Chapter 22: Words like "Love and Devotion" are even mentioned
"Why are you not sleeping at night?"
Song Yunqing immediately let go, kept some distance, and pulled Xiao Jinchuan to squat in the grass.
"Shh, don't make any noise."
Just as Xiao Jinchuan was about to speak, Song Yunqing covered his mouth with his hand, and a faint fragrance penetrated his nostrils.
"Where are the people? Are you dazzled? There are no people there."
Two flashlights flashed back and forth, and Song Yunqing quietly moved back.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Song Yunqing's heart was in his throat.
"The bucket is still here, why is the person gone?"
Xiao Jinchuan didn't understand: "Why should we hide?"
This sound immediately attracted the attention of two patrolmen.
"Here I am. I want to see who is not sleeping and wandering around so late at night!"
Two patrolmen each pressed down on the other man's shoulders and pressed hard, "Turn around!"
Song Yunqing felt that he had lost all his face in this life, and could only turn around as they requested.
The flashlight was shining on my face, making it hard for me to open my eyes. Don't worry, maybe they don't recognize them at all.
Unexpectedly, a surprised voice sounded the next second.
"Deputy Captain Xiao, Miss Song, why are you here?"
Song Yunqing was completely desperate. People are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat!
She looked at Xiao Jinchuan with despair, only to see that he looked calm, without the slightest sign of embarrassment at being caught.
"I see. You must be out here to admire the moon, right?"
Song Yunqing laughed heartily: "You are absolutely right, we are out here just to see the moon."
One of them had an "I knew it" expression on his face: "I was saying it, the moonlight is so beautiful tonight, they must be out here talking about love, using the sky as a blanket, and making love..."
Before he could finish his words, another punched him on the back, causing him to stagger forward: "Are you trying to kill yourself? Why are you hitting me?"
"If I don't hit you again, I'll say everything I should and shouldn't say."
"What do you mean by something you shouldn't say? It's a new word I learned."
"Okay, shut up."
Song Yunqing looked at them speechlessly. They had even talked about lovemaking, so were they learning serious lyrics?
"By the way, what's going on with this bucket? Do you need our help?"
Song Yunqing quickly waved his hands: "No, no, we're just going out for a walk and getting some water."
"I see."
Xiao Jinchuan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up: "Why are you patrolling here? Aren't they usually on the main road over there?"
"In reply to Deputy Captain Xiao, we've been seeing a figure scurrying around lately during patrols, but we haven't caught it once. We're worried it might cause trouble, so we've increased the patrol area."
Xiao Jinchuan nodded: "Thank you for your hard work!"
The two brothers immediately became excited: "Serving the people is not hard!"
Song Yunqing waited until the two people left before patting his chest and said in fear: "I didn't do anything, why do I feel like I was caught in an affair?"
Xiao Jinchuan turned sideways to look at her: "Actually, I've always been curious."
"What are you curious about?"
"Aren't we just here to get water? Why are we hiding?"
The smile on Song Yunqing's face froze, and it was obvious that his mind was racing.
But it took him a long time to utter: "If you don't take care of this!"
God knows why her first reaction was to hide.
Maybe it’s because when I was in school, I always liked to eat fried skewers from the back door after evening self-study. The school was strict about it and they were afraid that I would get sick from eating too much.
So Song Yunqing began a life of fighting wits and courage with the school security guards.
She was alert and ran fast, so the security guards never caught her.
"Damn muscle memory. I want to hide as soon as the flashlight flashes. It hasn't disappeared after all these years."
“But I’m a little greedy!”
Xiao Jinchuan held the bucket in his hand and listened to Song Yunqing mumbling.
"What are you talking about?"
"Ah, nothing, nothing."
The two of them walked slowly to the door. Suddenly, Xiao Jinchuan looked in one direction and ran over quickly.
Yao Xinjie was bending over to pick up stones when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.
"Keep throwing!"
Xiao Jinchuan's voice was colder than the sea water: "Why don't you throw it away?"
Then a series of pig-slaughtering screams rang out.
"Ahhh, let go, let go, what are you doing!!"
Song Yunqing was shocked and hurriedly followed.
Xiao Jinchuan was seen holding the man's wrist with one hand and a stone in the other.
The man bent to one side in pain, his facial features twisted in struggle.
"Let go. What kind of hero is this sneak attack?"
Xiao Jinchuan exerted force on his hands, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.
"So it was you who threw rocks at our house for three days in a row?"
"I thought it was something dirty!"
She had never seen this person before, but he would come and smash their roof every night without fail because of some grudge or hatred.
"You are the dirty one!"
At dawn, Yao Xinjie was tied to a banyan tree outside the camp, surrounded by onlookers in three layers.
"Yao Dalaizi, what bad things have you done that people have discovered?"
"Bah, I only do good things!"
"Good thing? You ate our chicken. I don't know what kind of person you are."
Yao Xinjie laughed disdainfully, "I already told you, your chicken was stuck in the fence. It was already dead when I saw it. I was just trying to help it."
"You're helping it just to make it into beggar's chicken?"
Yao Xinjie nodded solemnly: "Yes, it smells very good!"
The man turned away angrily and said to the onlookers, "He's a real scoundrel. It looks like he offended someone this time, so he was kidnapped!"
Yao Xinjie didn't feel embarrassed at all. He held his head high, as if being tied under the banyan tree was an honor.
Xiao Jinchuan came out of the camp only after most people on the island had arrived. Everyone around him consciously made way for him.
Until he walked in front of Yao Xinjie.
Yao Xinjie's calves were trembling. To be honest, he had dealt with leaders before, but he had never felt this kind of oppression from Captain Wang.
He is a friendly person and is always kind even to himself.
This person is right in front of you. If you get closer, you can feel the terrifying feeling about him.
"Do you know you're wrong?"
Yao Xinjie still insisted: "What did I do wrong?"
The people around him understood instantly: "It turns out that Yao Xinjie has offended Deputy Headman Xiao!"
"Then he's hit a wall. I heard that Deputy Commander Xiao is notoriously ruthless, strict in his military discipline, and meticulous in his own work."
"Now we're going to have a good show!"
Xiao Jinchuan stared at him with his calm eyes.
"You've been throwing rocks at my roof for three nights in a row. Can I ask why?"
Although the words were very polite, Yao Xinjie could hear a hint of threat in them.
If he hadn't been tied up so tightly, he might have fallen to his knees with weak legs.
"I just can't stand you, what's wrong with that? Don't I even have the right to hate someone?"
Before Xiao Jinchuan could say anything, Zhao Hu spoke first: "That's really interesting. If you say so, then so many people on the island hate you. Does that mean everyone can throw rocks at your roof?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the uncle whose chicken was stolen by Yao Xinjie could no longer sit still and started looking for stones on the ground.
"It's up to you. If Deputy Captain Xiao doesn't like me, you can give it a try."
Chen Zhicheng twitched his lips speechlessly, "Deputy Commander, their roof was blown off by a strong wind and has never been repaired."
Song Yunqing, who was in the crowd, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this. It turned out that it was impossible to choose!
"Why didn't you repair the roof? I remember after the natural disaster, everyone was given boards and tiles. Didn't you get any?"
"Yes, of course not. Every family has given it."
Xiao Jinchuan looked at him and asked, "Why don't you repair it?"
"I don't want to fix it. Besides, it'll be blown down anyway, so why bother?"
"Where's the plank?"
"Chop the wood and burn it!"
Song Yunqing finally understood why Yao Xinjie was called the number one rogue.
Talking to such people might really make you so angry that you might lose a few years of your life.
"Where do you live then?"
"If you really care, then you should let me live in your house instead of asking me hypocritically."
Chen Zhicheng knew about this: "They also have a small pigpen at home, so they probably live there."
Xiao Jinchuan frowned: "Is he the only one in their family?"
"No, I have two more children. The older one is a daughter and the younger one is a son."
"So they're a family of four living in a pigsty? Where are the pigs?"
Chen Zhicheng was speechless when he thought about it: "It was originally distributed as a poverty alleviation pig, but he stewed it in the afternoon after I gave it to him in the morning. The pig died before it even entered the pigpen."
"Then why build a pigsty?"
Yao Xinjie kindly responded, "You're the ones who said that if you don't repair the pigpen, you won't get any pigs. I can't do anything about it."
“That’s the poverty alleviation pig!”
"Yes, poverty alleviation. I am poor, so if I eat, it is equivalent to poverty alleviation. Besides, our family can't even feed the people, so how can we have surplus food for the pigs?"
Good...powerful logic.
At this moment, Song Yunqing actually felt that what he said made sense.
Xiao Jinchuan listened in silence and decided not to follow his lead, as it would be easy for him to be led into a trap.
"These are all in the past and not my business. I just want to know why you hate me so much."
"I just can't stand it!"
Yao Xinjie spitted, "When Captain Wang was here, he not only provided aid to our family from time to time, but also gave us an extra half pound of salt every month."
Song Yunqing chuckled: "So you smashed the roof in the middle of the night because you wanted salt!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
"I thought Yao Laizi had some lofty ambitions, but I didn't expect he would go through all this trouble just to get half a pound of salt."
"If you ask me, I really overestimate him. What lofty ambitions could he have? He's content with just having a wife and children and a warm bed every day!"
"You're wrong. Now there's no warm bed, only a wife and children!"
“Hahahahahaha!”
When Yao Xinjie heard these words, his face turned the color of liver. "Who, who wants salt?! I'm doing justice for the people. I'm doing this for the greater good!"
Everyone laughed even harder.
"Maybe someone told him a story again? He already knows words like righteousness."
"Do you know how to write these two words? They're called righteousness!"
Yao Xinjie was anxious: "Why would I lie to you! I just want to..."
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