"cousin,"
Ye Linbei looked at Meng Zihan with concern.
"Don't worry about our schooling for now. I heard from my uncle... from your dad that you were seeing a rich man and got beaten up so badly you had to be hospitalized. Are your injuries fully healed?"
"Yeah, didn't you start a big company in Gangcheng? How come you have time to come back to Jiangcheng?" Ye Linnan asked.
As soon as he said that, Meng Zihan's expression changed.
He was brutally beaten and hospitalized!
This is the greatest humiliation of her life!
It was a nightmare that would wake her up in a cold sweat at midnight!
She thought this matter had been buried in Hong Kong by time, but she never expected that Ye Linbei would bring it up in front of the whole family!
Meng Zihan's face flushed bright red, and even the thick foundation on her face could hardly cover it up.
She instinctively wanted to argue back, to scream, to pounce on Ye Linbei and tear his mouth apart.
But she couldn't.
She is a successful person who has returned to her hometown in glory, a Hong Kong boss who has seen the world. How can she act like a shrew and throw a tantrum here?
"That's not true, it's your uncle..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Meng Zihan suddenly realized something was wrong.
uncle?
Her dad?
Meng Xuejun is back?
What did he say to the Ye family?
Meng Zihan couldn't care less about anything else anymore, staring intently at Ye Linbei, "What did you just say? You said... my dad? My dad came back?"
Ye Linnan watched her frightened appearance from the side and felt extremely pleased.
He nodded slowly and deliberately: "Yes, not only did he come back, but he also went to my sister's school to make a scene and try to extort money from her. You know, with his behavior, he caused quite a scene. As a result, my sister called the police and sent him to the police station."
Ye Linbei seemed to think the news wasn't explosive enough, so he added insult to injury.
"I heard... the police have uncovered a lot of old dirt on him. This time, they're settling both old and new grievances together. He might end up in jail."
Sentencing?
Meng Xuejun has been arrested?
Will he also be sentenced?
Meng Zihan's mind went blank, and all she could hear was the pounding of her own heart.
She wasn't worried about Meng Xuejun going to jail; that so-called biological father was no different from a stranger to her. What she feared was...
Is Meng Xuejun going to confess to everything in order to get a reduced sentence?
Tell them about the shell company they registered in the port city, and the businesses they did...
Give everything out exactly as it is.
Although Meng Zihan had only a superficial understanding of business dealings, she wasn't completely stupid.
She gradually came to understand that Meng Xuejun's so-called trading company was not doing any legitimate business at all.
The electronic products, watches, and cosmetics that were smuggled in did not go through the proper customs declaration channels.
To put it bluntly, it's smuggling!
That's illegal!
If Meng Xuejun implicates her, revealing that they had partnered in business, wouldn't she also go to jail?!
The thought of being handcuffed and locked in a dark, damp, musty cell with real prisoners with fierce faces and menacing eyes made Meng Zihan tremble uncontrollably.
Before she was reborn, that idiot Meng Zihan had been detained more than once. It was her darkest memory, one she dared not recall.
Not to mention being sentenced to prison!
Meng Zihan felt her hands and feet were ice cold and her whole body was trembling.
Her lips trembled, and she opened them several times, but couldn't utter a single word.
Meng Xueyun, who had been listening for a while, finally reacted and hurriedly asked, "What? Sentenced? How could you be sentenced? Did you hear me wrong?"
Having a relative who's been sentenced to prison is so embarrassing!
Ye Zhenghua also turned his head from the balcony, his face gloomy.
His problem wasn't whether Meng Xuejun should be sentenced, but that these troublesome matters were disrupting his family's peace.
"Where did you hear that from?" he asked vaguely.
Ye Linnan didn't want to explain anymore. He lowered his head, did his homework, and casually said, "If you don't believe me, go ask at the police station!"
The two brothers were worried that Meng Xuejun's arrest would affect their political background check for college entrance exams, so they had secretly gone to the police station to inquire about it beforehand.
The police officer in charge of the case told them that the charges against Meng Xuejun were mainly fraud and smuggling, which, although serious, did not fall under the most heinous crimes that endanger national security.
As for that old murder case, firstly, it happened before they were born, and secondly, the chain of evidence is not complete, and it cannot be ruled out that someone impersonated them.
Therefore, it has no impact on their political background check.
The police officers also promised that if they were stuck for this reason, they could provide a statement proving that the two brothers had no connection whatsoever with Meng Xuejun, their so-called uncle.
With this guarantee, the two brothers were finally able to put their minds at ease.
For them, the worst outcome would be failing the political review and not being able to go to the National Defense University. In that case, they could study at Jiangcheng University and be in the same school as their sister, Ye Linchen, which would be fine too.
Therefore, Meng Xuejun's arrest was just insignificant news to them.
Seeing that his parents still didn't believe him, Ye Linbei said, "We've already found out about this. My uncle... he's not just a fraudster, he might be involved in something more serious. The police said we haven't had any contact with him for almost twenty years, and this matter has little to do with our family."
It doesn't matter much.
These four words were reassuring to Meng Xueyun and Ye Zhenghua, but for Meng Zihan, they were devastating news that could destroy her life!
She had lost all her arrogance and stood there blankly, her mind filled with the image of Meng Xuejun implicating her at the police station.
She's finished!
She was ruined by Meng Xuejun!
Seeing Meng Zihan's distraught and devastated state, Ye Linbei stood up with a smug look on his face, leaned closer, and continued to rub salt into Meng Zihan's wounds with an innocent expression.
"Cousin, what's wrong?" he asked knowingly. "Don't you know about this? That shouldn't be... That's your own father! Your own father has been arrested, how could you, as his daughter, not know anything about it?"
"Weren't you two partners doing big business together in Hong Kong? I thought you'd made a fortune. Logically, you should be very close. How come... you didn't even know he was in such a serious situation?"
Ye Linbei seemed oblivious to Meng Zihan's embarrassment and continued speaking to himself.
He deliberately emphasized the words "partner" and "close," his smile both innocent and cruel.
These words struck a nerve with Meng Zihan, causing her to sway and almost jump off her chair.
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