Chapter 196 A girl disguised as a boy, a little cub stumbles upon a shocking secret.
"Grandpa, Zhizhi wants to go find her dad. Something happened to him!"
Jiang Zhizhi cried terribly, hiccuping every time she spoke, and her eyes were swollen like peaches, making her look pitiful.
Grandpa Ji had never seen a child like this before, and his heart immediately ached.
"Oh, my sweet child, don't cry, don't cry. Tell Grandpa who bullied your dad, and Grandpa will go and teach him a lesson!"
Zhizhi sniffed and looked at her grandfather with teary eyes.
"Grandpa, can you take me out with you? Even if something happens to Mom and Dad, we're still family, and I want to stay with Dad!"
"No!" Su Xuetong shook her head repeatedly. "Zhizhi, since your father entrusted you here, it means he doesn't want you to go back to him. You're still young, this is an adult matter. It won't do you any good if you go there. Just stay at your aunt's house, okay?"
It's not that she's cold-blooded or heartless.
Instead, she knew very well that Ah Jing had already gone to deal with Brother Jiang's matter, but no matter what, Brother Jiang would definitely spend the New Year alone in the interrogation room of the army.
If Zhizhi went there and saw her father locked up, she would only feel worse.
She is too young to save her father, so why make the child suffer along with him?
When Grandpa Ji heard his daughter-in-law's objection, he could only shake his head helplessly. "Zhizhi, your aunt is right. Since you said that Dad is innocent, then I believe the organization will definitely give him justice. Why don't you stay at Grandpa's house for a while and make peace?"
"Grandpa! You know I've never had a mom or dad by my side since I was little..."
With tears welling up in her eyes, Zhizhi desperately wanted her grandfather to take her to see her father.
But her aunt and grandfather are now determined not to let her go out.
The little cub was so anxious that it had no choice but to sob and go back to its room.
She had just returned when she saw Zhenwei sitting on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at her.
"Zhizhi, what happened to Dad?"
He was having a sweet dream, imagining the delicious aroma of rolled pancakes, when he was woken up by a noisy commotion outside.
Zhizhi wiggled her short legs and climbed onto the bed, sitting in front of her little brother. "Daddy's going to be arrested and questioned. He might go to jail. I want to see Daddy. Little brother, will you help me?"
"Me?" Zhenwei pointed at himself in disbelief, and after a long while, he stammered, "Are you sure that the two of us, two little brats, can be of any help?"
His elder brother, Gansu, taught him from a young age to listen to people and eat his fill.
At home, he listened to his older brother.
Outside, he listened to Zhizhi.
But the two of them weren't even as tall as the water tank when they went out, how were they going to find their father?
Zhizhi wiped away her tears, her little face now clear-headed. "Just tell me, are you going to listen to me or not!"
"Well... ..."
Zhenwei thought and thought, but unfortunately he couldn't come up with anything even after a long time.
He could only nod blankly, "Okay! I'll do as you say!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhizhi immediately stopped crying and began to nimbly climb onto the bed and rummage through things.
"you... ..."
Zhenwei hesitated, it was the first time he had ever seen someone change their expression so quickly.
... ...
"Zhenwei? What are you rushing off to?"
It was almost noon, and Su Xuetong was about to go out to get lunch. She couldn't stand the smell of cooking oil and always preferred to buy food from state-run restaurants.
As soon as I entered, I saw Zhenwei wearing a hat and rushing out.
I have diarrhea!
Zhenwei, his voice muffled, clutched his stomach as he went outside.
Just as Su Xuetong was about to pull him aside to ask if he was alright, she heard groaning sounds coming from the bedroom.
Looking through the window, Su Xuetong saw 'Zhizhi' wearing a little dress and spinning around in the room.
"What's wrong with Zhizhi now? Zhenwei's toilet is outside. If you're not in a hurry, wait for your aunt to go with you."
Su Xuetong had just called out to him when she noticed the child dashing outside.
She shook her head helplessly, but considering the tight security around here and that they were all familiar neighbors, she figured it wouldn't be a big deal and let Zhenwei go.
She put the lunchbox on the table, knocked on the door, and went into Zhizhi's bedroom.
"Zhizhi? Are your eyes alright? Auntie's coming in?"
As she went inside, she found that Zhizhi had suddenly stopped spinning around and was now lying on the bed with her back to her, covered by the blanket.
Su Xuetong sighed softly, sat on the edge of the bed, and reached out to cover the child with a blanket.
The moment her hand touched the blanket, she noticed that Zhizhi trembled, her little hands gripping the blanket tightly and refusing to let go.
"Auntie knows you're very sad, but I assure you, your uncle has already tried to get leniency for Dad. Don't be sad, Dad will be alright, okay?"
"Um... ..."
'Zhizhi' nodded and tucked her head under the covers.
Seeing her child like this, Xue Tong felt helpless. She sighed softly, "Zhi Zhi, we are all your family. We all love you very much. It hurts us to see you so sad. Please don't cry. Think about your mom, dad, and your older brothers and sisters. They are all here with you. Be good."
For some reason, she always felt that Zhizhi seemed to have grown a lot bigger.
But with the baby wrapped in a blanket and dressed in thick clothes, Su Xuetong shook her head, feeling that she had really gone crazy from being pregnant.
"Get ready, your aunt has brought the food, we'll eat together in a bit."
As she spoke, Su Xuetong went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks.
The moment she left, the person in bed breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
That was close!
They were almost discovered.
*
Zhenwei ran out of her grandfather's house, her short legs moving quickly as she walked. She tried to find her way out by relying on her memory, but after many twists and turns, she ended up on a street she didn't recognize.
She stopped in a daze. Last night, when her father took her on his bicycle, it was nighttime. Now that it was daytime, she couldn't tell which way was the way home.
So she went to ask passersby, and after asking several people, she discovered that it was actually quite a distance from the military dependents' home.
Finally, she found the old man driving a rickshaw by the roadside and took out a paper ticket to give to him.
"I'm going to the military region, Uncle will give you money."
The rickshaw driver initially didn't take the child's words seriously, thinking she was joking. But after seeing the money in her hand, he suddenly became enthusiastic.
"Hey kid, what are you doing at the military region? You should be staying home during the New Year holiday."
Zhenwei shook his head without saying a word, but instead gripped the hem of his clothes tightly and climbed onto the rickshaw.
The cold wind was biting, and her hat was almost falling off as she walked along.
Zhenwei didn't jump off the rickshaw until it stopped at the gate of the military region.
Just as she was about to go in, her stomach started rumbling.
The little cub looked around the military area in confusion and found that the steamed bun shop she was familiar with was still open. So she walked over to the shop and asked the owner for two meat buns.
While waiting for the boss to bring the steamed buns, Zhizhi suddenly noticed a familiar figure not far away.
It's Sui Sui's dad!?
Zhizhi originally wanted to wave and call for help, but she noticed that Han Yubin had been secretly looking around for a long time before sneaking into the phone booth and starting to make a call.
The little cub instantly withdrew her hand, looking warily at Han Yubin's location. Her intuition told her that Uncle Han's cautious behavior suggested he was carrying some secret.
So she took the freshly packed buns and tiptoed behind Han Yubin.
Inside the red phone booth, Han Yubin bowed and scraped to the person on the other end of the phone, speaking in a language that Zhizhi couldn't understand.
The roads around her were covered in snow, so Zhizhi pulled her hat up a little and squatted down behind a tree next to a trash can, quietly listening to his conversation.
"Hah! Hah! ￥%&*# Koseimas! Hah!"
Zhizhi frowned. What kind of gibberish was Uncle Han spouting?
How come she can't understand a single word?
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