The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Now that Yang Dalin knew that Wei Xiaona was watching him in the yard, he decided not to take action for the time being.

She probably learned about her whereabouts from Qin Huairu.

She just needs to tell everyone that she went to work normally.

After Yang Lixue found out, she left the message at the silk shop.

Chen Hong went to the silk shop again and learned about the letter.

Once you're sure you've gone to work early in the morning and know the route of his truck from the freight station, you can arrange for someone to attack him.

The other party just didn't expect that he and Ma San would miss the attack because they were late reporting to work that day.

That day was the day Ma San started his job. Yang Dalin and Ma San went out early as usual to have breakfast, and then went to the street office, avoiding the people in the courtyard.

At this time, no one in the courtyard knew anything.

Yang Dalin was also careful.

That's why it wasn't attacked.

If Wei Xiaona had known that he went to the neighborhood office around 8 a.m., then perhaps the other party would never have made a move that day.

Conversely, did Wei Xiaona go out to see her best friend before that morning?

Did that best friend and the lady of the courtyard go to the silk shop that day?

That would prove whether they tipped them off.

Yang Dalin figured it out and went to catch up with Gao Xiaolong again.

Tell him your deduction.

After a moment of contemplation, Gao Xiaolong stroked his chin and nodded: "That makes sense. I'll go check on these two people's whereabouts right away."

Check if they both went to the silk shop on the day before the incident.

A few hours later, Gao Xiaolong returned and told Yang Dalin.

As it turns out.

The day before the vehicle was attacked, Wei Xiaona's best friend Yang Lixue and the mistress of the courtyard, Chen Hong, both visited the silk shop.

Less than half an hour apart.

On the day of the attack, Wei Xiaona and Yang Lixue also met.

Yang Lixue and Chen Hong also went to the silk shop early in the morning.

Damn it, this proves that it was indeed those two who leaked their whereabouts.

After hearing the news, Yang Dalin asked Gao Xiaolong to take him to find Director Hou.

Director Hou was currently in a small office of a nearby subdistrict office.

It was clearly a borrowed temporary office space.

After Yang Dalin arrived, he explained the situation to Director Hou.

After listening, Director Hou asked him what he had decided to do.

Yang Dalin thought for a moment and said, "How about we use a 'shock and awe' tactic?"

I will make a public appearance today.

Let's see if Chen Hong and her husband in that small courtyard will send a telegram to their superiors.

Then, if they send it, once they've sent it, we'll arrest them immediately.

They were caught and interrogated on the spot.

Then wait for the other party to send a message.

I'll act as bait and see if they'll attack me again.

Let's turn the tables on them.

Let's see if we can lure out that old devil.

Director Hou shook his head: "No, that's not a good idea. We've dealt with this old devil for many years, and he's more cunning than you think."

If he finds you have returned unharmed.

He might temporarily halt his attack on you.

He might hide away like a coward and disappear for a while.

He's been like this on several occasions before when we've dealt with each other.

Once you show your face, he'll definitely guess that his people might have been exposed, and he'll just abandon them like expendable pawns.

Or, as you said, he might arrange for another attack on you, but he'll still not show himself, cut off all contact, and only send his men to carry it out, so you still won't be able to catch him.

"Then what do you suggest, Director Hou?"

Have I been hiding and not showing myself?

Although there are still nine days left, it's not appropriate to remain completely silent.

I'll show up sooner or later.

Director Hou waved his hand: "Well then, you still have nine days, so we won't touch these people for now."

Let's all think about it and see if there's any good solution.

Let's see if Chen Hong has any other people passing on intelligence.

And can we follow the trail to their superiors?

It's too early for you to step in now; we need to keep a closer look at them.

Even if we can't catch the old ghost, smashing all his claws will do.

Yang Dalin plopped down, sipped his tea, and thought about it carefully.

How can we catch this old ghost?

If we can't catch Old Ghost, can we catch that scalper?

Just like Director Hou said, even if we can't catch the old ghost, cutting off a few of his claws will do.

If Chen Hong is actually Lao Gui, then Lao Gui and she communicate via telegram.

So how can we lure the old ghost out?

Is Old Ghost targeting me because I thwarted their delivery mission to Jincheng last time, and he's retaliating against me?

Or is it for some other reason?

If Chen Hong can't lure out the old ghost, then she can't just do the opposite.

We shouldn't start with Old Ghost.

Instead, they started by investigating Lao Gui's superiors.

They infiltrated directly into the old ghost's headquarters.

We can find clues from there.

That makes it easy.

Unable to handle the tasks that require the other party's attention.

Then we need to deal with the people behind this trouble.

Just like how I dealt with second-generation rich kids like Li Zheng, if I couldn't directly target him, I could just take down his father.

Without his connections, he's nothing.

Yang Dalin noticed that only he and Director Hou were inside the room.

Tap the table quietly.

"Director Hou."

I've thought of a solution, listen to it.

Yang Dalin explained his idea.

Director Hou shook his head directly.

"No, no, how can this be allowed?"

Yang Dalin asked the irritable Director Hou to sit down first, lit a cigarette for him and said, "Director Hou, I've already been to the Russians in the north. What's wrong with going to the island and pulling off a heist?"

Aren't they all enemies?

Are there any differences?

They disregarded the fact that we are all descendants of the Chinese nation and wantonly sent spies to carry out sabotage and attacks.

Why should we give them face?

Can't we just send people to fight back?

Besides, I wouldn't be attacking innocent people indiscriminately.

I'm just going to gather intelligence.

Then find this old ghost's superior.

Tell him to arrange for Old Ghost to go somewhere to carry out a mission.

You can arrange for people to lie in ambush beforehand, and just grab this old devil, and that'll be the end of it, right?

Why bother trying to find a solution here?

Right? Just take care of the people behind this mess, and that's it, isn't it?

You guys need to be more efficient!

It's been several years now. This old devil must have caused a lot of damage to us and killed many of our comrades, right?

If the other party is unjust, why can't we be unjust?

I heard that the couple suggested that the other side let the white pigs drop nuclear weapons on us. Is that the kind of condition that two brothers would make when they're fighting?

Two brothers got into a fight, and one wanted to hire outsiders to blow up his brother's house.

Is this some kind of idiot brother?

When Director Hou heard Yang Dalin mention this matter, he became anxious and stood up, saying, "Fine, I'll go all out. I'll report this to you."

"You wait and see, but don't do anything rash until I get back."

"Okay, by the way, don't forget to ask for a fake target, so I can make arrangements later."

"Okay, you just wait and see."