Ye Yuan had originally planned to treat them to something to eat.
But to his surprise, the middle-aged uniformed man did not even give him time to speak before turning around and leaving with his men.
His own sister still seemed to be ungrateful, so Ye Yuan had no choice but to reprimand her.
"Hm? What could he help us with? He couldn't help us find anyone, but he sure had something to do with arresting people!"
Ye Hui asked indignantly.
What had happened that morning had clearly made her furious.
"Do you remember what he said when I was about to make that call?"
Ye Yuan shook his head with a bitter smile. He was genuinely worried about his sister's reaction speed.
"What did he say?
Didn't he just tell you what surname their boss had? That counted as helping?"
Ye Hui asked, thoroughly confused.
"Of course it did. There was a lot implied in that.
Ordinary people would say what their own surname was.
Why would he possibly tell you his boss's surname?"
Ye Yuan explained patiently.
"That meant he was scared, so he didn't dare give his own name and used his boss as a shield instead."
Ye Hui said as if it were only natural.
Before Ye Yuan could speak this time, Nie Shaohui directly explained.
"Xiao Hui, Xiao Yuan is right. That man really did help us."
Seeing that his wife still did not understand, Nie Shaohui continued.
"Think about it. Even if he wanted to let us off the hook, could someone who handled errands like him make that decision?
That man surnamed Gao was the one who could call the shots.
And if he hadn't told us, we wouldn't even know who to approach about this. Do you understand now?
He helped us