Chapter 15: The Truth

  Cong Ye lay in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time. Everything he saw in the small building at night made him think of things he couldn't imagine. Moreover, his sister-in-law Yan Qingcheng was obviously angry. Without even giving himself a chance to explain, Cong Ye felt like a guilty student, anxious and unsure of what to do.

  After a while, I heard the sound of opening doors from the east room. Cong Ye immediately got up from bed and wanted to go out. He walked to the door and was about to reach out to pull it open when he suddenly stopped again.

  "What if sister-in-law just wears underwear to go to the toilet?"

  Cong Ye stood stupidly at the door, momentarily losing his mind.

  "Haven't slept yet?"

  "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."

  When Yanchen heard the question, Congye finally felt at ease and opened the door to come out. Seeing that Yanchen was still wearing the same clothes as before, it was clear that she hadn't gone to bed either. Afraid that his sister would turn around and leave again, Congye hastily said:

  "Sister-in-law, I just sneaked into the small building next to Far East Company and found something unexpected."

  Cong Ye said this as soon as he came up, the purpose is to arouse Yan Qingcheng's curiosity, and sure enough, Yan Qingcheng looked up at Cong Ye and asked:

  "What unexpected thing?"

  "On the second floor of a three-story building in one room, on the wall hangs a photo of sister-in-law working at the hospital."

  "Huh?"

  Yan Qingcheng's eyes clearly had a disbelieving meaning.

  "You're not mistaken again, taking that photo of a woman who looks like me that you mentioned last time as mine?"

  "Sister-in-law, don't worry, this time I'm absolutely sure."

  Then, Cong Ye carefully depicted the photos he saw and also shared the results of his analysis on the way back. After listening to him, Yan Qingcheng indeed felt that there was some truth to it. Cong Ye's analysis was not unreasonable, and only in this way could the series of events be explained.

  "Cong Ye, I remember you said yesterday, did you see that woman's man?"

  "Yes."

  Congye carefully described the appearance of the man with a rich and noble air that she saw, Congye murmured:

  "It's actually him."

  "Sister-in-law, what's his name?"

  Yu Xiaopeng.

  What Cong Ye said, the woman who looked exactly like herself, was actually a substitute for herself found by that man, which made Yan Qing Cheng feel sick to her stomach. She lowered her head and thought for a moment before firmly telling Cong Ye:

  "Tomorrow I won't go to work at the orthopedic hospital."

  "Sister-in-law..."

  "It seems like all our moves are under Yu Xiaopeng's control. If I go to the orthopedic hospital he arranged for me to work at, won't I have to follow his plan step by step?"

  Cong Ye also thought so in her heart, but she didn't dare to bring it up herself. Hearing Yan Qing Cheng say it out loud, Cong Ye's heart suddenly felt at ease.

  "Sister-in-law, I'd better go find a job, you stay here."

  "Since Yu Xiaopeng has made up his mind to drive you away, he won't let you find a job. Even if you go to nearby cities to look for work, he will still intervene."

  Yu Xiaopeng is so pressing step by step on his sister-in-law because he must be aware of her current financial situation and knows that she cannot give up this house and move to another place. As long as she stays in Guanhai City, it will be difficult for her to get rid of Yu Xiaopeng's control, so he can be so unscrupulous.

  "So you're saying that before you came, someone was sent to cause trouble with the intention of forcing me to go out and find a job?"

  Cong Ye understood as soon as Yan Qing Cheng said so, and after analyzing it this way, all the doubts were immediately cleared up.

  "It must be like this, there is no other suitable reason besides this."

  "But then he forced me out to find a job, what can he do to me now?"

  "It's likely that the orthopedic hospital wasn't a plan made by Yu Xiaopeng just for today, it must have been calculated in advance. His sister is a medical student, if she goes out to find work, she will definitely choose a hospital. Yu Xiaopeng should also be very familiar with his sister's temperament and know that she would definitely go to try out at several public hospitals in Guanhai City."

  "Cong Ye, as you said, isn't it that I have been walking on the path calculated by Yu Xiaopeng all along?"

  "That's about it."

  "What's with Xiao Zhi?"

  "No way, sister-in-law. After all, it's a military unit. Yu Xiaopeng's hands can't reach that far. Besides, when the platoon leader got into trouble, I was at the scene. According to the information from the regimental headquarters, those four thugs were from outside the country."

  After hearing Cong Ye's words, Yan Qing Cheng also felt that she had been a bit too sensitive.

  "Trouble is coming next."

  "It should be so. Can't leave, and staying here is hard to get rid of Yu Xiaopeng's control."

  "Cong Ye, you'd better leave Guanhai City as soon as possible, there's no need for you to get involved."

  "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? I promised to take care of it back then."

  "What did you promise to line up?"

  "I promised to take care of my sister-in-law."

  Cong Ye thought of the conversation she had with Zhi Xiao Kang back then, it was like a joke at that time, but now using that sentence as an excuse seemed a bit forced, so her words were also hesitant. Fortunately, Yan Qing Cheng didn't continue to ask, Cong Ye subconsciously raised her hand and touched her forehead.

  "Sister-in-law, it's getting late, let's go to sleep first."

  "Alright, you get some rest too."

  In the morning, Congye got up early and practiced manipulating the hot flow in his meridians in the courtyard. After several days of continuous practice, Congye felt that he was becoming more and more familiar with it, and soon he would be able to do it with ease.

  While having breakfast, Cong Ye said to Yan Qing Cheng:

  "Sister-in-law, I've thought it through. I'll just go to the streets and do some odd jobs. No matter how capable Yu Xiaopeng is, he can't possibly notify every single household."

  "Working as a freelancer can be very tiring."

  "I'll just use this physical strength of mine to work wherever I go. Doing odd jobs is quick and easy, getting paid daily, no need to worry about being owed wages. It's settled then, I'm going now."

  Yan Qingcheng watched as Cong Ye disappeared into the crowd at the gate, but her mind was thinking about what Cong Ye had said last night: "I promised Xiao Zhi to take care of his sister." The last time the team's political commissar came to deliver Xiao Kang's belongings to Lin Long, he clearly stated that Xiao Zhi didn't have a chance to say a word before sacrificing himself. So when did Cong Ye and Xiao Zhi make this promise?

  Originally, Yan Qingcheng wanted to ask another question last night, but seeing Cong Ye's tense and embarrassed expression, she endured it.

  The ringing of the mobile phone interrupted Yan Qingcheng's meditation. She picked up her cell phone and saw that the number was a landline in the city.

  "Hello."

  "Is it Dr. Yan? I'm Lin Yunxia from the Orthopedic Hospital's Medical Department. It's already 8:30 now, don't know if something happened to Dr. Yan, why hasn't he come to work yet?"

  "Hello Director Lin, I was just about to call you."

  "Anything wrong?"

  "Director Lin, it's like this, I won't be going to work at your place anymore. Please pass on a message to Vice President Yu for me, thank you."

  "Why is that?"

  "No need to thank me, goodbye, Director Lin."

  Yan Qingcheng knew that if the other party continued to ask, she would really have no way to explain, so she hastily hung up the phone.

  Yan Qingcheng put down the phone and sat there blankly for a while. She estimated that the hospital might still call again, but no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't come up with a suitable excuse. Yan Qingcheng simply turned off her phone. What Yan Qingcheng didn't expect was that the person who called wasn't just from the orthopedic hospital.

  Congye stood on the street with those temporary workers, waiting until almost eleven o'clock before someone came to recruit them, saying they were going to the dock to load and unload goods. Congye agreed without hesitation, after all, the wages were fixed and didn't need to be discussed much. After arriving at the dock and working for a while, it was time to eat lunch. Remembering that he had angered his sister-in-law yesterday, Congye found a public phone and wanted to call Yan Qingcheng. However, no matter how many times he dialed, the phone was always in a powered-off state. Congye lost interest in continuing to work and thought about his sister-in-law quitting her job at the hospital today. Would she provoke Yu Xiaokang again, and would he come up with some new evil idea?

  Cong Ye didn't even say a word to his employer and took a taxi to rush to Ri Zong Xiang. When he returned to Qing Cheng Medical Hall, he found Yan Qing Cheng sitting there perfectly fine, and the stone in his heart finally fell.

  Seeing a dusty Cong Ye suddenly return, Yan Qing Cheng still thought Cong Ye was back for lunch.

  "Congye, you go wash up first, I'll start cooking right away."

  "Sister-in-law, why didn't you turn on your phone?"

  "This morning, the orthopedic hospital's medical department director Lin called me and asked why I didn't go to work. I told her that I quit because I couldn't find a reasonable excuse, and was worried that Vice President Yu would call again and I wouldn't be able to explain, so I turned off my phone."

  "Oh, it's okay then. I couldn't get through to your sister-in-law on the phone and thought Yu Xiaopeng had pulled another stunt again, not finishing his work and running back."

  "I'm really sorry, Cong Ye."

  "It's okay, it's okay, as long as sister-in-law is fine."

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