The tycoon's wicked wife from the era of literature has been reborn.

The rain started suddenly at noon and got heavier and heavier.

By the afternoon, the rain had subsided, the sky was overcast, and the security guards closed the pool.

Jiang Qiyue looked so pitiful, her little hands gripping the vase pillar on the balcony, her eyes gazing longingly at the blue swimming pool.

Jiang Baohai couldn't bear the heartbreaking scene, so he immediately called his daughter back and said he would enroll her in swimming lessons so they could swim for as long as they wanted.

"Even if it rains?" Jiang Qiyue asked expectantly.

Jiang Baohai lifted his daughter onto his lap. "Of course you can. The swimming pool at the Children's Palace is indoors. So what if it rains? You can swim even if it snows."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qiyue excitedly grabbed her father's collar, urging him to take her there quickly.

"Not today. How about Mom takes you when the sun comes out?"

Gao Qinghe ate her ice cream and gave him a half-smile, "Why didn't you bring your own?"

Don't think she doesn't know what he's up to.

Sending a three-year-old to extracurricular classes? Do you have no humanity?!
Ignoring his wife's glare, Jiang Baohai said in a serious tone:

“I’m going to the company in a couple of days. If I could, I would love to take her to the Children’s Palace every day.”

Men who become fathers for the first time may have a strange sense of confidence.

My child is so young and already loves swimming. It's a good time to find a professional coach to take a look. What if she becomes a diving queen someday?
Gao Qinghe shrugged, too lazy to even expose him.

Does your daughter like swimming?

She just loves playing in the water!
Jiang Baohai refused to admit it.

His daughter is a swimming champion; she might even be an Olympic candidate!
Jiang Qiyue was completely taken aback by her father's words and began to look forward to going to the Children's Palace, while her interest in the swimming pool downstairs waned slightly.

Jiang Baohai also wanted to take his daughter downstairs to play, but unfortunately the weather was not cooperating, and the rain showed no signs of stopping once it started.

The family of three had to cook dinner at home for themselves.

Gao Qinghe doesn't go into the kitchen unless there's no one else in the house, or she's extremely hungry.

Otherwise, she wouldn't want to abuse her stomach.

Jiang Baohai's cooking skills weren't much better; he cooked three bowls of noodles and added a fried egg for each person, which they ate with relish.

At night, the rain intensified, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Jiang Qiyue was awakened by the thunder and found her parents beside her. She turned over and went back to sleep.

The little guy didn't know what sorrow was. Jiang Baohai looked at the lightning flashing outside the window, feeling uneasy.

Another bolt of lightning struck, and Gao Qinghe suddenly felt a tightness in her chest.

"Buzzing—"

Jiang Baohai's mobile phone, which was on his bedside table, suddenly vibrated.

The couple exchanged a glance, wondering if something bad was really going to happen in the middle of the night.

Jiang Baohai picked up the phone, took a deep breath, and answered it.

Gao Qinghe sat up slightly, gently patting her somewhat uneasy daughter with one hand, while listening intently to what was being said on the phone.

It was Old Cui's voice. He sounded a little panicked, as if someone had gotten into trouble.

Upon hearing that it wasn't a call from her family, Gao Qinghe felt much relieved.

Jiang Baohai: "Okay, okay, I understand. It's getting late, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Qinghe asked softly, "What happened?"

"Old Cui said that the county has recently taken some big steps. Just now, several county leaders were suddenly called away for investigation, including the office director Ouyang Yi."

Jiang Baohai shook his head and smiled, saying, "Old Cui and the others were among them in my past life. I warned them beforehand this time, and they were quite obedient and stopped in time. They escaped this time and just now said that I was their second parent."

As for Ouyang Yi, it seems he went through the same thing in his past life. Jiang Baohai doesn't remember what happened, since he had absolutely no connection with anyone surnamed Ouyang in his previous life.

If his wife hadn't been curious about Ouyang Yan's fate, he wouldn't have paid much attention to those people in the county office who would eventually end up in jail.

One thing that interests him is Zhou Zhenghua, the son-in-law of the office director.

In his past life, Ouyang Yi, out of consideration for his granddaughter, promoted Zhou Zhenghua from the village all the way to the county.

But by the time he met with misfortune, Zhou Zhenghua already had a new father-in-law, and Ouyang Yi's affairs had no impact on him at all.

Jiang Baohai said in a low voice with a hint of amusement, "Ouyang Yan is still alive and well in this life, but your father-in-law has had such a big accident. Do you think Zhou Zhenghua will stay out of it?"

A buzzing sound went through Gao Qinghe's mind.

A cold, electronic voice boomed: "The gears of fate have begun to turn; the predetermined destiny cannot be changed."

Before it could finish showing off, Gao Qinghe interrupted it in her mind, "You're so noisy!"

Just as she finished speaking her mind, Jiang Qiyue, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes, tilted her head back, and asked blankly:

"Mom, who are you talking to?"

As luck would have it, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed, illuminating the room and revealing the child's innocent and bewildered face.

Gao Qinghe admitted that she was startled.

It's said that children can see and hear things that ordinary people can't. Could her daughter be able to hear her conversation with the system?
Just as Gao Qinghe was beginning to suspect that her daughter could hear the system's voice.

Jiang Qiyue then asked her father, "Dad, have any swallows flown into the house?"

Jiang Baohai couldn't help but laugh when he saw his wife's stunned expression.

"No swallows, go to sleep now. Mommy and Daddy are here, don't be afraid, sleep peacefully, baby."

Jiang Qiyue quickly fell asleep again with her father's gentle coaxing.

Gao Qinghe patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "That scared me to death! I hadn't even said anything when she suddenly asked that question. I thought she had seen something bad."

"So I heard you speaking."

Gao Qinghe glared at her husband with a look of anger, a look so captivating that it made Jiang Baohai's bones melt.

He quickly coughed twice, pretending to be serious, to reassure his wife not to scare herself.

The couple felt relieved that the incident didn't happen to their family.

Regardless of the thunder and lightning outside, the family of three drifted off to sleep.

It's raining in Linxian County tonight too, with strong winds and heavy rain.

In the dimly lit security room of the government staff building, amidst the sound of rain, the telephone rang.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Zhenghua and his wife were awakened from their sleep by urgent knocking on the door.

"Who could it be in the middle of the night?"

Ouyang Yan peeked out from another room and asked.

Zhou Zhenghua put on a shirt and came out of the small room. "It's probably something urgent at work. You go to sleep, I'll go check on it."

Zhou Zhenghua went to open the door, and Ouyang Yan didn't go back to her room but followed him out.

For some reason, seeing the tree branches outside the window, whipped about by the wind, gave her a bad feeling.

The person who knocked on the door was the security guard on duty in the security room. Upon seeing the couple, he said:

"Section Chief Zhou, your mother-in-law called to say that your father-in-law was called away by the authorities late at night. She's worried something might have happened and wants you to help her find out."

Amidst the wind and rain, and in the middle of the night, the news caught Ouyang Yan and her husband completely off guard. (End of Chapter)