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

Chapter 382, ​​Episode 0413: An Unexpected Result

“A wife is meant to be cherished. Your grandfather was a soldier, and he never treated your grandmother like a soldier. He always tried his best to satisfy her every wish and never lost his temper in front of her. He never brought his emotions home.”

The old man sat down opposite him, seemingly reminiscing, or perhaps simply expressing his feelings.

Huo Han remained seated upright, listening attentively to the leader's speech as if he were in a meeting.

Uncle Zhang poured a glass of water. The old man took a sip, glanced at Huo Han, and continued, "Don't use the same tricks we use outside on your wife. Your wife is the one you'll spend your whole life with. Unlike other couples who are together because they're of one mind, you should trust each other since you've chosen each other. When you're at home, be gentle when you need to be gentle, and be nagging when you need to be nagging. There's no such thing as losing face in front of your wife."

Huo Han nodded emphatically, "Grandpa, I've got it."

The old man almost choked, but then he thought about it and realized that with their relationship, if the man were to act weak in front of him, he would be truly shocked.

Neither of them are particularly sentimental people. The old man only goes on and on for his beloved grandson. But it would be difficult to expect him to be like an emotional expert or an understanding elder.

So after a few words of preaching, the topic naturally shifted to serious matters.

"Is there any progress on the poisoning case?"

What accident?
What a coincidence!
It might fool fools, but people at their level can see that these so-called coincidences and accidents are actually man-made!
Huo Han coldly uttered two words: "The Cui family."

"The Cui family?"

This time, the old man was genuinely shocked, and even more so, inevitably furious. "The Cui family's influence has already reached out to us?"

The Cui family's network of connections was so vast that any person in a position of power would be wary of it, even though the Cui family chose to retire from power from the very beginning.

Therefore, the Cui family has always been under surveillance.

This clandestine work was handled by the old man and several other people, including Old Man Huo, who had already officially retired.

That's why the old man was shocked, because he had not received any information that the Cui family had taken any targeted action against Lin Yuexi.

Huo Han now knows some of the secrets, so he knows what the old man is angry about. It's not that he really wants to explain anything for the old man and his men, but rather that the Cui family has been very discreet about this matter.

"Cui Fusheng has an illegitimate child."

The Cui family's internal affairs are a bit... messy.

The current head of the family is Old Master Cui, but the next head of the family will not be in Old Master Cui's generation. Old Master Cui had already made it clear a few years ago that the next head of the Cui family will only be Cui Hongyin.

Cui Hongyin is ostensibly the son of the eldest son of the Cui family, but in reality, the eldest son suffers from infertility. None of the three sons and one daughter born to his wife are his, but they are all from the Cui family. Cui Hongyin is the son of Cui Fusheng, whom he now calls Third Uncle.

Yes, Third Uncle, not Third Uncle.

Fewer than five members of the Cui family knew about this matter. The reason why Old Master Cui chose Cui Hongyin as his successor was twofold: firstly, Cui Hongyin was indeed the most capable among his generation; secondly, Old Master Cui believed that Cui Hongyin was the son of his third son and his own grandson.

This shows just how complicated the relationships are. But that's not the point right now.

Cui Fusheng was a rare playboy in the Cui family who truly lived a life of leisure. His life was quite comfortable and luxurious. He ate and played well every day, and his family was entangled in extramarital affairs.

However, the Cui family has a rule: men can have affairs outside the home, but they are not allowed to have children with unclear identities.

The Cui family has a rather strange mindset. In their view, whatever happens within the family is their own business as long as it doesn't cause a scene outside; but if it happens outside, they consider it unclean.

For example, none of Madam Cui's children are related to Cui Da, but all of Madam Cui's children are of the Cui family bloodline, so the Cui family recognizes all of her children; while the children born to Cui Fusheng's mistresses, regardless of whether they are Cui Fusheng's children or not, even if you bring a paternity test, the Cui family will not recognize the children as being of the Cui family bloodline.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Cui Fusheng had many illegitimate children outside the family. Because they were not registered in the Cui family, some of them had almost no contact with the Cui family. Therefore, those who were monitoring and investigating the Cui family overlooked those few "invisible" members of the Cui family.

If it weren't for the poisoning incident involving Lin Yuexi, they wouldn't have discovered that they had overlooked such a huge loophole in their dealings with the Cui family.

The National Security officers followed the trail to a suspicious individual named Wang Ben. During their detailed investigation of him, they discovered that his mother's relationship with Cui Fusheng before Wang Ben's birth was not normal. Further investigation into his mother revealed that her income and expenditure over the past twenty years were not proportional.

Wang Ben's mother was an ordinary person, and after a little questioning, she told him everything.

"Liu Hong was originally a singer and did not know that the Cui family would not acknowledge children born outside the family. Back then, she wanted to enter the Cui family by being pregnant. She was just one of Cui Fusheng's many women and was not taken seriously. After Cui Fusheng took her in, he rented her a place to live and gave her some money. He would visit her whenever he remembered, but he rarely did."

Liu Hong initially wanted to use her pregnancy to gain wealth and status, so she kept her pregnancy a secret from Cui Fusheng, thinking that when her belly grew bigger and she could no longer hide it, she would be unable to get an abortion, and Cui Fusheng would have no choice but to admit it.

But gradually, the intervals between Cui Fusheng's visits to her became longer and longer, and eventually, after she was five months pregnant, she disappeared completely.

At that time, the tolerance for unmarried childbirth was still very low. Liu Hong also realized that Cui Fusheng was unreliable, so when she was heavily pregnant, she found an honest man surnamed Wang to be her caretaker.

After giving birth to Wang Ben, the couple left Beijing and returned to Wang Ben's father's hometown, where they stayed for fifteen years.

It's unclear how Cui Fusheng learned that Liu Hong had given birth to his son, and he even found out where Liu Hong was. He didn't acknowledge his son, but for the past fifteen years, he would send money, tickets, and supplies for the child to Liu Hong from time to time.

When Wang Ben turned fifteen, Cui Fusheng finally came to his door and secretly contacted Liu Hong. Then, Liu Hong secretly brought Wang Ben to meet Cui Fusheng.

From that time on, Wang Ben began working for the Cui family.

However, since Wang Ben was not in Beijing before, and the things he did seemed to have nothing to do with the Cui family, no one would suspect that he was related to the Cui family.

A year ago, Wang Ben was admitted to Beijing Normal University and finally made his way into Beijing.

From this point on, many of the Cui family's clandestine and underhanded dealings fell into his hands.

"This person is very clever. He always hides himself very well. If the person who was poisoned this time hadn't been Xixi, and hadn't been given so much attention, he might have escaped again."

Because of the high level of protection given to Lin Yuexi, during the investigation, even if there was nothing suspicious, as long as she had appeared, she had to be thoroughly investigated. This is why Wang Ben, who had only passed by the military nursing home that day, was also thoroughly investigated.

Otherwise, he would just be an ordinary passerby; who would have thought he was the mastermind?