There was a pack of noodles lying alone in the cupboard, and the more Xu Xiu looked at it, the more headache he felt.

The original owner never cooked before, and basically relied on takeout or buying meals out.

She threw them all to Xu Zhirang without caring whether those things were suitable for children to eat.

In the past, Xu Zhirang never went hungry. When the original owner was not at home, he would take out the leftover food and eat it.

Last night, because there was nothing left at home, Xu Zhirang had to ask the original owner.

As a result, he was verbally abused by the original owner.

Thinking of this, she looked towards the living room again.

I saw that the little kid didn't sit on the sofa obediently, but moved his own little stool to the kitchen door and sat there with a serious look on his face.

Xu Xiu looked at him and raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Douding said in a serious tone:

"I'm responsible for watching you, otherwise if you set the kitchen on fire again, we'll be kicked out."

If you are driven out, you will have no place to live, and without a place to live you will become a homeless person.

Xu Zhirang had seen homeless people who were so dirty that they had to sleep on the streets.

Although the house was dirty and his mother was not nice to him, Xu Zhirang still didn't want to sleep on the street.

The seriousness of the little boy suddenly reminded Xu Xiu of a memory.

One time, the original owner suddenly wanted to cook for himself, and almost set the kitchen on fire, setting off the fire alarm.

The apartment manager warned her that if she did it again, she would be kicked out.

Xiaodouding probably heard it and kept it in mind.

She shook her head helplessly, and when she was about to explain herself, there was a knock on the door.

Xu Xiu put down the noodles and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was a local middle-aged couple with blond hair and blue eyes.

The two men looked at her with smiles, but Xu Xiu always felt that there was an unnatural familiarity between them.

These are our neighbors upstairs, the Jones family. They all speak Chinese very well.

"Xu, you said you would lend my daughter's dress and jewelry the other day. Shouldn't you give them to me now?"

It was Mrs. Jones who spoke. Her tone seemed polite, but it also carried an unyielding tone.

Mr. Jones on the other side said something much more unpleasant:

"Xu, we agreed that you would deliver it to us at noon, but you broke your promise, so we had to come and pick it up ourselves. You wasted our precious time, did you know that?"

Xu Xiu finally recalled it from a pile of memories.

The Jones couple in front of them had shown great enthusiasm since the original owner just moved to Country Y.

He even helped the original owner to give false testimony to apply for relief funds to help her through the difficult times.

So the original owner was very grateful to them.

Afterwards, the couple used this as an excuse to continue to demand money and property from her.

They threatened her openly and covertly, saying that if local officials found out that she had defrauded aid funds, she would likely face imprisonment and be deported from the country.

The original owner Y did not speak Mandarin well and did not understand the local policies. He was very scared after hearing what the other party said, so he naturally believed whatever the other party said.

After draining her of her meager savings, the Joneses set their sights on the many brand-name clothes and jewelry she brought from home.

The day before, they asked the original owner for a dress and a pearl necklace on the pretext that their adopted daughter was going to attend the graduation ball.

The dress was one of the few designer evening dresses the original owner owned, and the necklace was a relic left by her grandmother. She knew very well that she would never get it back, so she didn't want to lend it.

But the Joneses brought up the help they had received and the relief money they had received by perjury.

The original owner was afraid of being deported and imprisoned, so he had no choice but to agree.

The original owner had many concerns and was always bullied, but Xu Xiu saw it clearly.

It was clear that the couple was lying to her about the relief money.

Xu Xiu narrowed his eyes and looked at the two of them in silence.

Mr. Jones looked impatient:

"Xu, don't you want to lend it to us? Don't forget the relief money..."

“What happened to the relief money?”

Xu Xiu asked back in a flat tone.

Mr. Jones obviously didn't expect her to be so calm, as she would have panicked when these things were mentioned in the past.

After he was stunned for a few seconds, his expression turned ugly:

"Have you forgotten how you got your relief money? Without us, your fraudulent use of relief money will be discovered. If you're smart, take the money out quickly."

The threat in his tone was evident.

Mrs. Jones continued with a fake smile:

"I think she might have been confused from sleeping. Honey, please don't scare her."

The couple sang in unison, but Xu Xiu was not at all flustered. She sneered and looked at the two of them:

"In that case, just go ahead and report it. I'll wait for them to arrest me."

Her sudden desperate attitude caught the Joneses off guard.

"You, aren't you afraid of being caught?"

"It's up to you. Go ahead and report it. But before that, you two have to return the money and other things you borrowed from me."

Xu Xiu thought of his empty refrigerator and his wallet which was even cleaner than the refrigerator. He was just worrying about not having enough food to eat, and now something was delivered to his door.

However, how could this black-hearted couple easily spit out the money they had already swallowed?

Seeing that some neighbors had noticed their dispute and started to watch curiously, Mrs. Jones immediately put away her previous fierce look and became very sad:

"Xu, I know you're having a hard time raising a child by yourself, so this is a great help. How dare you turn a blind eye and ask for money from me?"

She suddenly started speaking Y language, and Xu Xiu naturally understood that she was speaking to the neighbors.

She knew that Xu Xiu's language was not good and he certainly could not explain these things clearly, so she dared to turn the tables.

But she didn't know that the person standing in front of her now was no longer the Xu Xiu who let her fool him before.

So when she heard Xu Xiu speaking fluent Y language, she opened her mouth in shock.

Xu Xiu was an excellent student in her own world after all, so knowing some Y language was nothing to her.

Fortunately, foreign languages ​​are universal here.

While the couple was shocked, Xu Xiu calmly called the police.

The police arrived quickly.

Only then did Xu Xiu notice that Xu Zhirang had been standing beside her, one hand tightly grasping the corner of her clothes, with a serious and fierce expression.

Like a little wolf cub ready to fight at any time.

Xu Xiu's heart softened and he touched his hair:

"Don't be afraid."

Xu Zhirang seemed to be not used to her actions. After a moment of stunned expression, he avoided her awkwardly.

He is a little man and he is not afraid. He is just afraid that his mother will be bullied again.

Xu Xiu didn't know what he was thinking. When he saw the police had arrived, he felt something in his heart moving and immediately lowered his head to plan something.

She pinched her thigh and her eyes instantly turned red.

Then, she slowly raised her head and scanned the gazes of the people around her, choking with sobs as she recounted her experience.

In her account, she was a poor single mother who came here alone with her child.

Unfortunately, she encountered a bully neighbor.

The other party often comes to "borrow" money and things, and never returns them.

She was single and had a child, so she was afraid of retaliation from the other party, so she had no choice but to let it go.

But now she and her child had been hungry for two days, and she had no choice but to ask them for some money back.

But the other party not only refused to return them, but also wanted to "borrow" her clothes and jewelry again.

As he spoke, Xu Xiu raised his hand to wipe his tears, then squatted down and hugged the confused Xu Zhirang and sobbed softly.

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