Seeing her friend like this, Chen Shuning got up to leave, but Gu Xinyi held her back tightly, sobbing and saying no.

But Chen Shuning would never believe it. Although Gu Xinyi in front of her was not her best friend in her past life, she was one of the few good friends she had in this life.

Seeing Gu Xinyi crying so sadly, Chen Shuning naturally couldn't suppress her anger. In her memory, the only person who could make Gu Xinyi so sad was Gao Hongyuan.

Just as she was about to forcefully break free from Gu Xinyi's grasp, she heard her friend sob, "Shuning, you, you don't, you're not angry, it's not, it's not what you think."

"If it's not like that, then what is it? Explain yourself clearly, you're driving me crazy."

Seeing that Chen Shuning had misunderstood, Gu Xinyi was also anxious. She glanced at the kettle on the table, and without using a cup, she picked up the kettle and gulped down several mouthfuls of water, trying to calm herself down.

Only then did he begin to tell Chen Shuning what had happened.

It turned out that after Chen Shuning's reminder last night, Gu Xinyi went directly to Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi and told them about Chen Shuning's concerns. At the time, the two felt that they hadn't left any loose ends, and the Tian family probably didn't know who had helped Gao Hongyuan.

However, considering the Tian family's character, Gao Hongyuan still got up early and went to the brigade headquarters to call his friend, asking him to keep an eye on things lately and reminding him to be more careful around the Tian family.

(Because Qingshan Brigade was rated as an advanced brigade for three consecutive years, a telephone was installed for the brigade as a reward this summer. The brigade leader treasured it like a precious gem and put it in a wooden box. He was fine with answering the phone, but he would not easily allow the brigade leader to make a phone call.)

His friend didn't take it seriously, thinking that the Tian family would never target a long-standing family for the sake of their children's love affairs.

However, thanks to Gao Hongyuan's reminder, he paid attention when he went out for lunch. Unexpectedly, this attention led him to discover that strangers around him were secretly looking at him from time to time.

Combined with Gao Hongyuan's reminder over the phone, this friend could no longer sit still. In order not to attract the attention of those who were following him, he directly picked a fight with a young man sitting at the next table.

It was lunchtime, and the state-run restaurant was crowded, so they wouldn't let the two of them actually fight.

The friend who was pulled away by the crowd stopped eating, cursing and swearing as he left the state-run restaurant. He didn't go back to work and rode his bicycle home.

It's common for rich kids like them to skip work, so the men who were following him didn't pay any attention. They followed him all the way home, and after watching him go inside, they found a spot outside to continue their stakeout.

After all, their instructions were simply to keep an eye on the person for any unusual behavior, and since the person was perfectly normal, they didn't need to bother going back to report anything.

Having fooled his pursuers, his friend returned home and ransacked the house, finding some items that didn't belong to him, including some rather dangerous ones.

To put it simply, during this special period, if these things are discovered by someone with ulterior motives, then none of their family members will survive.

Looking at what he was holding, the friend broke out in a cold sweat. The person who framed his family was aiming to kill them all. Just thinking about it made him shudder.

Speaking of which, Tian Mi and they were all good friends who grew up together, and the adults in their families had also been friends for many years. Even if he helped Gao Hongyuan and ruined her plans, it shouldn't have escalated to the point where she wanted to kill his whole family to vent her anger.

This made Hou Tingxuan very angry and scared, so after cleaning up his things, he immediately called Gao Hongyuan to tell him what had happened.

Of course, fearing that his phone might be tapped, Hou Tingxuan was still very careful and went out to find a public phone to call Gao Hongyuan.

An angry Hou Tingxuan told Gao Hongyuan over the phone that Tian Mi was probably insane, capable of doing something as simple as murder and framing someone.

He repeatedly reminded Gao Hongyuan not to go back to Haishi recently. Even though he and Wang Zhi were far apart, he still had to be careful. After all, no one could figure out what a madman was thinking.

It wasn't until he hung up the phone that Gao Hongyuan belatedly realized that someone capable of doing all this was definitely not someone as brainless as Tian Mi.

The fact that they were able to deliver the goods to the Hou family so quietly, and then send someone to follow Hou Tingxuan, suggests that the Tian family was involved.

To be honest, neither Gao Hongyuan nor Wang Zhi expected that the Tian family would go to such lengths over the feelings of a junior, or perhaps the Tian family had long planned to eliminate the Hou family, and choosing to act at this time was just a pretext.

It's also possible that the Tian family suffered two defeats at his hands and felt they had lost face, so they targeted the Hou family as a warning to others. It's even possible that Tian Mi used these tactics to force him to return to Haishi.

Regardless of the reason, Hou Tingxuan got into trouble because he helped him, so Gao Hongyuan couldn't just stand by and watch the Hou family get into trouble.

The items had already been delivered to the Hou family quietly. If Xinyi hadn't reminded them yesterday, the Tian family would probably have made a move within half a day.

Once the items are found in the Hou family in a grand manner, the Hou family will be unable to explain themselves, no matter how many mouths they have. The consequences are predictable.

After all, the trouble was caused by helping him, so Gao Hongyuan couldn't sit still. Just thinking about the terrible consequences made him break out in a cold sweat.

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