Chapter 406 How could my parents hit me?
Upon learning that Jiang Ting was waiting for them at their doorstep with a group of people, the couple exchanged a glance and hurried home.
As I walked to the gate of my own courtyard, I saw Jiang Ting and a man in front of their gate.
The couple walked over, and Minister Qian saw Shen Mo. He raised his hand in salute, "Deputy Brigade Commander Shen."
Shen Mo nodded to him.
He asked, "What happened?"
Minister Qian looked at the imposing Shen Mo and said in a serious tone, "Comrade Jiang Ting from the cultural troupe has filed a formal complaint against you, Deputy Brigade Commander, and your spouse for abusing Huo Zhiqi, the orphan of a soldier."
Hearing this, Shen Mo frowned.
Abuse?
Which eye of hers saw him and his wife abusing Zhiqi?
Jiang Ting followed up on Minister Qian's words, "That's right, I saw with my own eyes that Huo Zhiqi had injuries, which must have been caused by your abuse of him."
Jiang Ning was speechless, almost swearing, and getting angry. She looked at Jiang Ting and said, "Do you know what you're saying? We're abusing children, do you have any evidence?"
Jiang Ting crossed her arms and smiled confidently, "Evidence? We'll know when the child you adopted comes back."
Their commotion at the entrance immediately attracted a lot of onlookers.
The news spread like wildfire, and soon everyone knew what had happened.
Everyone was very surprised to hear Jiang Ting report that Shen Mo and his wife were abusing Zhiqi.
Everyone here is a close neighbor; if the couple had really abused their child, it would have been known throughout the compound long ago.
When Zhiqi was adopted by the previous leader, the child was thin and bony, and he was also bullied by the leader's two biological sons. That's how it was obvious that he had been abused.
But after being adopted by Shen Mo and Jiang Ning, the child grew stronger and stronger, showing no signs of being abused.
Sister Li spoke up, "Aren't you talking nonsense? I live right across from Sister Jiang. If the child was being abused, how could I not know?"
Once someone spoke up, others immediately chimed in, "That's right, if the child had really been abused, we neighbors would have known long ago."
"You come here without any evidence; isn't that slander?"
Hearing these people all talking at once, all defending Jiang Ning, Jiang Ting was so angry that her face twisted in anger.
Jiang Ting roared, "Who says I have no evidence?! I have evidence! When Huo Zhiqi comes back, you'll see the injuries on his body and you'll know!"
One military wife said, "Injuries don't prove anything. What child this age doesn't like to jump around and play? Aren't these bumps and bruises normal?"
"My son once jumped from the second floor and broke his leg. It was Dr. Jiang who healed him. Dr. Jiang is such a beautiful and kind person. How could she possibly abuse a child?"
"That's right. When the children in our residential compound get sick, it's always Dr. Jiang who takes good care of them. Besides, Dr. Jiang is a mother herself, so there's no way she would abuse a child!"
"If you ask me, you're heavily pregnant and about to become a mother, and you've done some immoral things before, and now you're reporting Dr. Jiang. Can't you at least do something good for the baby in your belly?"
Jiang Ning stared intently at the military families; when it came to verbal sparring, they were the best.
Jiang Ting's face turned red as she was surrounded by the military families.
She glared at Jiang Ning fiercely, wondering why she had never noticed before that Jiang Ning was so good at winning people over.
What she reported was true, yet these people were still siding with Jiang Ning.
Seeing that she couldn't win the argument, Jiang Ting snorted coldly, "I'm not going to argue with you. You'll find out when the child comes back."
Jiang Ning knew that Zhiqi had injuries, after all, she was the one who applied medicine to the child's arm injury yesterday.
Did Jiang Ting see the injury on Zhiqi's arm and conclude that she and Shen Mo abused the child?
Now that Jiang Ting keeps saying they're abusing Zhiqi, she naturally has a legitimate reason for it.
Jiang Ting's purpose has been confirmed.
Jiang Ning's expression remained unchanged; Jiang Ting's purpose in coming was likely to be in vain.
She didn't dwell on whether Zhiqi had been abused by them. Instead, she looked at Jiang Ting with a half-smile and asked, "If the child comes back without any injuries, how will you settle the matter of you reporting me?"
Jiang Ting insisted, "It's impossible that there were no injuries!"
Jiang Ning looked at Jiang Ting with a sharp gaze, too lazy to argue with her. "Fine, we'll wait for the child to come back."
Shen Mo took out his key and opened the door. He saw many military dependents standing outside. He subconsciously looked at his wife and asked her what to do.
Jiang Ning understood what he meant, and immediately went inside to bring out some long benches, as well as some snacks such as melon seeds and peanuts.
The little snack was brought out by Lezhi and Nanxing, and they called her "auntie" in a very sweet voice.
The military families were overjoyed by the two little ones.
How could someone who has raised two such beautiful and well-mannered children possibly abuse them?
Seeing that Jiang Ning was determined to go against Jiang Ting, Sister-in-law Li went inside and brought out her own stool, sitting among the military dependents.
With food and entertainment, why not?
Everyone ate sunflower seeds and peanuts, waiting quietly for the protagonist to return.
Even Minister Qian's hands were stuffed with a handful of sunflower seeds and peanuts, and a stool was brought to him. Only Jiang Ting stood under the scorching sun.
They wouldn't give her any food, not even a stool.
Jiang Ting got tired of standing and saw an empty seat on a bench not far away, so she went over to rest for a while.
The military wife, who was sitting on the stool, shrugged and moved to the side, then snorted at Jiang Ting with her nostrils pointing to the sky.
Jiang Ting had never been treated like this in her life. Her face was ripped off and trampled underfoot, and she was being targeted like this.
Jiang Ting felt embarrassed, but she couldn't leave, and she was seething with anger.
Watching Jiang Ning chatting and laughing with others, she sneered inwardly.
Laugh.
The happier you are now, the more miserable you will be in tears later.
Shen Mo, who was recently promoted to deputy brigade commander, might also be punished for this.
Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, a boy's voice suddenly rang out from behind, "Aunties, what are you doing in front of my house?"
Hearing the sound, everyone turned around and saw Zhiqi returning with a crossbody bag slung over his shoulder.
As soon as everyone saw Zhiqi, the enthusiastic family members of the soldiers immediately stepped forward and said to him, "Zhiqi, something has happened to your family. This woman said your parents beat you!"
Upon hearing this, Zhiqi looked completely bewildered.
"Dad and Mom hit me?" he said blankly. Before he could say anything more, Jiang Ting suddenly rushed up and grabbed Zhiqi's arm.
Jiang Ting said, "Zhiqi, be good. Tell this uncle and aunt that your parents hit you! Show them your injuries."
After Jiang Ting finished speaking, she turned to look at Jiang Ning with a cold smile.
She wanted to see how Jiang Ning would be humiliated later!
Zhiqi looked completely bewildered. Upon hearing this, he immediately shook his head. "No, how could my parents hit me? They treat me very well!"
Jiang Ting's smile froze, and her heart skipped a beat.
"You're talking nonsense!" Jiang Ting grabbed Zhiqi's arm. "You clearly have injuries; they're the ones who hit you!"
After her initial excitement subsided, she calmed down and knelt down to Zhiqi, saying, "Zhiqi, have you been threatened by them? Look at this uncle, tell him you were beaten, he can help you, he can make sure the person who beat you is punished, don't be afraid."
Zhiqi tilted his head and said with a frown, "What are you saying? My parents didn't hit me, so how could they threaten me?"
"Minister Jiang."
At this moment, Minister Qian of the Discipline Department coldly called out to her.
He knew that Jiang Ting was the head of the arts and culture department of the performing arts troupe, and indeed he should call her "head."
“The child is the person involved. He himself said that he was not abused by Deputy Brigade Commander Shen and Dr. Jiang. How can you guide the child to lie like this?”
Jiang Ting was dumbfounded. "He's lying. I saw that he clearly had an injury on his arm yesterday. How come it's gone today?"
As she spoke, she tugged at Zhiqi's arm, searching for the injuries she had seen yesterday.
She clearly saw it back then; those injuries weren't fake.
However, she was stunned again when she pulled up Zhiqi's sleeve. She grabbed Zhiqi's arm tightly and searched for the wounds on his arm.
What happened? How could this be?
Where did the injury on his hand go?
"Tell me, how did you do that? Where's the injury on your hand? Where did the injury on your hand go?" Jiang Ting gripped Zhiqi's arm tightly and questioned him, "Yesterday you came to me with an injury and told me they beat you up, where did the injury on your hand go!?"
"I didn't say that Mom and Dad hit me. I didn't say that you're hurting me. Let go!" Zhiqi struggled and cried pitifully because she hurt him.
Jiang Ning noticed that Zhiqi's arm was red from being pinched by Jiang Ting, so she frowned, walked over, and pried Jiang Ting's hand away.
"Let go of my child."
Zhiqi broke free from Jiang Ting's grasp and hid behind Jiang Ning.
However, the moment he dodged, the grievance on his little face vanished for a second.
At this moment, the military dependents immediately started talking all at once, pointing at Jiang Ting and saying, "I told you Deputy Brigade Commander Shen and Dr. Jiang weren't the kind of people who would abuse children! What are you up to by slandering Dr. Jiang like this?!"
"I think she just can't stand seeing Dr. Jiang doing well. They're sisters, but Shen Mo has risen to the rank of deputy brigade commander through her own abilities, while her man is still just a battalion commander. The difference is huge."
"Anyone would feel a little resentful in this situation, but this is the first time I've seen someone so unwilling to see their sister do well and resort to such methods to ruin her reputation."
Jiang Ning listened to these words and silently gave them a thumbs up.
They analyzed each one in a very logical and reasonable way.
I must say, the analysis is quite accurate.
Jiang Ting's face contorted with rage; these people's words felt like sharp swords piercing her heart.
She was so angry she almost vomited blood.
She pointed at Huo Zhiqi, "You, Huo Zhiqi, you're already lying and deceiving people at such a young age, aren't you? You were the one who said..."
"What did you say?" At this moment, Shen Mo walked over, his tall and burly figure blocking Jiang Ning and Zhi Qi's path.
Jiang Ting felt a little intimidated by his cold gaze.
Shen Mo has never argued with military families and has a high tolerance for them, but Jiang Ting has targeted his wife repeatedly. Does she really think he's dead?
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