They're all finished off

  "Dad!"

  At the entrance, a sharp cry came in. Wen Shitong jumped up like a grasshopper.

  Several men who were rushing towards the vines stopped in their tracks, startled by the sound.

  At this time, Manman and Chuxia both retreated to the back of the sofa, thinking of rushing into the kitchen to grab bowls and basins for defense. Now that they see the situation has suddenly changed, they look at each other, neither of them clear about what is going on.

  "Brilliant pearl!" Wen Shitong let out a woman-like shriek, apparently having seen something extremely terrifying.

  Wen Mingzhu was like a sack of hemp cloth, thrown in by someone, her four limbs sprawled out in front of Wen Shitong, her head shrunk into her chest, her whole body shaking as if electrified, without stopping for a moment.

  Mengmeng and Chuxia, who were lying on the sofa watching the scene, knew that Wen Haos report was true when they saw the layers of gauze wrapped around Wen Mingzhous head: Wen Mingzhous face was really ruined.

  But who destroyed it?

  "What do you want to do?"

  Wen Shi Tong retreated step by step, stumbling like an old man who couldn't walk, and fell against the wall. The pair of small eyes that had just been arrogant in front of Man Man were now completely devoid of momentum, wide open with fear, staring at the man walking in from the door.

  A chill ran through the air, accompanied by the rhythmic footsteps of a man spreading in all directions. The sound of ice reaching zero point echoed in the gallery, as if icy frost sealed everything: "You ask me what I want to do?"

  A cold, mocking laugh.

  Wen Shi's whole body seemed to be frozen in place, his eyes didn't even move, and he couldn't find his voice.

  Those who came with Wen Shitong saw him like this and fled in disarray, abandoning their weapons.

  Brushing past the extremely cold man, rushing to the door, just about to see the sunlight, suddenly a row of military shadows appeared at the door, like an unclimbable green wall. So, these few all knelt down, raised their hands high and shouted: This is not what we did, it's what he did!

  Wen Shitong's forehead was covered in layers of cold sweat, and he couldn't help but wish that the wall behind him could be pierced with a hole for him to drill through, or that he could directly knock his head against the wall.

  At this time, Li Zhenwei, who was stunned by the vines, came back to his senses, but couldn't tell what was going on, and exclaimed in surprise: "Mingzhu, how are you here? - Junye?!"

  "Zhenwei!" Seeing that her father seemed unable to protect himself, Wen Mingzhu crawled to Li Zhenwei's feet like a worm and stretched out both hands to tightly hug Li Zhenwei's legs. "You have to believe me, this really isn't something I did, I truly love you."

  "What's going on here!" Li Zhenwei shouted, because his legs were tied up by Wen Mingzhu like a Buddha's feet, unable to move an inch.

  As soon as Jun Ye's voice rang out, everyone was frozen in place once again, including Li Zhenwei's shout.

  "You just seemed to say, who is going to be arrested and taken to court?"

  Her cold eyes stared at Wen Shi Tong as she hung him on the wall corner.

  "Wo, wo——" Wen Shitong squeezed out even if he couldn't make a sound.

  This man is too terrifying, although I had known it before, but now facing him face to face, I realize that he is far more terrifying than I had imagined. It seems that nothing needs to be said, nothing needs to be done, just with that gaze, he can crush me like an ant.

  "What's wrong with you?"

  "She ruined my daughter's face." Wen Shitong panted painfully.

  "You said she ruined your daughter's face?"

  Another icy laugh like a cold knife suddenly flashed out from his eyes, wanting to strip off the skin of this fake human being.

  The saliva rolling in his throat couldn't be swallowed, Wen Shi Tong struggled as if he was going to die: "It's her, she instructed someone to do it, there are witnesses."

  Then, the witness who had previously testified that Wen Muzhu was the murderer, was grabbed by the collar by Gao Dashi and immediately cried out in pain: "It's not true, it's not true, he told me to lie, he told me to frame that woman."

  Li Zhenwei was stunned.

  Wen Mingzhu was going to bury her face wrapped in gauze between Li Zhenwei's two feet.

  Looking at Wen Mingzhu and Li Zhenwei's posture, Xiaxia couldn't help but want to laugh in early summer, but Junye's cold aura was too strong, freezing her smile on the edge of her lips.

  It's really not the time to laugh now, being framed is one thing, but what's important is that everyone present can see it, the two men in front of us are on the verge of exploding.

  It's not that they hadn't seen Master Jun get angry before, but Master Yao was furious, which was a first.

  The crescent moon behind the glasses blinked slightly: The entrance of Master Yao, under the Liu Hai, a pair of narrow and long eyes emitted a cold glow like a winter stream, adding another layer of tempting charm to his handsome face. Unknowingly, she couldn't meet his gaze, perhaps due to her intense anger.

  Yao Ye walked straight up, a straight line to Wen Mingzhu's face, one knee bent, crouched down, his hair flew up, revealing the charming eyes underneath.

  Facing the trembling Wen Mingzhu, when she saw the handsome Yao Ye, she seemed to be able to catch her breath. Perhaps in her heart, this gentle and polite man was definitely easier to deal with than the terrifying Jun Ye.

  However, after just a few seconds, she immediately realized how wrong she was.

  Her elegant fingertips lightly lifted her chin, and she winced in pain.

  "You think your face is too ugly, so you're not satisfied with just pouring chemicals on yourself, now you want others to give you a knife to stab your own face, right?"

  Mr. Yao's words jumped out one by one, carrying his usual elegance, but also a terrifying chill.

  "Wen Mingzhu shouted out: 'It wasn't me, it was someone else who did it. How could I possibly ruin my own face?'"

  The hand inserted into the green jacket pocket slowly pinched out a small recorder, and the fingertips pressed on that small button, only to hear from the speaker:

  I want to play a joke on that friend of mine, you take this bottle of water and spray it on her face when she comes in the door, after it's done, I'll give you a generous reward.

  How dare you! Don't think I'll pay you the remaining balance!

  Give me back that bottle of water you sprayed on her.

  Did you change it yourself?

  I haven't changed it, you don't believe me, try spraying it on your face yourself, won't you know then?

  "Wooo... - Wen Mingzhu's breath was all out and none in: 'No, no, it wasn't me—'"

  "Isn't that your voice? No matter, we also have video evidence and records of you going to the pharmacy. You instructed someone to be a witness, everything is complete. What do you want us to provide?"

  Wen Shi Tong closed his eyes against the wall, as if he was going to die for his daughter.

  It's clear that someone has seen through his daughter's plan and set a trap for her, and she stupidly fell into it and can't get out now.

  So, even Li Zhenwei, who had been momentarily blinded, realized what was going on and tightened his lips, turning to Wen Mingzhu: "You, it was all your own act, and you also falsely accused Manman—"

  "I -" Wen Mingzhu closed her eyes, holding tightly onto Li Zhenwei's leg, "I'm doing this because I love you, who made you only look at Manman. Zhenwei, I really love you!"

  Early summer in the teeth "cut": Wen Mingzhu this only seek pleasure pig, can love Li Zhenwei?

  "Do you really love him?"

  Yao Ye's charming and magnetic voice floated past Wen Mingzhu's ears.

  Her whole body felt numb, knowing she shouldn't turn back, yet uncontrollably turned her face towards his, the beautiful handsome face in front of her, just like the first time she saw him, made her feel an unprecedented heart palpitation and shock, as if it was the only first love in her life.

  Her heart thudded, and Wen Mingzhu's half-face that was not covered with gauze turned red.

  Bang!

  Li Zhenwei slapped Wen Mingzhu's face with a loud slap and roared: "Bitch!"

  Suddenly fell to the ground, the remaining half of his face was swollen, and he hastily closed his eyes to pretend to be dead.

  Ke Li Zhenwei wouldn't let her off so easily, he pulled her up and dragged her out of the door with force.

  Left Wen Shitong, finally realized that the next goal would be himself, and immediately knelt down to the two grandfathers: "My daughter deceived me, I was unaware."

  "You didn't know, can you get a tainted witness?" The two cold masters directly pulled out the tainted witness that Gao Dashi had pulled out, and faced Wen Shitong.

  Now, even the tortoise grandson has become one. He raised his hand and slapped his own mouth: "It's me who is narrow-minded, it's my fault, I'm jealous of her. If it weren't for her, my daughter would have married into the Li family long ago."

  "For you, wanting your daughter to marry into the Li family is hoping to save your company. In this regard, the public security department and the discipline inspection commission have intervened in the investigation, saying they hope to talk to you."

  Previously, they left Wen Shitong alone, thinking of using Wen Shitong to hang out the Yang family. Now, it can be confirmed that the Yang family is not worth the effort on Wen Shitong's body. The two grandfathers are too lazy to circle around with Wen Shitong: they might as well take advantage of the Wen Mingzhu incident and get rid of them all together.

  Ice-cold handcuffs clamped onto Wen Shitong's wrists. Wen Shitong was dragged out of the gallery by two people, like a dead fish.

  The others who were assisting in the fight, none of them managed to escape and all were taken away by the police.

  The entire gallery was surrounded by a large crowd of onlookers, making it impossible to get through. After all the commotion was so big that police cars, ambulances, disciplinary committee vehicles and military vehicles had all arrived.

  Du Yu received an urgent telegram from outside and rushed back to see such a magnificent battlefield, he was enough to believe that his small painting gallery would be famous throughout the city in just a few minutes.

  Man fears fame, pig fears strength.

  Manman and Chuxia both hid in the painting gallery, saying nothing dared to go out, the human waste was cleared, but they and the painting gallery were famous.

  Some people secretly passed on a message: The mayor and municipal party secretary's cars had just stopped here for quite a while.

  The daughter got into trouble, and Secretary Yao, who had made up his mind to be a godfather, as well as her biological father Lu Shuai, how could they not come?

  Sitting in the car, waiting until they saw with their own eyes that the two sons had cleaned up the whole gang, the two fathers were finally at ease.

  "Not a single one of them can be spared!" Commander Lu slapped his thigh, the flames of anger burning fiercely in his chest, as if it had brought him back to the fiery passion of the battlefield years ago.

  Secretary Yao knew he was being provoked by Wen Shi Xuan's words.

  He patted him on the shoulder and said with a serious and meaningful tone: "There must be some things we don't understand yet."

  Two fathers gazed at the gallery with eyes filled with depth and reluctance, eventually driving away under the pressure of official duties.

  Finally waited for the large number of government vehicles to leave, squeezed into the gallery from the crowd like a pancake that had been pressed flat. After Du Yu entered the door, he hastily closed the glass door of the gallery and hung up the "closed" sign in advance.

  He rushed towards his wife: "Chūxià, weren't you scared?"

  A mighty force, with the People's Liberation Army in charge, if something happens to my wife, the national gate would have been breached long ago, so it's definitely nothing.

  Early summer pouts her mouth, strokes her chest, and responds to her husband: "Mm-hmm."

  She was scared out of her wits, but it wasn't by Wen Shi Tong and Wen Ming Zhu's gang of losers, it was Grandpa who scared her.

  Du Yu didn't need to have a heart-to-heart with his wife, they both knew that he must have been scared by Grandpa. He comfortingly patted his wife's shoulder and said meaningfully: "See, I told you so last time, didn't I?"

  Listen, wife, you this hardworking fool should be more restrained in front of me. The two of us are not calculating and tolerant of you, otherwise, we would have done something to you long ago.

  Early summer has now come to realize: she can be reckless in front of her grandfather all thanks to Manman.

  "What about Manman?" Du Yu asked.

  "In there." Chūxià was not worried about facing Yé's Mánmán alone.

  Because in this world, it seems that the only one who can rival me is Meng Meng.

  The winding road is a resilient route. Not hard, not soft, but resilient.

  Meng Meng's tenacity, the Wen family can't resist, Grandpa can't resist, the Jiang family can't resist, even the mayor and municipal party secretary can't resist, because Meng Meng is standing on reason.

  Gao Daxiao Qing finished the game and walked into the tea room in the painting gallery to report to the two masters. The scene he saw was three people, some sitting, some standing, and the tea room was filled with a silent stillness that was somewhat frightening.

  Mr. Yao stood at the corner of the wall, next to a potted plant, his fingertips gently twirling the thin leaves of the golden-edged hanging orchid, his narrow eyes flashing with a hint of mischief.

  Comrade Jun Ye is as usual, sitting on the sofa like a motionless iceberg, only emitting cold air.

  Manman handed them two cups of good flower tea on both ends, took off her big glasses and said: "Thank you. If it wasn't for your arrival, our place might have been smashed."

  She was sincerely thanked by her.

  Her whole body was unaccustomed, very unaccustomed, because she had always been cold-faced towards them.

  Tall and handsome, he strangely saw the faces of both grandfathers twisted in secret.

  "You're welcome." The gentleman who picked up his teacup was eager to take a sip, covering up the emotions that had been stirred up in his heart.

  She always thought there was a red light between her and them, but when did it turn green?

  After answering, the vines seemed to have considered their unaccustomed gratitude, and with a wipe of the lens, said: "Actually, if you had told me about this beforehand, I might have been able to cooperate with your play-acting, such as making a face that's been splashed and ruined. That way, she might have been even more pleased, and it would have been easier for her to fall into your trap."

  Two old men drinking tea simultaneously burped and sprayed out tea water.

  Gao Daxiao looked at Manman who was calm and composed, and suddenly a word flashed through his mind: Super Belly Black Type.

  It turns out that Master Yao is really hiding something from Manman. Because of what he did behind her back today, he secretly took Wen Shixuan to meet Commander Lu. Moreover, when Wen Shixuan returned, he also warned him repeatedly not to tell Manman about what happened today.

  "We have something to attend to, let's go first." Turning his wrist, Mr. Yao, whose mind was preoccupied, said this and then hastily walked out of the painting gallery with his slender figure.

  Afraid of being seen through by those crescent-shaped eyes behind the glasses again.

  He slightly frowned, Master Jun put down his teacup, stood up and straightened his collar, then left with big strides.

  The crescent moon gazes at their departing figures, taking a last glance before looking away.

  The two grandfathers left, and Gao Dashi hurriedly followed them. Suddenly thinking of something, he turned back to remind Mianmian: "It was Mo Shaoxiao who informed us, and Jiang Zhongxiao seems not to be in school, on a business trip."

  Manman hurriedly called the school and personally thanked Mo Wenyang for his kindness.

  Mo Wenyang was afraid that she would misunderstand Comrade Jiang Yan, so he carefully explained the situation to her: "Your husband is on official business and can't bring his mobile phone with him, so it's temporarily impossible to contact him. However, I've already reported this to the brigade and the leaders are taking it very seriously, they will let your husband come back as soon as possible to see you."

  "It's all right. If you see Ah Yan, tell him that everything is fine now. Let him work well in the army and I won't hold him back," said Manman.

  Even if the two grandfathers didn't make it in time, perhaps the gallery would be smashed, but she and Chuxia had planned an escape route, so people shouldn't have any problems.

  As long as one is safe and sound, money can be earned again.

  Manman has a very good attitude and is basically not afraid of anything.

  Mo Wenyang agreed to her on the surface, but in his heart he thought: If this matter can be hidden from Jiang Dashao, it would be strange. Comrade Jiang Yan will definitely be furious when he comes back, and may even pour gasoline directly on Wen Shitong and Wen Mingzhu's body and set them on fire.

  Comrade Jiang Yan won't bother you if you don't bother him, but once he's provoked, his temper is as bad as mine.

  Because she knew her husband's temper so well, Manman said nothing would let him join in the excitement.

  However, as Meng Meng, Chu Xia and Du Yu were worried about, it wasn't long before everyone who could be told knew about this matter.

  ……

  Wen Haosheng and Zhang Qiuyan learned that Wen Shitong's whole family had been put in prison three hours after the incident, and all the houses under Wen Shitong's name were confiscated.

  The two of them couldn't help but feel grateful, neither of them had received any favors from Wen Shitong.

  Next, Zhang Qiuyan rushed to the hospital where Wen Nainai lived and found Xu Yuye covering her mouth with her hand and yawning beside Wen Nainai's bed. She said: "Sister-in-law, you don't have any profitable relationship with our family's Third Uncle, do you?"

  "What's in it for you?" Xǔ Yù'é said with her eyes half-closed, looking like she hadn't woken up yet.

  Zhang Qiuyan knew she was pretending, afraid that she would come over and say something intentionally to share the spoils. With a cold smile in her heart, she thought to herself that she had come to gloat, hoping that there really was some connection between her and Wen Shixiong. So she said: "Sister-in-law, I'm just kindly reminding you, if you really received any bribes from Third Uncle, you should hurry up and spend the money or transfer it away. Third Uncle is now in prison, and after being investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Public Security Department, all his assets were confiscated."

  She stood up with a jerk, her feet tangled in the chair legs, and Xu Yu'e's eyes were wide open, her mouth agape, stuttering: "I, I'm a fool, it's impossible for Third Uncle to find me to do anything. How could I possibly have any connection with him?"

  It's really embarrassing to talk about oneself being stupid at this time, and it's okay for some people to scold themselves as pigs at this point.

  Zhang Qiuyan saw that she was frightened, and laughed in her heart, saying: "There is no best. However, I heard that Wen Mingzhu seemed to have pulled a line for Yuanyuan to get into the local high school."

  "This matter, let's see if Yuanyuan can make it happen first. We didn't give them a single cent, and they didn't give us a single cent either." Xu Yujie coughed and straightened her back, putting on an innocent look.

  Zhang Qiuyan temporarily stopped talking, waiting to see her joke. In fact, she came here not only to see Xu Yu'e make a fool of herself, but also to take the opportunity to put pressure on Xu Yu'e and let Xu Yu'e take sole responsibility for taking care of Wen Nainai.

  Taking care of this half-dead old man, who has never given her a good face as his daughter-in-law, she feels unlucky. Unfortunately, Xu Yu'e has come, if she didn't come, it would be unacceptable in society, but if Xu Yu'e had asked her not to come, the situation would have been different.

  He pulled a chair over and sat down beside Xu Yu'e, knowing that Wen Shixuan had taken Wen Huan to school that afternoon.

  Two people secretly competed with each other.

  Before long, at the entrance of the ward, Wen Shixuan followed behind and Wen Huan walked in front.

  Seeing Zhang Qiuyan, both of them were stunned.

  "Brother's wife, you've come?" Wen Shi Xuan said warmly, but he wasn't quite convinced that Zhang Qiuyan would willingly deliver herself to his doorstep.

  Wen Yu's eyes and eyebrows drooped, wanting to avoid Zhang Qiuyan.

  "Yuan Yuan." Zhang Qiuyan stood up, but had already set her sights on this niece. With a round face and a fake smile, she said, "How was it? Was the registration process at your new school smooth today with your dad?"

  A sharp glint flashed in Wen Yu's eyes, but she didn't say a word.

  Wen Shixuan sighed inwardly, knowing that Zhang Qiuyan had come to mock his family. He said in a gentle voice: "The principal of this new school is unexpectedly pleasant and willing to let Yuanyuan attend his school without considering tuition fees or household registration for the time being."

  The joke didn't quite come off, and Zhang Qiuyan was taken aback.

  Xu Yujiao smiled complacently and turned to tease her: "My Yuanyuan, when she was in school in our hometown, always ranked first every year. Now that she's here, who dares to look down on her?"

  "Big sister." Zhang Qiuyan was not one to be stingy, and immediately adopted a roundabout tactic, smiling, "Are you sure you really didn't give money to Third Uncle to help you smooth out the relationship?"

  This made Xu Yu'e furious, jumping up and scolding: "Where did I get the money? You think I'm like you, don't know how much tax evasion I helped people with when I was an accountant, my heart is already rotten to death, that's why I always think about taking a detour."

  She was scolded until her face turned blue, Zhang Qiuyan's teeth itched in her mouth, so she just said everything: "Yes, your family is now in a mess. Don't mention Yuanyuan, let alone your family's Manman, who married a high-ranking official and is now rumored to have connections with the mayor and municipal party secretary. Today someone went to your family's Manman's art gallery to cause trouble, all police and soldiers were deployed, and everyone was arrested without exception, saying they would all be executed by beheading. Your family's Manman is in a mess now, why don't you go live in the big courtyard where she lives and enjoy the good life?"

  Even the mayor and municipal party secretary were implicated.

  Wen Shi Xuan was taken aback: "Why hasn't our eldest daughter ever mentioned this?"

  Wen Yu suddenly closed her eyes: recalling the last time she exposed herself in the mayor's office, Lu Si said he would shoot her with one bullet.

  Xu Yujiao was heartbroken, her heart aching with regret, feeling like she wanted to die and be reborn again. In anger, she wanted to rush up and fight Zhang Qiuyan: "It's all your fault! I could have been happy with Manman, but because you introduced that Jin Ruowen, my daughter-in-law and granddaughter now dislike me."

  "Hey, I've already made it clear to Manman that this has nothing to do with me. You were the one who looked down on Jiang Zhongxiao back then, thinking he was poor, but in fact, he wasn't poor at all. To put it bluntly, it's your own problem with character." Zhang Qiuyan said nonchalantly while digging her ear hole with her pinky finger.

  I'm really afraid these two will start fighting in the old man's sickroom, Wen Shi Xuan hurriedly hugged his wife who was about to charge forward and said to Zhang Qiuyan: "Younger sister-in-law, if you came just for our family matters, then forget it. If you're here to take care of mom, then I have nothing to say."

  "Right!" It's rare for her husband to say something real, so Xu Yujiao quickly picked up the conversation and bombarded Zhang Qiuyan, "You wait, I'll expose all the ugly and dirty things in your family. You're an unfilial daughter-in-law, and your husband doesn't even control you on this point, he's just as unfilial as you."

  The goal was not achieved, and Zhang Qiuyan was sprayed with a face full of ash. She stormed out of the hospital room door, almost colliding head-on with someone who was coming in.

  "Second sister-in-law." Lin Wencai, whose glasses on the bridge of his nose were knocked askew, hastily retreated two steps, looked clearly at Zhang Qiuyan, and was surprised. "Are you here to take care of Grandma?"

  Both of them said so, as if they were intentionally spoiling the joke.

  Zhang Qiuyan glared at Lin Wencai's face, pushed open her legs, took two steps, and suddenly found that there was another figure behind him. She was startled and turned back: "Who is this?"

  "Your younger sister and my daughter Jiajing." Lin Wencai adjusted his glasses, not surprised that Zhang Qiuyan didn't recognize her own daughter at all. After all, the Wen family had always been wary of him, let alone care about his daughter. "You haven't seen her in many years."

  The other party's implicit meaning was received by Zhang Qiuyan, which is good. Not only did the big house give her a breath of air, but Lin Wencai and his daughter also gave her a breath of air. With a flick of her face, she rushed towards the elevator like a bullet.

  Perhaps it was because she suddenly joined forces with Lin Wencai to deal with Zhang Qiuyan, but now Xu Yu'e showed a rare gentle attitude towards her younger brother-in-law, saying: "Younger brother-in-law, your daughter has grown up so big."

  "Not very old, about the same age as Yuyan." Lin Wencai said with a warm and subtle smile.

  Xu Yujiao was shut up by his one sentence, her face half green with some resentment: I took the initiative to make things right with you, but you actually gave me a cold butt.

  "Lin Wencai." The people here, probably only Manman and Wen Shixuan are the most welcoming to Lin Wencai. Manman is not around, Wen Shixuan busies himself moving a chair for Lin Wencai, asking about his well-being, "Are you taking time off?"

  "Yes. One is to ask for leave, and the other is that there happens to be a school on this side that wants to poach our Jiajing, asking her to come here to study with full scholarship." Lin Wencan said.

  "Really?" Wen Shi Xuan looked at the little girl standing behind Lin Wen Cai with a surprised and delighted gaze.

  Lin Jiajing looks a bit like Lin Wencai, both have a gentle and quiet appearance, with a fair and smooth small face, habitually keeping her head down in silence.

  Wen Shi Xuan remembered that it had been a year since he last saw his little niece, and found that she had grown much taller in the past year, almost 1.7 meters tall, with a slender figure, making her a child who left a deep impression at first sight.

  Xiao Dao said: "I remember that Jia Jing's grades have always been good. In fact, what you're saying is not strange at all."

  "Good grades, but speaking like a saw-toothed gourd, dull." Then Lin Wencai educated his timid daughter, "You've seen your eldest uncle every year, why are you still afraid now?"

  "Uncle." Lin Jiajing hastily opened her mouth and carefully gave a greeting to Wen Shixuan, as if showing respect to an elder.

  "Good, good." Wen Shi Xuan repeatedly said, a heartfelt smile spreading to the corners of his mouth.

  Wen Huan, standing by the wall, gazed at him: this smile of Father's, which had been shown to Manman and now to Jiajing, was one that he had never shown her before, even though she had just saved his face today.

  Her sharp eyes scanned down to Jiajing's lowered head: it was a bit like Manman.

  Xu Yujiao watched her husband praise other people's children in front of their own child, feeling displeased. She coughed: "Our family's Yuanyuan went to a key high school in Beijing for an interview today, and they agreed to waive all tuition fees and invited our Yuanyuan to attend."

  Upon hearing Xu Yu'e's intentionally boastful words, Lin Wencai's refined face broke into a smile with deep creases, this smile was completely unlike Xu Yu'e's petty appearance. He praised: "Big brother, big sister-in-law, in that case, our two families can be said to have double happiness arriving at the door."

  Xu Yujiao pouted.

  Wen Yu frowned at her mother: You're always talking nonsense, every time you speak you get into trouble, and yet you never learn from your mistakes.

  "Since good fortune has arrived at our doorstep, let's have a drink together tonight, big brother." Lin Wencai invited, his gesture of adjusting his glasses had another meaning.

  Wen Shixuan responded loudly without hesitation.

  Then, the two men called each other brothers and walked out, with Lin Jiajing following behind her father with her head down.

  Wen Yu moved a chair and sat down to read, because on the way back she had promised her father that she would sit here until her mother finished dinner and took over her shift.

  She plopped herself down on the stool, staring at the old woman lying motionless and speechless on the bed. Xu Yuer felt a bellyful of pent-up anger: was her future life going to be spent stuck here watching over this stubbornly clinging-to-life crone?

  No way, no matter what is said, several people have to be pulled in as scapegoats, neither Zhang Qiuyan nor Manman can be spared.

  The old man lying in bed, the faint light that seeped out from the slit of his tightly closed eyelids flashed onto the person beside him and immediately disappeared under his eyelids again.

  ……

  As Lin Wencai walked with Wen Shixuan to the door, he suddenly remembered and said: "I should tell Manman that you're in Beijing. Let her take good care of you."

  "Hmm." Lin Wencai didn't mind this matter, saying, "I had this intention. I wanted to let Jiajing meet Manman, as I think the two sisters' calm and gentle nature are more alike, and they can get along well. Moreover, Manman and Jiang Zhongjie are both in Beijing, with broad social connections, and can offer some advice on Jiajing's school transfer."

  Wen Shi Xuan nodded: "Man Man is here, I am also here. If Jia Jing comes here to study, even if you are not on this side, Man Man and I can take good care of Jia Jing, don't worry."

  So, when Manman received the news from her father that Xiao Jiu had arrived and wanted to introduce Jiajing to her, she was not only excited but immediately called her husband.

  Jiang Yan rushed back to school on the night he heard that his wife was in trouble, and first asked Mo Wenyang and Gao Dashuai about the situation at the time.

  "Jiang Zhongxiao, after this matter, you should be more alert. I feel that the two masters are not just guarding against that one family." The tall and handsome Gao, who was working with the two masters, whispered to Jiang Daxiao's ear.

  He's clear about this, Commander Lu has already greeted him. The Lu family has been investigating the Yang family's lead, but it's not easy to dig up old accounts from 20 or 30 years ago in a short time, let alone possibly involving Old Master Lu's past affairs.

  His father-in-law personally asked him not to interfere, because if this matter really reveals some inside story and needs to be fought, Jiang Dazhuang is the last line of defense, at least he can guarantee Manman's safety.

  So now he can do for his wife, and for his wife's two natal families, the Lu and Wen families, is to investigate the clues of Wen Shixuan's eldest daughter who went missing that year.

  Today he nominally said it was a public affair, but in fact he went along this clue, unfortunately, he has not yet grasped the real thread, and relying solely on a third-generation RMB banknote, it's not easy to catch anything.

  Just then, his wife called him. Before he could ask about what had happened to her today, his little wife excitedly chattered to him like a little sparrow:

  "A'yan, guess first, who has come to Beijing?"

  "Vines, who came to Beijing that made you so excited, more excited than talking to me, your husband, in a long-distance relationship?" Comrade Jiang Yan expressed a little dissatisfaction, his ultimate goal was still hoping to become the first person in his wife's heart.

  Manman suddenly realized that she might have gotten too excited, and apologized: "Sorry, A Yan, I forgot you just came back from a mission, you must be very tired."

  "I'm not tired, I'm just jealous." Jiang Dashao is now talking to his wife with a flirtatious tone at all times.

  Her face turned red as she dodged her husband's questioning, saying: "It's my sister-in-law's husband who came over, and he brought Jiajing with him. He said he wanted to meet us."

  Lin Wencai has gone to Beijing, I don't know if there's any change in plan?

  Her slender eyebrows rose slightly, and her bright eyes sparkled with mischief as she said, "Alright, I'll take care of it. I'll go back and meet up with you all."

  ……

  Mother went to the hospital to pack lunch. Father is going out for drinks with Lin Wencai tonight and might drag Mianmian along.

  Wen Huan sat alone in the old man's sickroom, her eyebrows drooping down to cast a gloomy shadow on her eyelids.

  Grandma Wen lived in a single room, with the door closed, and basically nobody knew what happened inside.

  Her eyes swept across the half-dead old man lying on the bed, his face as still as a corpse. Then, her mouth curled up and condensed: If this person really died, it would be able to relieve many people, including their own parents.

  Ding ding ding.

  The phone in the backpack is ringing.

  She reached into her backpack and pulled out the phone that had been smashed to pieces by her, but was later taped back together by Xu Yu'e. The unfamiliar number on the screen made her eyes darker, Wen Huan turned around, got up and walked to the window to talk: "I told you, don't look for me again, I won't help you with anything, you can't threaten me. And my third uncle has been arrested, shouldn't you be more careful?"

  The voice on the other end was none other than Wang Hai, who had appeared beside Yang Le'er: "I know your Third Uncle asked you to investigate the whereabouts of the jade pendant. I just want to know how it's going. If you can tell us the result, we can help you with whatever you want. For example, didn't things go quite smoothly at the school interview today?"

  School?

  Is the school where she just regained her reputation also manipulated by them?

  "I don't need you guys, I can get in just fine on my own."

  "You really think you can?"

  "Of course!"

  "Okay, then let's wait for your first mock exam results to come out and we'll wait for your good news."

  She hung up the phone on him.

  Her fingers gripped her phone tightly, and Wen Huan's back was cast in a majestic diagonal line under the moonlight at the window.

  The old man on the bed had a faint hook at the corner of his mouth under the backlight, as if he was smiling coldly.

  ……

  Jiang Yan in the troops looked at the time and thought it was about time to set off to meet up with his wife and others.

  As a result, before he reached the door, his unit informed him that a relative had come looking for him.

  Afraid that his daughter-in-law couldn't wait and came directly to find him, with a mix of excitement and deep-seated jealousy towards her younger brother-in-law, Jiang Yan's tall and upright figure rushed into the reception room.

  Sitting in the waiting room waiting for him was actually the eldest of the Jiang family, Da Shao Jiang Fei.

  As for this big brother, Jiang Yun is a relative, but not as close as the relationship with second sister Jiang Mei, but still not distant. After all, when they were young, he had been carried on his back to play with bamboo horses, two brothers played together in the sand, stole watermelons from someone's field together, and got caught by adults together, each holding a bucket of water as punishment.

  Childhood memories are deeply ingrained, tied to brotherly affection. Even though the two of them have since gone their separate ways, each with their own wives and families. At least, before Eldest Sister-in-law Jin Meichen intervened and egged Mother Jiang on in that matter regarding Manman, Jiang Yan had immense faith in the bond between brothers; now, only doubts remain.

  After all, he was a big brother since childhood. As they grew up, it seemed that the distance between him and his second sister Jiang Mei was getting farther and farther apart.

  "Big Brother Jiang." The first sentence Jiang Fei said to his younger brother, though spoken with a warm smile, was enough to immediately raise the alarm between the two brothers.

  Jiang Fei is the real young master of the Jiang family, but no matter in the army, in the big courtyard, or anywhere else, when people mention the young master Jiang, the first person they think of is not him, but Jiang Yan, the third son of the Jiang family.

  In theory, Jiang Fei's mix is not worse than Jiang Yan's, but Jiang Yan is a natural favorite in front of any leader and in any unit, and his interpersonal relationships are much better than Jiang Fei's.

  Jiang Fei couldn't figure it out, in terms of ability, what was he worse at than Jiang Yan that made him be suppressed by the third child and lose the position of the eldest son. Just talking about marrying a wife, for example. Jiang Fei married a high-ranking official's daughter, his father-in-law's status was one level higher than his own father's, while the third child Jiang Yan married a daughter of a grocery store owner.

  Mother Jiang's attitude is normal, supporting her daughter-in-law and belittling Manman. Father Jiang, on the other hand, has been brainwashed by Eldest Brother and his wife, and has lost all sense of right and wrong, constantly praising Eldest Brother's wife everywhere.

  Nowadays, his wife is getting harder and harder to deal with. She went back to her parents' home to complain, and her father and mother gave him an order to go back home and handle these things properly. If not, she won't think about going back home, let alone relying on his relationship with his father-in-law to get promoted in the army.

  So he thought about it for a night and wanted to negotiate with his brother. Who would have known that when he walked to school and passed by the brigade office, he heard that something had happened to Eldest Brother's wife and now even the mayor and municipal party secretary were shocked.

  Who would have thought that this grocery store owner's daughter had such a talent for seducing men? No wonder her own wife was driven to distraction.

  Others don't dare to say it casually, as the eldest in the family, he should teach his younger brother and sister-in-law a lesson.