1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Chapter 377 Follow-up

However, do you think that this is the end of it? How could that be possible?

Li Weiguo asked Captain Liu and learned that Yi Zhonghai would be executed by firing squad in two days.

The day before the execution, Li Weiguo went to meet Yi Zhonghai on purpose.

In that cold meeting room, the shadow of death loomed as if it were real.

Yi Zhonghai dragged heavy shackles and slowly stepped in under the escort of public security comrades.

His body was hunched, as if he was carrying the sins of the entire world. The domineering spirit he once had in the courtyard was long gone. He was like a puppet with his soul drained away, with empty and dull eyes.

Li Weiguo had been waiting here for a long time. He watched Yi Zhonghai approach quietly, with a complex emotion in his eyes, which seemed to contain pity and cold judgment.

Li Weiguo was the first to break the silence, with a faint smile on his face: "Yi Zhonghai, as you are about to reach the end of your life, I think there is a secret that I should not hide from you. When I captured Boss Hu, he revealed something that is closely related to you, I am afraid you don't know it yet."

Yi Zhonghai seemed to have heard nothing and did not even lift his eyelids. He just sat mechanically opposite Li Weiguo, looking as if he had lost all life.

Li Weiguo didn't mind and continued calmly: "Yi Zhonghai, have you never wondered why you have been with your aunt for many years but still don't have a child?"

This simple sentence was like a sharp hook, instantly hooking the only remaining consciousness of Yi Zhonghai.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes finally showing some emotion, staring straight at Li Weiguo: "You...what do you mean by that?"

Li Weiguo smiled, but his smile made Yi Zhonghai feel cold in his heart: "Yi Zhonghai, it's not that a lady can't have children, the problem is with you, it's you who can't have children."

Yi Zhonghai's face flushed red instantly, as if he had been greatly insulted. He stood up suddenly, waving his hands forward, trying to pounce on Li Weiguo, and roared: "Impossible! You are talking nonsense! How can I not be able to do it!"

Qin Huairu is already pregnant with his child, but he won't say this.

He is now a death row inmate and he cannot let his children be implicated.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai yelling, the public security officer next to him immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Yi Zhonghai, be quiet! This is not the place for you to run wild!"

Yi Zhonghai's body was shaking violently, his eyes full of anger and unwillingness, but under the authority of the public security comrades, he slowly sat back, tightly grasping the corners of his clothes with both hands.

Li Weiguo remained calm and continued, "Don't get excited yet, Yi Zhonghai, do you still remember when you first entered Sijiu City and were rescued by the deaf old lady, did you drink the bowl of hot sugar water she handed over?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's body shook violently, his eyes widened: "Then...what happened to the sugar water? Could it be..."

Li Weiguo nodded slightly: "Yes, that is not ordinary sugar water. It was originally the sterilizing medicine prepared by the deaf old lady for the White Widow, but you drank it by mistake. Because of this, the White Widow escaped, but you lost the possibility of becoming a father forever."

Yi Zhonghai's expression froze instantly, the blood color on his face faded, replaced by a deathly gray.

His lips trembled slightly, and he murmured in disbelief: "Why...why is this happening? I have no grudge against her, why would she do this to me?"

Li Weiguo looked at him like this, without any sympathy in his heart: "Yi Zhonghai, you have been calculating others to provide for your old age all your life, but you didn't expect that the root of all this would be like this!"

Yi Zhonghai's eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness. His heart was turned upside down by this sudden truth: "No... this is not true... it's not true..."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Li Weiguo turned to the public security comrade and said politely, "Comrade Public Security, I'm done visiting." After that, he strode out of the meeting room.

Yi Zhonghai sat there alone, with Li Weiguo's words constantly echoing in his mind.

Until the last moment when he was taken to the execution ground, his heart was still filled with hatred and unwillingness. He ended his sinful life with endless regret.

With the passing of Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, the Siheyuan seemed to be swept by a new trend and began a series of changes and reorganizations.

After He Daqing divorced Widow Bai, the frustration and resentment in his heart were like a burning flame, driving him to rush to Baocheng with his senior brother Chen Zhanshan and Sha Zhu.

His steps were firm and resolute, and every step seemed to be a complete break with that terrible marriage in the past.

In Baocheng, he quickly dealt with the remaining affairs and sold his job. He had no attachment to the house where he had lived with the White Widow.

When he returned home, he ruthlessly drove out the White Widow's two sons, and then sold or gave away the items in the house, trying his best to erase all traces of that marriage.

After matters in Baocheng were settled, He Daqing moved into the two rooms of the deaf old lady in the backyard.

The two houses should have been confiscated due to the deaf old lady's crime, but after He Daqing returned to the courtyard, he had no place to live.

He negotiated directly with the street office. Perhaps his experience was truly sympathetic, or perhaps the higher-ups wanted to compensate him, so they made an exception and sold the two houses to him for 500 yuan.

In another corner of the courtyard, the fate of Yi Zhonghai's two houses was completely different.

That was originally welfare housing allocated by the steel rolling mill to employees. Now that Yi Zhonghai has committed a serious crime and brought discredit to the factory, the house will naturally be taken back.

At this time, Meng Cuilan's situation seemed particularly difficult.

In fact, after Yi Zhonghai was sentenced, she had the opportunity to choose divorce like He Daqing and start her life again.

However, the years of love between husband and wife weighed heavy on her heart, and she could not bear to do it.

Until Yi Zhonghai was executed, she never mentioned divorce. Her persistence and loyalty are touching.

The neighborhood office considered that she was also a victim of the turmoil and finally decided to arrange a new residence for her.

They moved Meng Cuilan to another large compound and gave her a room.

Compared with the courtyard house, the slum has dilapidated houses and a noisy environment, and is home to a number of lonely elderly people.

But for Meng Cuilan, after experiencing this series of misfortunes, having a place to shelter from the wind and rain is a blessing in disguise.

She packed her bag silently, with tears in her eyes, and bid farewell to the courtyard house where she had lived for many years. She walked slowly towards the unknown new home, step by step.

Soon after Yi Zhonghai's house was vacated, carts carrying furniture slowly drove into the courtyard.

The entire Yang family, young and old, followed behind, with the male owner, Yang Dongsheng, walking in front. He had an upright posture, steady steps, and an elegant temperament unique to intellectuals.

He is a mechanical engineer who has been newly transferred to work at a steel rolling mill. This time he and his family moved to the Siheyuan to start a new chapter in life.