"Grandma just went to great-grandmother's."
Zhou Jiao glanced at the dark night, frowned, and didn't express the doubts in her heart.
"Mom, is everything okay?"
Zhou Jiao nodded heavily, "Don't talk yet, you'll be freezing soon!"
Xiao Ping'an smiled and shook his head, took her briefcase, held her hand tightly, and quickened his pace.
Frozen? How could it be? He was used to training in the hottest days of summer and the coldest days of winter. But who else would ask such questions besides his caring parents and elders?
When they were almost at the door of her house, Zhou Jiao stopped, lowered her head and gave him a few words of advice. After watching him enter her yard, she moved to Cheng's house.
"Jiaojiao is here, your mother is in the old lady's room."
Zhou Jiao smiled at the aunt who came to greet her quickly, and took off her scarf and mask as she walked, "Grandpa is not at home?"
"I went out for a meeting at noon and haven't come home yet."
Zhou Jiao thought that she might be having a meeting with her father.
"The red date porridge is almost ready. Would you like a bowl?"
"Who's here?" The old lady's voice came from the bedroom.
"Aunt, it's me." Zhou Jiao responded loudly and smiled softly at her aunt, "Aunt loves me so much. A small bowl will do."
This made Aunt Cheng smile, took her coat, and pushed her into the bedroom. Like Aunt Chen, she also liked Zhou Jiao and her husband very much.
In addition to the close relationship between the host family and the Zhou family, it is also inseparable from the respect that Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing have for her.
Pushing open the bedroom door, under the orange light, sitting on both sides of a small round table near the window were the smiling old lady Cheng and the melancholy Miao Lishan.
Zhou Jiao's eyes flickered as she looked at the two steaming cups of tea on the table and said with a smile, "Aunt, you have to change your habit of drinking tea before bed. It will affect your sleep."
Old Madam Cheng looked at her lovingly, "Little housekeeper. I'll just have one drink tonight. Don't worry, it's very light."
"Have you eaten?" Miao Lishan looked at Zhou Jiao and asked while slowly exhaling.
Old Mrs. Cheng asked in surprise, "Did you just come back?"
"I've been back for a while." Zhou Jiao found a seat and smiled comfortingly at her mother. "I'm back from eating. Did my dad call?"
Miao Lishan nodded and said, "Xiaowu received a call before dinner. He said he would talk to the old leader and others after the meeting."
Zhou Jiao felt relieved. So, at least this weird atmosphere tonight had nothing to do with her dad.
"I did receive a call from your aunt."
Here she comes. Zhou Jiao looked at the old lady and then at her mother.
"Something happened to an acquaintance of your uncle."
Zhou Jiao raised her eyebrows. How rare! What does it have to do with her family?
"That's not all. Your great aunt received two more calls today, both with bad news."
Zhou Jiao immediately looked at the old lady when she heard this, "Does it involve you being old?"
Old Mrs. Cheng laughed, shook her head slightly, and paused, "Some people in my hometown can't sit still."
"oh."
Seeing her nonchalant attitude, Miao Lishan immediately added, "Jiaojiao, someone was also taken away from the compound today."
Zhou Jiao nodded silently. As for who was taken away? She had no intention of asking. She was already very kind by not adding insult to injury or taking credit for her own achievements. Did she still have to be a saint?
"Your aunt and I feel like things are getting more and more chaotic..."
"Mom, be careful!" Zhou Jiao interrupted immediately, winking at her and glancing out the door. Naive! Did she really think she could trust Aunt Cheng?
Then she threw out a piece of news, "When I came back, I heard that something happened to the Liang family."
Miao Lishan was so shocked by this that she couldn't express her feelings at the moment. She blurted out: "Liang family? Liang Shengnan's mother's family? Impossible!"
Seeing the shock on their faces, Zhou Jiao knew they hadn't received the news yet. She glanced at her mother with amusement, "I heard about it too. Whether it's true or not, we'll know tomorrow."
Old Madam Cheng didn't doubt Zhou Jiao's nonsense and immediately restrained her expression. "It seems that we are far away from the city and the news is not well-informed."
Zhou Jiao didn't say that everyone was like a frightened bird, learning to be prudent and protect themselves. It was because everyone had heard these things and deliberately avoided talking about them, fearing that talking too much would cause trouble.
If the Liang family fell under normal circumstances, Old Lady Cheng might be happy, but now she was thinking more. It can only be said that Liang Shengnan, who had been active in public for a while, also lost.
——Then another wave of people will take over.
This situation made her even more confused.
"What's the charge this time?"
Zhou Jiao glanced at the old lady and lowered her eyelids. "I didn't ask for the details. I heard that their secrets seemed to have been exposed and a lot of things were found."
Mrs. Cheng was silent for a moment and then stood up. "I'm going to the study to make a phone call. You two should sit here for a while."
Watching the old lady leave, Zhou Jiao moved her chair closer to her mother, glanced at the half-open door, and asked quietly, "What else did my aunt say?"
Miao Lishan whispered in her ear, "She told me about some of the things that were found in the search of several houses. It's hard to say it directly over the phone. From what she said, everyone who comes to our house should be careful not to be framed."
"oh."
"Always saying oh, oh what oh? You're not as safe as our family. He knows that guests can only play in the living room, and he checks it out even after they leave."
Zhou Jiao laughed, isn't this good?
"I came here just to give the old lady a heads up. She has a lot of stuff at home."
Zhou Jiao glanced at her speechlessly, "She's my biological daughter."
"I'm not worried."
Okay, you are awesome!
"Do you think the old lady went to find out what the Liang family had found?"
"Mom, you can become good sisters with Aunt Niu."
Miao Lishan knew her daughter was teasing her, so she burst out laughing and slapped her. "Don't look down on your Aunt Niu. Besides being a gossip-loving person, she's also quite helpful."
"If you hadn't mentioned her, I would have completely forgotten about her. Doesn't she have a grandson who's Xiaoxian's classmate? That kid didn't make it to the Great Northern Wilderness last time..."
Zhou Jiao really didn't pay attention to these trivial things. It was impossible for her to know all of Wen Zhixian's classmates since childhood, after all, they were far away.
"...He's taking over his grandfather's job at the thermos factory." Miao Lishan said, stealing a glance at her daughter's face. "Do you think Jiang Jiangyu will be exposed for his past deeds at this critical moment?"
Zhou Jiao pondered this and shook her head in amusement. "Worrying about the old man? He's powerless now. As long as he doesn't have any inappropriate thoughts, who would go to the retirement home?"
Miao Lishan smiled sheepishly, then sighed softly, "That's good."
"Didn't you see that Li Jianjun got a promotion?" Zhou Jiao was worried that she didn't understand, so she thought for a moment and said, "Their family will soon move to the family building in front. If Lin Liying needs anything in the future, she will definitely come to you first."
Miao Lishan frowned, "Headache!"
"It's okay, we're far away." Zhou Jiao replied with a double entendre and smiled.
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