Ruan Xianxian's sudden outburst attracted the attention of everyone in the room.

Hu Heshuo, who was tending the fire at the stove, turned his head to look over, his eyes revealing an undisguised tenderness, "My deceased wife, wasn't she beautiful?"

This is a wedding photo we asked a classmate to take before our wedding, right under the big tree in the yard.

Ruan Xianxian ignored him completely and instead waved to Chu Li, "Uncle Chu, Uncle Chu, come and look, doesn't the woman in the photo look familiar?"

Chu Li didn't come over; the first one to come up was Hu Heshuo, who looked nervous and whose voice was trembling.

Chu Li also moved closer to take a closer look, but didn't think she looked like anyone. He shook his head and said, "Do all good-looking women look alike?"

"No." Ruan Xianxian said firmly, then took a deep breath, her voice trembling slightly, "Uncle Chu, do you think she looks like Lu Yi?"

Lu Yi? Chu Li took a while to process it before finally remembering that Chief Lu's grandson seemed to be named Lu Yi. They weren't in the same circle, so he didn't have a deep impression of him.

But he looked at it carefully again, "It doesn't look like it."

“It’s similar!” Ruan Xianxian spoke again. They were husband and wife in their past life, and she had seen that face countless times. It wasn’t that their appearances were so similar, but rather their bone structure.

Especially from this slightly profile angle, the curve of her jaw and the hump of her nose are very similar to Lu Yi's.

The bone in the middle of her nose protrudes, which would be considered a hooked nose on Lu Yi's face, but on Shen Ling's face, the width is just right, giving her a bright and elegant appearance.

Everyone says that Shen Ling is beautiful but has been sickly since childhood. Ruan Xianxian imagined her to be a sickly beauty, but she was born so radiant.

No, that's not right either. "Guotai Min'an" is a face that is very upright, dignified, and beautiful.

"Perhaps people are similar."

Am I going back to Beijing? The unforgettable faces of my "old friends" in Beijing keep popping into my mind, so everyone looks like them?

Ruan Xianxian laughed first, and was about to look away when Hu Heshuo suddenly grabbed her shoulder tightly. "Tell me, who does she look like?"

“Like an old enemy of mine, so what? That’s a man, not your deceased wife.”

Hu Heshuo withdrew his hand and stroked the photo through the glass. "No, my deceased wife was actually an orphan."

She was found by the kind-hearted Shen couple when she was two or three years old. They wanted to adopt her as their daughter, but it was that little rascal Shen Jue who said he wanted Ling'er to be his wife.

Children speak without thinking, but the Shen couple took it to heart and adopted her as their daughter, knowing that their daughter would one day get married.

As for the daughter-in-law, she will never have to leave home.

Ling'er is beautiful and Yu Xue is lovely; no one dislikes her.

But that bastard Shen Jue changed his mind when he grew up, saying he only treated Ling'er as a younger sister.

When the two elders asked Ling'er for her opinion, she said she only treated her brother as her brother.

The marriage between relatives fell through completely, and the deceased wife was treated as the Shen family's biological daughter.

I was thinking that since you said she looked familiar, Ling'er might be someone you know, a lost relative. Since she's an enemy, she probably isn't a very good person.

"Forget it, don't tarnish her reputation after death."

Ruan Xianxian opened her mouth.

To be honest, Lu Yi is not a good person, his grandfather Yu family is a bunch of cowards, but Yu Guo is a true hero.

Shen Ling is still alive; she could help with the investigation. But she's gone; what's the point of talking about her now?

We also need to consider the old man's health, whether he can withstand the devastating blow of losing a loved one again.

The group sat around the stove, but she made the atmosphere a bit awkward.

Chu Li picked up his wine glass, looked at this one, then at that one, and took a sip of wine.

"Ruan Xiaoxian, do you think that the Lu family patriarch is a person who values ​​bloodlines very much?"

Ruan Xianxian rolled her eyes. Who doesn't value their bloodline? She could say she values ​​it very much. Lu Tianming wouldn't have let his three sons die on the battlefield.

At least Feng Guang couldn't do that; he would leave one or two behind to ensure the continuation of the bloodline.

It's not the imperial throne, but a real general's position that needs to be inherited.

Seeing her rolling her eyes almost to the sky, Chu Li chuckled and took another sip of wine. "So you want to watch Chief Lu's huge empire fall into Lu Yi's hands?"

"You mean?" Ruan Xianxian pointed at Hu Heshuo, then at Shen Ling's photo, "to have him return to the Lu family as a grandson-in-law or son-in-law and challenge Lu Yi?"

"Why not?" Chu Li raised an eyebrow.

Hu Heshuo: ? ? ?

You've gone too far! The person involved is still sitting here!

Ruan Xianxian tilted her head and asked him, "Do you want mountains of gold and silver, and the power to turn the world upside down?"

"Who wouldn't want it?" Hu Heshuo retorted, his expression remaining silent throughout. "But I will not leave the brigade until the Hu family is wiped out."

The milky white pot was bubbling and steaming. Hu Heshuo was looking after the women, saying, "Don't just keep talking, the mutton is getting tough."

The broth was made by simmering pork bones and beef tallow for a whole day. Try it.

Unseasoned mutton has a slight gamey smell, but cooking it in the broth and seasonings effectively masks that smell, making it fresh and delicious.

The dried shrimp that Ruan Xianxian brought.

Zhao Di is a fan.

Then look at Mu Xia... Goodness, this girl brought over two frozen sea fish. Judging by their freshness, they looked like they had just been caught, thrown into the freezing cold.

What exactly does this woman keep in her social media space?

Hu Heshuo didn't notice anything wrong, while Chu Li stared at the fish and pursed her lips.

After eating a bite of mutton and feeling warm all over, Ruan Xianxian said, "Whether or not to acknowledge kinship, and how to do so, we need to confirm Shen Ling's background first."

It's too early to say anything now.

"Too."

The area around the stove became lively again. The soup was added five times, and most of the people in the room were so drunk that they were staggering around.

Ruan Xianxian and Hu Heshuo put their arms around each other's shoulders, raised their glasses, and said to each other like brothers, "Congratulations, you've gotten your revenge!"

Hu Heshuo's expression remained calm, but two suspicious red patches appeared on his cheekbones as he let out a burp.

"What kind of revenge is this? Do you even know where the Hu family lives now?"

He asked himself and answered, "Cowshed, hahaha, relatives and neighbors help build houses without paying, but they don't even look at the reputation of the Hu family."

It's freezing cold, money won't help!

That cowshed leaked rain in summer and drafts in winter; the only two decent rooms were used for the cattle.

I dared not report it to the police.

Find Han Li, but he won't listen.

Heh heh heh, they should experience what it means to be utterly helpless and desperate.

Ruan Xianxian knew that the Hu family members who were not directly involved in the case had all paid money to stay at their relatives' houses.

As for those seven families, even relatives who offered them money considered it dirty and no one dared to accept it, so they could only squeeze into the cowshed.

"Where is Hu Dabao?" she asked.

A glimmer of clarity returned to Hu Heshuo's eyes. "Two days ago, his left foot became necrotic. In order for him to live, I amputated his leg and gave him anti-inflammatory drugs."

"His hands and feet are all broken, and judging by his condition, his third leg must be broken too!"

It's truly a situation where one can neither live nor die!

Ruan Xianxian suggested, "Let the third leg break down sooner rather than later. I'm afraid he won't last until his hands and feet are all broken."

The two brothers toasted again, drinking Hu Heshuo under the table so he could get a good night's sleep.

Ruan Xianxian asked her friends, "I'm going back to Beijing. What about you guys? Are you coming back with me or staying in Heilongjiang Province for the winter?"