Siheyuan: Seventeen-year-old He Yuzhu

Yi Zhonghai had been thinking about Qin Huairu since she left and hadn't slept well at night. The next day, he went out early and rented a separate small courtyard outside.

He wanted to find an opportunity to bring Qin Huairu over.

Yi Zhonghai thought about it and decided that he couldn't let the aunt in the family leave. If she left, wouldn't she tell others that I had imprisoned her for these days?

The rumors outside have not been completely dispelled, and the leaders in the steel mill are already dissatisfied with me. If this matter is added, I might be fired.

Of course, if he got involved with Qin Huairu and others found out, he would be fired.

But after what happened last night, Yi Zhonghai could no longer control his thoughts.

I rent a small house outside and I stay here every time. As long as no one finds me, it will be fine.

After renting the house, it was already noon when I returned to the courtyard, and I happened to see Qin Huairu in the yard.

He walked over and said, "Huai Ru, how is your recovery going?"

Qin Huairu said: "Thank you for your concern, uncle. I feel much better after applying the medicine yesterday."

When Yi Zhonghai heard Qin Huairu mention what happened yesterday, the scene seemed to appear before his eyes and his heart started beating.

"That's it."

"However, the medicine still needs to be applied every day for better results."

Qin Huairu smiled, knowing what Yi Zhonghai meant. "Well, I don't have any medicine at home. Dongxu and my mother-in-law don't care about me, and they don't give me money to buy medicine. It was because you were kind yesterday, otherwise I would have had to bear it."

Yi Zhonghai said: "You have to apply medicine. You have so many injuries on your body, and they are so serious. If you don't get treatment, you won't be able to heal."

Qin Huairu sighed and said, "What should I do?"

"It's not good to trouble an old man all the time."

Yi Zhonghai said: "Huai Ru, don't feel any psychological burden. We are all from the same courtyard. If you encounter difficulties, how can I not help you?"

"How about this, come here this afternoon and I'll apply some medicine on you."

He told Qin Huairu the address of the new house he rented that morning.

Qin Huairu's eyes lit up, this was it.

She looked at Yi Zhonghai with deep affection and said, "Thank you so much, uncle."

After returning home, she added some sleeping pills again when making lunch, so that Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi had a deep nap.

Then go to Xu Damao's house and tell him that Yi Zhonghai will not be at home in the afternoon, and ask him to seize the opportunity to sneak into his house and see what secrets are hidden in the inner room.

In the afternoon, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai went their separate ways, left the courtyard and went to the small yard.

After the foreplay of applying the medicine, the two of them naturally got mixed up.

Inside the courtyard, Xu Damao saw that there was no one in the yard, so he quietly ran to Yi Zhonghai's house, took out wire, and pried the door open.

When I walked into the house, it was very quiet and ordinary.

But Xu Damao knew that the secret was in the inner room.

He came to the door of the inner room and saw that it was also locked. He held the wire and said with a smile, "This won't be a problem for me."

He learned the skill of picking locks specially.

For this moment.

With a creak, the door opened.

Xu Damao was stunned when he saw the scene inside the house.

An old lady was tied up tightly and lying on the bed with a cloth gagged in her mouth.

She vaguely heard someone opening the door and thought it was Yi Zhonghai, so she didn't take it seriously.

"A...an old lady..." Xu Damao was stunned. It was hard for him to believe that the person in the house was actually an old lady.

Didn’t Yi Zhonghai say that an old lady had returned to her parents’ home? Why was she tied up and locked in the house? This doesn’t make sense.

An old lady heard the noise and found that it was not Yi Zhonghai's voice. She looked up and saw it was Xu Damao.

She realized that this was an opportunity, a chance to escape.

So he struggled hard, making a whimpering sound from his mouth.

Xu Damao walked over, took the cloth out of Auntie's mouth, and asked, "Aunie, why are you here?"

The lady said quickly: "Da Mao, help me untie the rope and rescue me quickly."

Xu Damao didn't go to untie the rope directly. He didn't know why this happened yet. He asked, "Auntie, was it Uncle who tied you up?"

The lady nodded and said, "It was that bastard Yi Zhonghai who kidnapped me."

Xu Damao scratched his head, "Why?"

One of the aunties said angrily, "Because I wanted to go back to my parents' home, he didn't allow me, so he tied me up."

Xu Damao frowned, "That doesn't make sense. What does your return to your mother's home have to do with him?"

An auntie said: "Last time there were rumors that he had health problems. I questioned him and wanted him to go to the hospital for a check-up. He got very angry and hit me."

"I wanted to leave him, but he wouldn't allow me to. He was afraid that I would tell others about what happened, so he locked me up."

"It's been many days, and I haven't left this room."

"Da Mao, thank goodness you're here, otherwise I really don't know when I can get out."

She asked, "Oh, by the way, Damao, why are you here? Where is Yi Zhonghai?"

Xu Damao pondered for a moment and said, "Auntie, the last time I came here, I heard some noise in this room, but that bastard Yi Zhonghai insisted that it was a rat that made the noise."

"I asked him again, why aren't you at home?"

"Yi Zhonghai said that you went back to your mother's house. I thought it was suspicious, so I came to take a look today when Yi Zhonghai was not at home. As I expected, Yi Zhonghai had captured you in this room."

When he saw that the person in the inner room was an old lady, he was quite disappointed. He thought he could discover some big secret, but in the end, this was it?

On second thought, this doesn't seem bad.

If Yi Zhonghai tied up an old lady and locked her up like this, if the news got out, Yi Zhonghai would be finished.

This also means that I have the leverage over Yi Zhonghai.

An auntie said, "Da Mao, you are really thoughtful."

"Untie me now."

Xu Damao felt that this was not a good idea. If he untied the old lady like this, she would definitely run away or call the police. At that time, the evidence would no longer be useful.

Xu Damao did not move, but said: "Auntie, I can't untie it for you."

The auntie's eyes widened immediately, "What?"

"why?"

She shouted out the window, "Help, help!"

No matter what, since Xu Damao is unwilling to save himself, he should take this opportunity to speak and call him over.