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Chapter 776 What kind of trouble have I stirred up? I'm just useful to him.
Thanks to Tao Junman's words, Li Xingchuan was finally able to sit down instead of kneeling, and was given a chance to confess and receive leniency.

Li Fulin had far less contact with his sister-in-law Ye Mingxin than his wife had with him before, not to mention that they hadn't seen each other for so many years that he couldn't even remember what his sister-in-law looked like.

Even if I can't remember clearly, I can tell that my sister-in-law's current appearance is abnormal.

How can someone who's almost fifty years old still act like a little girl after all these years?

"Come on, let's talk in my study." He then turned and led the way.

Li Xingchuan and Ye Mingxin exchanged a glance and obediently followed.

Before coming here, the couple had seriously discussed whether to tell the elder brother and sister-in-law everything or to conceal some details.

Now that they've actually met, there's no time to be selective about what he's hiding. Just look at the baseball bat that his older brother is holding, ready to strike him at any moment. If he dares to hide even a single word, that bat will be coming at him!
Tao Junman waved to her nephew and future niece-in-law, "Come on over too."

Compared to the timid couple in front, Jiang Hanying and Li Chengxiao were much more open and frank.

When called upon, I immediately followed.

As she passed the coffee table in the living room, Jiang Hanying grabbed a handful of dried fruit from the fruit box. She had a feeling that once she entered the study, she would be eavesdropping for quite a while.

Tao Junman was still somewhat dazed because her younger siblings, who had been missing for many years, had suddenly reappeared, and she didn't notice Jiang Hanying's subtle actions.

But Li Chengxiao noticed it.

"Are you hungry again?"

If he remembered correctly, it had been less than two hours since breakfast.

"Kind of."

Li Chengxiao: "..."

He silently grabbed a handful as well.

Jiang Hanying immediately gave him a knowing look.

Soon, Li Fulin's study welcomed its largest number of visitors since its construction.

Once the door is closed, it becomes an absolutely quiet space that can never be eavesdropped on.

There aren't enough seats in the room.

Li Fulin: We miscalculated!
Before he could even ask his nephew to go out and bring over two more stools, Jiang Hanying pulled him to sit cross-legged on the platform by the window where the tea table was placed, saying, "We can sit here."

They then took out dried fruit from their pockets and cracked it open, making it clear that they were just there to listen in and observe.

Li Fulin: "..."

No one dares to eat in his study.

Now there is!

He looked away, pretending not to see anything, and tapped the ground with his baseball bat. "Alright, you two, if you have anything to say, start talking now."

Li Xingchuan did have a chair to sit on, but he only dared to put his buttocks on the edge of the chair.

Receiving his older brother's signal that he was waiting for him to confess, he gritted his teeth and stomped his foot—well, he didn't dare stomp his foot, he only dared to grit his teeth, and managed to spit it all out in one breath.

Li Fulin and Tao Junman sat side by side opposite each other. At first, the two remained serious, but as Li Xingchuan confessed and Ye Mingxin occasionally added to the story, with the background noise of people eating dried fruit on the platform, the couple's expressions changed constantly.

Confusion, shock, bewilderment, disorientation, doubt... It's safe to say that all these years combined haven't seen such a surge of emotions in them.

After explaining herself until she almost lost her voice, she still hadn't gotten a sip of water. Ironically, Li Fulin was more accepting of the explanation than Tao Junman.

Having reached his position, he must know some people or things that are unknown and unfathomable to ordinary people.

Just like how he had previously noticed something unusual about Jiang Hanying, but because she was the person his nephew had chosen for life, he chose not to investigate further. But he really hadn't expected that not only his future nephew's wife, Jiang Hanying, but even his sister-in-law, would have such a mysterious background!

The tribes hidden in the sacred mountains, which are rare in the world, also possess the ability to communicate with plants and animals almost without any barriers.

His younger brother, once he started dating, he ended up dating a rare human being from the tribe!

He wondered, what kind of trouble had the Li family gotten themselves into?
If his son were to find someone like that... he'd be in real trouble!
Tao Junman truly felt as if she were listening to a strange tale.

If this hadn't happened to someone close to her, she would have definitely thought the other person was making up a story.

However, she was more concerned about the origins of her sister-in-law at the moment. No matter what kind of mysterious tribe she came from in the deep mountains or what kind of amazing abilities she had, she was still her sister-in-law who would sweetly call her "sister-in-law".

"Mingxin, you said someone wanted to kill Shu Heng back then?"

Ye Mingxin first patted the back of her unconsciously clenched hand, "Sister-in-law, it's all in the past. Shu Heng has grown up safely, hasn't he? I want to thank you." Then she shook her head, "It might not even be a person."

"No need for thanks between us. But if it's not human, what else could it be? A ghost, perhaps?"

Li Fulin couldn't help but cough lightly as he listened to his wife's wildly imaginative ideas.

Ye Mingxin shook her head. "It wasn't a ghost. Actually, when I was pregnant with Shu Heng, there were a few accidents, but I managed to avoid them. After Shu Heng was born safely, I was in a weak period and my abilities were greatly reduced, which is why I was successfully ambushed."

"That wasn't human or ghost, so how did it ambush you?"

“By creating an accident, even if there’s an investigation afterward, they’ll only find out it was an accident. That guy is very good at exploiting this kind of loophole.”

"After that, Yue Qingfeng, the one who came to you and made a deal with you, was he good or bad? From what you said, he seemed like a good person, but I always felt something was off about him."

"All I can confirm right now is that he's on the opposite side of the guy who doesn't want Shu Heng to be born, but what he's doing, seemingly to help me prolong my life, is probably also to achieve his own goals."

Listening to his wife and sister-in-law's back-and-forth, Li Fulin glanced at his nephew, who was quietly listening and peeling nuts for the person next to him, and then at his future nephew's wife, whose mouth hadn't stopped since they came in. "Shu Heng, Han Ying, what do you two think?"

Li Chengxiao placed the peeled nuts into Jiang Hanying's palm, then looked up at her: "My existence is only useful to him."

Jiang Hanying nodded in agreement: "Same as above, plus one!"

The four adults: "..."

Well, that answer can be considered concise to a minimum.

Li Fulin: "As long as a person lives in this world, it is impossible to completely hide his past. I will investigate this person in detail."

Li Chengxiao nodded readily, "Thank you, Uncle."

This is exactly what he was planning to do.

With his uncle, a veteran with even greater influence than him, involved, the findings would only be more comprehensive and detailed than what he had gathered on his own.

Li Fulin: "...You wouldn't be waiting for me here, would you?"

"Those who are capable should do more."

Not to be outdone, Li Xingchuan reached out and grabbed his older brother's hand, looking at him expectantly: "Big brother, thank you for your hard work."

Li Fulin: "..." He swallowed back the word "get lost" that almost slipped out. "Let go, go out to eat."

"yeah!"

Jiang Hanying cheered and was the first to stand up, heading to open the door.

Li Fulin: "You two, clean up all the fruit peels and crumbs on the ground before you leave!"

Jiang Hanying: No more giggling!