"Auntie, has my uncle been a bit emotionally unstable these past few days?"

"No, I think I'm fine. These past few nights, after we ate dinner at your place, everything has been normal after we got home. What's wrong? Did you find something?"

"Regarding what I just said about my situation, I think my uncle got a little too excited, and I'm worried it might be bad for his health."

"Hey, I thought you were talking about something." Aunt Wang waved her hand dismissively and said, "Your uncle isn't upset because of your matter. He's a little angry because he's only been retired for a short time, and someone dared to investigate you without even saying hello."

Isn't this all because of my own problems?

That's why the old man was sulking!

Li Chu shook his head: "I understand, Auntie. Please go inside and put the child down. I'll go and chat with my uncle."

"Don't worry about it too much. You know your uncle's temper. He's just stubborn. Just let him figure it out himself." Aunt Wang said, telling him not to worry, but she reached out and took her great-grandson from him.

Just as we were about to walk to the back, Wang Jun emerged sleepily from the west wing.

He was on night duty in the operations room last night, and this morning his wife dragged him over to see their grandson, so as soon as he arrived, he went to sleep in another room.

Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, Li Qiaoyun woke him up and told him what she had just heard.

As soon as he came out, he saw Li Chu and quickly called out, "Wait a minute."

After walking over, Wang Jun rubbed his face to clear his head: "I just heard Qiaoyun say, what happened? Who reported you? What's going on?"

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"It's nothing serious. It's just that the owner of the shop I bought from was completely swindled out of his money. He was probably upset, so he made up some things and reported me. The authorities have already investigated and found nothing wrong."

"Has it been investigated?" Wang Jun asked, somewhat incredulously.

"The investigation is complete. Uncle Wang even called to inquire."

"Phew~ That's good. Qiaoyun just told me that and it gave me quite a fright. Where is that kid who reported you?"

"They should be at the police station."

"What happened?" Wang Jun's eyes widened. "You did this?"

"What are you thinking? Do you think I'm that kind of person? It was just that when the higher-ups were investigating me, they also investigated him and found that he had a lot of problems, so they transferred the information to the local authorities."

"I knew it. Even if they wanted revenge, they couldn't have done it so quickly. Otherwise, it would have become obvious."

"I'm not that stupid!" Li Chu laughed and punched Wang Jun in the chest with his fist.

"Go wash up quickly, Qiu Nan's cooking will be ready soon."

"Okay, let's talk later."

...

"What did you say?" Li Chu asked in surprise, looking at his wife who had just returned from outside.

Since Yueyue gave birth, Ding Qiunan has been staying indoors for ten days. Finally, she went out for a walk this afternoon, but when she came back in the evening, she was given a shocking piece of gossip.

"Chunmei and He Yuzhu are divorced." Ding Qiunan repeated what she had just said.

Li Chu stepped forward and helped her take off her coat and hang it on the clothes rack.

"How could that be? His son is so young, how could he agree to a divorce?"

"He had no choice but to agree." Ding Qiunan bent down, took off her leather shoes, put on slippers, walked to the sofa, plopped down, and let out a comfortable hum.

She was exhausted after walking around all afternoon.

"Sigh, Chunmei is also ruthless. She took a day off from her night shift and brought a few people to the restaurant where Qin Huairu was cleaning up, and cornered the two of them inside."

Li Chu felt himself fall to the ground. What was going on?

"What were those two doing inside?"

“No, but it was the middle of the night, and a man and a woman were alone in a room. How could you explain it clearly? Chunmei told him to meet her at the neighborhood committee office the next day, and that if He Yuzhu didn’t come, she would report him to the police station.”

"Why? Didn't everything get better after the last commotion? Why did Chunmei suddenly want to catch him again?"

"Hey, this Monday, the day you went to the hospital, Qin Huairu went to see He Yuzhu again and was seen by a restaurant waiter. That's not the key point. The key point is that the waiter also saw He Yuzhu give Qin Huairu a lot of money again, and she told Xiao'e about it."

Xiao'e was worried that Chunmei had been tricked by the two of them, so she went to tell her about it. When Chunmei got home and counted her hidden money, she found that three hundred yuan was indeed missing. She didn't say anything at the time, but two days later, this happened.

"So where is she now?"

"Who are you asking about? Chunmei?"

"OK"

"She's living behind that hotel on Qianmen Street with her three children now, so she can keep Huaihua company."

"They're really divorced?" Li Chu still couldn't believe it; it was too surreal.

Ding Qiunan rolled her eyes and ignored the question, saying instead, "Xiao'e has already let He Yuzhu leave the restaurant. Let him work at his own restaurant."

Li Chu is quite sensible. Since things have escalated to this point, and they know you're the one who set up that restaurant, why would they keep you around like a ticking time bomb?

"It's only been a few days, how could so many things have happened?"

"Oh right, Xiao'e is planning to have Chunmei work at that restaurant over there."

"Don't they have jobs?"

"She has to take a leave of absence without pay. Otherwise, it would be too difficult for her to support three children on her own. In addition, her job requires shift work, which makes it inconvenient for her to take care of the children."

Li Chu shrugged. If Cui Chunmei really went to work at the restaurant, then she made the right choice. Her factory wouldn't last more than a few years anyway.

Sigh, He Yuzhu is really hopeless. I even tried to persuade him before, but I never expected it to come to this. This guy has really ruined Cui Chunmei's life.

It's really hard to say what Qin Huairu did in this matter. It's true that she took the initiative to find He Yuzhu, but if you had firmly rejected her the first time, how could she have gone to find him again and again? She should at least have some dignity.

This was entirely He Yuzhu's own doing, so he can't blame anyone else.

"Didn't Xiao'e tell you how the investigation into Da Mao's matter is going?"

"They're investigating, but haven't given us a reply yet."

"I almost forgot." Ding Qiunan raised her hand and slapped her forehead: "Xiao'e wants you to help her look after her son and daughter-in-law."

"Huh? What happened to Xu Yang and Xiao Qin?"

“They’ve been married for three months and there’s still no sign of a baby. Xiao’e is getting a little anxious.”

Li Chu looked at his wife with a mix of amusement and exasperation: "Didn't you explain to her? It's normal not to get pregnant after three months."

"Oh dear, what's the use of explaining? She's worried that if her son gets involved with Da Mao like that..."

Ding Qiunan didn't continue speaking because her man had already waved his hand.

"Impossible. Tell her to stop thinking nonsense. If we run into each other again, I'll take a look."