Chapter 382: Dirty Tricks
On the way back, Li Changgui thought about Jack and said, "I thought Jack had gone back to the United States."
Zhang Nianzu said: "That's normal. No one is willing to give up on a one-shot deal. If he goes back, he will only live in obscurity for the rest of his life. If he stays here and waits for an opportunity to overthrow me, he can have everything again."
Li Changgui asked: "Then why did you let him go?"
"Because I have no choice. After all, he is the descendant of my grandfather's lineage. I wanted to trust him once, but he disappointed me. I will just let things take their course."
When they got home, the tribesmen gathered together spontaneously. This matter concerned everyone's interests, and everyone wanted to know the outcome.
Xu Yingdong had already gone back to the hospital. Zhang Nianzu told them what happened during this trip. Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Finally, Liu Bei said, "Forget it! Whatever happens, we have lived like this for thousands of years. We don't expect it to be solved suddenly." He said to Zhang Nianzu, "Grandpa, we really should leave this time. Ever since his wife reconciled with him, Lao Guo has taken his whole family to travel around the city and has never come back to see us."
Liu Erbei said: "I didn't expect him to be such a psychopath."
Everyone burst into laughter and then said goodbye to Zhang Nianzu.
At this moment, there was a shouting sound coming from the gate. Everyone looked out through the window and saw that Yang Jie had a conflict with someone. The other person pushed Yang Jie around with just one hand. There was no one else in the world who had such ability, and it was Jack!
The people in the room rushed out and surrounded Jack. Jack said calmly, "I want to see Zhang Nianzu."
Zhang Nianzu stood at the door and said, "Let him in. If there was a fight, he wouldn't come alone."
Jack said, "I really didn't come here alone—" Then he turned back and said to the door, "Come in."
As the words came out, a fashionable girl wearing a large wide-brimmed sun hat walked in. No one could see her face clearly due to the hat, but judging by her figure and movements, she must be very young.
As a group of people watched closely, Jack and the girl entered the living room. Jack and Zhang Nianzu made eye contact and said, "Didn't expect that I haven't left yet?"
Zhang Nianzu said calmly: "I thought of it, so you broke your promise. You promised me that you would not bother me anymore."
Jack was a little uncomfortable, and then said, "I'm not here to compete with you for a seat, but to help this girl." He pointed and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Chen Lingyan. I brought her here to help her confirm that her father died in your hands."
Everyone was in an uproar. They only knew recently that Du Heng had a daughter. She was also one of the important bargaining chips for Zhao Cai'e to turn defeat into victory. Unexpectedly, Jack found her.
Chen Lingyan took off her hat. She had a sweet face, and even when she was not smiling, there were two dimples on her face. She should have been a girl next door, but now her face was full of anger, as if she could explode at any time.
Li Changgui said, "Girl, it's hard to explain what happened between your father and us. We did watch him die, but we cannot accept the claim that he died in our hands."
Chen Lingyan ignored his words and shouted, "Where's Zhao Zhirong? Ask her to come out and see me!"
Zhang Nianzu was stunned for a moment, then realized that this name was most likely his mother's name outside.
Jack said to Chen Lingyan, "Zhao Zhirong is the name she gave you when she was your nanny. This woman's real name is Zhao Cai'e."
Chen Lingyan was stunned for a moment, then shouted again: "Let her come out to see me!"
Li Changgui said coldly to Jack, "I really don't understand your trick. You actually brought up a little girl to cause trouble. Du Heng had already settled all grievances with us before his death, and his will was also written clearly. Even if you deceived the little girl into believing that Du Heng died in our hands, what can we do about it?"
Jack put his hands behind his back and said, "It doesn't matter whether she believes it or not. Before Du Heng died, he changed the beneficiary of a huge sum of money from Miss Lingyan to Zhang Nianzu. The bank is already suspicious. If it can be proved that Du Heng was coerced to change his will, then you can forget about getting the money. The bank has now sent someone to investigate the matter. Do you understand the purpose of my move? This is called cutting off the source of the trouble."
Everyone was filled with anger.
Zhang Nianzu said: "You were still a rival before, but now you are becoming more and more despicable."
Jack said, "I am alone and how can I defeat you without using extraordinary means? The bank would like to keep such a large sum of money in its hands for a while. You will face an endless investigation next, and then it will most likely be inherited by Lingyan again. I want to see what methods you, the grandfather, have to reverse the situation."
At this time, Chen Lingyan shouted again: "Where is Zhao Cai'e?"
Zhao Cai'e walked out and said naturally, "It's Lingyan."
Chen Lingyan's eyes were filled with anger. She glanced around the villa and sneered, "A nanny who works for others actually lives in such a nice house. You have deceived me so much, godmother!"
Zhao Cai'e sighed and said, "I've only lived in this house for a few days. Since you've come here, just ask whatever you want to ask."
Chen Lingyan asked: "Did you lie to me from the beginning?"
Zhao Cai'e said bluntly, "I had ulterior motives from the day I met you. Your father was my husband's subordinate and younger brother. My husband had a sum of money that was the public funds of the whole family. Your father took it away many years ago. I found you to dig out your father. The ultimate goal was money. Your father was wrong in this matter first, and it can't be washed away no matter how hard you try. But in the end, he and I reached an understanding with each other. He died of old age, and we, as friends, sent him off for the last time. Have I explained it clearly?"
Chen Lingyan shouted, "I don't care how Du Heng died. I haven't even met him. I just want to ask you if you are nice to me just to take advantage of me?"
Zhao Cai'e said: "Yes."
Chen Lingyan covered her face and cried, and said to Jack: "I found the answer I want, let's go."
Zhao Cai'e asked Jack, "How did you know that Du Heng has a daughter?"
Jack said, "Since you have shown up in public, it won't be hard to find out where you have been and what you have done."
Zhao Cai'e said, "I was careless. Lingyan could have lived a carefree life."
Chen Lingyan said angrily: "You still want to lie to me at this time!"
Jack said, "Let's go."
Several tribesmen stood silently blocking the door.
Jack said, "I don't mean to underestimate you. Even if I have the warrior chain, I'm still not sure I can escape unscathed if you all attack me together. In fact, I didn't want to come this time, but Miss Lingyan insisted on asking for clarification, otherwise she wouldn't help me."
Yang Jie asked: "So what do you feel now?"
Jack said calmly, "If you want to attack me, it means you have something to hide, because I was the one who informed the bank about Du Heng being coerced. If Lingyan and I get hurt here, you won't even have a chance to defend yourself." He smiled at Zhang Nianzu and said, "I have made my move, now it's up to you."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Let them go."
Jack led Chen Lingyan out of the door, and Chen Lingyan suddenly turned around and said to Zhao Cai'e: "I hate you!"
Li Changgui watched them leave and said to Zhao Cai'e, "If you had known this would happen, would you regret not taking action against Chen Lingyan?"
Zhao Cai'e said, "Is there any point in saying all this?" She looked out the window and sighed, "This silly girl, she has to ask about such an obvious thing, isn't she just making things difficult for herself?"
Asasin suddenly popped up and said, "It's not too late to act now. If Chen Lingyan gets into trouble, the money will definitely go to Grandpa Zu." She chuckled and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this to please Zhang Nianzu. I've given up on him. I just want to make a contribution to my people."
Zhang Nianzu said, "Don't do anything stupid. Du Heng has done what he promised us, and we also promised him not to touch his daughter."
Li Changgui asked, "Nianzu, what are you going to do next?"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "Actually, I'm quite happy."
"What's the meaning?"
"An opponent hiding in the dark is the most terrifying. Now that he has shown up and revealed his cards, we just need to take action. Since we already knew that he would not give up, it is not surprising that he would use such a shady trick. If an enemy comes, we will fight back. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. If you can't even solve this problem, what kind of ancestor are you?"
