Since Li Zhengguo had participated in dismantling the Fuhan Gang, Wan Zhongshan told him everything he could.
"Without an arsenal, all previous investigation materials and even the current findings indicate that the Fuhan Gang's weapons were smuggled in from overseas."
Overseas?
Li Zhengguo, filled with joy, tossed a line of thought to Wan Zhongshan.
"I remember my wife mentioning that she learned from two servants of the Xiao family that Chen Yao Shi had been in and out of the Xiao residence."
"I wonder if the Xiao family is involved with the Chen family's arms smuggling?"
"The Xiao family has been constantly tripping up my wife lately, and they've joined forces with the Chen family to target my wife."
"My wife always feels their actions are too strange. I think you should investigate the Xiao family."
"Li Damai went to Kyoto because my wife is acquiring a piece of land, and she heard that the government might acquire it through a joint venture with foreign investors."
"For so many years, my wife has been slowly purchasing it, and the government hasn't had any policies. How is it that shortly after the Xiao family returned, foreign investors came for a joint venture? I suspect this foreign investor is from the Xiao family."
"Regardless of why they are doing their utmost to target my wife. However, if the Xiao family is secretly smuggling weapons..."
"Heh heh, that piece of land to be developed will have big problems."
Li Zhengguo reveled in the misfortune. If the Xiao family were indeed overseas arms dealers, and if that area was awarded to the Xiao family, the officials who approved the project would be in serious trouble.
Li Zhengguo's words, both overt and covert, were things Wan Zhongshan had to consider. If Li Zhengguo's suspicions were correct, the Xiao family would definitely be on the list of those prohibited from returning to the country.
"What were the names of those two servants?"
Li Zhengguo grinned at him, "Nanny Xu and Xiao Shuyuan."
"Damn it!" Wan Zhongshan couldn't help but curse.
These two servants, they had never taken seriously, and had asked very few questions. Who knew that important clues were hidden in their minds?
Watching Wan Zhongshan's hurried departure, Li Zhengguo's smile widened. He went home to his office to claim credit.
Tian Jing gave her husband a peck. Her husband was truly cunning, but, "I feel your suspicion is eighty percent correct."
"From my grandfather, I heard that the Xiao family's assets are mostly fixed assets, with very little liquid capital."
"That year, they returned with gold; that year, they urgently needed the wealth beneath the courtyard house; that year, they were so down and out that someone had to send them money from overseas to bail them out."
"Ten years later, not only can the Xiao family invest in our construction plans, but they can also cooperate directly with the government for development. This is very suspicious."
"Regardless of whether they cooperated with Chen Yao Shi in arms smuggling before, these past ten years seem to have been on the wrong path."
"As long as it's the wrong path, and as long as people in the country investigate it, their attempts to launder money through investment domestically will be impossible."
Li Zhengguo nodded, "At that time, we can again sit back and reap the benefits."
Tian Jing, however, shook her head. "I will not cooperate with the government. We will develop the land we acquired ourselves. It doesn't matter if it's smaller."
"Mhm mhm." Li Zhengguo nodded repeatedly, whatever his wife said was right.
...
Nanny Xu was suddenly taken away, and Xiao Wei came to the Li residence to question Tian Jing.
Listening to Xiao Wei's constant pleas for Nanny Xu, Tian Jing asked, "So, I, your so-called biological daughter, am not even as important as a servant by your side?"
Xiao Wei was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?" Tian Jing retorted, "What do you mean? When I was being questioned, you didn't care. When the Xiao family and the Chen family were targeting me together, you ignored it. A maidservant who serves by your side, you worry about her, plead for her, and to blame your own daughter for her. Anyone looking at this would think I'm worse than a mere maidservant by your side."
Xiao Wei stared at Tian Jing for a long time, then turned and left in silence.
Grandpa Xiao was also worried. "Tiantian, why did A Yuan get involved?"
"Don't worry, Grandpa." Tian Jing comforted Grandpa Xiao. "Uncle Xiao will be fine, he's just going to give testimony."
"Did something happen to the Xiao family?"
Tian Jing admired her grandfather's perceptiveness, but couldn't say. "I don't know, Grandpa. Don't worry about them anymore, their children and grandchildren are almost adults."
Grandpa Xiao sighed, "Alas, raising children for a hundred years, one worries ninety-nine."
Tian Jing escorted Grandpa back to the courtyard house and went directly to the Western-style building to ask Xiao Wei, "When are you leaving?"
"I can't leave for now, my freedom is also restricted."
"You are also suspected?"
"That's not it." Xiao Wei shook her head. "They are accusing me of obstructing marriage and family, saying I only gave birth and didn't raise, and that I tacitly allowed Chen Yao Shi to use the two children I had with him as tools."
"How could I have known Chen Yao Shi's intentions?"
"Heh heh." Tian Jing sneered, staring into Xiao Wei's eyes, "Are you speaking this without guilt? Back then, when Chen Yao Shi came to pick you up, I said he had ulterior motives, yet you still agreed to go with him."
"Not only did you go with him, but you had another child with him. You, who don't love children, you, who want to maintain your figure, how could you agree to have another one with him?"
"I don't believe he didn't entice you. I am looking forward to the day you go to jail."
"Grandpa was very happy when you weren't around. When you arrived, Grandpa worried about you. You are not worthy of being a daughter or a mother."
Seeing Xiao Wei's evasive gaze, Tian Jing turned and left. "In the future, if it's not necessary, don't appear before me."
...
Damai called back to say that what Du Hongjuan mentioned had been temporarily put on hold. Some old neighbors, seeing the policies changing back and forth, wanted to sell their houses to Du Hongjuan again. She called to ask her aunt if she wanted to buy them.
"No, at this stage, I'm not buying any properties." Tian Jing was not going to take advantage of this. The compensation policy for the government's joint development had not yet been released. Based on her experience in her previous life, the government's compensation for relocating urban residents was not a one-to-one exchange, but rather a one-to-two or one-to-three exchange. If she bought now, wouldn't that cause trouble? If she dared to raise the price for the current old neighbors, the original owners of the courtyards she bought before would definitely cause a scene.
Damai resolutely carried out his aunt's decision. "Yes, I'll tell Sister Du right away."
"Mhm, tell Sister Du to take a vacation, go out and travel for a few days, and I'll reimburse half the expenses."
"That good?" Damai was surprised. "What about me?"
"You?" Tian Jing asked irritably, "Weren't you on vacation when you went to Kyoto this time? Didn't I reimburse your travel expenses and meal allowance?"
"Heh heh." Damai chuckled foolishly. "Isn't Dr. Yuan with me?"
"What does he have to do with me? He's richer than anyone. Don't come to me for money, I'm poor." After saying that, Tian Jing hung up the phone. Girls, as soon as they start dating, their elbows turn outwards.
The phone rang. Tian Jing thought it was Damai and casually picked up the receiver. "What is it now?"
The person on the other end paused, then asked, "I, I'm looking for Village Chief Li, is he there?"
"Yes, yes, sorry, I'll go get him for you." Tian Jing was extremely embarrassed. She put down the receiver and ran to the door to call her husband.
After Li Zhengguo took the call, his expression became serious. "Is there a risk to her life?"
"There's no risk to her life, she's just been sleeping. The doctor says she has no will to live. Do you want to come and see her?"
Li Zhengguo refused. "No, both my wife and I are tied up with matters and cannot leave."
"Tell her that my wife, Tian Jing, sent you to stake out and rescue them. Tell her to think of her two younger sisters and wake up quickly."
"When she recovers, my wife wants to send her to Kyoto to learn from others how to do things. In the future, she will stay and help in Kyoto."
The other party seemed troubled. "I've already told you she's in a coma, how can I tell her?"
Li Zhengguo instructed the other party, "Just say it in her ear. People like her are escaping reality, but their brains can still receive external stimuli."
"When she knows she still has a way to live, she will wake up."