Chapter 9: Empty the House

Seeing Jiang Li return, the Jiang family warmly welcomed her. “Xiaoli, sit down. Dinner will be ready soon. Eat a lot. You’re going to the countryside in a few days; life will be hard. Your father and aunt bought some meat for you to have a good meal.

” Seeing Jiang Wenjun’s fawning behavior, Jiang Li guessed they were trying to appeal to her emotions.

 Having failed with force, they were trying a softer approach, hoping for her forgiveness? If so, they were too naive; did they think she was a fool? Jiang Li decided to meet their tactics. They wouldn’t get her forgiveness. Hearing Jiang Li’s return, Xia Meifeng brought out a bowl of braised pork. “Xiaoli, eat some braised pork.” Jiang Li saw the large bowl of braised pork; it smelled delicious and tempting. Jiang Wan and Jiang Chengye, seeing the meat, also swallowed.

If it weren’t for drugging Jiang Li, who would spend so much money?  If this worked, Jiang Li’s thousands of yuan would be theirs, easing their financial burden. Jiang Li waited for the dishes to be served and ate a piece of meat. 

However, she quickly noticed something wrong.  As a Xuanmen expert, Jiang Li’s senses were far keener than ordinary people’s. The meat was drugged.  She knew this family was being unusually attentive; they had drugged her. 

The drug wouldn’t affect her much; she could use her abilities to expel it.  Curious about their motive, Jiang Li quickly performed a divination. She quickly discovered that they planned to drug her and steal her money. Heh, she hadn’t even punished them yet, and they were plotting against her again. Good, very good.

Since they wanted to die, Jiang Li would help them.  Jiang Li acted as if nothing was wrong and continued eating the braised pork. She finished the entire bowl. Seeing Jiang Li eat the meat, the Jiang family relaxed. Xia Meifeng had put a lot of drug in the braised pork; it could knock out a bull.

She didn’t believe Jiang Li wouldn’t be affected. But after Jiang Li finished eating and even washed up, she showed no signs of being drugged, and the Jiang family panicked.  Their plan was ruined. Jiang Wenjun whispered to Xia Meifeng, “Are you sure you put the drug in the braised pork? Why is Jiang Li unaffected after eating a whole bowl?” Xia Meifeng was also puzzled. She had put the drug in herself; how could she not know? She asked Jiang Wenjun, “I did.

 Are you sure the drug you bought was real and not fake?” This made Jiang Wenjun doubt himself. Maybe he had bought fake drugs? If it were real, how could Jiang Li be unaffected? “Maybe. What do we do now? Jiang Li is fine. What’s our next move?” Xia Meifeng sighed. “Tomorrow, I’ll ask someone to buy some medicine; we won’t buy fake medicine again. We’ll have to buy more meat tomorrow.

” Xia Meifeng felt it was expensive to buy a whole bowl of braised pork. She had almost used up her meat coupons; a kilogram of meat cost one yuan. Their current situation couldn’t afford any waste. But for big things, they couldn’t be stingy; otherwise, they wouldn’t get Jiang Li’s thousands of yuan.  They decided to act tomorrow. Jiang Li, in her room, performed a divination and learned of their plan. Heh, trying to trick her? Did they have the ability?  If they angered her, their outcome would be worse.

 Waiting for the family to fall asleep, Jiang Li cast a deep sleep spell on each of them.  The spell would make them sleep even more soundly than if they had taken sleeping pills. After they fell asleep, Jiang Li searched the entire house.

They wanted her money; she would use their own methods against them.  She put everything she could into her spatial storage, leaving not even a single bowl.  Although the clothes and bedding weren’t valuable, she could sell them in the second-hand market. During her search, she found some pleasant surprises. The Jiang family had a bicycle; she wouldn’t have to buy one when she went to the countryside. Jiang Wan had a woman’s watch; Jiang Li took it too.

 Xia Meifeng hid her money well, probably to prevent theft; she only had 300 yuan under her pillow. Jiang Li divined the other locations where Xia Meifeng hid her money. Besides the money under the pillow, she found more money and coupons under the shoe insoles, between the floor tiles, and even in Xia Meifeng’s pants pocket.

After emptying all the hiding spots, Jiang Li stopped. She found over 2100 yuan in cash, another large sum. There were also many coupons: cloth coupons, cotton coupons, coal coupons, industrial coupons, sugar coupons… The fewest were meat coupons; the Jiang family only had two kilograms of meat coupons left. Meat was hard to come by; a regular worker might only get a few kilograms a month.

 Jiang Wenjun, as a workshop director, only had a few kilograms of meat coupons. Jiang Li put everything into her spatial storage.  She took everything except for the clothes they were wearing. Feeling good, she went to bed. The next morning, Jiang Li was woken by Xia Meifeng’s screams.  Jiang Li was in a bad mood.

 Although she knew why Xia Meifeng was screaming, she went out and slapped Xia Meifeng, sending her spinning to the ground. “What are you yelling about? I was sleeping; you’re so noisy.” Seeing Jiang Li, the Jiang family dared not speak.  Jiang Wenjun explained, “Xiaoli, someone broke in.

 Did you hear anything last night?” Jiang Li feigned surprise. “What? A thief? Did you attract them? I need to see if my money is gone.”