Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

"I don't understand."

"What's wrong? What don't you understand?"

In later years, Ximen Lang never returned to the large apartment where he had lived.

After a deep exchange in various senses, Bai Ling suddenly sat up in bed, revealing large expanses of her cleavage.

Ximen Lang immediately leaned his head closer.

Before Ximen Lang could even get close, Bai Ling grabbed his head and pressed down on him with a single sentence.
"Don't make trouble."

They pressed Ximen Lang's head back down again.

Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage over Bai Ling, he wasn't even allowed to personally experience the beauty of the face wash, let alone have his face examined.

He smacked his lips and couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"We've been married for so long, why are you still hiding things like this? Don't you know how boring this is?"

Having said that, before Bai Ling could even raise her eyebrows and loudly rebuke him, he continued.

Ximen Lang quickly changed the subject, bringing the conversation back to Bai Ling's doubts.

"Tell me what you don't understand. Just say it out loud and I'll clear things up for you."

When Bai Ling's doubts were brought up, she immediately forgot her earlier unpleasantness.

He picked up his phone and excitedly asked Simon Lang.

“We all know Jia Zhangshi. Yes, she does have her problems. Especially her cursing, she’s really bad at it. Three or five ordinary middle-aged women are no match for her.”

"But does that mean you have to curse every dog ​​that walks by? Look at how these novels are written, take a good look, it's so disgusting that even dogs hate it, it's unbearable to look at!"

"And this Teacher Yan, what kind of person is he? He even has to go over and taste the saltiness of a passing manure cart? Listen to that, does he even speak like a human being? Of course, it must be admitted that their description of Liu Haizhong is somewhat accurate."

"But isn't it a bit too much to seize houses and bully the families of martyrs all the time?! Some people even wrote that they conspired to commit murder and arson for money!"

"What's going on? Are Aunt Wang, the neighborhood committee, and the street office all gone? Is there no law anymore?! Otherwise, how could something like this happen?!"

"What do you mean? Do you think we're all dead?! That we're all blind?! Or is it that they wrote it this way on purpose! That they have no good intentions and are trying to smear us?"

Good heavens, Bai Ling is getting more and more outrageous, to the point that she's starting to throw one big accusation after another at us.

That won't do!
Although Ximen Lang also felt that, well, some fan fiction was indeed a bit too much.

Especially after Ximen Lang entered the world of Beijing and experienced the atmosphere of that era firsthand.

He also finds it difficult to read certain fan fiction works that are particularly outrageous.

But you can't just throw such a big label at someone right away!
Therefore, Ximen Lang quickly stopped.

They quickly stopped Bai Ling from saying anything more outrageous and exaggerated.

They quickly changed the subject and brought the discussion back to the drama itself, "The Courtyard House."

"Actually, when it comes to the TV series 'Full House of Love,' besides being influenced by various novels and having a deep impression of Jia Zhangshi, there is another person that I really don't know how to evaluate."

"Who?"

Yi Zhonghai.

"Oh, him? He is indeed cunning, but not as exaggerated as you say, is he?"

"It's not as exaggerated as I said?"

Seeing that Bai Ling didn't understand anything at all, Ximen Lang asked in return.

"No, are you serious? Yi Zhonghai has been scheming against He Yuzhu his entire life, spanning several decades! And those decades were all about a future shrouded in mystery, with an uncertain future and an unknown outcome!"

"This forbearance, this resilience—these are all excellent qualities that people who accomplish great things possess! And yet, these are qualities that I myself lack, yet they have appeared in Yi Zhonghai!"

"It was because of the absurd idea of ​​finding someone to take care of him in his old age that he persevered for decades. Good heavens, that's ridiculous! Don't you think all of this is a bit too exaggerated and absurd?"

Don't say it, you really don't say it.

I never really thought about it before, but now that Ximen Lang has said it, the more I think about it, the stranger it seems, and the more I examine it, the more abnormal it seems.

It's so exaggerated it's almost outrageous.

The scene was so familiar that Bai Ling immediately got into work mode.

He immediately frowned, then skillfully pulled out his phone to check whether Yi Zhonghai was a potential enemy agent.

Bai Ling didn't even spare He Yuzhu and his group.

Because just moments before, Ximen Lang had found in his drawer the words "Fu Hai, you're really something!", Colonel Liu Haizhong, Kuomintang senior general Yi Zhonghai, and Major Qin Huairu, a special agent from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, etc.
Bai Ling was so ruthless that she didn't even spare these people!
Adhering to the principle of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," Bai Ling directly searched for their information and began to examine it carefully.

At first, when he saw Bai Ling start fiddling with her phone right away, Ximen Lang thought that Bai Ling had just been liberated and no longer had to worry about this or that, so she was just being playful and that's why she was acting this way.

Ximen Lang, who was also inseparable from his phone, naturally didn't pay any attention.

However, when he caught a glimpse of Bai Ling's extremely serious face, and the information she was constantly searching on her phone...
He simply couldn't hold back any longer.

Ximen Lang was completely dumbfounded.

"What's going on?! You found all this stuff?! And video footage of the actors' past films and TV shows—what are you trying to do with it?!"

Seeing that Ximen Lang was still feigning ignorance, Bai Ling brushed aside his outstretched hand, pointing to her own finger, and said earnestly, "You've reminded me. Yi Zhonghai's forbearance and resilience are truly extraordinary; these are clearly qualities that ordinary people shouldn't possess! Plus, your identity is special."

"Even the slightest possibility of threatening you must be nipped in the bud! We will never tolerate the innocence of the guilty, better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free! As for these video and video materials..."

"As you said yourself, our world is a hodgepodge of period dramas. Anything can be mixed into our world if it's a period drama! Since dramas like 'Full House of Love,' 'The Grand Mansion,' and 'The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate' can be mixed in, there's no reason why I can't be in my own world!"

"So I want to use the clues you provided to investigate thoroughly and see if they have any problems! If they do, then we'll handle it accordingly! If they don't, we can feel more at ease, don't you think?"

Ximen Lang had never been so speechless.

What no one expected was that these photos, which were just collected casually as a precaution, would actually become the death knell for everyone in the courtyard!

Is this a joke?!

If Bai Ling were to use these video recordings as evidence and hand them over to Lao Luo, what would happen?
Just you wait and see. Even if the investigation goes on until the very end and there is no evidence to show that the people in the courtyard have any connection with these scumbags who are either traitors or spies, the people in the courtyard will still be in big trouble!
Even saying something like, "Even if you don't die, you'll still have to shed a layer of skin," is being very polite!
They might all end up inside and never get out!
This is absolutely something Ximen Lang doesn't want to see!

Especially after spending a lot of time with them, I found that they were not only not beasts, but I also developed a deep affection for them.

At least for Jia Zhangshi, who had been deliberately yielding to him from beginning to end, Ximen Lang genuinely did not want anything to happen to her!

Not to mention, this whole thing started because of me!
Therefore, it is simply unacceptable!
Ximen Lang immediately began to persuade him with all his might.

"Ling'er, Ling'er! We can't be so hasty! Although they do have their flaws, it's not that bad, it's really not that bad! They're all good people! You forgot, when you were almost knocked out by the state-run auntie gang, it was the auntie gang from the courtyard who stepped in and helped you get back at them!"

"Especially this Jia Zhangshi, she risked her entire Zhang family and eighteen generations of her ancestors! All for you, you know! We can't act like that! Besides, it's just a TV series, what does it represent?"

Bai Ling would never forget the imposing figure of Jia Zhangshi and a group of courtyard house ladies who stood up for her when she was so angry that she almost lost her mind.

In fact, she had always felt deeply grateful to Jia Zhangshi for this matter.

“But one thing is one thing! That matter is that matter, and this matter is this matter! I am grateful to her, but that is not a reason for me to turn a blind eye to this!”

"I know that this is definitely repaying kindness with enmity. If I really do this and hand these things over to Lao Luo, people will definitely think I'm shameful. But I have reasons why I must do it!"

A word
"I would do anything for you! Just like you would go through fire and water for me!"

As for Ximen Lang's statement that the TV series was just a TV series...
"Do you really think TV dramas are just TV dramas? Have you seen Sesame Alley? Do you remember Yan Zhensheng from Qinfangju? Let me tell you, there really is such a place as Qinfangju! And the owner's surname is indeed Yan!"

"And that 'Master Pian' from Zhengyangmen, he's Teacher Yan's cousin! Plus, there's also that 'Scrap Hou' who lives in Qianmen Hutong under Zhengyangmen, he has all sorts of relationships with the two of them, and Teacher Yan himself admitted it!"

"This is three TV series linked together! Cai Quanwu and He Daqing in 'The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate' also have an ambiguous relationship, they might even be brothers! With this situation, can you still say that TV series are just TV series?"

This is why she desperately tried to convince herself that this person was Ximen Lang; otherwise, Bai Ling would have been just like the Imperial Guard in "Brotherhood of Blades," giving Ximen Lang a severe dressing down with a corporate-level understanding.

"Xi Menlang said that anyone who is associated with traitors and enemy agents is a good person!"

This left Ximen Lang speechless.

Knowing this was indeed a bit cruel for Ximen Lang.

Bai Ling sighed again.

"Of course, I know you must be feeling bad. I also don't want everyone in the courtyard to be harassed and fussed over such a small matter. I sincerely believe that they are all good people. At least they are ordinary people, just ordinary folks. So, how about this: I should still report these video and audio materials."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he saw Ximen Lang getting anxious again.

"Look at you, you're in such a hurry. Don't rush, let me finish what I have to say."

Having calmed Ximen Lang down, Bai Ling continued, picking up where she left off.

"But a large-scale, elaborate investigation is unnecessary. To be on the safe side, I've asked Lao Luo to tell Aunt Wang and the others not to expand the scope or disturb the normal lives of everyone in the courtyard. Let them investigate these matters privately. Is that alright? You should have no objections now, right?"

Of course, Ximen Lang still had a lot to say.

But Bai Ling has already said all that, and the methods she has used have been as gentle as she can be.

This made Ximen Lang feel too embarrassed to open his mouth again.

In addition, what Bai Ling just said was not without reason.

In later generations, TV dramas are indeed just TV dramas.

But in the world of Beijing, where everything can be incorporated, a TV series is not necessarily as simple as it seems.

They simply couldn't bring themselves to say a word of refusal anymore.

Persuaded by Bai Ling, Ximen Lang, who also wanted to find out whether the people in the courtyard had any connection with those scumbags, could only acquiesce to the matter by neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Of course, this is the default setting, but necessary reminders should still be given.

"You can investigate, but you must be careful not to disrupt everyone's normal lives. Also, even if you find something really serious, like whether the people in the courtyard really have some kind of relationship with those scumbags."

"But as long as you can prove that everyone in the courtyard is indeed innocent, even if they are related by blood or have some distant kinship, you can't do anything to them!"

"Finally, and most importantly! I need to be involved in every single detail! All actions taken against the residents of the courtyard house must be approved by me! Otherwise, I'll definitely lose my temper, I'm telling you!"

Since Ximen Lang has already said so much, what else can Bai Ling say?
Of course, all we can do is completely go along with him.

He replied immediately.

"Yes, my esteemed Mr. Ximen!"

Then, a new problem arose.

That is.
"What about Lao Luo? We both ran away quietly, even after things had gotten out of hand. They must be frantic with worry! Lao Luo has been worn out by us, like a hawk being kept in heat. His health is deteriorating. We might even scare him into having a stroke. What are we going to do?" (End of Chapter)