Chapter 75: Really Incorrigible
"Let's go home first."
Chu Mingzhou went into the house and carried Chu Mingyu into the car. The little guy was still humming in a daze, and had no idea what was going on.
Chu Minglan felt very uneasy sitting in the car. Looking at the grand ceremony in front of her, she seemed to know that she had made a big mistake...
When I got home, there were two people waiting at the door. They were Lu Qing and Captain Xu.
It was so cold that even though they were wearing military coats, their lips turned purple from the cold.
"Hey, I'm finally back!"
Lin Anan was the first to step forward and open the door.
Before Chu Mingyu woke up, Chu Mingzhou carried him back to his room.
Everyone was sitting in the main hall, looking at Chu Minglan.
Captain Xu: "What on earth is going on? Sister Lan, you are usually very calm, how could you do such a stupid thing? Do you know how many people are out looking for you..."
Chu Minglan lowered her head and her little shoulders shook, obviously she was crying.
Lin Anan looked at Chu Minglan's aggrieved and frightened look, feeling distressed and helpless. She sighed softly, walked over and sat next to Chu Minglan, put her arm around her shoulders, and said softly, "Xiaolan, don't cry. Tell us what happened first. Sister-in-law knows that you are a sensible child and you definitely didn't do it on purpose. Tell us the details and we'll see how to solve this problem together."
Chu Minglan sobbed, raised her tear-stained face, and choked up and said, "Sister-in-law, Xiaoyu and I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables this morning, and we met Sister Tongtong. She was so enthusiastic, helping us carry vegetables and buying us candy.
She said your birthday is coming soon and she wants to prepare a birthday surprise for you, so she asked us to help. "
Chu Minglan was talking, as if choked by her own tears. She swallowed and wiped her tears. "I didn't agree at first, but she kept pulling us, saying that if we didn't go, it would mean we didn't care about sister-in-law. She said that this was her first birthday after getting married, and it was very important..."
Lin Zihuai listened at the side and breathed a sigh of relief: "See, sister, this is just a misunderstanding. Tongtong really just wanted to celebrate your birthday. She didn't mean anything else. We wronged her."
Chu Minglan didn't comment and glanced at Lin An'an. "I didn't know you came out to see me, sister-in-law. Sister Mingming Tongtong said...she said it was agreed with you, so I agreed. Later, she took me to the department store, where we shopped for a long time and bought a lot of things. Then we went to her new home, and then...my brother came."
Captain Xu's face was very ugly, his brows were furrowed, he looked at Lin Anan, and said in a serious tone: "This is simply nonsense! How dare you joke about children, who are these relatives of yours?"
Lin Anan opened her mouth and felt extremely bitter.
But she never likes to suffer such a loss!
"Captain Xu, Jiang Tong is indeed my fellow villager, but she is not my relative, let alone my sister! Her relationship with the Chu family is even more superficial. She is not even close to the extent of taking the child away without saying a word."
Lin Anan looked at Captain Xu and spoke word for word, very seriously.
Captain Xu was stunned!
"I didn't say anything about you, so you don't have to rush to distance yourself from me. After all, you are a family."
Lin Anan: “…”
Lin Anan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. "Captain Xu, I'm not trying to distance myself from the matter. I just want to make the facts clear. Jiang Tong's behavior this time was inappropriate. No matter what excuse she made, she took the two children away without telling the family. This is unacceptable!"
Lin Zihuai looked at Lin Anan as if she were a stranger. He stood up, shook his head and took a step back. "Just a fellow villager? Sister, is it that serious? This was originally a misunderstanding. You just need to explain it. No one will blame you! In order to save your own face, you even don't recognize Tongtong?"
Lin Anan clenched her fists!
His chest heaved with anger, "Lin Zihuai!"
"How can you be so confused! This is not just a matter of face? This is about the safety of the two children! It's a blessing that they can come back safely today, but what if something unexpected happens? Jiang Tong took them away privately and made us worry for a whole day. This is wrong in itself. Why can't you see clearly?"
Lin Zihuai pursed his lips, still looking unacceptable, "Tongtong said it all, she just wanted to give you a surprise, maybe she was careless and didn't have time to tell you, what you are doing now is equivalent to pushing her to a dead end! Sister, you were not like this before, how come you have become so cruel?"
Captain Xu raised his hand impatiently, "Okay, stop echoing this. The child is back, and I don't want to say anything more."
Chu Mingzhou frowned, his face terribly gloomy, and he shouted, "Lin Zihuai, shut up! You didn't believe at first that it was Jiang Tong who took Lan Jie'er and the others away, and you even tried to stop us from looking for them.
Now you keep saying that Jiang Tong's mistake was unintentional, but have you ever thought about who would take the responsibility if the two children were really in danger today? As a soldier, can't you tell right from wrong?"
Lu Qing also nodded, "Zihuai, please stop talking and don't be so emotional. We can't just rely on your subjective assumptions on this matter. We have to look at the objective facts! No matter what Jiang Tong's starting point is, her approach is indeed inappropriate. Now that the Security Department has intervened, we just have to wait for the results of the investigation, and then everything will be clear."
"Tongtong is not that kind of person! Investigating like this will only ruin her reputation. It's not easy for a little girl like her to be here. It's fine if you don't take care of her, but why do you have to embarrass her?"
Lin Zihuai refused to listen.
Chu Minglan looked at the tense scene and began to sob softly again. She pulled Lin Anan's clothes and said in a crying voice: "Sister-in-law, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone with Sister Tongtong. I shouldn't have made everyone angry. Please stop arguing, okay?"
Lin Anan looked at Chu Minglan's frightened expression, hugged her in her arms distressedly, and patted Chu Minglan's back gently, "Xiaolan, don't cry, it's not your fault, you were also deceived, no one blames you."
How could you have the heart to scold a little girl who was only eleven years old and had just gone through all that?
As she spoke, Lin Anan looked at Lin Zihuai again, her eyes full of disappointment, "Zihuai, I hope you can calm down and think carefully, and stop blindly defending Jiang Tong. This matter is not that simple. Mom asked you to put me first, so why don't you believe me at all?"
Lin Zihuai lowered his eyes and didn't respond. He clenched his teeth and felt very confused.
He felt that Jiang Tong would not do such a bad thing, but, but what if it was like what his sister said...what if?
When Chu Mingzhou spoke again, he was talking to Captain Xu, "Uncle Xu, Jiang Tong has had little contact with our family. She has only come to my house twice. One time was when she just got off the train, and the second time was to ask me to be her guarantor. She said she wanted to apply for employee housing, but An An refused."
Captain Xu is a shrewd man, how could he not know that Chu Mingzhou was pointing fingers at him?
He is blaming himself and his wife!
Chu Mingzhou's meaning was very clear. Lin Anan's actions were not to distance herself from the matter, but because she was really annoyed with Jiang Tong. She did not welcome her and would not help her.
Captain Xu glanced at Lin Anan, then at Chu Mingzhou. He seemed to understand something and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
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