Cheng Mu, the Moneylender.

"Because of the sudden disappearance of the document and the incident with Xia Ru, the house in the county town where Xia Jiang's family used to live was taken away by several people claiming to be the owners.

Having been driven out, Xia Jiang and his wife had no place to go, so they returned to their old house in the countryside.

Since the Xia family's three brothers had divided their family, there was little interaction between the three households. Even Xia He's family was unaware that Xia Jiang and his wife had secretly moved back to the village.

When Xia Wan and Chen Mo arrived, they found Xia Yu lying under a big tree at the entrance of the village, chewing on a piece of straw.

Xia Yu had been punished by Xia He for a recent mishap at home and hadn't been home for several days. She spent her days traveling back and forth between the county town and the village, hanging out with a group of thugs.