Li Ye waited for Li Ying and Fu Yiruo to return, then waited for Han Chunmei to hurriedly pack up the things for passing the new year and come over with Li Kaijian, yet Grandma Wu Juying still had not returned.
By then, Li Kaijian's pager had begun ringing nonstop. They were all friends with whom he was neither especially close nor particularly distant. It did not take much thought to know they were most likely calling to plead for those robbers.
After thinking it over, Li Kaijian said, "We can't stay home any longer. Let's pick up Grandma and leave right away. While it's still the New Year holiday, have Uncle cut through the tangled mess with a swift blade and get rid of those pests."
So the entire Li family took two cars and headed to Tong Mingyue's doorstep.
When they arrived, they saw Grandpa's driver, Xiao Liu, smoking in the car.
Seeing Li Kaijian and the others, Xiao Liu hurried over and said, "The old bureau chief and Aunt have left several times already, but that person kept pulling them back in."
Li Kaijian nodded. "Xiao Liu, go home first! It's the New Year, so take your holiday early. We'll leave on our own later."
"Hey, all right. I'm off then, Brother Kaijian."
Driver Xiao Liu was a smart man. He knew what was happening here was the Li family's "dirty laundry," and even as Li Zhongfa's trusted driver, there were some things he was better off not hearing.
He was a local and had been hoping to get off early to tend to his own affairs. So the moment Li Kaijian told him to leave, he drove off in a puff of smoke.
After Xiao Liu left, Li Kaijian hesitated over whether to go in and