He Qianmin looked at Jiang Chen first. Chen Xu and Huo Bo were also a little surprised, but when they saw the pure surprise and expectation on Jiang Chen's face, they also laughed.
"It's really a happy event!" Chen Xu raised his hands and cheered: "Jiang Zi's brother and sister are my brother and sister! I'm going to have a sister!"
"How do you know it's a girl?" Huo Bo raised his eyebrows.
"Of course it's a sister. Jiang Zi and I both want a sister." Chen Xu turned his head and asked Jiang Chen, "Right?"
Huo Bo stood, put his hand on Shen Xu's head, turned his head around, and smiled: "Uncle and aunt, congratulations."
Yang Si and Jiang Zhuo smiled and thanked him. Jiang Chen also came back to his senses. He walked over to Yang Si and squatted down. He looked at her belly carefully and asked, "Mom? You are already three months pregnant?"
"Yes." Jiang Zhuo smiled proudly: "Your mother told me that you wanted a brother or sister, so your father tried hard, and now it's here."
"What are you talking about in front of so many children!" Yang Si pushed Jiang Zhuo, and seeing Jiang Chen's cautious expression, her heart softened. She grabbed his hand and said, "Do you want to say hello to your brother or sister?"
Jiang Chen's hand was pulled by Yang Si and placed on her belly. The three-month-old baby seemed unable to feel anything from the outside world, but for some reason, he seemed to feel the heartbeat coming from within her belly, clear and intimate, as if telling him that this unborn child also loved him.
He Qianmin saw Jiang Chen's suddenly gentle eyes and silently lowered his eyes. He knew he shouldn't do that, but for some reason, a sour feeling spread through his heart. He couldn't say he was sad, but just lost and disappointed, as if he could have had such an expression.
Jiang Zhuo asked with a smile: "Do you want a brother or a sister?"
Jiang Chen gently withdrew his hand, helped Yang Si to sit on the sofa, and then said: "It's all right, I like both brothers and sisters."
"I'll tell you." Yang Sibai glanced at Jiang Zhuo and said, "My son is not like you."
Shen Xu pulled He Qianmin to sit next to Jiang Chen, and asked curiously, "Uncle wants a girl or a boy?"
"Same as you." Yang Si smiled and looked at Jiang Chen tenderly: "He said that even if he had another son, he wouldn't be better than Chenchen. It would be better to let his daughter have an excellent brother to protect her."
"Uncle is right." Chen Xu said with longing: "If it's a sister, not only Jiang Zi, but also Huo Bo and I plus He Xiaomin, she will have four brothers to protect her. As long as we don't tear the sky apart, we can protect her."
Yang Si said angrily: "According to what you said, I dare not let her follow you. That would be lawless."
"Of course not." Chen Xu smiled and approached Yang Si: "Let's not talk about us. Jiang Zi will never let his sister learn badly. Just look at how he treats He Xiaomin. No matter how difficult a person is, he will give in to him."
Yang Si looked at He Qianmin in surprise. He Qianmin smiled shyly and did not defend himself.
"Nonsense." Yang Siting liked this shy and well-behaved boy and couldn't help but speak up for him: "Qian Min is obviously a good boy."
"He's still a good kid..." When no one was paying attention, He Qianmin elbowed Shen Xu hard. Shen Xu yelled, and when everyone looked over, he immediately complained: "He hit me! Just now!"
Huo Huobo, who saw everything, curled his lips and said, "You deserve it."
He Qianmin looked well-behaved. He picked up the photo on the small table next to him and asked, "Is this the photo of me, Shen Xu and Huo Bo when they were little?"
Yang Si laughed when he saw the photo. "Yes, the three of them were only in the first grade at that time. They had a fight with some boys from the neighborhood next door. Xiaoxu and Chenchen came back crying. Xiaobo comforted them with a bruised face and said he would definitely avenge them. Chenchen's father and I thought it was funny, so we took a photo of them."
He Qianmin's gaze slid from Shen Xu, who was crying with his mouth wide open so that only his voice could be seen, and Huo Bo, who had a stern face and a fierce expression, to Jiang Chen, who was holding back his tears and looking aggrieved, and he couldn't help laughing.
Yang Si took the photo, stroked the three people's tender faces, and said nostalgically: "There are still many photos of them when they were young at home. I will go and look for them."
Not long after, Yang Si came out with a few photo albums. She and Jiang Zhuo looked at one together, and Jiang Chen and the other three looked at one together. When they saw interesting photos, they took them out and talked about them, and the whole room was filled with laughter.
After looking through several photo albums, Yang Si still looked at Jiang Chen, Chen Xu and Huo Bo with a smile, and said, "You grew up together. In my opinion, you are no different from brothers. Xiao Bo is already eighteen years old. Soon, Chen Chen and Xiao Xu will also be adults. I hope that in the future, no matter how far you three go or how far apart you are, you can support each other and be good friends and brothers for life."
Huo Bo nodded solemnly: "We are brothers for life."
Jiang Chen rubbed He Qianmin's head across Chen Xu and smiled at him: "And Qianmin, you three will always be my best friends and brothers."
"Don't worry, Auntie. The three of us are going to start the coolest technology company in the world together. We won't be far away. We will be together forever and buried together when we die. When the time comes, Qian Min will live in the same grave with us, and the four of us can even play mahjong!"
Jiang Zhuo laughed out loud, Huo Bo slapped Shen Xu on the head, and as he jumped up and threatened to fight, He Qianmin also started laughing.
He once felt lost that he was not like Chen Xu and Huo Bo who accompanied Jiang Chen throughout his childhood, but he was so lucky. Although his blood-related brother was his colleague, there was a person who was not his biological brother but more like a brother. Even though they were not related by blood, Jiang Chen still treated him as his younger brother.
Yang Si closed the photo album, smiled and sighed: "If I could watch you guys fighting and playing like this for the rest of my life, I would be very satisfied."
"That's for sure." Chen Xu smiled and leaned over and said, "When you and uncle are a hundred years old, we will still be fighting in front of you. The only difference is that our old arms and legs will not be as agile as they are now."
"You're just a talker." Yang Si shook her head, but she couldn't help laughing. She looked at Shen Xu and Huo Bo with her eyes bent, and put one hand on her belly unconsciously, saying, "Auntie thanks you on behalf of Jiang Chen. If it weren't for good friends like you, he might not be so happy, and he might have encountered more difficulties, especially Xiao Bo. If it weren't for you, the kidnapping some time ago... Chen Chen might really be in trouble. Auntie really thanks you very much."
Jiang Chen gently embraced Yang Si and said softly, "Mom..."
Yang Si wiped her eyes and smiled, "I wasn't so sentimental when I was pregnant with you. I don't know what happened this time. Xiaobo, I hope Auntie didn't scare you."
Huo Bo: "No, but Jiang Chen and I are friends, that's what I should do, Auntie, you don't have to thank me."
Jiang Zhuo smiled and said, "The children are very close, so there's no need to say thank you. Every time Xiaobo and his friends come to eat, you can just cook a few more dishes they like. Am I right, uncle?"
Shen Xu clenched his fist and clapped: "Uncle still understands us men!"
Huo Bo also smiled: "Yes."
Yang Si looked at them gently and was about to speak when He Qianmin interrupted: "What kidnapping happened some time ago?"
The people in the living room fell silent. Shen Xu coughed softly, bumped into Jiang Chen, and said in a low voice, "No way, you didn't tell your brother?"
Jiang Chen pursed his lips. He had not told He Qianmin about this matter. It was only one night between when he learned about He Qianjian's plan and when he was kidnapped. He had no time to talk to anyone else except for the plan in advance. Later, the appearance of Shi Fengyue disrupted his plan and occupied his attention, making him focus most of his thoughts on Shi Fengyue. Then, the Yang family came to cause trouble...
So many things happened in that short week that Jiang Chen completely forgot to tell He Qianmin about it. Later, when he was considering whether to talk to He Qianmin about it, he thought that if he couldn't tell He Qianmin the full truth, it would be better not to tell him about it for the time being. After all, this matter involved He Qianjian's men, and since they were all members of the He family, there was no guarantee that He Qianmin would not notice something.
If we alert him, it might harm him instead. It would be better to wait until all the truth is revealed and settled before letting He Qianmin know these things.
Jiang Chen didn't expect that He Qianmin would know about this at this time. He thought for a moment, considering what to tell him and what to hide.
Chen Xu had already used his hands and feet to explain the whole story of Jiang Chen's kidnapping in great detail. His facial expressions and emotions were all on point, and he made the whole thing sound thrilling and eventful. Hearing this, He Qianmin's expression became uglier and uglier.
After hearing the end, he interrupted Chen Xu and said, "Repeat what you just said."
Chen Xu looked puzzled, but he still repeated: "If the police hadn't responded quickly, Jiang Zi wouldn't have escaped so easily..."
"Not this one, the one before it."
Shen Xu recalled and hesitated: "...Yang Tianci had planned it long ago, otherwise why would he find the container abandoned area in Xing City?"
He Qianmin's brows furrowed a little, as if something flashed through his mind, but he couldn't grasp the clue.
Seeing that he was thinking seriously, Shen Xu asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"
He Qianmin said thoughtfully: "I've heard of that warehouse."
"I thought you were thinking of something." Chen Xu said with a sigh, "I've heard of that warehouse too. It's remote and sparsely populated, and it's a perfect place for murder and arson—"
"What did you just say?" He Qianmin raised his eyes suddenly: "Say it again?"
Chen Xu looked puzzled: "What did I say again? A remote place with few people, a perfect place for murder and arson?"
He Qianmin repeated in a low voice: "It's remote and sparsely populated..." He must have heard this sentence somewhere before.
But where is it?
"What happened to your brother?" Chen Xu looked at Jiang Chen: "He was shocked by your kidnapping. No way, it's been so long, more than two months now, and you're fine. How could you be so easily..."
He Qianmin frowned as he recalled the past, his hands on his knees curled up unconsciously. Just when he was about to grasp a clue, Shen Xu's voice came into his ears again. He clenched his hands into fists and said quickly and urgently: "What was the date when my brother was kidnapped?"
While Shen Xu was still recalling, Huo Bo had already answered: "July 12th."
He Qianmin was stunned. The conversation he heard outside He Qianjian's door that day echoed in his ears. The knuckles of his clenched fists turned white and his palms were painful from the pricking of his nails, but he couldn't resist the chill in his heart.
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