Chapter 361: Not a Good Sort!
Hospital. Inpatient Ward!
By the time Li Yi arrived at the hospital, it was already past ten o’clock at night.
Since his mother-in-law’s room was close to the hallway, Li Yi decided to check there first. If she had already gone to bed, he would head to the rest area next door.
As soon as he reached the door of the ward, Li Yi heard muffled laughter and chatter coming from inside. From the sounds, he could tell there were other people in the room, and none of them had gone to sleep yet.
He pushed the door open and walked in!
Sure enough, besides Tang Xue, his third older sister, Li Na, was also there, but he didn’t see Zhang Xinyao or An Hong.
Seeing Li Yi walk in, Tang Xue’s eyes lit up, and she immediately said happily, “Why are you here? Did you sort things out with Third Brother?”
Li Yi smiled and said, “It’s not that simple!”
“So you’ll still have to go over there to help tomorrow?” Tang Xue asked, sounding a bit disappointed.
“Not just tomorrow—it might take several months!” Li Yi said with a laugh.
“That long?”
“Yeah.”
Li Yi then briefly recounted what had happened that afternoon to Tang Xue, his mother-in-law, and the others.
After hearing Li Yi’s explanation, Ye Lingyun immediately frowned and said, “So you spent 500,000 of your own money to buy that batch of cotton fabric from their factory just to help Longcheng?”
Li Yi knew what she was worried about and replied immediately, “It wasn’t entirely to help Third Brother. Most importantly, this is a great opportunity to make money!”
“Can you really make money off this? That fabric has defects!” Ye Lingyun said with some concern.
No sooner had she finished speaking than Tang Xue, standing nearby, took her mother’s hand and said, “Mom, you can rest assured about this. If he says it’ll work, it’ll definitely work!”
Tang Xue had absolute confidence in Li Yi’s ability to make money.
She knew better than anyone what the Li family’s situation had been like just six months ago.
And look at them now—not to mention how much Li Yi is worth, but just the pocket money he’s given her has added up to six or seven thousand yuan.
That was equivalent to the total wages of an ordinary worker over a dozen years—and that was assuming they didn’t eat or drink a single thing.
Plus, Sister Na had been working with Li Yi for a few months and had already saved over three thousand yuan herself.
Since Li Yi says he can make money, there’s definitely no problem!
“Silly girl, aren’t you afraid that Little Yi will squander all our family’s savings?” Ye Lingyun looked at her daughter and said affectionately.
“Mom, I trust him!”
Seeing the happiness in her daughter’s eyes, Ye Lingyun felt deeply comforted.
Although that incident years ago had kept them apart for nearly 20 years, causing her to miss her daughter’s entire upbringing,
But after all she’d been through, her daughter had found someone worthy of her trust for the rest of her life—a silver lining in an otherwise tragic situation.
“Xiao Yi, why don’t you ask Xue’er’s father to step in and help you? He has a wide network of contacts; perhaps he can help you sell that batch of fabric!” Ye Lingyun suggested.
Although Li Yi appeared confident, Ye Lingyun was still a bit worried; after all, that batch of fabric had defects and was truly hard to sell.
To ensure her daughter’s young family wasn’t affected, she felt it only made sense for her husband to step in and help their son-in-law.
“It’s not time yet. If I really run into trouble, I’ll ask for help!” Li Yi said.
“That’s fine, but don’t hesitate to ask!” Ye Lingyun said.
“Alright!”
Just then, Third Sister Li Na suddenly asked, “Xiao Yi, where are you going to get that 500,000?”
Li Yi smiled and said, “I forgot to tell you two—we sold our dried goods!”
Hearing this, Tang Xue and Li Na’s eyes lit up, and they hurriedly asked, “How much per pound?”
“Two yuan a pound!”
“That high?”
Then, Li Na said excitedly, “Xiao Yi, doesn’t that mean our dried mushrooms can bring in over 200,000 yuan?”
“That’s right!”
Hearing Li Yi’s confirmation once more, Li Na immediately grabbed Tang Xue’s hand and exclaimed, “Xiao Xue, we’re rich… we’re rich!”
From her hospital bed, Ye Lingyun watched her daughter and her older sister-in-law’s excited expressions and asked in confusion, “What’s going on?”
Tang Xue immediately sat down by her mother’s bedside and, as if showing off a treasure, recounted in detail the family’s mushroom business from the past six months.
After hearing her daughter’s account, Ye Lingyun was completely stunned.
She had always known Li Yi was capable; even her own husband thought he was extraordinary, going so far as to compare him to that “wolf cub” from the Wang family.
But Ye Lingyun never in a million years would have imagined that this young man had started from scratch with no one’s help and made so much money in just six months.
Not to mention ordinary people—even in a high-ranking official family like theirs, it might be impossible to earn that much in a lifetime.
No wonder he’d been so confident when he mentioned that matter earlier—it turns out he really does have what it takes!
………
A Compound in Guangdong Province!
Jiang Shiying had just returned to the small compound assigned to him after attending a meeting at his workplace!
As soon as he walked in, without even taking off his shoes, he went straight to his study and dialed a number.
The call connected quickly, and a steady voice came from the other end: “Who is this?”
“Old Hu, it’s me!”
“I knew it—who else would be calling me this late? It’s you, kid!” the man on the other end said with a laugh.
“How’s the investigation going?” Jiang Shiying asked immediately.
“It’s all been cleared up. It matches the records in the case file. Both the ringleader and the accomplices have received their just punishment!”
“Are there any who slipped through the net?”
“It’s not exactly that they slipped through the net—it’s just that some of them weren’t deeply involved in the case, so the local procuratorate didn’t bring charges against them!”
“Who are they?” Jiang Shiying asked in a low voice.
The past few days had been consumed by reuniting with his daughter and dealing with his wife’s sudden fainting spell, leaving him no time at all to deal with that bunch of scum in Yong County.
Now that he’d finally recovered, it was time to settle the score!
His daughter had suffered for so many years, his wife had endured so much pain, and he had nearly lost his entire family—someone had to be held accountable for all of this.
“The siblings of the main suspect, Tang Jizhong—they were all involved to some extent, and some were even detained for attacking my eldest niece and her family!”
The voice on the other end continued, “And then there’s Tang Jizhong’s daughter, Tang Bing. According to the investigation, that girl has bullied my eldest niece quite a bit; and then there’s the Tan family next door…”
After hearing the findings from the other end of the line, Jiang Shiying’s breathing became uneven.
On the train back to Beijing from Qingshan County, he had quietly asked Li Yi about this matter. The young man hadn’t given a clear answer, only saying he would handle it.
He knew even then that the matter wasn’t over. So, upon returning to Beijing, he called his childhood friend and brother—who held a position in the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Qin Province—and asked him to look into the matter.
He hadn’t realized the extent of it until he looked into it—and what he found truly shocked him.
There were still so many people who had bullied his daughter who had gone unpunished, and each case was more egregious than the last.
Especially Tang Jizhong’s youngest daughter and his mistress—one had bullied the girl for over a decade, and the other had toyed with her emotions. They both deserved to die.
“Old Hu, since I’m not stationed there, it’s not convenient for me to intervene. I’m leaving this matter to you. I must seek justice for my wife and daughter!” Jiang Shiying said in a grave tone.
“Got it!”
Then, the voice on the other end added, “But Old Jiang, I’ve got to warn you—your son-in-law is no ordinary guy. You’d better keep a close eye on him!”
“Oh? What’s the matter?” Jiang Shiying asked immediately.
“That son-in-law of yours is no pushover. I’ve personally reviewed the case files—those criminals were almost all sentenced to heavy prison terms, and even the son of the accomplice, Tang Meiqin, was sentenced to ten years!”
Then the voice on the other end continued, “Also, according to the latest intel from my sources, Tang Jizhong’s daughter was disfigured, and his mistress had her leg broken—she’s now disabled. Your son-in-law’s fingerprints are all over this!”
“Did he send people to do it?” Jiang Shiying frowned.
“Not exactly. Apparently, Tang Jizhong’s daughter was having an affair with a man named Tan Cheng. Somehow, Tang Bing’s husband found out about it, and he was the one who hired people to carry out the brutal attack.”
“What does that have to do with that kid?”
“According to the investigation, that Liu fellow only struck so viciously after catching them in the act, and before he led his men to catch them, someone had secretly slipped him a note.”
The voice on the other end continued, “The person who passed the note is a local upstart with close ties to a man named Long Zhanjun—and that Long Zhanjun is your son-in-law’s best friend!”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shiying showed no sign of worry; instead, he said with satisfaction, “It seems that kid really does have some skills!”
“Judging by these tactics, he’s clearly intent on wiping them out completely. This is no ordinary person!”
“I think that’s just fine. If they don’t provoke me, I won’t provoke them; but if they do, I’ll wipe them out completely!” Jiang Shiying said.
“Ah, I’d almost forgotten what kind of man you are, Jiang Shiying—a father-in-law as cunning as a fox and a son-in-law as ruthless as a beast. From now on, anyone who crosses the Jiang family is in for a world of trouble!”
“Enough with the nonsense. I’m leaving this to you. I’m waiting for your good news!” Jiang Shiying said.
“Got it!”
With that, the person on the other end hung up immediately.
Jiang Shiying paused for a few minutes, then dialed another number—and to his surprise, the area code was from North Sai Province…
…….