A week after He Jiefang made the call, Chen's father finally arrived from hundreds of miles away. Everyone felt sad when they saw his exhausted appearance.

"I knew you hadn't finished work yet, so I squatted at the door and waited for a while." Seeing He Jiefang and Qian Meili in the crowd, Chen Guoxiong knew that this group of people were the educated youth who had gone to the countryside with him, so he immediately stood up and greeted them.

Perhaps because he was in a hurry, Chen Guoxiong had a strange smell on his body, but no one was disgusted. He Jiefang even stepped forward immediately, unlocking the door while greeting Chen Guoxiong, "Uncle Chen, you're really fast."

Chen Guoxiong smiled, then picked up the luggage on the ground and followed everyone into the house.

Du Jiang walked at the back. She looked at Chen Guoxiong's back and thought that Qian Meili would not be able to cook tonight. As expected, as soon as she entered the main house, Chen Guoxiong went straight to the main room, "Meili, Jiefang, do you have any empty rooms here? I want to ask about the specific situation."

Bai Yongjun and his men had already gone into the boys' dormitory, so it was difficult to chase them out. Facing Qian Meili's pleading gaze, Du Jiang said nonchalantly, "I'll go cook. You guys talk."

Hearing this, Qian Meili looked at Du Jiang gratefully, and then took He Jiefang and Chen Guoxiong to the west room.

In the kitchen, Huo Yang, who had nothing to do, was helping Du Jiang light the fire. Looking at Du Jiang, who was mixing the batter with lowered brows, Huo Yang suddenly said, "Don't you want to know what they said?"

"Ah," Du Jiang said, looking up at Huo Yang blankly. "What's there to be curious about? It's nothing more than seeking justice for my daughter or something else. But these are their business and have nothing to do with me. Why should I be curious?"

"I'm not curious, but you followed Qian Meili to attend the wedding of someone you've never met before. You're really bold."

Du Jiang shrugged at this. "Should I refuse? Besides, I really didn't want to go to work that day, and I just happened to have a ready-made excuse."

Du Jiang's explanation was reasonable, so Huo Yang didn't ask any more questions and continued to burn the fire.

Du Jiang looked at him a few more times before going back to making the batter. Uh, no, it should be dough, but for some reason it seemed like he added too much water. Du Jiang was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Huo Yang had never cooked before and didn't realize the problem. So when the last of the wild vegetable porridge came out of the pot, he, who was usually calm, showed surprise for the first time. He pointed at the pot of porridge in the pot and asked in disbelief, "Is this porridge?"

Uh, Du Jiang was a little embarrassed, "It's cooked."

Huo Yang was speechless after hearing this. He looked at the thick paste in the pot that was so thick that it could only be cut with chopsticks. Then he looked at Du Jiang, who had an embarrassed expression, and touched the tip of his nose. "Forget it, let's eat."

So the thin soup originally prepared in the evening was turned into a thick porridge as the main course, paired with the sausage and a serving of leeks and eggs provided by Chen Guoxiong. After all, there were guests coming, so it was considered a sumptuous meal.

However, after everyone sat down, Du Jiang was a little worried, fearing that someone would say there was something wrong with the meal. Fortunately, everyone's attention was on Chen Guoxiong. As for the meal, it didn't matter as long as it could fill their stomachs.

After the meal, Chen Guoxiong took out several gifts from the luggage he brought with him and distributed them to everyone. Because Du Jiang and Qian Meili were girls, he gave each of them half a pound of brown sugar. Huo Yang and the others each gave a bottle of canned fruit. At this point, he gave Qian Meili and He Jiefang an extra half a pound of fruit hard candy each.

Both Huo Yang and Xu Zhizhou expressed their unworthiness in receiving the reward, but Chen Guoxiong pushed back, "Although you didn't go, Jiefang and Meili did. The unity of your educated youth group is well-known in the village. Otherwise, the other party would come knocking on our door. If anything happens to these two children because of my Xiaozhen, then my Chen family will be the culprit. This is what you deserve."

A few words of gratitude made everyone realize that they could not refuse this gift, and they all expressed their gratitude.

After sitting down again, Chen Guoxiong sighed with emotion, "It's my fault for not educating my daughter well. If I had stopped it, perhaps this incident wouldn't have happened today. The child was spoiled by us." His honest and kind face was now full of bitterness, "Don't worry, this matter won't involve you. I'll leave soon. I met Xiaozhen in the town this afternoon. I'll go back to Xiazhuang Village to meet Zhou Changrui. We should have an understanding of this matter." As he spoke, Chen Guoxiong stood up. With his slightly gray temples, he stood straight at this time, but if you looked closely, you could still see that his back was slightly hunched, as if something heavy was pressing on him and he couldn't straighten himself.

"Uncle Chen, it's already evening. You want to go to Xiazhuang Village? That's the Zhuang family's base camp," He Jiefang was the first to object. The group of villagers last time really left a deep impression on him.

Qian Meili: "Yes, Uncle Chen, why don't we rest here for one night and wait until tomorrow morning."

Xu Zhizhou and the others also said that they could sleep at night if they squeezed together.

The only two people present who didn't speak were Du Jiang and Huo Yang. Du Jiang didn't know what to say, while Huo Yang seemed to be thinking about something.

So after Chen Guoxiong refused again, he finally said, "Uncle Zhou is here too, right? If I'm guessing correctly, he should be in Xiazhuang Village now."

"Hahaha, no wonder your Uncle Zhou said on the way that you would be able to guess it, you are worthy of being the son of the old leader", Chen Guoxiong laughed, "Don't worry, although your Uncle Zhou and I have been retired for many years, what we lack the least is comrades-in-arms. That bastard actually dared to kidnap me and Xiaozhen in the name of love, so he must endure the revenge from a father", the gnashing of teeth in his look made Du Jiang have no doubt that if Zhou Changrui stood in front of him at this time, this Uncle Chen would certainly pounce on him and tear him to pieces without any hesitation.

"Then you should be careful. There's no need to risk yourself for a few scumbags."

Chen Guoxiong didn't say anything else. He just stepped forward and tried to pat Huo Yang's shoulder. Unfortunately, he was a head taller than Huo Yang, so he ended up patting his arm. "Remember to talk to your family more often. They miss you very much."

"I know, Uncle Chen"

"Gone"

Chen Guoxiong left in a very casual manner, just like his sudden appearance in the evening. He came and went in a hurry. If there had not been half a pound of extra brown sugar on the shelf, Du Jiang would have doubted whether this person had really been there.

That night, neither Du Jiang nor Qian Meili could sleep. They tossed and turned, lying face to face in bed, speechless for a long time.

In the end, Qian Meili couldn't help but speak first, "Du Jiang, what do you think Uncle Chen and the others are going to do about Zhou Changrui and the banker?"

"I don't know," Du Jiang's voice was very soft and gentle in the dark night, calming down Qian Meili, who was anxious in her heart. "Yeah, how would you know? Forget it, I'd better go to bed early. I think I will have the answer tomorrow."