The phone call came to Lin Kailai's house around 10 p.m.

He was smoking in his study, his hand supporting his forehead, a cigarette still between his fingers.

The entire study was filled with smoke, almost like a fairyland.

The ash had burned a long, grayish-white color, indicating that the owner hadn't taken many puffs after lighting it.

Suddenly, a piercing phone ring startled Lin Kailai.

The piece of ash fell onto the table due to the tremor, and could no longer maintain its original shape, crumbling into powder.

Lin Kailai snapped out of his daze in a second, picked up the phone and said directly, "Hello, this is Lin Kailai!"

To everyone's surprise, a kind and gentle laugh came from the other end: "Well done, Linzi, you're doing pretty well. You've got real confidence!"

Lin Kailai's eyes were already red and tears were streaming down her face: "Sister! Sister Chen!"

The person on the other end replied with a cheerful laugh, "I wouldn't dare! Who is your Sister Chen? It's been so many years, and you haven't even called me once. What's wrong with you lately? Why are you suddenly so concerned about me? What did I do to offend Master Lin?"

Lin Kailai's lips trembled slightly with nervousness: "No, Sister Chen, please listen to me, I..."

To everyone's surprise, the other end immediately interrupted: "Sure, perfect timing! I'm at the guesthouse next to your house. Someone will take you up as soon as you arrive. Just tell me what you need!"

Then, the phone was immediately hung up!

Lin Kailai listened to the dial tone on the phone, unable to come back to his senses for a long time!

What did he hear?

Sister Chen has come to Shanghai!

His sister Chen wants to see him!

Thinking of this, Lin Kailai felt as if there were needles under his buttocks, and he sprang up from his chair and rushed out.

He called out to his wife as he rushed out: "Fenfang, Fenfang, what should I do? Sister Chen wants to see me, Fenfang, Fenfang..."

The eldest son and his family, who had already gone to bed, were woken up by the noise.

The eldest daughter-in-law woke her husband in a panic: "Wake up! What's wrong with Dad? Has something happened to him?!"

She was so scared she almost cried!

Lin Jiandong, the eldest son of the Lin family, rubbed his eyes, listened to the noise, and lay down to continue sleeping: "It's nothing, just a good friend of my dad's. Go to sleep!"

The eldest daughter-in-law, Zhou Yumei, could not accept this answer.

What kind of friend is this? Such a good friend, yet she managed to scare her usually calm and collected father-in-law like this.

"Get up! Explain yourself!"

She's been married into the family for quite some time now, and she's never heard of her father-in-law having any "Sister Chen"!

Lin Jiandong pretended to be dead and refused to move, but his wife wouldn't give up.

Finally, when he was really annoyed by the noise, he sat up against the headboard and started talking about a past event.

"Hey, that happened so many years ago. Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that, as you know, our dad is incredibly stubborn."

This Aunt Chen is a good friend of my dad's; to be precise, she's his savior.

When my dad first joined the army, he was just a teenager. He encountered the enemy a few days after enlisting and was seriously wounded. He almost died. It was Aunt Chen who carried him back. I heard it took several days to find his unit. Anyway, that's what happened.

Later, Aunt Chen and Dad became friends, or rather, siblings.

Later, actually more than ten years ago, Aunt Chen was promoted and went to the capital, and the gap between our family and hers became huge.

At first it was fine, but gradually, some people started saying that Dad was contacting Aunt Chen because he wanted to use his connections to get things done, and there were even more unpleasant things said. In short, people started to seriously doubt the character of Dad and Aunt Chen.

Our dad's stubborn. He'd let people say what they wanted, since they can say whatever they want, but he wasn't happy about it. So he stopped contacting Aunt Chen and ordered everyone in the family to stop too. So many years have passed, and I never thought we'd reconnect!

The eldest son's wife was also stunned. This, this, there is such a thing?

"Dad stopped contacting Aunt Chen just because someone said a few words about him?"

Lin Jiandong sighed helplessly: "It's not entirely that. The main reason is that someone deliberately targeted Aunt Chen and Uncle Chen at the time. What Dad did was to protect them."

The situation was indeed quite dangerous at the time, and Aunt Chen tacitly agreed to cut off contact for the time being. However, when Aunt Chen contacted us again later, Dad still refused to contact her, saying he was afraid of having a negative impact on her, so it has remained like this ever since!

Zhou Yumei had another question: "So, just how high is Aunt Chen's position?"

Lin Jiandong glanced at his wife and replied leisurely, "Actually, you've seen it before!"

His wife retorted, "Don't slander me! I've never seen that before!"

Lin Jiandong continued leisurely, "Tonight, on TV!"

Zhou Yumei: From Beijing, surnamed Chen, female, she's on TV tonight!

Holy crap!

Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at her man: "You mean that Chen?"

Lin Jiandong calmly nodded: "Yes, that Chen!"

Zhou Yumei swallowed.

He said reluctantly but helplessly, "Well, it seems we should avoid suspicion."

The main problem is that Aunt Chen's position is too high!

She thought her position as her father-in-law was already good enough, but compared to Aunt Chen, well, her father-in-law still needed to practice more.

Inside the house, the young couple couldn't sleep because of news about Aunt Chen.

Outside, the boisterous Lin Kailai finally found his wife in the bedroom.

"Honey, Sister Chen is here! Sister Chen wants to see me!"

Xu Fenfang, who was reading a book, had already heard her husband's thunderous noise.

The reason she didn't move was because she was reminiscing, reminiscing about that heroic and extraordinary woman.

"Wife, wife, what should I do? What should I do? Will Sister Chen beat me up? Wife!"

Before Xu Fenfang could react, Zhou Yumei, who heard the commotion, was startled again!

Her father-in-law, a senior official, got beaten up.

I wouldn't even dare to think about it.

However, when she thought about what her husband had said, the experiences of the two of them, and Aunt Chen's temperament and abilities...

Zhou Yumei decided to play dead.

She lay down on the bed, oblivious to everything.

Looking at the man next to him, he realized why the man didn't do anything about the noise his father was making!

So he's afraid of seeing his father lose face and getting punished later!

Lin Kailai paced anxiously in the bedroom, "Wife, what should I do? What if Sister Chen scolds me? Why is Sister Chen here? She's been at the reception center for a while now. What should I do, wife?"

Xu Fenfang felt dizzy from looking at it.

"Alright, hurry up and get ready to go. Don't keep Sister Chen waiting, or she'll give you a piece of her mind, given her short temper!"

Lin Kailai suddenly realized: "Right, right, let's go, let's go, we'll definitely get a pay cut if we're late!"

When the two arrived at the guesthouse, it was almost 10:30.

I followed the people up to the top floor, where there were people guarding the stairwell.

The man knocked on the door: "Boss, the person has arrived."

"Let him in!"

Lin Kailai nervously opened the door, but before he could even go inside, an ashtray flew out and yelled, "I'll beat you to death, you little bastard!"