This man must be Yin Xiaofei's uncle!

"Uncle, are you home? I've called you so many times and you haven't said a word," Yin Xiaofei complained.

Yin Xiaofei's uncle said expressionlessly, "He was asleep just now, Xiaofei. What brings you here?" As he spoke, Yin Xiaofei's uncle opened the door but wouldn't let the three of them in.

"Uncle, can I borrow your flashlight?" Yin Xiaofei said.

"Wait here, I'll go get it for you!" After saying that, Yin Xiaofei's uncle closed the door again.

Seeing his uncle's lack of manners, Yin Xiaofei said apologetically, "You two, I'm sorry. Please don't take it to heart. He's just an eccentric person. Don't be angry."

"It's nothing," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, his gaze drifting towards Yin Xiaofei's uncle's house.

When Yin Xiaofei saw that Liu Xiaoyuan's gaze was fixed on his uncle's room, he thought that Liu Xiaoyuan was curious about his uncle, so he said, "My uncle is such a strange person. To be honest, I usually don't come here. You've seen it yourself. He never smiles at you. It's like I owe him money and he hasn't paid me back."

"And what about your aunt?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked.

The reason Liu Xiaoyuan was so insistent was because he found Yin Xiaofei's uncle to be very suspicious.

As for what was suspicious, Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he had a hunch that Yin Xiaofei's uncle was probably connected to Yin Zhengdao's affair.

“My aunt passed away a long time ago. She died the second year after she married my uncle. After my aunt left, my uncle ran away from home and was gone for more than ten years. He only came back in the last two years and has become so mysterious. I heard he even took on an apprentice. I really don’t understand him,” Yin Xiaofei said.

Upon hearing these two words, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately felt that Yin Xiaofei's uncle might be Yin Zhengdao.

Liu Xiaoyuan really wanted to ask Yin Xiaofei if his uncle's name was Yin Zhengdao, but that would definitely arouse Yin Xiaofei's suspicion, so he had to ask indirectly.

"Your uncle takes on apprentices? It seems your uncle is quite capable," Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.

"What skills... I won't say anymore, my uncle is here, and he doesn't like people talking about him."

Yin Xiaofei's uncle came out with a flashlight, handed it to Yin Xiaofei, and asked, "Xiaofei, what do you need this flashlight for? Are you going to the cave in the mountain?"

“Yes, Uncle, these two are tourists from out of town. I’ll take them to the cave to play for a bit,” Yin Xiaofei said with a smile.

Upon hearing that Yin Xiaofei was going to take Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Yu to play in the cave on the mountain, Yin Xiaofei's uncle immediately snatched the flashlight from Yin Xiaofei's hand.

"Uncle, what are you doing?" Yin Xiaofei asked immediately.

"Xiaofei, how many times have I told you not to go play in the cave?" Yin Xiaofei's uncle said. "Go home now. And you two, go back to where you came from!"

After saying that, Yin Xiaofei's uncle slammed the door shut.

Seeing his uncle's lack of manners, Yin Xiaofei pounded on his uncle's door with both hands and said loudly, "Uncle, uncle, how can you talk like that? How can you talk to my friend like that? Open the door and apologize to my friend."

Yin Xiaofei frantically banged on his uncle's door and shouted loudly. It seemed that Yin Xiaofei had long been dissatisfied with his uncle, so he decided to let it all out today.

Just as Yin Xiaofei was banging on the courtyard gate, it suddenly opened, and Yin Xiaofei's uncle stood in the doorway, saying with a icy expression, "Get out! If you cause trouble here again, I'll throw you out!"

Yin Xiaofei was startled by his uncle's chilling aura and quickly took two steps back. His uncle's eyes were so frightening!

"Yin Zhengdao, what do you mean? Huh? I'm your nephew, not your enemy. You want me to get out? Fine, I'll get out. From now on, I don't have you as my uncle!" Yin Xiaofei said angrily.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, let's go to my house!" Yin Xiaofei said.

It turns out that Yin Xiaofei's uncle is actually Yin Zhengdao! This is like finding a needle in a haystack!

Liu Xiaoyuan initially wanted to take the opportunity to find out where Yin Zhengdao lived from Yin Xiaofei, but he didn't expect that Yin Zhengdao was actually Yin Xiaofei's uncle. What a coincidence!

Despite Yin Xiaofei's angry words, Yin Zhengdao remained expressionless and immediately closed the door, as if he didn't care at all whether or not he had a nephew like Yin Xiaofei.

"I'm sorry to have made you two laugh at me." Yin Xiaofei said with a wry smile as they walked down the street.

Liu Xiaoyuan sighed and said, "Village Party Secretary, how could your uncle be such a person? He has no humanity at all."

Yin Xiaofei said, "Ever since my uncle ran away from home and came back, he has changed completely. He even ignores my dad, his older brother. He'll call out to him when he sees him, but he has never taken the initiative to come to my house to see my dad."

“That’s really wrong. Your dad is the older brother, after all. As the younger brother, he should at least come and see his older brother.” Liu Xiaoyuan spoke up for Yin Xiaofei’s father.

“Who says otherwise? I even complained to my dad about it, and he told me not to say anything, saying that family scandals shouldn't be aired in public. But everyone in the village knows that my uncle is a weirdo, so what else is there to hide?” Yin Xiaofei said.

Along the way, Liu Xiaoyuan subtly probed and learned some information about Yin Zhengdao from Yin Xiaofei.

In summary, Yin Zhengdao used to be a normal person, but after his wife died, he left home and disappeared for more than ten years, during which time he was nowhere to be found, as if he had vanished into thin air.

Yin Xiaofei's family died away from Yin Zhengdao, but two years ago, Yin Zhengdao suddenly returned to the village. He abandoned the old house and built the current house at the foot of the mountain.

After Yin Zhengdao returned, he changed completely. He became strange, didn't like to talk to people, and his face was pale and expressionless. As a result, everyone gradually distanced themselves from Yin Zhengdao.

However, Yin Zhengdao seemed completely unconcerned about all of this, maintaining his strange demeanor. Yin Xiaofei, the village secretary, was a kind-hearted man. Seeing his uncle in this state, he had once kindly arranged for a doctor to examine Yin Zhengdao, only to be beaten up by Yin Zhengdao.

After that, Yin Xiaofei rarely went to Yin Zhengdao's place.

By chance, Yin Xiaofei saw a man leading several children suspiciously towards Yin Zhengdao's house. Seeing this man taking children to his uncle's house late at night, Yin Xiaofei felt something was amiss, so he followed them and hid outside the door to eavesdrop and see what was going on.

(End of this chapter)