After hanging up the phone, the eldest brother of the Shen family still scolded a few words into the phone.
"Pah! Do you really think we're stupid?"
"The fourth brother's family is very wealthy, so even if the Red Committee people have taken a lot of money from them."
“He has enough money to live on for several lifetimes, how could he not even have money for medical treatment?”
"Exactly, if he says he's a policeman, then he's a policeman."
The second brother of the Shen family thought it was probably the Red Committee's doing again. "Big brother, they're trying to fool us. Don't fall for it."
The third and fifth sisters of the Shen family did want to go to Shanghai to take a look, but they were really frightened by the people from the Red Committee.
Besides, these two women wouldn't understand such things.
So everyone remained silent for a moment.
On the other hand, the police officers were also completely bewildered after hanging up the phone.
If they hadn't checked the phone number several times, they would have doubted whether they had dialed the wrong number.
Since they had already arrived at the post office, the police officers decided to contact Shen Qingqing and her brother Shen Qingyue as well.
Unexpectedly, these siblings were even more daring.
The police officer had just explained the purpose of the call when the other party hung up the phone without saying a word.
This matter couldn't be kept secret any longer, so after returning to the ward, the police officer told him everything.
Upon hearing the news, Shen Xiuwen lost control of his emotions and fainted again after rolling his eyes.
Fortunately, the period of unconsciousness was short, only two or three hours.
However, after waking up, Shen Xiuwen was both crying and laughing, acting like a madman!
It was two days later when the news reached Jiang Si.
Surprisingly, she was very calm, as if she were talking about someone insignificant.
From the moment she transmigrated into the book, Jiang Si already knew that some things were destined to be unfulfilled.
So she didn't insist.
Seeing the whole family holding their bowls but not eating, Jiang Si smiled and said, "Why are you all looking at me like that? Hurry up and eat!"
"You should eat more too." Huo Tingzhou put a piece of her favorite dish on his plate.
He was initially worried that his wife's mood would be affected by the news.
Seeing her smile finally put my mind at ease.
Third Uncle also changed the subject at the right time, "Today is already the 13th, have you bought your train tickets yet?"
That's right!
If her third uncle hadn't mentioned it, Jiang Si would have almost forgotten.
She remembered that Huo Tingzhou was supposed to return to the team on the 18th.
Getting to Qiongzhou Island from here will take at least three days, even if you manage to buy a ticket.
If you encounter strong winds and waves, you might have to stay in Guangzhou for several days.
Fortunately, Huo Tingzhou handled things as efficiently as ever.
Nodding, he said, "I bought it. It's a plane ticket for the morning after tomorrow. Once we get to Guangzhou, we'll transfer to an afternoon flight back to Qiongzhou Island."
There's only one flight every three days from Guangzhou to Hainan Island.
In addition, buying plane tickets requires going through multiple levels of reports, which caused some delays.
Jiang Si wasn't one to skimp on money, so since he had already arranged everything, she naturally had no objections.
Moreover, she suffers from severe seasickness.
If she could, she would never want to take a ship again in her life.
After placing the peeled shrimp into Jiang Si's bowl, Huo Tingzhou said, "Let's go offer incense to Grandpa and Grandma together tomorrow morning."
"Mm." Jiang Si nodded.
The two got up very early the next morning.
The Jiang family ancestral graves are located in Sheshan, more than 30 kilometers away from the city center.
By the time the two finished their worship and descended the mountain, it was already noon.
Huo Tingzhou took Jiang Si to a state-run restaurant in town first, planning to have lunch before returning to the city.
The state-run restaurant in town was not as good as the one in the city; it only had six tables at most.
It was lunchtime, and the state-run restaurant was already packed, with people even standing in the aisles.
"Forget it, let's go back and eat later." There are so many people, who knows how long we'll have to wait in line.
Just as Jiang Si uttered those words, some familiar faces suddenly appeared in her line of sight.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Jiang Si suddenly stopped talking, Huo Tingzhou followed her gaze.
He was a young man in his early twenties, and he was currently engrossed in eating noodles.
The men next to him were probably with him.
Five people ordered six dishes, all of which were meat dishes.
Looks like someone who's not short of money.
"That man is Director Qi's driver."
Jiang Si turned her back and explained in a low voice, "He came along when Director Qi came to the old house to deliver money a few days ago."
"The two of them look somewhat alike. I guess they are either nephews or cousins."
It was quite a coincidence that Jiang Si had just finished speaking.
The man sitting opposite the young man wiped the grease from his mouth and asked him with a smile.
"Brother Qi, when are we leaving?"
"Why are you rushing me?"
Don't let Qi Lei's young age fool you; he has quite a temper. "You're all full, why don't you get back in the car? You're all getting old but not smart."
"Yes, yes, Brother Qi Lei, you're right about everything."
"Then you can eat slowly, we'll go to the car first."
The man responded with a simple, honest smile.
They're lucky; they have an uncle who's the director of the Red Cross Committee.
In his presence, everyone was meek and dared not say anything.
But as soon as they stepped out of the state-run restaurant, the man's face instantly darkened.
Seeing this, the people nearby couldn't help but grumble a few words.
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