Meanwhile, on a mountain in the western suburbs of the capital, a middle-aged man held a letter in his hand and tapped a stone wall a few times in a rhythmic pattern: one long tap, two short taps, and three rapid taps.

After the middle-aged man finished knocking, he stepped aside and waited for about half a minute. Then, the stone wall opened from the middle in a rotating manner.

"What is it?" The one who opened the door was also a middle-aged man, but unlike the person standing outside, he had a long scar on his face that ran from his left eyebrow to his right jaw. Combined with the middle-aged man's fierce appearance, even a child would be frightened to tears upon seeing him.

"Please, Steward He, give this letter to our master." Upon seeing this person, the man respectfully handed over the envelope in his hand.

"Understood," the man called Manager He took the envelope from the man's hand, left a message, and went inside. The moment he entered, the stone door slammed shut again.

Seeing the door close, the man still waited outside. The old man had written about the family matters in a letter, and before he left, the old man had told him that he must wait for the old man's reply before he could return.

After entering, Manager He took the letter and walked to a rest area outside a laboratory. There, he saw several elderly people sitting there, their eyes fixed on the people conducting experiments inside through the transparent glass.

"Master, this is a letter that your family sent just now." After handing the letter to an old man, he stepped behind them and, like the others before him, stared intently at the person inside.

The old man took the letter and opened it to read. The more he read, the angrier he became. Finally, he slammed the letter on the tea stool next to him. "This is outrageous! The Ruan family is completely disregarding us. Those idiots in the Song family are still trying to cause trouble at this critical juncture. They deserve to be locked up."

"What's wrong? What happened?" Seeing how angry he was, the others stopped staring inside. The old lady sitting next to him picked up the letter he had slapped on the tea stool and started reading it.

In the short two minutes it took to read the letter, the old lady's expression went from anger to fury, and then to calm. "It seems we need to go back first." After saying this, she handed the letter to the two people next to her.

After they finished reading the letter, each of them had a look of resentment on their face. The experiment was about to produce results, and the thought of leaving at this time was unbearable for them. But if they didn't go back, their families would probably be in complete chaos.

"Sigh, let's go. There's no time to lose. Let's go back and take care of things at home first, and then come back. Let Xiao He look after things here for now." The old man had spoken, so there was nothing else we could do.

"I never expected that this Ruan Ruan, who has only been back for a few days, would cause such a stir in the capital." The two old ladies helped each other as they walked out together.

"If I had known things would turn out this way because of her, I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted back then." The old lady walked ahead, speaking such vicious words to the person beside her in a very calm tone.

"Yes, who would have thought?"

After they came out, the people waiting outside led them to the car.

As evening approached, Huo Haojie saw from afar that the car had stopped at the Zhao family's house. An old man and an old woman got out of the car, and then the old woman turned around and said something to the people in the car before going inside.

After the car drove away, Huo Haojie glanced at the closed gate and headed in the direction the car had gone.

When Huo Haojie returned, Wang Qun had already prepared dinner and was waiting for him.

"You're back. Are you hungry? Let's eat." Seeing him return, Wang Qun and Huo Haocheng went to the kitchen and brought all the dishes to the table.

"Next time I come back late, don't wait for me. You can eat and sleep first, don't worry about me." Seeing his family waiting for him, Huo Haojie felt warm inside, but he told them not to wait.

Ruan Ruan asked him to come this time to help them with things that were inconvenient for them, so sometimes he would come back very late, or not at all, and it wouldn't be good for them to keep waiting.

"Okay, let's eat first." After the food was ready, Wang Qun said that they should eat first and not wait. However, Ruan Ruan felt that Huo Haojie had just arrived today and had gone out to help her with things. Moreover, he was not very familiar with the capital. Even if he went out, he wouldn't go far. It was only right to wait.

After a long day of walking, Huo Haojie was really hungry. He quickly ate a couple of bites of food before telling them what had happened that day: "Before I came back, I went to the Zhao and Song families. In the evening, I saw the old men and women from both families returning from outside. I asked around and they said they went out two days ago and only came back today. Moreover, the old lady at the Zhao family's house said that she would go to their house tomorrow to discuss a solution."

That's right. Besides being exceptionally skilled in martial arts, Huo Haojie also has another ability: lip reading. He can read what others are saying just by looking at what they are saying.

This is also why Ruan Ruan came to him.

"Hmph, I was wondering why the two families' heads hadn't come out to make any decisions, despite all the commotion these past few days. They were out, huh? Looks like they heard about it and rushed back today." The investigation into the Zhao and Song families had already shown that these old men and women were no good. Now that they're back, let's see how they deal with me.

"Now that they're back, I'll head back first. Ruanruan, you and the children need to be careful. Don't try to be brave on your own; discuss things with Haojie. If there's anything that needs to be done, just let him handle it."

Huo Haocheng's stated reason for returning this time was to send Ruan Ruan and her two children back to Beijing for a while. However, he is currently still officially stationed in the Yuncheng Military Region, so now that the time has come, he should return.

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