Chapter 119 The brat steals meat?
She closed her eyes and focused all her mental energy on the file.
In an instant, a flood of conflicting information rushed into my mind.
She endured the headache and, like sifting sand, peeled away useless information bit by bit, focusing only on finding that deliberately concealed past.
Suddenly, her mental focus stopped on a certain page of the file.
That was the last page of the list of those who died in the mission.
In the blank space at the foot of the page, there is a very inconspicuous mark that is slightly lighter in color than the rest of the page.
It's like... a layer was carefully scraped off by some sharp tool.
Su Yue amplified her mental power to the extreme, trying to feel the finer indentations left in that blank space, even finer than a strand of hair.
The paper fibers still retain the last memories left from when it was written.
One stroke after another...
In her mind, three blurry words slowly, little by little, recombine and reappear.
Su Yue suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils contracting violently!
She reached out her trembling hand, her fingertips tracing the blank space.
Although she couldn't see anything with the naked eye, she "saw" that name with perfect clarity.
—Su Guohua!
It's her "father's" name!
The blank space in the archives that had been scraped away felt like a thorn stuck in Su Yue's heart.
Su Guohua.
Her father's name.
This discovery excited her, but it also plunged her into a deeper fog of mystery.
Why did her father's name appear on a list of those who died in a supply escort mission more than 20 years ago, only to be deliberately erased?
What is hidden behind this?
Su Yue returned home, locked herself in her room, and sat there for an entire afternoon staring at the photocopy of the file and the paper with the date printed on it.
The trail ends here.
She could sense that the truth was locked in a sturdy safe, and she had only found the keyhole, but not the unique key.
This feeling of powerlessness made her feel upset.
With Gu Beichen gone, she had no one to talk to.
never mind.
Su Yue rubbed her throbbing temples and decided to put the matter aside for the time being.
The more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes.
She stood up, went into the kitchen, and prepared to soothe her anxious nerves with delicious food.
She took out a large piece of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat from her spatial storage, and also took out several high-quality spare ribs.
With Gu Beichen not home, she was too lazy to eat properly by herself, so she decided to treat herself to something nice today.
She secretly dripped a few drops of spiritual spring water into the earthenware pot where the meat was stewing.
Soon, a strong and rich aroma of meat wafted out of the courtyard, making everyone's stomachs rumble.
The children in the family compound have noses that are even more sensitive than dogs'.
Before long, a row of small heads of varying heights sprouted from the top of Su Yue's courtyard wall, just like bean sprouts.
Their dark little faces, with their round eyes, stared intently at the strings of dried meat hanging on the clothesline in Su Yue's yard, their mouths practically drooling.
"It smells so good..."
"Dr. Su from Commander Gu's family has cooked something delicious again."
“My mother said that’s something only capitalists’ daughters can afford, and told me to stay away from it.”
"But it smells so good..."
The children crouched on the wall, whispering to each other, their longing eyes softening Su Yue's heart slightly.
Just as she was about to invite them in for something to eat, she saw a skinny boy, as thin as a monkey, use his hands and feet to climb over the wall and slip inside in a flash.
The boy was about seven or eight years old, wearing ill-fitting old clothes, but he was very nimble.
After landing, he crouched down and looked around furtively. Seeing that Su Yue was busy in the kitchen and hadn't noticed him, he rushed to the clothesline with lightning speed and reached out to grab the string of glistening dried meat.
Su Yue came out of the kitchen carrying a basin of freshly washed vegetables and happened to make eye contact with him.
The boy froze, his hand holding the jerky stopped in mid-air, and his face turned pale instantly.
Su Yue raised an eyebrow.
Wow, caught red-handed!
Before she could even speak, the courtyard gate was slammed open with a loud bang.
A burly woman with a loud voice rushed in, grabbed the skinny boy and pulled him behind her, hands on her hips, looking like a hen ready to fight.
"Su Yue! You're a grown man, why are you arguing with a child! He just wants to try some of your family's meat, is it really necessary to scare him like that!"
The visitor was Sister-in-law Sun, who lived on the other side of the courtyard. This skinny boy was her mischievous son, nicknamed Little Stone.
Before Su Yue could speak, several military wives watching the commotion from the wall couldn't hold back any longer.
"Sister-in-law Sun, you're not right about that. It was clearly your little Shitou who climbed over the wall and stole things, so why are you blaming Dr. Su?"
"That's right, we're all watching!"
Sister-in-law Sun is very thick-skinned; she straightened her neck and glared.
"What do you mean by stealing? What's wrong with a child taking a piece to taste because they're greedy? Her family eats meat and fish every day, and the aroma can be smelled throughout half the military region. Isn't that deliberately trying to tempt our child?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Su Yue again, her tone laced with sarcasm.
"Besides, who doesn't know how valuable her things are? We're just a small family, we can't afford to compensate your capitalist daughter's things! What if she gets a stomachache, are you going to try to blame us?"
These illogical and absurd remarks amused and angered the surrounding military wives.
This Sister-in-law Sun is a notorious shrew in the neighborhood, and she's the number one troublemaker.
Everyone thought that Su Yue, who looked like a quiet and gentle young wife, was bound to be bullied until she cried.
To everyone's surprise, Su Yue listened quietly without showing any anger on her face.
After Sister-in-law Sun finished speaking, she slowly put down the vegetable bowl in her hand, wiped her hands, and walked over to her.
Her steps were light, and she was slender, but her imposing aura made Sister-in-law Sun subconsciously take a step back.
"Sister-in-law Sun."
Su Yue spoke, her voice not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
"Don't be so quick to label me. Take a look at your little stone first."
Sister-in-law Sun was taken aback and looked down at her son.
Su Yue continued speaking slowly and deliberately.
"Look at his face, it's sallow and bloodless. And look at his fingernails, they're covered in white spots and hangnails. If I'm not mistaken, does he grind his teeth a lot at night and wake up easily?"
Sister-in-law Sun was completely stunned, and nodded subconsciously: "You...how did you know?"
These were all Xiao Shitou's faults, but she just thought they were childish and never took them to heart.
Su Yue glanced at her indifferently.
"These are all signs of long-term malnutrition and intestinal worms. Didn't you, as their mother, notice any of this?"
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