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

Chapter 374, Episode 0404: Dangerous Thoughts
For example, before the eldest daughter of the Hua family was transferred back to Beijing, she already had close relationships with many girls in the compound. It's just that after the eldest daughter of the Hua family was transferred back to Beijing, her behavior became even bolder.

For example, she, who used to just wait, started to take the initiative and sought opportunities to contact Huo Han's stepmother. By catering to her preferences, the two became almost as close as mother and daughter.

Huo Han almost succumbed to his stepmother's influence and sold himself into prostitution!

If it weren't for Old Master Huo's concern for his unreliable son and his warning that they were not allowed to interfere in Huo Han's affairs, Huo Han would probably have been secretly betrothed to someone long ago.

After Xu Shan said all this, Lin Yuexi, unless she was completely clueless, could tell that the two people who rushed out to stop the car today were backed by Hua Yingyu.

She wasn't angry; she just found it somewhat amusing.

Right? That smile just looks a bit sinister.

Everything Hua Yingyu did was merely to move herself; Lin Yuexi had seen many people like this in her previous life.

It's incredibly difficult for people to live in the post-apocalyptic world. You could say everyone is mentally ill. People like Hua Yingyu, who only fantasize about their beloved, are already considered good. She's seen groups of people who can't even afford clothes playing emperor games all day long.

That's hilarious! They even had three palaces and six courtyards! Can you believe it?!

If Huo Hancheng had ever made a single promise to Hua Yingyu, then whatever Hua Yingyu did afterward, even if Lin Yuexi didn't think she was right, would only place greater blame on Huo Hancheng.

In Lin Yuexi's view, regardless of gender, the one who is most at fault is the one who doesn't love themselves and the one who betrays trust; the others are first and foremost the victims, and then judged as wrong or guilty based on their behavior.

Huo Han should be thankful that Hua Yingyu was just imagining things; otherwise, there would be a Huo idiot in this world.

Huo Han, who was chasing a shop in an alley in Beijing, suddenly sneezed for no apparent reason.

Xu Shan, unaware of the dangerous thoughts hidden beneath Lin Yuexi's faint smile, took a sip of water and continued.

"The two people who blocked the car just now..."

It can be quite complex, but it can also be very simple.

Both of them are quite jealous, petty, and a little clever but not very bright. Hua Yingyu often invites them to banquets and then subtly leads them from envy to jealousy and then to hatred towards Lin Yuexi.

Cheng Siyu was a little better. She was just equally jealous and resentful of all the women who were prettier and more capable than her, but she had her bottom line. She was only jealous and resentful in her heart, and she would pretend to be dead to suppress her feelings. She would not actually do anything in practice.

On the contrary, she is quite righteous, and often offends a lot of people without any reason because she stands up for her friends.

Compared to Cheng Siyuan, who was relatively upright, Wu Wenqiong was like a maggot in the gutter.

If we trace the Wu family back to its ancestry, its existence is longer than the reign of a dynasty. Its ancestor was a meritorious official who helped the Ming Taizu (Emperor Hongwu) establish the Ming dynasty in the early Ming period, and the family has a history of more than four hundred years.

The longevity of a family isn't always a good thing; many outdated customs are preserved in the name of maintaining family honor. Furthermore, their mindset is completely different from our current traditional mindset. For example, we now prioritize the nation over the family, while families like the Wu family take family honor as their responsibility, and this 'family honor' is obsessive and pathological, capable of disregarding the nation when necessary.
For example, their elders talk about a "breeding poisonous insect" method of succession, while the younger generation talks about a "every man for himself" method of seizing power.
For example, in these kinds of families, women have a very low status and are generally used as tools to increase the rights and interests of men in the family. They are either groomed for marriage alliances or given as gifts.

The Wu family is particularly problematic in this last aspect. Apart from not having bound feet, the women of the Wu family live much like they did in the Ming Dynasty. Those who marry into the Wu family are merely appendages of the men, and the Wu family girls are simply tools for the men to make money.

The tools themselves are one thing, but the competition for those tools is extremely fierce.

Whether someone is good-looking or not, they will be nurtured from a young age, but the nurturing they receive will differ depending on their appearance.

Good-looking girls receive good treatment from a young age and have a glorious future. They are given special attention and are usually expected to marry high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen.
As for those who aren't good-looking, the Wu family doesn't waste them. They'll have elites in their respective fields teach them from a young age. It doesn't matter if they're not pretty; as long as they're good at martial arts, they can still keep people around.

As for Wu Wenqiong, she wasn't so lucky. She inherited her parents' flaws and was rather plain-looking. From a young age, she was taught how to serve others.

Wu Wenqiong did not want to end up like her aunts, who were often seen with their arms wrapped around each other's pillows, so she began planning for herself from a very young age.

Wu Wenqiong is actually Wu Si's illegitimate daughter, and is Wu Wenyuan's half-sister. However, the Wu family has a rule that no matter whether a child is born to a wife or not, once a child is born, they must be brought home and raised together. Anyway, their behavior is quite puzzling by modern standards. Looking at their family situation, you might suddenly think you've traveled back to ancient times.

Wu Wenyuan is not very bright and is arrogant, but he is easy to coax. Wu Wenqiong is sweet-talking, quick-witted, and very patient. The two are a perfect match. Among Wu Si's dozen or so children, Wu Wenqiong has always had the best relationship with Wu Wenyuan, and Wu Wenyuan listens to her more.

This was the path that Wu Wenqiong had carved out within the Wu family, and through this path, and through Wu Wenyuan, she also gained the favor of Old Master Wu, who valued the children of the first wife.

Aunt Yang and Uncle Liu were both shocked to see the girl moving around so much, seemingly oblivious to what she was doing.

One Wu Si has more than a dozen children?

This is just too much.

Lin Yuexi also noticed this point, and spat out the tea she had just taken a sip of. "How many children are you talking about? Has no one investigated? This is a serious issue of misconduct."

Xu Shan's expression was rather complicated: "The men of the Wu family are like pigs. They seem to take pride in having many children. They have this idea that even if I'm not good enough, one of my children will definitely be." They compete fiercely with each other on this point, and it feels like a struggle for succession among the princes. If one of their children is more outstanding, the elders will get involved and plot against him.

Lin Yuexi: "..."

What kind of magical family is this?
"As for having many children, they are particularly cautious. Apart from the children born to their legal wives who are registered in the household registration, the others are all taken home under the guise of adopting orphans."

The Wu family is no longer a family that deserves much attention, so the higher-ups will naturally not waste manpower and resources to keep an eye on them. As long as the Wu family handles the aftermath well, adopting orphans will not only not arouse suspicion, but will also bring them a good reputation.

People wouldn't think of something so absurd. It's already bad enough that there's one person in the family with questionable conduct, but who would imagine that all of them would be?

What's even more ridiculous is that you did something so absurd, and the whole family spent so much time and effort on it. Although it's shameful, I could at least understand doing something big. But after investigating for so long, it turns out that it was just a big mess.

The staff investigating the Wu family once suspected that the reason why the Wu family had been able to survive for four or five hundred years was because they were so incompetent that people were too lazy to deal with them.