She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

"Before my eldest brother's family was separated from the family, you gave them so much money in private, and my second brother and sister-in-law also asked you for a lot of money in private, so why is it so difficult for me to even get a few cents?"

"Am I their biological child? Our family isn't so poor that we can't even afford to eat. Why won't you give me money? I'm a human being too, I need money too. If I hadn't been driven to the brink, why would I have stolen anything?"

Old Mrs. Xia sneered: "Stop it now. Tell me, when did you start stealing?"

Chen Xiangbei shouted, "What happened before the Lunar New Year last year?"

Grandma Xia: "Last year before the Lunar New Year? Every year before the Lunar New Year, I would give you enough pocket money. Whether you wanted to buy comic books or snacks, it was more than enough. You said you stole because you didn't have money. Did you not have any money then? Where was the money?"

Chen Xiangbei thought hard. "That's right, where's his money?"

He thought and thought, and suddenly remembered that Luo Yuan had said his sister had a fever and didn't have money for medicine, so he borrowed money from him, and then he was broke.

After that, he asked his mother for more pocket money. With so many of them spending it together, they ran out of money in half a day.

He even took half of the roasted soybeans he had prepared at home and gave them to them, which made his mother roast them again in the middle of the night because guests were coming the next day. Roasted soybeans are fragrant, delicious, and cheap, and are an essential item for the Chinese New Year.

His mother cooked a lot more, afraid that he wouldn't have enough to eat, but in the end he got tired of it.

He felt a little guilty. If Luo Yuan hadn't asked him for money, he wouldn't be penniless. If he had money, he wouldn't have been tempted to steal.

No... no, he remembers the first time he stole something very clearly. He only went along because they said it was fun and exciting.

It's all Luo Yuan's fault; they led him astray. It's all his second brother's fault; his mother found out he went astray.

We can't reach Luo Yuan now, but my second brother is right in front of us.

Chen Xiangbei was both ashamed and angry, and rushed towards Chen Xiangnan, "Second brother, it's all your fault."

Chen Xiangnan was caught off guard and pushed: ?

"What are you doing?"

Chen Xiangbei: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault."

Chen Xiangnan: It's as if I can see the dead Dong Chunmiao, unable to understand human speech.

"What's all the fuss about? You're the one who committed petty theft, and you're blaming others?"

Chen Xiangbei: "If he hadn't told you about this, and if you hadn't changed recently, I wouldn't have done this!"

“You even said you wanted to separate me from the family. You’re heartless. You don’t deserve to be my mother.”

He glared angrily at the three people in the living room. "Let me tell you, even if you want to separate me from the family, I won't leave. I need to take a quarter of the family's belongings before I can say I'm dividing the property."

"I'm not as stupid as my older brother!"

Grandma Xia squinted, "You still want to take a quarter?"

Chen Xiangbei raised his head and said, "Yes, I'm going to take this much. You're even giving me a room. This is what you owe me."

"Do we still owe you something?"

Chen Xiangbei: "You guys owe me. You gave my older brothers so much money, but I only got a small amount. I'm the one who lost out."

Old Mrs. Xia: "You've never brought a single penny home with what your father and I earned, so why should we get a share? We can give the money to whomever we want, and it's not your place to tell us what to do."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiangbei actually found it quite reasonable. However, if he did that, he wouldn't get anything, and at his age, he could easily starve to death outside. Therefore, for the sake of his future, he had to fight for what was right.

"I don't care. If you want to separate me from the family, you have to give me this much. Otherwise, I'll just stay at home. Even if you kick me out, I'll climb over the wall and come back through the window."

Grandma Xia: "You've gotten so used to being a thief that you've mastered this skill?"

Chen Xiangbei shouted, "I'm not a thief!"

Grandma Xia: "You're not a thief, so why would you steal things?"