Chapter 464 You're so easily bullied...

Arno opened the gate and, upon seeing Song Yuanzhi, frowned and asked, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

Song Yuanzhi smiled and introduced himself.

He said clearly and forcefully, "I'm looking for Li Banxia."

"oh."

Arno suddenly realized, "You're my aunt's cousin. I've heard my aunt mention you before. My grandma and I work at your house. Come in quickly, I'll go to the back and call them. They're all in the vegetable garden right now."

"Thank you for your trouble." Song Yuanzhi nodded politely.

Arno smiled, turned around, and quickly walked through the hall to the backyard.

Song Yuanzhi carried the gifts, closed the courtyard gate, and went inside. He stood in front of the hall and looked up at the couplets on the left and right sides.

A moment later, footsteps approached from afar.

He looked down and happened to see Li Banxia walking out of the passageway.

Li Banxia squinted slightly, meeting Song Yuanzhi's gaze in the light and shadow.

The last time the two met was in Shanghai, when they were helping the third brother get medical treatment. When they saw Song Yuanzhi again, he looked even thinner and more frail than before.

He was standing with his back to the light, so his facial expression was not clearly visible.

Li Banxia paused for a moment, then quickly walked out, greeting him with a smile, "Why are you back on vacation now? Did you go home to visit? Your second uncle and aunt were talking about you when you last went back..."

When Song Yuanzhi saw her, he couldn't stop smiling.

Answering Li Banxia's questions one by one, "I went home and checked on them. My aunt and uncle are both in good health..."

He paused for a moment before answering Li Banxia's previous question.

"...I changed careers."

Li Banxia's smile froze, her expression changed, and she looked at Song Yuanzhi, "You've changed careers? Your second uncle and aunt agreed? With such a bright future ahead of you, why would you change careers? Song Yuanzhi, you'd better give up on this idea as soon as possible..."

"Pinellia ternata".

Song Yuanzhi sighed softly and said with a smile, "I've already transferred. I'm working at a nearby police station, and today is my first day reporting for duty."

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

"Song Yuanzhi, are you insane?!"

She stared at him in disbelief. "Do you know what you're doing? You've worked hard for over a decade, and now you're telling me you've wiped it all out? How can someone as smart as you do such stupid things?! Tell me why!"

Seeing that she was angry, Song Yuanzhi panicked a little. His mouth, which could usually coax the poisonous clam into obeying, suddenly didn't know what to say to tell her not to be angry. His mind went blank.

All he said was, "Don't be angry."

Li Banxia glared at him.

She was so angry with him!

Why give up a promising future and switch careers?

Did he get his brain caught in a door?!

Li Banxia, ​​her face cold, was about to say something when Le Bao'er and Mingwa suddenly ran out from the hallway, surrounded Li Banxia, ​​looked at Song Yuanzhi, and asked him, "Who are you? What are you doing at my house?"

Song Yuanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and introduced himself.

The two children exclaimed, "I know you! You're Yuanzhi's great-uncle! Dad told me about you, saying you're a sharpshooter, you can hit anything you point at, you're amazing!"

Le Bao'er patted her little chest proudly and said, "Mingwa is good too. I'm really good at climbing trees, and Mingwa is super fast at running. Arno said that when we encounter bad guys, one of us will climb a tree and the other will run away. That way, the bad guys won't be able to catch us..."

Song Yuanzhi smiled and praised them, "You guys are really amazing. Your great-uncle can't be a sharpshooter anymore, he's not as good as you guys."

"Why?" Le Bao'er asked, blinking her big eyes.

Song Yuanzhi glanced quickly at Li Banxia, ​​pursed his lips, and said, "I injured my hand when I was catching bad guys, so I can't hold a gun anymore."

Upon hearing this, Li Banxia immediately looked at his left and right hands.

When I noticed that he was holding his right hand naturally with his left hand in front of him, my heart skipped a beat.

Le Bao'er exclaimed, "That must hurt a lot, right?"

Song Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment.

She chuckled and shook her head. "It's been a long time. It doesn't hurt anymore. I don't feel anything."

Le Bao'er said "Oh," and turned to Li Banxia, ​​saying, "Grandma, let's stew some chicken feet for Uncle. Uncle says you are what you eat to replenish your body..."

“But chicken feet are for nourishing chicken feet, not human hands,” Mingwa said from the side.

Le Bao'er frowned in distress. "What should we do? Where can we find a human hand to stew for Grandpa?"

Song Yuanzhi, “…”

Li Banxia was exasperated and called out to the person behind her, "Arno."

"They're here."

Arno jogged over and looked at Li Banxia, ​​"Auntie?"

“Take them both to the back. I need to talk to your Uncle Yuanzhi for a bit,” Li Banxia said.

Arno exclaimed "Hey!" and led the two away, one in each hand.

As Le Bao'er was leaving, she waved to Song Yuanzhi, "Uncle, I'll go find some people for you..."

After everyone left, Li Banxia stared at his right hand.

He asked, "How badly is it injured? Let me see it."

Song Yuanzhi obediently responded with an "oh," took two steps forward, and presented his right hand to Li Banxia with his left.

Several fingers, as if freed from restraint, drooped naturally.

Li Banxia's heart sank. She grabbed his right hand, pulled it up, and saw the unnaturally pale skin on his forearm. Her expression turned even more unpleasant.

He pinched his vital point and pressed down, but there was no reaction.

I tried to take his pulse, but there was nothing there!

"...The meridians are severed?"

Li Banxia couldn't believe it and looked up at Song Yuanzhi.

Song Yuanzhi nodded.

A wave of sadness washed over Li Banxia's eyes in an instant. "What did the military hospital say? Is there absolutely no chance?"

Song Yuanzhi shook his head.

Li Banxia's eyes instantly reddened.

How did you get hurt?

Song Yuanzhi hesitated for a moment and said, "I was injured in the explosion while I was escaping after blowing up the enemy's stronghold as an undercover agent."

Li Banxia made a move with zero frames, slapping Song Yuanzhi's arm.

"A wise man doesn't stand under a crumbling wall, Song Yuanzhi. Don't you always like to use that phrase to shut me up? What were you doing back then?!"

Song Yuanzhi stood still, watching as Li Banxia's eyes reddened, and she whispered, like a child who had made a mistake, "...I'm sorry."

Li Banxia couldn't bring herself to deliver the second slap.

It felt like something was blocking her chest, making it hard for her to breathe and causing her great discomfort.

She slowly exhaled and said, "Then you don't need to transfer back to civilian life. Staying in the army as a civilian employee is better than being outside. You're like this... you're easily bullied."

Song Yuanzhi hummed in agreement.

"Today, I was given a hard time by a team leader surnamed Zhu from the station, and their station chief even tried to sow discord between me and Team Leader Zhu. I think I accidentally offended them all..."

Li Banxia frowned as she listened, looking at him.

He asked, "Is the Captain Zhu you mentioned named Zhu Jialiang?"

Song Yuanzhi blinked twice. "Is that his name? Do you know him?"

"...Is the director's surname Lü?"

"Uh-huh."

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

She recalled that at lunchtime, the third brother was still complaining that he didn't know which powerful figure from the army had snatched Zhu Jialiang's sure-fire deputy director position; it turned out to be someone from their family.