Chapter 120 Children Are Innocent
Huo Zhenhua was already waiting outside.
He saw Yao Hongjun rush out and immediately knocked him down with a whip kick.
"Yao Hongjun, how could you do something so disloyal?"
"Quickly reveal who instructed you to do this, make amends, and strive for leniency."
Director Jiang, exasperated, pointed at his nose and questioned him, his fingers trembling with anger and his thick eyebrows furrowed.
Just then, Commander Tang stormed in with two guards.
He stared at Yao Hongjun with a grim face, sizing him up, and said, "Take him away!"
Yao Hongjun, his hands twisted behind his back by the two men, stood up as if waking from a dream. He struggled to look at Su Meng and said, "Comrade Su, please put in a good word for me!"
I did not make a mistake.
I did not hurt you.
I just want to save my son.
My son was only six months old when the Nie family forcibly took him away.
"If they can't see the diesel engine's parameters before dark, they'll kill my son. Waaah..."
He finished speaking in one breath, and then he was forced to stand still, looking hopefully at the crowd, and wailing in heart-wrenching pain.
She cried so hard her whole body trembled and her voice became hoarse.
Everyone had mixed feelings.
The courtyard was as quiet and heavy as the darkness before dawn.
The air was like mud in a swamp, heavy and oppressive.
"...Commander, I am guilty! My guilt lies in my wavering thoughts."
But children are innocent!
It's getting dark, please help me, save my son! Save my son!
His body went limp, and his knees slammed hard onto the ground with a loud thud.
It's like a sledgehammer striking a person's heart; the heart skips a beat and then caves in.
Su Meng thought about her background and the scene of Su Mianzhi being trapped in the iron cage, and her heart ached.
She admitted that she was not heartless.
She softened!
She couldn't bear to see a lovely little life suffer injustice or be threatened.
She tugged at Huo Zhenhua's sleeve, "Let's go rescue the baby first."
None of them were heartless.
Even if Yao Hongjun is guilty, as he said, "children are innocent."
His son is innocent!
"Lead the way! Go save your son." Commander Tang turned around first with a dark face.
Huo Zhenhua had already reported Su Meng's discovery last night to Commander Tang, but he simply turned Su Meng's discovery into his own.
They had planned the arrest operation for the night, but the man couldn't resist and acted in broad daylight.
Yao Hongjun's words, "the Nie family," drew great attention from Commander Tang and Director Jiang.
The two exchanged a glance, and then Director Jiang turned and went into his office.
Commander Tang personally accompanied Yao Hongjun to the place where the "Nie family" exchanged hostages.
Before leaving the military camp, Su Meng pondered for a moment, then took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote down some data. "This is a slightly modified version of the data that R country applied for a patent for. It should be indistinguishable from the real thing."
Yao Hongjun stared at Su Meng for a few seconds with red eyes, then bowed deeply, his voice hoarse and filled with guilt, "Thank you! Thank you!"
When he received the news that his son had been kidnapped and that the bandits needed to exchange the latest parameters of the diesel engine, his mind went blank. He only remembered to tell Su Meng to hand over the latest parameters to save his son.
Only after calming down did he realize that he had made a huge mistake, almost hurting his innocent and kind colleague and nearly ruining his own family.
No amount of words could make up for the shame in my heart.
He bowed silently again, then turned and walked toward their agreed meeting place.
Huo Zhenhua and others certainly won't stand idly by.
He led his men to take another route.
Before leaving, he reminded Su Meng with concern, "Go back to the research institute quickly! It's not safe outside after dark."
Before Su Meng could speak, Commander Tang retorted, "What danger could our military region possibly face?"
"Let's go! Stop being so wishy-washy; I don't even know if they'll appreciate it."
Su Meng smiled and waved goodbye as they left, then turned and walked towards the research institute.
Sun Qiao and Nie Ronghua are getting married today, and the villa area of their family compound is bustling with activity.
The row of houses and the small courtyard were deserted, with only a few children playing and women sitting under the eaves talking in hushed tones.
They glanced at Su Meng as she walked by, then continued their chatter.
"I knew that girl was something else; she's been staying at the Nie family's house for years. Hehe! Isn't this just what I wanted?"
"I heard she was fired from the research institute a few days ago. Now that she's a member of the Nie family, she can get any job she wants."
Even if a factory is being built, she wouldn't deign to sit in an office there.
"That's for sure! I heard that the Nie family once had a childhood betrothal. That betrothal was greedy for money and, not content with being with the Nie family, wanted to extort even more."
Saying a pendant the size of a soybean costs a thousand yuan? Ha! Isn't that outrageous? Now look what happened, the Nie family dumped him. Serves him right!
"She must be regretting it to death now, hahaha!"
Su Meng paused, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, then walked away as if nothing had happened.
Ha! The Nie family really are... shameless, wicked, and ruthless!
If it weren't for her grandmother's concern for her reputation as a young woman, she would have already stormed over and thrown a thousand yuan in their faces.
Can you buy something that upgrades your living space for just a thousand dollars?
They were ungrateful and heartless, casually giving away the token of their love, then acting superior and wealthy, throwing a thousand yuan at her family and leaving, even accusing them of extortion.
So shameless!
She angrily kicked a pebble at her feet; if she weren't rational, she would have loved to throw a bucket of swill at her doorstep.
Su Xiaoman was squatting in the yard learning to read with her first-grade son when a pebble suddenly fell from the sky and hit her on the head, causing a sharp pain.
"Ouch! Who is it? Someone's been killed!"
Hearing the sound, Su Meng realized she had made a mistake.
She jogged a few steps and said apologetically to Su Xiaoman, "Sister Xiaoman, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I accidentally kicked the pebble away."
"Where am I hurt? We need to get to the infirmary quickly."
Upon seeing that it was Su Meng, Su Xiaoman rubbed her head, then smiled and welcomed Su Meng into the courtyard, looking her over with concern, "Little Su, why are you in a bad mood? Are you alright?"
Su Meng sniffed and abruptly changed the subject, "I'm fine! Sister Xiaoman, are you studying? Did you write all of this?"
On the solid soil of the courtyard, Arabic numerals and pinyin were written.
Su Xiaoman shyly pinched the twig and smiled awkwardly, "My...my son taught me."
Her son, Xiaohu, also stood to the side holding a tree branch, smiling shyly, and softly called out, "Aunt Su!"
Su Meng was pleased with Su Xiaoman's change, and her heart warmed. She blurted out, "Sister Xiaoman, how about I teach you?"
Then, the three of them squatted in the yard, holding identical tree branches, using the ground as paper and the branches as pens.
One person teaches slowly, while the other two listen with great interest.
After teaching a few pinyin and simple Chinese characters, Su Meng suddenly remembered that she had extra paper and pens in her space.
She immediately took out two pencils and six blank notebooks. "Sister Xiaoman, these are for you to use."
Writing on the ground feels different from writing in a notebook. Why don't you try it?
Su Xiaoman refused a few times, but couldn't resist Su Meng's insistence, and took it despite Xiao Hu's envious gaze.
The children perched on the earthen wall were also drooling with envy, sniffling as they grabbed the wall with one hand and raised the other, shouting that they wanted some too.
"Whose kids are you? Get down here right now!"
A familiar voice rang out from outside the courtyard. Su Meng was startled and instinctively wanted to turn around and hide.
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