Chapter 143 One dares to listen, the other dares to do
Su Xuetong's mouth dropped open in surprise, "... ...Huh?"
So, the reason Zhizhi was so angry, with a stern face, was it because she couldn't read?
Zhenwei trembled with fright. He sniffed and unfolded the note with a pitiful expression.
After looking at it for a while, he burst into tears.
"Waaaaah! Big brother, you never said I'd have to learn to read after you left!"
"What on this is supposed to mean? I can't understand a word of it!"
"Brother! My goodness! I really don't understand!"
Zhenwei's voice was like a ghost wailing and a wolf howling. He even cried and wailed more aggrievedly than anyone else. If it weren't for the cold weather, he would have sat on the ground and cried.
Su Xuetong looked at the two little ones, both amused and exasperated. She held out her hand, "Let me see."
Zhizhi took the note and handed it to her aunt, not forgetting to turn back and lecture her younger brother.
"Why are you crying? Your older brother ran away from home, and you're still crying because you're stupid!"
The younger brother always listened to his older brother, and even though he knew that his older brother's departure was a bad thing, he still let him go.
Sometimes being stupid is okay, but being both stupid and cowardly is hopeless.
Zhenwei choked back tears and groaned, "I've always been stupid. I've only survived this long by listening to my older brother. Before he passed away, he told me not to be so clever and to listen to him obediently. And that's what I did."
He thought he was quite smart, so why did his older brother and younger sister think he was stupid?
Is it wrong to be obedient?
He is not convinced!
Zhenwei sniffed hard, glared at Zhizhi seriously, and said, "Since Big Brother isn't here, I'm Big Brother now. You're not allowed to call me stupid anymore."
Upon hearing this, Zhizhi's impetuous temper immediately flared up.
She grabbed a handful of Zhenwei's hair, threatening him as she pulled, "Let me tell you! If we really can't find our big brother, I'll beat you up eight hundred times a day without repeating myself. You won't even be able to tell right from wrong, and you'll just let him go. If something happens to him, you'll have nowhere to cry!"
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"
Upon hearing this, Zhenwei instantly became timid and cowered.
He gave in, he gave in, isn't that enough?
Zhizhi, please don't beat him up eight hundred times a day without repeating the same thing, or he'll lose all his hair and become bald.
Xuetong looked at the contents and read them aloud softly, "Mom and Dad, I have to come home. Thank you for your care and concern all this time. Please don't look for me. I need to protect what you left behind. This is the path I've chosen. Goodbye."
The words were written crookedly with a pencil, and there were many words that I hadn't learned yet, so I used pinyin.
After reading the contents, Xue Tong's expression became more worried. "It's so dangerous for such a young child to run out alone. This is a big deal. There's no use in you two kids worrying. I'll go call Brother Jiang and Sister-in-law back."
"I'm going too!"
Zhizhi rushed out the door and headed straight for Uncle Zhengyang's house.
She knew that Uncle Zhengyang was recuperating at home during this period, and with his wedding leave, he would be the first to find her father!
"Aunt Cuiping! Come out quickly! It's urgent!"
Zhizhi's voice drifted quickly into Grandma Li's yard like a gust of wind, just as Yuanhui's brother was there.
Yuan Hui stood up and looked at her with concern, "Why did you run so fast? What happened?"
Li Zhengyang, whose arm was in a cast, looked at the little cub's hurried manner with some curiosity. "Why don't you have some water and tell me slowly?"
She was panting heavily from running, and could barely speak.
Zhizhi shook her head frantically, gasping for breath, "My big brother, Li, Li ran away from home! Uncle Zhengyang, could you please ask my dad to come back right away?"
"What?!"
Li Zhengyang was so shocked that he stood up instantly. "He chased Su away? How dare he be so bold?"
He hurriedly walked outside, saying, "I'm going to call your dad; this is no small matter!"
Su Xuetong went out to the phone booth and not only called Deng Qiu, but also called Ji Yanjing back.
Li Zhengyang then immediately notified Jiang'an Chao.
He was always more meticulous in his work, and he also contacted the Suzhou Police Station to ask them to check the nearby bus and train routes and inquire whether anyone had seen a five-and-a-half-year-old child and what he looked like.
Within half an hour, a group of people rushed back to the military dependents' compound.
They were all crowded in the Jiang family's courtyard, and Jiang Anchao was carefully reading the note.
The more he looked, the more serious his expression became, until finally his brows furrowed, a hint of anger mixed in, as if he were about to explode at any moment.
"Damn it! He ran away from home to go back to that hellhole! How old is he? Those heartless relatives there could devour him whole!"
Seeing that he was so anxious that he was losing his temper, Deng Qiu quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, Zheng Yang has already asked around. He saw a five-year-old child on the bus. He took the earliest bus to Xishan Village this morning. We've confirmed the location. If we hurry over there, we should still make it in time."
“Yes, yes.” Li Zhengyang nodded in agreement. “The earliest bus is at six o’clock. Gan Su must have arrived at the station early and waited until dawn to catch the bus back. I asked the station staff, and if we get to Xishan Village, it will be almost noon. It’s only a little past nine now. If you drive there, it will be faster. Maybe you can catch him earlier. An Chao… Don’t rush. You need to make a calm decision about this.”
Jiang An nodded with a sullen face, trying his best to suppress his anger.
But when he saw Zhenwei, he couldn't help but get angry. "You too, you just listen to your older brother when he says he's leaving? How old is he anyway? One of you dares to listen and the other dares to do it, why don't you two just go around causing trouble? If I gave you a grenade, I might as well blow your father up!"
The father is usually easygoing, but when it comes to his child's safety, he completely loses his temper.
Zhenwei had never seen his father so angry before, and tears streamed down his face as if they were flowing freely.
But he didn't dare utter a single word.
Seeing this, Zhizhi quickly stepped in front of the little brother, "Dad, I already scolded him. We need to find the big brother now. Don't be too angry. He's a Muggle, what could he possibly know?"
Zhenwei sniffed and said weakly, "I'm not a Muggle. Didn't my brother praise me for being smart?"
Zhizhi: "...Shut up."
Can't you tell she's speaking up for him?
Jiang An pursed his lips into a straight line and glared fiercely at Zhen Wei, "I'll deal with you two after I find your brother!"
As he spoke, he prepared to go to the military base to request a vehicle to find his child.
Ji Yanjing remained calm and grabbed him, saying, "It's too slow to go all the way to the military region. My car is here. I'll go with you so we can look out for each other."
Deng Qiu hurriedly came out with her bag, saying, "I'm going too. An Chao is too impulsive right now; someone needs to stop him."
"I'm going too!"
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