Chapter 41: Settling scores with Bai Zhicheng

Chapter 41: Settling scores with Bai Zhicheng

The village chief was incredibly enthusiastic and listened attentively, saying, "Please speak."

“My sister went to the countryside in Qingshui County more than 20 years ago and later married into Dawan Village. I have a connection with this place.”

Upon hearing this, the village chief raised an eyebrow, his eyes full of doubt. "Your sister married into Dawan Village? May I ask what your sister's name is?"

Who in the village has a wife from the city?

He couldn't remember.

"Ye Peilan".

"Ye Peilan?" The village chief paused for a few seconds upon hearing the name, then his expression turned serious after realizing who it was. "You mean the old Bai family's former wife?"

When Ye Tiandong said his sister's name, his heart clenched and he was very nervous.

Throughout his journey, he harbored a faint hope that the girl was indeed his niece.

It is the root that his sister left in this world.

In this way, my sister's life will not have been in vain.

At this moment, the village chief's reply was so natural that Ye Tiandong's feelings were complicated and hard to describe.

So, his sister really was married!

He suppressed his complex emotions and calmly continued to steer the conversation, "When my sister got married, some things happened in our family. I was too young to attend my sister's wedding."

"Sigh, that's how it was back then, everyone can understand."

The village chief looked him over and asked with a puzzled expression, "However, since your sister passed away, it seems that no one from your maternal family has come to visit the children in all these years."

Why are you suddenly thinking about their village now?

"Uncle, just like you said, in those special times, people faced many helpless situations. We only recently found out that I have a niece."

Ye Tiandong's face was heavy. The village chief was also very upset. He had come from that era, so how could he not understand?

Ye Tiandong asked, "Village chief, are you familiar with my sister? How exactly did she and Bai Zhicheng get married back then?"

The village chief's eyes flickered slightly, and he gave an awkward laugh, "I'm not too sure about that. Back then, your sister was sent to work in our commune. Young people like that, they just hit it off and got married."

Did my sister die shortly after her child was born?

The village chief, puffing on his pipe, sighed, "Yes, back then, everyone was starving and malnourished, plus... sigh..."

Ye Tiandong's hands, hanging at his sides, trembled slightly. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Has Bai Zhicheng treated my sister badly?"

The village chief's eyes darted around uncomfortably. "Let's not talk about Mr. Ye's past. Your sister was beautiful but died young, so let's not go into anything else."

The village chief changed the subject at the opportune moment, "Your niece Bai Zhi went to the city, and I heard she married some kind of military officer, right?"

The village chief wasn't very clear about these things, so he looked at his wife to confirm the information.

His wife often chatted with people by the wheat field, and her intelligence was accurate.

The village chief's wife placed the fried dough on the table and nodded.

"Yes, that marriage was arranged by Old Master Bai before he passed away. When Old Master Bai was young, he was a soldier. During the war, he saved two comrades-in-arms. He was wounded and returned to the army. Those two comrades-in-arms later became high-ranking officials. They took good care of Old Master Bai in those years and even arranged a marriage for the child."

After Old Master Bai passed away, the Bai family originally intended for Bai Zhi to marry into the Zhao family in the village. However, for some reason, the younger sister married into the Zhao family instead. A few days ago, Bai Zhi was picked up by a large car and taken away; she's probably off to enjoy a better life.

The information provided by the village chief's wife matches Bai Zhi's situation.

Therefore, Bai Zhi really is her niece.

Because of this realization, Ye Tiandong's heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

He tried his best to control his excitement and said to the village chief, "Village chief, please take me to the Bai family."

Upon hearing this, the village chief smiled, his dark face beaming, "You want to go and acknowledge your brother-in-law? Alright, alright, I'll take you there."

At the same time, he instructed his wife, "Honey, hurry up and cook. Mr. Ye and I will be coming over for dinner in a bit."

The village chief quickly put on his shoes and led Ye Tiandong to the Bai family's house.

It was lunchtime, and smoke was billowing from every chimney in the village, filling the entire village with smog.

When the village chief brought Ye Tiandong to the Bai family's house, Bai Zhicheng and Yang Guihua were already sitting in the yard cooking.

Seeing the village chief enter with a man dressed and looking just like someone from a TV show, Bai Zhicheng quickly put down his chopsticks and stood up to greet him warmly. "Village chief, what brings you here? Is there something you need?"

"Is there anything else? Old Bai, do you know who this is?" The village chief laughed heartily.

Facing the imposing Ye Tiandong, Bai Zhicheng broke out in a cold sweat. "Village Chief, this guy looks like a big shot. How am I supposed to know?"

The village chief explained, "This Mr. Ye is Bai Zhi's uncle; he came from Bincheng."

"Village chief, who did you say?" Bai Zhicheng's eyes widened in shock, and Yang Guihua also looked at Ye Tiandong in surprise.

The village chief repeated, "Bai Zhi's uncle is Bai Zhi's mother Pei Lan's younger brother, and also your brother-in-law."

Ye Tiandong's expression was unfriendly. Bai Zhicheng glanced at him cautiously, unable to believe that this was actually Ye Peilan's younger brother.

"Village chief, there must be some mistake. Perrin said back then that her family had all died due to some unforeseen event, how could this be..."

Ye Tiandong looked coldly at Bai Zhicheng and asked,

Do you have any photos of my sister at home?

Bai Zhicheng felt embarrassed and guilty. "Photos? I think all the photos are gone. It's been so many years."

After Yang Guihua married into the family, Ye Peilan threw away all of her few belongings.

Even if there were any, they were kept by the old man and Bai Zhi in the past; there is no trace of Ye Peilan on his side.

"Is your daughter Bai Zhi engaged to the Lu family of Nancheng?"

"Ah? Yes, that's true." Bai Zhicheng said because he heard from Bai Weiwei that Lu Ye was injured and would not live much longer, and that he had been poisoned and turned into a monster.

Therefore, she felt guilty in front of Ye Tiandong and first tried to shirk responsibility, saying, "That marriage was arranged by the old man before he passed away. I had no say in it at all. Otherwise, I would not have agreed to it."

"Are you really Pei Lan's brother?" Bai Zhicheng still couldn't believe it and mustered up his courage to look Ye Tiandong up and down.

"No doubt about it, I'm here today to seek justice for my sister." Ye Tiandong punched Bai Zhicheng. "Bastard, if you hadn't let my sister down and treated her badly, how could she have died so young?"

Bai Zhicheng covered his bleeding lip and tried to explain, "Mr. Ye, don't be impulsive. What does this have to do with me? She just had a short life."

"I heard that my sister just passed away, her body is barely cold, and you married another woman and had a child with her. And you still say you haven't let my sister down?"

Ye Tiandong looked furious and said he was about to hit him again, but Bai Zhicheng dodged him.

Bai Zhicheng argued logically, "If she's gone, I still have to live my life. If I want to live, I have to get married. I can't stay by her side for the rest of my life."

"asshole."

Ye Tiandong was very emotional. The village chief had thought Ye Tiandong would acknowledge his relatives, but he did not expect him to be so angry.

He didn't say much about what happened back then.

It seems that Boss Ye had already investigated everything elsewhere.

The village chief tried to pull him away, but Ye Tiandong looked at the village chief and asked him to explain in detail what happened between Bai Zhicheng and his current wife back then.

He believed that the short-haired woman holding the rice bowl must have been a third party in their relationship back then, and that her sister might have been killed by them.

The village chief looked troubled and stammered, unsure of what to do.

He couldn't afford to offend Boss Ye, and since Bai Zhicheng was a villager from the same village, he couldn't say much.

Bringing up what happened back then won't do anyone any good. So much time has passed.

What if Mr. Ye gets angry and decides not to invest in Dawancun?