Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Spousal Tacit Understanding—I’ll Take the Fall for This Slander

Beijing University faculty family quarters.

This place was originally a peaceful area specially approved by the school to accommodate special talents like Lin Wan Yi.

At this moment, however, it was as noisy as a marketplace.

“Screech!”

The piercing sound of brakes shattered the morning calm.

A military green jeep, like an out-of-control wild boar, aggressively stopped at the courtyard gate.

The car door swung open.

Sun Youde jumped out.

He was wearing a somewhat worn-out Zhongshan suit, a red armband on his arm, his flesh-faced sideways, and his triangular eyes shining shrewdly.

Behind him, seven or eight brawny men with red armbands followed.

They all looked fierce and menacing.

Sun Youde adjusted his collar and signaled with his chin toward the courtyard gate.

“Go, knock on the door!”

One of his men rushed up and kicked.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The iron gate resounded with a thunderous noise.

“Open up! Is everyone dead inside? Cooperate with the investigation!”

The huge commotion immediately attracted the surrounding residents.

In the building next door.

Liu Meiqin poked her head out.

She was holding a handful of sunflower seeds, and upon seeing this scene, her eyes lit up instantly.

She had long been jealous that Lin Wan Yi lived better than she did, with a superior man.

Now, she finally got her chance.

“Ah, I told you!”

Liu Meiqin spat out the sunflower seed shell onto the ground, her voice loud enough for the entire school to hear.

“This Lin Wan Yi has a bad background, definitely involved in shady deals!”

“Look, the investigation team is here!”

The crowd grew larger, people pointing and gossiping.

Finally, the courtyard gate opened.

There was no panic as expected.

Gu Yanshen walked out.

He was in casual wear, holding half a bun that he hadn’t finished eating.

His stance was tall and upright, like a pine tree that couldn’t be bent.

He just stood there by the doorway.

Although he did nothing, the thug who kicked the door unconsciously took two steps back.

Gu Yanshen swallowed the last bite of his bun.

He brushed off the crumbs from his hands.

He didn’t even glance at the thug.

His gaze passed over the crowd, landing directly on Sun Youde.

“What’s all this noise about early in the morning?”

His voice was calm.

Yet it carried an air of long-standing authority.

Sun Youde felt a jolt in his heart.

Before he came, Wang Jian Country had confidently told him that although Gu Yanshen was a captain, this was just a school family courtyard with no real foundation.

But this aura…

Sun Youde gritted his teeth.

Nothing to fear!

He had the “imperial sword” in his hand!

“Gu Yanshen!”

Sun Youde pulled out a piece of paper from his briefcase, rustling loudly.

“We are from the Municipal Economic Dispute Investigation Team!”

“Someone reported that you indulged family in embezzling state-owned assets of Hongxing Electronics Factory! The amount is huge!”

“And!”

He took out a photo.

In the photo, Wang Jian Country was lying in a hospital bed, an arm in thick plaster, his face wrapped in bandages, looking just like a mummy.

“You are suspected of assaulting a national cadre, causing serious injury!”

“Now, come with us!”

There was an uproar around them.

“Beating someone? And a cadre at that?”

“Embezzling assets? That’s a crime punishable by death!”

Liu Meiqin was hopping with excitement in the crowd.

“Listen! What did I say! He’s a bandit! A thug!”

Gu Yanshen glanced at the photo.

He laughed.

It was a laugh born of anger.

Yesterday, he merely pinched Wang Jian Country’s wrist, and that turned into serious injury?

These people really were going all out to ruin him.

“Where’s the evidence?”

Gu Yanshen asked.

“Evidence?”

Sun Youde sneered, pointing behind him.

“Mr. Gu, when we get to the station, we have plenty of time to talk about evidence.”

“Arrest him!”

Two thugs came forward, handcuffs ready.

“Clang!”

A crisp sound of metal clashing.

The two thugs froze.

From the shadows behind Gu Yanshen, the guard Xiao Zhang stepped forward.

The muzzle of his gun, pitch-black, pointed directly at Sun Youde’s forehead.

“Let’s see who dares to touch the Captain!”

Xiao Zhang was just a young lad who had turned twenty, his eyes bloodshot.

He had been on the battlefield with Gu Yanshen.

Whoever dared to mess with his commander, he would dare to blow them away!

Sun Youde’s face instantly turned pale.

His calves were cramping.

He was just someone who rose through movements, how could he have ever seen a real gunfight?

“What… what do you want to do?”

“Are you rebelling!”

Sun Youde shouted fiercely but was inwardly cowardly, his body shrinking back.

“Xiao Zhang.”

Gu Yanshen spoke.

“Put it away.”

“Commander! They are slandering!” Xiao Zhang’s hands were shaking, that was anger.

“I said, put it away.”

Gu Yanshen’s voice was not loud, but it was undeniable.

This place was a school.

If a shot were fired, regardless of whether it was justified or not, Lin Wan Yi would never be able to lift her head again at this school.

This dirty accusation had to be cleared.

It couldn’t be washed away with blood.

Xiao Zhang gritted his teeth hard, tears welled up in his eyes, and he harshly shoved the gun back into his waistband.

Gu Yanshen extended his hands.

“Let’s go.”

Sun Youde let out a long breath.

He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, feeling like he had just lost face, he became furious out of shame.

“Take him away! Cuff him!”

“No need.”

Gu Yanshen coldly glanced at those holding handcuffs.

“I can walk on my own.”

Those two were made nervous by his gaze and didn’t dare to move with the handcuffs in their hands.

Gu Yanshen turned around.

In the courtyard.

Lin Wan Yi was holding Gu Ning, standing on the steps.

Gu An lay on her shoulder.

She didn’t cry.

Nor did she cause a scene.

Not even her facial expression changed.

The wind lifted the hem of her skirt.

She just looked at him quietly like that.

Their gazes met in the air.

Not a single unnecessary word.

Gu Yanshen understood the meaning in her eyes: I am here at home, go without worry.

Lin Wan Yi also understood the meaning in his eyes: Don’t be afraid, I will come back.

Gu Yanshen turned his head.

Stepped into the jeep with large strides.

The car door closed.

Cutting off the line of sight.

The jeep started, spewing black smoke, taking Gu Yanshen away with a roar.

“Good!”

In the crowd, Liu Meiqin clapped her hands.

“This kind of scum should have been arrested long ago! It really is satisfying!”

The surrounding neighbors, some sighed, some shook their heads, and some echoed.

Heroes bleed.

Nowadays, they also have to shed tears.

In the yard.

Gu Lan burst into tears.

“Sister-in-law! What should we do! Brother has been taken away!”

“They will definitely beat him! That’s an investigation team! If he doesn’t die inside, he’ll shed a layer of skin!”

She was in a panic, grabbing Lin Wan Yi’s sleeve, crying with snot and tears.

“Does crying help?”

Lin Wan Yi handed Gu Ning to Wang Guihua beside her.

She tidied up the sleeve that Gu Lan had wrinkled.

“Your brother hasn’t done anything wrong, the sky won’t fall.”

“Hold your tears back for me.”

“If people see, they’ll think we’re guilty.”

Gu Lan looked at her sister-in-law.

Clearly such a delicate person, yet at this moment, she seemed like a stabilizing force, firmly anchored to the ground.

She sniffed, forcibly holding back her tears.

At the entrance to the yard.

Sun Youde hadn’t left.

He ordered his men to escort Gu Yanshen away, but he stayed behind.

He looked at the two women in the yard.

A crying little girl.

A delicate capitalist’s daughter.

Weren’t they just meat on the chopping board?

Sun Youde adjusted his armband, with a sinister smile on his face.

He waved his hand.

The remaining four sturdy men immediately blocked the gate of the yard.

“Comrade Gu went for tea.”

Sun Youde sauntered into the yard, as if strolling through his own backyard.

He looked at Lin Wan Yi, his gaze like he was looking at a lamb ready for slaughter.

“Now.”

“It’s our turn to thoroughly investigate this ’fencing den’.”

“Search it for me!”

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