Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Yi Zhonghai and two others have returned.

As darkness fell, the courtyard suddenly became lively.

When He Yuzhu went outside, he saw Yi Zhonghai and two others with bruised and swollen faces walking into the courtyard.

The three men exuded a frightening aura, especially Liu Haizhong, who had accumulated a lot of hostility since becoming the leader of the workers' picket team.

Normally, all this hostility was masked by his innocent stupidity.

Now, stupidity has been hidden, and hostility has been revealed.

Everyone just watched the three of them go home. Only after the three of them entered their houses did they dare to start talking.

Qin Huai held two steamed buns high, ostensibly delivering food to Yi Zhonghai, and entered Yi Zhonghai's house.

Of the three old men, Yan Bugui was the first to return home.

The three women followed him into the house: "Where have you been? Why are you only coming back now?"

Yan Bugui said angrily, "Where else could we go? That damned idiot Zhu, he did it on purpose."

He took the three of us to Tongzhou.

"Wait a minute." The third woman stopped him: "Shazhu went to Haidian. You were following Shazhu, why did you end up in Tongzhou?"

Yan Bugui said impatiently, "What nonsense are you talking about? The three of us saw Sha Zhu go to Tongzhou with our own eyes."

The three women retorted, "Who's talking nonsense? Sha Zhu and Xu Damao came back together; they ran into each other in Haidian."

Yan Bugui was stunned, a look of doubt appearing in his eyes. He was nearsighted and couldn't see things clearly in the distance.

Although he was wearing glasses, he had found them on the street; they weren't specially made for him.

Moreover, these glasses have been worn for decades, and no matter how well they are maintained, there are still many scratches on them.

He can't see things very clearly, let alone things 200 meters away.

After hearing what the three aunts said, he became a little insecure.

"Are you telling the truth?"

The three women said, "How could this be false? The two of them came back together and were talking about things in Haidian."

Yan Bugui sat there for a while, puzzled, before saying, "It could also be fake."

"Those two are no good people."

Now it was the three aunties' turn to be puzzled.

"Forget about them. What's going on with you three? Who hit you?"

Yan Bugui then brought up the matter of Yi Zhonghai's former brother-in-law.

To this, the three women could only say speechlessly, "Did you forget to check the almanac before you went out?"

At the Intermediate People's Court, Qin Huairu also learned about the situation and relayed the news that He Yuzhu had gone to Haidian.

Yi Zhonghai firmly stated, "That's impossible. Sha Zhu doesn't have the ability to be in two places at once, so there's absolutely no way he could go to Haidian."

It wasn't that he was particularly confident, but rather that he couldn't accept the news.

If He Yuzhu really went to Haidian, what did they do that day?
I went to Tongzhou, but got nothing and even got beaten up.

The three of them are the biggest joke in the courtyard.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's stubborn expression, Qin Huairu dared not bring it up again.

"Sir, who inflicted these injuries on you?"

Yi Zhonghai was now too embarrassed to say anything.

"We ran into a bunch of thugs. Huairu, is everything alright in the courtyard?"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "What could possibly happen in the courtyard? It's just that I've been worried about you ever since Shazhu came back."

Their conversation was interrupted by crying coming from the backyard.

When Liu Haizhong returned home and saw his two sons looking so relaxed, he was immediately furious.

He went inside, closed the door, and then gave his two sons a severe beating.

After he finished hitting them, his second aunt came forward and said, "Don't get upset over these two things. What happened to you? Why did you only come back now?"

Also, what happened to your injuries?

Liu Haizhong could only explain it once in a low voice.

He said that when the three men were beaten, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu hid in the house and secretly laughed.

The second aunt complained, "You too, you forgot you're the leader. Why did you step in when Lao Yi was being beaten?"

"Over the years, you've stood up for Lao Yi, and you've taken so many beatings."

Liu Haizhong said angrily, "Was that me standing up for myself? I just didn't have time to dodge."

Who knew it would be such a coincidence to run into Miao Cuilan's younger brother.

Auntie Er asked suspiciously, "Do you think Lao Yi did this on purpose?"

Liu Haizhong was confused. After a moment of stunned silence, he said, "Why would he do that on purpose? Could it be that he deliberately led the two of us to Tongzhou to get beaten up?"

Aunt Er said, "That's hard to say. You don't know, Sha Zhu went to Haidian, not Tongzhou. He came back with Xu Damao."

Liu Haizhong was dumbfounded: "That's not right. We've been following Sha Zhu. He also went to Tongzhou."

After thinking for a while, Auntie Er asked, "Is it possible that you've followed the wrong person?"

"At a distance of over two hundred meters, how big is a person? Can you even see them clearly?"

Liu Haizhong sat there, thinking carefully. They really couldn't see clearly.

"That doesn't mean Lao Yi went to Tongzhou on purpose to get beaten up."

Unable to explain, the second aunt gave what she considered the most reliable reason.

"I think he wanted to get revenge on Miao Cuilan. Everyone knows that Miao Cuilan divorced him and took half of his assets."

Old Yi is so petty, he'll definitely try to get revenge.

And also, just a couple of days ago, wasn't Lao Yan thinking about introducing Miao Jianye to someone?

He might be planning to go to Tongzhou to ruin Miao Jianye's reputation.

Liu Haizhong wasn't very bright to begin with, and he believed what his second aunt said.

He immediately started cursing Yi Zhonghai in a huff.

Xu Damao, seeing Liu Haizhong's miserable state, immediately ran out of his house.

"That's not fair of you. You beat up all three of them, and you didn't even tell me."

He Yuzhu had to explain again: "I told you, I didn't hit them."

Yi Zhonghai is plotting against me every day. Do I dare to hit him?
"Believe it or not, if I lay a finger on him outside, he could cling to me for the rest of his life."

Xu Damao shook his head: "You beat him up in the yard, didn't you beat him up enough?"

He Yuzhu said, "That's different. There are many people in the courtyard who saw it, so when the police come, they can find out the truth."

There are only the three of them today, and I can't find any witnesses. Whatever they say is fine.

After hearing He Yuzhu's explanation, Xu Damao said, "If you didn't hit him, who else could have?"

I really want to know who this good person is.

He Yuzhu said, "Looking at the three of them, who wouldn't want to beat them up?"

I bet it's because their old habits have resurfaced; they're making up stories about others and getting beaten up.

He Yuzhu isn't a god; he never imagined that Yi Zhonghai and his two companions would have such bad luck, actually running into an old lady's brother.

Xu Damao felt extremely regretful. Had he known that the three of them would be beaten, he would definitely have continued to follow them.

"Indeed, the problem with those three is that there are too many cowards in our hospital."

In any other courtyard, they would have been beaten so badly that even their own fathers wouldn't recognize them.

It's a pity, we just don't know who did it.

He Yuzhu was too lazy to discuss this with him. He wasn't interested in the fact that someone had beaten up Yi Zhonghai three times.

After all, he often takes on three people at a time.

"Alright, it's getting late. You should go home now."

Xu Damao chuckled and said, "What's your hurry? Qin Huairu went to Yi Zhonghai's house and hasn't come out yet."

He Yuzhu thought to himself, "Can you compare to Qin Huairu? He stays up all night to meet with Yi Zhonghai."

"I'm exhausted today and need to rest. If you want to wait, you can wait in the yard."

Xu Damao was indeed waiting in the yard.

Unfortunately, he didn't expect that Jia Zhangshi was acting as a lookout for Qin Huairu.

When Jia Zhangshi saw Xu Damao in the courtyard, she berated Qin Huairu, causing Qin Huairu to return home. (End of Chapter)