The Courtyard House: Xu Damao's Aunt is the Queen of Women

East Fourth Branch, Conference Room.

Xiao Heizi, who broke into the west wing of the No. 95 courtyard house last night, was captured alive. This incident caused quite a stir. Upon hearing about it, the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Public Security immediately ordered Sun Weiguo, deputy director of the Political Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, Zhao Lie, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and Li Chenghong, deputy director of the Security Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to be in charge of the investigation and to find out the mastermind behind the assassination of Ye Xi.

However... the interrogation results left everyone speechless. It turned out that Xiao Heizi had gone to kill Ye Xi's sister Ye Juan and brother-in-law Liu Hao.

Hiring a killer is a serious crime, and Sun Weiguo, deputy director of the Political Security Bureau, immediately called the Dongcheng Branch Bureau to investigate.

"Three leaders, based on the characteristics described in Xiao Hei's confession, the Dongcheng Branch has conducted a comprehensive search in Nanluoguxiang and the Third Steel Rolling Mill, and has identified the person who hired Xiao Hei to murder Liu Hao and Ye Juan: Liu Haizhong, a level seven forging worker at the Third Steel Rolling Mill!"

In the conference room, Zhao Lie pushed open the door, stood at attention, saluted, and reported to Sun Weiguo.

Liu Haizhong, a level seven blacksmith?

Sun Weiguo asked, "Does he have some deep-seated hatred for Liu Hao?"

"According to the investigation by the Dongcheng Branch, Liu Haizhong is a man of questionable character, ambitious but incompetent, and obsessed with officialdom. When he was the second uncle in charge of the No. 95 courtyard..."

Zhao Lie gave a complete report on Liu Haizhong's situation, as well as the conflict that broke out between Liu Hao and the elderly care group after Liu Hao moved into courtyard number 95.

This included Xu Damao using Liu Hao's name to report the He family for falsifying their social status, Liu Hao's involvement in the major corruption case at the Third Steel Rolling Mill, and Ye Xi's cousin Ye Zhen reporting Yan Fugui's moral depravity, etc. The investigation was very detailed.

Sun Weiguo, Li Chenghong, and Yan Peilin, the director of the Institute of Computing Technology, looked at each other in astonishment. How could such a small courtyard house have gathered so many scumbags and degenerates?

Ye Xi's brother-in-law Liu Hao and her sister Ye Juan were no pushovers either. They successively sent Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old woman, He Daqing, and Sha Zhu to jail, and also got Yan Fugui out of his job.

Sun Weiguo flicked his cigarette ash and asked thoughtfully, "Director Yan, this Liu Hao seems to be no ordinary person?"

"It's not just not simple, it's extremely complex."

Li Chenghong adjusted his glasses and said, "After Comrade Ye Xi solved the Poincaré conjecture, our Jiang Bureau secretly launched a top-level investigation into Comrade Ye Xi."

"Through in-depth investigation, the Ye family and Ye Xi are fine, but Liu Hao is the problem."

"His father, Liu Meng, used to be a soldier under Wu Peifu. During the Second Zhili-Fengtian War, he was seriously wounded and had one leg blown off. He returned to his hometown of Yulin in northern Shaanxi to farm. In 1943, Shaanxi suffered a severe drought, and Liu Meng fled his hometown to escape the famine. In late October, he found Liu Hao, who was just a month old, on the road. He adopted Liu Hao and brought him to Beiping, settling in Renjia Village, Tongxian County!"

"Liu Hao was exceptionally intelligent from a young age and excelled academically. Because of Liu Meng's kind heart, he took the initiative to care for Zu Hongjie, a genius mathematician and physicist who had returned from studying in Germany and had been imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese for eight years, and received Zu Hongjie's guidance..."

Li Chenghong spoke at a moderate pace, recounting the information about Liu Hao that the Security Bureau had gathered.

Sun Weiguo asked in surprise, "Deputy Director Li, do you mean that Liu Hao solved the Poincaré conjecture?"

Yan Peilin picked up the conversation, smiling and saying, "It's him. He even helped Ye Xi solve many equations and formulas. Liu Hao's expertise in mathematics and physics is absolutely world-class."

"What's even more terrifying is his exceptional mental arithmetic ability, surpassing even that of a computer!"

Sun Weiguo's eyes widened. Is it really that amazing?

"Then why not recruit him to work at the Institute of Computing Technology? The country desperately needs top talent like him!"

Yan Peilin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We wanted to, but a senior leader rejected it, telling us not to disturb Liu Hao's normal life. He doesn't want to expose his talent, so let him live a simple life."

Sun Weiguo frowned: "A big leader? How big?"

Yan Peilin thought for a moment, then raised his hand, dipped it in the teacup, and wrote two characters on the table.

Sun Weiguo's pupils constricted sharply, and he jumped to his feet, exclaiming in disbelief, "Don't tell me Liu Hao is that person's son?"

"Yes! His identity should have been confirmed, but for some reason, he hasn't rushed to acknowledge Liu Hao!"

Yan Peilin exclaimed, "They look so alike! I've seen photos of Liu Hao, and he looks so much like his mother. His eyebrows and ears are exactly the same as hers."

Sun Weiguo's mind was in turmoil. No wonder the Academy of Sciences knew Liu Hao was so capable, but they didn't recruit him. It turned out that someone had spoken up.

After calming himself down, Sun Weiguo's expression turned serious.

"What should we do with Liu Haizhong? In my opinion, we should just execute him."

Li Chenghong laughed and said, "No, no, it's not that serious. The crime doesn't warrant death; a severe sentence will suffice!"

……

Steel rolling mill.

Liu Hao rode his bicycle with his daughter to work. As soon as he entered the office building, he saw Li Huaide standing at the bottom of the stairs waving at him.

Good morning, factory manager!

"Xiao Liu, I need to talk to you about something. Come to my office."

"Okay!"

Liu Hao and Ye Juan followed Li Huaide upstairs. Ye Juan went to the publicity department, while Liu Hao went with Li Huaide to the factory director's office.

Yang Xingguo's office now belongs to Li Huaide.

The door closed, and Li Huaide looked at Liu Hao with a big smile. Without saying a word, he took out a thick envelope from his pocket and handed it to Liu Hao.

"Xiao Liu, this is just a small token of my appreciation; you can't refuse!"

Liu Hao certainly wouldn't refuse. He took it and put it in his canvas shoulder bag, took out half a pack of Peony cigarettes, pulled one out and handed it to Li Huaide, lit it for him with a lighter, and lit one for himself as well.

"Factory Manager, congratulations! Under your leadership, our Third Steel Rolling Mill will surely flourish!"

"Haha, Xiao Liu, stop flattering me. Come, come, sit down and let's talk."

Li Huaide gestured for Liu Hao to sit down, then crossed his legs and leisurely smoked a cigarette.

"Xiao Liu, Zhong Chunli will be transferred after the New Year, so your promotion to deputy section chief is practically guaranteed. We'll be relying on you for the finance department from now on!"

Liu Hao smiled and said, "Don't worry, factory manager, I guarantee there won't be any problems!"

"I have complete confidence in your abilities..."

After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Hao remembered the matter of buying the east wing of No. 96 Courtyard.

On my way to work this morning, I ran into Master Zhu, a level 7 fitter from the neighboring courtyard. He casually asked me if the No. 96 courtyard was also public housing property of the steel rolling mill.

That makes things easier. Just buy the land from Li Huaide and then give it to Ye Xi. Use Ye Xi's account to apply for building a house at the street office.

"Factory manager, I'd like to buy a piece of land, specifically the east wing of the courtyard at number 96, next to the west wing where Ye Juan and I currently live!"

"Hmm? You don't have enough room? The house your father-in-law built for Ye Juan is quite big!"

"My sister-in-law, Ye Xi, works at the East Fourth Branch of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It's not convenient for her to live with us, so I thought I'd buy the adjacent East Wing and build three houses there."

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide did not hesitate at all and decisively agreed to sell the land to Liu Hao.

"That's a small matter. The house we allocated to you was destroyed by snow the other day, so it's perfectly reasonable to give you a plot of land to build on yourself. Haha, let's go! We're going to the housing management office!"