After leaving Azhi's house, Tan Linyuan looked stern.
It wasn't until he got in the car that Nan Yu asked, "Do you have any leads?"
Tan Linyuan squinted his eyes. After a moment of silence, he said, "Lin Yunjin was the former housekeeper of the Tan family. He retired five years ago."
It was also the name on the remittance slip just now.
Hearing this, Nan Yu was also taken aback.
She was at a loss for words for a few seconds. After taking a breath, she said, "So, the car accident of Wang Gang..."
Tan Linyuan glanced at her. His eyes were deep and gloomy. "I'll go and investigate."
Nan Yu nodded gravely.
If this matter was related to the Tan family, then that car accident was no accident.
Lin Yunjin, a housekeeper who had retired from the Tan family for five years, why would he be entrusted by someone to subsidize a poor family out of the blue?
Moreover, Azhi's mother also mentioned that the benefactor also had the surname Tan.
How many people with the surname Tan were related to Lin Yunjin?
Tan Linyuan immediately bought a plane ticket back to Jiangcheng.
Before leaving, Nan Yu tightened her grip on his hand. Tan Linyuan was taken aback.
She took a deep breath, showed a smile and looked at him. "No matter what the truth is, you must come back safe and sound."
Tan Linyuan's eyes swept across her face. After a moment, he nodded slightly. "I know what I'm doing."
Nan Yu didn't say anything more. She let go of his hand. "You must come back. Xiaobanli and I are waiting for you to come home."
Waiting for you to come home.
Tan Linyuan's heart trembled. He tightened his fingers for a moment, then slowly let go.
The warmth in this world, finally he could taste a little.
The warmth that belonged only to him.
It wasn't until she saw Tan Linyuan disappear at the boarding gate that Nan Yu turned around and took a taxi back.
When she got back to the small western-style building, Aunt Li was feeding Xiaobanli milk.
"Master didn't come back with you?" Aunt Li was holding Xiaobanli. Seeing Nan Yu alone, she was quite surprised. "I've already prepared dinner."
Nan Yu didn't explain much. She only said that he had to go on a business trip to Jiangcheng.
Aunt Li asked, "Why didn't you go with him?"
Nan Yu paused.
She said, "I came back to take care of Xiaobanli."
Aunt Li waved her hand. "I'm here at home."
Nan Yu hesitated. "It's still too tiring for you to do it alone..."
Aunt Li said with a smile, "Xiaobanli can already call Mom and Dad now. I can take care of him by myself."
Nan Yu bit her lip.
Actually, she had also thought about going with him.
But she knew him well. She knew that if he didn't take the initiative to ask, it meant that he wanted to handle it by himself.
She was his confidant, knowing all his thoughts.
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As soon as the plane landed, Tan Linyuan went straight to find Lin Yunjin.
After retiring from the Tan family, Lin Yunjin disappeared without a trace.
It was Liang Yi who used some methods and asked his men to search before they found out his current residence, which was a small yard in the countryside of Jiangcheng.
The place where Lin Yunjin lived was very remote. Even the positioning system couldn't find it.
Tan Linyuan asked for directions all the way before he finally found it.
The salary Lin Yunjin got from the Tan family was not low. Even after retiring, the savings from his previous life were enough for him to buy a house in Jiangcheng for his retirement.
But he chose such a hard-to-find and backward place. It didn't seem like he was here for retirement.
It seemed more like he was here to survive.
Tan Linyuan frowned. He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
The person who opened the door was Lin Yunjin's wife, Aunt Song.
Back then, the couple had worked in the Tan family, one as a housekeeper and the other as a nanny. Tan Linyuan remembered clearly.
The moment Aunt Song saw Tan Linyuan, the smile on her face froze instantly. After a moment of stiffness, she forced out a smile again. "... Linyuan, why are you here?"
"What you should be asking is 'How did you find this place'."
Tan Linyuan said expressionlessly, his lips twitching slightly.
Aunt Song's face changed drastically.
"Is Uncle Lin at home?" Tan Linyuan asked as he pushed the door open and walked in.
Aunt Song looked panicked. "No, your Uncle Lin has been feeling unwell recently. He went to the city for medical treatment."
Tan Linyuan also knew that Lin Yunjin had asthma.
He wasn't in a hurry. He looked around the old couple's residence with his eyes, then said calmly, "It doesn't matter. I can wait for him to come back."
Hearing this, Aunt Song's face turned even worse.
After all, he was their former employer. In Aunt Song's eyes, Tan Linyuan was still the young master. "I'll pour you a glass of water. Please sit down first."
Seeing that she was about to turn around and leave, Tan Linyuan continued calmly, "You don't need to tip off Uncle Lin in advance. I've already made arrangements at the hospital. Someone will send him back later."
Sure enough, Aunt Song's figure froze for a moment.
Today, Tan Linyuan had clearly come for them.
After waiting for about two hours, Lin Yunjin finally came back, sweating profusely.
When he saw Tan Linyuan sitting in the living room, his face turned even paler.
He looked up and exchanged a glance with his wife. Aunt Song's face was also full of uneasiness.
Tan Linyuan raised his head. His voice was lazy. "Uncle Lin, could you please tell me something about Azhi's father?"
"...... I don't understand what you mean." Lin Yunjin wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Who is Azhi? I've never heard of her."
Tan Linyuan laughed. He enunciated each word clearly and drew out his tone. "Then I'll just say the name directly - Wang Gang."
Lin Yunjin almost stopped breathing instantly. He took two trembling steps back.
He opened his mouth to defend himself, but Tan Linyuan stood up and walked in front of him.
Lin Yunjin was already in his fifties. Not only was his back hunched, but he couldn't even straighten his back in front of Tan Linyuan.
"Uncle Lin, there is no wall that can block the wind forever." His voice was still casual. "If you explain it clearly now, you can still get out of this; if it's any later, you'll become an accomplice."
His tone suddenly changed. His voice was cold and sharp. "Prison is not a place where you and Aunt Song can stay at your age."
Lin Yunjin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Linyuan, don't be impulsive. Uncle Lin will talk. Uncle Lin will tell you everything..."
In the next half an hour, from Lin Yunjin's mouth, Tan Linyuan finally caught a glimpse of the whole picture of this accident.
A few months ago, Tan Jinxian suddenly contacted Lin Yunjin and asked him to go to Jingbei to run an errand and meet a truck driver named Wang Gang.
On the surface, it was a charitable rescue, but in fact, it was asking him to exchange his life for something.
Lin Yunjin told Wang Gang a cruel reality: even if he saved enough money, it would be very difficult to cure his daughter Azhi's leg.
And he threw an olive branch to him, telling him that the Tan family would help find the best medical resources. Even if it couldn't be cured, they could get Azhi a mechanical leg.
With a mechanical leg, she could walk like a normal person.
The cost of replacing a mechanical leg was a figure that he couldn't earn even if he drove a truck day and night; not to mention the repair and maintenance after the replacement, which were not something a normal family could afford.
But at that time, the Tan family could.
Not only could they help him solve the cost of Azhi's leg treatment, but there would also be an additional large sum of money that could support his wife and daughter for the rest of their lives.
For Wang Gang, who came from the countryside and didn't have much education, this was a huge temptation.
He didn't have a future, but his daughter did.
Lin Yunjin said that the day he went to find Wang Gang was exactly the day when Azhi's grades came out. She got the first place in the class, and the award certificate was still on the coffee table in Wang Gang's house.