Gong An hadn't arrived yet, but Zhou Wenyan came first. He was resting and rushed over as soon as he received the news.
Grandma Zhou clung tightly to Zhou Wenyan's trouser leg as if she had seen a lifeline.
"Wen Yan, please save your uncle! He's innocent! It's that school cafeteria that's heartless; they dare to serve spoiled food to people!"
Zhou Wenyan's handsome brows furrowed into a knot, and his voice was icy cold.
"Let go of his grip. He has to take responsibility for what he did. I'm here to pick up my parents. They won't be helping me anymore."
Grandma Zhou raised her eyebrows and shouted, as if the louder she shouted, the more innocent she would be, "What could he have done? He didn't do anything! How could you be so cold-blooded and stand by and do nothing?"
"Since nothing has been done, we can just wait for the police to investigate. What's the rush?"
"You're in such a hurry, people who don't know the situation will think you're trying to cover something up."
Zhou Wenyan replied slowly and deliberately, his tone laced with sarcasm. It was clear that he really disliked this grandmother, suggesting that there was more to their family story.
Shishi beckoned to Xiaoshi and whispered a few words in his ear. Xiaoshi slipped through the crowd and went to the back of the shop again, returning a few minutes later.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother, so Shishi gave this opportunity to her eldest daughter to shine.
After hearing the retelling, Da Liu was in a great mood. He ran to Zhou Wenyan with his short legs and opened his little arms for a hug.
"Brother Zhou, I have something very important to tell you."
Zhou Wenyan then noticed the little one and turned around to look...
Goodness, the whole family came, even the ones in diapers.
The older children in the group of kids, who were probably their elders, all had the same gossipy expression, showing no signs of anger or frustration at being slandered, but rather quite relaxed.
See? This is what it means for the innocent to clear themselves.
Then, comparing himself to his good-for-nothing uncle and aunt, he felt so guilty that his head was practically touching his chest. Was this the innocence the old woman was talking about?
He bent down and picked up Da Liu, whose little mouth immediately came close to his ear.
"Brother, ask your grandma two questions: how much is the gold pig necklace that your mom sold when she brought it home worth? And where did the little yellow fish she hid come from?"
The key point is summed up in one sentence.
What do you mean by taking it home and raising it?
It was clearly a matter of entrusting an orphan to someone.
Zhou Wenyan was very astute; he immediately grasped the key point. Regardless of whether the old woman was dirty or not, he dragged her to a corner and asked her the questions posed by Da Liu.
Sure enough, his guilty expression revealed something.
"So, you didn't support my mother; instead, my mother supported your whole family and was exploited by you, treated like a beast of burden." The tone was assertive.
Grandma Zhou retorted, “So what if it is? Your mother was so young back then. Without me, she wouldn’t have survived no matter how much money she had. No matter what, it’s a fact that I raised her.”
Zhou Wenyan sneered, "Is that so? Since you raised her, then return the gold pig necklace and the little yellow fish in full."
"You can easily manipulate my mother, but I'm not stupid."
“You can use the debt of raising me to blackmail me. I’ll spread the word and let everyone see how ugly you are, and let everyone see how your precious son is sucking the blood of your adopted daughter.”
"You dare?" Grandma Zhou was furious, as if she wanted to devour Zhou Wenyan. She felt that glaring at him wasn't enough, so she included Da Liu in the list as well.
Big Six swatted at it with its paw, "Ouch, a mosquito!"
"You little brat, you dare hit me? You're asking for it."
Grandma Zhou had just raised her hand when a strong hand grasped it, and cold, chilling words struck her heart.
"You dare touch her and I guarantee I'll break your son's legs so badly they're beyond repair."
"I'm a nurse, I know how to make someone wish they were dead. Do you want to try?"
Grandma Zhou's heart skipped a beat. "You, you wouldn't dare."
She bet that Zhou Wenyan wouldn't dare ruin his future, but then she saw the beauty smiling brightly.
"As long as there's no evidence, isn't that enough? Just like how you treat my mother, you can do whatever you want, but others can't do the same?"
"Brother, we can still do it on the 30th." Da Liu held up three fingers, recommending a good day.
Zhou Wenyan asked with great interest, "What thirty?"
"Double it up! She did the first day of the month, you do the fifteenth, then the thirtieth, double the revenge!"
"For example, as you just said, if you break one leg on the fifteenth, then break the other leg on the thirtieth. The pain will be doubled, and the suffering will last a lifetime."
The little boy was counting on his fingers, talking about the most dangerous things as if he were reading a picture book. Grandma Zhou's face turned pale as she listened.
"So vicious at such a young age, is this how your family raised you? You ill-mannered little brat."
The six-year-old stood tall and straight, full of confidence and self-assurance.
My maternal grandmother taught me to be reasonable, my maternal grandfather taught me to fight back when I was beaten and not to suffer losses, my maternal great-grandfather taught me to punch and kick bad guys, and my mother taught me...
"In short, I have a mother who gave me life and a father who raised me. I am more moral than you old geezer. I won't take what belongs to others and then turn around and blame them, trying to manipulate them with fabricated debts of gratitude."
Grandma Zhou was furious. "This little brat has such a sharp tongue. Be careful she grows up and nobody will want her."
"You old hag, you have such a foul mouth and people still want you? I'm beautiful and kind-hearted, I'm sure lots of people want me, humph."
The little one's sharp tongue never fails, a perfect inheritance from her father.
Zhou Wenyan was amused by her oil-spout-shaped mouth, his eyes sparkling, and all his anger vanished.
Are all the lessons in the preschool class this advanced? The little guy is saying one word after another, without repeating any.
He flicked her little nose, then, without looking at the old woman who was fuming with anger, walked out of the shop.
Just then, Gong An arrived, and unsurprisingly, it was his old partner, Li Huanian.
The matter is actually very simple and cannot stand up to scrutiny: the shop owner simply gave customers food he brought back from the cafeteria without explaining the possibility of food incompatibility.
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