The group of thugs was restrained, but Shen Ye did not immediately ask about the situation. Instead, he first helped Lin Zhi’s father stop the bleeding and said, “We need to send him to the hospital for treatment.”

Lin Zhi was worried that her father’s leg injury was too severe and he might not be able to move.

Shen Ye reassured her, “It’s okay, I used talisman paper to temporarily fix his leg.”

Lin Zhi finally felt relieved.

When they arrived at the hospital, they met the attending physician who was surprised and asked, “Didn’t you already apply for a transfer to another hospital?”

Lin Zhi’s mother had injuries on her body, but she was more worried about her husband’s leg and insisted on accompanying him for an examination. She cried and said, “We didn’t do it, my husband was taken away by those people!”

The attending physician frowned but hesitated to speak.

Shen Ye asked, “What’s going on?”

The attending physician did not want to say.

Shen Ye looked at his expression and raised an eyebrow. “Was the transfer approved by your superior?”

The attending physician turned pale and said, “I didn’t say that.”

However, his expression confirmed the situation and everyone knew what was going on.

Shen Ye looked at him again and asked, “Where is your superior from?”

Originally, the attending physician did not want to answer, but for some reason, probably because Shen Ye’s aura was too strong, he whispered, “Linjiang.”

“Linjiang County?!” Lin Zhi raised her voice.

Shen Ye knew that Lin Zhi’s hometown was Linjiang County, so it seemed that the attending physician’s superior was also involved with that county.

At this moment, the leaders of the military district walked over to Ye Ze and whispered, “Those people have already been recruited. They want to transfer Mr. Lin back to the county hospital.”

Originally, those people had planned to wait for Mr. Lin to return to the county before taking action. In the county, unexpected deaths were not uncommon. However, Mr. Lin sensed their intentions and did not cooperate, shouting and yelling all the while. They were afraid of attracting attention, so they simply took Mr. and Mrs. Lin to a road without surveillance cameras. The group of people had already discussed that if Mr. Lin were beaten to death, they would take him back to the county and make it look like he drowned accidentally.

If it weren’t for Lin Zhi seeking help from Shen Ye and arriving just in time, Mr. Lin might have already been dead and Mrs. Lin would most likely have been silenced.

Shen Ye never expected that in this day and age, there could still be such dark events.

Shen Shimu thought for a moment before saying, “I’ve been to underdeveloped areas abroad, where things were much worse than this.”

But that was in a backward country!

Ye Ze held Shen Ye’s hand and said in a very gentle tone, “Calm down.”.

Shen Ye’s mood calmed down somewhat.

In fact, he also knew that there are all kinds of strange and disgusting things in this world. If you cannot accept them, then you can only try to help change them. Even if your own power is too small to change those things, you should remind yourself to be a kind and upright person and not to come into contact with such darkness. Live your life in the sun with dignity.

Lin Zhi was born in the countryside and had heard a lot of strange stories when she was young. She had even witnessed a son-in-law killing her father-in-law, but that was a private grudge… This was the first time she had encountered such a situation where people were killed to be silenced and it had happened to her own father. She was already scared out of her wits.

Seeing her constantly restless, Shen Ye comforted her in a low voice, “Your father is safe now, don’t worry.”

“Okay!” Lin Zhi knew that Shen Ye’s fortune-telling was very accurate. With Shen Ye’s assurance, her father would definitely be okay. Her heart finally settled down.

A group of people were waiting outside for Mr. Lin’s examination results. Finally, the doctor said that surgery needed to be arranged immediately.

At this time, Mr. Lin had regained some clarity and immediately urged Lin Zhi, “You need to go back to school quickly!”

Lin Zhi knew that her father was afraid of her being implicated, so she cried and whispered to her father about Shen Ye and Ye Ze’s backgrounds, and also introduced the military district leader behind Ye Ze.

During this time, Lin’s father has been suffering and on high alert. After repeatedly reassuring him, Lin Zhi convinced him that her classmate Shen Ye is very capable and well-connected. Even the military district leaders listen to him. Only then did Lin Zhi’s father relax and say, “I have collected a lot of evidence. They not only embezzled educational public funds but also other funds…”

At this point, he paused and sighed, “The road in Lishan Village has never been repaired and the funds have also been swallowed.”

Lin Zhi was surprised to hear this.

Lishan Village is Father Lin’s hometown, located on a mountain top over 1,000 meters high. It takes almost half a day to walk back from the town and the roads are rocky and rugged. She had heard a few years ago that they were planning to repair the cement road, but the county said that the terrain was complex, and they had been surveying and mapping for years, so the plan never materialized.

She had thought it was because of the terrain, but it turned out that the funds had been embezzled.

In fact, corruption is a common occurrence, especially in remote areas where such phenomena are more prevalent. Just like many village roads in the county, they were repaired less than two years ago but are now broken due to inferior workmanship. However, Lishan Village’s road was never repaired and Lin Zhi couldn’t accept that the county was so corrupt.

At this time, Zong Yiming, who had been standing behind Ye Ze in silence, suddenly spoke up: “Lishan Village in Linjiang County, South Province?”

Lin Zhi was stunned for a moment and nodded, “Yes.”

Zong Yiming turned to Ye Ze and whispered, “Five years ago, the Ye family donated a sum of poverty alleviation funds to Lishan Village as part of a government policy. It was said that Lishan Village has beautiful scenery at the top of the mountain and they wanted to create a tourist area.”

As it was not a targeted poverty alleviation project, the Ye family did not follow up.

If it weren’t for Father Lin’s incident, Zong Yiming would have forgotten about it.

Mainly because the Ye family donates a lot of money every year, both domestically and internationally, and the funds given to Lishan Village were not too much. Zong Yiming happened to be doing business in South Province at the time and heard about Lishan Village’s plan to develop a scenic tourist area, which is why he remembered it.

Ye Ze frowned.

He didn’t expect this matter to have some connection to the Ye family.

Shen Ye also furrowed his brows and felt that this matter was very strange.

He pulled Ye Ze’s hand and said, “Uncle, I want to go to Lishan Village.”

He didn’t know why, but he had a strong feeling that he wanted to go and take a look.

It was already after 8 p.m. The high-speed rail had just opened in Linjiang County and it only takes a little over two hours to travel from the provincial capital. But it still takes more than two hours to get to Lishan Village from the county!

Ye Ze did not hesitate and nodded, “Okay.”

Shen Ye looked at the man with starry eyes, thinking he was about to say something cheesy again.

Ye Ze made a decision and turned to the military district leader, “I’ll trouble you to investigate Mr. Lin’s case.”

Shen Ye: “…”

The military district leader responded, “Don’t worry, you can count on us.”

Whether it was the evidence provided by Mr. Lin or the hospital leader’s unauthorized decision to transfer him, they would have to give an explanation.

As for Mr. Lin’s surgery, it had already been arranged and he would soon be taken to the operating room.

The Lin family was grateful to Shen Ye and Ye Ze.

Without them, Mr. and Mrs. Lin might not have survived and Lin Zhi might never have seen her parents again.

“Shen Ye, thank you,” Lin Zhi’s eyes were red. She never expected someone as capable as Shen Ye to help her without hesitation. After all, they had hardly spoken in class! Even the plane tickets to the provincial city and the cost of Mr. Lin’s surgery were paid for by Shen Ye and Ye Ze!

She didn’t know how to thank Shen Ye enough.

Shen Ye shook his head and said, “You can relax now and take care of your parents. Don’t worry about anything else.”

Lin Zhi had to stay behind to take care of her parents and couldn’t go with them to Lishan Village.

“Thank you,” Lin Zhi could only thank him again and again.

Her family had encountered such a dark situation, but she knew that there were still good-hearted people like Shen Ye in this world. So she felt calm now. If she hadn’t met Shen Ye, she might have become disillusioned with the world and even developed a rebellious mentality. But because he had helped her, she was still the girl who believed in the beauty of the world and was willing to live in the sunshine.

Soon, the group set off for Lishan Village.

This time, they were accompanied by a military district leader.

On the way, Shen Shimu was curious and asked Shen Ye, “Big sister-in-law, why do you want to go to Lishan Village?”

Shen Ye thought for a moment and shook his head, “I’m not sure, it’s just a feeling that you mortals wouldn’t understand.”

Shen Shimu: “…”

Ye Ze held Shen Ye’s hand and said softly, “We’ll go to the county first and then to Lishan Village. It will take about four or five hours on the road. You can take a nap first.”

Shen Ye made a sound of agreement and held his hand tightly, leaning on his shoulder. “Uncle, I’m lucky to have you by my side.” And he was even willing to indulge his nonsense.

Ye Ze touched his face and said, “Go to sleep.”

Shen Ye smiled and suddenly leaned over to give him a kiss on the lips.

Ye Zhe’s lips curled up slightly.

Shen Shimu: “…”

He was a mortal, he admitted it; but as a mortal, he didn’t want to eat dog food!

The car drove onto the highway and Shen Ye was ready to go to sleep, but suddenly remembered something and took out his phone.

He was looking up the facial features of several county leaders.

He had forgotten about it while he was busy dealing with Father Lin’s affairs.

There were actually photos of the Linjiang leadership team on the website and Shen Ye looked at them one by one, suddenly sneering, “So that’s how it is!”

His tone was indignant and it was clear that the situation was serious.

Ye Zhe looked at him, silently asking.

Shen Ye leaned over to his ear, “I probably already know what’s going on. Let’s trouble them tomorrow morning!”

This was also his mistake. If he had thought of looking at the photos earlier, he wouldn’t have had to rush on the road overnight and could have rested in the provincial capital for a night before going. The main reason was that he didn’t know what the conditions were like in the county hotel. As for someone like Ye Zhe, the pride of heaven, he probably hadn’t stayed in a hotel below five stars.

Surprisingly, Ye Zhe adapted very well.

The military district leader arranged a good room, handed the room card to Ye Zhe, and Ye Zhe led Shen Ye to open the door. The hotel conditions were really average, claiming to be a three-star hotel, but there was a smell of smoke in the room, mixed with the smell of camphor pills, which was especially unpleasant.

Shen Ye turned around and hugged Ye Zhe, “Uncle, I’m sorry for you.”

Ye Zhe smiled and shook his head, kissing his forehead, “Go wash up and go to bed early.”

Shen Ye made a sound of agreement and looked up at him, “Let’s wash together, I’ll give you a little extra benefit to make up for the hardship tonight.”

Ye Zhe’s gaze fell on the pretty face of the child and his throat moved.

The child was so enticing and his heart was also starting to stir.

But in the end, he held back and hoarsely said, “Go quickly.”

Shen Ye pouted and lamented again. Why did his 20th birthday come so late?

After washing up, Ye Ze turned off the light and hugged Shen Ye to sleep.

The hotel environment was a bit noisy, with night market stalls outside making noise and a certain human fireworks atmosphere.

Ye Ze suddenly smiled. “I think it’s pretty good.”

Shen Ye was puzzled.

Ye Ze didn’t explain but hugged him tighter. “Sleep.”

Shen Ye snuggled against his chest and obediently went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Shen Ye was full of energy and pulled Ye Ze to the county party committee building.

Author's note Don’t be afraid, my darlings, it’s all fake, darkness can never defeat sunlight~ (In the previous chapter, I changed “discharged” to “transferred”~)

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There should be one more chapter, but it’s probably going to be very late, so don’t wait for it, come back tomorrow~

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