"Hey, everyone's here! Are you having a secret meeting in the yard behind my back?" Sha Zhu teased the crowd when no one paid him any attention.

Hearing Sha Zhu say this, everyone inexplicably felt like they were watching a spectator witnessing a drama unfold.

Everyone in the courtyard knew that Sha Zhu was Qin Huairu's sycophant, but only Sha Zhu himself thought he was pretending very well and that no one had seen through him.

That's funny. Does this count as catching a woman and having sex with her?

"Hey, isn't this our Master Ma? I heard he went to the branch factory, what's up?"

"The branch factory didn't arrange accommodation for our Master Ma!"

Sha Zhu's face was full of schadenfreude; in fact, he was secretly overjoyed.

What's wrong with cleaning the toilets or shoveling manure?

He got the last laugh, didn't he? And I even tried to fool them like that at lunchtime!

They cooked the food terribly. And they didn't do anything to me, did they?

Pshaw, it's just that you MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) are so stupid, going to all that trouble to cook nice meals for them.

Wouldn't it be better to use that energy to master stir-frying techniques?

"Yes, if I hadn't been sent to the branch factory, how would I have witnessed such a wonderful scene?"

MCA wasn't angry either. "Silly Zhu, you can laugh all you want, but you'll regret it later."

"Hmph." Sha Zhu snorted coldly at Ma Hua's attitude and didn't reply. What he wanted to know most right now was what had happened here.

"Yi Zhonghai, Widow Qin, you two better confess right now!"

Instead of continuing to argue with Sha Zhu, MCA turned its attention to Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai.

The best way to deal with Sha Zhu is to target his Achilles' heel, Qin Huairu.

"Hey, Ma Hua, what do you mean? You dare to bully my sister Qin in front of me? Believe me or not, I'll beat you up."

Sha Zhu brandished his fist and threatened.

Seeing Sha Zhu's reckless attitude, Yan Bugui immediately scolded, "Sha Zhu, what are you doing?"

This is a traditional courtyard house. Not your factory kitchen.

MCA saw Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai doing something morally reprehensible.

"Pshaw, that's just having an affair, and they call that morally corrupt? The two of them are morally corrupt?"

Qin Huairu is Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, no, Jia Dongxu is also Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, tsk tsk, how dare you two!

MCA sarcastically remarked from the side, "Although the crowd didn't catch you two doing anything wrong..."

But you two are definitely going to be labeled as having an incestuous relationship as master and disciple.

Sha Zhu looked as if he had been struck by lightning, leaving him completely bewildered.

What, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai having an affair? How could that be? I don't believe it, I refuse to believe it.

One was his beloved Sister Qin, and the other was his closest godfather. This...

Sha Zhu looked at the two of them with disbelief, and said to Ma Hua in a trembling voice, "No, no, this can't be true, it can't be."

"Pillar, this isn't true. MCA is slandering us! Don't fall for it! MCA is talking nonsense. I, MCA, have never wronged you, have I?"

Why are you slandering me like that? Do you know that once you say that, it will make you look bad?

Not only my Jia family, but my entire family will never be able to hold our heads high again.

Qin Huairu's eyes were red, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. She was beginning to fear the consequences of what had happened.

"Good grief, you're allowed to do it, but we're not allowed to say anything? Then explain to me what you two were doing here just now."

Ma Hua chuckled. What kind of logic is this? No wonder she slept in the same bed as Jia Zhangshi; just because you're weak doesn't mean you're right!

"Everyone, listen to me. I just delivered grain to Huai Ru's family, and Huai Ru told me that the old lady had a little conflict with her mother-in-law."

I wanted to ask her what to do. You all know Huai Ru is a filial child; she didn't dare say anything in front of Jia Zhangshi and was thinking of solving the problem herself in secret.

Then MCA saw it, which led to the misunderstanding from MCA.

Ma Hua, you've really misunderstood. How could I possibly do such a thing? What you just said makes not only us, but our entire department can't hold our heads up high!"

"I'm not stupid," Yi Zhonghai said with a grim face. Having seen his share of storms, Yi Zhonghai had recovered from his earlier panic and was now thinking of dragging the entire hospital into the mess.

Unfortunately, Yi Zhonghai was wrong about one thing. The people in the courtyard didn't care anymore. They said, "You've done too many bad things lately. Even the second uncle was sent to a labor camp!"

They've long been too ashamed to even lift their heads. They're like monks who don't care about lice; they're indifferent to everything else, enjoying the gossip as much as possible. So they all keep quiet.

"Yes, that's really true, Pillar."

Do you remember when you went to see the old lady, she complained about her family? I had no other choice but to ask Grandpa Yi for help.

Qin Huairu is a smart woman; now that Sha Zhu has arrived,

Naturally, he was just trying to get Sha Zhu to fight for him. As long as Sha Zhu believed him, he didn't care about anyone else!

After hearing Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu's explanation, Sha Zhu gradually calmed down. His sister Qin was right; the old lady had come to him complaining about how the Jia family treated her badly as soon as he got off work.

Sigh, it seems the old lady really wronged Sister Qin. She thinks Sister Qin is so kind, and she's worked so hard all day.

I was even thinking of finding Grandpa Yi to see if I was the one who did something wrong and didn't take good care of the old lady. Sigh, I'm such a jerk, how could I believe that little bastard Ma Hua to doubt Sister Qin?

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu sneered, "Ma Hua, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person."

"Come at me with whatever tricks you have. What kind of skill is it to slander Sister Qin and the others? If you're so capable, let's have a real fight."

At this moment, Sha Zhu felt incredibly guilty and regretful for having doubted Sister Qin and the others.

How could my clever little brain have been fooled by Ma Hua just now?

This must be Ma Hua getting revenge on him because he sees that Yi Zhonghai and Sister Qin have a good relationship with him.

"Tch, such a simple trick? I figured it out in no time. Is that all?" Sha Zhu looked at Ma Hua with a provocative gaze.

Upon hearing Sha Zhu's words, everyone looked at Ma Hua with some suspicion.

Could it be that Ma Hua really framed Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai to get revenge on Sha Zhu?

But that doesn't make sense. I saw it myself just now; it was Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai, a man and a woman, alone together late at night.

In a dark, deserted corner, in such an exciting place, they couldn't possibly believe it was really about the old lady.

That's unscientific. Only a complete idiot like Sha Zhu would believe that.

The others looked Qin Huairu up and down in confusion, but they still thought Ma Hua was right!

Something's definitely going on between a lone man and woman in a corner late at night! So no one voiced their opinions; they all stood quietly together, watching the drama unfold.

"Yeah, everyone says Sha Zhu is a genius, and seeing him today, I can confirm it's true."

Ma Hua nodded seriously. Sure enough, Sha Zhu had been spoiled rotten by Yi Zhonghai and his gang.

“That’s right.” When Sha Zhu heard Ma Hua say that, he proudly raised his chin, thinking that he was the smartest person in the whole courtyard.

"By the way, do you two have anything else to say? If not, I'm going home to sleep."

"I have to go to work tomorrow, and I can't be bothered to listen to your nonsense about delivering food tonight and taking care of the old lady."

Ma Hua yawned and said to Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai that he was really sleepy today.