Chapter 61

Su Lizhen shook her head, “It’s nothing.”

Li Jianguo said with concern, “I know you all had trouble earlier, and I’ve been anxious about it. I went to the Revolutionary Committee to look around, but they wouldn’t let me in and even kicked me out.”

“I was thinking about asking our factory director to help, but it turns out the director is on a business trip today, so he’s not around. I’ve been running around all day, and didn’t even have time to eat. I hurried back just to get here.”

Li Yuechan looked at her father, rolling her eyes inwardly. She thought to herself, Why does he always seem so untrustworthy? She could never quite feel close to him for some reason.

Su Lizhen nodded and said, “It’s okay, though. Thankfully, we’re all back now. Thanks to Gu Zhixing, he helped us a lot, otherwise, we wouldn’t have gotten out so quickly.”

Li Jianguo paused, looking at Li Yuechan, “When did you get a partner? I didn’t know about this.”

Li Yuechan replied, “Today. We officially confirmed the relationship today.”

“You weren’t at your grandma’s house today?”

“Yeah.”

Li Yuechan suddenly thought of something, placed her hands on her hips, and said, “I was about to ask, what’s up with Grandma? How dare she drug me?”

“What?”

“Don’t tell me you don’t know?”

Li Jianguo widened his eyes in surprise, “I really don’t know. What’s going on?”

Su Lizhen frowned. “What’s happening?”

Li Yuechan pouted, “Grandma wants me to marry my cousin.”

“What? Your cousin? Why?”

“How would I know? I think she’s just after my dowry!”

Li Jianguo’s eyes darted around, and he quickly said, “Don’t be angry. Don’t be angry. I’ll talk to your grandma about this. Xiao Chan can marry whoever she likes. If she really likes that Xidong kid…”

“Dad, I only see him as a brother.”

“Ha ha ha, Dad won’t interfere. You can marry whoever you like.”

“Dad, that’s not what I meant. Grandma went too far this time. She actually drugged me! Why can’t she just talk things out normally?”

Li Jianguo awkwardly laughed, “Xiao Chan, don’t be mad. Grandma must have made a mistake. Don’t worry, I’ll go talk to her tomorrow and straighten it out.”

Li Yuechan narrowed her eyes. This old lady has too many tricks up her sleeve. This time, I’ll give her a little lesson, but next time, it won’t be so easy.

Li Jianguo then asked, “Yuechan, you said you found a partner, what’s going on with that?”

Su Lizhen smiled and said, “Oh, our Yuechan’s Boyfriend, Gu Zhiqing, works at the police station. Isn’t that great? He’s close by, and once they get married, she can come home for dinner every day!”

Li Jianguo clenched his fist. Come home for dinner every day? Hmph, dream on!

He quickly added, “What’s his family like? Have you looked into it? Is he suitable? He’s not a scammer, is he?”

“Dad, what are you thinking? Not everyone is a scammer! Today, thanks to Gu Zhixing, Grandma and Grandpa, and Mom, were able to get out so quickly!”

“Oh, hahaha, well, that’s good, that’s good!” Li Jianguo lowered his eyebrows to hide a dark, gloomy expression.

Li Yuechan returned to her room, her mind growing angrier as she thought about the deputy director from today. Narrowing her eyes, she thought, We’ll see about him.

After such a busy day, her body was exhausted.

She entered her space and took a relaxing bath first, then went to check on the chicken coop, where several chickens had already been taken care of.

She reached out, picked the fattest one, and decided to butcher it first.

Then she thought, Mom hasn’t eaten yet, but reconsidered when thinking about her father. Forget it.

She’d wait for a better opportunity to treat her mom to a good meal.

Recently, she had been giving her mom some spiritual spring water, and she could already see an improvement in her complexion.

After eating and drinking, Li Yuechan heard a sound from the window. She opened it and saw Gu Zhixing standing in front of her again.

She looked up at him, teasing, “Didn’t we just meet? Why are you here again so late?”

The man directly took her small hand.

Li Yuechan looked at their tightly intertwined hands, raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself, This guy is getting bolder and bolder.

Gu Zhixing chuckled and said, “I didn’t get a chance to talk to you properly during the day, so I came to see you. I miss you.”

Li Yuechan looked at him with amusement and asked, “What exactly do you miss? Tell me.”

As soon as he heard her words, Gu Zhixing’s face turned bright red, and he stammered, “I… I just… I…”

Li Yuechan laughed, “Alright, alright, I won’t tease you. Oh, by the way, can you give me the home address of that deputy director?”

Hearing this, Gu Zhixing’s expression changed. He asked, “What are you planning to do?”

Li Yuechan narrowed her eyes and said, “If someone bullies me, I can’t just let it slide, can I?”

“Don’t worry, Xiao Chan, I’ll help you get back at him. I don’t feel comfortable with you handling this alone.”

Li Yuechan chuckled, “You don’t have to worry about me. You don’t even know my skills yet, but you’ll find out soon enough. Have you forgotten who was the one backing you up today?”

Gu Zhixing poked her small nose and said, “I know it was you. Did you also switch the books?”

Li Yuechan raised her chin, “Of course! Alright, enough talking. Hurry up and give me the address.”

“Alright, fine…” After lingering for a bit longer, Li Yuechan sent Gu Zhixing away.

The time shifted back to earlier that day. At the hospital, they suddenly noticed something was off with Han Chunguang. They quickly notified his family, Han Jinzhu and Wang Chunxia.

They rushed to the hospital, and when they saw their son lying unconscious, Wang Chunxia panicked and immediately asked the doctor, “What’s wrong with my son?”

The doctor adjusted his glasses and replied slowly, “We suspect it’s a complication from pneumonia, but we can’t say for sure right now. Our small hospital has limited medical resources, and we can’t conduct the necessary tests here.”

“Ah, what should we do?” Wang Chunxia asked, her heart sinking.

“We suggest you transfer him to a provincial hospital, or even to Beijing, for a more thorough examination.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Chunxia’s heart sank further. With no other choice, she quickly helped arrange the transfer.

Early the next morning, Li Yuechan followed the address given by Gu Zhixing to find Wang Xinzhou’s house.

She looked at the impressive two-story building in front of her and clicked her tongue twice. “Hmm, this guy can live in such a nice house? Hmph, I’ll live like this one day too!”

She slipped into her space and directly entered the courtyard.

As soon as she stepped in, she felt a strong sense of psychological awareness. She followed the feeling around the yard and eventually found an abandoned dry well in the backyard.

Li Yuechan smirked, “Not bad, hiding it well!”

She swiftly jumped into the well and, after looking around, was surprised to find there was no hole visible.

Li Yuechan grinned, then felt around the wall of the well, finally finding a protruding brick. She pressed it, and with a creak, a hidden door opened, just big enough for her to slip inside.

Confidently, Li Yuechan stepped in, and the sight inside nearly made her drop her jaw in shock.

It was a large storage room, a few square meters in size, completely filled with boxes. Her eyes widened as she opened one of the boxes and gasped—inside were antiques and gold bars!

But the way they were stored was messy, and it was obvious they had been looted from somewhere.

Li Yuechan thought to herself, Since it’s all ill-gotten wealth, might as well take it!