Old Man Liu 126

  Detention center

  The night before deciding to go to the detention center to talk with her husband, Jiang Mei was very absent-minded.

  "Mom, be careful not to cut your hand." Xiaodong no longer needs to wear glasses and can now keep a close eye on his mom's poor cooking skills.

  The son had just finished speaking when the knife cut across his finger, and a streak of blood appeared. The son already had a band-aid ready.

  Watching the little guy carefully sticking a band-aid on his injured finger, perhaps because of Xiaodong's and Lu DaWei's affectionate display, Jiang Mei suddenly felt if she was being too selfish: "Does Dongzi miss his dad?"

  "I want." Dongzi said without hesitation.

  Indeed.

  "But -" Xiaodongzi continued without hesitation, "Dad did something wrong and should accept the punishment. I will wait for Dad to turn over a new leaf."

  With a band-aid on his hand, he stroked his son's little head: "Even if Mommy and Daddy won't be together anymore."

  "That's between you and your wife, it has nothing to do with me."

  Are kids these days really thinking so progressively?!

  Jiang Mei was shocked.

  "There are also classmates in our class whose parents are divorced, and they all think so. As a son, you can't take hostage of your parents' emotions, 'take hostage' means you can't make your parents do things they don't want to do." Afraid that her mother wouldn't understand these new terms, she carefully explained them one by one.

  Jiang Mei burst out laughing: "Does her son really think she's younger than him?" "Mom knows what kidnapping means."

  "Now that mom knows, she should understand my feelings." Little hands patted his own chest, "No matter what dad and mom are like, forever, they are Xiaodong's dad and mom. But, the wrongdoings of dad and mom cannot be forgiven."

  She stretched out her hand and hugged her son, who was speaking from the heart, into her arms. Jiang Mei felt that no matter how bad this marriage was, heaven had never abandoned her, giving her a good son.

  Her heart was at peace.

  So when she faced her husband in the detention center, she was very calm.

  Cheng Si Quan in the detention center, has already heard that it was his son who reported him, and also knew about Jiang Yan's affair. However, this could not change his mind to take the blame for Jiang Yan. He felt that this was probably the first time in his life he had a taste of love, and he was content with that, having no regrets in life.

  Before he met Jiang Mei, he was confident and self-assured, thinking that the Jiang Mei he should see was a woman filled with resentment and anger towards him.

  No result.

  The wife's calmness and openness are not pretended.

  "She told me that the public security agency came to investigate and collect evidence from me. I truthfully confessed, I found a lawyer, and proved that the evidence currently held by the other party is not enough to sue me. However, she has already ruined my military marriage, which is an irrefutable fact. A few days ago, her husband came to find me, saying that he would not let her go, and asked me to advise you to confess to all departments and leaders."

  Upon hearing this, Cheng Si Quan opened his mouth and was about to say: Don't waste your efforts.

  However, Jiang Mei spoke before he could: "I've thought about it and I think you should weigh the pros and cons yourself. If I were to harbor resentment towards you and collude with him to harm you two, that would be unnecessary. I just want to live a good life, Cheng Si Quan. Whether or not you protect that woman is no longer my concern. But you really need to think about yourself, your family - are you worth ruining yourself like this? Your mother-in-law called me begging me not to expose you, and I said I wouldn't if you're willing to give up custody of the child. Let's have a peaceful divorce."

  A completely unexpected answer, a completely unexpected statement.

  Cheng Si Quan felt as if he had been hit by his wife's unexpected rod and was stunned.

  "But you - who met her before -" He didn't know what he wanted to grasp, or if he wanted to grasp some of the responsibility his wife should take for this marriage.

  Jiang Mei seemed to have seen through his thoughts, and smiled lightly: "What are you thinking about? She did something wrong, destroyed two families, of course I want her to be brought to justice and accept the punishment of the law. As for your feelings with her, to be honest, what kind of society and era is this now? Our son understands, there's no need to hold on or let go. If it fits, we'll move forward, if not, we'll disperse. Let's not confuse our problems with hers."

  When his wife said this, Cheng Si Quan really couldn't say a word of excuse: "A Mei, do you know that it's your personality, this overbearing personality that makes people unbearable."

  "What do you want me to do? Cheng Si Quan, do you want me to drag you down to hell with me? Don't be ridiculous! I don't have to ruin my own future for your sake. Marriage and the law can't even guarantee anything, where else can I turn to for help? Am I supposed to appeal to you and expect you to change your mind? Don't be ridiculous! I, Jiang Mei, am not living just for you, Cheng Si Quan!"

  Every sentence is a needle, and every needle sees blood.

  The last sentence shattered Cheng Si Quan's fantasy.

  It ends here. Jiang Mei stood up: "I can see clearly, you can't. But our son can see even more clearly. Our son asked me to pass a message to you."

  "Dongzi he——" Hearing his son, Cheng Si Quan's eyes that had been raised took on a different luster, "What did he say?"

  "He said, you will always be his father, but if you don't admit your mistake, he would rather have you locked up in prison for the rest of your life until you repent." Mentioning her overly clever son, Jiang Mei sighed, "This is not what I taught him."

  His wife left, and Cheng Si Quan fell into a whirlpool. He covered his eyes with both hands, and all he could hear was his five-year-old son's words: "You didn't apologize, you're not a good dad."

  ……

  Garrison Hospital

  Liu Secretary led a team of experts to arrive. Earlier, Dean Wang had already called the ward in advance to make preparations.

  The king led a group of people and horses to the hospital room, as soon as he entered the hospital room, he saw a woman with a very haggard expression lying on the bed.

  "I haven't been sleeping well these past few days." Jiang Yue said to the visiting expert group, rubbing her forehead as she spoke.

  "What medication has been administered at the hospital?" asked a senior expert who was in charge of this matter.

  The people under Director Wang presented the medical records.

  Opening the medical record, I saw that they were all some harmless supplementary nutrition and nerve calming.

  "They said it's possible that I have some nerve problems, a temporary nervous breakdown or something." Jiang Yue saw the expert comrades not speaking and hurriedly explained.

  "Let's have a physical examination first." The expert said, according to the original plan, without even asking anyone.

  Others cannot come up with a reason to oppose this routine physical examination.

  Jiang Yanping lay down and turned over according to the expert's instructions.

  Gu Xiu Ai stood at the edge of the crowd, tiptoeing and looking in nervously from time to time, occasionally making eye contact with Director Wang inside.

  Director Wang remained unmoved, seemingly very confident.

  Just as the expert lifted up Jiang Yue's clothes on her back, discovering several hidden needle marks, she asked: "Were you injected here? Why wasn't it written in your medical records?"

  "A long time ago I had a beauty injection for weight loss." Jiang Yue hastily said, "It wasn't the doctor here who gave it to me."

  "Reducing fat? Which beauty salon did you go to? It's been injected all the way to the spinal area, aren't you afraid of being disabled?"

  Experts' words made some people who knew the truth inside out jump in fright.

  Guan Xiulian's gaze was even more venomous and ruthless as she turned it on the Lu family man who had brought the expert over.

  Can't tell from appearance, young age, quite vicious means!

  Jiang Yue was even more anxious: "I don't understand medicine at all. At that time, I didn't think it was a big deal after the injection, so why would I go and investigate?"

  "You said it was which hospital? This kind of illegal hospital must be caught." The old expert spoke with a serious tone, his eyes filled with righteous indignation.

  Only Jiang Yue almost cried out in her heart: Old man, don't be so chivalrous.

  "It's been too long, I don't remember."

  "Liar!" The old expert spoke, sharp and poisonous, "This fresh needle eye, you dare to say it won't disappear in a year or two, you'll die of skin cancer!"

  Jiang Yue suddenly took a cold breath: Can't deceive?

  Gu Xiu Ai was anxious and rushed over, wanting to push people away and grab her old classmate to ask: Is this the good idea you came up with?

  Director Wang's words at this moment were what made Jiang Yue and Guan Xiu Ai collapse directly:

  "The patient did something behind our backs and we were unaware of it. Of course, this has to do with the management problems in our hospital and we cannot shirk our responsibility. Afterwards, we will thoroughly investigate all personnel on duty and hold relevant people accountable to prevent similar incidents from happening again."

  In one sentence, he completely shifted the responsibility from himself to the hospital.

  Director Wang previously said that sentence was about having some time to prepare, but it wasn't for Jiang Yue to prepare, rather for his own people to prepare and destroy their own evidence.

  Because Director Wang is not stupid and knows this kind of thing, he will definitely investigate and find that Jiang Yue has no way to shirk responsibility.

  At critical moments, one must abandon his son.

  This style is quite similar to that of the perpetrators they had previously encountered.

  The master raised his hand and beckoned to someone waiting outside the room.

  The public security personnel who came in put a pair of handcuffs on Jiang Yue's hands.

  "What are you doing?" Jiang Yue was shocked.

  She just gave herself an anesthetic injection, which doesn't count as a crime, does it?

  "Cheng Si Quan has already admitted in the detention center that he did not commit rape against you. The surveillance video from the hotel where you had a relationship before, as well as the witnesses at the time, all prove this point. You have committed false accusations. Moreover, it's not just one case of false accusation, including your previous lawsuit against Jiang Mei for intentional injury, which also has suspicions of false accusation."

  Jiang Yue didn't expect that Cheng Si Quan, who kept saying he loved her and was willing to take on everything, would actually bite back at her.

  Seeing her daughter being taken away by the police with a dejected look, Guan Xiulove's hands and feet were shaking as she held onto the door frame. Thinking back, she should go call her husband. Rushing to the phone, she dialed her husband's number, but the person on the other end said he wasn't there.

  She suddenly realized that Jiang Zhonghai would not give his daughter any help in this matter.

  Damn it!

  Catch up with Dean Wang, grab the old classmate's sleeve and just about to question him.

  But just as the Dean Wang was caught by her, he suddenly turned around and slapped her, shouting: "I'm disappointed in you, Comrade Guan. You're not spoiling your daughter, you're killing her! Teaching your daughter to do these things is harming her!"

  Guan Xiulian covered half of her swollen face, and there was only one thought in her mind: it's over. She had been abandoned along with her daughter!

  "Let the comrades of the discipline inspection team handle this matter." Dean Wang said with a hint of regret, turning to others.

  As soon as he finished speaking, a team of soldiers from the patrol squad came over and took away Guan Xi'ai.

  For this, Secretary Liu who was following beside Master Jun became very nervous and asked for instructions: Should we stop them?

  A flash of cold eyes: Don't stop me.

  Now blocking it is equivalent to startling the snake by hitting the grass.

  "Ah, Lu Jun." Walking to the office door, Dean Wang turned back and said with a lowered head, "What a shame, this is your first time visiting me, look, I've lost face in front of you."

  "Instructor, I have something to attend to, I'll take my leave first." He nodded coldly, cutting off the other person's superficially enthusiastic words.

  He turned around and marched off in another direction with a crisp military bearing.

  With a glance at the student's back, Dean Wang withdrew his gaze without making a sound, noticing Guan Xi'ai being taken away.

  After finishing things on your end, you're in a hurry to leave and of course want to go see your sister.

  Liu followed him running up the stairs, and could feel his anxious mood, sweating profusely: "Director Lu, this..."

  "I just met her in the principal's office before you came." He should say that he ran into her at that place, which was completely beyond his expectation, and it almost made his heart fly out.

  At that moment, he really wanted to grab his brother-in-law and give him a good beating: How dare you look at my wife like that?

  Fortunately, Jiang's father's ward was on the third floor, not high or low, and it took only one flight of stairs to get there.

  Manman had just returned to Jiang's father's ward when she continued to pack her grandfather-in-law's luggage, unaware of what was happening below. However, she ran into her brother, who knew that Jiang Yue would definitely not be able to escape this time.

  When he heard the sound of police cars downstairs, Jiang's father curiously asked who it was.

  "Must be here to take Jiang away."

  Jiang's father glanced at her face, a hint of surprise and several parts of confusion.

  Right after that, the door creaked open and Master Jun walked straight in.

  Suddenly seeing the person who rushed in, Jiang's father was very surprised: "Lu——"

  "Hello, Uncle." To Jiang Bo, Jun Ye was still quite polite, and simply gave a brief greeting.

  "Hello, please sit down." Jiang's father was indeed sincere in inviting him to take a seat.

  Manman frowned, worried that her older brother's temper would not even respect her father-in-law. She straightened up and said to her father-in-law: "Dad, he's looking for me, I'll go out with him for a bit."

  "Ah." Jiang's father thought so too, the Lu family wouldn't send someone like Jun Ye to visit him even if they did send someone, because it wasn't suitable in terms of generation or relationship.

  Manman saw that her father-in-law had accepted this reason and quickly pushed the big brother who had just entered out of the door, then carefully closed the door.

  "Good grief!" Seeing her sister's arm being pulled towards her husband's home, she felt annoyed.

  "Speak softly, he has heart disease. You're a doctor, you know that patients with heart disease can't withstand shocks." Manman put her finger to his lips and said, "Shh", as if guessing what he was going to say, "Regardless of whether he is my father-in-law or not, first and foremost, he is a patient who needs care."

  My own sister is such a person, everything she does has reason and basis.

  One anger subsided, replaced by another: "Where's your husband?"

  "He's gone outside to arrange for a car. The hospital here said they can't get an ambulance. Dad is leaving tomorrow, so we have to find one somehow." said Manman.

  Now the second sister Jiang Mei can't even handle her own affairs, if she makes a fuss to Jiang Mu and her eldest brother's family, it will definitely be a big deal. Jiang Fu didn't dare tell other family members about his illness, so he had to rely on his youngest son and daughter-in-law to take care of everything.

  Jiang's father this time secretly transferred to the hospital, was arranged by the doctor he had previously secretly seen in Fuxing.

  "Fu Wai is top-notch in cardiovascular technology." said Jun Ye.

  Man Man thought: Could it be that Big Brother said this to comfort the young couple?

  Rarely

  She had thought of asking two uncles for help with Jiang's father's problem, but Jiang didn't allow it.

  Jiang's father had a simple reason: he knew that her relationship with the Lu family was complicated and didn't want to make things difficult for her. Moreover, Jiang's father wasn't like Chunxia and Du Yu, who had their own connections.

  Jiang's father earnestly fulfilled his promise to her: he would be her rear shield when she was trapped in her natal family.

  Such a good husband is hard to find anywhere.

  "What do you want from me?" she asked, looking up.

  He didn't rush to answer her, instead he walked with her and had Secretary Liu keep watch around them, cautiously observing for a while before asking: "What did you go to the Dean's office and say to the Dean?"

  She answered reasonably: "He asked me to talk about the problem of transferring his father-in-law to another hospital. Then, somehow, he mentioned my husband and said that my husband had treated his injuries in his health team years ago."

  "How did you answer?" he asked closely.

  "I said I only knew that my husband had a scar, but didn't know it was like this. Thank you very much for saving my husband's life."

  With the phone call she made to him last night, as soon as he heard it, he knew she was lying to him. The corner of his mouth slowly and forcefully hooked up, and then his eyes stopped on the jade pendant that she deliberately exposed on her chest.

  No need to think about it, it's obvious that it's a trick to distract the opponent.

  She is very clever.

  Don't worry about her.

  Even so, he didn't let his guard down: "Tonight, I will stay here until you leave tomorrow."

  ……

  A magnifying glass held up to the surface, especially in some special areas where the creator can leave fingerprints that others cannot touch or cover, and carefully observe, it is possible to find one or two fingerprints of the creator, as if they were fixed on the surface, even after a certain color has been applied.

  This fingerprint, of course, is different from the one He and Lu Hedu touched on the mask. On the mask, there was also a woman's fingerprint, and he knew it must be Jiang Yue's without thinking.

  Old Lu rubbed his eyes with both hands, thinking:

  That day she spoke with him, without mentioning the matter of the mask at all. She couldn't have been unaware that Jiang Yue had sent a substitute in her place. She should have guessed that it was Jiang Yue who had impersonated her.

  But she didn't say anything.

  Not even a word of excuse.

  Why?

  Thinking of Xiaodong's tone when he spoke to him on the train, it was as if he were a fool, as if he couldn't even think through such basic questions, and yet he was an adult.

  He suspected himself of being a fool.

  The reason she didn't argue back was very simple.

  That day, every tone of her speaking with him fully embodied her stubborn personality, which was a very stubborn side of the Lu family.

  She probably thought: With his clever and resourceful mind, he shouldn't be deceived by such a low-level trick from his opponent.

  Leaning back in her chair, gazing at the ceiling tiles, she couldn't help but laugh at the sight of his relaxed face, etched with wrinkles that revealed the passage of time: "Can't he think about it, he's really old now?"

  It's just that his granddaughter is determined he still has it in him.

  Unfortunately, he can't even admit his age.

  She pulled out a photo from her pocket, the birth photo of the little girl, her pink tender face, and her inherent personality since childhood: quiet and stubborn.

  Her fingers lightly touched, and in front of her eyes appeared the figure of herself standing in front of him, firm and unyielding: I believe him.

  Annoying, really annoying, why did his granddaughter believe an outsider.

  But what if her stubbornness is reasonable?

  Flipping through the photos, I paused for a moment at the words on the back of one of them.

  That time if Jiang Yue found something in his study, there was no other movement afterwards. Thinking about it, at most, this photo wasn't shown to Jiang Yue.

  "Little Zhao."

  A shout was heard and a soldier rushed in from outside to ask for instructions: "Lu Lao, what are your orders?"

  "I'll get the car ready, I'm going out for a trip." He put the photo back in his pocket, found an old pair of glasses with thick lenses and put them on, then walked out of his own courtyard with his hands behind his back.

  The car stopped and before he stepped in, he beckoned someone who was useful to follow him.

  Jeep, heading for the house in Beijing purchased by Old Lady Yang's family.

  Suddenly, someone came in and said that the old man of the Lu family had come to visit. Yang Lao was very surprised. At that time, Yang Xiu was accompanying the old lady by her side, put down the tea in his hand, and said to the old lady: "Let him come in and see what he wants. Refusing him bluntly would only make people suspicious. The Lu family now has many doubts about us."

  Old Lady Yang nodded in agreement: "Indeed, there's not a little doubt. You see, you went to the Lu family for dinner and didn't even lift a hand, but as soon as the banquet was over, the old man came knocking on our door, isn't everything he does targeting us? Let him come in, that's good, let him have nothing to say."

  Yang Lao Tai didn't even lift a hand, but Yang Xiu, who took the opportunity to kill, smiled elegantly, yet his face suddenly turned dark as he thought of the unpleasant conversation he had just had with Jun Ye.

  You dare to say these things to him at this time, obviously you were just playing with him before.

  Lu, the old man who walked in with his hands behind his back, said to Yang Lao Tai, who was sitting in a superior position: "Yang's wife, it has been a long time since we last met."

  "Sit, sit, Grandpa Lu's here." The old lady flashed a row of teeth in a smile that was dazzlingly exaggerated. "Honestly, it's really troublesome for you to come all the way here. Yang Xiu, hurry up and get a chair for Grandpa."

  If it were obedient Yang Xiu, get up and move a reclining chair for Old Man Lu.

  The old man sat down, looked up at him, and adjusted his glasses with a motion that seemed like he had poor eyesight. He observed him for a while before saying, "You are—"

  "Yang Xiu, my great-grandson, just visited your home last time," said Old Lady Yang.

  "What a pity! During the days of the banquet, I wasn't feeling well and couldn't stand the noise, so I stayed in my room and didn't come out to greet guests. I don't even know which younger relatives came."

  It's just that when Yang Xiu went there, if he wanted to go and greet Old Master Lu, it wasn't impossible. It's just that Yang Xiu didn't do so.

  Yang Xiu didn't do that, going to greet the old man's family and doing what? It was just to add an impression to the old man and make him suspicious. The best way is, like he did during those days when he set up a banquet at Lu's house, as low-key as possible, not doing anything, if something needs to be done, it should be done through others secretly.

  Now Lu Lao seems to have some intention of pursuing the matter, Yang Xiu said: "Originally wanted to go see Grandpa, but heard that Grandpa is not suitable for guests. I think, it's not like we can't meet in the future, so now we've met anyway."

  Yes, this remark is proper and comprehensive. Old Lady Yang was very satisfied with Yang Xiu's performance.

  Lu Lao Tou patted his knee and smiled as if nothing had happened, saying to Yang Lao Tai: "It seems that you have a good descendant after all, and your heart's desire has been fulfilled."

  "What's meant by 'fulfilling my wish'?" Yang old lady was dissatisfied with the hidden knife in Lu old head's words.

  "Your first son, your second son are not your biological sons. Only this one is the grandson of your biological son. I know he was adopted into the eldest branch's household, isn't that fulfilling your wish?"

  Lu Lao Tou said this as if it were an offhand remark.

  Yang Lao Tai was so angry that her teeth were chattering.

  Yang Xiu's face turned white: He had truly never heard of this before.

  "Hey kid, you don't know? Of course, this is all our old folks' business. It's normal that you don't know. Let me tell you, in today's society, there are people who serve the rich as their underlings. In our society, or rather your great-grandmother's society, serving others as an underling was even more common."

  No wonder. The words that Old Master Lu mentioned kept echoing in Yang Xiu's mind. For example, why did some elders at home not get along with him and were disrespectful to his great-grandmother? Why couldn't the eldest branch's aunt give birth to a child, and the second branch could only have a daughter? Perhaps it was even related to the fire that burned down his cousin's house.

  He didn't dare think about it, but these thoughts were beyond his control and continued to linger on.

  The kindly old woman in front of him, who claimed to be his closest great-grandmother, was indeed very good to him, but how much blood and bones had been used to build this kindness. If he wasn't her only remaining bloodline, would she have laid hands on him? Like that disobedient cousin of his.

  Seeing Yang Xiu seemed to be shaken, Old Lady Yang suddenly flared up and scolded Lao Lao: "You old man from the Lu family, you come to my house just to spread rumors and bring gossip from outside into our home, what's your intention?"

  "Hey, don't be angry." Old Man Lu hurriedly waved his hand to stop her from speaking. "You're wrong. I'm here to strengthen the relationship between our two families. After all, my daughter-in-law is a member of your family. My son came back and said some things that seemed to hurt the feelings of both families, so I specially invited Yang Xiu to visit us at home. But Yang Xiu didn't come to see me, probably because he had some resentment in his heart. After thinking about it, I decided to make a special trip here, bringing with me the proof of my friendship with your family's old man, to show it to Yang Xiu."

  After speaking, Old Master Lu's hand slowly and deliberately pulled out that photo from his pocket.

  Yang Xiu saw the photo that Jiang Yue had gone to great lengths to obtain, now being voluntarily offered by Old Master Lu himself. He was shocked on the spot and almost stunned, having no idea what the old man was up to.

  Just by observing Yang Xiu's expression slightly, Lu Lao could see through it: everything was as he had thought.

  "What's this photo?" Old Lady Yang stretched her neck, and like Old Man Lu, she couldn't make head or tail of it.

  "My little girl's birth photo, you've probably never seen it before." Smiling, Old Man Lu handed the photo to Yang Xiu as if it were nothing, "Here, take it and show it to your wife's grandmother."

  Yang Xiuxiu felt a chill run down his spine as he received the photo. Looking at Lao Lao's harmless smile, he became increasingly flustered, and his knife-like eyebrows lost their usual composure, unconsciously furrowing into a knot.

  "Yang Xiu." His dazed expression made Old Lady Yang suspicious.

  He had no choice but to walk over and hand the photo to Old Lady Yang.

  Old Lu was looking at the photos with Old Lady, and suddenly knocked over the tea lid: "This photo has a story. When our daughter was born, wasn't I in prison? At that time, my son thought of a way to take a picture of our daughter and tried to get it into the prison for me to see, so I could have some hope. But at that time, the people above didn't allow me to meet with my son. Luckily, through your father-in-law's relationship, it was sent in. Your father-in-law helped me by writing a note on the back of the photo."

  Yang Xiu couldn't recognize his own grandfather's handwriting, which is normal. Because he was born not long before, the old master of the Yang family passed away.

  Ke Yang's old lady couldn't help but recognize him, and upon hearing Old Lu say this, that old face suddenly changed.

  If Old Man Lu was telling the truth, then her father-in-law was a political offender who had illicit relations with politics and violated political discipline. If investigated, both the Yangs and Lus would be in the same boat. Moreover, even if Old Man Lu has been rehabilitated now, his father might still not be able to escape punishment. If this matter is made public, wouldn't it implicate the entire Yang family?

  Yang old lady's heart was filled with chill: The dead old man, he died and left me this scourge.

  But is it true or false?

  Lu continued, "As you thought, I didn't dare tell anyone about this matter. I couldn't harm your family's old man, could I? Therefore, for this matter, fearing that it would attract the attention of those in power, I even deliberately kept a distance from your family. You say this photo is fake, but your family has two daughters, especially my eldest daughter-in-law's marriage, which was ultimately approved by your family's old man. Think about it, you should understand the subtleties involved."

  Old Lady Yang's finger trembled and the photo fell to the ground like autumn leaves being swept away by the wind.

  Yang Xiu also stared blankly at the photo on the ground, unable to digest so much information for a while.

  Lu Lao Tou finished his tea, picked up the photo from the ground, carefully wiped off the dust on it with his sleeve and said: "I'd better keep this photo. In case you leave some trace here by accident, that would be terrible."

  These words suddenly made Yang Xi want to delete this photo from his phone.

  "That's all I have to say, and now it's time for me to leave." Old Lu put the photo back in his pocket and looked at Yang Xiu with a gentle gaze. "Yang Xiu, will you see me out to the door?"

  Yang Xiu didn't wait for the old lady's response and directly accompanied Lao Lu to the door.

  Lu Lao said before getting on the bus, "Yang Xiu, your great-grandmother is old and doesn't understand some things, but she wants to show off. Fortunately, she trusts you, so you should remind her more often, lest she gets taken advantage of by others. I'm taking a risk coming here this time just to inform you. After all, my daughter-in-law is from your family. You are our relatives, we can't just stand by and do nothing."

  A few words, straight to Yang Xiu's heart.

  What Commander Lu and Master Jun said earlier can only make people feel annoyed. Look at how different Old Master Lu is, emphasizing that he's thinking for their own good as a close relative.

  Yang Xiu couldn't think for a moment that this old man might have ulterior motives.

  Old Master Lu scolded his own son, "My son has a bad temper, I've told him countless times, but every time he gets into trouble, I have to go and bail him out. Yang Xiu, don't make things difficult for your uncle, be more considerate. As soon as I look at you, I think you're better than my own son, reliable. Your great-grandmother trusts you, not without reason, do a good job for her."

  Yang Xiu's mind was filled with Old Master Lu's words as he returned to the Yang family living room. When facing the old lady, she herself couldn't tell whether the photo was real or fake and remained highly vigilant towards Old Master Lu, warning her grandson to be cautious of him.

  Yang Xiu knew that the photo was definitely real, because previously Jiang Yue had secretly taken this photo. Lao Lü couldn't have anticipated that Jiang Yue would sneak a shot and deliberately fabricate this photo. Moreover, from the various signs in the existing photos, it can be seen that he has studied for a long time and knows that it is impossible to fake. On the other hand, what Tai Nainai said made people feel that they had lost their dignity. The Lü family's old man was so humble, if the two families really had such an origin, they shouldn't have refused so arbitrarily.

  There are two points that moved him: First, Old Man Lu affirmed that he was filial and capable; Second, Old Man Lu exposed Yang Lao Tai's true nature, making it clear that this eldest grandson should take over the position of managing the future of the Yang family. If he is to be the master of the Yang family in the future, shouldn't he learn from Old Man Lu's style of scolding even his own son?

  Yang Xiu could no longer listen to a single word from the old lady of the Yang family, on the contrary, every word from Old Man Lu was deeply etched in his mind and couldn't be shaken off.

  Sitting in the jeep, Old Lu shook his head and slightly hooked up the corner of his mouth: This ginger is certainly older and spicier.

  The handwriting was not that of Old Man Yang's, but rather a forgery created by his people in order to smoothly pass the prison guard.

  As for the old man Yang's arrangement of their eldest daughter-in-law's marriage back then, that was not true either. This matter is too far in the past, no one can remember it clearly, and the old lady remembers even less.

  With these, it is enough to fool an old and muddled old lady and a young and inexperienced kid.

  So, looking at it today, this son does things, grandson does things, still a bit rushed, needs to be tempered.

  Looking for an opportunity to teach these young people a lesson.

  The Yang family and their kind, no matter what, are being used by others; wouldn't it be better to use them for ourselves instead?

  Cutting off those people from the Yang family is equivalent to cutting off the Yang family's own hands and feet. The Yang family has already declined to this point, as long as Old Lady Yang dies, these people will be finished. How easy it is to let Old Lady Yang die, at such an old age, she can't jump around for much longer. Moreover, with such a fierce and vigilant grandson, it's hard not to die.

  Opening his eyes, he gazed at the lush green leaves outside the car window: This grandfather had done something for his granddaughter for the first time, and he felt relieved in his heart.

  Granddaughter, after all, is still a granddaughter.

  That facial expression, the charm he exudes when he pinches it out, is something that nobody can imitate.

  His granddaughter had long known that he was a sinister and ruthless person, but in fact he was a soft-hearted one.

  As the jeep deliberately bypassed an intersection, a middle-aged man wearing slippers seemed to appear out of nowhere in the city, looking like a lone swordsman. He pulled down his glasses and narrowed his eyes into sharp slits: Wen Shixuan?

  ……

  When her husband came back, she heard that her elder brother-in-law had arrived, so she exclaimed and turned to look for him.

  Manman was tidying up the extra bed in the room. Her brother really didn't understand romance, and he actually said that he couldn't find an empty room, so he would have to squeeze into their small room with the young couple for a night. He must still be suspicious of whether they were sneaking around at night.

  In the evening, Jiang's father had a customized meal from the hospital. The three of them ate simple boxed meals in the small room. One person had one bowl of white rice and one soup, with three stir-fried dishes.

  After the chopsticks were opened, her husband and his brother each put a piece of meat in her bowl first. Her eyebrows immediately furrowed: this is unbearable. Two people stuffed her belly, wouldn't she burst to death tonight?

  Hurry up and move the bowl away from the dinner table.

  "Wait!" Her husband held her back.

  "Don't pick at your food. If you pick at it, I won't eat here. What if we get stomach problems from eating?" said Manman with a stern face.

  "Don't worry about getting stomach problems from eating too much, I'm here." Her brother, who was very self-important, chimed in coldly.

  "Is there anyone like you?" Manman put down her chopsticks, and Yuèr's eyebrows rose up and down.

  Husband hastily put one hand between the eyes of the two siblings who were staring at each other fiercely, saying: "Mang Mang, compromise, you see if it's okay? You finish your own share."

  "Can't finish it?"

  "We must finish it even if we can't." The sentence was resolute and came out firmly from the mouths of the two men.

  "You're pregnant now and your weight isn't going up, how are you going to give birth in the future?"

  She's not refusing to eat, the problem is whether she can digest it.

  "The stomach is to be slowly opened up, eating a little more every day, and the stomach will naturally become bigger." The master who said this also felt quite strange, according to reason, in today's society, the problem of food and clothing has been basically solved, and Wen's family would not starve his sister, so how did his sister develop such a small appetite.

  Manman's small appetite was actually spoiled by Wen Shixuan. When the doctor said she was physically weak and needed to eat less but more frequently, Wen Shixuan taught her from a young age to eat slowly and in small amounts, teaching her how to cook for herself so that when she got hungry, she could easily make something to eat. However, after Manman learned how to cook, she found it better to cook for others than for herself, and as a result, often went hungry.

  "You don't have to worry about me starving, I can cook for myself," said Manman.

  Sounds reasonable yet unreasonable.

  Her husband listened, blinking his eyes fiercely. Her elder brother heard it, raising an eyebrow high in surprise.

  "Come on, eat." Manman hastily lowered her head and started eating, really afraid of the two of them.

  After finishing a meal, being stared at by two pairs of eyes, Meng Meng's heart cried out - tired.

  Before going to sleep at night, I was again given a cup of milk by two men who coincidentally appeared.

  However, after drinking milk, she fell asleep quickly.

  At night, there is a big brother-in-law sleeping on one side, and the husband dare not move up or down, sleeping in a military posture.

  She was sleeping soundly with her mouth open, and could have slept till dawn. But in the middle of the night, there was a sudden knock at the door.

  Her husband didn't get up, and instead, her elder brother who was leaning against the door went to open it.

  The person who came in at the door was indeed looking for you, sir.

  All I heard was a flustered voice saying: "He's dead."