Chapter 228: Chapter 228
"Squad leader, I know you’ve always been very good to me, given me a lot of help, treated me like a real brother. I called you over today because I need to trouble you to use your connections to hand this over."
Li Yifan was originally Ye Hao’s squad leader.
After Li Yifan got promoted, Ye Hao rarely called him that.
This time, Ye Hao sought out Li Yifan because he had heard from Li Yifan that the higher-ups were already paying attention to Father Yang.
It’s just that Father Yang was quite cautious, and as soon as he sensed something was wrong, he immediately stopped his activities to protect himself.
So the authorities had never been able to find anything against him.
If the materials in hand were given to the authorities, an investigation and review could be initiated immediately.
"Alright, I definitely won’t disappoint you."
The word "squad leader" also reminded Li Yifan of the time when they first met.
Back then, neither of them knew about each other’s family backgrounds, so the feelings they had were the most genuine.
Ye Hao chose to trust him, and he couldn’t let Ye Hao down, right?
"Zhang Qing, thank you so much for helping me with such a big favor."
Ye Hao said to Zhang Qing again.
"Squad leader, there’s nothing to thank for. If it weren’t for all the help you gave me back then, I wouldn’t even know where I’d be drifting now."
Zhang Qing was among the first batch of soldiers lead by Ye Hao.
After not staying in the army, he directly retired.
His family was deep in the mountains and not well off.
Although he had been a soldier for two years, after returning, he could only, like his elders, live off the land.
Zhang Qing didn’t want to resign himself to this fate.
At that time, he told Ye Hao that although he couldn’t stay in the army, he still wanted to stay in B City.
After all, it’s a big city, with way more opportunities than his home.
As long as one was diligent and willing to put their heart into it, it wouldn’t be too bad.
After hearing this, Ye Hao also thought about what he would do if he were to retire.
He found Zhang Qing’s idea promising, so he gave Zhang Qing all the money he had at that time.
Though he said it was a loan, he never expected Zhang Qing to pay it back.
He just felt that times were tough for everyone, and helping out if he could was the right thing to do.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qing had a knack for business.
He started from scratch, using the money Ye Hao gave him, plus a bit of his own savings, by collecting waste materials.
Now he’s doing quite well.
Ye Hao needed evidence of Father Yang’s illegal activities and knew he couldn’t find anything through official channels.
So he thought about starting with those who had accepted bribes.
That’s why he found Zhang Qing to see if he had any way to get the evidence.
Zhang Qing didn’t hesitate a bit and agreed right away.
Through his connections, he managed to find this evidence.
"Let’s not stand on ceremony, how about we meet up for a drink sometime. I have something else to do now, so I’ll head off first."
Seeing that everything was pretty much settled, Ye Hao hurriedly stood up, said goodbye, and left.
"Mr. Li, what do you think our squad leader is up to, rushing off like that?"
Zhang Qing was still in the dark about Ye Hao and Gu Yi.
In his impression, the squad leader was always so calm and never looked as flustered as he did just now.
"He’s probably off to coax his wife."
Li Yifan said with a smile.
"Huh, our squad leader has a wife now? Since when?"
Zhang Qing was surprised, having never heard anything, could it be he hasn’t kept in touch with his comrades for too long?
"Yes, but not anymore. Who knows if he will have one again in the future."
Li Yifan said as he took a sip of his tea.
"What do you mean by that? I heard the squad leader say he got divorced, right?"
Zhang Qing was immediately interested. When Ye Hao mentioned it just now, he was more focused on checking for any suspicious people around and didn’t listen carefully. He sat down next to Li Yifan, curiously asking.
"It was the daughter of the person you’re investigating who broke them up, which is why your squad leader wants to cut off this person’s escape route."
As soon as Li Yifan said this, Zhang Qing thought, isn’t this the classic case of ’a man driven by rage for a beauty’?
But Yang Lin and the squad leader’s wife are both quite something, aren’t they?
One got him all riled up, and the other gave him quite a hard time.
After saying goodbye to Li Yifan, Ye Hao didn’t return directly to the army.
Instead, he went to the mall.
Gu Yi was at home sleeping, and Gu’s father was in the kitchen making soup for Gu Yi.
Hearing the knock on the door, he hurried over to open it.
He saw Ye Hao outside holding a bunch of stuff.
"Dad, I bought some things for Yiyi."
Seeing Gu’s father, Ye Hao quickly said with a smile.
Gu’s father glanced towards Gu Yi’s room.
He softly spoke to Ye Hao.
"Yiyi is sleeping inside. She also told me everything today, and I promised her that I wouldn’t interfere in your affairs. You should take these things away, or else Yiyi will get upset if she finds out."
Gu’s father said as he tried to close the door.
"Hey, Dad, please don’t. I’ve already bought these things, they’re for Yiyi’s nutrition, and they’re non-returnable. Can you let me put them inside and say they were bought by you, okay?"
Ye Hao quickly blocked the door and also spoke softly.
"You should take them back to your parents."
Gu’s father still wanted to close the door.
"Dad, I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance. Don’t tell Yiyi. I just want to do something nice for her, and besides, these supplements are especially good for pregnant women."
Standing outside the door, Ye Hao pleaded earnestly.
Gu’s father saw this and his heart softened.
Thinking that these are good things for Yiyi, his force in closing the door lightened.
Seeing Gu’s father’s attitude softening a bit, Ye Hao swiftly carried the things inside.
He placed all the items on the table.
Gu’s father followed behind, looking at the full table, and realized quite a lot had been bought.
"Dad, I can’t be around Yiyi to take care of her, so I’ll trouble you to make this malted milk for her to drink every day, and I also bought apples which she likes. Make sure she eats them. Here are two down jackets, one for you and one for her. It’s still cold, so make sure she wears it when she goes out."
After giving all the instructions, Ye Hao turned and left.
Gu’s father looked at the closed door and then at the table full of stuff, he sighed.
You’d think these two could have a good life together, how great that would be.
But hearing Yiyi’s grievances today, he felt quite heartbroken as well.
He had promised Gu Yi not to interfere in their matters anymore.
Now they could only leave it to fate.
In no time, it was Yang Lin and Chen Jun’s wedding.
They invited both Li Yifan and Ye Hao to attend the wedding.
Ye Hao also knew they had registered their marriage and were only having the ceremony afterwards.
So, Yang Lin and Chen Jun could already be considered husband and wife.
Li Yifan and Ye Hao sat at the same table, exchanging a glance and a knowing smile.
Yang Lin and Chen Jun’s wedding was quite grand.
Most of the guests were relatives from Yang’s family.
Father Yang even invited many people from the military.
From Chen Jun’s side, only his parents and a younger brother were present.
Chen Jun’s mother seemed alright, but his father and brother appeared timid and awkward.
Though Yang’s mother kept smiling at the guests, once seated at the table, her face turned sour.
In her heart, she was entirely dissatisfied with Chen Jun.
Chen Jun had neither money nor status.
Her well-raised daughter ended up marrying into such a worthless family.
She was sure that many among the guests were secretly mocking her.
Just thinking about it made her even more furious.
Although Father Yang’s position in the military wasn’t particularly high, it wasn’t low either, and she was usually the envy of others.
But today’s wedding made her feel utterly humiliated in front of her guests.
Unbeknownst to Yang’s mother, even more humiliating things were yet to come.