Chapter 206 Switching identities, forcing Zhizhi to develop a deep father-daughter bond.

"What does this mean? What does this mean?"

Zhizhi looked incredulous. He said that the deep father-daughter bond meant the deep father-daughter bond between herself and her father.

Or is it with him... father and daughter? Deep affection?

Jiang Yan remained calm as he carefully fastened the buttons on the cub's clothes. "It means that after I enter the military dependents' home, you have to call me 'Dad' to everyone you meet. You have to do the same things as me, like being affectionate, dependent, hugging, and being intimate with him, even if it's just for show."

The little cub frowned, its eyebrows almost forming the shape of a caterpillar.

"Are you kidding me? Everyone in the military dependents' compound knows that Dad has been arrested. Do you think you and I can help Dad if you go there?"

"That's none of your business."

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, the indifference on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a kind and smiling fatherly expression.

"Now, call me 'Dad'."

Zhizhi clenched her small fists, she couldn't bear it any longer, she wished she could just punch him and smash his mask of pretense.

She had previously changed her opinion of him, but now it seems she was just overthinking things.

Even if someone doesn't do anything bad to her, they can't be that good either.

Now, what's the difference between him and a thief who breaks into a house and robs people?

A thief may steal property, but he is robbing family affection and a happy family.

Even though she was young, she understood that Jiang Yan was taking advantage of her.

"I can cooperate with your act, but there's no one else around right now, so don't expect me to call you."

She may be young, but she's not stupid.

Calling him now is simply to satisfy his own desire to be a father!

A hint of sadness flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes, and then he strode into the military family compound.

Just as I was about to walk home, I ran into Fengmei and her daughter Suisui, who were heading out to buy groceries.

"Zhizhi?!"

Sui Sui's eyes lit up, and she raised her hand to greet them.

But Fengmei grabbed her daughter, her mockery barely concealed. "Don't go near her. Her family is in trouble now, and whoever goes near her will be unlucky. Come with me now."

Sui Sui's face showed obvious disappointment, and she looked anxiously at Zhi Zhi.

"Zhizhi, where have you been these past few days? I went to your house to look for you but couldn't find you. Why aren't you saying anything?"

Zhizhi's expression was somewhat complicated. Normally, if she ran into Sister Suisui, she would greet her with 100% enthusiasm.

But now, I roughly know about Uncle Han's situation.

Unsure whether Sui Sui knew about it, she found it really difficult to chat with Sui Sui without any reservations like before.

The little cub managed a weak smile. "Sister Sui Sui, I've been doing very well lately, don't worry."

"Did you hear that?" Fengmei tugged hard at her daughter's sleeve, her tone even more sarcastic. "They already said you don't need to worry about it. Who are you pretending to be so enthusiastic for?"

Since Sui Sui stopped helping the Jiang family sell vegetables to earn money, the two families have fallen out. Feng Mei no longer cares about Sui Sui's image and reputation. She not only orders Sui Sui to wash dishes, sweep and mop the floor, but also wants to search for Sui Sui's belongings everywhere, hoping to find out if she has any hidden money.

Now that Fengmei sees Zhizhi back, she is naturally furious.

With Jiang Zhizhi around, her daughter has become much less obedient.

What else could Jiang Zhizhi be but a menace?

Jiang Yan snorted coldly, his dark eyes fixed on Feng Mei. "My daughter's affairs are none of your business. You should take care of your own daughter. After all, she was the one who spoke to Zhizhi first. There's no need for you to keep making sarcastic remarks about our family. No matter what our family is like, we are still much better than you grasshoppers jumping around in autumn."

"you!"

"What do you mean, 'you'? You're a gossip, fine, but you're shameless enough to argue with a man like me here? Get lost!"

Although Jiang Yan's imitation of Jiang Anchao's posture wasn't perfect, his fluent cursing was exactly like that of a little brat who spews firecrackers.

They are both incredibly sarcastic; the moment they open their mouths, they're so sharp-tongued that they practically leave you with no strength left to even hang yourself.

"Huh? Wait a minute... Weren't you arrested? Why are you back?"

Fengmei suddenly realized that Lao Han had mentioned last night that Jiang Anchao was now completely finished.

He had such a huge weakness in his hands, and he had to seize this opportunity to redeem himself.

They will return all the pain that the Jiang family inflicted on them.

Why is Jiang Anchao here again, completely unharmed?

Fengmei's eyes darted around. Could it be that he had sneaked out?

Once she had made up her mind about this idea, she was overjoyed, as if she had been given a chance to take credit.

"Jiang Anchao, just you wait! Your smugness won't last long. Let's see who's the grasshopper hopping around in autumn!"

She tugged at Sui Sui, "Let's go!"

She had to call Lao Han right away and tell him about it.

Oh my god, Jiang Anchao really ran away!

Escaping from prison is a serious crime!

He's just waiting for his whole family to slink out of Suzhou in disgrace!

Zhizhi stared blankly as they left, her mind in turmoil.

The gibberish Uncle Han used earlier is solid proof that he must be an inside agent, but to whom did he report the information?

What exactly is his purpose in doing all this?

Do Sui Sui and Feng Mei know the truth?

The sheer volume of information was constantly refreshing the little cub's understanding. She wished she could grow up overnight so she could handle this mess more calmly.

Jiang Yan noticed her expression was off and waved his hand in front of her, "You're already far away, what are you still looking at?"

"I'm just worried that they must have gone to inform on us now. Dad is still in the army. What if he gets caught?"

"No, this high-level review is not as simple as you think. The content of the meeting is strictly confidential, and at least signal jamming will be added on site. Her phone... ...can't get through at all."

After Jiang Yan finished speaking meaningfully, he turned his gaze to Zhizhi in his arms.

He suddenly spoke up: "I just met the people from the military dependents' institute, but you still didn't call me Dad."

Zhizhi: "... Oh."

so what?

Who cares about you?

If you want to be a father so much, why don't you have one yourself?

What kind of nonsense is it to snatch other people's children all day long and claim them as relatives?

After mentally retorting to that thought, Zhizhi suddenly froze.

Wait, no...

If there are no unforeseen circumstances, it seems that I am indeed Jiang Yan's biological son.

Oh well, I've already done the cursing.

It won't make a difference if we do it this time.

Zhizhi was too lazy to argue with him any further, and Jiang Yan also knew that they couldn't delay any longer, so the two of them strode into the Jiang family home.

Jiang Yan gestured for her to be quiet, then walked into the living room alone and quickly pulled open the cabinet behind the sofa.

After pinching the black dot with their fingers, they followed the trail to find the thin black wire behind it—that was the bugging device.

This thing might be unfamiliar to the military, because on the battlefield, it's mostly real fighting with real weapons.

But he had quite a few of these listening devices around him, and over the years he had developed a keen intuition.

When Zhizhi saw Jiang Yan remove the bugging device, her face was filled with shock.

"When exactly was this installed?"

This was the first time she had seen it in so long.

I used to only see things like this in TV dramas, but in TV dramas, only spies and secret agents use these high-end gadgets.

Zhizhi's heart was pounding, and she nervously swallowed. "We're just ordinary people, why do we have these things in our home?"

Jiang Yan turned around and was amused by her childish question.

"Do you think that only spying on military intelligence and scientific research secrets is their job? Even now, decades after the war, foreign forces have been infiltrating us in every way, whether in our daily lives or in our ideology and culture. They have never stopped. Zhizhi... think carefully about what you have said in this room."