Yichu was a little confused and ignored her, going inside to eat.

After her initial joy, Zhang Xiaohua became dissatisfied. "Xia Yichu is so wasteful. Eating at a restaurant by herself is unacceptable. When she marries my son, I will make her give me all her money."

After muttering a few words, Zhang Xiaohua hurriedly went home and told her mother-in-law that Xia Yichu was in Kyoto. She had wanted to check on Yang Yunxia after get off work that morning to see if she had helped them tidy their room, but unexpectedly ran into Xia Yichu here. She didn't even bother looking for Yang Yunxia, ​​rushing home instead.

Xia Yichu didn't dwell on meeting Zhang Xiaohua and went straight to the Luo family's house after dinner. She heard crying and shouting from some distance away, so she quickened her pace and saw a crowd gathered at the Luo family's gate.

"Sir, Madam, I beg you, I really have nowhere to go, please let me work for a few more days."

Upon closer inspection, Xu Yumei was kneeling on the ground, with Xia Guofang holding her hand, but she refused to get up. Luo Hao stood beside her with a dark expression.

"Xu Yumei, let's part amicably. Don't do things that will embarrass both of us. Get up quickly, grab your things, and leave."

Xu Yumei spent the night at the police station yesterday and only returned this morning. When she got back, she found her belongings packed and placed at the Luo family's door. She knocked on the door for a long time, and the Luo family's neighbors told her that Luo Hao and Xia Guofang were not home; they had gone out that morning.

She waited at the Luo family's house all morning, and Luo Hao and Xia Guofang only just returned. The two children weren't there; she didn't know where they had gone. Seeing the couple return, Xu Yumei immediately knelt down and begged them.

"Sister Mei, get up first before we talk."

Xia Guofang's face was also very pale, and he couldn't help Xu Yumei up.

"Madam, I beg you. I've worked for the Luo family for almost nine years. Even if I haven't done anything outstanding, I've certainly put in a lot of hard work. You can't treat me like this."

"That's right! Guofang, why did you have to drive Xu Yumei away? There must be a reason," said a neighbor of the Luo family.

Other onlookers also discussed the matter, expressing their indignation on Xu Yumei's behalf and saying that Luo Hao and his wife were too heartless.

Originally, Luo Hao did not want to reveal Liu Yaohui's affairs in public. After all, Xu Yumei had worked in his family for so many years, and he did not want to go too far.

Now that Xu Yumei has made such a scene, if she doesn't explain things clearly, how will her neighbors view her family in the future?

"Aunt Wu, you must know about the things that went missing from my house a while ago, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yumei turned pale. What was Luo Hao trying to do? Didn't he care about their past relationship anymore?

"I know, could it really be Yu Mei who stole it? It can't be, she's been doing this for so many years, she wouldn't do something so foolish."

"You're right, she didn't steal it, but her son did."

"I see. Then firing her is the right thing to do."

The onlookers started pointing and whispering about Xu Yumei, saying that she still had the nerve to make a scene even after all that.

"Sir, I really didn't know Xiaohui would steal from your house. Please let me stay. I don't need a salary, I just need to have food to eat."

Xu Yumei stood up and said with a forced smile that she had to stay in the Luo family in order to have a chance to use Luo Yuekai to make Luo Hao and Xia Guofang stop pursuing her son's matter.