Seeing the room in chaos, Mu Danian was not worried; instead, he felt that the situation might actually work in his favor.

Because no one would know where he hid the bracelet!

Mu Shuangshuang wandered around the room, seemingly searching for the bracelet!

But this wasn’t really the case; she was merely observing the room layout!

Ever since Old Mrs. Mu blew up in Mu Danian’s room last time and smashed everything, there really hasn’t been a place to hide things in Mu Danian’s room!

On the kang, among the blankets, in the cabinets—these common spots might hide regular items, but other things, not so much!

After all, it’s not safe!

"Shuangshuang, have you... found the bracelet?" Mu Dade asked with a concerned face.

Mu Shuangshuang frowned, a bit puzzled about Mu Dade’s attitude.

Today, both Mu Dade and Mrs. Jin’s attitudes were somewhat unusual.

Moreover, the two seemed to be constantly siding with her, always prompting her to search Mu Danian’s place.

As if they knew the bracelet was with Mu Danian—

"Shuangshuang..." Mu Dade called out again.

Only then did Mu Shuangshuang come back to her senses. She kicked Mu Danian again in front of Mu Dade.

And asked angrily: "Where’s the bracelet?"

Mu Shuangshuang was quite violent; Mu Dade observed from the side.

What puzzled him more, though, was why Fifth didn’t resist.

Just a lousy brat, why was he being so easily subdued?

If he could turn things around and beat the brat up, that would be good!

Mu Danian’s facial expression had twisted due to the pain, yet he still refused to admit.

"What bracelet, I... I don’t know what you’re talking about!"

"Don’t know? You better not let me find it, or I’ll make sure you spend your life in prison." Mu Shuangshuang threatened Mu Danian.

Her hand released Mu Danian’s body, and as soon as free, Mu Danian wanted to dash out of his room.

Who would have known, Mu Dashan was already blocking the doorway.

Behind Mu Dashan were Mr. Mu, Old Mrs. Mu, and Lu Yuanfeng, coming up to check the situation.

With such layers of encirclement, Mu Danian couldn’t possibly escape.

Mu Danian was quite anxious; he couldn’t help but glance at the beam in his room.

And just that one glance was caught by Mu Shuangshuang.

Following Mu Danian’s gaze, Mu Shuangshuang looked up at the beam and vaguely saw something like a cloth bundle.

"On the beam... it’s on the beam!" Mu Shuangshuang shouted.

Mu Danian was stunned; he couldn’t believe Mu Shuangshuang had spotted it.

He hated it; he obviously hid it so well? How was it still found?

Mu Shuangshuang righted the table that had fallen, then placed a chair on top of it, allowing for a height one could reach the beam!

She said to Mu Dade: "Uncle, the bracelet’s on the beam, you should go get it!"

Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t foolish; at a time like this, if she went up, Mu Danian would definitely push down the stool, and she might end up dead!

But if Mu Dade were up there, the situation would be entirely different.

Mu Dade was the hope of the entire Old Mu Family. Pushing the stool would mean Mu Danian was digging his own grave!

At this point, Mu Danian came to his senses. As Mu Shuangshuang predicted, he really wanted to topple the table, but if he actually did it, and something happened to his brother, he’d have nothing left!

Mu Dade took down the cloth bundle from the beam, squeezed it with his hand—it was indeed the bracelet.

He loudly proclaimed: "Dad... the bracelet, Dan Dan’s mother’s bracelet!"

Mr. Mu was shocked by the answer he had long suspected!

He sternly rebuked, "Fifth, you scoundrel, you did steal the eldest’s wife’s bracelet, and you... you wronged Xiao Han!"

Mr. Mu recalled that he, his wife, and Fifth surrounded Xiao Han together, forcing him to admit stealing.

They even cursed Xiao Han for being a thief, saying he’d be despised by the villagers...

Thinking of those words, Mr. Mu felt deeply distressed.

Inside, Mu Dade stepped down from the chair, and in front of everyone, he opened the cloth bundle.

The bracelet was startlingly revealed to the crowd.

Mu Danian was now pale as a sheet; he opened his mouth, pointed at the bracelet, and shouted: "This... I didn’t take this, I’ve never seen this thing, it was Xiao Han... Xiao Han framed me, he stole the bracelet and set me up!"

Mr. Mu was furious at Mu Danian’s words, nearly spitting blood. He stepped up and slapped Mu Danian across the face.

"You beast, the bracelet was placed so high; how could Xiao Han, a little kid, have put it up there?"

Mu Danian was dumbfounded by the slap; his mind was completely chaotic.

Yet he still remembered to clear himself.

"It was the wretched girl, she put it there, she wanted to frame me, Dad, you must believe me, brother... I didn’t take sister-in-law’s bracelet!"

Mr. Mu slapped again, this time knocking Mu Danian to the ground.

"You beast, the third branch worked in the fields all day; even their meals were brought by Si Niang, you... you won’t die a good death!"

Mu Danian’s excuses were increasingly lame.

Noticing something amiss, Mrs. Lin also jumped in.

"Well, Fifth, so you actually stole your brother’s things! You’re not human!"

Mrs. Lin’s sudden betrayal infuriated Mu Danian, who decided that if he were to die, he would drag her down with him.

"Second sister-in-law, last night, you went with me to steal the bracelet, and now you deny it?

And today, when Gou Dan went to find Xiao Han, you specifically instructed Gou Dan yourself, so how did you know Xiao Han stole something? Because you were hiding in the corner when we spoke!"

Mu Danian was determined for an all-out showdown with Mrs. Lin!

Mrs. Lin wasn’t about to back down either: "You’re full of it, I wouldn’t go steal a bracelet with you at midnight? I spit!"

"Mu Danian, you stole something yourself and try to blame others, how could you be so filthy? So shameless?"

"You’re the shameless one!"

Mu Danian and Mrs. Lin started hurling curses at each other in Mu Danian’s room.

As they cursed more, even Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu got dragged into it.

Old Mrs. Mu dashed in and gave both Mrs. Lin and Mu Danian a good slap across the face.

The "smack" of the slaps echoed throughout Mu Danian’s room.

"You two, kneel!" Mr. Mu roared!

Mu Danian and Mrs. Lin refused to kneel.

"Dad, Fifth and Second sister-in-law’s conduct is entirely disgraceful; such people, I really don’t want to take them to the county!

It’s better you find a way to divide the family; then, when Dan Dan’s mother and I leave, we’ll just take you and Mom!"

Like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, just as Mu Dade finished speaking, there were two "thud" sounds, Lin and Mu Danian couldn’t drop to their knees fast enough.

Lin cried even louder: "Big brother, I’m innocent, I didn’t do anything, you can’t leave me out when going to the county!"

Mu Danian was even more desperate as he hugged Mu Dade’s leg: "Big brother, I know I was wrong..."