Xiao Yi also asked Xiao Shuyan and Jiang Xubai to go up the mountain. He and Ji Qinglan hunted two rabbits and a pheasant. Xiao Shuyan also found a nest of pheasant eggs.

Xiao Yi also taught the two how to use bows and arrows and try hunting.

All in all, it's worth the trip up the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Jiang Yan was alone in the room with nothing to do. She lay on the bed for a while, then read a book for a while, but she always felt bored. It was so quiet around that no one was talking. In addition, the pain on her face came and went, and she became very irritable.

She was a little scared and regretted staying at home alone.

So he walked around the house, looked around, and finally came to Ji Qinglan's room. The bright red double happiness patterns on the cabinets, dressing table, and wardrobe had not been taken down yet. The bed was covered with a bright red wedding quilt, and the thin quilt had been torn into square tofu blocks, looking clean and tidy.

She opened the closet and saw Ji Qinglan's clothes everywhere, two identical coats, one red and one white, two ordinary men's shirts, and two pairs of black trousers. It went without saying that they were her uncle's clothes.

Jiang Yan snorted and closed the cabinet door.

She came to the neatly arranged dressing table and saw the face cream she had used that day. She couldn't help but open it and smell it.

Not finding anything unusual, she curled her lips and put it down.

She opened the drawer again, and as it was slowly pulled out, the things inside came into view. Jiang Yan's pupils slightly widened, and she was a little shocked for a moment.

In the drawer, velvet boxes of various sizes were neatly placed, containing skin care products that she had seen in Yanjing Department Store, as well as foreign watch brands that were only sold in Friendship Stores.

Her hand involuntarily touched it, opened the box, and what came into view was indeed the watch she recognized.

She knew this watch. She had bought it at the Friendship Store in advance when her mother came over. She spent 680 yuan on it. She thought her mother bought it as a graduation present for her, but it ended up appearing here.

Jiang Yan looked at the old Plum watch on her wrist, which she had worn for two years. The grey strap had turned yellow and old, and the watch face had become blurry. She felt disappointed and sad.

He rubbed the exquisite watch for a while before reluctantly putting it down.

She looked at the other things inside and found two sets of unopened skin care products. Thinking of what Ji Qinglan said yesterday, she couldn't help but feel disgusted. She would never accept her things.

How could she have good intentions? Looking at her allergic face, she must be smiling secretly.

Jiang Yan opened another square box, and inside was a butterfly-shaped hairpin inlaid with red and blue sapphires. She couldn't help but stare at it intently.

This was the first time she had seen such an exquisite jewel hairpin. Compared to it, the crystal hairpin on her head was simply not up to par.

Jiang Yan was in mixed emotions as she put the things into the boxes and finally opened a rectangular box.

Placed inside was the emerald green jade hairpin that Ji Qinglan used to tie her hair on the wedding day. Jiang Yan couldn't help but pick it up. It was cold to the touch, but so green in the sunlight that she couldn't let it go.

Jiang Yan noticed this hairpin on the wedding day. Now that she had it in her hand, she knew without a second thought that it was a good thing.

She was playing with it carefully when she suddenly heard a noise outside the door. She was startled and the hairpin in her hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound. When she looked again, the hairpin was broken into two pieces.

The sudden change made Jiang Yan's face pale and her mind went blank. She stared at the hairpin that was broken into two pieces, not knowing what to do.

The knocking on the door outside continued without stopping.

Xiang Xiangqing stood outside the door with a sinister look in his eyes. He went up and down again, knocking on the door woodenly.

After a long time, the door creaked open from the inside, revealing a young and immature face.

"Ah~" Jiang Yan looked at the person outside the door, screamed, and quickly closed the door.

As a result, Xiang Xiangqing was faster than her and had already reached one hand in and got stuck in the gap.

Xiang Xiangqing screamed and begged for mercy: "Little comrade, don't close the door, I am your next-door neighbor."

Jiang Yan's face turned pale. She kept closing the door and tried to hold Xiang Qing's skinny hand. She screamed, "Go back quickly. What are you doing here? My aunt isn't home. Leave now or I'll call for help."

Yesterday, my uncle told them that the person next door was problematic and not a good person, and asked them to stay away from him.

Unexpectedly, this person would come to our house while my uncle and his family were not around.

"Little comrade, I just came to borrow some food. I just came back and there is no food at home. I haven't eaten for two days."

Xiang Xiangqing's voice was weak, and he pleaded pitifully. Combined with his emaciated appearance, he really looked like a man who had not eaten for several days.

Jiang Yan looked at the man through the half-finger-wide crack in the door, tears streaming down her face. He looked ugly and pitiful. Thinking of the buns in the kitchen that Ji Qinglan had taken out before leaving, she felt sympathy and said, "Put your hand away. I'll get you something to eat."

"Okay, okay, thank you, young comrade." Xiang Xiangqing withdrew his hand as he was told, bowed his body and thanked repeatedly. He looked like he would fall to the ground if he didn't eat a bite quickly.

Jiang Yan felt relieved, closed the door again, bolted it, and went to the kitchen.

Xiang Xiangqing looked at the two doors that had closed again, his eyes becoming sinister again, and he held a wooden stick in his right hand.

When the door opened again, Jiang Yan let down her guard this time, opened the door wider, and handed out the bowl containing three big meat buns.

Before she could say anything, the door was pushed open with great force. Jiang Yan was caught off guard and was hit hard on the forehead by the door. She fell to the ground and fainted.

Soon, the door of the Ji family was closed again, as if nothing had ever happened.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yan woke up and found her hands and feet tied tightly, her mouth blocked, and she fell in the yard, struggling in fear.

But no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free from the restraints. She was so anxious that tears came to her eyes. Fortunately, she saw a stone wall next to her, so she twisted her body and crawled towards the stone wall little by little.

There was a sound of rummaging through drawers in the room. Jiang Yan was anxious and scared, and she crawled towards the wall.

She finally sat up against the wall. Without even taking a breath, she rubbed the ropes that bound her hands hard on the corners of the wall with her hands behind her back.

Xiang Xiangqing rushed out of Ji Qinglan's room carrying a bag of things and ran towards the door. Jiang Yan watched him, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible, thinking only that she would be safe if this man left.

It’s a pity that God couldn’t hear her prayers.

Xiang Xiangqing stretched out her hand to open the door but then retracted it. She had already noticed Jiang Yan and was walking towards her.

He put down his bag and walked to Jiang Yan, taking off his clothes as he walked. He picked Jiang Yan up, an evil smile on his face, and tore at Jiang Yan's clothes, showing his black and yellow teeth and emitting a foul smell.

"Ji Qinglan caused my family to be destroyed. If you want to hate her, blame her."

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