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Fangshan Resort

He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, and Li Huaide were drinking.

Li Huaide held his wine glass, his face full of emotion: "This is probably the last time the three of us will drink together."

Xu Damao said cheerfully, "How could that be? When we have time in the future, my brother and I will go abroad to visit you."

Li Huaide smiled slightly and remained silent.

He knew that He Yuzhu wouldn't come looking for him. In fact, he didn't want He Yuzhu to come looking for him either.

"The mountains are high and the rivers are long, we will meet again."

Li Huaide left, taking with him several bottles of wine given to him by He Yuzhu, and went abroad.

The day after Li Huaide left, the disciplinary committee received a letter of complaint.

The whistleblower letter alleged that the Fourth State-owned Cotton Mill had illegally sold state-owned assets, resulting in the loss of state-owned assets.

Faced with irrefutable evidence, the leaders of the No. 4 State-owned Cotton Mill had no choice but to confess honestly.

Immediately afterwards, Yi Zhonghai and his associates were all taken to the Discipline Inspection Commission.

After learning the consequences, Yi Zhonghai and his men unanimously shifted the blame to Li Huaide.

Unfortunately, Li Huaide had already passed away.

Those people associated with Li Huaide were all extras hired by Li Huaide.

Because the evidence was complete, the matter was handled quickly.

The leaders of the No. 4 State-owned Cotton Mill were all sentenced to prison.

As for the people in the courtyard house, apart from having their money confiscated and being fined huge sums, they were all released.

There's nothing we can do about it.

The three uncles of Yi Zhonghai were the ones in charge of the courtyard house.

These three people are all over eighty years old; we can't arrest them all for this.

As for those people with the sticks, they insisted that they were following the orders of the three old men.

The police also investigated and found that three old men were in charge of courtyard number 95.

This result was within He Yuzhu's expectations, so he was not disappointed.

As for Jin Qihao, he fainted upon hearing the news. Although he was taken to the hospital in time, he still suffered hemiplegia.

With the dust settled, He Yuzhu planned to visit Jin Qihao.

Xu Damao somehow got the news and insisted on going with He Yuzhu.

The two then went together to Jin Qihao's ward at Xiehe Hospital.

Jin Qihao's son is in the United States and hasn't come over yet; only his assistant is guarding the outside.

The assistant recognized He Yuzhu and stood up to stop the two of them.

"Mr. He, Mr. Xu, Mr. Jin needs to rest."

He Yuzhu glanced at the ward, but unfortunately, the windows on the door were frosted, so he couldn't see what was going on inside.

“Go ask him, just say that an old friend of 48 years has come to collect a debt. I believe he will see me.”

The assistant hesitated for a moment, then turned and went inside. He came out shortly after and invited He Yuzhu and the other person inside.

Jin Qihao, lying in his hospital bed, had a crooked mouth and was drooling.

He Yuzhu glanced at the nurses in the room and said, "You can all leave. I have some personal matters to discuss with Jin Qihao."

The assistant said, "Mr. He, Mr. Jin is already like this, you..."

It means to tell He Yuzhu to stop bullying people.

Actually, He Yuzhu didn't come over with the intention of bullying anyone. Jin Qihao is already in this state; he probably won't live for more than a few days.

He wouldn't want to get his hands dirty.

"You can stay here. I just have one question to ask him."

Jin Qihao, lying on the bed, seemed to understand what He Yuzhu wanted to ask, and made two "ah" sounds to indicate his agreement.

After the nurse left, He Yuzhu walked to the bedside and said, "Since it's inconvenient for you to talk, I won't ask anything too complicated."

Was it the deaf old lady who instructed you to lie to me back then?
Yes, you say "ah" once; no, you say "ah" twice.

Jin Qihao let out two "ahs".

He Yuzhu understood.

This result is similar to He Yuzhu's guess.

Scamming him out of a few steamed buns wouldn't do any good for the deaf old lady. She wouldn't go so far as to specifically send Jin Qihao to scam a fool.

Unfortunately, Jin Qihao can no longer speak or write, so many mysteries remain unsolved.

After seeing it, He Yuzhu left with Xu Damao.

Xu Damao said, "You came all this way just to ask this one question?" He Yuzhu replied, "What else could I do? He's shouting over there, how could you understand what he meant?"

Before coming here, He Yuzhu did not know that Jin Qihao was so seriously ill.

Xu Damao glanced at the time: "How about we go take a look at the courtyard house?"

"If you're not going, I advise you not to go either."

"Why?" Xu Damao said, "Yi Zhonghai and the others are now penniless, it must be quite a fun situation."

Don't you want to see what they're going through now?

Want to see it?
I really want to see it.

But He Yuzhu knew that now was not the time.

He planned to visit Yi Zhonghai only after Yi Zhonghai had been kicked out of his home.

"Liu Guangtian and the others have all run away, right? Aren't you afraid they'll bother you if you go over there now?"

Xu Damao said nonchalantly, "I'm not afraid at all. If you won't go, I'll go by myself."

The courtyard house was in a state of utter desolation.

Yi Zhonghai and the others were out of money, and Geng Guangjian and the others had to pay for their meals.

After learning of the punishment, Geng Guangjian and the others were unwilling to continue paying in advance, so they went to find Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, how are we going to cover our living expenses for the rest of the year?"

Yi Zhonghai was in a particularly bad mood and knew he couldn't come up with the money.

The restaurants and fried chicken shops were shut down, leaving them with no way to make money.

They had mortgaged almost all their savings.

This includes things they kept privately.

"Don't you have money? Use it first."

"That won't do. The money in our hands is our own."

Geng Guangjian and his group all disagreed.

Yi Zhonghai angrily accused them: "How can you be so selfish? We're in a bit of trouble now, can't you lend us the money first?"

"We will definitely pay you back when we have the money."

“How can you say we’re selfish? The nursing home should pay for it.” Those people wouldn’t admit it.

Liu Haizhong glared at those people: "If you're not willing to pay, then get out. The nursing home is supporting you, and you've raised a bunch of ungrateful wretches."

Since Liu Guangtian and his group hadn't fled yet, Geng Guangjian and his men didn't dare to cause too much trouble.

After Geng Guangjian and the others left, Yi Zhonghai's room fell silent again.

Yan Bugui said, "Old Yi, we can't go on like this. If we continue like this, people's hearts will fall apart."

How could Yi Zhonghai not know this? Qin Huairu alone had approached him privately several times, trying to force him to come up with a solution.

I looked up at the people around me.

These people were all staring at him expectantly.

Yi Zhonghai felt extremely exhausted.

He just wants to find someone to take care of him in his old age, but why is it so difficult?

He's over eighty years old, and he still has to find a way to support so many people.

"Li Huaide got wind of the plan and ran away. We can't find him, what am I supposed to do?"

Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and said, "I think the whole thing was orchestrated by Sha Zhu and Xu Damao."

They must have conspired with Li Huaide to set us up.

When problems arise, they shift the blame onto He Yuzhu.

This is an old habit of theirs.

But this time, they were right.

The mastermind behind it all is indeed He Yuzhu.

Even though they guessed it was He Yuzhu, there was nothing they could do.

They can't produce any evidence.

Simply resorting to sophistry and unreasonable arguments will not be enough to deal with He Yuzhu.

Yan Bugui sighed: "We should still look for Jin Qihao."

"Why don't we go to the hospital together to see him?"

Upon hearing Yan Bugui's words, Liu Guangtian and the other young men's eyes lit up.

The reason they didn't run away was because of Jin Qihao's presence. (End of Chapter)