Chapter 6 You Can’t Fight, But You Can Take a Beating
Chuncheng Military Region, Chief's Office.
Jiang Cha was standing in front of the chief's desk. The director of the military region's general hospital was carefully studying the prescription that Jiang Cha brought.
Chief Ji's eyes were deep and his face was solemn. He carefully observed every expression of Jiang Cha after he entered the office.
Although she was nervous, she was not afraid. She stood there properly, motionless, with her back straight. She was quite brave!
"Aren't you afraid of me?"
Jiang Cha couldn't figure out what Chief Ji meant by this, so she simply told the truth, "I respect you more than I'm afraid of you."
Uncle Huo said that when he first joined the army, he was a soldier under Commander Ji.
He has spent half his life in the military, and his body is covered with scars in exchange for the peace and tranquility of millions of people. It would be an insult to him if such people were afraid of him.
"Interesting, no wonder Old Huo praised you to the sky in front of me."
"This prescription is amazing!"
Dean Ning slapped his thigh and said, "Miss, was this recipe really researched by your grandfather?"
"Our Ye family is a family of imperial physicians, practicing medicine for generations. My grandfather has always loved studying the ancient prescriptions passed down from our ancestors since he was a child. This prescription is just one of his recent improvements. Unfortunately, he was only halfway through his research when he was framed by a traitor and thrown into prison."
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Dean Ning slammed the prescription in front of Chief Ji. "I don't care. You must get Ye Guanlan. With him, the medical supplies of our soldiers will be more secure in the future!"
The pressure was put on Chief Ji, "You gave me this prescription just to ask me to save your grandfather?"
"No." Jiang Cha denied, "I just want to fight for a chance to prove my grandfather's innocence."
"Okay, then I'll give you this chance!"
No one can take away the people the military district wants.
When Chief Ji walked out of the office, Huo Tingkun was waiting outside with Ye Surong, who looked nervous.
"Huo Tingkun, I leave this matter entirely to you. You must bring Ye Guanlan to me safely."
"Yes, Chief." Huo Tingkun gave Chief Ji a standard military salute.
Chief Ji glanced at Ye Surong, whose eyes were red as she stood next to Huo Tingkun, then looked at Jiang Cha and couldn't help but smile.
He patted Huo Tingkun on the shoulder and said, "You have a good vision. Keep up the good work!"
Huo Tingkun felt rarely embarrassed. It was a pity that Ye Surong did not understand what Chief Ji meant.
Jiang Cha understood it, but things like this can only be understood, not expressed in words. The final decision must be in the hands of her mother!
"I'll let Jingye drive you back. Just wait for Uncle Ye to come home."
Ye Surong burst into tears of joy, "Thank you, Chief, thank you, Tingkun, thank you so much!"
Ye Guanlan's situation was eased, and the sadness on Ye Surong's brows disappeared by half. Huo Jingye drove an off-road vehicle to take them back to the Ye family.
As soon as he left the army, Jiang Cha felt a little uneasy.
According to her understanding of Jiang Guodong, she had exposed his true colors today, and tonight he would definitely go to the house at No. 138 Baifu Road and move all his assets away overnight.
It was already eight o'clock in the evening. After Huo Jingye drove her and her mother back to Ye's house, she would try to find a car to take her to Baifu Road. With such a long trip back and forth, it would take her at least ten o'clock to arrive.
What if it’s too late?
Jiang Cha wanted to say something but stopped herself. She wanted Huo Jingye to drive her directly to Baifu Road, but she was not familiar with Huo Jingye after all. The affairs of the Ye family had already troubled Uncle Huo a lot, so how could she have the nerve to trouble Uncle Huo's son again?
Ye Surong was the first to notice Jiang Cha's abnormality, "Cha Cha, are you feeling unwell?"
"Are you feeling unwell? I'll take you to the hospital now!" Huo Jingye became a little nervous when he heard the voice.
Old Huo asked him to send the person home safely, and he couldn't let anyone get into trouble in his hands.
I'm fine. Could you please drive me to No. 138 Baifu Road first?"
He thought something had happened. "It was just a matter of stepping on the accelerator. I thought something had happened to you!"
"I...I'm afraid of causing you trouble, aren't I?"
"It's no trouble. Get in the car."
"Cha Cha, why are you going to Baifu Road so late?" Ye Surong was puzzled.
"Mom, just follow me and you'll know."
She must make Jiang Guodong leave Chuncheng penniless.
People in this era go to bed early. They basically turn off the lights and go to bed at eight o'clock. After nine o'clock, it is pitch black and there is not a single person on the street.
Huo Jingye parked the car in an inconspicuous place. Although he didn't know what Jiang Cha wanted to do, doing it secretly in the middle of the night must not be a good thing, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Under the moonlight, Jiang Cha groped her way to the door of No. 138. She did not let Ye Surong get out of the car. Huo Jingye was worried about her, so he followed her.
It was pitch black everywhere, but there was a rustling sound coming from inside the house.
Jiang Cha put his ear against the wall and listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard Wang Guifang's voice.
"Son, you have so much money, why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought we were really going to become paupers this afternoon!"
"Can you please keep your voice down? Let's quickly grab the things and go back home to the countryside overnight. If anyone finds out, these things will have to be handed over and confiscated."
"Hurry, Ah Cheng, let's move quickly, or we can't let others get away with it!"
It seems that she came at the right time.
Jiang Cha retreated to the corner, and Huo Jingye asked quietly, "What are you doing in there?"
It sounded like the voices of the three idiots from the Jiang family.
"Transfer assets." Jiang Cha summed it up in four words.
Transferring assets? Where did Jiang Guodong get his assets?
Huo Jingye suddenly realized, "These are all him...he..."
Jiang Cha nodded, "Yes, he stole it from our Ye family."
"Shameless!" Huo Jingye was filled with indignation.
Jiang Cha picked up a wooden stick standing in the corner and handed it to Huo Jingye. Huo Jingye was frightened by her and quickly put his hands behind his back. "You don't want me to kill anyone, do you? I won't do anything illegal!"
"I just want you to knock them out from behind when they come out. There are three of them, and I can't handle it alone!"
So that's how it is? Huo Jingye breathed a sigh of relief. This little girl had frightened him so much that he broke out in a sweat.
"You don't need that. Have you forgotten my dad and my brother? They're both soldiers, and I learned a few tricks from them!"
Huo Jingye made a gesture with his fist, eager to try.
The people inside fiddled around for a long time before the door was slowly opened.
Jiang Guodong, Jiang Cheng and Wang Guifang, each carried a big sack on his back, which looked very heavy. Huo Jingye sneaked up behind the three men like a ghost, and with three bangs, three knife-like strikes came down. The sacks on the shoulders of the three men slid to the ground, and they fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
Jiang Cha was shocked by this scene. She quickly dropped the stick in her hand, and when she looked at Huo Jingye again, even her eyes changed.
"You're quite secretive!"
"That's it!" Huo Jingye would never admit it. His hand was in so much pain that it felt like it was about to break! Wuuwuwu...
Jiang Cha squatted down and checked the three large sacks, which contained cash, jewelry, yellow croaker, and many authentic calligraphy and paintings. Huo Jingye had never seen so much money before, and his eyes widened.
"Oh my goodness, did you take all this from your house?"
Jiang Cha sneered, "Whether it's cash or not, I don't know, but it must be something else!"
Jiang Guodong was even more greedy than she had imagined.
Huo Jingye clicked his tongue twice. "We have to leave quickly. We have so much money. What if someone spots us?"
He did what he said and dragged Jiang Guodong and the other two into the house. He checked carefully and made sure that nothing was left behind before closing the door again.
Huo Jingye gave the lightest of the three sacks to Jiang Cha, and he carried the remaining two on his shoulders, one on each side, and walked briskly.
At the same time, Huo Tingkun's capture operation was in full swing.
"Commander, all the suspects have been apprehended, but..."
"Speak." Huo Tingkun's mood was low, his brows were furrowed, and he always had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Deputy Factory Director Cen Jianjun...ran away!"
Huo Tingkun adjusted the plan as quickly as possible. "Detain all his family members. Put the entire city under martial law. Conduct a blanket search. No entrance or exit can be spared."
"yes."
He can't run away!
Huo Tingkun looked in the direction of the Ye family. He had conducted such a high-profile search. If Cen Jianjun wanted to survive, there was only one way...
"Teams 3, 4, and 5 will carry out the search and arrest mission. Teams 1 and 2 will follow me to the Ye family and stake out Cen Jianjun. Zhou Zheng, call Huo Jingchuan immediately."
"yes."
Even when he returned to the Ye family, Huo Jingye's heart was still pounding.
After seeing those things, Ye Surong was so angry that she trembled.
"Our Ye family has never treated him unfairly, yet he actually did something like this behind our backs?"
"It's his own greed that makes us want to swallow an elephant. Let's just pretend we don't know about this. It's late now, go to bed quickly. Tomorrow when Grandpa comes back, we have to thank Uncle Huo and his family!"
"You're right, Jingye. It's so late. Why don't you stay at my place tonight? I have a guest room. Otherwise, you can stay at Jiang Cheng's room."
It’s so late, and it’s troublesome to go back and forth. Huo Jingye has to go to work at the factory tomorrow. It’s much closer from Ye’s house to the factory than from the army!
"Alright, thank you Aunt Ye. I'll call my brother and tell him."
Jiang Cha said as she packed her things, "The phone is right next to the sofa, just call it."
She had to move all these things to the warehouse and hide them. After the incident with her grandfather was over, she would have to take inventory of all the warehouses at home.
No matter how careful you are, you can never guard against a thief in your own home. Fortunately, there are no messy people at home now. Jiang Cha locked the warehouse, found a chain, hung the key around his neck, and hid it in his clothes.
Huo Jingye sat on the sofa and dialed the phone number of the military district family compound. Before Huo Jingye could speak, Huo Jingchuan's voice came over.
"Dad told you to stay at the Ye family tonight to protect Aunt Ye and her daughter. We've found the murderer who targeted the Ye family, but he's escaped. He's likely to kidnap Aunt Ye and Jiang Cha as hostages to fight for his own survival. You sleep on the first floor, so be careful."
Huo Jingye shuddered, all sleepiness gone. Huo Jingchuan seemed to have guessed his reaction and added, "Calm down. Don't tell Aunt Ye and the others about this yet. If someone comes in, you just need to hold them off for two minutes! We'll keep an eye on the Ye family."
For fear of alerting the enemy, Huo Tingkun would lurk around the Ye family with his men. Two minutes was the slowest time for them to rush in to rescue people. They had to ensure the safety of Ye Surong and Jiang Cha.
Huo Jingye swallowed hard, "You really are my brother, you think too highly of me!"
With his mediocre skills, he could just fool around with ginger tea, but if he really had to do it, he wasn't sure how long he could last.
"Although you're not good at fighting..." Huo Jingchuan's voice was filled with a faint smile, "but you can take a beating!"
How can this not be considered an advantage?
Huo Jingye hung up the phone with a click.
"goodbye!"
"Jingye, can you sleep in Jiang Cheng's room? I'll make your bed again!"
Ye Surong poked her head down from upstairs, and Huo Jingye looked up at her, "Aunt Ye, there's no need to bother. I can just sleep on the sofa."
"How can this be possible? How can a sofa be as comfortable as a bed?"
"Aunt Ye, you don't know me. I just like sleeping on the sofa."
"Then I'll find you a change of clothes, and you can go take a shower before going to bed!"
"Thank you, Aunt Ye."
It was hot at that time and the clothes were thin. After taking a shower, Huo Jingye washed his clothes and hung them outside so that he could wear them the next morning.
Before Jiang Cha went upstairs, she glanced at Huo Jingye twice. The phone call just now was a bit strange. She had to be careful when she slept at night!
Dark clouds covered the moon and everything was silent.
There was a rustling noise coming from the window on the back wall of the Ye family's house.
Huo Jingye suddenly opened his eyes.
Jiang Cha stood behind the curtains on the second floor, staring at the people outside who were trying to climb in through the window, and her heart couldn't help but feel nervous.
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