When we arrived, the eldest brother was already banging on the door.

"You old stubborn, get out here!"

Although there was a TV inside the room, nobody opened the door.

The eldest brother, impatient, casually picked up a brick from the windowsill and started banging on the door: "You damn old hag, open the door for me!"

After a couple of hard hits from the eldest brother, the security door showed signs of loosening.

Old Lady Zhu pushed the door open, causing the eldest brother to stumble, and sternly said to us, "Are you all crazy? Why are you coming to my house on New Year's Day? Banging on the door, are you a bandit leader? A gangster? Or a robber? Are you trying to force me to call the police?"

The eldest brother chuckled, "You're quite something, huh? Give me a reason, why did you steal my mom's stretcher!"

Old Lady Zhu denied it adamantly, puffing up her chest, "Steal what? What is stealing? Do you have any evidence?"

A young worker nearby, on the verge of tears, pleaded, "Auntie, please give it back to us. We are from the funeral parlor, this is our tool, we were preparing to transport a body!"

Old Lady Zhu made a disgusted face and spat into the crowd.

"Pah! I get it now, you all have no qualms even on New Year's Day! Bringing a dead body to my house? Get out of here!"

After saying that, she prepared to close the door.

The eldest brother, driven mad by her unreasonable behavior, forcefully opened the door, grabbed her by the collar, and pulled her up, saying, "Say it again? You didn't steal the stretcher! Let me in to check!"

Old Lady Zhu cried out, asking the onlookers to call the police, but no one paid attention to her.

The worker also said, "Auntie, if you return it now, we can still discuss it. The body needs to be placed in the mortuary, it can't be exposed to the air for too long! Our funeral parlor's logo is on the stretcher, even if you take it, it's useless!"

Old Lady Zhu ignored her, continuing to shout on her own.

Seeing the eldest brother raising his fist to strike, a sharp female voice rang out, "What are you doing? Let go of my mom!"

Oh, "Serena" is back.

The property management stood in front of her to explain, but she rolled her eyes, "I think you're all blind! Targeting us specifically! How can an old lady like her move a stretcher? Just because you saw a short old lady stealing something, you assume it's my mom, is there no justice left? Don't you need to search? Come on, search my face!"

She pushed through the crowd, reached the front, and with a mix of hitting and splashing, "rescued" her mom from the eldest brother's hands, then pushed her mom inside.

She turned to us and said, "Search! If you don't find anything, kneel down, kowtow twice to me, and then leave! And you!"

She pointed at me, startling me.

Damn, I was just watching the commotion, why am I involved?

The eldest brother glared at her, "What if we find something?"

"Serena" paused, then chuckled, "It's impossible! How could funeral parlor items be stolen back? Who wouldn't mind bad luck on New Year's Day? If there is something, I'll kneel to you!"

I silently shouted from the crowd, "If there is something, you should leave our community!"

Everyone joined in—

"Yeah, get out!"

"That's right, always causing trouble in the neighborhood, better leave soon!"

"Waiting to be proven wrong!"

...

Amidst the uproar, "Serena" glared at me with gritted teeth, "Fine, if there is something, we'll move out!"

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Zhu visibly paled, "Good girl, you wouldn't dare..."

"Serena" turned to comfort her, "It's okay, Mom, let them check. I don't believe it. And there's someone spreading rumors and causing conflicts between us all the time, it must be him!"

Well, without even looking, the person she was referring to was me. I bet if I wasn't hiding behind the eldest brother, she would have pounced on me to bite me to death.