That night, the village chief drove away the villagers who had gathered around Xu Changmao's house to watch the excitement, and invited Qi Yihan and his party to sit down in the main room.
The crazy Xu Xiu was tied up with five flowers, and Xu Changhe personally escorted him to kneel in the middle of the hall...
When Liu Chunhua walked into the main room, her eyes first fell on her unharmed son and lingered for a moment before she looked up at the village chief. She held an iron box dug out from under the peach tree in the yard and brought it to the village chief.
"This is what Xu Changmao told me back then. He said that as long as someone finds out his whereabouts, hand this over and everything will be revealed."
Hearing Liu Chunhua mention her missing father, Xu Xiu's eyes were scarlet and she roared.
"My dad was killed by Xu Qizhi, and I want their family to pay for my dad's life!"
Xu Chang and Xu Xiu, who was holding down and struggling frantically towards Xu Yong, shouted, "Be more honest with me. Let's listen to what your father said first."
Fortunately, Xu Yong saved his life thanks to Qi Yihan's timely action. He was stared at by Xu Xiu's eyes that were so red that they were bleeding, and he said bravely.
"Can you be reasonable? Even if your father was killed, it was Xu Qizhi who did it. What does it have to do with me? What kind of prestige are you trying to show me?"
Xu Xiu cursed, "You are a family. Xu Qizhi is your biological uncle. You raised the grave. You think it doesn't matter? You all deserve to die. Wait until I kill your family and then go to Xu Zhan to settle the score."
"Enough!" shouted the village chief who had already opened the iron box and took out the yellowed letter paper.
The village chief has always been prestigious in the village, and the juniors are afraid of him. Xu Xiu is also the same, glaring at Xu Yong to be honest.
The village chief opened the letter, cleared his throat with a cough, and read.
"I, Xu Changmao, once served as the party secretary of Xujiacun. During my tenure, Liang Feng, an educated youth in the village, married Zhang Guilan of Zhangjiacun and had a son. Later, Liang Feng returned to the city, and Zhang Guilan abandoned the son and left. Half a month later, Liang Feng remitted the child's support fee of 50 yuan per month. However, because my wife has been sick all year round, my family is already heavily in debt, and Liang Fengzi has a foreign girl staying at home to take care of her, so I greedily used this remittance to repay the debt, totaling 350 yuan in seven months."
"Zhang Guilan made a fuss after learning about this incident. She had no choice but to be punished for embezzling a huge amount of money, which would affect the political review of future generations, so she made an exchange with Xu Qizhi who tried to cut off everything and went to the battlefield with Professor Chen. After committing suicide, she donated her skin to Xu Qizhi's golden cicada to escape from the shell. Professor Chen applied on his behalf not to be held accountable for corruption."
"In order to prevent the descendants of the relevant people from pursuing this matter in the future, and also to prevent my son from misunderstanding and avenging his father, I leave this book. Forget my son, don't hate my father's temporary confusion, which caused my son to lose his father at a young age. This is Xu Changmao's last writing."
Liu Chunhua burst into tears, rushed over and hugged Xu Xiu, who was trembling all over, and choked with sobs.
"I have known about this for a long time, but because I didn't want your father to be scolded after his death, and because I was afraid that you would go astray if you knew about it, I kept it secret and didn't tell you..."
Xu Xiu burst into tears and cried unbearably.
Liu Chunhua wiped Xu Xiu's tears with her sleeve and advised, "Don't hate your dad. Although he did something wrong, he did it for our family. I was the one who dragged him down. If you want to hate it, just blame your mom."
Hearing this, Xu Xiu cried hoarsely.
He never expected that this would be the case. Li Zhen sighed and whispered to Qi Yihan.
"If my intuition is correct, this Xu Qizhi must be related to you."
Qi Yihan's eyes were dark and he asked, "What?"
Li Zhen shook his head, "I still can't figure it out for now, but sooner or later I will figure it out."
After a moment of silence, Li Zhen turned to look into Qi Yihan's eyes and asked, "Who is that Professor Chen?"
His eyes as black as a pool of water reflected Li Zhen's peach-like face, and Qi Yihan pursed his lips.
The clam spirit refused to speak again, and Li Zhen said with a flash of disappointment in his eyes.
"If you don't tell me, I won't force you. I will investigate it myself."
There was still a heavy silence, and Li Zhen couldn't help but feel an unknown fire rising in his heart.
"You promised before that you would discuss family matters with me, but you couldn't even be honest with me. Can we be considered husband and wife?"
After a moment of silence, Qi Yihan said, "There are reasons why I don't say anything, just like you refused to tell me who you learned to drive from and how you met Dong Tingyun. I won't force you, and I hope you won't force me either. "
"I can say……"
Li Zhen decided to take a gamble. If Qi Yihan really didn't believe her, she would find a chance to escape.
"How about I confess one thing and you confess another?"
After waiting for a long time, Qi Yihan still didn't nod. Li Zhen was really disappointed now.
"Forget it, I won't ask again."
At this time, Xu Changhe had already untied Xu Xiu with his own hands. Liu Chunhua helped Xu Xiu stand up, walked to Xu Yong and bowed deeply.
"I'm sorry..." Xu Xiu apologized.
Originally, he was still angry at Xu Xiu and almost beat him to death. Now that he understood the truth, Xu Yong sympathized with Xu Xiu who had no father, and said calmly.
"No, it's not entirely your fault. If I were you, I'd be the same."
"Okay..." The village chief handed the letter into Qi Yihan's hand and gave instructions to Xu Changhe and Xu Yong who were present.
"This matter ends here and cannot be mentioned again in the future. As for Xu Xiu...for the sake of Xu Xiu's filial piety, Yongzi will not care about it. From now on, we must treat each other as brothers."
Xu Yong nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, village chief, I won't bear any grudge against Xiuzi if I don't tell you."
Xu Changhe and Xu Changmao are both of the Chang generation, but their actual relationship is not close, the village chief assured.
"I, Xu Changhe, am not a gossip, don't worry."
The village chief nodded happily, "Chang Mao did something wrong, but if he knows his mistakes and can correct them, he is still a good son of the Xu family. Tomorrow we will choose a geomantic treasure place for him to be reburied."
"Okay..." Xu Changhe said, "It has not been easy for them as orphans and widowers these past few years. I will take care of this."
"How can this be done?"
Liu Chunhua disagreed with her husband's burial but let Xu Changhe get the money, and waved her hands repeatedly.
Xu Changhe smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you're welcome. You spend the money you earn. I'm willing to spend it on our own family."
Li Zhen felt deeply saddened when he saw that people in the same village could love each other so much, but as the closest couple, he and Qi Yihan had their own concerns.
Seeing that Li Zhen didn't look well, Qi Yihan took Li Zhen back to Xuchanghe's home first.
Zhu Xiaochun followed Li Zhen closely, while Luo Chen decided to help bury Xu Changmao tomorrow and stayed to make preparations with the village chief and Xu Changhe.
After returning to his residence, Li Zhen and Zhu Xiaochun washed up together and watched Zhu Xiaochun hug the cat and lay on the bed before returning to the room.
"Li Zhen..." Qi Yihan sat by the kang and called Li Zhen, "Let's talk."
"What are you talking about?" Li Zhen got into the bed and looked at Qi Yihan who came in with a pair of watery eyes.
Qi Yihan tucked Li Zhen into a good quilt and said.
"Actually, I'm still investigating many of the questions you asked me, but I can tell you the truth. There are some things I won't tell you even if they are investigated."
"Why?" Li Zhen was puzzled, "Is there something that cannot be said that you must hide from me?"
Qi Yihan pondered for a moment and said, "Let me tell you the simplest truth... In fact, you have no ability to protect yourself when faced with some things. I don't know if it will be beneficial to our relationship as husband and wife if I tell you, but I know it will hurt you."
Li Zhen looked at Qi Yihan in front of him seriously, as if he was looking at a stranger.
"Qi Yihan, who are you?"
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