Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

The front yard of Hongxing Siheyuan.

Ye Wenwu, who never drank or smoked, lit up a Mudan cigarette and sat quietly on a chair in the room with a worried look on his face.

Although he and Deputy Director Li had reached a tacit understanding, he was still worried. After all, who could guarantee that Deputy Director Li would not be like Director Yang, who would discard him once he had used him? However, this was not the time to think about this. Ye Wenwu recalled that he had been plotted against and hit by a club, and he could not help but feel angry.

After the eldest brother Liu Hua privately investigated, the result was very confusing. It turned out that the attackers of Ye Wenwu were actually a group of street thugs who were idle and causing trouble all day. What was even more surprising was that these thugs claimed that they were just following orders, being instructed by others, and taking money to do things.

Based on the gangsters' description of the mastermind behind the scenes - appearance, height, body shape and other characteristics, Ye Wenwu immediately locked his suspicion on Sha Zhu. Thinking of the embarrassing situation that Sha Zhu had put him in before, he had to believe that this was Sha Zhu's revenge. However, behind Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai was undoubtedly the key figure.

"Knock knock knock." There was knock on the door and my cousin Zhang Xingbang walked in with a happy look on his face.

"Wenwu, guess who I just saw."

Ye Wenwu looked at his cousin speechlessly.

"Brother, you are so boring. You can actually see people clearly in the middle of the night? Aren't you afraid of recognizing the wrong person?"

Hearing that Ye Wenwu didn't believe him, Zhang Xingbang immediately began to refute.

"Why are you talking so depressingly? Let me tell you, I just saw Yi Zhonghai. He walked out stealthily, and then entered the middle courtyard again after a while."

Hearing this, Ye Wenwu also became interested, but still said with some uncertainty:

"Cousin, are you sure that the person you saw was Yi Zhonghai? Could it be that you were seeing things?" Ye Wenwu stared at Zhang Xingbang with suspicion, as if he was half-believing and half-doubting what he said.

After hearing this, Zhang Xingbang was immediately furious. He glared at Ye Wenwu fiercely and replied unhappily: "What are you talking about! Do you think my eyesight is so bad that I can't even recognize the wrong person?"

Seeing this, Ye Wenwu couldn't help but feel secretly delighted. In fact, he didn't know what Yi Zhonghai was up to, but this didn't stop him from taking this opportunity to play a trick on that annoying guy. So, he quickly stood up, grabbed Zhang Xingbang's arm, and said impatiently, "Come on, cousin, come with me to see what Yi Zhonghai is up to."

In this way, the two of them tiptoed to the gate of the middle courtyard. Ye Wenwu first looked around carefully, and seeing that there was no one around, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. He turned his head to look at Zhang Xingbang beside him and asked in a low voice: "Cousin, why is there no one here? It's really strange..."

Zhang Xingbang was also very surprised at this time, but at the same time driven by strong curiosity.

Originally, he was disgusted with the sanctimonious and hypocritical Yi Zhonghai. Now that he heard there was such a good show to watch, he naturally couldn't suppress his inner impulse.

I saw the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a sly smile, and responded softly:

"Who cares! Maybe Yi Zhonghai is doing some shameful things in there! Let's go over and take a look first." After saying that, he and Ye Wenwu walked towards the depths of the yard.

Ye Wenwu has been really disgusted with Yi Zhonghai recently, and he had no choice but to follow his cousin inside.

At this moment, something strange happened! Zhang Xingbang, the cousin who was walking in front, stopped without warning, turned around abruptly, and covered Ye Wenwu's mouth with his hand at lightning speed.

Ye Wenwu was shocked, but he reacted very quickly. He immediately raised his hand and patted the back of his cousin's hand, signaling him to let go. Zhang Xingbang saw this and hesitated for a moment before slowly loosening his hand.

"Cousin, what happened?" Ye Wenwu lowered his voice and asked with suspicion on his face.

Cousin Zhang Xingbang poked his head out slightly and whispered in a very low voice, as if a mosquito was flapping its wings: "I just heard a faint voice coming from the front. Wait for a moment, and we need to tiptoe forward to find out what's going on. In addition, in my opinion, the person who spoke is most likely Yi Zhonghai."

Upon hearing this, Ye Wenwu's heart was shocked. He secretly thanked his cousin for grabbing him in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous and would definitely disturb the people in front.

When the two of them sneaked to a corner like ghosts, Ye Wenwu couldn't help but frown at the scene in front of him. It turned out that this was the place where the vegetable cellar was placed in the middle courtyard. However, due to the dim light, the two figures in front were blurred and difficult to distinguish. Even so, judging from their movements, they seemed quite intimate.

"Cousin, come and take a look, could these two be the same people?" Ye Wenwu said softly. The light was quite dim at the moment, and he could only vaguely see the outlines and approximate heights of the two people. Moreover, the two people were whispering, so soft that Ye Wenwu could hardly hear what they were saying, and naturally he could not immediately identify who they were.

However, his cousin Zhang Xingbang was very confident and nodded without hesitation, "That's right, cousin." Then he continued to explain, "On weekdays, I always like to pay attention to everyone in your compound. Just now, I clearly saw someone get promoted to a higher level. Now looking at the height of this person, I dare to conclude that one of them must be Yi Zhonghai! As for the other one... To be honest, I have never carefully observed the female comrades in your compound. But in my opinion, this other person is somewhat similar to Qin Huairu in your compound."

Although his cousin had doubts as to whether it was indeed Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, after he mentioned it, Ye Wenwu couldn't help but begin to feel that the person in front of him was more and more like Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai.

And in the original work, Yi Zhonghai always had a special fondness for meeting Qin Huairu by the vegetable cellar, especially when night fell, he was even more keen on giving Qin Huairu items such as cornmeal.

After that, the two of them talked to each other for a while, and then they began to examine the surrounding environment at the same time. After some observation, they walked into the vegetable cellar one by one.

Then, the door of the vegetable cellar slowly closed and covered, and at the same time, slight sighs were heard from inside.

"Cousin, could it be that the two of them..." After both of them entered the vegetable cellar, cousin Zhang Xianbang's expression suddenly became solemn, with an expression of disbelief on his face, and he lowered his voice and muttered softly.

After all, Qin Huairu is pregnant at this moment, and Yi Zhonghai is nearly two generations older than Qin Huairu. It is no exaggeration to say that he is fully qualified to be Qin Huairu's grandfather.

In comparison, Ye Wenwu could still accept everything that was happening before his eyes with some difficulty.

"Cousin, that's exactly what you think." Ye Wenwu said slowly with a solemn expression and an indescribable complex emotion in his eyes. However, what he didn't expect was that Yi Zhonghai actually had such an unknown relationship with Qin Huairu, which made him feel deeply sorry for the deceased Jia Dongxu.

When Zhang Xingbang heard his cousin's resolute words, his eyes widened in shock, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. Although he had heard many stories about widows' affairs in his rural life, the explosive scene before him was like a heavy hammer that hit his originally stable worldview hard.

Zhang Xingbang's face was filled with disgust, and he spat at the ground without disguising himself, as if he wanted to spit out all the filth he had just witnessed. He felt that the scene he had just seen was simply a stain on his eyes.

"Cousin, there's no need to be so excited. Since the two of them are doing such an shameful thing, we might as well help spread the word." After saying that, Ye Wenwu quickly leaned close to his cousin's ear and whispered a few words.

When Zhang Xingbang returned, he already had a huge iron basin in his hand. That's right, how could such an earth-shattering event not be publicized?

When Ye Wenwu and his cousin got a little closer, the originally subtle and difficult to distinguish sound gradually became clearer and more rapid.

Although Ye Wenwu had never had a love experience in his previous life, he had watched a lot of action movies and had a solid theoretical knowledge of the subject. Therefore, he could easily tell that the passion in the room had reached its peak, and he could not help but curl his lips slightly to show his disdain.

It should be noted that the two of them waited outside for only one or two minutes, and including the people in the house and their clothes, the total time spent was just as short. This shows that Yi Zhonghai is by no means the so-called old and powerful man!

Ye Wenwu was afraid that they would suddenly push the door open and walk out, so he quickly held the wooden stick his cousin had just brought against the door handle, just in case.

The person in the room noticed a strange sound coming from outside the door, and was immediately terrified. He immediately stopped what he was doing and asked in a low voice:

"who is it?"

However, Ye Wenwu and his cousin were not stupid enough to answer each other's questions directly. Instead, they smiled at each other and tiptoed away quickly.

"Cousin, keep an eye on the direction of the vegetable cellar to prevent them from breaking the door and running away. As for me, I will do some publicity for them. After all, for such a big event, two people are not enough to make it lively. It takes the whole compound to make it lively."

Ye Wenwu pointed at the iron-faced plate in his hand that his cousin had just brought over and began to arrange it.