"Grandpa, Uncle is back!"

Bai Jiaojiao said to Grandpa Yang.

Grandpa Yang pretended not to care, sat on the sofa, and waited for the three of them to come in.

All three looked exhausted, and Yang Changping was somewhat surprised to see Bai Jiaojiao at home.

Bai Jiaojiao said, "I was worried that Grandpa would be alone at home without anyone to take care of him, so I came to keep him company. Uncle, has everything been taken care of?"

Yang Changping nodded: "You're very thoughtful. This matter is temporarily settled, so you don't need to worry about it anymore."

"Uncle and Aunt, please wait a moment, I'll cook another dish."

Seeing the three of them looking tired, Bai Jiaojiao offered to help them cook dinner before leaving.

She had originally prepared food for two people, so she made more than she needed.

"Uncle, if the investigation results are all fine, does that mean everything is alright?" Bai Jiaojiao asked.

Yang Changping said, "Your aunt and I have both been suspended from our posts for the time being." Since he's involved in this, the chances of him being reinstated are slim.

Bai Jiaojiao sighed, "Uncle, what about Qi Yu? Isn't the evidence you submitted enough to punish her?"

"Qi Yu has already admitted it, but with the Qi family's influence, she can't produce any evidence to accuse us, and we can't produce any evidence to prove that your mother didn't collude with the enemy back then."

Yang Changping was furious at this injustice he had to suffer in silence.

Qi Yu won't be punished. She laughed at Yang Changping at home, saying that he had tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead.

"Enough already! Do you have any shame at all? How can you laugh after doing something like this? If you weren't a member of the Qi family, the Yang family would have killed you long ago, you know that?"

Qi Zhong raised his hand, but ultimately didn't deliver the slap.

"Brother, if you were a true gentleman, you wouldn't be siding with me this time! You're even disregarding your own brothers and old comrades-in-arms. Aren't you just doing this for your own pride? You're not doing this for me; you're doing this for yourself. I just knew you'd come to this."

Qi Yu's expression was unmistakably sarcastic. With a "slap," Qi Zhong's hand still landed on his face: "From now on, you're moving out! We don't have anyone as vicious as you in our family!"

Qi Yu glared at Qi Zhong, grabbed her bag, and went out the door.

Qi Yunjie frowned: "Dad, where are you sending Auntie out so late at night?"

"She can go wherever she wants. But if she causes trouble again, don't expect me to clean up her mess!"

Qi Zhong was angered by Qi Yu. In the past few days, he had been trying to find out what was going on inside by pulling strings everywhere, and then helping her to deal with those Yang family confidants. If it weren't for him, Qi Yu would have been in big trouble just for spreading rumors about military secrets.

Instead of appreciating his kindness, she mocked him, saying that Qi Zhong had been exhausted for so many days and needed an outlet for his emotions.

"Go and release your brother," Xue Mingjing said to Qi Yunjie.

Qi Yunjie went upstairs and saw Qi Yunxin looking at her. His eyes were not as excited as they had been in the past few days. He probably heard the noise of Qi Yu coming back downstairs and arguing with Qi Zhong. He knew that things had been settled and was much calmer.

Qi Yunjie untied Qi Yunxin's rope knot: "If you were more sensible next time, you wouldn't suffer like this."

"I think Dad is really regretting it now."

Qi Yunxin, with a cold face, stretched his wrists and joints, got up and went out.

When Xue Mingjing saw Qi Yunxin come down from the second floor, she hurriedly walked out and called out, "Aren't you going to eat? Where are you going?"

Qi Yunxin did not answer, and his figure disappeared into the darkness after leaving the Qi family's gate.

Qi Zhong said, "You don't need to worry about him. Let him go wherever he wants! I shouldn't interfere!"

As soon as Qi Yunxin regained his freedom, he went straight to the Yang family, just in time to see Yang Fenglin seeing Bai Jiaojiao off.

Yang Fenglin's car was driven away by Qi Yunxin. He had originally planned to take Bai Jiaojiao home by bicycle, but when he saw his car, he knew that the person driving it was Qi Yunxin.

"Feng Lin..."

Qi Yunxin felt a burning pain on his face when facing the two of them.

Yang Fenglin, unlike his usual cheerful self, said with a blank face, "Give me the key, I'll take my sister home."

"Yang Fenglin, I have something to say to you."

Qi Yunxin grabbed Yang Fenglin, but Yang Fenglin shook him off: "I have to go see my sister off now. You should go home too. Our whole family is exhausted, so please don't bother us. We can talk about it later." After he finished speaking, he looked at Qi Yunxin's face and said with reluctance, "I will go back to the army tomorrow."

"Then I'll wait for you at the military base."

Qi Yunxin handed the car keys to Yang Fenglin.

Yang Fenglin took the keys, said nothing, and drove away with Bai Jiaojiao in the car.

“This matter may not necessarily have anything to do with him. You are good friends, so don’t make things too difficult for yourself,” Bai Jiaojiao said.

Yang Fenglin said, "Sister, his father and my father have been good comrades and brothers for many years. Do you think they can still be the same as before? The Qi family did this to us. No matter what their purpose was, it has created a rift between us."

Yang Fenglin was insightful; he had long been prepared to sever ties with Qi Yunxin.

It wasn't that he was taking his anger out on them, but rather that's just how families are. Everything Qi Yunxin has is given to him by the Qi family, and he can't live without them. So even though this matter has nothing to do with the Qi family, he will always be tied to them.

Today, Qi Zhong was willing to put Yang Changping in an unjust position for Qi Yu's sake; who knows what Qi Yunxin might do tomorrow?

Bai Jiaojiao listened to Yang Fenglin's words. She had always thought that this child was open-minded, so she didn't say much.

Yang Changping was suspended from his post for more than a month. As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Yang Changping knew very well that if he continued to be suspended, the Yang family, which he had single-handedly built, would slowly decline.

As for Qi Yu, she did not return to the Qi family. She first stayed in the company dormitory for two days, applied for housing from the company, and then went to the Qi family to move out her belongings, thus completely separating from Qi Zhong.

The only one she was reluctant to part with was Qi Yunjie, who had a close relationship with her aunt since childhood. However, Qi Zhong was adamant, and Qi Yu was stubborn, so there was nothing Qi Yunjie could do.

Qi Yu felt happy as she watched Yang Changping's current predicament, and then she smiled as she looked at the last straw she had uncovered that could break the camel's back.

The next day, Yang Changping was summoned for questioning again, but this time it was just him; it didn't come to the point of detaining his whole family.

"Someone reported that you condoned your niece's use of connections to get into a good family, openly violating the country's family planning policy. Is that true?!"

When asked about this, Yang Changping had no idea: "I didn't do such a thing."

"I think you won't admit it until you see the coffin. Bai Jiaojiao is your little niece, right? Her husband, Shen Heng, got a fake diagnosis from the hospital to help Bai Jiaojiao avoid the IUD procedure! They already have a son. You're saying Shen Heng is infertile? Do you think I'm stupid?! Why would she avoid the procedure?! And want to have another baby secretly? Yang Changping, is this your attitude?!"