"What's going on with Jiajia?"
Sangsang turned his head, puffed his cheeks a few times, and said, "Just like the pheasant in the yard, it was slaughtered."
"What nonsense!" Ningxia seemed to be meeting Sangsang for the first time. She didn't understand why she would compare human life with that of a pheasant and treat it with such disdain.
Sangsang looked at Ningxia stubbornly.
Ningxia looked at her seriously. "Why do you have such strong malice towards Xiaojie's sister? Your uncle Liu Jun and brother Xiaojie can't sleep all day because of her death. Is that right? Or is this Xiaojie's attitude?"
"Brother Xiaojie wouldn't do that! I don't like his sister!"
Things were more complicated than she'd imagined. Seeing Sangsang's anger, Ningxia regretted her late realization, letting the little girl get caught up in Xiaojie's negative emotions for so long. She even vaguely blamed Xiaojie.
Ningxia patiently counseled, "Sangsang, I don't care what you heard from your brother Xiaojie, but you shouldn't bear this alone!
You don't have to keep silent and process it all on your own just because you and Xiaojie agreed to keep it a secret. You're still young, you don't have that ability!
I am your parent, and I am not happy that he told you such unhappy things! Of course I am happy that you have many happy secrets, but I will not pry into them.
But Sangsang, you are unhappy now! I won’t allow you to be like this, and I won’t let Xiaojie use you as a scapegoat and tell you unhappy things all day long! "
Sangsang's tears fell, feeling very aggrieved. "Xia Xia! I'm unhappy every day! I'm so sad, sad for Brother Xiaojie... But I promised him not to tell..."
After listening to Ningxia's words, Lin Yi finally understood what was going on and clenched his fists.
Thinking of how Sangsang had to endure so many negative emotions alone, Ningxia's eyes became red with heartache.
She pulled him into her arms, her tone not particularly friendly, "Even if you don't tell me, I'll go get Xiaojie and ask him why he told you this!
"When his injury is a little better, I will send him to the sentry post. You are not allowed to have any contact with him anymore! I will not interfere in his affairs anymore! No matter whose son he is!"
Ningxia was just saying this out of anger. She knew very well that Xiaojie probably had never said anything bad to her given her personality. But although the little girl had a lot of bad habits, her ability to empathize was something that ordinary people didn't have.
She would look at things from a subjective perspective. Xiaojie and she had a good relationship, so she would naturally hate the bad people in Xiaojie's memories. In the long run, the pain in her heart would probably be no less than Xiaojie's.
No one noticed that in the corridor leading to the master bedroom, Xiao Jie leaned against the wall, his face pale and tear-stained. He had never expected that his unintentional confession would have such a great impact on Sang Sang.
He really couldn't find anyone to talk to. He was in so much pain. He missed his sister, but...
Sangsang comforted him every time, and he didn't expect that he would leave the little girl with so many bad emotions.
The guilt in my heart surged up my throat like a tidal wave. He really is... a disaster...
Ignoring the pain from the wound on his back, he held on to the wall and walked out of the dark corridor and back into the light of the living room.
"Sister Xia..." The voice was barely audible.
Ningxia looked up and saw his face was covered with tears. He must have heard a lot. She didn't respond, but gave Lin Yi a look.
Lin Yi reluctantly stood up and supported Xiaojie, who seemed like he could fall at any time.
"Sorry." Xiaojie's voice was filled with pain.
Lin Yi's hands froze, and his lips pursed even tighter. Without a word, he led the man to the sofa and sat him down. He carefully placed a soft pillow behind him and covered his legs with a blanket before returning to his seat.
With his cold body wrapped in a soft and warm blanket, Xiao Jie felt even more guilty, and the feeling of regret almost drowned him.
"Sangbao...I'm sorry..."
Sangsang shook her head vigorously: "Brother Xiaojie..." Her voice was full of worry.
Xiaojie gave her a comforting smile.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Ningxia tried to make her tone colder.
Xiao Jie's eyelids trembled, and he whispered: "My name is Liu Wenjie, my home is on the grassland in the south of the desert, I..." Xiao Jie seemed to not know how to start, or perhaps the memories were too painful, he paused for a long time.
"That night...the gang put drugs in our dinner. Jiajia and I were out playing so we missed dinner. They knew my father was a tough guy, so they had no intention of kidnapping us.
I heard a noise in the middle of the night... Jia Jia grabbed me, saying she was scared and asking if I could not go. But I refused to listen and insisted on getting up to see what was going on.
Jia Jia was worried about me, so she followed me. But not long after, they found us... They took Jia Jia away! They knocked me out, they..." Xiao Jie closed his eyes in pain, letting the tears flow. His sister's cold and broken body seemed to be right in front of him.
"They were worried that my father and his companions would wake up and catch up, so they planned to travel overnight. When I woke up, I bit quite a few people, but I still couldn't save the other children..."
When Xiaojie said this, he hugged his head and sobbed.
Sangsang stepped forward and placed her small hand on his big hand. "Brother Xiaojie, don't be sad! It's all the fault of those bad guys!"
Ningxia's eyes were red, and she finally couldn't bear to stop Sangsang.
Xiaojie was lost in the memories of that night for a long time, and it seemed as if he heard the whispers of the devil in his ears.
"Brother, this damned brat is really vicious! I'm going to take him out and kill him!"
"Okay, let's not waste time, let's get going! If those guys catch up with us, we won't be able to hold them back!"
"What if he goes back and reports the news?"
"You've already thrown him into such a deep pit, and you hit him on the head before. He won't live long. Let me tell you, the buyer of this batch of goods has been asking for it for a long time, and we spent so much effort to get it. Tighten your belt! What kind of woman won't you be attracted to later?"
Knowing that his elder brother was referring to the girl he had just accidentally killed, the man chuckled, "No, no, I've had enough! Besides, you know I like this! Anyway, it's not ours, it just came to our door on its own."
The man glanced at him but said nothing.
At the bottom of a two-meter-deep pit, Xiao Jie vaguely felt the sound above him grow increasingly distant. When he regained consciousness, it was still dark, and it was clear that not much time had passed.
He finally crawled out of the pit after scratching his fingernails. He turned around and looked in the direction of Jiajia, "Jiajia, wait for your brother to come back and take you home!"
The thirteen-year-old boy, driven by grief, walked through the woods for a whole day and night, following the group's trail. Finally, unable to hold on any longer, he collapsed. When he woke up again, he was already in the military camp.
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