1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 299 These are the things that are inconvenient to say over the phone.

When Fu Yancheng saw the old man's posture, he knew that he had been waiting for him all along.

He sat down across the table and looked at the chessboard that had been set up.

The old man raised his hand and took the black card: "Speak, what is it that made you come all the way back?"

Fu Yancheng also picked up the white chess piece beside him: "You should know that I'm dating, right?"

The old man nodded slightly: "I heard your father mention it. So, are you ready to settle it?"

Fu Yancheng shook his head slightly: "I would like to, but unfortunately she is not yet eighteen years old and will not be old enough to get a marriage certificate for a few more months."

"You're like an old cow eating young grass, aren't you?"

"What kind of grandfather are you?"

But when he thought of Chu Xue, his face was full of smiles: "Although she is a country girl, she is prettier than the city girls. Moreover, she just graduated from high school. Her character, ability, and courage are all impeccable. I will bring her over later."

"After saying all that, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"I hadn't told my family about my relationship before, but I didn't expect someone to spread the news of my relationship with someone from the countryside in the family compound before I could. At first, my mother thought it was just because someone saw it and that's why it spread. But then more information came out, and my mother realized something was wrong and notified me in time."

After that, I asked someone to secretly investigate, to see who was behind it all.

As he spoke, he took out the investigation report: "Take a look at this."

Old Master Fu took it, but like Fu Yancheng, he frowned after a while: "I know this Wang Shanyuan. He is a distant relative of Xiao Yude, but they are almost beyond the fifth degree of kinship. However, he was transferred to support the frontier and only returned to Beijing in the last few years. How did he get involved with the Wang family?"

"Look behind you." Old Master Fu continued to look behind him: "His wife's character isn't very good, but I heard she's been relatively peaceful after marriage."

Upon hearing this, Fu Yancheng understood the implication: "Judging from what you're saying, this Jiang Huiwen isn't a good person?"

After reading the report in his hand, Old Master Fu said, "Wang Shanyuan had a fiancée before, and they were even at the point of discussing marriage. But the appearance of this Jiang Huiwen caused Wang Shanyuan to be branded as a traitor. It was because of his broken engagement and remarriage that he was directly retaliated against and transferred to support the frontier."

"Was Wang Shanyuan attracted to Jiang Huiwen, or was he forced into it?"

"I really don't know the answer to that. All I know is that Wang Shanyuan took the initiative to come to my door to apologize, but when I asked him why, he refused to say for sure."

Just days after announcing his engagement, he married Jiang Huiwen, and only then did his reputation for betrayal spread.

"So it seems that the person behind the gossip in the family compound is Jiang Huiwen. But she has no grudge against us, and even less against the Liu family. Why would she do this?"

"The reason they did this is simply to prevent the marriage from happening. Logically speaking, it must have nothing to do with our family, so it must be an old grudge with your partner's family."

"It seems we need to have someone continue the investigation."

"Have someone keep an eye on Jiang Huiwen and see who he associates with."

"I see."

The reason he made a special trip back was that these things were inconvenient to say over the phone.

Since Grandpa said he had no entanglement with the Fu family, then it must be with the Liu family, or more accurately, with Chuxue's branch of the family. It seems this matter is not simple.

(End of this chapter)