Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Back home, Li Yu quickly opened the system panel to check how many system points he had.

Host: Li Yu

Abilities: Bajiquan (Grandmaster level), proficient in basic mechanical repair within a 1000 cubic meter space.

Physical fitness: Three times the human limit

Technical drawings: Hot strip wide steel mill (already mastered)

Mood score: 4897

System Shop: [Lifestyle Items] [Technology Items] [Special Items]

Li Yu was slightly surprised to see that the emotion value was 4897. It seems that the fastest way to accumulate points is still to fight beasts.

Just as everyone was going home, the deaf old woman had an older woman help her out of the yard.

Upon arriving at the police station, Yi Zhonghai was still stubbornly insisting, "Officers, you must investigate thoroughly. I am innocent. I just asked Qin Huairu to wash the dishes for that kid. I didn't mean to frame him."

It's a pity that the "honesty red bean bun" only had a 15-minute time limit, otherwise Yi Zhonghai would have confessed everything in front of the police. But it didn't have much impact because the two police officers already had evidence against him.

In another interrogation room, Sha Zhu, with his neck stiff, argued with the police, saying, "I was just watching the show. I only started hitting people after he did. Anyway, I'm innocent!" The police shouted at him, "Whether you're guilty or not isn't up to you."

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi were straightforward and didn't hide anything. They both said that Yi Zhonghai offered them benefits, but they refused and were eventually forced by Yi Zhonghai.

In short, we were forced to participate. In the end, the police, based on their testimonies and interviews at the courtyard, concluded that Yi Zhonghai was the mastermind who instructed Qin Huairu to frame Li Yu and then seize his family property.

Although the deaf elderly woman was involved, given her age, there was really nothing that could be done about her unless serious consequences occurred.

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi were detained for one night because they were forced into it, and the neighborhood committee will educate them afterwards.

As for Sha Zhu, he not only assaulted people but also committed a knife attack, so he also had to be locked up for a few months, just as the police were making their final judgment on the case.

An elderly deaf woman, supported by an older woman, arrived at the gate of the government compound. "Stop!" a loud shout rang out. Just as the elderly woman and the older woman were about to move forward, the sentry quickly came up to them and looked them over.

Seeing that it was a woman and an elderly woman, he relaxed his guard and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" The deaf old woman replied, "Young comrade, my name is Long Xiaoni. I'm looking for Deputy District Chief Chen, who lives here, to discuss something."

After hearing this, the guard turned around and went to the guard post to make a phone call to verify. When Deputy District Chief Chen on the other end of the phone heard that the person was named Long Xiaoni, his back immediately became sweaty, because he knew Long Xiaoni's identity and that she had a huge handle on him.

When the deaf old woman saw the guard return, she hurriedly asked, "How is it? Can we go in?" The guard opened the side door and said, "Deputy District Chief Chen is in the last building inside. You can go there yourselves."

The deaf old woman had just knocked on Deputy District Chief Chen's door when it was opened from the inside. The woman was shocked not only by the old woman's deafness and the connection to Deputy District Chief Chen, but also by the layout of the house.

Not only is there a shoe rack at the entrance and clean white tiles on the floor, but even the ceiling lights are round and patterned, illuminating the whole room as if it were daytime. There's also a row of sofas, and most importantly, there's a TV opposite them.

While the older woman was still reeling from her shock, the deaf old woman tugged at her. The two then sat on the sofa, where the older woman didn't even dare to sit completely, only daring to sit on half her bottom.

Deputy District Chief Chen poured a cup of tea for the two people in front of him and then said, "Why did the old lady come in person? If there's anything you need, you could have just sent someone to deliver the message."

The deaf old woman knew perfectly well that Deputy District Chief Chen was afraid of running into her, but that was exactly what she wanted; only in this way could she better control this person.

The deaf old lady said, "I had no choice but to come. My dear grandson and Yi Zhonghai, who has always taken care of me in the nursing home, were both taken away by the police today. I came today to ask District Chief Chen for help." Then, Deputy District Chief Chen asked for more details. Seeing that the problem was not complicated and had not caused any serious consequences, he agreed.

Then, in front of the two of them, he made a phone call to the Hongxing Police Station. After hanging up, he said to them, "This isn't a big problem. You just need to get a letter of understanding from the victim."

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. The deaf old lady knew that this was the limit and they couldn't just let them go directly. She immediately said, "Okay, Deputy District Chief Chen, thank you very much. I won't bother you any longer." She got up to leave, and then Deputy District Chief Chen called the driver to take them back to the courtyard house.

The sounds of small talk could still be heard from the courtyard every now and then. Because it was Thursday, He Yushui hadn't come back yet and planned to return on Friday night to avoid running away. So she knew nothing about her brother being arrested.

Just as the discussion in the courtyard was in full swing, a jeep pulled up outside. At that time, jeeps were a rare sight, and many people rarely even saw one, let alone rode in one. Everyone in the courtyard rushed to the gate to see who this important person was. They saw an older woman, and then they saw a deaf old woman being helped down from the jeep.

The whole courtyard was astonished. They never expected that the rumors about the deaf old woman having connections to the highest levels were true. She had been out for a short while today and a jeep had brought her back.

The two people who entered the courtyard did not go home but went straight to Li Yu's house. Li Yu was writing a maintenance manual for the steel rolling mill machinery and did not care about what was happening in the courtyard.

Knock, knock, knock. Li Yu put down his pen and opened the door to find a deaf old woman and a middle-aged woman. Li Yu immediately asked with a cold face, "What brings you two here? If there's nothing else, please leave. I need to rest."

[Ding! Received 20 Emotional Points from a Deaf Elderly Woman]

Upon seeing this, an older woman said, "No, no, no, Xiao Li, I want to talk to you about something." Then Li Yu let the older woman and the deaf old woman who hadn't said a word from beginning to end into the house.

Upon entering the room, Li Yu sat down opposite the deaf old woman and the middle-aged woman, made himself a cup of tea, and asked in a chilling tone, "Did you two come here today to give me face and plead for those two 'meritorious officials'?"

An older woman chuckled and said, "Xiao Yu, you're joking. That old man and Sha Zhu were just... just momentarily bewitched. Please forgive them this time, and write them a letter of apology."

"Bewitched?" Li Yu took a sip of tea, deliberately drawing out his words. "Then we should thank them properly for being 'bewitched,' otherwise I wouldn't have known that the old man had such insidious tricks. And Sha Zhu looks honest, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless when it comes to using a knife."

The deaf old woman frowned and adopted the air of an elder: "Li Yu, don't be too ruthless in your actions. Be forgiving when you can."

"Forgive and forget?" Li Yu put down his teacup, raised an eyebrow at the deaf old woman, and said, "When you were plotting against me, why didn't you think about forgiving and forgetting? Oh, right."

Li Yu suddenly seemed to remember something, "Isn't the deaf old lady hard of hearing? How come you heard everything I just said so clearly?"

[Ding! Received 100 points of hatred from a deaf old woman]

The deaf old woman's face turned a deep purplish-red. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but Li Yu cut her off with a single sentence: "Are you really deaf, or are you just selectively pretending to be deaf, hearing only what you want to hear and ignoring what you don't want to hear, right?"

Seeing the deaf old woman rendered speechless by Li Yu's retort, the old woman, tears streaming down her face, grabbed Li Yu's arm and pleaded, "Little Yu, I'm begging you! Your husband is old, and Sha Zhu is still so young. If he really goes to jail, his life will be ruined!"

Li Yu quickly dodged to the side, her sleeve brushing against him: "What does it have to do with me if it's ruined? When Yi Zhonghai was scheming and asking questions, why didn't he think of that? When Sha Zhu was holding a knife and trying to sever my Achilles tendon and slash at me, why didn't he think of ruining me?"

[Ding! Received 100 points of resentment from an older woman]

He picked up the teacup on the table, took a slow sip, glanced at the two of them, and said in a calm tone, "I can't write a letter of understanding. If you have nothing else to say, please leave."

Seeing this, the deaf old woman knew that she wouldn't be able to produce the letter of understanding without some financial sacrifice. So she said, "After all, you haven't suffered any substantial loss today. How about this, tell me what conditions you want for me to issue a letter of understanding?"

Li Yu had been waiting for this very sentence, because he knew that this matter alone wouldn't be enough to deal with Yi Zhonghai and his group; he needed to find an opportunity to resolve the issue once and for all. He immediately said, "Since you want to seize our three houses and the thousand yuan in compensation left by my parents, then just compensate us with something of equal value."

The deaf old woman and the middle-aged woman felt their hearts sink upon hearing this. This young man was asking for an exorbitant price; three rooms would cost at least two thousand yuan, plus the compensation, making it three thousand yuan. Keep in mind that a worker's salary these days is less than 40 yuan. Even Yi Zhonghai would have to save for three years without eating or drinking.

Just then, Li Yu continued, "The house is 2500 yuan, plus the pension, that's 3500 yuan. Oh, and Sha Zhu is 1000 yuan on his own. We'll exchange the money for the letter of understanding."

The deaf old woman immediately panicked. She thought it was three thousand yuan, but it suddenly turned into four thousand five. "You're too greedy, kid. We don't have that much money. We can only give you three thousand yuan at most."

Li Yu waved his hand and said, "Please go back! Take care." The old woman panicked and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, give me some time to go back and get the money." As she spoke, she tried to pull the deaf old woman out. The deaf old woman wanted to say something, but she still went out with her.

Yi Zhonghai and the old lady had actually saved up quite a bit of money over the years, but it seemed they really couldn't keep it this time. Thinking about this, the old lady felt very sad.

The two arrived at the Yi family's house. An older woman took the money and was about to give it to Li Yu. The deaf old woman intended to go with her, but the older woman told her to wait at home and that she would return after delivering the money.

Li Yu had barely sat down when an older woman brought over the money. Li Yu then wrote a receipt explaining why he was giving her the money and had the woman put her fingerprint on it, in case the deaf old man later accused him of extortion.

Li Yu knew very well that this deaf old woman was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.

Li Yu looked at the stack of black dollars in his hand, then said to the middle-aged woman who was about to leave, "I think you're a nice person, so I'm reminding you that not being able to have children isn't necessarily a woman's problem. Go to the hospital to get checked out when you have time."

[Ding! Received 200 points of shocked emotion from an older woman]

The older woman paused for a moment, glanced at Li Yu as if she had made up her mind, and went back without saying a word.