Courtyard House: Is Xu Damao a childless man? Let me help.

But now that he was already here, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Comrade Ye is right, you have indeed slandered and spread rumors about this matter."

However, since this is only a civil dispute, we can only mediate. My personal suggestion is that you two discuss and settle the matter yourselves.

Of course, if the reconciliation fails, we will also, in accordance with regulations, detain you for a certain period of time.

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao felt utterly drained of energy. He never imagined that what he thought would be the perfect opportunity for revenge would turn into a trap he had dug for himself.

Turning his gaze to Ye Jianchuan again, Xu Damao was at a loss for words. "Jianchuan... I..."

Ye Jianchuan ignored him and instead looked at the officer. "Officer, we're old acquaintances. Do you think this guy really realized his mistake after he apologized?"

I let him off the hook last time, but what was the result? He still turned around and bit me!

So I've thought it through. This time, let's not reconcile. Let's take him in on the 193rd bus for a while, let him really sober up!

After saying that, Ye Jianchuan turned to look at Captain Long and began to thank him.

Behind Ye Jianchuan, Xu Damao's eyes widened and he began to struggle when he heard Ye Jianchuan directly reject the reconciliation and have the police take him away and lock him up.

"Jianchuan... Jianchuan, please let me go this time! I don't want to go in! Don't let them detain me! I promise I'll change, I'll never dare to offend you again!"

As she spoke, she knelt down beside Ye Jianchuan, grabbing his trouser leg and hoping he would show leniency. But Ye Jianchuan was determined not to hold back this time.

"Xu Damao, do you think I don't know what kind of person you are? Even if I let you go this time, won't you still try to deal with me if you hear any rumors in the future?"

So you'd better go inside and stay there obediently! Whether you go in to properly repent or to figure out how to deal with me, only when you're inside can our courtyard have a little peace and quiet.

"But don't blame me for not warning you. I, Ye Jianchuan, am an upright and honest person, but you, Xu Damao, should know in your heart whether you are a good person or not. If you still want to scheme against me in the future, then don't let me catch you red-handed!"

Chapter 156 Xu Damao is detained, and Uncle San reminds him.

After saying that, Ye Jianchuan looked at the government official and said, "Then I'll leave the rest to you. I have other guests here, so I won't see you off any further."

Upon hearing this, several government officials immediately reached out and pulled Xu Damao up, leading him out of the courtyard.

Xu Damao was too exhausted to resist at this point, and could only look at Ye Jianchuan with a resentful and vicious gaze, which made Ye Jianchuan feel uncomfortable all over.

Xu Damao was taken away just like that, and Deputy Director Li acted like a grandson in front of Ye Jianchuan again, admitted his mistakes a couple of times, and then left with the people from the steel rolling mill's security office.

This good show has finally come to an end. The onlookers in the courtyard went home to prepare dinner, and the once bustling backyard became empty in an instant.

"Uncle Long, come in and have a seat at my place."

Since Captain Long has come all this way, Ye Jianchuan can't just refuse to let him in the door, can he?

Entering the house, Ye Jianchuan looked around and found that the room had been ransacked. However, despite the mess, nothing had been damaged.

After tidying up a bit, Ye Jianchuan poured himself and Captain Long a glass of water each, then sat down.

"Uncle Long, thank you so much for your help today. I never expected that my 'good neighbor' would hate me so much."

Captain Long laughed, "Hahaha, that's how it is between neighbors, with all sorts of trivial matters. It's good to have good neighborly relations in a courtyard house, but if the relations are bad, it's better to have no neighbors at all!"

By the way, would you like to reconsider my previous suggestion? If you come to work at our municipal bureau, this kind of thing definitely won't happen again!

Ye Jianchuan was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Uncle Long, please spare me. I'm fine as I am now."

And to be honest, my relationship with my neighbors is actually quite good, except for that guy from yesterday who I have a grudge against.

Last time they brought a group of people to my house, claiming they were catching me in the act of adultery. This time they brought a whole bunch of people again, saying there's something wrong with my income.

Upon hearing this, Captain Long immediately became interested. "Is that so? Tell me in detail, I want to see how this guy got into a conflict with you!"

Ye Jianchuan looked at Captain Long with a questioning gaze. He didn't expect this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes to be so gossipy.

However, she still started talking about things related to Xu Damao from before.

Of course, Ye Jianchuan would never reveal how he schemed against Xu Damao to get him divorced.

The narrative perspective is naturally from the point of view of a "neighbor who tries to mediate a fight." He had been "helping the neighbor couple" until he couldn't stand Xu Damao beating his wife, which led to his falling out with Xu Damao.

After listening to Ye Jianchuan's description, Captain Long laughed and said, "Hahaha, Little Ye, I didn't expect there to be such an oddball in your courtyard."

Honestly, if this guy dared to stab me in the back, I would definitely teach him a lesson. I completely agree with what you did today.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Ye Jianchuan casually prepared two dishes to treat Captain Long to dinner before finally seeing off the player who had come specifically to save the day.

Not long after Captain Long left, Qin Huairu walked in from the door. "Jianchuan, today really scared me to death! That Xu Damao is really something, always causing trouble like this! He deserves to go to jail!"

Because Qin Huairu had to pick up her child first, by the time she returned to the courtyard house, the matter was essentially settled.

However, Qin Huairu was still very angry about Xu Damao causing trouble again. "If we had known that this guy would dare to cause trouble again, we should not have forgiven him last time!"

He should have been sent in to reflect on his actions last time!

As Qin Huairu was talking, He Yushui ran in through the door and immediately threw herself into Ye Jianchuan's arms.

"Brother Jianchuan! I just heard from someone that you almost got arrested? And it was because you bought me a bicycle?"

What on earth happened? Are you... are you alright?

Behind He Yushui, only Ran Qiuye hurriedly caught up. After sensing Ye Jianchuan's questioning look, she immediately began to explain.

"Hey!! This girl is just too worried. She just got back and heard that you were going to be arrested by the authorities. She heard bits and pieces of information without even asking what happened, and then rushed over."

I haven't even had a chance to explain things to her yet, but... you can explain it to her. Zhuzi went to cook for the boss today and hasn't come back yet.

Or... why don't you take care of Yushui first? What should you make her to eat?

Ye Jianchuan was also helpless. Wasn't He Yushui's reaction a bit too much? She was crying so hard that her clothes were soaked through.

"Sister-in-law Qiuye, have you eaten dinner yet? If not, come and eat with Yushui. My brother Zhu went to cook for the boss, and even if he can bring back some leftovers, it will still take an hour or two."

I think maybe we shouldn't wait for him anymore. Come on, let's get ready to eat together.

Since He Yushui and Qin Huairu were both there, Ran Qiuye didn't feel embarrassed at all, so she readily agreed. And so... Ye Jianchuan started preparing the meal again.

Just then, Uncle San walked in from outside. Seeing how lively Ye Jianchuan's house was, Uncle San was taken aback for a moment, and then casually made a joke.

"Wow, Jianchuan, your house is really lively!"

When Ye Jianchuan saw Third Uncle come in, he immediately handed over the cooking to Qin Huairu (De Nuohao), and then went to Third Uncle's side.

"Teacher Yan, I really have to thank you for reminding me today. If it weren't for your reminder, which made me think of notifying Captain Long in advance to come and testify for me, I really wouldn't know how this would have ended."

Uncle San waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Jianchuan, I don't think this matter is over yet! With a petty guy like Xu Damao, if you let him get arrested today, who knows what he might do to harm you in the future!"

Moreover... Xu Damao's parents weren't exactly kind either. He Daqing used to be bullied by Xu Damao's father in the courtyard house!

Think about it, if they find out that you directly refused to reconcile and got their son imprisoned, wouldn't they come back and cause trouble?

When those two start fighting, even Jia Zhangshi couldn't have gotten the better of them back then. You'd better watch out!

Chapter 157 Ye Jianchuan's Evasive Approach, a Crisis from Xu Damao

After hearing Uncle San's reminder, Ye Jianchuan nodded and said, "Teacher Yan, don't worry. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"

As I said before, I have an upright character and nothing is wrong. As long as I haven't done anything bad, even if those with malicious intentions want to harm me, they won't find a way to do so!

After hearing this, Uncle San nodded and said, "That's good, that's good. Anyway, I just came to remind you so that you won't be caught off guard again."

After saying that, Uncle San waved his hand and prepared to go back. Ye Jianchuan immediately called out to him, "Teacher Yan, wait, come, come, I have two bags of pastries here. Take them back and try them."

Ye Jianchuan was used to this. In the past, whenever Third Uncle helped him in any way, Third Uncle would always want some benefit in return.

Ye Jianchuan wasn't averse to Third Uncle, who was the type to get things done for a little something, so he usually gave him an egg today and two candies tomorrow, and he got used to it.

However, to Ye Jianchuan's surprise, Uncle San did not reach out to take the two bags of pastries today.

"Jianchuan, you don't need to be so polite. I think what you said earlier makes a lot of sense. Our relationship is more than just about interests!"

I think it's only right for us to help each other, and... to be honest, under your influence, I've changed a lot too, and now my relationship with my family is much closer.

So... let's forget about it today! Next time, if I can help you with anything, please give me something in return, and I definitely won't hesitate!

After saying that, Uncle San turned and walked out.

Looking at Uncle San's back, Ye Jianchuan had an indescribable feeling. Was Uncle San, who was no longer greedy for small gains, still the Uncle San he knew?

However, Ye Jianchuan had no interest in pondering this 'philosophical question' and turned back to continue cooking.

And so, Ye Jianchuan's crisis of being investigated came to an end.

Actually, Ye Jianchuan's income wasn't as substantial as he claimed. It's just that there were some sums of money that were impossible to investigate clearly, and Ye Jianchuan exaggerated a little.

For example, my father's savings and the factory's consolation money—how could he possibly have more than a hundred yuan in savings? And the consolation money couldn't possibly have left more than three hundred yuan.

After completing the burial and other procedures, which was when Ye Jianchuan officially transmigrated, he only had less than three hundred yuan left in his hand.

But in Ye Jianchuan's words, this "family fortune" of less than three hundred yuan instantly became more than five hundred yuan. With just one or two months' salary, he could buy two bicycles and a radio.

Where did this money come from? It was given to us by the system! So Ye Jianchuan's skill in 'falsifying accounts' played a very important role in this incident.

Moreover, besides tampering with this, Ye Jianchuan also cleverly avoided his usual expenses.

In fact, Ye Jianchuan's daily expenses were the real bulk of his expenses.

Whether it was ordering clothes or wooden buckets before, or buying antique books later, or treating colleagues to meals, Ye Jianchuan actually spent several hundred yuan in the two months after obtaining the system.

However, most of these expenses are actually undocumented, so unless Ye Jianchuan records them one by one, virtually no one will know that he actually spent so much money.

If Xu Damao had included these funds in the calculations, then no matter how much Ye Jianchuan tried to explain, he probably wouldn't have been able to clarify the source of his money.

Unfortunately, in just two months, aside from buying big items like bicycles and radios, they were able to spend several hundred yuan, which was really beyond their imagination.

Therefore, both Xu Damao and Deputy Director Li habitually ignored Ye Jianchuan's other expenses over the past two months, or rather, they regarded this part of the expenses as a very small proportion.

In this way, Ye Jianchuan was able to escape danger.

However, for Ye Jianchuan, this matter is indeed not over yet, just as Third Uncle said before!

Of course, Ye Jianchuan wasn't worried about Xu Damao's parents coming to cause trouble. He wasn't afraid of that kind of shrewish argument at all. What Ye Jianchuan was afraid of was that cunning Xu Damao!

When Xu Damao was being dragged away by the government officials, his resentful gaze terrified Ye Jianchuan. This gaze also gave Ye Jianchuan a clue, instantly reminding him of events from the original drama.

Back then... not long after Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e divorced, this guy went and reported the Lou family, reporting his 'ex-wife'.

However, because there were relatively few scenes involving the Lou family, Ye Jianchuan's memory of this scene was not very deep, so he had forgotten about it before.

But now that I think about it, this scene that I forgot could very well have been a huge threat!