Tomorrow, I will inquire about what is actually going on with the Su family.

"I'm taking this soda back for my sister; she likes it," Su Heng said as he tucked the bottle of soda into his pocket. "I don't have time to chat with you guys tonight. Something came up at home, and my sister is waiting for me. We'll talk another day. And yes, that really was virgin boy urine—who told him to pick on my sister?"

With that, he stood up and made to leave.

Xie Beishen stood up as well, picked up two bottles of soda in each hand, and handed them to Su Heng. "One bottle isn't enough. Take these too."

Su Heng glanced at Xie Beishen, realizing this guy was surprisingly generous. He waved his hands repeatedly. "One bottle is plenty. I really have to go now. We'll talk another day, something's genuinely urgent." Finished speaking, he strode out the door.

Once outside, Su Heng took the soda out of his pocket and held it tightly in his hand.

This educated youth Lin and educated youth Xie seemed decent after all; they actually hadn't exposed him.

The thought of how his sister had been tricked precisely because she drank Ma Zhiming's soda instantly rekindled the fury in his chest.

Not even a "divine medicine" could wash away the hatred he felt.

The moment Su Heng left, Lin Yu slumped into a chair and chattered away, recounting everything about Su Heng delivering the "medicine" to Ma Zhiming.

The more Lin Yu talked, the more animated he became. "You have no idea, Ma Zhiming that punk actually chugged the whole thing in one gulp! One hundred and ten yuan! Good grief, Ma Zhiming is absolute trash!!"

Then he let out a sound of utter amazement. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Su Heng is only eighteen years old, so 'eighteen years of fabrication' must mean this! I really have to hand it to them. That was a hundred and ten yuan, it completely blew my mind."

Xie Beishen laughed heartily, curious himself as to how this kid managed to pull off such a stunt. He asked, "Did Su Heng seriously give a specific time?"

"You bet he did. He even asked me for the time," Lin Yu said, popping open a bottle of soda and taking a sip. "Can you believe this kid? He conned someone like that, and honestly thinks the guy won't come looking for trouble tomorrow? Could that punk's virgin urine actually work?"

"Whether it works or not, we'll find out tomorrow," Xie Beishen said as he lay back down on his bed. "Tomorrow, find out what's going on with the Su family."

"Got it." Lin Yu finished his soda in one go and added, "I'm going to sleep then."

"Mhm."

Over at the Su household, as soon as Su Heng returned, he went straight to his sister's room, placed the soda on her desk, and said, "Here."

Su Wanwan looked at the soda on the desk and asked, "Where'd this come from?"

Su Heng recounted what had just happened in Xie Beishen's room, pointed at the bottle, and said, "The cap hasn't been opened, there's nothing wrong with it. Drink up, don't worry."

"Not drinking it. Take it away." Su Wanwan didn't want any soda from that man. "I don't feel like it anymore. Second Brother, you drink it, don't let it go to waste."

Hearing this, Su Heng figured his sister had learned her lesson after being fooled once and no longer dared to drink soda casually. He picked it up instead. "Then I'm really going to drink it."

"Hurry up and drink it. Once you're done, we'll head over to the old Su family ancestral house later to collect our treasures," Su Wanwan said.

Su Heng popped open the soda and began to drink.

It really was delicious; no wonder his sister had fallen for it last time.

He drank while lecturing her between sips, "Next time, don't you dare eat or drink anything handed to you by strangers. Whatever you want to eat, Second Brother will buy it for you next time."

"Okay."

They waited at home for over an hour before taking the narrow path to the old Su family ancestral house.

The two of them entered from the back.

Su Heng turned on his flashlight and went straight into Yang Guixiang's bedroom.

He handed the flashlight to his sister, shoved the tall cabinet aside, and lifted the wooden floorboard.

A basin-sized opening appeared before their eyes.

Su Wanwan quickly shone the flashlight beam inside.

Su Heng pulled out a tin box, followed by a wooden chest.

He opened the tin box; inside were rolls upon rolls of banknotes, along with various ration tickets. He took them all out and stuffed them into the bag they had brought.

Next, Su Heng opened the wooden chest.

At a single glance, Su Wanwan recognized top-quality ginseng inside—at least a century old.

There were three roots in total.

She carefully lifted them out and placed them in the bag.

Once everything was gathered, Su Heng put the chest back into the hole, followed by the tin box.

Only then did the two of them slip away from the back of the Su house.

Just as they were about to leave, Su Wanwan's ears twitched; she heard footsteps coming from the front courtyard.

Su Wanwan quickly pulled her second brother outside the wall, pointed inside with her finger, and signaled that there were people there.

Seeing this, Su Heng grabbed his sister's hand and hurried back home, not daring to delay even a second for fear of being discovered.

Back at home, Su Heng let out a long breath. "Good thing we were a few minutes early, or we really would have been trapped in that room. Sis, who do you think those people were?"

"Who else could it be? Just people like us. When they see a house is empty, it's prime time to make their move," Su Wanwan said.

Su Heng said with a deadpan expression, "How are they like us? They're thieves, but we aren't. We're just taking back what rightfully belongs to our own family."

He took the items out of the bag and placed them on the table. "That old witch really was hoarding good stuff. Look at this ginseng, it's got to be worth a fortune. How did she get her hands on something so precious? It was obviously our grandmother's to begin with."

He then pulled out the money and began to count. "Two thousand one hundred yuan! That old witch is completely inhuman, having this much money."

Su Wanwan rubbed her neck and said, "Second Brother, let's go to sleep quickly, I'm sleepy." Ever since she transmigrated here, she had gradually grown accustomed to sleeping early, unlike the modern era where entertainment options were everywhere.

Su Heng nodded. "Then you hide all of this away. We'll tell Dad when he gets back." With that, he walked out of the room.

Once her second brother left, Su Wanwan tucked everything on the table into her spatial dimension.

The next day.

The news that Su Jianwei's entire family had been arrested and taken to the police station instantly exploded across the entire village.

Villagers chattered endlessly about the rumor that the two elderly members of the Su family had tried to poison their own son.

As the gossip passed from person to person, it grew increasingly absurd.

A villager said, "The whole family must be criminals. Who on earth tries to poison their own son? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."

Another villager chimed in, "Exactly. Because of this, our village definitely won't be winning the advanced production team award this year."

A third villager remarked, "Those two old folks in the Su family were sly from the start. I saw through them long ago. It's just rough on Jianjun."

A fourth villager scoffed, "What's so rough about it? If they hadn't broken the law, how could they possibly end up at the police station? Last night there were several trucks rolling in to make arrests, I saw it clear as day."

"With such a huge incident happening, how come we haven't seen the Su family's eldest son? Did something happen to him too?"

"This morning I went to the team captain's house, and only his children were home. We'd better stay away from the captain's family, lest we draw trouble upon ourselves."

...

That morning, Su Wanwan cooked two bowls of noodles and sat at the dining table with her second brother.

Su Heng asked worriedly, "Sis, do you think Dad and Mom will be able to come back?"

Su Wanwan ate her noodles while pondering Li Yuandong's words. She paused her chopsticks and looked at Su Heng.

"Second Brother, considering what Li Yuandong told us yesterday, is it possible that Su Jianwei knew he was facing certain doom and decided to drag someone down with him? Even a dog will vault over a wall if it's pushed into a corner."

Su Heng said loudly, "Chances are that's exactly what happened. That whole family is utterly devoid of a conscience. What do we do now?"

Su Wanwan urged him, "Hurry up and eat, hurry up and eat. Let's go to the police station together and ask Li Yuanyuan what's going on."