"Aunt Wang, it was me who said this, but my parents don't know. I had a fight with Zhao Zhiyong, the youngest son of the Zhao family. So I'm reminding Wang Xiaoqiang, but you didn't listen. What's the use of coming to our family now?"
Chen Jinhua, the second sister who was initially confused, finally understood what was going on. She wondered if she had been wrong to offer a helpful reminder.
At the same time, Chen Jinhua felt proud and admiring. Little Sister Wu was really amazing; her prediction was very accurate. Zhao Zhigang was indeed not a good person; he beat his wife.
"Hmph..." Li Juan's face was ashen, filled with anger. Of course, she knew it was Chen Jinhua who reminded her, and her son Wang Xiaoqiang had told her, but she was convinced that Li Yumei knew as well, and she wanted to see her make a fool of herself.
"Jinhua, did you remind us? Sister-in-law Wang, you heard it too. We really didn't know. It was just between children. If you hadn't told us today, we would still be in the dark." Chen Lao Er narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Chen Jinhua with some suspicion. But in his heart, he was secretly relieved. If Chunhua had married into the family and been beaten, he didn't want to think about it.
Li Yumei also thought of this, and a little guilty looked at her. She glanced in the direction of her children, especially her fifth daughter, and thought, "Thank goodness, thank goodness."
"Li Yumei, your family will definitely get their comeuppance." After cursing this, Li Juan pushed away the onlookers at the door, knowing she was in trouble, but she still uttered vicious words.
It's outrageous that she actually picked up that beast that Li Yumei didn't want as her son-in-law.
At this point, the gossipy people in the corridor started discussing it again, and some even sighed with regret.
"I never expected that Li Yumei's family knew all along. They really shouldn't have. If they had clearly told the Wang family, things wouldn't be like this today."
"Didn't that girl from Jinhua just say that she was given a heads-up? It's just that Li Juan herself didn't believe it."
"Sigh, it's a bit of a pity about Shuiqin. She was such a hardworking girl. She came back to her parents' house for a few days before, saying she was beaten by her husband. Her thighs and back were bruised, and another time, she was in so much pain she couldn't get up for days..."
"Thankfully, Shuiqin got divorced yesterday."
"But it will be difficult to remarry."
"Alright, everyone, disperse. Don't gather here anymore. We just found out about the Zhao family members too." Chen Lao Er said with a dark face and a gloomy expression, dispersing the people at the door.
Anyone would want to come and cause trouble. Do they really think Chen Jianshe is someone to be trifled with?
If they angered him, he smashed up the Wang family's door. What does the Wang family's daughter marrying the wrong person have to do with the Chen family?
If Xiao Wu hadn't reminded him, his eldest daughter would almost have been betrothed to the Zhao family by his wife. Xiao Wu had scolded him and his wife; who could he complain to? Shouldn't he have gone after the Zhao family?
After the outsiders left, the atmosphere in the Chen family became somewhat tense, with everyone displaying different expressions.
Chen Lao Er and Li Yumei didn't say a word and went back to their room, afraid that Xiao Wu would bring up the old matter again.
The next day, another story spread in the residential area: the daughter-in-law of the Lü family was also getting a divorce; she was the son and daughter-in-law of Aunt Zhao.
The reason was also that she was beaten by her own husband. The Lu family's wives had been beaten for two or three years, and recently she was beaten again. Moreover, she didn't even know she was pregnant; she was beaten so badly by Lu Weijie that she miscarried. Outsiders didn't know that, but this time it was all exposed.
After enduring several years of hardship, the daughter-in-law of the Lü family finally mustered up the courage to ask her family to come to the Lü family home, seeing that even the daughter of the Wang family dared to divorce and return to her parents' home.
Meanwhile, Lu Weijie's family, who had been unaware of the situation until they found out, were furious and wanted to kill him. Without saying a word, they beat Lu Weijie severely and took their daughter home.
People in the residential area are saying that the son of the Zhao family in the southern district of the county is not a good match for his wife, because his nephews are all violent and beat their wives.
Chen Xihua believes that this is how it should be; domestic violence is either zero times or countless times, and it cannot be tolerated.
...
Summer vacation passed quickly. On the morning of August 23, my second sister, Chen Jinhua, prepared to leave for the provincial capital to register at the Light Industry University. This time, my eldest sister, Chen Chunhua, went with her, and then my eldest sister would take the train from the provincial capital to Beijing.
Chen Xihua wanted her to go to the Fanghua store in the provincial capital to check on things, because it wouldn't be good for the boss to not show up for a long time.
Chen Chunhua can go and greet the employees. As for the stores in other neighboring provinces, there's no need to inspect them yet. The clothing from Gaoyang County was just delivered there, and the stores have only been open for a month or two.
...
On the afternoon of August 23, in the office of a lieutenant general in a special forces unit of a certain military region, the phone rang.
"I am Han Zhanlei." The lieutenant general, who had been sitting at his desk thinking, slowly picked up the microphone.
"Reporting, I am Zheng Dao."
"Oh, it's Zheng. Did you make a new discovery?" Han Zhanlei knew that this kid wouldn't call unless there was something wrong.
"Yes, we interrogated those people. Although we didn't get much information, we did get a little information that might be useful. He said he has connections in the Black Hawk Gang, and his accent is from the southwest region," the person on the other end of the phone reported in detail.
"Okay, I'll have someone investigate." Han Zhanlei didn't reveal anything about Falcon. The fewer people who knew, the better. Although there were rumors circulating outside, they weren't all the same—some true, some false.
“There’s one more thing, Lieutenant General. I’ve found a promising young woman, from Gaoyang County, a girl with tremendous strength…” Zheng Dao told the Lieutenant General all the information he had gathered.
When Lü Fei intercepted him that time, he later investigated the motorcycle the two passersby were riding; the owner was Chen Jianshe. Further investigation revealed that during that period, Chen's second and fifth daughters frequently drove it out. He then thoroughly investigated the Chen family; their family background was fine, except that the fifth daughter's martial arts skills seemed rather strange.
Thinking of this, he said the same thing to the lieutenant general. "It's that Chen Xiaowu, such a small girl, how come she's a martial arts expert? But she seems to like making money."
"It is a bit strange. You mean, she lived with her maternal grandmother when she was little? Her maternal grandmother was a wealthy family's daughter. In the past, wealthy families would hire some thugs to guard their homes, so it was normal for them to have martial arts skills. However, I will send someone to investigate again."
Han Zhanlei also became cautious, but judging from Zheng Dao's words, the two girls were mainly acting in self-defense, not with murderous intent.
"You should arrange for someone to go as soon as possible. That Miss Chen is also planning to enlist in the army while she's still in university." Before hanging up, Zheng Dao remembered something else. "That Chen Xiaowu is Professor Qin's student."
"Professor Qin? The Qin from Beijing?" Han Zhanlei knew who he was talking about, of course.
......
On the same day, at 11 p.m., in Silver City, Ontario, at the Golden Club, in a private penthouse suite.
"Why are you calling me? Didn't we say we'd try not to contact each other?" Brother Liu frowned, looking both nervous and puzzled. Why was that person calling at this time?
"Aren't you from a branch of the Liu family in Beijing? You must have someone you can use in Beijing, right? Find someone to help me find out who Falcon is." The voice on the phone was that of an emotionless adult man, and it was impossible to tell whether he was young or old.
"Falcon? Could it be tricky?" Brother Liu asked uncertainly.
"Just investigate, I suspect the military leaked it themselves, or Falcon had someone else leak it. They're trying to throw us into disarray. Since that's the case, I'm going to investigate thoroughly. Let's see who's more cunning." The person on the phone was arrogant and conceited.
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