Chapter 30: A Softening of Attitude
[System, are you saying the child has been taken to the mountains and will be moved as soon as the time is right?]
The system nodded: [Yes, if they act quickly, they can definitely find the child before they are moved.]
The group of people who took the children away were extremely wicked. Qiu Ju's child was just one of them. They even arrested dozens of people and took them away in batches.
Huo Zheng's eyes flashed with a sense of urgency, and he immediately took Qiu Ju to the police station.
"Mingyue, I'm sorry, our business today may have to be postponed for the time being."
Lu Mingyue waved her hand, indicating that it didn't matter. "You can go and do your business without worry. I'll take Leilei and Yaoyao for a stroll in the nearby park. We'll go home after you're done."
Before leaving, she couldn't help but ask, "It shouldn't take too long, right?"
Huo Zheng nodded. "Logically speaking, this matter is not under my jurisdiction. I will come back to pick you up after I have explained things to the police station."
He instructed Lu Mingyue to take the children for a stroll nearby, or to eat at a state-run restaurant, as long as they didn't leave the county town.
Knowing that there was such a dangerous group of people on the island, Huo Zheng was very worried. No matter how far the other party's influence was, they wouldn't dare to make a move in the county town in broad daylight.
After she left, Lu Mingyue took her two children to the supply and marketing cooperative and each bought a candied hawthorn skewer, planning to take a stroll in the nearby park.
The air was much fresher in the 1970s, and many birds flew around in the garden.
Yao Yao took a bite of a candied hawthorn, and the sweet and sour taste burst in her mouth, the sourness constantly stimulating her mouth to produce saliva.
She grimaced from the sourness, but still couldn't bear to spit out the candied hawthorn.
This is the first time her mother has bought her candied hawthorns. She should eat them slowly and carefully.
Seeing her little expression, Lu Mingyue couldn't help but chuckle. Is this child really that daring to eat sour things?
When we first bought it, Yao Yao was the first to feed the candied hawthorn to her.
Lu Mingyue couldn't resist the expectant look in the child's eyes, so she took a bite of one, but dared not eat a second one.
If there's one thing she fears most, it's sour things.
In my past life, many of my friends loved to eat candied hawthorn berries and hawthorn snowballs.
Lu Mingyue always kept her distance from it, not because she didn't want to eat it, but because she couldn't stand the sour taste of hawthorn.
After finishing the candied hawthorns, fearing that the two children would be bored, Lu Mingyue remembered that they had cotton thread with them, which they brought specifically to play games with the two children.
Lei Lei said he wasn't interested in playing with the cotton rope, but his eyes were actually glued to them the whole time.
Seeing that his younger sister couldn't do the next move, he became so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks.
Lu Mingyue sighed, "They're still just kids; they wear their hearts on their sleeves."
Lu Mingyue knew that Leilei had been calling her a bad woman behind her back.
For her, this was a very disrespectful way of addressing her.
But she also understood that there had never been a mother in this family for the past few years, and the children had been living with Huo Zheng. It was understandable that they found it hard to accept.
Lu Mingyue has always upheld the principles of fairness and justice, treating children like adults, recognizing that children also have their own thoughts and ideas.
If you want to build a closer relationship with your child, you should naturally treat him like a friend first.
Lu Mingyue offered him a way out, and Lei Lei lowered his head, feeling ashamed of his previous actions.
At the same time, he found it difficult to speak and didn't know how to apologize to Lu Mingyue.
Even though Lu Mingyue knew what he was thinking, she didn't urge him on. Instead, she let him focus on playing the game.
Children recognize their mistakes, and admitting them is only a matter of time; there's no need to rush it.
With Lu Mingyue mediating the atmosphere, he and Leilei got along very well. In just one game, the two unknowingly grew closer.
Yao Yao looked at her brother, whose face didn't seem so angry anymore. She tilted her head and belatedly realized that this was a good thing, because the three of them could play games together from now on.
"Mom, can we play beanbag toss when we get home?"
"Sure, but do we have any beanbags at home?"
The two children didn't have many toys; when packed away, they amounted to nothing more than a small basket. Lu Mingyue remembered looking at it and there was nothing else inside.
Yao Yao shook her head, "No, but we can borrow from Brother Niu Niu's house."
Niu Niu is the neighbor's child, Lu Mingyue heard Yao Yao mention before going to sleep.
"It's okay, Mom can make you a new one. What color do you want?"
If you have some scraps of cloth at home, you can put some millet in them and sew them together to easily make a simple and beautiful sandbag.
Yao Yao happily lay on her lap, her two little braids sticking up and swaying, looking incredibly cute.
"I like things that look good."
Although the little girl has not yet developed her own aesthetic sense, she loves colorful things.
"No problem, Mom will make it for you when we get back. What about Leilei?"
Lu Mingyue glanced at the silent Leilei and asked him about his favorite color.
"I have one too?" Leilei's eyes widened.
"Of course, we have two children, so each of you will get one, and you won't have to fight over it."
Leilei wanted to say that he would never fight with his sister for it.
As a loving older brother, he always puts his sister first in everything.
But he didn't say it aloud. Instead, he said somewhat shyly, "I like strong colors."
"A powerful color," Lu Mingyue really wanted to ask him, "what color is powerful?"
Leilei thought for a moment and said, "A color like Dad's is powerful."
A look of understanding flashed across Lu Mingyue's eyes. He realized that he had forgotten that this child was not only a sister-complex but also a father-complex.
In his eyes, his father is the most amazing.
“Okay, that’s easy. Just go back and cut off a piece from your dad’s old clothes, and that’ll be enough.”
The two children happily continued playing cat's cradle, and the harmonious scene of the family of three was the envy of onlookers.
In a dark corner unnoticed by them, a pair of deep, unseen eyes were watching them.
"Boss, this girl is really nice. Look at the two kids next to her, they're handsome and fair-skinned, they must be city people from out of town."
Ma Zi reported to the boss with a happy expression.
Scarface snorted coldly, "Do you need to tell me? I'm not blind."
They'll definitely make a fortune selling such good stuff.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
As soon as Pockmarked Man finished speaking, he was punched by Scarface.
"I always tell you to read more books, but you rush in like that in broad daylight, as if you're afraid they won't catch you, huh?"
What's the difference between this and walking right into a trap?
I don't know how this person's brain works; they're as stupid as a pig.
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