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Chapter 153 The Restless Relatives

Just as An Min suppressed her worries, footsteps sounded outside the courtyard gate.

"Is my cousin home? I'm Xiaohua from my third aunt's family!"

Where did his aunt's cousin, Xiaohua, come from? He lived in his hometown for a few years when he was a child. His aunt's family only had two sons, and they didn't even have a daughter.

This is clearly another trick they're up to.

He pressed down on An Min, who was about to get up, and said in a deep voice, "Sit still."

Before the words were finished, a young woman wearing a blue cotton shirt and with two braids barged in.

Her face was plastered with an overly enthusiastic smile, but her eyes darted around the yard before finally settling on Liang Yi.

"Oh, cousin, I've finally found you! It's me, Xiaohua! Don't you recognize me? You used to hold me when I was little!"

The woman tried to move closer to Liang Yi as she spoke.

Liang Yi took half a step back, his eyes as cold as ice: "My third aunt's family has no daughters, who are you?"

The woman's smile froze for a moment after being exposed, then she forced an even more aggrieved expression.

“Cousin, how could you forget? I was adopted by my third aunt! Now that our family has suffered a disaster, my mother, oh no, my third aunt, told me to come to you for help, saying that you are a high-ranking official in Beijing and can definitely lend a hand.”

As she spoke, she glanced into the house, her greedy eyes impossible to hide.

Anmin listened from the side, her heart tightening, and she quietly gripped the needle and thread in her hand.

This woman's mannerisms are exactly like Zhao Caihua's.

Liang Yi suddenly laughed, but the laugh didn't reach his eyes at all: "Oh? Adopted? How come I didn't know? My third aunt came to the capital to see me last year, and she didn't mention having such a daughter at all."

He deliberately mentioned that his third aunt had visited last year, and sure enough, he saw the woman's eyes flicker.

"This...this was just adopted last year!"

The woman hurriedly tried to cover up her predicament: "My family is really struggling financially, otherwise I wouldn't have had the nerve to bother my cousin. Look at me, I don't even have a new set of clothes..."

"is it?"

Liang Yi pressed on: "Then tell me, is the old locust tree at Third Aunt's house in the east or west yard? And which haystack does her old hen always like to jump on?"

These are details that only those who have actually visited Auntie's house would know.

The woman was immediately speechless, her face flushed red, and she stammered, unable to utter a word.

"Unable to speak?"

Liang Yi's voice suddenly turned cold: "I think you were sent by Zhao Caihua, weren't you? She can't stay in the hospital, so she's trying to find someone to extort money from her?"

The woman, startled by being exposed, shrank back, then retorted defiantly, "You're talking nonsense! I don't know any Zhao Caihua at all! You just don't want to help your relatives; you're a snob!"

"Am I a snob who favors the rich and dislikes the poor?"

Liang Yi laughed angrily: "Let me tell you, if my relatives were really in trouble, I would sell everything I own to help them. But people like you who pretend to be gods and ghosts to swindle money, get out of here now!"

He suddenly raised his voice, making the woman tremble.

"If you dare to cause trouble here again, I'll call the police station right now and have them check your cousin's identity! Then, forget about scamming money; even if she's trespassing, she'll be in big trouble!"

The words "police station" struck the woman like a thunderbolt. She remembered that Liang Yi had just sent Li Deyang there that morning, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to stay any longer.

Muttering that you're being unreasonable, she turned and ran out of the yard, forgetting even to pick up the cloth bag that had fallen to the ground.

As Liang Yi watched her flee in a disheveled state, the chill in his eyes intensified.

Zhao Caihua is determined to fight him to the bitter end.

"Who on earth are these people...?"

Anmin held her forehead, her voice full of exhaustion.

Ever since Zhao Caihua and her family came, there has never been a moment of peace at home.

Liang Yi walked over, squatted down in front of her, and gently rubbed her shoulders: "It's my fault, I made you suffer." He knew that simply scaring her wouldn't solve the fundamental problem.

People like Zhao Caihua won't shed a tear until they see the coffin.

"Minmin, you stay home and look after the children. I'm going out again."

Liang Yi stood up, his eyes becoming unusually determined.

"Where are you going?"

Anmin grabbed his hand, her face full of worry.

"Go to the hospital."

Liang Yi said in a deep voice, "There are some scores we need to settle with Zhao Caihua."

He couldn't wait any longer; he had to resolve this problem once and for all, otherwise Anmin and her child would never have peace.

Liang Yi rushed to the hospital, seething with anger. Just as he reached the bottom of the inpatient building, he saw Zhao Caihua's eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Cuilian, carrying a thermos and sneaking upstairs.

Liang Yi, with his sharp eyes, quickly caught up with her and stopped her: "Stop."

Wang Cuilian was so startled that her hand trembled, and the thermos fell to the ground, spilling the thin porridge inside.

She looked up and saw Liang Yi. Trying to remain calm, she said, "Comrade Liang... what are you doing here?"

"I've come to find Zhao Caihua."

Liang Yi's gaze was piercing as he stared directly at her. "That girl named Xiaohua, was she someone you hired?"

Wang Cuilian's eyes flickered, and she stammered, clutching the hem of her clothes, "What little flower? I don't know what you're talking about..."

"do not know?"

“Go back and tell Zhao Caihua to stop playing these underhanded tricks. If she wants to be discharged from the hospital, she should explain herself to me properly.”

He bypassed Wang Cuilian and went straight upstairs. The ward door wasn't closed properly, and Zhao Caihua's sharp, sarcastic curses came from inside: "That damned Liang Yi, he even cheated his own relatives! Once I get out, I'll make sure he ruins his reputation in this building..."

Just then, Liang Yi suddenly pushed open the door. Zhao Caihua was so frightened that she trembled, the words stuck in her throat, and her eyes widened in shock.

Seeing this, the patient in the next bed tactfully drew the curtain.

"Zhao Caihua, are you ever going to stop?"

Liang Yi walked to the bedside and looked down at her.

"Li Deyang is in jail, and you've sent a woman to impersonate a relative and extort money from me. Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

After regaining her composure, Zhao Caihua decided to throw a tantrum, immediately wailing, "Oh dear, everyone come quick! Now that he's an official, he doesn't acknowledge his poor relatives anymore, and he's even falsely accusing me of extorting money! I can't live like this anymore..."

"Stop pretending here."

“We haven’t even finished discussing your son Li Deyang’s matter yet. If you keep causing trouble, I’ll hand you over to the police station right now and have them investigate you as well.”

Zhao Caihua's crying stopped abruptly. Staring at Liang Yi, she knew he wasn't bluffing.

When that stubborn temper flares up, he can really do things that will lead to mutual destruction.

"What...what do you want?"

Zhao Caihua's voice trailed off, tinged with a hint of guilt.

"It's very simple."

"Shouldn't a family be all together? I'll send you in too, how about that?"

"You...you can't do this!"

Zhao Caihua shouted, and Liang Yi sneered, reaching out to pull over a chair next to him and sitting down.

"I'm not worthy of having an aunt who only knows how to play the charlatan and extort money. Now she's trying to claim kinship with me?"

"You've all messed up my life."