Gu Zhengfeng finally spoke a few words to his eldest brother, as he also wanted to know about his daughter. Gu Hanting chimed in, "Second brother, stay put and don't worry about the child. What's meant to be ours will eventually come to us."

With just this one sentence, Gu Zhengfeng understood everything. Connecting the dots, especially since he was talking to his older brother while the old man remarked from the side, "This old man is interesting."

After the two brothers hung up the phone, Gu Zhengkai carried his elderly father back home.

The two men at home are on IV drips right now. They're suffering from a sudden onset of anxiety. Taking Chinese medicine is too slow for them, so we had He Wenqing administer the IV drips to them. That way, it'll be faster and they'll feel more comfortable.

Gu Hanting returned, and Qiao Jie and Ma Liu both looked at him.

"So, any good news yet?"

Gu Hanting nodded with a smile. He was usually such a cautious person, but now he couldn't control his emotions at all.

"I'm so happy! My son and daughter-in-law are fine, Shitou is fine too, Haozi went over there, right after Liu Zhanyu, and my son and daughter-in-law have already been released and are all okay."

Ma Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Damn, it's finally over. What are these bastards trying to do? If Zheng Feng is a bad guy, I won't say a word. We old guys can handle it ourselves without them even lifting a finger. Why would we need them?"

But our child is a good person. What are they trying to do? Is it fun to mess with a good person?

"It's a pity our Qiao'er isn't here, otherwise, you try and see how she deals with them."

Gu Hanting patted Ma Liu and said, "No need for Qiao'er, someone has already made a move. Liu Zhanyu went there because he was targeting those people. There must be something we don't know about this."

The child is fine now, so don't worry. Don't stay sick, get well soon.

Ma Liu looked at Gu Hanting expectantly, "Old Gu, Zhengfeng didn't say anything, how is our Qiao'er doing? Has he heard anything from her side?"

Gu Hanting smiled and said, "Sixth son, who is Jiang Qiao? She's our granddaughter. The child survived such a calamity; she's sure to have good fortune in the future."

Those scumbags don't have the ability to make my granddaughter disappear from this world.

Don't forget, the girl is pregnant. Do you think she would leave us so easily for the sake of the child?

Ma Liu nodded, while Qiao Jie looked at Gu Hanting with an expression of sudden realization.

"Let's not let Qiao'er worry, let's both get better quickly. But, this might not be a bad thing, maybe we can even help Qiao'er secretly?"

Although Gu Zhengkai didn't know the details, he firmly believed that his Qiao'er would be alright.

"That's true, but you should stop acting when you've gone far enough. Going too far will only hurt yourself."

Gu Hanting pulled his son's hand and patted him, "Eldest son, it's time for you to go back to work."

With so many people at home helping out, don't let it interfere with your work.

Also, you need to check on Zhengfeng's brother-in-law's matter and see if Song Zhi has made proper arrangements.

Your brother's situation seems like his own business, but if you think about it carefully, isn't this a chain reaction?

Gu Zhengkai nodded thoughtfully. "It seems like you're using Qiao'er as an excuse, but actually, there are other issues involved."

"Father, are you saying that the enemy will also reach out to others?"

Gu Hanting nodded, and even Ma Liu agreed with his opinion.

“Zhengkai, don’t forget why they framed our Qiao’er. It’s all interconnected, and Qiao’er’s existence is their sabotage. So, only by eliminating Qiao’er can they proceed to the next step.”

You should take this matter to heart. Don't worry about things at home. Putting aside the fact that we're neighbors and people might be wary of us, there's nothing to worry about, especially since these children are with us.

On the contrary, I think that as relatives, we should help each other out if we can. You should talk to Lao Yang and at least we should eliminate the enemy agents in our area.

This is quite difficult, but let's treat it like a census—"

This one sentence immediately drew the agreement of Qiao Jie and Ma Liu: "I think it's a good idea, Zheng Kai. I know you're busy with work, but in the current situation, we can only talk about the next step of development after we do this well."

If we let these people continue to stir up trouble among those who don't understand the situation, it will cause more problems later.

You and Lao Yang both come from this line of work, so you should know better than us what to do.

Gu Zhengkai hadn't really considered this matter before. There were too many things to deal with. Yang Yunqi was in charge of everything, but he didn't handle the specifics; he pushed everything onto Gu Zhengkai's side.

However, what my father said made a lot of sense. A census is indeed a good excuse, and it can uncover a lot of problems.

"Father, how come I didn't think of that?"

Gu Hanting looked at his excited eldest son, smiled, and patted the child's hand, "You're all so busy every day, you don't have time to think about this issue."

Dad is just thinking about things for no reason. If we don't have enough manpower, there are plenty of people like your Uncle Zuo in various places. These people are all cadres, and they have experience in doing the work.

However, this is just a suggestion, because if these people use it, they will be taking a lot of risks. You guys think it over yourselves; anyway, there are plenty of people with nothing better to do.”

Ma Liu eagerly raised his hand, "I can sign up. We're all busy farming here, so I can participate for free."

Gu Zhengkai smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, you might really be indispensable then. They say old people are wise and shrewd. With you old shrewd people around, your ability to judge people is definitely better than that of young people."

"Dad, I'll go back and discuss this with Lao Yang. I reckon he'll agree. He hates these people the most; if he weren't tied up with work, he'd be most eager to arrest them."

Seeing that the elderly person in the family was in a better mood, Gu Zhengkai stayed at home for another day. Only after the elderly person's health improved did he go back to work.

Before leaving, Gu Hanting gave a few more words of advice, reminding his son and grandson to be careful and not to get into trouble.

Gu Zhengkai really took his father's words to heart. After returning home, he immediately discussed the matter with Yang Yunqi.

“I think it’s fine. I’ll handle this. You just need to figure out the rest of the things for me. I’m not good at these things, but I’m interested in dealing with this kind of stuff.”

Yang Yunqi only took on this position out of necessity; otherwise, who would want to bother with it? Although this position is higher than his previous one, he prefers a more flexible job. Fortunately, Gu Zhengkai was there to take over; otherwise, he would definitely have gone to Jiang Qiao to complain.