One sentence nearly made Chen Chen kneel in terror. His tall frame leaped to the back of the car, his expression one of utter fear.
"No! Absolutely not! Bro, do you know what you're saying?!"
Damn it, he's going crazy! How could he dare to mess with his sister-in-law? Even if the captain suspected her of having problems, he still wouldn't dare to touch her!
Even if a dog had ten times the courage, it wouldn't dare to rely on its power to bully others; such audacity is outrageous!
Rong Zhaonan said coldly, "Brother? My mother only has one son, me."
Chen Chen felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart, and immediately stammered, "Team... Captain..."
"What does this old thing, who's three years older than me, call me?" Rong Zhaonan coldly added.
Chen Chen clutched his chest, which had been stabbed repeatedly, and said meekly, "They're all my brothers, even though they're stronger than me. If they're the captain, I can call them 'Dad' too."
The captain's sharp tongue is truly deadly.
Anyway, in the past, there were a lot of people in the team who were dissatisfied with Rong, the youngest in the team, who dared to challenge him and become the captain. In the end, they were beaten so badly that they had to call him "daddy".
It's not shameful to have one more of him!
Seeing Chen Chen's shameless and sycophantic manner, Rong Zhaonan turned and walked back into the village without expression.
Chen Chen watched Rong Zhaonan's retreating figure and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Thank God, everything's alright now, right?
Chen Chen immediately pushed the cart and followed, continuing to enthusiastically whisper behind Rong Zhaonan: "Captain, Captain, let me tell you what happened today, your wife is amazing..."
Rong Zhaonan listened to Chen Chen recount the events of the afternoon without any expression.
Chen Chen was marveling at Ning Yuan's cunning and wit with great enthusiasm.
"Bang!" Rong Zhaonan suddenly turned his head, clenched his fist, and slammed it heavily into his lower abdomen.
Chen Chen instantly exclaimed, "Ugh—!"
He bent over abruptly, gripping the handlebars, his face contorted in pain: "Damn...it hurts! Why did you hit me!"
I knew the captain wasn't so easy to fool; he was waiting here.
Rong Zhaonan grabbed him by the collar, looking down at him condescendingly: "You said those thugs later found knives on them, and you just watched her get bullied by those thugs with knives?"
Chen Chen tried to explain: "No... I just didn't have time to act. I called the police."
Rong Zhaonan narrowed his eyes: "Get out, and don't ever show your face in front of me again!"
Chen Chen immediately lowered his head and honestly apologized: "I was wrong. I shouldn't have stood by and watched until the end, but I also wanted to see if she had any skills."
The captain did understand him; he had been secretly observing Ning Yuan for a long time, watching her being bullied with a cold eye.
I just wanted to see if Ning Yuan would reveal her "secrets" in this dangerous situation.
Rong Zhaonan said coldly, "I asked you to investigate her background, not to watch her be bullied."
Chen Chen wanted to whisper, "Where did Ning Yuan get bullied?"
That girl's brains are stronger than her fists; those thugs were all in trouble.
But he dared not...
Chen Chen nodded like a hen pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, I won't do it again. I will definitely protect my sister-in-law."
Rong Zhaonan said coldly, "You're not allowed to use your hands or feet. Be careful."
Chen Chen shrank back: "Oh...yes! I swear to Marx, I'll be very careful from now on and I'll never touch a hair on my sister-in-law's head!"
He swore to Marx that the captain was definitely upset that he had accidentally hugged Ning Yuan earlier, so he was looking for an excuse to beat him up!
Does that mean...?
Chen Chen looked at his captain cautiously: "Captain, do you really consider her your girlfriend? But the way she looks at me, she's definitely not an ordinary person. What if she really has a problem?"
What twenty-year-old girl with little experience would have such a decisive reaction and insight?
Rong Zhaonan paused slightly, not answering directly, but asking instead, "How's the investigation going?"
Chen Chen nodded: "We've found out. Her family is just an ordinary family in Ningnan City, and she's the youngest in her family."
"She has two older brothers and one older sister. Her eldest brother is adopted and currently works in the Shanghai Garrison. Her second brother works in a factory, and her second sister works in the city's cultural troupe."
Rong Zhaonan understood why Ning Yuan had the Evergreen Biscuits from Shanghai; they were probably sent by her adopted older brother.
"Is there anything else?" Rong Zhaonan asked thoughtfully.
Chen Chen thought for a moment and said, "If there's anything special about her, it's that her parents, and even her grandparents and maternal grandparents, used to be servants of the Ning family in Jintou Lane, Ningnan. In the old society, they were called 'household servants'."
"The Ning family of Ningnan City?" A thoughtful glint flashed in Rong Zhaonan's eyes.
Chen Chen said, "That's right, it was once a prominent scholarly family in Ningnan City. In the late Qing Dynasty, they were among the first families to send their children abroad to study."
During the Republican era, the Ning family's business expanded from Shanghai to Southeast Asia, becoming very large.
The family has produced not only several generals, but also renowned educators, politicians, and artists.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them a wealthy and influential family in Ningnan.
Rong Zhaonan fell silent; he had also heard of the Ning family's reputation.
He remembered the expensive jade chili pepper he had found in Ning Yuan's pillow. Could it be...?
Those belong to the Ning family?
Chen Chen looked at his captain and continued somewhat uneasily, "After liberation, the Ning family moved to Hong Kong, and the Ning family's ancestral home and the things they left behind were divided up by the servants."
"The long-term laborers and servants of these aristocratic families have lived in these grand mansions for generations, and their children are also servants, so they don't have their own surnames, only given names—"
"For example, the maids of the Ning family were named Jinxiu, Jinyun, etc., and the male maids were named Zhuqing, Zhuliu, etc. After the Ning family was gone, the maids simply used the Ning family's surname to name themselves and register their household registration."
“Ning Yuan’s mother’s household registration at the police station is Ning Jinyun, her father’s name is Ning Zhuliu, and there’s that fierce aunt you mentioned—her original name was Jinbai, but she didn’t take the surname Ning and changed her name to Bai Jin. Now people call her Aunt Bai.”
As Chen Chen spoke, he couldn't help but smack his lips. "Tsk, no wonder the Ning family is a family of scholars."
Even the servants' names were full of petty-bourgeois affectation, all over the top, unlike now where they all have names like "Founding the Nation," "Building the Army," "Defending the People," and "Red Flag."
Rong Zhaonan suddenly spoke up: "Let me correct you on one point. The Ning family simply went to Hong Kong; they didn't disappear."
"They've been in Ningnan for hundreds of years. It's not so easy to uproot them all. Do all these farmhands and servants hate their former masters?"
If Ning Yuan's family was originally servants or long-term laborers of the Ning family in Jintou Lane, then their social class seems clean.
However, even a prime minister's household manager was a seventh-rank official, and the servants of powerful families were well-off and lived much better lives than ordinary commoners.
Some people may not feel that their current life is more comfortable than when they were servants.
Chen Chen was instantly startled and became serious: "Captain, do you suspect that after the Ning family went to Hong Kong, there were spies planted by hostile forces among the Ning family's servants?"
Rong Zhaonan looked at the dark village with an inscrutable expression: "Everything is just baseless speculation, which is why I asked you to investigate. Also, find out who among them still has the Jade Chili Pepper."
Aunt Bai and Ning Yuan both valued that item highly, and it seemed like there wasn't just one.
I don't know what kind of token it is, used for making contact, or if it hides some secret.
Chen Chen nodded: "I will definitely have someone keep an eye on everyone in Ning Yuan's family, including her eldest brother in Shanghai."
Rong Zhaonan suddenly glanced at him: "Don't let a second person know about these things!"
Chen Chen replied solemnly, "Yes!"
It wasn't a big deal for the team leader to get married in the countryside before, but he was going to work in the capital.
If the younger sister-in-law has overseas connections, she needs to be thoroughly investigated!
Rong Zhaonan suddenly added abruptly, "Including that old man."
Chen Chen was a little dumbfounded: "Huh?"
What? You didn't even tell your old boss? But this is your old boss's daughter-in-law!
Rong Zhaonan's cold, sharp eyes swept over him: "What, you have a problem with that?"
Chen Chen was startled, immediately straightened his legs, and saluted: "Mission accomplished!"
"Bang—!" The bicycle lost its support and crashed directly towards Rong Zhaonan's crotch.
Chen Chen was instantly terrified—
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