After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 144, Episode 0150: Dad Wasn't Wrong

"Is this the first time you've noticed someone following you, or have you noticed it before? Do you think it's possible that someone is targeting your house?"

Lin Yuexi was taken aback. She hadn't expected that Captain Lin, this "hat uncle," would say such a thing to her.

Team Leader Lin didn't think it was a big deal. Going to the cowshed was his biggest mistake and his biggest weakness. He and Lin Yuexi had met at the cowshed, which meant that Lin Yuexi and he both held each other's fatal weakness, making them essentially one of their own.

There's another layer of understanding between them that they don't need to say but both understand each other implicitly: when both Captain Lin and Lin Yuexi choose to ignore or even join the other's presence at the cowshed, Captain Lin has already chosen to stand on the Leng family's side.

In a society based on personal connections, even in the most impartial setting, some choices are unavoidable, and sometimes even more important.

For justice to be truly just, you need to have your voice heard!
Captain Lin is over forty years old. In half his life, he has either brushed shoulders with death or almost met it. He works diligently to save the living and seek justice for the dead. He has solved countless cases and suffered injuries that he has lost count of.

He suffered a lot of unfair treatment when he was young. He was not qualified enough, or the case was decided by his superiors but he was blamed even though it was not solved. His superiors blamed him and his family complained.

Having worked in the police force for over twenty years, he still finds himself working in small county towns.

He didn't have any ambition to climb the social ladder by associating with the Leng family. But being a criminal investigator meant that from the moment he put on that uniform, he was destined to offend people. He had no regrets, but he was family too!
Yes, Captain Lin was asking the Leng family to protect his family should something happen to him.

Lin Yuexi didn't think much of it, but she could tell that Captain Lin was an upright person, so she was willing to associate with him.

Seeing that Team Leader Lin wasn't being pretentious, and knowing that she disliked empty formalities, her smile immediately became more genuine.

"They must have been targeting me for a long time, but it couldn't have happened too early. At least before we first met, I didn't realize that anyone was around me."

Team Leader Lin fell silent, tapping his fingers on the table repeatedly—a habit he had when deep in thought.

Lin Yuexi didn't disturb him. She picked up Xiao Zhaohua, who had been obedient and silent at her feet, and sat down on the armchair next to her. She placed Xiao Zhaohua on her lap and, as if by magic, produced a handful of White Rabbit milk candies and stuffed them into his pocket.

Xiao Zhaohua's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked up at her with sparkling eyes, as if asking: Are all of these for me?

Lin Yuexi smiled and nodded, then produced another candy, peeled it open, and stuffed it into his mouth, whispering, "Eating too much candy can cause your teeth to protrude. You can only eat two a day at most, remember?"

Xiao Zhaohua puffed out his cheeks and nodded emphatically. His aunt had mentioned it several times, and he had always remembered it.

"Yuexi, do you suspect that the person following you is connected to the God Worship Cult?"

Although that's what he asked, Captain Lin was already leaning towards this possibility, even though it was the last thing he wanted.

Lin Yuexi looked up and saw that Captain Lin's face, which had been very serious, tried to relax after she looked up, but he failed and instead looked unnaturally stiff.

It seems that behind the 'Worship God Cult' lies either a powerful force or a group of high-ranking individuals backing it up.

Lin Yuexi was someone who disliked trouble, but now those people had their eyes on her. What she hated even more than disliking trouble was having malicious eyes staring at her, making her uncomfortable.

“Uncle Lin, when I was having lunch at the guesthouse at noon, I heard one of the people who were following me call another ‘Uncle Cai’.”

A series of clanging sounds came from the table. Team Leader Lin looked both surprised and frightened; the enamel cup slipped from his hand and fell onto the table with a loud thud.

However, Team Leader Lin reacted quickly, almost immediately regaining his composure and hurriedly putting the cup back in place. He then got up and took a tattered towel from behind to wipe the water stains on the table.

Even though he tried to hide his loss of composure, Lin Yuexi still noticed that his hand was trembling slightly as he wiped the table.

Lin Yuexi's eyes flickered slightly. It seemed that Captain Lin not only knew Uncle Cai, but might also understand or even fear him.

why?

Captain Lin is the captain of the first brigade of the Criminal Investigation Brigade. What kind of person would make the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade afraid?
Lin Yuexi didn't expose Team Leader Lin, nor did she ask any further questions.

After wiping the table, Team Leader Lin said, "Uncle Cai is a very dangerous person. I have to report this to the director. Wait for me in the office. Remember, don't go anywhere. Wait for me to come back."

After giving a few hurried instructions, Team Leader Lin only opened the door slightly and squeezed out, then immediately closed it, letting the footsteps outside hurriedly disappear into the distance.

The strange uncle left, and Xiao Zhaohua finally relaxed a bit and dared to speak. She nervously tugged at Lin Yuexi's sleeve, "Auntie, is someone trying to arrest us?"

Although he is young, he can already understand many things, such as what it means to be followed.

Lin Yuexi was staring at the door, seemingly looking at something but actually thinking about something. She only realized after being interrupted by Xiao Zhaohua that she had once again overlooked Xiao Zhaohua's difference. The little brat was probably frightened.

Lin Yuexi hugged him tighter, but instead of lying to coax Xiao Zhaohua, she asked him gently, "Do you know why your father was arrested?"

Xiao Zhaohua seemed to recall some unpleasant experience, her body trembled involuntarily, and she replied timidly, "They said that Grandpa is a bad element."

"They're lying to you because your father is very powerful. His existence overshadows many people. Some people are jealous of your father, so they want him to disappear. But they can't find a way to make him disappear directly, so they can only drive him away and make him suffer. They want to use this method to wear down your father's will and make him self-destruct."

The content was a bit profound for five-year-old Zhao Hua, but he understood one thing: his father was not wrong, nor was he a bad person; someone had harmed his father.

The little guy's eyes immediately filled with tears, which streamed down his face.

After holding back for a few seconds, she couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears, throwing herself into Lin Yuexi's arms.

Dad is not wrong. Dad is not a bad element, nor is he the son of a bad element.

Lin Yuexi sighed, not stopping him from crying, but gently patting his back and letting him vent.

The child is too sensible, or perhaps too repressed. Although she occasionally sheds tears after being brought back, she has never truly expressed her fear and anxiety like this before.

Although the child is becoming more and more cheerful, Lin Yuexi and the others are more and more worried every day.

At that time, the term "smiling depression" did not exist, but that did not prevent them from understanding that keeping all the bad things from the past inside a child's heart would not be good for his future.

Moreover, Leng Zhaohua is the eldest of the Zhao generation. Let's not talk about successors or anything like that. Just the fact that he is the eldest means that he has a much heavier burden on his shoulders than his brothers and sisters.