Sit back and wait

"Senior Jiang Qing blocked Li Qingyun."

Jiang Qing put down her phone and looked up at Lin Nanyan.

Lin Nanyan observed the gloomy boy at the end of his sight and asked, "How long will they be ready?"

"Tonight," Jiang Qing leaned forward to take a look before retracting it. "I think Li Qingyun is just waiting for the opportunity."

"Let's leave some time for Senior Jiang Qing to learn more about self-defense from Song Shuang."

"Well," Lin Nanyan lowered his eyes, "I'm going to the hospital."

Jiang Qing: "?? You're still thinking about the itinerary."

Lin Nanyan: "Wang Huacheng has already got it."

Jiang Qing hesitated, "Then here..."

Lin Nanyan turned his head and glanced at the boy. "As long as Senior Jiang Qing keeps a close eye on them, nothing will happen if the two of them don't meet."

"You make sense." Jiang Qing agreed.

"You come with me," Lin Nanyan explained to the girl who looked at him with doubt, "I can't leave you here alone to face these dangerous people."

"Okay," Jiang Qing blinked, "Then I'll go to the hospital too. I can visit Wang Huacheng on the way."

The two men turned and stepped back, tiptoeing out of another entrance of the alley.

When passing by an old lady, Jiang Qing saw her stop and look over here while muttering quietly, "Why does she look so much like someone buying a dog..."

She didn't hear the rest of the words because Lin Nanyan had already pulled her away quickly.

She looked at herself and Lin Nanyan. They were clearly dressed very simply as high school students, so how could they be described as dog dealers? There must be something wrong with that lady's eyesight.

Aunt Qian looked again and again, but she was not so sure. After all, she had only seen him once. He looked similar at first glance, but when she looked closely, the person was gone.

She shook her head and entered the last house in the alley.

"Qinzi——"

"Hey," Zhang Daiqin came out after lifting the curtain, "What's wrong, Auntie?"

"It's okay. We just had a few cucumbers at home, and we can't finish them all, so I brought them for you to try. You can pickle them in the evening. They are crispy and delicious." Aunt Qian put down the basket and poured out the cucumbers.

Zhang Daiqin took a bag from the kitchen and put it in. "Then I'll pick some lettuce for you later and go back to cook."

Aunt Qian agreed, her eyes glancing at the person standing in the corner of the yard with his back to them. She asked softly, "What happened to your Qingyun?"

Zhang Daiqin gets angry when she mentions her son. "Who knew? He's been like this since he came back with Xiaoliang. He just blurts out words one by one when asked."

Aunt Qian followed Zhang Daiqin into the kitchen. "Xiaoliang has been here. It's rare that the child has been thinking about you all the time. We shouldn't have returned him back then. He's such a good child."

Zhang Daiqin paused what she was doing when she heard that. Then she smiled and said, "How could that be? How could someone else's child always live in my house?"

"You..." Aunt Qian sighed, "But it's better for you to leave. Your family is in this situation now. More children means more burdens."

Zhang Daiqin responded, "Yes."

Speaking of burdens, Aunt Qian thought of the people she met on the road and asked, "Did you sell that dog before? How much did you sell it for?"

She pushed Zhang Daiqin's arm and said, "I think that student is quite wealthy, so I brought him here especially for you."

"Thank you, Auntie," Zhang Daiqin said with a helpless look on her face. "But I can't sell that dog."

Aunt Qian: "Why? You want to raise both big and small dogs, but that will cost a lot of food."

Zhang Daiqin nodded out the window and said, "Did you see that? It's not that I don't want to sell it, it's that our Qingyun doesn't allow it."

Aunt Qian took a look and noticed the white cloud faintly visible under the hand of the boy who was facing away from them. The puppy had messy hair and was whimpering and struggling in the boy's hand.

Looking at the boy's rough and rapid movements, and the clumsy little dog that didn't know how to dodge and kept running into people's hands, Aunt Qian said: ...

Zhang Daiqin sighed, "When Qingyun's father passed away, Xiaobai had just been born."

"The house was in a mess at the time, and I didn't have time to take care of Qingyun. It was Xiaobai Zuanzuan who sniffed into his bedroom to eat some snacks. He caught her and she quietly stayed with him the whole night."

"I only figured it out later," she looked out the window. "He thought Xiaobai, who had been trapped while eating snacks, was a spirit, so he squeezed in through the crack in the door to keep him company. He even fed him a whole bag of sausages, nearly killing him. He had him lying on top of him all night."

Aunt Qian, who was very sad after hearing about Li Qingyun's experience, heard the following:

She didn't know what expression to make.

Zhang Daiqin: "Don't even think about selling it, I can't even give it away."

Aunt Qian had a complicated expression on her face, "That can't be sent out."

"Now when he's in a bad mood, he likes to get close to Xiaobai," Zhang Daiqin said, "Look, I don't know what's wrong with him again, he's petting the dog to vent."

Aunt Qian: "...very good."

For a moment, I couldn't tell whether she was talking about the dog or the person.

"Why are the pearls gone?" Wang Huaqi took the warm water and drank it in small sips, asking as he drank.

Yang Minhui put the washed fruits into the fruit bowl and picked up a fruit knife to peel the fruits. Her hands were fast and steady, and the long peels fell off layer by layer in circles.

"This is a hospital, not home. It's not good for the puppy to stay here for a long time."

Wang Huaqi nodded, "Nan Yan doesn't want to borrow the pearl anymore?"

Yang Minhui paused and thought about the question for a moment, "He said he would borrow it for one day."

"It's okay," she patted the bed. "If he borrows it again in the future, I'll bring Pearl over. I think he likes Pearl very much."

Wang Huaqi smiled.

Yang Minhui looked over and said, "What's wrong? Tell me, don't just laugh at yourself, make me happy too."

Wang Huaqi laughed enough and said happily, "Mom, you don't know yet, but Lin Nanyan has a nickname called Big..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a knock on the door.

Yang Minhui stood up and as soon as she opened the door, she was faced with the protagonist of their conversation.

"It's Nan Yan and Jiang Jiang. Come in quickly." She greeted the two of them warmly.

When she turned around, she saw Wang Huaqiang leaning over to look outside. Yang Minhui's eyes twitched for a moment, but she pretended not to see anything.

"That's perfect. I said I was going to prepare lunch. What would you like to eat?" she asked.

Jiang Qing waved her hand quickly, "No need, Auntie, we'll be leaving soon."

"Yes, yes," Yang Minhui said, closing the door. "You guys chat, I'll just make some."

As she left quickly, Jiang Qing didn't even have time to try to stop her.

"Your mother is too enthusiastic."

"Eat some fruit," Wang Huaqiang said, picking up the fruit plate. "She felt like this was the first time someone came to see me in the hospital, and she was worried she wouldn't be able to entertain me well enough."

"How was the hospitality inappropriate? It was very thoughtful, okay?" Jiang Qing exaggerated. "You have no idea how generous your mother was. She gave each of us a little golden sheep bracelet. It startled Lin Nanyan and me."

Wang Huacheng's eyes curved. "Well, my mother likes to give people gold bracelets."

Jiang Qing took a bite of the pear and said with emotion, "Our mom is really generous."

Lin Nanyan couldn't help but glance sideways at the girl. She's become our mother so soon?

Wang Huacheng handed over a document from the bedside. "Is this what you came for?"

Lin Nanyan nodded and took it, carefully looking through Li Guohong's driving records.

Jiang Qing took a look at the large amount of charts and text, and chose to sit down and chat with Wang Huaqiang.

"I came to get this to see you."

Wang Huacheng was even happier when he heard this. Thinking of something, he hesitated and said, "Then Song Shuang..."

Jiang Qing originally wanted to wait for Wang Huaqi to finish what he was saying, but after waiting for a few seconds, the boy didn't continue speaking. Only then did she realize that it was only half a sentence.

"I haven't told Song Shuang about your situation yet," Jiang Qing pretended not to notice the hesitation on Wang Huacheng's face. "I wanted to tell him, but we've been busy investigating Senior Sister Jiang Qing's case these past two days."

"She went to teach her sister self-defense. I didn't tell her because I was afraid she would be distracted."

"Oh." Wang Huaqing responded dryly.

Jiang Qing took one look at the boy and knew what he was thinking.

He longed for his friends to come and see him, but was also afraid that they would know the truth.

"When this is over," Jiang Qing looked at Wang Huacheng seriously, "I'll introduce your situation to everyone, and then we'll organize a group to come and see you."

Wang Huaqi: "Will...will it?"

Jiang Qing nodded.

"You know Song Shuang, she's a very irritable person. If she finds out, she'll definitely be nagging you every day about what you should and shouldn't eat, and won't let you do this or that."

Wang Huaqiang couldn't help but smile, but it quickly disappeared.

Jiang Qing: "Wang Huacheng."

Wang Huaqi looked up.

Jiang Qing: "Only if you treat this disease as an ordinary one and live with the mentality of an ordinary person will people get used to it."

"The emotions you bring are contagious to others."

“When you are happy, the emotional factor you convey is joy; when you are sad, the emotional factor you convey is sadness.”

Lin Nanyan was multitasking, and when he heard Jiang Qing's words, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

Wang Huaqiang's face was a little pale, but he still tried his best to smile.

"I know, I just... need some time to get used to it."

To overcome all kinds of timidity and fear, and support yourself to move on from the past.

"But..." Jiang Qing's tone suddenly changed, with a bright smile, "Of course it will be different now that you have us."

"I just don't believe that the happiness of so many of us can't infect your little heart."

She patted Wang Huacheng's shoulder and said solemnly, "Don't be afraid, brother. We are here for you."

Wang Huaqiang's complicated emotions were suddenly washed away by Jiang Qing's bold move. He stood there in a daze, unable to react.

Lin Nanyan spoke from the side: "Is that all?"

"Yes," Wang Huacheng replied dazedly, "I've applied to investigate all of his shipping records. All the company's dispatched orders are here."

Jiang Qing vaguely sensed something from Lin Nanyan's question and looked over in surprise, "Is there really a problem?"

Lin Nanyan looked at the various data maps on the paper and nodded.

The only thing missing from the record of that day was the familiar area.

"Tianfu District."

He looked up. "It was almost time to get off work that day, but Li Guohong hadn't left yet. He was supposed to be in Jingsi District, so how could he have driven a minivan to Xiangwei Avenue in Tianfu District?"

Jiang Qing: "You mean Li Guohong skipped work?"

Lin Nanyan: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Wang Huaqiang didn't understand what the two were talking about. He listened quietly with his eyes wide open.

"Tianfu District...Tianfu District Xiangwei Avenue," Jiang Qing was reading, and suddenly her eyes flashed. "Pull out the map for me to see."

Lin Nanyan clicked a few times and handed over the phone, and Jiang Qing skillfully enlarged it with both hands.

"really."

She raised her little face and said, "The Alleyway is one of the several roads that pass by Li Liang's house."