"What's wrong? Did you get bullied, baby?" Lu Ti stroked her head, while Zhen Lei patted his daughter's back.
Zhen Tian was sobbing uncontrollably. She choked out, "Mom and Dad, my classmate's parents were murdered."
"What?" Neither of them heard clearly: "Wipe your tears and calm down before you talk."
“I said…” Zhen Tian couldn’t calm down, tears and snot streaming down her face: “Yuan Yuan, Yuan Yuan’s parents were murdered.”
Zhen Lei and Lu Ti were both taken aback. They were ordinary, law-abiding citizens, and anyone would find such a thing a little unreal. They were no exception.
Zhen Tian continued, "Uncle and Aunt... hiccup... lying in a pool of blood... hiccup... it was really scary."
"You saw it?" Zhen Lei asked his daughter hurriedly.
"Um, we took Yuanyuan... hiccup... home, and saw... hiccup."
Zhen Lei frowned, patting Zhen Tian's back repeatedly with his palm. He exchanged a glance with his wife, then frowned again.
In the end, Lu Ti took Zhen Tian back to her room.
"Go take a shower, and Mom will sleep with you tonight, okay?"
"Mmm." Zhen Tian sniffed and nodded.
While she was taking a shower, Lu Ti went out and spoke a few words with her husband.
As soon as she stepped outside, Zhen Lei's solemn expression came into Lu Ti's view. She sighed, "I've met Yuan Yuan before. She's very steady and well-behaved. How could she have encountered such a thing?"
"Have you paid attention to her parents?" Zhen Lei asked.
Lu Ti nodded: "Her family members all seem to be law-abiding citizens, so they shouldn't have gotten into any trouble."
Although the victims had no connection to them, they couldn't do nothing because Yuanyuan was Tiantian's good friend.
"How about I go see if the child needs any help tomorrow?"
"Alright."
After a while, Lu Ti said again, "I'll go instead. Your male identity might make Yuan Yuan wary. I'll take Tian Tian with me."
"good."
After exchanging a few words, Lu Ti went to Zhen Tian's room.
Unexpectedly, after entering the bathroom, Zhen Tian couldn't wait to call Ji Yuzhi.
The call was answered very quickly.
"Sweetie." The familiar male voice rang out.
Zhen Tian's tears welled up again: "Zhizhi, I want to see you."
Hearing her sobbing, how could Ji Yuzhi not panic? He immediately switched to video mode, and their faces were reflected in each other's view.
"Why are you crying again?"
"Zhizhi, I'm so scared." Zhen Tian wiped away her tears and recounted the terrifying scene she had experienced that night to him.
Ji Yuzhi's expression grew increasingly serious as he listened: "Nonsense."
Zhen Tian stopped talking and looked at him with a wronged expression.
"Knowing there was an accident upstairs, why did you still go over there?" Ji Yuzhi reprimanded her very seriously. His expression didn't seem fake, and Zhen Tian could tell at a glance that he was really angry.
“I’m worried about Yuanyuan…” she said, sitting on the toilet and rubbing the hem of her clothes.
"What's the use of worrying? What help can you be if you go up there? Is that the kind of scene you should be in?" Ji Yu asked three questions in a row.
He had long been aware of Zhen Tian's reckless behavior, but since he had been by her side before and those were all trivial matters, he hadn't felt the need to say anything. But who could have predicted that something like this would happen?
“Just…” Zhen Tian suddenly didn’t want to call him anymore.
"Do you know where you went wrong?" This time, Ji Yuzhi didn't want her to get away with it and insisted on explaining things to her clearly.
"I understand..." she said, bowing her head.
"I don't think you know anything." She thought he couldn't see her defiant expression, and was still pretending. He wouldn't understand her. Ji Yu was speechless with anger.
"I really know," Zhen Tian tried to deny it.
Lu Ti heard voices coming from the bathroom from outside the door. She tentatively called out, "Sweetie?"
Upon hearing this, Zhen Tian looked towards the door and then remembered that she had come to take a bath.
"Mom, I'll be done soon."
She quickly said to Ji Yuzhi, "Mom is calling me, I'm going to take a shower and then I'm going out. Bye-bye, Zhizhi."
"Wait." Ji Yuzhi saw her lean forward as if to hang up the phone and stopped her.
In the end, he gave in. Ji Yuzhi said in a gentle voice, "Don't get involved in dangerous situations next time, promise me, okay?"
Zhen Tian looked into his eyes and nodded, "I understand."
"Call me if you're scared after you take a shower."
Her eyes lit up immediately: "Then tell me a story."
"good."
Having received a satisfactory answer, Zhen Tian hung up the phone with a sense of contentment. The joy of anticipation outweighed the fear and worry in her heart.
Sometimes being carefree is a good quality.
Ji Yuzhi glanced at the stack of documents in his hand and quickened his reading pace.
"Why did it take so long?" Lu Ti leaned against Zhen Tian's headboard, flipping through a book in her hand. "What are you looking for?"
As soon as Zhen Tian came out of the bathroom, she started rummaging through drawers and cabinets.
"It's nothing." She smiled and held what she had found in her palm. "I'm turning off the lights now."
"Do you want to sleep with the lights on tonight?" Lu Ti asked.
"No."
The bedside lamp was dimly lit, and Zhen Tian was huddled under the covers, making rustling noises.
Concerned for her daughter, Lu Ti spoke up again: "Do you want Mom to tell you a story? You loved it when Mom told you stories when you were little."
Zhen Tian shook her head under the covers: "No need."
Seeing that her daughter was much better, Lu Ti lay down with peace of mind.
"I'm all better now, you can talk to me." Zhen Tian texted Ji Yuzhi, then put on her headphones.
After the call was connected, Ji Yuzhi's voice flowed out slowly, like a cello playing gently and deeply, full of emotion.
Before long, Lu Ti heard her daughter's steady breathing beside her. She curiously lifted the blanket covering Zhen Tian's head and put the earphones hanging in her ears on her own.
She recognized Ji Yuzhi's voice immediately, and Lu Ti's expression in the darkness was a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
No wonder, no wonder Sweetie didn't need her to tell stories, no wonder Sweetie fell asleep soon after lying down and wasn't scared at all.
She was both happy and sad. She carefully took the earphones back to her daughter and then lay down to sleep.
the next day.
Given the seriousness of the situation, Zhen Lei naturally called Zhen Tian's homeroom teacher to ask for leave, and also subtly mentioned that Yuan Yuan might have some family matters to attend to and wouldn't be able to come to school, asking the teacher not to worry.
While waiting for Zhen Tian to get up, Lu Ti took her to the police station to inquire about the situation.
Yuan Yuan sat on a bench set up by the police station, her eyes bloodshot from not having slept all night. She gritted her teeth and said fiercely to the police, "It must be them, there can't be anyone else."
"Calm down first." The police officer was also helpless. It wasn't that he didn't believe her, but her current state was too abnormal, and her testimony didn't support any evidence.
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