Li Qingming didn't know the specifics of what had happened.
Based on his understanding of Dai Fenghe, he definitely wouldn't give Xu Xiaosi away for adoption; otherwise, he wouldn't have taken Xu Xiaosi into his home to raise her in the first place.
"Of course! Don't you believe Uncle Li Qingming?" Li Qingming reassured Xu Xiaosi with a confident tone, then reasoned with her: "Xiaosi, if you leave without saying goodbye, the aunties and uncles in the compound who like you so much must be worried sick! Your aunt just gave birth to your brother and is so weak that she can't even walk. If she knew you left the compound, she would definitely cry!"
Hearing that her aunt was worried about her, Xu Xiaosi lowered her head in shame, fidgeting with her fingers, and weakly said, "I really didn't mean to, I was just scared!"
Li Qingming patted Xu Xiaosi's head!
"Xiaosi, you're not allowed to run around like this anymore. Do you know that if you go out alone and run into human traffickers, you might never see the people you care about again!"
Li Qingming breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he made it in time. Xu Xiaosi was alright. If something had happened, he would have blamed himself for the rest of his life.
Xu Xiaosi nodded, glanced at Uncle Li Qingming, and then said nothing more.
Dai Fenghe was driving to the train station when he saw Li Qingming and Xiao Si together at the bus stop. He quickly asked someone to stop the car.
"Xiao Si!" Dai Fenghe ran over as soon as he got out of the car.
When Xu Xiaosi saw her uncle, she stood still. She was initially happy, but thinking of the grievances and fear in her heart, she didn't dare to go up and greet him.
"Xu Xiaosi, you've got some nerve, running away from home!" Dai Fenghe was terribly worried, his heart pounding. When he saw her safe and sound and ran over, he wanted to scold Xu Xiaosi, but then he noticed that she wasn't even smiling at him anymore!
Like before, when Xu Xiaosi saw him appear, she would happily go up to him and call him "Uncle," and ask him to hug her.
She stared blankly, saying nothing, fiddling with her fingers.
It broke his heart.
"Xiao Si..." Dai Fenghe hugged Xu Xiao Si with a sigh of relief, "You scared your uncle to death, you know? I told you to go back and get some sleep, why did you leave?"
"If you leave and something happens, how will I explain it to your parents, how will I explain it to your aunt?" Dai Fenghe is Xu Xiaosi's uncle, and Xu Xiaosi's mother is his classmate, a student taught by the same teacher. Her father is a good friend of Dai Fenghe for many years.
Xu Xiaosi cried when she first saw her uncle.
"Tell me, what has your uncle ever done to you? You just broke an egg, is that all you have to be so scared of?" Dai Fenghe said, feeling guilty and angry at the same time. "I'm sorry, Xiaosi!"
He hasn't taken good care of Xiaosi's feelings lately, which is why she's scared.
Xu Xiaosi was being held by Dai Fenghe, and she realized that she had done something wrong.
"Uncle, I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Xu Xiaosi hugged her uncle's neck. "The older boys in the yard said you don't want me anymore. You and Auntie had a child, so you don't want me anymore! It's not that Mom and Dad are far away, it's that they're gone, right?"
Xu Xiaosi actually understands everything. She knows that her aunt only took her in because her parents are gone. But now that her aunt and uncle have their own child, they will definitely abandon her, just like that older brother said.
She was terrified when she heard that Dai Fenghe was going to take her into the city.
"Xiao Si!" Dai Fenghe hadn't expected that Xu Xiao Si knew everything.
He looked at Xu Xiaosi with heartache, unsure of what to say.
Xu Xiaosi wiped away Dai Fenghe's tears.
"Uncle, I'm sorry, I promise I'll be a good boy from now on!" Xu Xiaosi said sincerely.
“Xiaosi, no matter what child your aunt gives birth to, he is your younger brother and also our family. Even after your brother is born, your uncle and aunt will raise you as their own daughter! Your uncle is not good. He has not taken good care of you these days. It is your uncle’s fault.”
Dai Fenghe touched Xu Xiaosi's face and said, "Xiaosi, this is the first time your uncle has taken care of your aunt during her postpartum period. I don't know how to take care of a baby, nor do I know how to take care of your aunt and you. So your uncle is trying to learn. Can you give your uncle some time?"
This was indeed Dai Fenghe's first time taking care of his wife during her postpartum period, and he was completely clueless about many things. The birth of the child left him flustered and overwhelmed.
“Uncle doesn’t not love you anymore, it’s just that Uncle doesn’t understand anything. Your brother is crying, and Aunt needs Uncle to take care of her. I’ve neglected Xiaosi. I’m sorry.” Dai Fenghe knew that Xiaosi was affected by what others said. He hadn’t had time to communicate with Xu Xiaosi properly, which was why she was so scared.
"Mmm!" All the grievances in Xu Xiaosi's heart welled up, and her tears flowed even more fiercely. She had wronged her uncle. "I'm sorry, Uncle. Xiaosi knows she was wrong. I won't run away from home again."
Dai Fenghe hugged Xu Xiaosi tightly and sighed, thankfully nothing bad had happened.
Holding Xu Xiaosi, he looked at Li Qingming, whose face was covered in sweat.
He said gratefully, "Battalion Commander Li, thank you."
"It's nothing," Li Qingming waved his hand.
Dai Fenghe brought Xu Xiaosi home. As soon as they entered the family compound, the family members greeted Xiaosi warmly.
When Xu Miaoya learned that Xu Xiaosi had run away from home, she was so worried that she couldn't eat and kept crying, saying that she wanted to go find Xu Xiaosi.
The baby, only a few days old, was crying incessantly, and everyone helped to soothe him.
When Qian Luoshui held the child, he instantly quieted down and fell asleep in Qian Luoshui's arms.
Xu Miaoya kept staring at the doorway, and her sisters-in-law kept urging her to have some egg drop soup.
She couldn't see Xu Xiaosi and had no appetite.
Huang Yingzi was in the kitchen making chicken soup for Xu Miaoya. She needed nutrition during her postpartum period so that she could have enough breast milk to feed her baby.
"Don't worry too much, Xu Meizi. They've already gone out to look for her, and they'll find her soon," Huang Yingzi said as she came out of the kitchen.
Xu Miaoya knew that this was the truth, but these were the bloodline left by her brother and sister-in-law. How could she explain it if something happened to them?
"Sister-in-law Xu, don't worry, we'll definitely find her. Xiao Si is so smart, she'll be alright." Shen Qiaoyue quickly comforted Xu Miaoya.
Xu Miaoya didn't speak, but after hearing Shen Qiaoyue's words, she looked up.
His eyes were fixed on the doorway, eager to know what was going on.
Soon, there was movement in the yard.
"I'm back!"
Hearing the sound of someone returning, Xu Miaoya tried to get up out of worry, but Xiang Shulan and Ye Hualan held her down.
“Auntie…” Xu Xiaosi came back from outside and the first thing she did was to find her auntie.
Her uncle said that her aunt would be very worried about her and that she should come back and apologize to her aunt.
"Auntie, I was wrong!" Xu Xiaosi couldn't hold back her tears from the moment she entered the door.
"What are you doing? You scared me to death!" Xu Miaoya spread her arms, her eyes reddening.
Xu Xiaosi ran over and hugged her aunt, apologizing, "I'm sorry, Auntie."
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, you scared your aunt to death!" Xu Miaoya was also relieved.
Having lost it and found it again, he hugged Xu Xiaosi tightly.
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