Commander He Zhigang, witnessing the scene unfold, questioned Political Commissar Tang Zhenbang, "What's going on here? What happened to this woman?"
Just as Tang Zhenbang was about to explain, he saw Gu Lingxiao arrive, so he said to the commander, "Let someone else explain this to you."
Gu Lingxiao first gave a military salute, and then said, "The situation is like this: this woman is the widow of a fallen soldier. A few years ago, she abandoned her child at the gate of the military base and then left. Now she has come back to ask for her child back."
He Zhigang wasn't stupid; he immediately understood what was going on, so he told them...
"Take care of the problem, then I'll go in!"
"Yes, Commander!" Gu Lingxiao saluted again.
Tang Zhenbang walked to Gu Lingxiao's side and said, "Take care of this person quickly, at least make sure nothing happens in the next few days."
Gu Lingxiao saluted again, "Understood, I will handle it properly."
Then I watched as they walked inside.
Seeing that everyone had left, Zhang Xuelian immediately burst into tears, crying, "Nobody cares anymore! Nobody cares anymore! You high-ranking officials don't care about me, I might as well just die!"
After saying that, he stood up and prepared to perform a banging-on-the-wall act for them.
Gu Lingxiao snapped at her retreating figure, "Alright, stop being unreasonable!"
Zhang Xuelian knew her chance had come, so she turned and walked over.
"Now can you tell me where the child is?"
"I adopted the child, and he's doing very well now, so please don't bother him!" Gu Lingxiao had no choice but to tell her the truth.
Zhang Xuelian never expected things to turn out this way. She thought the child would be sent to an orphanage or given to someone to raise, but she never imagined that Gu Lingxiao would be raising the child.
Thinking about the mess I made before, I do feel a little guilty.
But compared to the money, her guilt vanished instantly, and she straightened her back in a flash.
"I carried your child for ten months and raised it for nothing. Don't you think you should give me some compensation?"
Gu Lingxiao noticed that there were still people watching, so he gave them a look.
Then those people scattered and left, after all, this matter had caused quite a stir, even the leaders who came to visit knew about it.
After those people left, he asked, "Are you trying to get money from me?"
"If you don't want money, how can you expect me to marry you?" Zhang Xuelian said shamelessly. "I heard you're still unmarried. Why don't we just make do? Although I'm not as pretty as I used to be, I'm still a woman!" She patted her chest. "Besides, I have some assets. Isn't that what relationships between men and women are all about? And I'm the one who gave birth to the child. If you're thinking about the child, you should marry me!"
"Utterly shameless!" Gu Lingxiao looked at her with disgust. "Child, if you don't leave, I won't give you the money."
"Fine, you said that, then I'll strip you naked!" Zhang Xuelian said arrogantly. "Once this gets to the higher-ups, let's see who can protect you!"
Gu Lingxiao said, "Let me tell you, even if I don't wear these clothes anymore, you'll never get your child back, not in this lifetime!"
Seeing his firm attitude, Zhang Xuelian lost her confidence and tried to discuss it with him.
"Actually, I don't ask for much. Just give me 1,000 yuan, and I promise I'll never show my face in front of you again. You can't even meet that simple request!"
"Don't even think about it!" Gu Lingxiao felt that his patience had reached its limit and said coldly to her, "If you don't leave now, I'll send someone to arrest you right now!" After saying that, he raised his hand and waved to the gatekeeper.
Immediately, young soldiers ran over; they obeyed any leader's orders.
Moreover, they knew about this scandal at the entrance and had been wanting to intervene for a while.
When Zhang Xuelian saw Gu Lingxiao calling for help, her first reaction was to back away.
"You can't arrest me!"
Gu Lingxiao shouted at her, "This is a military stronghold. You, an ordinary person, cannot stay here. Please leave immediately!"
Zhang Xuelian knew that making a big fuss wouldn't be good, so she thought about it and decided to come up with another plan. Since the leaders already knew about it, she decided to soften her tone and talk to them.
"I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now, and I'll never bother you again!"
The young soldier had already rushed over to grab the person when Gu Lingxiao looked up to stop him.
The young soldier could only stop and did not go over to arrest the person.
Seeing that they weren't chasing after her, Zhang Xuelian turned and ran away quickly.
The young soldier said to Gu Lingxiao, "Captain, are we just going to let her go like this?"
“Go do your work!” Gu Lingxiao said.
The young soldier could only turn around, leave, and return to his post.
Gu Lingxiao stared in the direction Zhang Xuelian had left. This woman was insatiable; even if he gave her money, she would still ask for more.
Last time, the person they wanted to deal with was Song Weidong; this time, they want to deal with Zhang Xuelian.
The child is the bottom line. Even if I take off these clothes, I won't let her get any of the child's clothes on me.
This woman is rotten to the core; she's not a good mother at all. If the child falls into her hands, it's no different from if the child falls into the hands of that unscrupulous nanny.
At this moment, he really wanted to see Lu Zhixia. He looked up at the dim sky and guessed that they should have already eaten by now.
A tenement building.
Lu Zhixia took the braised beef out and put it in a basin to cool. Then she started cooking cold noodles. At this moment, a group of children surrounded her.
"Aunt Xia—" the little child called out in a childish voice.
Lu Zhixia could tell that the children were craving meat, but since the meat was too hot, she could only tell them, "Come back after you've played for a while, and I'll give each of you two slices of beef!"
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