Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

Yi Zhonghai noticed his apprentice's fierce gaze and followed it to Tong Jie.

Seeing Tong Jie's pale face and slightly protruding belly, Yi Zhonghai clenched his fists.

No wonder his apprentice was so angry; even Yi Zhonghai felt a pang of sympathy upon seeing it.

Fortunately, Tong Jie is alright. If something had really happened, her apprentice would probably have fought the Yan family to the death.

At this moment, Jia Dongxu's words broke the silence in the room. He growled in a low voice:

"Master, I can't take it anymore. I can't sleep unless I get my hands on Yan Bugui."

Jia Dongxu's words were agreed upon by Jia Zhangshi and Tong Jie, and their gazes immediately focused on Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai shook his head: "Now is not the time. There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him in the future. Don't worry, Master has his own arrangements."

After finishing his sentence, Yi Zhonghai turned his gaze to Jia Zhangshi and stared at her without saying a word.

Jia Zhangshi felt extremely uncomfortable being looked at like that by Yi Zhonghai, because she knew that she was the one who had caused this trouble.

All of Yan Bugui's scheming stemmed from her, and Jia Zhangshi couldn't shake off this blame, nor was she willing to admit it.

There was no way to deny it; the three of them vomited bile in front of their neighbors. Any smart person would know what the Jia family had done.

If Jia Zhangshi hadn't been so exhausted from vomiting, she definitely would have jumped out.

Fortunately, her daughter-in-law intervened. If she had jumped out and accused Yan Bugui, it would have confirmed that he had stolen the fish, which would have been an admission of guilt.

At the time, it couldn't be considered stealing. After all, you put the fish in the pond, which was a public area in the yard. It's normal for neighbors to take advantage of it a little. If it's lost, you can only accept it yourself.

In the end, Jia Zhangshi couldn't withstand the pressure of Yi Zhonghai's gaze and reluctantly begged for mercy.

"Old Yi, Dongxu still has a daughter-in-law. I was wrong today; I was trying to take advantage of others. I'll change in the future!"

The fact that Jia Zhangshi was willing to admit her mistake softened the gazes of the others.

No matter how wrong Jia Zhangshi was, she was still family. Since she admitted her mistake, the matter should be let go.

After thinking for a moment, Yi Zhonghai instructed his apprentice, "Dongxu, take half a day off tomorrow and take Tongjie to the hospital for a check-up. It would be bad for both the adult and the child if there were any aftereffects."

Jia Dongxu nodded, a pale smile on his face: "Master, that's what I was thinking too. I'll leave the matter of asking for leave tomorrow to you."

Yi Zhonghai nodded:

"Okay, you guys get some rest, I'm going back now."

The Jia family is destined to have a sleepless night; with such a heavy heart, how can anyone sleep?

The Yan couple couldn't sleep either. They had vented their anger tonight and felt incredibly relieved. The Jia family's miserable state made them very happy.

go to bed?

Why sleep? If Yang Ruihua weren't pregnant, Yan Bugui would definitely have to plow two plots of land to celebrate.

As for the Jia family's subsequent retaliation against Yan Bugui, they were not afraid at all.

Using your hands is too simplistic; use your brain instead.

It wasn't that Yan Bugui looked down on the Jia family members; all of them combined weren't enough to make him use his brain even once.

In other words, Yi Zhonghai made Yan Bugui wary of him.

Yi Zhonghai may seem harmless, but it is often the likes of him who can be the most deadly when they turn evil.

However, Yan Bugui was not afraid of him. In terms of status in the institute, he was indeed not as good as Yi Zhonghai in the past.

After all, Yi Zhonghai was a local resident, while Yan Bugui was a newcomer.

However, after being elected as a liaison officer by the neighborhood committee, their statuses were now on the same level.

We're all liaisons, what does it matter to me whether you're a local resident or not?

Furthermore, there's the matter of social status. You, Yi Zhonghai, are a senior fitter at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, appreciated by your superiors and respected by your workers.

But I, Yan Bugui, am no less capable. I am a primary school Chinese teacher, and many of my students' parents are workers or their superiors.

There are plenty of relationships that can be exploited, so no one can really do anything to anyone else.

While highly skilled technicians are in high demand in society, teachers are equally respected.

In this respect, the two are evenly matched.

The conflict between the Jia and Yan families is now out in the open; they can't even stand each other when they pass by.

Tong Jie didn't want to be a smiling tiger. She used to give the Yan family a smile when she met them, but now she didn't hide it anymore.

In the morning, while going to the hospital for a check-up with Jia Dongxu, Tong Jie saw Yang Ruihua sitting at the front door of his house. Tong Jie coughed up a mouthful of phlegm and spat it in Yang Ruihua's direction.

Yang Ruihua nearly jumped up in shock; if she hadn't been pregnant, she would have definitely had a run-in with Tong Jie.

Yang Ruihua wasn't one to back down either, so he coughed up some phlegm and retaliated.

Jia Dongxu, pushing his bicycle, kept rubbing his teeth as he watched. His wife had always had a good temper; even when she had conflicts with the Yan family in the past, she would greet them with a smile, as if there were no conflicts between the two families. But this time was different.

You can imagine that the wife was really angry with Yan Bugui, so much so that she resorted to this method and stopped pretending.

Many neighbors saw Tong Jie in this state and were somewhat surprised, but they quickly came to terms with it. Anyone would find it unbearable to be treated like this by Yan Bugui.

A neighbor just asked Jia Dongxu and his wife why they weren't at work, and the answer was that they went to the hospital to take Tong Jie for a check-up, worried that she might have had a miscarriage last night.

Jia Dongxu's answer changed the way the neighbors looked at Yang Ruihua; they became somewhat disgusted.

They didn't consider Tong Jie last night, and now that they think about it, they really went too far.

Tong Jie is pregnant, and she has absolutely no faults as a person.

The feud between the Jia and Yan families didn't really have much to do with her. She didn't cause any trouble, nor did she participate in the fight between the two families. She was innocent, as anyone in the courtyard can attest.

The neighbors do have that much insight.

Yan Bugui's move has implicated innocent people. It would be fine if Tong Jie wasn't pregnant, but it's a different story if she is. Her body is already weak, and if something goes wrong, the Jia family will definitely fight tooth and nail!

And you, Yang Ruihua, seem quite smug. You're pregnant too, so why can't you empathize with me?

That's why they say people who aren't family don't enter the same door.

Yang Ruihua also felt that Tong Jie had changed a lot. She usually greeted everyone with a smile, but today she was acting strangely, very strangely.

Suddenly, Yang Ruihua felt a movement in her stomach, and immediately realized something, her expression becoming somewhat complicated.

She knew why Tong Jie had changed so much; it was all because of the baby in her belly.

They also realized that they and their spouses seemed to have gotten a little too excited. Although Old Yan's methods had disgusted the Jia family, they would have endless consequences!

Fortunately, nothing serious happened, otherwise things would have really gotten out of hand. Yang Ruihua was a little scared.

Sha Zhu stood coldly by his senior brother's door, thinking that neither the Jia family nor the Yan family were any good.

Jia Zhangshi of the Jia family is an openly disgusting person.

Yan Bugui of the Yan family is a disgusting person in secret.

They're all bad news. Sha Zhu doesn't like them at all, and if they fight, it'll be like dogs fighting each other.

After chuckling a few times, he went to work with his senior colleague.