"Dad, does Liang Xiaocao know about this?"

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Jiu realized there were some things she didn't want to believe.

"What do you think? Does Liang Xiaocao know about this?"

Gu Ye didn't answer Liu Jiu directly, but instead asked a question in return.

"Eighty to ninety percent of them know."

Liu Jiu's voice was dejected; she was a little sad.

Why do you say that? What is your basis for this claim?

Gu Ye noticed Liu Jiu's dejection and still asked.

"If Liang Xiaocao hadn't told them, how would they have known that Gu Xuanyi was on duty today and had to take out the trash, and that he timed it perfectly?"

This was the last thing Liu Jiu wanted to believe. She and Gu Xuanyi, thinking about the girl's reputation, didn't make a fuss about it.

After much effort, they found out who wrote the letter. They didn't mock her, but simply told her to be mindful of her behavior and focus on her studies.

Unexpectedly, Liang Xiaocao repaid kindness with enmity, hiring someone to take revenge on Gu Xuanyi. And the attack was so ruthless, aiming to cripple him.

If she hadn't arrived in time, or if she hadn't been strong enough, Gu Xuanyi might have suffered more than just a broken bone today.

"Your analysis is quite clear. So, Sylphy, have you figured it out yet?"

"I've figured it out, Second Uncle."

Gu Xuanyi had been thinking about this too, and he also felt frustrated.

"It's good that you've figured it out. It wasn't for nothing that your leg was cracked for a while. You'll learn a lesson."

Gu Ye looked at his nephew on the bed and his daughter standing there. They were both quite tall, but children are children, and their thinking is still relatively simple.

Gu Ye has been a soldier for over twenty years and has experienced many life-or-death moments.

When I was on missions abroad, I encountered all sorts of bizarre things. Sometimes, if I had been a little too soft-hearted, I would have lost my life.

Leaving aside distant places, even just in the south, the fighting on our border has not yet subsided. Military reports coming back indicate how many of our soldiers have fallen to the weapons of the enemy's women and children.

Gu Ye didn't want his child to lack compassion, but he also needed to understand where compassion should be used.

"Your initial intentions were good, but you didn't consider the consequences. You're in the second year of junior high, and your main task is to study. This matter has been dragging on for more than a month. Isn't this affecting your studies?"

Furthermore, the other party has been concealing their identity, which suggests they have ulterior motives. You haven't thought about it deeply enough and don't understand their intentions.

Gu Ye was quite surprised after reading the statements of the boys. He was amazed that a fifteen-year-old girl could be so shrewd.

"Intention? What intention?"

Liu Jiu and Xuan Yi didn't understand. Wasn't it just that the girl had a crush on the boy and wanted to get to know him better?

"Liang Xiaocao wants to marry Gu Xuanyi, marry into the Gu family, and live a good life."

Gu Ye didn't hide it; his children had been exposed to too little of the dark side of life and didn't have a strong sense of vigilance.

"What? Liang Xiaocao wants to marry me? How old are we? How can we get married? We're still children!"

Gu Xuanyi sat up abruptly, looking at his second uncle, hoping he was lying. How could that be?

Liu Jiu was also stunned. They were only a few years old, how could they be thinking about marriage?

"Liang Xiaocao is fifteen years old, one year older than Xuanyi. It is said that her family favors boys over girls. She told her parents that if she studied for a few more years, she could find a better husband and better support her older and younger brothers."

Her family has decided that after she graduates from junior high school, they will not let her continue her studies. They will find a suitable match and get married when she is of age, so that she can receive a large dowry.

Liang Xiaocao knew that her parents wouldn't consider the other party's conditions in order to get a high dowry; as long as the price was high, they would accept it.

She became anxious and wanted to find her own way out. After you were reassigned to different classes in the second year of junior high, Xuan Yi became her target.

She inquired and learned that Xuan Yi's parents had good jobs and were well-off, so she thought that if she could win Gu Xuan Yi over, she would have a good life.

Gu Ye highlighted the key points of what he had seen and told the two children what was going on.

Liu Jiu was having some trouble accepting it; she just couldn't understand how someone could think so far ahead at such a young age.

Thirteen-year-old Liu Jiu had no idea that parents as impartial as hers were extremely rare. Her life was something many people envied and dreamed of.

Gu Xuanyi could understand it to some extent. When he was little, people would always come to his family asking his father for favors. Although his father refused them all, he vaguely remembered what they said.

Gu Ye looked at the two silent children and said nothing more, afraid that the blow would be too great and they would lose their composure.

"Alright, it's already past nine o'clock. Sanqi is home alone. Gu Ye, you take Liu Jiu back. I'll stay here with Xuanyi. Take a few days off tomorrow. You've been quite busy lately, so I'll take care of things here."

Bonnie knew that Gu Ye and the others had been very busy lately, as the fighting in the south wouldn't end anytime soon. Bonnie knew that this part of history would take ten years to completely quell.

Each war zone will send troops to provide support, and Bonnie doesn't know if Gu Ye will be sent there, nor can she inquire further. As a military wife, all she can do is secure the rear and wait for his return.

Gu Ye knew this was the best arrangement. Besides feeling grateful, he didn't know what else he could do. He owed his wife and children too much.

Gu Ye took Liu Jiu home. San Qi was still awake, waiting for news.

"Dad, what happened? Where are Mom and Xuanyi?"

When Sanqi saw his father come in, he asked anxiously.

"Ask your sister, I have other things to do."

Gu Ye still had work to finish, so he hurriedly returned to his room.

Liu Jiu briefly explained the whole story. She was going to wash up because she was too tired and had gotten quite dirty at the garbage dump.

Sanqi looked at her older sister and realized she was exhausted from fighting.

"I told you they were hiding something from me, that they were hiding something really big. Honestly, if they had told me sooner, I could have given them some advice. Now look what happened, one of them is in the hospital."

Sanqi muttered to himself, feeling that his sister and brother didn't treat him like family.

The next day, Gu Ye didn't prepare breakfast for the two children. He left a note and left early. After Sanqi and Liujiu got up, they saw the note their father had left. After washing up, they took their schoolbags and went outside to eat breakfast before going to school.

Bonnie helped Xuanyi wash up first, then bought him breakfast. After they finished eating, the doctor checked him over and said there was nothing wrong, no inflammation, and he could be discharged the day after tomorrow and go home to recuperate.

Bonnie thanked the doctor, found a place to call the school, told Teacher Zhang about the family situation, and asked for a few days off.

Then, I called Teacher Zhai to explain the situation. I explained that I couldn't study foreign languages ​​for a while because Gu Ye was busy and Xuan Yi was injured.

Teacher Zhai was somewhat aware of the current situation and knew what Gu Ye was busy with, so she told the children not to rush, to review what they had learned before, and to continue learning later.

Bonnie hung up the phone and wondered if she wanted to go to the bathroom to check on Xuanyi.

I need to call my sister-in-law later; I couldn't reach her yesterday. And there's Xuan Yi's maternal grandparents too. One thing after another, and Bao Ni feels like her legs are about to get thin from all the work.