Early that morning, they played and laughed on the beach for several hours before returning. As soon as they got back, He Jiayin ordered them to go back to Beijing!
These trained individuals, no matter how severe their injuries, can only rest for a few days at most; they still have to get up and do what they need to do.
The group arrived at the train station, and the man with the eagle eyes escorted them there. Seeing that they were all capable of taking care of themselves, the man with the eagle eyes suggested leaving: "Since you can all protect yourselves, we'll go back!"
Xiao Gengwu thought he was going to come back to the capital with him, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Not going to the capital together?"
The hawk-eyed man shook his head: "If you need protection, we can go back together. There's no need to go through all that trouble now! I'm leaving!"
Xiao Gengwu hesitated for a moment: "You send two people with you, and you go back and get along well with my mother! Don't bully her!"
The hawk-eyed man laughed, and the scars on his face seemed to soften: "As long as your mother bullies me, I wouldn't dare bully your mother!"
Once they were seated in the soft sleeper berth, He Jiale asked curiously, "Brother Xiao, you seem to know that person very well..."
Before He Jiale could finish speaking, Yao Tongxu tugged at him. He Jiale complained, "What are you doing here?"
Yao Tongxu looked at Xiao Gengwu with some concern, but Xiao Gengwu laughed and said, "He might become my stepfather, but that's okay. My mother will have someone to take care of her, so I can feel more at ease!"
These words made everyone's chest tighten. Divorce is always a sensitive topic, and children, as a product of divorce, are always objects of sympathy.
Xiao Gengwu didn't care: "Don't look at me like that. I feel very fortunate to have left such a dysfunctional family!"
A grandmother who is clueless and only wants to control everything—if she had a sense of the big picture, that would be fine, but she is completely oblivious to the changing situation.
She still uses the old mindset, only wanting to be a matriarch, having everyone revolve around her, wanting her mother to earn money to bring home, and wanting her mother to serve her like a maid.
Where in the world can you find such a good thing? If you can't do what she wants and don't revolve around her, she'd rather ruin everything, including her own son.
His father, a man easily swayed and unable to control his desires, may have had some affection for his mother at the time, but how long could such affection last?
It would be better to just get a divorce like this. Otherwise, how could Mom share a husband with a woman like that? That would be a huge insult to Mom!
More importantly, if he hadn't left Beijing, he might have lived his life in a daze, let alone met Yao Tongjia!
They were going to be on the train for two days and two nights, and since He Jiayin was still ostensibly seriously injured, they used their connections to get two soft sleeper berths.
There are only four seats in a soft sleeper carriage. He Jiayin and Yao Tongjia will definitely be together, and Xiao Gengwu certainly doesn't want to be in a different carriage from Yao Tongjia.
Finally, He Jiale was asked to move to the next carriage. He looked as if he had been struck by lightning: "Why me? Why me? You all don't want me anymore!"
These words made He Jiayin laugh so hard she almost rolled on the ground. He Jiale quickly stopped her, saying, "Sister, stop laughing, I'm afraid you'll laugh your wound open!"
These words made Yao Tongjia burst into laughter. She pointed at He Jiayin as she laughed and said, "Sister Jiayin, you're probably going to be the first female general to laugh so hard her wounds reopen!"
He Jiayin kicked her younger brother and said, "Get over there!"
He Jiale didn't dare to argue with his sister, for fear that she would get angry and jump up to hit him. It didn't matter if she hurt him, but it would be a big problem if she reopened his wound.
He looked back every few steps, but no one stopped him. He could only fix his gaze on Yao Tongxu and drawled, "Ah---Xu."
These words gave Yao Tongxu goosebumps: "What are you doing? Are you trying to disgust me so you can take my place?"
He Jiale: "......" This seemed to open up his worldview. So this is how it can be done. So he once again drew out his words and called Yao Tongxu's name again and again.
Yao Tongxu was so startled that he climbed up and down from the upper bunk. Under He Jiale's expectant gaze, Yao Tongxu ruthlessly pushed him out of the carriage and locked the door. Now the world was finally at peace!
Seeing He Jiale's cracked expression, Xiao Gengwu couldn't help but burst into laughter. Yao Tongjia looked up at Xiao Gengwu and asked, "You, you can laugh like that too?"
Everyone in the carriage burst into laughter, making He Jiale, who was standing by the door, itch with urge to kick the door down.
Why is he always the one who gets abandoned? He went to the next room, where three bodyguards with more serious injuries were sleeping soundly in the beds.
He Jiale had to walk even more quietly. They were all trained people with sharp ears and eyes, and he couldn't afford to wake them. He lay on his bunk, feeling incredibly stifled.
He didn't know how long he had been lying there when his stomach started growling. His eyes lit up, and he tiptoed out of the carriage, closed the door behind him, and turned to knock on the door next door.
"I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?"
As soon as the door opened, He Jiale slipped in: "Everyone next door is sleeping, I'm so bored. I don't care, I'll go over there before I go to sleep. I don't want to suffocate!"
He Jiayin looked up at her younger brother and scolded him, "You can come over whenever you want, but what are you doing? Wasn't it your fault for causing trouble earlier that you were chased away?"
He Jiale felt disgusted with himself when he thought about how he had called Yao Tongxu's name just now: "Okay, sis, stop talking, I can't stand it anymore!"
Yao Tongxu lowered his head and sneered, "There are still people like you. The sound you make is disgusting!"
He Jiale tried to appease him: "I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong. I'm hungry, let's go get some food?"
Yao Tongxu quickly got down: "What do you want to eat? Lele and I will eat there and then come back."
"You can order whatever you want. I'll have someone go with you to get food. I don't trust the two of you to go out alone. What if you get sold out and end up counting the money for the seller?"
"Sis, you're looking down on me!"
"You're just a blank slate, so what if I look down on you?"
He Jiale retorted, then glanced at the bandage peeking out from his sister's chest. He silently chanted in his heart, "This is my own sister, I can't let her die of anger, I can't let her die of anger!"
Xiao Gengwu stood up: "How about I go eat with them and call you later!"
He Jiayin was still worried: "Let's have someone go with them. They're in the hard sleeper section, and they only managed to get two soft sleeper rooms!"
He Jiale could only reply perfunctorily, "I know, I know, I wouldn't be that stupid! What can't my sister, Tong Jie, eat?"
"A bland diet is fine; I won't eat anything too spicy!"
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