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

Chapter 222, Episode 0230: Uncle Leng's Gossip (Part 2)
Lin Yuexi felt that Leng Sishu's continued marriage was largely due to Leng Jiuling. In her memory, Leng Sishu was indeed quite indifferent to He Lingyu, but he had always been very good to Leng Jiuling.

The one that left the deepest impression on her—

Once, the Grand Elder received a huge double-sided embroidery painting that the entire village of a southern village had spent nearly five years embroidering. Along with the huge embroidery painting, several smaller embroidery paintings were also presented to the Grand Elder.

The eldest elder placed the largest painting in the meeting hall, while the smaller pieces were snatched up by the shameless Old Huo and the old man.

The old man snatched a painting of bamboo, knowing she liked bamboo, and said he would give it to her.

When Leng Jiuling found out about this, she went to Leng Sishu's place and made a scene. Then Leng Sishu went to see the old man, but the old man hit him with his cane and threw him out.

Uncle Leng was very afraid of the old man. No, to be precise, all of the old man's sons were afraid of him, especially his father. When the old man got angry, he would really hit him, using whatever he had as a weapon.

Moreover, the old man always keeps his word. Uncle Leng is his own son, so how could he not know this?
He was willing to take a beating knowing that Leng Jiuling would come for his sake, which shows Leng Jiuling's importance in his heart.

Lin Yuexi sighed inwardly. No wonder her fourth uncle was so traumatized; the letter he wrote looked like a will.

Read on.

During the Chinese New Year holiday, Uncle Leng went out to eat at the invitation of a colleague. During the meal, he heard a very familiar voice coming from the next private room.

One was He Lingyu's voice, and the other was a man's voice that sounded somewhat familiar but that I couldn't quite place.

Uncle Leng had never introduced his wife to his colleagues, so they didn't know He Lingyu. Fortunately, Uncle Leng was very 'fake', and his colleagues didn't notice anything unusual about him.

Afterwards, Uncle Leng pretended to go to the restroom and saw that the man was actually Liu Laoliu.

Uncle Leng worked in the Ministry of Trade and had a wide network of connections, including both legitimate and illegitimate ones. He quickly uncovered the truth.

The Zhou family fell from grace due to their differing political stances. Liu Laoliu has divorced his wife, and their two sons have severed ties with their mother.

Even so, the Zhou family's affair still had an impact on the Liu family, at least on the two children. Although they weren't convicted along with the others, their futures were basically ruined.

The Leng family was being targeted. The person knew about Liu Laoliu's past relationship with He Lingyu, so he went to Liu Laoliu and asked him to get close to He Lingyu, to win her over, and to frame Uncle Leng. If he succeeded, he would not only promote Liu Laoliu, but also get both of his sons into the department.

So Liu Laoliu pretended to get close to He Lingyu by chance, and the two quickly rekindled their old feelings. He Lingyu told Liu Laoliu that Leng Jiuling was his daughter.

The fact that the Leng family had raised his daughter for over a decade made Liu Laoliu, who was initially terrified of the Leng family, begin to despise them. What was there to fear from the Leng family, who could be manipulated by a woman he didn't want?

He originally only wanted to harm Uncle Leng, but now he wants to cause a bigger mess.

The two had already discussed and planned to find a way to put a piece of incriminating evidence that would bring down the Leng family in the Leng family’s house when He Lingyu went to the old mansion for dinner on New Year’s Eve in the Leng’s old master’s study.

Lin Yuexi: "...!!!"

At the same time, she felt like laughing.

Do they think reality is the same as fiction?
What is the old man's identity?
Where does he live?
So-called evidence can't even be brought through the front door, okay?

Even if Leng Zhi went in, he would have to check your whole body, you know? Not to mention that there are sentries every three steps and guards every five steps inside, and they are all sharp-eyed. If your expression is even slightly unnatural, you will be dragged into a small dark room and questioned until you doubt whether you are your parents' biological child.

Lin Yuexi just wanted to laugh, but Zhang Hongying glanced at her and burst out laughing.

She said, "I used to think He Lingyu was a bit clueless, and she was always making trouble for me in a sarcastic way, so I didn't like to associate with her. Now I realize that she's not clueless, she just (touches her temple) has a problem here."

“Every year when we are in Beijing, we go to Grandpa’s place for New Year’s Eve dinner, that’s true, but she doesn’t remember how we get in there every year.”

Is it that she doesn't care about the Leng family, or that she's too narrow-minded?
Those old men are not only their families' treasures, but also the nation's treasures, and the pillars of stability. Their safety is of utmost importance, and all possible dangers will be kept out of their homes.

Even if they successfully placed the so-called evidence in the old man's study, it would be useless unless it was true and irrefutable. Otherwise, it would only be others who would get into trouble.

However, this tactic would be different if used on Uncle Leng Si; the first step would be to capture him.

That's why Zhang Hongying and the others found it funny.

Logically speaking, shouldn't they be people who don't know anything about this?
Never mind, just laugh it off.

Lin Yuexi had finished reading the letter, folded it up, put it back, and returned it to Zhang Hongying.

After Zhang Hongxiang took the sweater and put it away in his room, he came out and continued knitting while talking to her.

“Your fourth uncle is a bit simple-minded. When the incident happened, your father felt something was wrong and had already arranged for someone to investigate. When your fourth uncle found out, he even got angry with your father. We weren’t in Beijing at the time, so it wasn’t easy to investigate things in Beijing. After your fourth uncle made a scene with your father, your father simply stopped caring.”

"Later, the couple often quarreled. One day they would argue, and the next day one would stay at their workplace while the other went back to their parents' home. Your father couldn't stand it and spoke up a few times, but your fourth uncle didn't appreciate it. Once he said some really harsh things, and after that your father really stopped caring about them."

This letter marked the first time the two brothers had contacted each other in five or six years.

Lin Yuexi was unaware that the conflict between the two brothers was somewhat related to her.

The old man had a lot of assets. Well, the late old woman must have had a lot of assets. The old man was from a farming background, but the old woman was different; she was the descendant of a super-rich capitalist.

The old lady's parents only had her as their daughter, and they left her everything. The old lady donated a large portion of it, but there was still a lot left. She owned more than twenty properties in Beijing alone, and several courtyard houses with two or three courtyards.

Before the old lady passed away, her family property had already been divided. Each son received a courtyard house and a tenement building, and they also received a share of the jewelry and other valuables. However, there were still quite a few things left, all of which were in the old man's hands.

Five years ago, when the old man was having New Year's Eve dinner, he drank too much and blurted out that he wanted to give the five-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) closest to Tiananmen Square to Lin Yuexi as her dowry.

No one at the table said anything, but on the way back, Uncle Leng and He Lingyu started arguing. Leng Zhi and the others tried to mediate, but Uncle Leng got angry and lashed out at Leng Zhi.

Leng Zhi was also furious. What the heck? The old man was just talking nonsense when he was drunk. It wasn't even a real deal yet, and the brotherhood was already ruined.

From then on, the two brothers started dancing together.

You'd think they'd broken up, but if one of them needed help, the other would definitely lend a hand.

But if you say they have a good relationship, neither of them is willing to contact the other first, and when they meet, they act as if the other doesn't exist.