The conspiracy of the courtyard

After an in-depth conversation, Director Wei finally understood why Cen Haitao and Xu Haoyin had been fighting, and also learned what they had done in secret.

He asked Section Chief Xu with a serious face:

"Old Xu, that girl's expulsion is really related to Haitao?"

Section Chief Xu nodded helplessly and laughed at himself.

"These two guys are really evenly matched. One uses his power to bully others, while the other uses his connections in the compound. They are both very capable!"

Director Wei looked directly into Fan Rong's eyes and asked:

"Fan Rong, tell me the truth. What else do you know about Principal Liang?"

Fan Rong subconsciously looked towards Lu Zixuan, but Director Wei leaned forward, blocking their eye contact.

"You should know that this is very important. It not only concerns the fate of your uncle and me, but also involves your safety."

Faced with Director Wei's earnest questions, Fan Rong was extremely conflicted, fearing that it would affect Lu Zixuan's overall layout. He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, leaned back on the sofa... and pretended to faint.

This bizarre behavior really shocked the three of them.

Lao Xiao couldn't help laughing:

"This... this is the first time I've seen this. It's really eye-opening to see someone pretending to faint so blatantly.

Xiaoxuan, you should do the talking, don't let this kid fall asleep again."

Lu Zixuan's vision was blocked and he did not see Fan Rong's miraculous move, but meeting and communicating with Wei and Xu was the purpose of his visit.

So, after a slight hesitation, he supplemented Chief Xu's investigation.

Including rumors about Principal Liang's mistress, conversations between Principal Liang and Cen Haitao, and the fact that the Liang family continued to support the mistress's family after Principal Liang was imprisoned.

Director Wei nodded frequently during the narration.

"Hmm... not bad! You are indeed smart and know what I want to hear."

He turned his gaze to Section Chief Xu and said with a wry smile:

"Old Xu, Haitao didn't change his surname to Wei. It was his own idea. And with the help of those guys, I let it go.

Fan Rong, stop pretending to be asleep, you and this little guy go for a walk first, we have something to talk about."

Before Fan Rong fully opened his eyes, he obediently pulled Lu Zixuan and walked out.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard, Lu Zixuan looked around and asked in a low voice:

"Brother Rong, why are you here? And how do you recognize Cen Haitao's father?"

Fan Rong replied unhappily:

"Gui Xiao knew that was his father. One's surname was Cen and the other was Wei. It would be strange if I could associate them together.

If I hadn’t heard Xiao Song and the others complaining yesterday about not being able to enter the compound, I would have forgotten that I even knew Uncle Wei.

I was dragged here just after I entered his house.

Look at you guys, you look so gloomy all day long, talking about how powerful the Cen and Xu families are. I'm so scared that I don't even dare to interrupt.

Who knew you were talking about Uncle Wei? As far as I know, he is not as powerful as you say.

He used to be a soldier under Uncle Wang. I can’t say he will obey me in everything, but at least he won’t target me for the time being.”

Lu Zixuan felt a little embarrassed and hurried to make amends.

“I just found out about their positions today, it seems the information was wrong.

But there is nothing to complain about. Director Wei is a cadre of a ministerial unit, so the confidentiality measures are certainly not something we can find out. Team Leader Xu is in charge of security work, so naturally the information is kept even more secret.

Their power is not as great as we imagined, but it is still a hundred times stronger than ours, so please stop talking nonsense..."

The two were brought back to Xu's house by Lao Xiao's driver. Seeing the three men's gloomy faces, they stood aside consciously.

Lao Xiao spoke first, breaking the quiet atmosphere.

"Xiaoxuan, have you found out the information about that mistress?"

Lu Zixuan shook his head.

Later, at Lao Xiao's suggestion, Director Wei revealed Cen Haitao's life experience.

Like Fan Rong, Cen Haitao was an orphan of a martyr who was fostered in a local family. However, Director Wei felt sorry for him because he had lost both his parents, so he discussed with the foster Cen family, concealed his background, and lied that he was Cen Haitao's father, and brought him up by his side.

Cen Haitao was very filial. He had been secretly saving pocket money and sending it to his fellow villager, Principal Liang, who was a school principal in the county. The principal then passed it on to the Cen family until Principal Liang moved to Sijiu City.

At that time, Director Wei was moved by Cen Haitao's filial piety and proposed to bring the Cen family to Sijiu City and promised to find a job for them to make a living. However, the Cen family refused on the grounds that they did not want to leave their hometown.

Director Wei didn't want to care about Principal Liang's arrest this time, but he could not bear Cen Haitao's pleading, and said that most of the bribe money was used to support Cen's family.

Director Wei then found someone to reduce the punishment on Principal Liang and also found two jobs for Liang's family.

But after hearing what Lu Zixuan said about Principal Liang having a mistress, Director Wei suspected that it was a member of the Cen family, and he was sure that Cen Haitao had done many unspeakable things without telling him.

Hearing this, Lu Zixuan made a bold guess, but it still needed evidence.

He frowned and asked:

"At that time, did the Cen family have a child of the same age as Cen Haitao?"

Director Wei looked sad, but forced a smile and said:

"you mean?

Haha...that's right. No matter how filial an adopted son is, he is not as good as a promising biological son.

No wonder the Liang family posted the first big-character poster, saying that it tarnished the revolutionary bloodline. Fortunately, my ancestors were common people, otherwise..."

Old Xiao did not hesitate and decisively took Fan Rong and Lu Zixuan away from the Xu family.

Once in the car, Fan Rong started talking.

"Little Boss, tell me, Uncle Wei is really not afraid that we will leak these things?

There was compensation and an apology, and they just muddled through it.”

Lu Zixuan asked back:

"Do you think you can keep this secret? It's just that no one paid attention to it before. Besides, how do you know that they didn't do it on purpose for us to hear it?

I never expected compensation or apology, it’s useless.”

Old Xiao rebuked:

"Alright, stop meddling in other people's business. Xiao Liu, go to the police station."

……

In the evening, the sealed transcripts of the Cen family members appeared on Lao Xiao's desk.

When Lu Zixuan saw these transcripts, he was shocked beyond words.

As expected, Cen Haitao is a real member of the Cen family and an orphan of a martyr who is impersonating someone else. The whole family knows this and is actively cooperating.

The real orphan heard about his identity from his "family", but for him who had never left his room since childhood, the world outside the house was even more terrifying.

Having food to eat and clothes to wear is his greatest satisfaction.

To hold the Cen family responsible? He had no idea what responsibility was. He was like a newborn baby, with nothing to show for it.

Therefore, he has no emotions, or rather, is more like a real walking corpse, without feelings, desires, past, future, or anything.

The Cen family is really ruthless. Since arriving in Sijiu City, Principal Liang has started to send supplies to their home. For more than ten years, they have not stepped out of the house during the day. The second half of the night is when they live.

Of course, the orphan never longed for the freedom outside.

The next morning, Lu Zixuan was brought to Xu's house by Lao Xiao again. In addition to Wei and Xu sitting on the sofa, there were seven young people standing against the wall.

When Section Chief Xu saw them coming in, he said sternly to a young man:

"You little bastard, why don't you come over here and apologize?"

Xu Haoyin's face flushed, and he reluctantly dragged his slow steps to Lu Zixuan, bowed deeply, and said:

“Yes…yes…I’m sorry! Xixi…is that ok?”

Without waiting for Lu Zixuan's forgiveness, she turned around in shame and anger and quickly stood back in her original position.

Lu Zixuan really doesn't discriminate against anyone with disabilities, but he also really looks down on this arrogant stutterer. What's there to be proud of?

Then I learned to say:

"No, no, no, it's okay."

Without waiting for others to react, Lao Xiao immediately stepped forward to take over the conversation and handed over a file bag.

"This is the confession of the Cen family. Please take a look."

Lu Zixuan had no intention of caring about anything else and was concentrating on staring at Cen Haitao.

Staring, opening mouth, pursing lips, clenching fists, trembling, bending legs, rolling eyes...

Surprise and fear were expressed everywhere.