In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 275 The Fire of the Eight Trigrams Burns Brightly
"Are you feeling better?" Yu Dawei held Han Jingfan's small hand, and with each step he took, the snow crunched.

"Hmm." Han Jingfan lowered her head, staring at the toes of her cotton shoes. "It's strange. Even though I've let go of many unpleasant people and things from the past, when I actually see them, I still can't forgive them deep down."

"Why should I forgive?" Yu Dawei didn't look at Han Jingfan, but gazed at the snowflakes falling from the sky. "Life is like a snowflake, fleeting as it falls from the sky. Making yourself comfortable is the true meaning of living. Don't worry, perhaps no one stood behind you before, but now... you have me."

Yu Dawei turned around and hugged Han Jingfan. The two gazed at each other for a while and then couldn't help but kiss.

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When Yu Dawei brought Han Jingfan back to his mother-in-law's house, there were clearly a few more people in the house.

"Xiao Fan!" The short-haired woman in the red sweater saw Han Jingfan at the door of the inner room, quickly got up and came to her side, took Han Jingfan's small hand, her eyes full of excitement, "It's been years since I last saw you, you've gained weight, but even if you've gained a little weight, you're still so beautiful."

"Sister Yao Yao." Han Jingfan's small hand also gripped the other's tightly. Seeing her familiar good friend, she couldn't hide her excitement: "How have you been these past few years?"

She didn't know why, but even though Yao Yao was wearing gold earrings, a wool sweater, and even brown leather boots, Han Jingfan could tell from Yao Yao's baby face that she looked tired.

"I'm fine, it's just that working at the hospital is quite tiring." Mi Yao subconsciously smoothed her bangs on the right side of her hair with her right hand. "We're not allowed to take a break during the Chinese New Year. I finally managed to save up two years' worth of leave and took it all at once."

"I heard you got married. I wanted to come back when I received the news, but I just couldn't get away." A hint of guilt flashed across Mi Yao's face, and then she looked at Yu Dawei, who was more than half a head taller than her: "You must be my brother-in-law. You have to treat my sister well, you know? She's always been introverted, so don't bully her."

"Oh dear, you two sisters have been chatting nonstop since you first met. Come on, sit on the kang and chat. Don't block the way." The aunt was sitting on the kang and noticed that several people were coming and going, and the two sisters were making it difficult for them to walk.

Mi Yao then realized what was happening and pulled Han Jingfan's hand to sit on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Han Jingfan also took a break and introduced her husband, Yu Dawei.

Mi Yao wanted to bring her husband over to introduce him to her brother-in-law, but when she turned around, she saw her husband chatting enthusiastically with a woman holding a child.

Mi Yao fell into an awkward silence. She wanted to speak up and dissuade them, but she couldn't say anything in front of everyone.

"Well, you two sisters haven't seen each other in a long time. You two chat, I'm going to wander around a bit more." Yu Dawei and Han Jingfan both noticed the husband that Mi Yao was pointing at.

The next second, Yu Dawei saw Xiao Fan secretly winking at him, so he quickly changed the subject to avoid an awkward situation.

“Go ahead, it’s not very convenient for the two of us girls to chat if you’re here.” Xiao Fan pursed her lips, then took Mi Yao’s hand and got up to walk towards the innermost room. “Sister Yao Yao, let’s go to the innermost room to chat, it’s too noisy outside.”

"Okay then." Mi Yao forced a smile onto her round, doll-like face.

Yu Dawei then walked around to the vicinity of the mahjong table and glanced at his brother-in-law, who was dominating the game. His brother-in-law even invited him to play together, but Yu Dawei declined.

Afterwards, Yu Dawei, "having nothing else to do," wandered over to where Mi Yao's husband was sitting.

The man was of average appearance and height, with medium-length hair that covered most of his forehead. He wore a black leather jacket with velvet trim and a pair of large, genuine leather shoes.

He was just not as physically robust as Yu Dawei, and looked more like an artsy young man.

As Yu Dawei approached, he saw her talking to the woman holding the child; that woman was the one who had upset his wife.

When the woman saw Yu Dawei arrive, whether out of restraint or fear, she immediately shut her mouth.

This immediately angered Mi Yao's husband.

The other person seemed quite displeased with Yu Dawei's sudden appearance, which interrupted their conversation, but out of politeness, he didn't react. Instead, he smiled at Yu Dawei and said, "Brother is..."

"Han Jingfan's husband is Yu Dawei."

"Oh!" The man was surprised. "I just heard about you. You took out a loan to buy equipment, and you almost got robbed. This is the first time such a thing has happened to you in all these villages."

The men chatting nearby suddenly stopped talking and, intentionally or unintentionally, moved their ears closer to the side.

Upon hearing this, Yu Dawei glanced at the woman holding the child beside him and smiled faintly: "It's fortunate that it wasn't stolen; it's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune."

The man pulled Yu Dawei to a stool next to him, speaking in a tone of an elder lecturing a younger man: "Brother, starting a business with borrowed money is not something everyone can do. You have to understand that different people have different fates."

"You're from the countryside, right? I used to be from the countryside too. My family is from Minquan, but then life took a turn, and I went to work in Sui City. See that Xiali outside? That's mine." As the man spoke, he didn't forget to raise his chin, enjoying the attention he received. "Impressive." Yu Dawei nodded with feigned admiration, thinking to himself, "Fanfan's Yaoyao, with her short hair and baby face, is clearly very pretty, and she seems well-educated and reasonable. How could she have found someone like this?"

"So, brother, you have to accept your fate." After saying that, the man turned to look at the woman next to him, "By the way, Han Yanyan, we've been chatting for so long, I forgot to ask what your husband does."

Yu Dawei, sitting to the side, raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "What a good job. I thought the other party was on the same side as Han Yanyan, but I didn't expect that the other party came here today to 'slaughter all sides'."

With that arrogant look on his face, it's best to stay away from him.

"Ahem, I have something to do, so I'll be going now." Yu Dawei said, then tried to slip away to find a secluded corner to stay in.

“Okay. Oh, I forgot to mention, I’m Bi Yunjie, Mi Yao’s husband. Mi Yao and Fanfan have a good relationship, let’s have a good chat when we have dinner and drinks later. If you want to make a name for yourself, I don’t mind giving you a hand in Sui City.” The man glanced at Yu Dawei and patted him on the shoulder.

Although this person is big and burly, he is honest and trustworthy, and can definitely be a good "henchman" in the future.

"Well... thank you, brother?" Yu Dawei didn't know how to answer, so he just went along with him, since it wouldn't offend anyone anyway.

After that, Yu Dawei slipped away to the seat next to his brother-in-law, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and prepared to watch the show.

Old Han's second brother is actually a decent person, but deep down he's rather aloof. If he sees that a mahjong table isn't ready for a game, he might take the initiative to join in.

But if there are too many people around, and several people are watching and waiting to go on stage, he will step back and sit quietly to the side eating sunflower seeds, occasionally chatting with the idle women next to him.

The second brother-in-law, Han Guofeng, was eating sunflower seeds when he glanced at Yu Dawei. In the end, he couldn't help but whisper in his brother-in-law's ear, "Stay away from Mi Yao's husband. Just listen to what he says, don't take it too seriously."

"What do you mean?" Yu Dawei had a feeling that Fanfan's second brother seemed to know something.

"I heard my sister-in-law mention it briefly," Han Guofeng whispered. "Mi Yao's husband, Bi Yunjie, seems to have a bad reputation in Minquan. He often does things like swindling and cheating."

Yu Dawei frowned and lowered his voice as well: "Then will Yao Yao still marry him?"

Han Guofeng sighed helplessly upon hearing this: "She insisted on marrying him, and her aunt and uncle couldn't persuade her no matter what they did."

"Didn't you see that Auntie doesn't even look at Bi Yunjie?" Han Guofeng spat the sunflower seed shells onto the ground, then put a sunflower seed into his mouth. "The reason why Yaoyao hasn't come back for the New Year these past few years is because of Bi Yunjie, and then she had a falling out with her parents."

Yu Dawei looked slightly surprised: "How did you know about these things?"

Han Guofeng glanced around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, lowered his voice and said, "I secretly asked my mom, and combined with some inside information I learned from my sister-in-law, it's not hard to guess."

What a great job! It's really a great job! Yu Dawei was completely shocked.

He was both surprised by the mess at his aunt's house and amazed that his second brother was such a person.

The integrity that his second brother had cultivated in his heart in his past life was completely shattered by this gossip.

I never expected that Fanfan's second brother would have such a gossipy side.

He said that his mother-in-law was a well-known know-it-all in the village. She was very willing to chat and make friends with people. Her main feature was that she knew everything about all kinds of things, big and small, and she was very tight-lipped!

But in this respect, none of these children seem to have taken after his mother-in-law.

Today he has finally found the person who will carry on his legacy.

You Korean style guy, you're even more tight-lipped than my mother-in-law. I was completely fooled by your fake high-mindedness in my past life.

Just as Yu Dawei was still in surprise, Han Yanyan's husband coincidentally walked in from the outer room. He was fat and stout, carrying two boxes of green beer in his hands, followed by his brother-in-law, who was also carrying beer.

Yu Dawei didn't know much about Han Yanyan and her husband, but he wasn't worried anymore, since his brother-in-law next to him must know something.

Sure enough, when Yu Dawei asked about Han Yanyan, this second brother glanced around to make sure everyone was looking at him before he began to explain everything in detail.

However, after saying that, the second brother added very cautiously, "It's only because you asked me, brother-in-law, that I would have said I didn't know if it were anyone else. So, you should keep these things to yourself and don't tell anyone that I told you."

(End of this chapter)