Chapter 75
Jiang Huihan was wondering if Xu Zhao knew about this and why she didn’t tell her last night? Did you forget, or do you really not know?
On second thought, why should I care about Wang Lijuan? What does her like have to do with her?
He was just someone she knew, and wouldn't cause much disturbance in her life. Living her own life well was more important than anything else.
Dai Jia opened her mouth and talked non-stop like pouring beans: "I heard from the people in the family compound that Wang Lijuan sneaked out last night when her second sister wasn't paying attention. After she was caught by the thief, Wang Liying didn't even bother to put on a thick coat, and kept begging the army to ensure Wang Lijuan's safety. As a sister, she has done a great job. She is also unlucky to have met such a treacherous sister, and she can't get rid of her."
Everyone was wondering whether Wang Lijuan had any connection with the thieves last night. Could it be that she leaked the information of the army to the thieves? Otherwise, why did everyone hide at home, but she ran out so carelessly, and with a clear goal, she ran in the direction where the thieves escaped?
This is clearly a way of giving away lives, putting the hostage directly into the hands of the thief so that the thief can escape.
The inside story that Wu Guihua knew was very similar to what Dai Jia said: "Hearing you say that, it reminded me of one thing. A few days ago, Sister Lin was accidentally hit by someone in the city. She bled a lot and went to the city hospital for two stitches. When she came back, she told people that she saw someone in the hospital who looked like Wang Lijuan. She thought she had hit her head and was hallucinating. She came back and told us this as a joke. I didn't take it seriously at the time. I just listened to it and let it go. Maybe the person Sister Lin saw in the hospital was really Wang Lijuan."
Dai Jia's eyes widened subconsciously. "Ah? The two sisters of the Wang family kept it a secret and didn't leak any information. I saw Wang Lijuan was fine last night and didn't see any problem. If I have to say something is wrong, it's that her brain is sick. I think her brain must be different from ours. Which normal person doesn't value his life?"
She actually wanted to say that Wang Lijuan ran out in such a cold weather, most likely to look for Xu Zhao. After all, the fact that she was thinking about Xu Zhao had been widely spread in the family compound, but she couldn't say it in front of Jiang Suihan.
"How is it? Did you confess?" Xu Zhao saw someone coming out of the small dark room and hurriedly stood up to ask.
The man pulled the corner of his mouth and threw the notebook in his hand to Xu Zhao: "It's just a little girl. Scare her a few words and she will confess everything."
Wang Lijuan's behavior last night was very strange, and it happened to coincide with the big incident that night. The troops had reason to suspect the motives behind Wang Lijuan's behavior, and they also found a notebook in Wang Lijuan's bag. The contents of the notebook were very surprising, so they arrested her and interrogated her.
Wang Lijuan was a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old. She had lived in the countryside since she was a child and had not experienced much. The person who interrogated her had a serious face and an imposing manner. After being frightened by a few words, she racked her brains to make an excuse, but she had no choice but to confess everything.
That notebook recorded a lot of things about Xu Zhao. Many things that had happened were recorded in it, including the time when Xu Zhao and Zhang Xiangqian discovered the human traffickers. However, the county public security bureau kept that incident confidential and did not make it public.
But how did Wang Lijuan know?
The army seized this opportunity to interrogate Wang Lijuan. At first, she refused to speak and said she didn't know. How could an ordinary person like her survive the army's methods? Under repeated questioning, she became dazed and changed her story to say that she dreamed of a book in which the male protagonist was Xu Zhao. The notebook contained records of the contents of the book she dreamed of. The reason why she pestered Xu Zhao was that she wanted to wait until Jiang Suihan was gone, then marry Xu Zhao instead and become the chief's wife in the future.
The people in the army are veterans with experience in interrogation. They have seen all kinds of storms, but this is the first time they have encountered such a bizarre thing. They had a dream and took what happened in the dream as reality. They thought they were the protagonists and did some incomprehensible things. What else could they be but mentally ill?
This morning, a doctor was called to examine Wang Lijuan. As expected, everyone's guess was correct. This girl did have a brain disease. The doctor said that she had a mental illness called paranoia. She was delusional that Xu Zhao liked her and believed that she would become a respected leader's wife in the future.
Xu Zhao and Captain Li were indeed unlucky. They were implicated by such a mentally ill person, and they could not pursue the matter against a sick person.
The man patted Xu Zhao on the shoulder and looked at him sympathetically: "You are also a fool. When things are settled, I will pay my respects to you another day..."
He wanted to say that he would go and pay his respects to his ancestors to get rid of the bad luck on his body, but fortunately he thought quickly and shut his mouth in time, and did not say the rest of the words. Now the situation is tense and words can cause trouble, so some sensitive words cannot be touched at all.
"Anyway, everything has been investigated, and you can rest assured. Your wife has done a great deed this time. You are lucky to have found a good girl."
He glanced at Xu Zhao's face and clicked his tongue silently. Being handsome is also a trouble. It's very annoying to have all kinds of flies sticking to him. He touched his face and thought, my appearance is safer. No bees or butterflies will flock to me.
Xu Zhao nodded: "Thank you, I will return the notebook to you after I finish reading it."
The man shrugged and said, "It's up to you. Just don't take it out of the office. I'm so thirsty. I'll go get some water first."
The original notebook was torn up by Wang Liying, so Wang Lijuan bought a new one. She kept a careful eye on it. The content in it was similar to the previous one, but not as detailed. She just remembered the general idea. After a long time, she could not remember some details no matter how hard she tried.
The notebook was not thick and was only half filled. Xu Zhao flipped through it very quickly and finished reading it in a short while. He immediately understood the look his colleague had given him when he came out of the interrogation room just now, which was complex and mixed with a bit of sympathy.
It's really an unexpected disaster!
When Xu Zhao thought about the fact that someone had been keeping an eye on him for several months, spying on him, and fantasizing about being with him, he suddenly felt as uncomfortable and nauseous as if he had swallowed a fly alive.
The weather was cold and Jiang Suihan didn't want to go out. She planned to take a nap. She took off her thick clothes and lay in bed. It was so cold that she couldn't help but curl up.
It was not good when Xu Zhao was not around. He would always warm up her bed before going to bed, so she could sleep in a warm and comfortable quilt. But now, it was freezing cold and she couldn't fall asleep at all.
Jiang Suihan stared at the ceiling with her eyes open, wishing Xu Zhao would come back soon, while secretly despising herself for becoming more and more pampered. She had endured a harder and more tiring life in the past six months after the incident at home.
Sure enough, those who are favored always become arrogant.
After thinking about all sorts of things in her mind for a while, she slowly fell asleep. She didn't know how long she slept. She was drowsy, with her eyes half open, and she curled up in the warm quilt, not wanting to get up.
Jiang Huihan seemed to see a figure beside the bed. She was startled and suddenly woke up. She opened her eyes and blamed him, "Why didn't you say anything? You scared me to death."
When I woke up, I found someone sitting next to the bed. Although I was still confused, I was scared.
Xu Zhao touched his nose and said, "Are you awake? Everyone will go to the cafeteria to celebrate the New Year soon. Hurry up and get up. It will be bad if you are late."
It was almost time. If you sleep too much in the afternoon, you will easily have trouble falling asleep at night. He came up originally wanting to wake her up, but seeing that she was sleeping with a rosy face, peaceful and gentle, he felt soft-hearted for a moment and didn't have the heart to wake her up. He sat by the bed and waited for a while.
Jiang Suihan hugged the quilt and rubbed it, sleepy-eyed, and softly said to him: "It's cold, I don't want to get up."
Xu Zhao rubbed her head, smiling: "Wear two more layers of clothes and you won't be cold. I heard that we're making dumplings and glutinous rice balls tonight. Do you want to eat?"
Jiang Suihan wrinkled her nose and said, "I want to eat sesame dumplings."
We have eaten dumplings several times at home during this period. My mother-in-law made them herself, and she and Lele helped. They tasted very good, but she is from the south and doesn't like dumplings very much.
She suddenly wanted to eat glutinous rice balls. She took a light bite of the plump glutinous rice balls. The rich and delicate black sesame filling spread in her mouth, which was really satisfying.
People in her hometown don’t eat tangyuan during the Chinese New Year. Tangyuan are only eaten on the Lantern Festival. I don’t know who came up with the idea of eating tangyuan during the Chinese New Year. I want to thank that person.
Xu Zhao reached out and pulled her out of the quilt. Jiang Huihan leaned on him as if she had no bones. Her hands tightly grasped the quilt and she muttered, "I don't want to be separated from my bed."
At once, Xu Zhao felt amused and angry. He pinched her nose, picked up the clothes she had placed on the bedside, and put them on her one by one, first the cardigan, then the sweater, and finally the thick coat. With the other coat she was wearing, she had four pieces of clothing on her upper body.
Jiang Huihan felt like she couldn't even stretch her arms straight, and she began to miss her light and warm down jackets. She curiously asked him, "Does the department store sell down jackets?"
Xu Zhao knew about down jackets. There was only one word to describe them - expensive. They were warmer than cotton jackets, but hard to buy. His family had a long one, which was a gift to his grandfather. It was bought at an Overseas Chinese Store and cost about 100 or 200 yuan. With this money, one could buy several cotton jackets.
My grandfather doesn't wear it often, always feeling it's too light and not warm enough. He still likes to wear military coats, which are well made and will not break even after wearing them for many years. Later, that long down coat was given to his father, who occasionally wore it at home and seldom wore it out often.
While helping her button up her coat, Xu Zhao answered, "Down jackets are imported from abroad and are only sold in overseas Chinese stores. The county department store may not have them. I'll write to my second sister one day and ask her to keep an eye out for them and send one to you."
This winter, Jiang Suhan always complains about being cold, even though she is the one wearing the most clothes at home. She cannot stand the cold at all. She used to love staying at home, and when the weather got cold, she had even more reasons to stay at home and not go out.
Jiang Suihan really didn't know that she had to go to the Overseas Chinese Store to buy them. She didn't want to trouble Xu Zhao's second sister for a piece of clothing, so she shook her head and said, "Forget it. Winter is almost over. Spring will come soon after the New Year, and it won't be as cold as it is now. I already have enough clothes. I won't be able to put them in the closet if I buy more."
The cotton coat she was wearing was also sent by Xu Zhao's second sister. In addition to this one, she also had two coats. One of them was bought by Xu Zhao when he went to the county department store last time, and the other was sent by Xu Zhao's eldest sister last month. I don't know if his two sisters had agreed in advance, but they both bought her coats. She has three winter coats alone.
After Xu Zhao buttoned the last button, he helped her smooth out the corner of her clothes: "Then buy it next year and buy an extra wardrobe."
Jiang Huihan's eyes curved into crescents and she gave him a thumbs up: "Deputy Captain Xu is so domineering."
Xu Zhao tapped her forehead lightly: "Get up."
Jiang Suihan stretched out her hands to him: "Pick me up."
Xu Zhao said with disdain: "The colder the weather, the lazier you become."
But he put his hands firmly across her back and knees, and using a little force, he lifted her up steadily.
Feeling the weight in his hand, he frowned: "Why is it still so light?"
Although Jiang Suhan didn't eat much at each meal after she became pregnant, she had several meals a day, and there were snacks all over the house. Except for the period of morning sickness in the early stage when she couldn't eat and lost some weight during that period, she has never been hungry. It has been more than two months since she started taking the supplements, and she hasn't gained much weight.
Jiang Suihan put on her slippers and defended herself: "How can it be light? I'm obviously several pounds heavier. Look at my face, it's rounder, even rounder than the rice dumplings I ate tonight."
She spoke in a resentful tone, pinched her right cheek with one hand, and put her face close to him.
Xu Zhao twisted his fingers, moving his mind at will, without using any force, and gently pinched the other side of her face, softly: "Well, it's a little fleshy."
Jiang Huihan slapped his hand away and said angrily, "Say it again."
Xu Zhao smiled and shook his head: "You were too thin before."
Su Ying shouted from downstairs: "Are you two done?"
Jiang Suihan raised her voice and replied, "I'm coming."
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