Gu Sinian looked helpless. "They raised your granddaughter without any children of their own. You have to give them something in return before you can get the child back."
"Didn't I give you a few days off? Isn't that enough for you to get things done?"
Gu Sinian shrugged. "They have no children, so we have to put in more effort to appease them, right? Otherwise, the trouble will only get worse later."
"So you just left my precious daughter there?"
Gu Sinian nodded. "Yingying is better at handling these things than I am. Isn't she dealing with it right now?"
"The child will be able to return to live with us in a month at most, and will have no relation to the adoptive parents on the other side of Qingshuihe."
Qin Fang didn't think much of it. After all, the other person had raised his granddaughter for three years. Even if it were a dog, after three years, one would have some feelings for it, let alone a dog.
“This is not a good matter to handle, and you just casually dumped it on my daughter to deal with. You're such a useless man.”
Gu Sinian sat down, flipping through the organized documents on the table, and said sarcastically as he read.
"I don't know who it was, but when I went to Qingshuihe, they told me they could only give me three days."
"I rushed back to handle official business before I even had a chance to finish this. If my father-in-law could help me with the documents, I could go back to Qingshuihe and stay for a month. Once things are settled, I'll bring my precious daughter back with me."
Qin Fang acted as if he couldn't hear what Gu Sinian was saying at all, as if he were deaf.
"I have something to do; I have an important meeting later. I'll go back to my office to prepare..."
Watching Qin Fang's hurried and flustered escape, he sighed helplessly.
No wonder his father-in-law was unwilling to take on his work; some of these things were indeed tricky to handle, time-consuming, and thankless.
This father-in-law is very shrewd; three days is already his limit...
never mind.
I'll take care of my own affairs. I haven't been in Qingshuihe these past few days, so I don't know how my wife and daughter are doing.
The home of the head of the Qingshuihe Brigade.
The brigade leader was very friendly to Su Ying. She had done her best to help with the rescue more than a month ago; otherwise, many people in their village would not have survived.
When someone needed to stay in Qingshuihe for a month, they were given ample money for rent and food.
Fearing that Commander Gu's wife might feel uncomfortable, the meals were prepared and placed in aluminum lunchboxes every day, which Su Ying would then take out and eat in her room.
She had no objections to the fact that the captain had come up with such a good idea.
This made her feel quite comfortable, and she accepted this way of eating.
When I got up to get breakfast this morning, I happened to run into the brigade leader smoking his pipe in the living room.
"Are you settling in well? If there's anything you're uncomfortable with, please let me know. You're a benefactor to Qingshuihe, so there's no need to be so polite."
Su Ying smiled and said, "I'm quite comfortable here, thank you for your concern, Captain."
The two chatted about everyday things when Liu Xiaobao arrived, carrying her little rabbit.
The battalion commander has been quite puzzled these past few days. It seems that Mrs. Gu, the regimental commander's wife, is paying too much attention to Liu Dashan's adopted daughter.
"Xiao Bao's here. Come in quickly. Have you had breakfast?"
Liu Xiaobao nodded and said in his childish voice, "I've already eaten with Uncle Village Chief."
"That's good. You've come to play with your pretty auntie so early?"
"Yes. The pretty auntie is a very nice person, I like her very much."
Su Ying was stunned for a moment by this sudden confession.
All the effort she put in these past few days has paid off; Liu Xiaobao is more dependent on her now, and their relationship has improved.
She pinched Liu Xiaobao's chubby cheeks and said, "Pretty Auntie likes Xiaobao very much too."
Hearing that the pretty auntie liked her very much, Liu Xiaobao smiled so broadly her eyes disappeared.
The captain sat to one side, feeling forgotten. He shouldn't be here; he should be out.
The two had an exceptionally harmonious aura.
He looked Xiao Bao over for a while, then his gaze fell on Su Ying, and he suddenly stopped...
These two look alike...
Was it just his imagination?
Thus, the captain was seen looking back and forth between the two, which Su Ying noticed.
The captain was clearly a smart man; he must have become suspicious of her and Liu Xiaobao's identities.
"You...you...what is this?"
Su Ying didn't intend to hide it, after all, almost ten days of the month had already passed, and in another half month, there should be news about Liu Qinghe's pregnancy.
However, Gu Sinian will come to pick her and Xiao Bao in a little over half a month, and she will know the truth then. It's not a bad thing to reveal it for now.
Su Ying gave the captain a look, "It's just as the captain saw. Xiao Bao and I are in contact, but I don't plan to say too much since the child is here."
"Let's talk about it another day."
The captain nodded blankly, "Okay. I understand."
Three years ago, Liu Dashan took in a child. Although Liu Dashan asked him to keep quiet in the village, not long after the child was brought back, everyone in the village knew that Liu Xiaobao was an abandoned baby. Even the little kids in Qingshuihe knew that Liu Xiaobao was an abandoned baby he had taken in.
Judging from the current attitude of Commander Gu's wife, there must be more to the story behind Xiao Bao's disappearance.
How could someone as kind as Commander Gu's wife abandon her own child?
"Thank you for your understanding, Captain. Please don't tell anyone about this yet, I'm afraid my child won't be able to handle it. I will choose a suitable time to talk to my child about it."
The captain nodded and left the living room, not forgetting to turn back and speak to Xiaobao.
"Xiao Bao, you can come to the village chief's place whenever you want. Your beautiful aunt lives here and doesn't know many people. Come and keep her company."
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