Siheyuan: Starting by Tricking Jia Dongxu into Running Away

Yi Zhonghai’s old-age support clique has five core members.

Jia Dongxu, Silly Zhu, Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, and Deaf Granny.

It took me ten days to dismantle the whole thing.

First, I took down Jia Dongxu. One meal, three sentences. He ran off.

Second, I took down Silly Zhu. I said one sentence to He Yushui: “Your brother doesn’t deserve you.” He Yushui signed the transfer consent form. Silly Zhu ended up in the Sixth Hospital.

Third, I took down Jia Zhangshi. I taught the whole courtyard one trick: report her. The next day, Director Wang showed up. Jia Zhangshi was taken away to a farm.

Fourth, I took down Qin Huairu. I didn’t have to do anything. Jia Dongxu had run off, she’d lost her job, and Jia Zhangshi was gone. She fell apart on her own.

Fifth, I took down Deaf Granny. I exposed her secrets. She wasn’t a martyr’s dependent; she was pretending to be the family’s honored elder. No one in the courtyard gave her offerings anymore.

Yi Zhonghai stood in the courtyard, staring at the empty space around him. Not a single person paid him any attention.

I’d been waiting for this day.

Yi Zhonghai finally stood alone, with no one left in his corner.

I crouched on the wall.

“Getting desperate?”

“This is only the beginning.”

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.