Did he accidentally hit Teacher Wen? Kidnapping a child?
"Cheng Sizhou, get up, get up, get up quickly!" The bedroom door was slammed loudly.
Cheng Sizhou suddenly woke up, and the flesh on both sides of his arms felt numb. When he heard Zhou Yitang's voice, he almost became autistic.
What’s going on? It’s so early in the morning and you can’t even let me sleep properly!
Cheng Sizhou originally wanted to "educate" her, but he had to consider the face of the Buddha, not the face of the monk. Zhou Yitang and Officer Shen came here together, and he couldn't beat up his daughter in front of her mother.
Forget it, I admit defeat.
After he finished washing up, he saw Shen Huifang had already unpacked the large and small bags and was preparing the ingredients in the kitchen: "Sister Shen, are you not working overtime today?"
Shen Huifang was in a good mood, washing the vegetable leaves with a brisk rhythm. "No more, no more! The high school entrance exam results are out today, and Zhou Yitang passed the admission score for Dengyuan No. 1 Middle School and was directly admitted to the main campus! I'll come over and make you two a nice meal."
"Oh! Sure. If I don't pass, I'll pretend I don't know you next time I go out." A naive person, seeing Zhou Yitang sitting on a small stool picking vegetables, stretched out his leg to kick the stool, "Yudeng Campus?"
"She's in the experimental class at the Jingyin campus."
"Jingyin is good. It's close to your home, so we can save some money on renting a house."
"Thanks to your introduction, we wouldn't have been able to rent such a nice house. By the way, I'll pay the rent until the end of August, but Zhou Yitang has military training before school starts, so we'll move out as soon as we have some free time."
"Hey, let's not talk about that. Just make your arrangements. If you need help, just give me a call and I'll be there anytime."
Zhou Yitang is the only daughter in a family of two police officers. Her mother, Shen Huifang, is a police officer, and her father, Zhou Han, is a criminal police officer.
Three years ago, Shen Huifang and Zhou Han divorced. Zhou Han left the house and Zhou Yitang lived with his mother.
Cheng Sizhou sharing a house with her mother and daughter was indeed inappropriate in the eyes of ordinary people, but with Zhou Yitang's parents' status and background, who would dare to do anything to her? Not to mention, he had no interest in women at all.
Of course, Shen Huifang didn't know his sexual orientation, and at first she was a little worried about leaving her daughter here alone.
After spending some time together, she found that Comrade Xiao Cheng not only did not do anything inappropriate, but also paid great attention to the details of life, kept his personal belongings tightly shut, and knew how to avoid suspicion. Only then did she gradually relax.
There was no other way. She was busy with work and had to take care of the elderly. If Cheng Sizhou hadn't looked after Zhou Yitang for her, she would have been almost too busy to handle everything.
"Last week, we completed the discharge procedures for her grandmother. The doctor said she's recovering well and can be taken home to recuperate." Shen Huifang breathed a sigh of relief. "It's a double blessing."
"Three good things! Three good things happening at once!" Zhou Yitang, who had been quiet for less than five minutes, shouted, "Because I got into the experimental class, my mom finally agreed to let me watch a voice actor drama! Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
"Voice actor drama? What is a voice actor drama?" Cheng Sizhou asked without understanding.
"A voice actor drama is a stage play performed by voice actors," she boasted, her tail in the air, not knowing which moved more flexibly, her head or her legs. "Teacher An is starring in it, I'm really looking forward to it!"
After Zhou Yitang took time out of his busy schedule to give careful guidance, Cheng Sizhou gradually realized that to become a qualified fan, it is not enough to just like the idol in your heart, you have to find ways to spend money on the idol.
"Voice actor drama...is there you, Teacher Wen?" Cheng Sizhou pretended to be nonchalant.
"Teacher Wen? There are only ten teachers participating this time. I don't think he can get a number." Zhou Yitang was 70% truthful and 30% nonchalant.
Isn't dubbing a profession that relies on skill... no, on the ability to deliver the voice? Why is there still a seniority-based ranking system? How pedantic!
Zhou Yitang wiped his hands hastily, took out his cell phone, and showed him the official announcement page of the voice actor drama.
The promotional poster is quite fancy, with a plot summary on the front and a list of cast and crew on the back.
The cast had already been confirmed. Anjie was the biggest star and would be at the front of the line, while he was less familiar with the others. The performance was scheduled for August 12th, a Sunday, and would take place not in Dengyuan but in Xueqiao, an hour's drive away.
"I've made an appointment with my classmates. Do you want to come?" Zhou Yitang winked at him.
"Not everyone has summer vacation, okay? Protect yourself and your friends. Don't get covered in dirt like you did last time. If I were your teacher, I'd remember how ugly you are for the rest of my life."
"Hey! What's wrong with me being ugly?"
Shen Huifang didn't keep an eye on them, and the two of them started to make trouble again. The living room that had just been tidied was in danger.
"Xiao Cheng, do me a favor——"
"Ah—Sister Shen, you said! Ah!"
"The shrimp at the market are not good today. Can you help me buy a few pounds of shrimp from the supermarket?"
If Cheng Sizhou were pardoned, he would immediately carry out a tactical retreat.
Yangliu'an is well-equipped with amenities and is convenient for living. Just 300 meters from the community, turn left and you'll find a vegetable market. 500 meters, turn right and you'll find a large chain supermarket.
In July, it was so hot under the sun that people could not stand. He bought some shrimps and was walking back when a blue-black Golf stopped outside the community and honked at him.
"Long time no see, Officer Zhou." Cheng Sizhou whistled.
"I was just about to call you when I saw you from a distance." Zhou Han gestured for him to sit in the passenger seat and pointed at the shrimp in his hand. "Why, are you dating? Buying groceries and cooking?"
The car's air conditioner was turned down very low, and Cheng Sizhou shuddered as he got in. "Just to be clear, she's not my girlfriend, she's your ex-girlfriend."
Zhou Han smiled and didn't comment on this statement: "She is here, it's a good thing I didn't go upstairs directly, otherwise it would be so embarrassing."
Cheng Sizhou silently despised him. Officer Zhou's ex-wife, Ms. Shen Huifang, was beautiful, good-tempered and capable. Although raising a daughter with her was not very reliable, she had good grades and a wide range of interests. She was a typical "other people's child".
This guy's seemingly unreliable marriage had been ruined, and the red certificate at the Civil Affairs Bureau had been replaced with a green one. Zhou Yitang had lived here for over half a year, and every time he came, he looked after the children in secret, like a thief.
"Here's ten thousand yuan." Zhou Han handed him a thick black wallet. "Zhou Yitang was admitted to the experimental class of No. 1 Middle School. This is a reward. Please pass it on to me. Don't tell your sister Shen."
"Then you should take less." Cheng Sizhou felt that this man's talent was all in his career, and he was not good enough in other aspects. "She is a minor with no civil capacity, and she suddenly got an extra 10,000 yuan. How could Sister Shen not know?"
"What do you mean by doing less? We can't let Zhou Yitang mistakenly think that her father is incompetent." Zhou Han was inexplicably serious.
"I understand. A man can't say he's not good enough." Cheng Sizhou put the wallet away. "If you trust me, I'll keep the money and transfer her a thousand every month. This way, Sister Shen won't find out easily, and she won't have to worry about Zhou Yitang spending without restraint."
"Sure! That's really nice of you, brother. I'll treat you to a drink someday!"
"Just the two of us? No."
"Of course it's not just the two of us. I recently met a few girls who are holding an art exhibition. They are quite artistic. Doesn't it suit your taste as an artistic youth? Let's invite them all over when the time comes!"
Cheng Sizhou finally understood how Zhou Han got divorced. He said a few perfunctory words like "hmm" and "ah", turned his head to look out the car window, thinking that he should quickly end the topic and run away, otherwise the shrimp would go bad.
"Compensate for my child! Compensate for my child! If anything happens to my child, even your life wouldn't be enough to pay for it—!!"
A sharp female voice suddenly rang out. Cheng Sizhou glanced at the car window and saw an older woman chasing a young man out of the community.
She was probably in her forties, wearing high heels, cursing, running and hitting, and raised the handbag in her hand to hit the man on the head.
The young man ran to the door and stopped, just holding his head to hide, but he could not hide from the next thing. Under the scorching sun, he was hit and his eyes were dazed.
Onlookers gathered at the gate, and even the security guard stuck his head out to join in the fun.
"Something's happening." Zhou Han raised his eyebrows and looked out the car window.
"Don't be such a pessimist. This is Sister Shen's job at most. It has nothing to do with you." Cheng Sizhou opened the car door. "That's it. Contact me later if you need anything."
Officer Zhou gestured to him, indicating that everything was OK.
However, after Cheng Sizhou got off the car, he didn't rush to leave. Civil disputes were indeed not within his scope of work, but professional habits were there. Since he had encountered it, he had to understand the situation before he could leave with peace of mind.
"I don't know...! Ugh!"
"I'm telling you, I've already called the police! If you don't hand over the child today, don't even think about leaving!"
The scene was chaotic. When Cheng Sizhou approached, he could only hear the woman's screams, which sounded like a tightrope being thrown into the air.
Is someone missing? Did the mother catch the trafficker?
——Oh no!
Cheng Sizhou's heart beat faster for a second. Before he could confirm his guess, he heard the quick and crisp sound of high heels. The woman picked up the steel bar placed on the wall of the guard room - left behind when the property was repairing the gate the day before yesterday, and hit the young man on the head!
"Ouch!" A hard steel bar as thick as two fingers hit the shoulders and back heavily. The eldest sister had limited strength, but this "weapon" was too powerful.
Cheng Sizhou grimaced in pain, and a large patch of sweat broke out under his white shirt.
He had just seen a man being beaten who looked familiar. If he had been hit on the head, it would have been terrible. However, his elder sister was hitting him from the opposite side, and he couldn't stop her. He could only use his height advantage to pounce on her and protect the man who was hiding with his head in his hands in his arms.
Suddenly hit, his entire upper body was pressed against the man's back, and the plastic bag containing shrimps swayed back and forth in front of the man's chest.
"Bang!" The elder sister realized that she had hit the wrong person, and immediately let go and threw the steel bar. In public, if she hit someone and hurt them, she didn't know if it was illegal, but she would definitely have to pay compensation.
"It's none of my business! I just wanted to scare him. It was you! You bumped into me!"
Before the eldest sister could finish her words, the man he was protecting turned around and said, "It's you..."
The more pain Cheng Sizhou felt, the more his mind wandered. He grinned and said, "You two are performing a crosstalk, with a funny and supporting actor." But when he lowered his head, he couldn't laugh anymore. Who else could the man in his arms be but Wen Zichuan?
"Teacher Wen?" He moved his lips but could not say anything further. The development of the matter was completely beyond his expectations. Just maintaining superficial calmness consumed all his rationality.
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