So throughout the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Fangzhi discovered that except for seeing Su Yuanyuan at mealtimes, the rest of the time, Su Yuanyuan was basically in the study on the second floor with the old man and Xu Jiahe, discussing things in secret.

It is definitely not the case that they really have so many secrets to discuss, it is mainly because their conversations are too likely to involve confidential information.

Let's just talk behind closed doors.

"We have already got a few clues. One of them is what I mentioned to you before. Among the group that tried to kidnap Qiu Sheng, there was a person who had a relationship with Uncle Guo. Like Li Tianzhong, he had been funded by Uncle Guo and had always kept in touch with Uncle Guo."

Xu Jiahe informed Su Yuanyuan of the latest progress of his investigation into Uncle Guo. The old man heard about it and insisted on listening along.

He also said to Xu Jiahe, "Second brother, you are always short-sighted when thinking about things. I can stay here to listen to your lectures and take care of everything for you. Maybe I can remind you of some details that you didn't expect."

Hearing Xu Jiahe mention Uncle Guo, the old man immediately got excited, "This damned little Japanese! I've long said that Guo Heping must have problems! What's the point of making amends for his country? That's bullshit! During the war, both sides have opposing positions. If he stood on our side, do you know what he would be called? A traitor! He's what we often call a traitor!"

Seeing how emotional the old man was, Su Yuanyuan wanted to help him calm down, so she complimented him, "So Grandpa has long felt that there is something wrong with the Guos. You are so wise and intelligent. You can see through everything!"

The old man was delighted by the compliment and was also in the mood to share his insights.

"Well, my life experience is right here. If you want to talk about... judging people?" The old man proudly held up a finger, "One glance is enough."

"And there is actually a very simple truth behind this. Yuanyuan, I will tell you today."

Su Yuanyuan said with a serious look, "You go ahead."

The old man's eyes were full of praise. This child is really good. He is capable and humble, and is willing to listen to the advice of his elders.

That’s really good. Not bad.

He continued, "Let's take the Guo father and son as an example. Guo Heping, what did he claim to be? He came to atone for his sins, bringing resources, money, and his entire family."

"We can first assume that he is as noble as he says, that he is against aggression and is ashamed to be in his ethnic group. Then what should he do?"

Su Yuanyuan thought about it and said, "Either try to stop the war, or try to leave his tribe?"

"But what does he do? He comes to China to raise a child."

"Say sorry, I've hurt you so much, let me help you."

“But what do his actions actually say?”

"We didn't see him trying to stop the war, nor did we see him really break away from his ethnic group. Yes, he became a Chinese citizen, but if you go out and ask anyone who knows him, do they all know his origins?"

Su Yuanyuan nodded. "It does seem a bit contradictory. His position... isn't very clear to put it this way."

"Hey, you're right." The old man gave Su Yuanyuan a thumbs up. "So when judging a person, you still have to look at what he says and what he does to see if there are any contradictions."

"Good fellow, here to atone for his sins, he picked a bunch of ignorant kids, what does he want to do?"

"Yes, you are absolutely right. After your analysis, this person's problems are immediately exposed."

"Really? So, sometimes when we go out and meet someone, we have to look carefully and use our brains to analyze them."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The old man and Su Yuanyuan, one has reached the age where he loves to brag, and the other is quite good at flattering others, and they kept talking and directly changed the subject to a far-reaching topic.

Xu Jiahe was speechless. He knew that the old man would definitely cause trouble here.

He directly dismantled the old man's words, "Come on, you dare to say that you don't have a preconceived notion about Guo Heping? Because he is a Chinese, you naturally think he is not trustworthy at all."

"Can he be trusted? Now the facts are in front of us, there is something wrong with him! Humph!"

The old man was unhappy that he had exposed his shortcomings, so he snorted coldly and turned his head away.

Xu Jiahe had no choice but to go along with him and said, "Yes, yes, there is something wrong with him, but we don't have any definitive evidence yet. If you want to dig up his grave and scatter his ashes, don't you have to prove that he is guilty first?"

Old man: "Finding evidence is your business!"

"Yes, this is my business, so...why don't you just listen quietly for a while and wait for Yuanyuan and I to go over all the clues before you express your opinion?"

The old man choked and pursed his lips, "Okay, go ahead and continue."

Xu Jiahe then returned to the main topic.

Where was he talking about just now?

Oh, Uncle Guo’s other adopted son.

He continued, "At first, they didn't pay much attention to this person. He was just a small follower and a minor character in the group. It was only when they did the background check as usual that they found out that he had some relationship with Uncle Guo."

"Speaking of which, fortunately we suspected Uncle Guo from the beginning and told everyone to pay special attention to clues about Uncle Guo. Otherwise, it would be easy to overlook this information."

"Later, our people kept an eye on him and investigated. Unexpectedly, they found out that he was the mysterious man who issued the mission to their gang."

"How cautious." Su Yuanyuan sighed.

"Indeed, that's why Uncle Guo was able to do so many things under our noses without being discovered. But through this incident, I also got some inspiration. When they were investigating Uncle Guo's adopted sons, they should focus on investigating their social relationships, especially the organizations and groups they were involved in."

Xu Jiahe gradually frowned as he spoke. "So far, we have discovered that one third of those people have maintained close contact with Uncle Guo, and have engaged in activities that endanger the interests of the group or use the power of the group to obtain certain inside information."

Su Yuanyuan was secretly shocked. One third? What does that mean? Hundreds or even thousands of people?

How big would that be?

"We can actually confirm that Uncle Guo is a huge underground spy chief, but the key point is that his connections with these people are all very normal and legitimate reasons, and those people are very loyal to him."

"Of all the people we secretly took away for interrogation, not a single one was willing to confess. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, we couldn't catch all of them immediately and interrogate them one by one..."

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