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

Chapter 413 Investigation
"Second Brother?" When Claw saw that it was Second Brother coming over, he quickly turned his head away and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Go and investigate something for me. I'll handle things at the construction site for you discreetly." Jiang Shang patted Zhao Zi's shoulder, revealing a completely different demeanor than before.

Claw stared blankly at the familiar yet unfamiliar face before him. How long had it been since he had seen his second brother with such a serious expression?

"Second Brother!" Claw was excited, as if he had seen a tiger that had been sleeping for many years stand up again.

He was trembling with excitement, as if he had returned to many years ago, to the time when his older brothers led them to build a world of their own in an unfamiliar environment.

"Handle this matter discreetly," Jiang Shang glanced at Claw and then whispered in its ear.

However, as Jiang Shang explained, Claw's expression changed from excitement to shock, and finally to fear and anger!
"How dare she!" Claw's eyes blazed with fury, wishing he could rush to his sister-in-law right now and demand an explanation!
Haven't you been good to me all these years?
So what if we Northeastern men are poor? It's precisely because we know that being poor means we owe you women that we work so hard every day like Second Brother! After we come back, we still have to help with the laundry, mopping, and cooking, treating you like royalty!

But what have you, Su Yunlan, done?!
She took my second brother's sincerity for granted! Damn it! I really want to kill this woman!
"Calm down!" Jiang Shang frowned and slowly closed his eyes. He had almost been enraged by Claw's lack of composure earlier. He opened his eyes again and stared at Claw. "Claw, take a few of the brothers who are free and investigate this matter quickly."

"Call all the brothers from Shenzhen and tell them I'm back."

"Understood!" Claw became excited again, his eyes filled with not only excitement but also admiration.

Some people always think that they are too old to work, that they are just a group of decaying people who have been swept away by the times.

There was an even earlier group of people who, after years of hard work, had grown into towering trees and had entered the second stage, moving from disorder to order.

They constantly restrain themselves, using the visible social norms to control themselves, but this is merely self-imposed confinement. Whether to act or not, to fight or not, is ultimately just a matter of a single thought.

Claw left quickly, leaving Jiang Shang alone in the ward, sitting beside the bed.

To be honest, even at this point, deep down he still clung to a sliver of hope that he had misunderstood and that Dawei had no other intentions.

But leaving the mountains is a must. According to Claw, some of the brothers couldn't stand the bullying anymore and bought tickets to return to Northeast China. This place has become a place of deep sorrow for them.

He had planned to propose tomorrow and then deal with the salt field matter, but things developed far beyond his expectations.

“Yizi, it was the right thing to let your wife and children leave here. Shenzhen is indeed not a peaceful hometown for outsiders like us. After being away for a long time, we will miss home very much… very much.” Jiang Shang rested his elbows on the edge of the bed, his ten fingers interlaced, his eyes filled with longing for his hometown.

Time passed second by second, and at this moment, Claw had mobilized all the brothers and friends who had walked and fought alongside them.

Soon, one figure after another began to appear in Zhao Yi's ward. Some of them were in their early thirties, while others were in their forties and had already become middle-aged. They had long since become residents of Shenzhen, living, getting married, and having children here.

But no matter how much time has passed, when they see Jiang Shang's back, their eyes still hold a sense of awe.

Part of it was Jiang Shang's own charisma, and another part was the power that his elder brother bestowed upon him as his second brother.

"Second brother."

"Second brother."

The people who came into the room started to greet Jiang Shang, and it wasn't until Claw came in last that he spoke and told him the results of his investigation that night.

"Second brother, Jin Song from Yantian does indeed have some connection with Su Yunlan, and it seems this relationship has been going on for quite some time." Claw looked at the bald man in his forties next to him for help. "Third brother, you tell me."

The man, with a nonchalant air about him, had his hands in his pockets and a faint smile on his lips: "I have a friend's sister who runs a hotel in Luohu."

"This afternoon, she and her cousin saw Jin Song and Su Yunlan walk out of the hotel and get into a black Mercedes."

The bald man, whom the claws called "Third Brother," came to Jiang Shang's side and patted him on the shoulder: "Later, I asked this friend to investigate all of Jin Song and Su Yunlan's hotel records in Shenzhen. According to the existing receipts, they can be traced back to three or four years ago."

“Three or four years ago…” Jiang Shang’s fists were clenched so tightly they cracked.

“And…” A middle-aged man walked over from the side, “I asked some people who were once planted in Yantian, and one of them said that back when we were still in Futian, Su Yunlan had dealings with that kid from Yantian.”

Jiang Shang's face was gloomy, his eyes were tightly closed, and it took him a long time to recover from his previous state.

He turned to look at everyone and said, "I understand. Thank you all for your hard work. Next, I need to make some arrangements regarding Yantian Commerce." Jiang Shang did not show any more sadness. He had called his brothers over mainly to resolve the issues that Yantian posed to them.

Daylight broke quickly, and everyone left with their respective tasks.

Before leaving, Claw was secretly called aside by Jiang Shang and given a secret mission.

Afterwards, Jiang Shang returned to the barbershop. Yu Dawei had just woken up and saw Jiang Shang dragging his tired body back, which made him curious.

Jiang Shang wasn't in the mood to say anything, so he turned around, lay down on the bed where Yu Dawei was sleeping, and fell asleep immediately.

"Brother, you, weren't you going to propose today?" Yu Dawei couldn't understand at all, standing by the curtain looking at Jiang Shang who was sleeping with his eyes closed.

"Let's not ask for it now, I have some other things to take care of." Jiang Shang suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Yu Dawei. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Dawei, the excavator at the site is broken again. Are you going to fix it?"

“If you don’t want it repaired, I’ll give you back the 3,000 yuan I paid for the last repair, as well as the parts suppliers. I’ve found two places for you these past few days, and I’ll give you their contact numbers in a bit. You can contact them anytime,” Jiang Shang said.

Yu Dawei looked bewildered: "Why not fix the car? It absolutely has to be fixed! As for the repair fee, you can pay me when I leave. There's still time."

Jiang Shang gave Yu Dawei a deep look, then nodded and lay back down on the bed.

Seeing this, Yu Dawei didn't bother the other party any further. He turned around and walked out of the barbershop, but when he stood at the entrance of the barbershop, his eyes were filled with complicated emotions.

"Sure enough, Brother Erdan found out..." Yu Dawei not only noticed this, but also vaguely sensed that Brother Erdan was about to do something big.

It was Yu Dawei who exposed the whole thing. Erdan had clearly wanted to get away from here, but ultimately his conscience bothered him.

In the afternoon, Jiang Shang took Yu Dawei to the construction site. During this time, Claw came to see Jiang Shang once and whispered something in his ear.

When Jiang Shang returned to the excavator where the car was being repaired, his face looked noticeably uglier.

While repairing the distributor, Yu Dawei casually offered some words of comfort to the man: "It's strange, isn't it? This car was working perfectly fine before, the distributor had no problems at all, but now it's suddenly malfunctioning."

"This is an unexpected disaster. What do you think we should do, Brother Erdan?" Yu Dawei glanced at the silent Jiang Erdan. "There's nothing we can do but try to fix it ourselves."

"First, you have to ask yourself, do you still want this excavator? If you do, you can only repair it. If you don't, sell it to someone else and you might never see it again." Yu Dawei saw that Erdan still had no reaction and was about to say something when he heard Erdan suddenly speak.

“Dawei, I know everything.” Erdan picked up the notched wrench next to him and helped Yu Dawei unscrew the screws. “This morning, I had Claw snatch the child away and take him to the hospital for a paternity test.”

"A paternity test?" Yu Dawei was somewhat surprised.

In the early 1990s, hospitals in the north might not have been able to perform paternity tests, but in the south, including major hospitals in Kyoto, DNA paternity tests were already available.

Yu Dawei heard that this paternity test actually appeared as early as the early 1980s, around 1984, and was implemented in China within a few years.

DNA sequencing can quickly determine whether a child is one's own.

"So..." Yu Dawei couldn't help but be curious. Thinking of the expression on Jiang Erdan's face just now, although he had already guessed, his family had two sons after all.

"The paternity test results show that the younger son is not mine, nor is the older son."

Yu Dawei squatted down beside him, his hand, which was unscrewing the screws, suddenly paused, and then his eyes widened in disbelief, filled with incomprehension.

In fact, not only Yu Dawei couldn't understand it, but Jiang Shang, who knew the outcome, also couldn't understand it. They had lived together for so many years and had never seen Su Yunlan throw a tantrum at him, so why... why!
"Brother, you...you have to take it easy." Yu Dawei's expression wasn't good either. Anyone else would have struggled with this; it would be a miracle if they didn't break down.

"It's nothing." Jiang Shang said with a cold smile. "Su Yunlan probably realized that her affair had been exposed, so she abandoned the child and ran away from home."

“Did you know that the paternity test results show that the eldest son’s and the youngest son’s gene sequences don’t match?” Jiang Shang’s eyes grew even colder, like a hawk eyeing its prey. “This means they’re not brothers at all. I knew it! That’s why Su Yunlan was so eager to befriend me back then, and why she was willing to marry a poor guy like me! She even risked a huge fight with her family.”

(End of this chapter)