Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

When Sha Zhu came back in the evening, he was shocked to see the coal piled up at the door of his house. He hurriedly asked Lin Geng how he got such good coal. Such good coal was simply not available to ordinary people. Even the coal station did not have much. It was all supplied to people with connections or leaders. However, Lin Geng got such good coal.

Lin Geng didn't explain to Sha Zhu and told him to just use it. The details of how he got it could only be discussed in private and he was not allowed to show off in the yard. If he did, it would be like he was taking advantage of others and it would do no good except to attract jealousy.

When Yan Bugui came home from get off work, he saw the coal that Lin Geng bought. He was so envious that he pulled Lin Geng to help him get him some of the good coal.

But Lin Geng politely declined Yan Bugui's offer and told Yan Bugui that there were very limited coal stations with such good coal, really not many, and he only got this much by relying on connections, and it would be impossible to get more. However, he could help Yan Bugui use his connections to get some coal that was inferior to this one, but there was no chance of getting this kind of coal.

Yan Bugui was quite disappointed, but he still agreed and wanted to borrow Lin Geng's tricycle to transport coal. Lin Geng didn't mind and promised to lend it to him for half a day tomorrow, and then sent Yan Bugui away.

At dinner time in the evening, Lin Geng said to Sha Zhu and He Yushui while eating: "Brother Zhu, your father has been away from Sijiu City for ten years, right?"

When Sha Zhu heard Lin Geng mention He Daqing, he immediately became unhappy and said with a dark face: "Why are you mentioning him when I'm fine? I get angry when you mention him! Don't mention him, it will affect our meal!"

When He Yushui heard Lin Geng mention her father, her expression suddenly dimmed. She silently picked at the rice in the bowl, looking very lonely.

Lin Geng nodded and said, "Yeah, I know you don't want to mention your father, but I just find it very strange. Even if he ran away with the widow, he wouldn't have not written you a letter for so many years, right? Because this is really unreasonable, right?"

Sha Zhu raised his head and glanced at Lin Geng unhappily, then said, "He is just an old bastard. Ever since he ran off with the widow, he left me and Yu Shui behind, and there has been no news of him since!

The year he left, Yu Shui was still very young, and she cried all day missing him. I had no choice but to take Yu Shui to Baocheng. I finally found out where he and the White Widow lived. When we found their house, the White Widow came out and cursed my brother and me, but he didn't show up! Yu Shui cried so hard that she almost passed out, and she didn't even see him show up!

What's the point of having him as a father? Let's not mention him! It makes me angry when I mention him!"

Lin Geng shook his head and said, "I have thought about your father's matter many times, and I always feel that something is not right! Because this is unreasonable! Logically speaking, even if your father is not a human being, he should not have kept you informed for so many years, right? Any father would not do such a thing!

When you went to Baocheng, I actually thought about it and felt that it wasn’t that your father didn’t want to see you. Maybe he wasn’t at home at all, or he didn’t even know you were there!

According to common sense, even if he didn't want you anymore and only cared about having fun with the widow, but you all came to his door, and Yu Shui was still so young. He used to like Yu Shui very much when he was a child, so he wouldn't have heard that you were leaving and didn't even show up!

I thought about it for a long time and felt that something was wrong. The only explanation was that the White Widow didn't let him know that you were going to Baocheng to find him! She stopped you and didn't even let you in! She deliberately made you think that your father didn't see you, so that you would hate him and not go to him in the future!

......"

Lin Geng analyzed the matter for a long time with Sha Zhu and He Yushui, and attributed the time when Sha Zhu took Yushui to Baocheng to the fact that He Daqing had no idea that Sha Zhu and his sister had been to Baocheng, and it was all the result of the White Widow's interference.

After hearing this, Sha Zhu and He Yushui both frowned and followed Lin Geng's thoughts for a long time. Finally, He Yushui nodded and said, "Brother, I think what Xiao Lin said makes sense. Our father really shouldn't have known that we were going to look for him, but he didn't even show his head. When I was a child, I remember that our father was very good to me! He often liked to hold me in his arms, let me ride on his neck, and take me everywhere to play!

If he knew that you and I were going to look for him, there's no reason for him not to show up! Maybe it's really like what Xiaolin said, the White Widow kept it a secret from him, and he didn't even know we were looking for him!"

Sha Zhu frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "What Xiao Lin said does make sense, but so what? Didn't he leave for ten years without writing us a single letter? Didn't he even ask whether we were alive or dead? Why do we still mention him?"

Lin Geng shook his head and said, "No, no! I remembered something that happened several years ago! I didn't think much about it at the time, but now when I think about what I saw that time, I always feel that something is not right!

I think your father may have written a letter to you, but it was intercepted by someone and was not given to you at all!"

When Shazhu and Yushui heard this, they both widened their eyes and asked Lin Geng in unison: "What's the matter? What did you see?"

Lin Geng then began to talk nonsense, shaking his head and making up stories, "It should have been several years ago. One day I went out and met a postman. He was stopped by Yi Zhonghai outside our gate. I remember going to the toilet, and I heard him mention you. Then I saw Yi Zhonghai taking a letter from him. He said he was a big boss in this courtyard, and I just had to give it to him. He would pass it to you later!

I didn't care and ran to the toilet. Later, it seemed that I had never heard that Yi Zhonghai had forwarded any letters to you. In all these years, I have never heard or seen you receive any letters from anyone!

I forgot about it at that time, but now I suddenly think of it and feel it is very strange. So I want to ask you, has Yi Zhonghai passed on any letters written to you over the years?"

Sha Zhu and Yu Shui looked at each other in bewilderment. After thinking for a long time, they both shook their heads and said, "No! Yi Zhonghai has never forwarded any letters from anyone to us! We don't have any relatives from other places, and no one has ever written to us in all these years!"

Lin Geng pretended to be surprised, stared at Sha Zhu and Yu Shui with wide eyes and asked, "That's impossible! I did hear the postman say that day that there was a letter for you, and it was given to Yi Zhonghai! Why didn't he pass it on to you?

Think about it again, besides your father, is there anyone else who would write to you?"

Sha Zhu and Yu Shui both shook their heads seriously and said, "No, absolutely not! Apart from our father in Baocheng, we don't know anyone outside of here. Who could possibly write to us?"

"Okay, isn't that it? If that's the case, then the letter could only have been written by your father to you, but was intercepted by Yi Zhonghai and not passed on to you!

It seems that it’s not that your father didn’t contact you, but someone interfered and intercepted his letters to you, deliberately preventing him from contacting you!" Lin Geng slapped his thigh and said to Sha Zhu and Yu Shui.

Shazhu and Yushui were both confused, staring at Lin Geng with wide eyes and asked, "Why is that?"

Lin Geng then shook his head and said, "Hey! Isn't that simple? Someone just doesn't want you to have any contact with your father. They deliberately want you to think that your father doesn't want you anymore, so that you hate your father and cut off your contact so that they can profit from it!

Think about it yourself. If you hate your father to death, will you still go to find him? If you don't look for your father or write to him, will he come back to find you after a long time? "

Sha Zhu's face suddenly darkened, and Yu Shui also showed an angry look. After looking at each other, Sha Zhu stood up and almost overturned the table. He said angrily: "No, I have to go find that old man Yi Zhonghai to find out whether he intercepted the letter my father wrote to my brother and me! I must find out today!"

Lin Geng held down the table to prevent it from being overturned by Sha Zhu, and saved the food and steamed buns on the table. He waved his hand and said, "Don't be impatient, Brother Zhuzi. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're just too impatient! You believe everything you hear, and you don't even want to use your brain!

Sit down first, sit down and talk! Yi Zhonghai is still in the security department, how can you ask him? I think we should think about this matter carefully! "

When Sha Zhu heard this, he remembered that Yi Zhonghai had not returned for the past two days and was still locked in a small dark room in the security department!

So he sat down again in a sullen manner, picked up a steamed bun and took a big bite, then took a big mouthful of shredded potatoes with vinegar, chewing them hard, as if he was chewing Yi Zhonghai's meat viciously.