He Qianjian followed behind He Qianyu, still a little sleepy on his face. When he was rubbing his eyes, Jiang Chen's face came into his sight. He paused, his sleepy look instantly tensed, the hatred in his eyes rose and then suppressed, and turned into doubt in the eyes of everyone looking at him.
"Mom." He Qianjian looked puzzled: "What's the matter with you calling me down?"
"It's him!" Xu Xi pointed at He Qianjian, raised his head and pulled the corner of Xu Chang's clothes, looking confident that he had found a backer and was here to take revenge: "Brother, he was the one who beat me!"
He Qianjian lowered his gaze and saw a short, stocky little boy standing between He Qianmin and the others. The boy still looked the same as before, not only did he not change his clothes, he even did not wash his dirty hands. He Qianjian's expression changed slightly, and he recognized him at a glance.
"Qianjian, do you know this child?" Yang Yun asked.
He Qianjian's eyes flickered, "I..."
"He was the one who hit me!" Xu Xi rushed over like a cannonball and stomped on He Qianjian a few times, leaving a few dirty marks on his slippers. After that, he put his hands on his waist and looked up at him: "Bad guy! Bad guy!"
"You..." He Qianjian gritted his teeth. The kid looked short, but he was actually very sturdy. He stepped on his big toe with only a thin layer of slippers between them, and stepped on the same place several times in a row, which seemed to make his toes swollen.
"I'm sorry." Xu Chang apologized expressionlessly: "My brother is young and doesn't understand much. If He Qianjian is injured, our family will compensate for the medical expenses."
"It's okay, it's okay." Yang Yun blushed with shame. From the situation, she knew that He Qianjian might have done something to the child. How could she still have the nerve to accept the apology from the child's brother? Moreover, the following sentence sounded more like a mockery, "How heavy can a child be after a few hits?"
"Qianjian." Yang Yun took a deep breath and turned to look at He Qianjian: "You went out before. Did something happen during the trip? This kid said you hit him."
He Qianjian glanced at Xu Chang and secretly said, "It's bad luck." He had been in a worse mood recently. Yang Yun's attitude this morning made him feel so angry that he had nowhere to vent. He saw this kid when he was the most depressed. He saw him in a rustic cotton jacket, dirty and with a runny nose. He thought without thinking that he couldn't be the child of a leader who moved here, so he took him out on him. Who knew that he was actually a child of some status?
If it were before, he would not take the two illegitimate children of the Xu family seriously at all, and would not even let them appear in front of him at all. But now it is different from the past. His current situation in the He family is already very difficult, and he must not allow any accidents or mistakes to make his already difficult situation even more precarious.
He Qianjian opened his mouth, but the kid had brought people to his house and clearly identified him. The situation before him did not allow him to quibble. But if he admitted it, how would the He family look at him in the future? He could already feel the recent change in the attitude of Mr. He, He Yanfeng and He Yanjun towards him. At this time, the softness of Mrs. He and Yang Yun and their feelings for him were the easiest point for him to take advantage of in the future, and also the most important premise for him to continue to stay in the He family.
No matter what, he would never let this premise be affected by such a trivial matter.
"It must be a misunderstanding." He Qianjian pretended to be distressed and said, "I took a few sticky bean buns from an auntie nearby this morning. I had never eaten them before and they were frozen so tightly that I knocked my teeth and broke my lip when I bit them. It was so painful at the time that I didn't care about the frozen sticky bean buns and threw them away. It might have hit the child."
Seeing the broken upper lip of He Qianjian, Yang Yun's expression eased a lot. She didn't quite believe that He Qianjian could do such a thing. No matter what happened between him and He Qianmin before, she didn't believe that He Qianjian would do such a thing as bullying a child.
"Is there any misunderstanding here?" Yang Yun looked at Xu Chang.
Xu Chang said: "Madam He, my brother never lies. Things are what they are. He won't exaggerate at his age. I believe him."
He Qianjian took a half step forward and met Xu Chang's gaze. A trace of contempt flashed across his eyes, and then turned into helplessness in an instant: "Master Xu, your brother probably thought that I hit him with that frozen sticky dumpling on purpose. I really didn't mean to do that. But no matter what, it was my fault that I hit him and hurt him. I apologize to you."
Xu Chang grew up in a world of ridicule and abuse, and was extremely sensitive to other people's emotions. Naturally, he would not let go of the flash of disdain that just flashed across He Qianjian's eyes. Moreover, he apologized, but there was no apology in his tone.
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"You said you didn't know you hit my brother?" The pale and thin boy pursed his lips and said sternly, "Then how could you recognize him at first sight? If you could recognize him, how could you not know you hit him?"
"Well said!" He Qianmin clapped his hands vigorously, shrugged as everyone looked at him, and put his hands down while expressing his opinion: "Maybe He Qianjian has eyes on his back, why don't you take off his clothes and take a look?"
Jiang Chen was so amused by his words that he couldn't help but curl his lips. He accidentally caught a glimpse of He Qianjian's cold gaze from the corner of his eye, and the smile on his mouth faded. He moved sideways to block He Qianmin and said lightly: "Xu Chang is right. Since you didn't know that you hit Xu Xi, how could you recognize him just now?"
It was Jiang Chen again. He Qianjian clenched his fists and cast a sinister look at Jiang Chen's face from a distance of less than three meters.
"Of course I could see such a big kid standing there." He Qianjian's voice was not as calm as before, and the pent-up emotions rolled with the heaving of his chest. He told himself again and again to calm down, and there would be plenty of ways to deal with Jiang Chen in the future. After the scene of Jiang Chen kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy repeated several times in his mind, he finally spoke to defend himself: "My mouth was so painful at the time that I didn't pay attention to the movement beside me. Now that he came to my door, I remembered that I seemed to have heard the child's voice at that time. Since he said it was me, and I did see him, I can only admit it."
"Mom." He Qianjian turned to look at Yang Yun, his mouth twitching as if he wanted to smile, but in the end he couldn't help showing some helplessness and grievance of being wronged: "I hope you believe me, I am your son, you should know that I would never deliberately bully a child, I have no reason to do so, and I would never do so."
If it was more than a month ago, Yang Yun would never have believed that He Qianjian might bully a child. But when she thought of the video He Yanfeng showed her, and He Qianjian's increasingly unstable emotions and seemingly increasingly unfamiliar personality in recent times, she couldn't help but become a little skeptical. However, she still tended to believe that He Qianjian didn't do it on purpose.
Yang Yun put aside the repeated speculations in his mind, suppressed the emotions in his heart, and sighed softly: "No matter what, Xu Xi's injury was caused by you, so apologize to him first."
He Qianjian nodded, lowered his head and said to Xu Xi: "Little friend, I'm sorry, brother accidentally hit you."
Xu Xi frowned, looked at He Qianjian in confusion, then turned to look at Xu Chang.
Xu Chang nodded slightly.
Xu Xi, with his belly sticking out, looked up at He Qianjian with his hands behind his back, looking like a generous adult: "Okay, I forgive you. I hope you won't bully kids anymore in the future."
He turned around and went back to hold Xu Chang's hand. Before Xu Chang came over, he did think about retaliating, but except for He Qianjian, the attitude of the He family members in admitting their mistakes was too good, so good that he could not find a reason to continue to hold on to it. Moreover, thinking about what he had just heard, he glanced at Jiang Chen and felt that it would be best to leave first.
Xu Chang said to Yang Yun, "Since the matter has been resolved, Xiaoxi and I will leave first. Goodbye, Grandma He and Aunt Yang. Thank you for your help."
Xu Xi's words of forgiveness were childish and childish. Under normal circumstances, they would have made adults laugh. But at this moment, Yang Yun felt very guilty. She called Xu Chang, "Xiao Xu, there are a lot of bruise treatment medicines upstairs. Children can use them too. Wait a minute. Auntie will get them for you."
Xu Chang turned around and said, "No need."
Mrs. He didn't say a word the whole time, but she held Xu Chang and said, "You should take it. Xiaoxi is young and her face is tender. If you don't apply the medicine, it will turn purple. The New Year is coming soon, and it won't look good if there is a big purple patch on your face."
"Then thank you grandma and Aunt Yang."
"What are you thanking me for?" Old Mrs. He bent down, took out a lot of candies and biscuits and put them in Xu Xi's pocket, and said kindly, "Xiao Xi, come to grandma's house often in the future."
"Okay!" Xu Xi agreed crisply: "I like this cookie the most!"
"Aren't you afraid that big brother will beat you again?" He Qianmin squatted down and put a piece of candy into his already full pockets, making faces to scare him while saying this.
"I'm not afraid." Xu Xi covered his pocket: "I have a brother to protect me."
"Your brother can't beat He Qianjian." He Qianmin lowered his voice, creating a terrifying atmosphere: "Look at your brother, he is much shorter than He Qianjian, and he will beat your brother together."
"I'm not afraid!" Xu Xi walked to Jiang Chen's side, held his hand and said, "This brother is a good man, he will protect me."
Jiang Chen was amused and surprised, he squatted down and asked Xu Xi: "How do you know I will protect you?"
"Because your mother is a good person. She applied medicine to me and asked you to take me home. And you also know my brother, so you are a good person. Good people will protect the young, and bad people will bully the young. Our kindergarten teacher taught me that."
When Jiang Chen was talking, Yang Yun happened to come down with the medicine. After listening to the entire conversation between Jiang Chen and Xu Xi, she paused slightly, hiding the sadness in her eyes, and smiled, "These medicines are for children. You can take them all back."
Xu Chang took the bag handed over by Yang Yun, thanked him, and left with Xu Xi.
After Xu Chang left, Jiang Chen was also about to leave, but Yang Yun asked him to stay, saying, "It's almost time for lunch, so stay and eat with us."
Jiang Chen carefully considered his words and refused: "We just moved here today, and they are not familiar with the furnishings and kitchenware at home. I am not sure, let's do it next time."
Yang Yun knew this was the answer, but she still couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. She smiled and said, "Then I'll give it to you."
"You stay with grandma. It's only a few steps away. Let Qian Min take me there." Jiang Chen said to Mrs. He, "Grandma, I'm leaving first."
"Wrap your collar tighter to avoid catching a cold." Old Mrs. He smiled and said, "Now that you've moved here, come back to visit grandma more often."
After Jiang Chen agreed, He Qianmin followed him out the door.
Walking to an open space, Jiang Chen took out a metal cube that looked like a miniature speaker and handed it to He Qianmin: "This is a signal tracking and positioning capture device. Put it in your room later."
He Qianmin looked at it curiously for a while, but couldn't figure out what it was, so he asked curiously, "Brother, what's the use of this?"
"Capturing abnormal signals." Jiang Chen did not explain too much: "This is part of my current experiment."
He Qianmin didn't ask any more questions, put away the small cube, and nodded: "Okay."
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