At the dinner table, Yu Lian looked utterly dejected. She had been so energetic while discussing things last night, but now that they stopped, she was overcome with sleepiness. Yu Xin, while eating breakfast, had been observing her sister and brother-in-law; their states were worlds apart.
"Sis, are you pregnant?"
Yu Lian suddenly remembered bumping into her younger sister when she went out earlier; the little girl was overthinking things again.
"Cough cough... What nonsense are you talking about? You brat, eat your food."
Wang Meixia and Yu Jinbu exchanged a glance but said nothing. The atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became strange.
After dinner, Yu Xin slung her backpack over her shoulder and headed out the door. Er Li had already called her several times. As soon as she was a short distance away, Yu Xin couldn't wait to ask Er Li what her sister-in-law's pregnancy was like.
"When my sister-in-law first got pregnant, she was listless and had no appetite, which worried my mom a lot. But she got better after three months. My sister-in-law said that some women are like that in the early stages of pregnancy."
Yu Xin seemed thoughtful, then applied the symptoms to her sister: "My sister was the same this morning, she had no energy and wouldn't eat, could she be pregnant?"
Erli was both surprised and curious: "Didn't you say your sister and brother-in-law had agreed to divorce after three years? Are they going to live together instead of divorcing? But why didn't your brother-in-law apply for housing through his work unit?"
"Isn't living at home the same? It's not like we don't have rooms."
Erli shook her head at the teenage girl who had never experienced romantic feelings: "You should find someone to like sometime. If they were a real couple, they would want to be together all the time, with no one to bother them, not even your sister. So I think your sister is probably not pregnant. You can tell from how they interact—I bumped into them yesterday, and they were obviously just being polite friends."
Hearing Erli's analysis, Yu Xin sighed, "Oh dear, I thought I'd have a little nephew to play with. How long do you think it will take for them to have a child for me?"
Erli burst into laughter: "Are you crazy? If you want to murder me, just say so! Ouch... my stomach! Your current thinking is dangerous. You think it'll be all love and affection, but it'll actually be a love-hate relationship. If I really have the baby, you'll be the biggest victim, believe it or not?"
"what?"
Erli recounted her harrowing experience in detail: "So I was extremely unwilling for my sister to come to Yuncheng to give birth. Back then, when I was taking care of my nephew, do you know how I, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old, was tortured into looking like a fifty or sixty-year-old woman? The problem is, I didn't get any benefits at all, and I was even criticized for not doing a good job."
Yu Xin suddenly realized: "So that's why you and your older sister don't get along."
"Yes, that's why I advise you to stop daydreaming."
Yu Xin felt that her relationship with her sister was different: "That's because your sister's circumstances don't allow her in-laws to come over. I have helpers. Look at my sister's in-laws and her sister-in-law, they are all people who can help. I'm not afraid at all, and I love my sister the most. I don't feel tired at all taking care of her children."
Erli thought about it carefully—the Yu family only has two sisters, so their relationship must be much better than that of their own family with six brothers and sisters.
"That makes sense. You two sisters are very close, but you can't handle the kids."
Yu Lian asked for leave, and He Lin took a vacation. With the rest of the family gone, it was just the two of them at home again. Yu Lian suspected that He Lin wasn't human—he hadn't slept all night and was still sitting by the window, full of energy, handling things, but she was completely incapable of it; she said something and immediately fell asleep.
On the day the two devised their plan, neither of them made a move. However, unbeknownst to them, many changes were quietly taking place.
"Hey, did you guys know? The Si family got beaten up! It's quite a scene over there. Why did they have to provoke the Yu family? Now they've been completely exposed."
Before dinner in the afternoon, the intelligence center in the compound was at its liveliest. Today it was especially lively, with the sounds of children playing and the small steps filled with people. The old man in the middle, who was in charge of "collecting intelligence," recounted everything that had happened to him that day.
"I was on my way there on business when I happened to run into the father and son receiving education. Suddenly a lot of people came and took them away, saying that they had hidden something bad in their home. They were found and sent to Nanjiang that same day to undergo reform, thousands of miles away. I don't think they'll be back anytime soon."
"What about Dr. Wang's own son? It's a good thing he didn't come back, otherwise he would have been implicated."
"We know about this. Our company is coordinating and has arranged a nice house for the grandmother and grandson, with a monthly subsidy. He doesn't have to worry about schooling anymore, it's all free. This whole thing doesn't affect him at all; his household registration is still with his maternal grandmother. So, it's a blessing in disguise."
This result brought a sigh of relief to everyone and could be considered an explanation for the death of Dr. Wang.
Yu Xin and Er Li hid behind the crowd and listened for a long time before finally figuring out what had happened. The two quietly went to the back and began to analyze: "Who's so ruthless?"
They investigated everything in their revenge against Chief of Staff, but aside from his moral depravity, he was a staunch defender of the military and the government. Therefore, the items they found were very likely part of a setup.
"Could it be some kind of enemy?"
"Even enemies should be forgiven, but they still want to kill each other. It's not that I feel sorry for them, but I heard that some people didn't make it due to physical limitations and mental stress."
As they chatted, it grew dark. Uncharacteristically, despite the importance of the news, they didn't go home to cook dinner; they stayed and talked until the moon rose.
"I'm home now. I told my sister to have some fun too."
After parting ways with Erli, Yu Xin ran as fast as she could. When she got to her door, she saw He Lin standing outside: "Brother-in-law, aren't you going home?"
"Okay, you go back first."
Yu Xin nodded, took two steps forward, then turned back: "Brother-in-law, do you know that the Si family is in trouble again?"
"Yeah, I know. I did it."
Yu Xin froze in shock: "Brother-in-law, how could you..." In her mind, her brother-in-law would never do something like framing someone.
He Lin was not surprised by Yu Xin's reaction: "Let's go back, it's time for dinner."
Yu Xin turned around, lowered her head, and walked home.
"Dinner's ready, why are you taking so long?"
Not long after Yu Xin sat down, He Lin sat down opposite her.
"Brother-in-law, why did you change your clothes so quickly?"
Upon hearing her sister's words, Yu Lian and He Lin exchanged a glance.
"Where did you run into your brother-in-law just now?"
"It's near the small staircase. But brother-in-law..."
Before Yu Xin could finish her sentence, the two of them, as if they had planned it beforehand, rushed out the door in unison. Wang Meixia had just finished cooking the last dish and brought it out when everyone at the table had vanished.
"Hey? Kids, aren't you going to eat?!"
She called out upstairs but received no response. Turning her head, she noticed that both doors of her house were open, and the front door was still swaying.
Thinking something had happened, she put down the plate and chased after him.
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