“Your aunt falsely accused my mother of treason, and my uncle who reported it is now being implicated. I am not related to the Yang family, nor did I grow up in Shili Village, which is why I was released so easily. I'm telling you, you don't need to wait anymore; Yang Fenglin won't get out so easily.”

Bai Jiaojiao's first words completely robbed Qi Yunxin of his ability to think.

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Bai Jiaojiao ignored him and went out the door by herself.

Qi Yunxin caught up with him: "Let me take you back, it's hard to walk here."

“No need,” Bai Jiaojiao said, looking at Qi Yunxin. “If you still want to be brothers with Feng Lin, you should spend some time thinking about how to sort out your friendship.”

Bai Jiaojiao's words made Qi Yunxin stop in his tracks. He still couldn't believe what Bai Jiaojiao was saying; such a thing was completely unbelievable to him.

Qi Yunxin did not wait for Yang Fenglin any longer, but drove home instead.

He entered the house and found his father and sister both there, their expressions unusually serious.

"Dad, I've heard some things, are they true? What about my aunt?"

Qi Yu was reported by Yang Changping. Although she had her own explanation, she was still detained.

Qi Zhong glanced at him but did not answer.

"Dad, say something! Sister, sister, tell me, did Aunt really frame the Yang family?"

"Shut up!" Qi Yunxin's "framing" angered Qi Zhong.

To be honest, Qi Zhong knew about this not much earlier than Qi Yunxin.

He was also very shocked, because Qi Zhong knew what kind of person his sister was, and he also knew what kind of person Yang Changping was. Yang Changping's claim that she lied about military intelligence must be true, but as Qi Yu's older brother, he couldn't believe her claim that Yang An was a traitor.

But what else could he do? As the eldest brother of the Qi family, he had to stand by Qi Yu's side and grit his teeth to protect the reputation of the Qi family.

The word "slander" should absolutely not be used to describe Qi Yu. Qi Yu must be the one who, out of consideration for sisterly affection, did not report the incident but instead lied and plotted to make Yang An evacuate from the central city.

Qi Yunxin immediately understood what was going on when he saw Qi Zhong's attitude.

"Dad, what am I supposed to do? Feng Lin has already been taken in for questioning! Do you know how serious this crime is!"

"If Yang Changping hadn't done it, none of them would have gotten into trouble!"

Qi Zhong and Qi Yunxin's voices grew louder and louder. Qi Yunxin looked at Qi Zhong in disbelief: "Nothing's wrong? How could nothing be wrong? Grandpa Yang is so old, what are you going to do with him?"

"Qi Yunxin, you just need to mind your own business," Qi Yunjie suddenly said coldly.

"sister!"

"Our Qi family has never asked you to do anything for the family, but now we beg you not to side with outsiders and hold the family back. Qi Yunxin, you should go back to the army now. You don't need to interfere in anything else!"

"No, I'll speak! I'll go and be a witness for the Yang family!"

Qi Yunxin turned to leave the house, but Qi Zhong stopped her.

"Then you can stay home! Old Li, come and lock him in his room!"

Old Li was Qi Zhong's bodyguard. Upon hearing Qi Zhong's words, he immediately carried out the order.

"Let me go!"

Qi Yunxin and Yang Fenglin were like two young masters in normal times. It was already good enough if they could complete the military training. In actual combat, they were no match for Lao Li.

He was locked in a room, and to prevent him from escaping, Qi Zhong even tied him to a chair. Qi Yunjie would come up to check on him from time to time.

Qi Yunxin's worldview completely collapsed at this moment, and he didn't know what to do.

Bai Jiaojiao asked for directions along the way and walked for more than three hours before finally arriving home.

It was already past seven o'clock. She went to Meng Hongmei's place and saw that Li Yang and Li Yun were still at Meng Hongmei's house. She knew that Bai Shiqing had not come out yet.

“My sister is probably working overtime today. Their propaganda team works day and night. Sister, let me take these two kids home first.”

"Hey, what's the big deal if it's a little longer or a little shorter?"

"Thank you, big sister."

Bai Jiaojiao took Li Yang and Li Yun home, gave them some snacks, and then coaxed them to sleep.

Shen Heng returned around 8 o'clock. He had been out today, and the disciplinary officials had put in some effort to find him. However, his nephew-in-law had nothing to do with the matter, so he was also released.

Seeing Li Yang and Li Yun there, he knew what was going on.

“I’ll go to my godmother’s house and bring Little Stone back,” Shen Heng said.

"Mm." Bai Jiaojiao nodded. She was exhausted, both physically and mentally, and had been holding back her emotions.

Shen Heng pursed his lips, stepped forward, and hugged Bai Jiaojiao.

Bai Jiaojiao sniffed: "It's okay, Heng-ge, why don't you go to your godmother's house to pick up Xiao Shitou? We're going too late, she'll be worried."

Bai Jiaojiao originally wanted to pick him up herself, but she was too tired to even walk to the apartment complex.

"Okay, you wait for me at home."

Bai Shiqing hadn't come, and Li Shuxian hadn't come to pick up the child either, making Bai Jiaojiao's heart pound.

Shen Heng lied to Xu Hong, not wanting them to worry before things were settled. He simply said he was busy outside and Bai Jiaojiao was working overtime in the lab, which is why he arrived late. Xu Hong and Xiang Anqi didn't question him.

When Shen Heng returned, he saw Bai Jiaojiao busy in the kitchen.

Bai Jiaojiao herself hadn't eaten, let alone Shen Heng. Although her mind was in turmoil, she still forced herself to prepare some simple food.

Why didn't you wait for me to come back?

"I didn't prepare anything fancy, just make do with this."

Bai Jiaojiao sighed.

As the night deepened, Li Yang and Li Yun began crying for their mother. Their cries caused Shen Shi to start crying as well. The two of them had been taking care of the three children all night without getting any sleep.

They also have worries on their minds, and they can't sleep even without children.

It wasn't until around 8 a.m. the next day that Li Shuxian arrived looking exhausted; his beard had grown quite long overnight.

"Brother-in-law, you're here! Where's my sister?"

Li Shuxian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the child at Bai Jiaojiao's house, feeling grateful: "She wasn't back when I got home. Did you come back a while ago?"

"Well, it's probably because I wasn't involved much; the two of us came back last night."

The three of them had dark circles under their eyes, and they both knew what was going on, so they didn't talk about it anymore.

Li Shuxian wasn't in a hurry to go home. He couldn't go back to work for the time being. Seeing that the child was alright, he sat at Bai Jiaojiao's house for a while: "If nothing is found in this investigation, Uncle should be fine. However, his identity is a bit sensitive, and he will have to be removed from his position as minister."

Yang Changping got into this mess because of Yang An. She doesn't care about Bai Jiaojiao, but Yang An is her mother, the one who gave birth to her. She can't completely sever herself as Ji Guizhang suggested.