Chapter 219

The police came, but it was no use.

Basically, nobody liked each other.

In recent years, there were hardly any young people left in the village, everyone was busy making money, and the conflict between the two villages wasn’t as deep.

Fights and the like were even less heard of.

Who dares to fight without some money these days?

However, the economic competition between the two villages had become increasingly intense, especially when it came to the annual fundraising for fireworks, which was a focal point of the competition between them.

The competition was all about who had deeper pockets, and the one who did could hold their head high in front of the villagers from the other village next year.

Moreover, there was an unwritten rule between the two villages that whoever raised the most money for fireworks could pull in the votes and become the village head.

When Lin Mo and his family went home in previous years, they would also donate three to five hundred, just for the excitement.

After years of fundraising, no village head dared to embezzle the money, because the villagers from both villages were watching it. If anyone dared to touch a single yuan, they fully knew they would no longer be welcome in the village.

Those old ladies, they would dare point at your spine and curse you for a lifetime.

After skimming over these two pieces of intelligence, Lin Mo continued to read on.

After knowing the exact time of his son’s birth and that mother and child were safe, Lin Mo couldn’t help but smile.

That’s great!

A few months later, once his son was born, he would have both a son and a daughter, completing the Chinese word for ‘good’.

In the future, when someone in the village got married, Li Jinwen would also qualify to lay the bridal bed, arrange the happiness character decorations, and sit in the host’s seat at the wedding.

It was not a big deal, but feeling respected was still quite delightful.

Lin Mo had already started to imagine whether his son would look like him or his wife after he was born.

Xiaoxiao mostly resembled him, and they say a son often looks more like his mother.

That would be pretty good, actually. If he looked like Li Jinwen, it would at least make finding a wife much easier in the future.

As for the piece of intelligence about someone wanting to borrow his car, Lin Mo skipped right over it.

Are you kidding?

Cars and wives are not to be lent out.

It was one thing to lend a hand with a wedding car to soak up some joy, but to use his car for showing off? That was absolutely out of the question.

Unless it was a real emergency.

And then,

Lin Mo ignored several pieces of less important intelligence and focused his attention on the last piece.

[10, You met Lin Changshui yesterday and obtained relevant intelligence—————182 days later, Chen Shanhe will thoroughly investigate Chen Kainan’s disappearance, which will lead to Lin Changshui, and a detailed investigation will be conducted into Lin Changshui’s family.]

“182 days…”

Lin Mo quickly reviewed a previous piece of intelligence which read: [151 days later, Chen Shanhe will thoroughly investigate Chen Kainan’s disappearance, which will lead to Lin Changshui, and a detailed investigation will be conducted into Lin Changshui’s family.]

“151 days has become 182 days. Counting the time I spent in Rakshasa City dealing with Chen Shanhe, I have indeed succeeded in delaying Chen Shanhe’s investigation, but the crisis has not been completely resolved.”

Having this sword of Damocles hanging over one’s head and possibly falling at any moment is not a good feeling.

But Lin Mo knew he couldn’t rush it. Chen Shanhe had deep and complex connections, and in this game of wits, if he was too hasty, it would only backfire!

Progress calmly and cautiously!

After all, he had a lot of intelligence on Chen Shanhe’s misdeeds in his hands, enough to keep the old man busy for quite some time.

182 days…

In terms of time, it was quite sufficient, no need to live so nervously for the moment.

Otherwise, if he fretted over this matter all day long, he would go mad.

While Chen Shanhe needed to be dealt with, life also had to go on.

Lin Mo had many ideas waiting to be realized step by step.

“Ow…”

Having driven for an entire day and spending some intimate time with his wife followed by a lengthy chat, Lin Mo started to feel sleepy, “Can’t hold out any longer, time to sleep.”

Slowly pulling out his numb arm, he turned over, closed his eyes gradually, and slipped into dreamland.

The New Year was approaching, and there was still a lot to do at home tomorrow.

…

The next day.

Lin Mo, deeply asleep, was awakened by a noisy commotion.

He slowly opened his eyes and found that his wife had already gotten up and wasn’t in the room. He picked up the mobile phone from the bedside table and saw that it was just past 8 o’clock in the morning.

“Why is it so lively this early in the morning?”

Lin Mo stretched lazily, reluctantly climbing out from the warm cocoon of his bedding and walked to the window with curiosity. He lifted a corner of the curtain and peeked outside.

Well, I’ll be,

He couldn’t help but exclaim to himself,

Lin Mo’s yard was not big, especially with a Maybach and a Land Rover Range Rover taking up space, it felt even more cramped.

And at that moment,

The yard was packed with relatives and neighbors living nearby.

Those who couldn’t fit inside stood at the door, holding various gifts in their hands, as if his home was as busy as the village committee courtyard.

Among these people, there were some Lin Mo recognized, but he didn’t know most of them.

His parents, in-laws, and Li Jinwen were all busy entertaining the guests, creating a scene of bustling activity.

Lin Mo, of course, knew that most of the people downstairs were there for money.

Some might want to foster good relations for future convenience when getting married, while others might hope that Lin Mo would take them under his wing to earn more money next year.

Everyone wants to live a better life, and everyone yearns for the support of the wealthy to make more money, so they don’t have to continue lingering in the village with nothing to do all day.