"A cell phone won't do. We'll buy one when you're in high school." There are some things Chen Xihua won't readily agree to just because Chen Xiaoliu is being cute and charming. She lightly patted the back of his head and went back to her room.
"Oh!" Chen Baohua tilted his head and pouted, but his face didn't show much displeasure. He was mentally prepared that his fifth sister probably wouldn't buy it, but he still wanted to ask, just in case!
Yesterday, he heard his third sister say that after she went to college in September, she could buy all kinds of pretty dresses, and she also wanted to buy a cell phone, so he was tempted for a moment.
Back in her room, Chen Xihua put down her bag and went to wash up. She had been away for more than half a month, visiting three different places, and was feeling a little tired, but not exhausted.
Half an hour later, she fell asleep immediately without chatting with her third and fourth sisters about bedtime gossip.
The next morning, when Chen Xiuhua, the fourth sister, went to make breakfast, Chen Meihua, the third sister, climbed off the bed and went to Chen Xihua's bedside, speaking mysteriously.
"Xiao Wu, yesterday morning, at the entrance of the family quarters, I saw a tall man asking about Chen Xiao Wu and some powerful Chen Erjie."
The man was wearing a black suit and sunglasses, with a blank expression, somewhat like a bodyguard in a movie.
He didn't look like a good person. I said there was no such person in the residential area, or maybe he moved away. I don't know. Some of the laid-off workers from the textile factory went back to their hometowns.
I was terrified and wanted to stay far away. I was also worried that you and that tomboy had gotten into a fight outside and offended someone.
I finally managed to get him to leave, and I don't know if he asked anyone else about it afterward.
"Ah?..." It was Chen Xiaoliu's exclamation.
"Xiao Bao, what's wrong?" Li Yumei asked worriedly from the dining room.
"Mother, it's alright!"
Third sister, did he ask you too?
Chen Baohua had just come in and was about to call his fifth sister for breakfast when he heard his third sister's words. He couldn't help but cry out in surprise. He quickly called out loudly to the door, then whispered to his third sister.
"Xiao Liu, you ran into her too?" Chen Xihua became more and more puzzled. Who could be asking about her?
She lifted the sheet with one hand, stretched out her legs, raised them slightly, and then forcefully lowered them. With a bit of momentum, her upper body sat up straight.
"Yes, after I called you, I ran into him when I got back to the residential area. He was asking about Aunt Zhao from the Lü family..." Chen Baohua told Chen Xihua everything that happened yesterday.
Around 11 a.m. yesterday, as Chen Baohua was about to return to the residential area, she saw the male bodyguard asking, "Auntie, hello, do you know anyone in the residential area who has a very pretty little girl named Chen Xiaowu?"
"You're pretty!? Are you looking for a boyfriend or a lover?" Aunt Zhao from the Lü family had a gossipy look on her face. Was there going to be a good show?
"Yes, are you looking for that vixen?" Wang Jiali asked jokingly.
Aunt Zhao and Li Juan immediately thought of the third daughter of the Chen family.
"No, no, please don't misunderstand. It was Miss Chen who saved my boss, and she asked me to find someone to repay her kindness. Do you have such a person here?"
The male bodyguard's face immediately paled. His young master had said they couldn't let anyone misunderstand the Chen sisters; they were his benefactors. But what were those two women looking at? They practically admitted they were in cahoots with the girl.
"Oh, is that so? No...no, we don't have anyone with the surname Chen here, and there's no pretty young lady named Xiao Wu." Aunt Zhao was very disappointed when she heard this.
However, the man's clothes look expensive, so his boss must be even richer. And he still wants to repay the Chen family? Haha, how could such a good thing fall into Li Yumei's lap?
Hmph, there's no such person in the family quarters!
“Yes, comrade, we don’t have anyone with the surname Chen here.” Li Juan, understanding immediately, knew what Sister Zhao meant and that was what she was thinking too, so she went along with it and denied it affirmatively.
"Okay, thank you!" The bodyguard had thought they had found someone, but seeing the two of them so confidently saying they weren't there, they probably weren't here.
The male bodyguard left the family area and walked away. After Aunt Zhao and Li Juan went home, he returned and happened to run into Chen Baohua, who had been looking around at the door for a while.
Chen Baohua waited on purpose. He had just noticed that the bodyguard looked a little flustered and had a fierce expression, so he was definitely not a good person.
Could it be that she's trying to find out where he lives so she can do something bad tonight, or maybe she's trying to kidnap my sisters? That's awful. My fifth sister always said we shouldn't let strangers know our family situation or address.
Chen Baohua was afraid that the bodyguard would come back and ask other people, so he waited, and sure enough, the man came back!
The male bodyguard wanted to ask one more person; he had already asked three people. One was a glamorous young woman who said no, and the other two older women also said no.
"Young man, is there a pretty young lady named Chen Xiaowu in your residential area?"
He saw that Chen Baohua was a child of about ten years old, and his face was a little excited. He thought that a child would not lie or deceive people.
"Uncle, are you looking for pretty young ladies? No, but we have handsome young men like me."
"I often hang out in the family quarters, but I haven't met any pretty girls. The girls here are all dark-skinned and ugly. Is it them?" Chen Baohua asked smugly, yet naively.
"Uh... is there a Chen family with five daughters?" The male bodyguard was taken aback, but fearing he might miss out, he asked for more details.
Wait a minute, wasn't that pretty girl he just saw? This brat is dark-skinned and ugly, no matter what.
The male bodyguard frowned, looking very suspicious.
"Young man, don't lie. I just saw a girl in a pink top walk into your residential area. She was very pretty." The bodyguard pretended to be serious and spoke in a low voice, trying to scare Chen Baohua.
"Oh, I know who Uncle is talking about. She's a vixen. That's what everyone says about her. Nobody says she's pretty!" Chen Baohua feigned surprise and looked at the male bodyguard, pretending not to understand.
But he was a little panicked. The pink top must belong to his third sister. Could this guy have his eye on her? How despicable!
"Are there any other girls as beautiful as that one? From the Chen family?" The male bodyguard, still not giving up, asked again to confirm.
"Oh dear, Uncle, who are you looking for? Everyone says there's no Chen family here. If you don't believe me, I'll go find my parents and you can ask them." Chen Baohua suddenly became very unhappy, like a child throwing a tantrum, as if accusing the bodyguard of not believing him!
"No, no need." The male bodyguard was a little nervous and waved his hands repeatedly. This brat didn't seem to be lying, and he had called his parents down. Could it be that they were complaining that he had bullied him?
I'll pass on that then. Besides, I've asked a lot of people and they all said no, so it must not be here.
The male bodyguard looked around again, not finding anyone else had entered, then pondered for a moment before turning and leaving.
"Chen Xiaoliu, who's the vixen?" Chen Meihua glared angrily at Chen Baohua, making a move to pinch his arm.
"Third sister, third sister, listen to me, wasn't that just to deceive that bad person?" Chen Baohua tried to appease her, then hid next to Chen Xihua and muttered, "Fifth sister said that third sister is a vixen."
"Pfft, haha... Not bad, Xiao Liu, Third Sister, you did a great job." After hearing Chen Xiao Liu's retelling, Chen Xihua almost burst out laughing. This little arrogance of Xiao Liu even calls himself a handsome guy!
Both Third Sister and Sixth Sister are now capable of acting. However, given their vigilance, she doesn't need to worry too much about them being scammed when they go out in the future.
Chen Xihua had already guessed that the Huo family must have come to Jiang City.
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