However, the child's spirits are even better than before. His big eyes are bright and piercing, and his once cute little face now has a touch of heroic spirit.
Her chubby little body, which used to be quite plump, seems to have become much more toned, whether it's just psychological or not.
"Xin Xin, do you like Cheng Chao's side? Are you tired?"
The little girl still had watermelon juice dripping down her face, but her eyes were full of joy as she spoke.
"I love it, sister, that place is so much fun."
You see,
She raised her little arm to simply show off her work.
"Sister, look, my arms are all stiff from training!"
"Hehe, is that so?"
Simple felt a chill run down her spine; was her soft, sweet little sister going to be gone?
Cheng Chao was also a little guilty.
"Well, the child has some ability to protect himself, so you can be a little more at ease, right?"
She casually tossed him a glance and said, "Don't talk about that. Look at yourself first. Jian Xin is even darker than you!"
Cheng Chao couldn't really explain it. He had been completely out of sorts for a while, spending over a month as a caregiver. He was either at the hospital or on his way there, and he had neglected his training. Not to mention, his previously tanned complexion had faded from being covered up.
I didn't notice it while I was in the hospital, but once I stood in the barracks after returning, the difference was immediately apparent.
"Uncle Jian is back?"
"I'm back, but I still can't do strenuous exercise recently. That's why I was thinking, see if you're willing to let Xin Xin stay there a little longer. He's just sitting around anyway, so it'll be good for him to spend time with the kids."
It's simple, you just know that once you go out, your heart will wander.
"He's my uncle, and if he's willing to do it, what objection can I have?"
Cheng Chao chuckled; the sourness was far too obvious.
"Feeling sorry for him?"
"Why,"
It's impossible not to feel sorry for them, but the child is growing up and will eventually have to grow up. Enduring hardship now is for greater security. I understand how they felt; it's a life I lived in the past.
"I was thinking of training her slowly, do you really want her to get all muscular?"
"No, Uncle Jian can't do that. Don't worry, it's just that Uncle Jian is recuperating right now and can't go on missions. Otherwise, how would he have the time and energy to bring the child with him?"
I guessed that was easy. After all, that's a camp, and its iron discipline is no joke. It's not anyone's home, and it's not a place to coax children. Allowing the kids to act so recklessly is already quite an exception.
Since even the uncle was willing to spend the money, and the child was also willing, naturally no one had any objections. So, they started asking about practical matters.
"How long will it take? Should we pack two warm outfits for the child?"
After quenching her thirst, Jian Xin wanted to run out to find her friends to play with. After being surrounded by grown men for so long, the child was starting to miss her friends.
After the child left, Cheng Chao slowly told her about what Jian Wenxiu had found out.
“Old Jian is indeed this child’s relative, but not his uncle, but his paternal uncle, who shares the same grandfather.”
"ah?"
Jian frowned. "What about Sheng Zhiyuan? Is he and Uncle Jian brothers?"
"Yes, I just found out too. Old Jian's surname isn't actually Jian. Jian Wenxiu is the name he changed to later. His original name was Sheng Zhiheng."
"The Sheng family?" he thought briefly.
"Yes, I only found out about it when he came back and mentioned it."
It was kept a secret until now, and even my uncle didn't know much about it.
"Ah, no wonder. He reacted so strongly when we talked about Sheng Zhiyuan's situation."
"Yes, there's another reason. Sheng Zhiyuan's information was sent to his contact point a long time ago, but he didn't have time to look at it. Later, something happened, and he was chased and killed. You just happened to run into him and saved him, didn't you?"
Then, not long after, you brought the child back, and the two sides were now separated.
He hadn't even seen Sheng Zhiyuan's information before something happened to him.
So, he went back and investigated it himself before telling us about it.
He's been on missions all these years, and the first person he met when he came back was you. He originally planned to recover here before slowly searching for his family, but unexpectedly, he learned about Xiao Jianxin not long after, which made him anxious.
According to my uncle, the Sheng family is a large and prosperous family, so Uncle Jian concluded that something must have happened in the family, otherwise they would not have let such a young child live under someone else's roof.
After investigating for so long, we've now found out that the incident involving Sheng Zhiyuan that you encountered that day wasn't accidental. Someone leaked his information, which is why he's been targeted ever since.
The Jian and Su families are red merchants, and our Cheng family's relationship is basically not good. However, the Sheng family, although they do not show up in the capital and keep a low profile, has a strong foundation. They have been secretly providing military supplies for many years, but for certain reasons, this matter cannot be brought to the public eye.
Eating well and dressing well always attracts a lot of envy, and there have been people watching over us for years.
In the past two years, as things have become chaotic, people have become restless. They have found pretexts and charges to frame the Sheng family members for various crimes, and the younger ones have been forcibly sent to the countryside, and to remote places at that.
Several elderly people were sent down to areas with harsh conditions, and their situation was not good.
Several of his brothers and sisters also fared no better, scattered across the country. Uncle Jian had traveled extensively these past few days, and was even ambushed, barely managing to make it here. Now, he's back and already in the hospital, almost dying.
"Sigh, it was Sheng Zhiyuan who moved here because he had no interest in business and wanted to pursue literature. Even he couldn't escape the clutches of the villain."
"For money?"
Cheng Chao pouted.
"People die for wealth, birds die for food."
Everyone assumed that good things must be hidden nearby. The Sheng family's ancestral home was searched more than twenty times, almost to the point of digging three feet into the ground, but they still couldn't find any good things or treasures. That's when they set their sights on Sheng Zhiyuan, who was away.
It is said that their people have been keeping an eye on Sheng Zhiyuan for the past few years, but they haven't found anything wrong, so they are getting anxious.
That time, they planned to create chaos, kidnap the child in the street, and use the child to threaten Sheng Zhiyuan into handing over his money. Who knew that you would cause such a mishap? Not only did the child disappear, but Sheng Zhiyuan also vanished. In the following month, they also suffered considerable retaliation.
I suspect it was all orchestrated by that heartless Sheng Zhiyuan. Even if something goes wrong, he'll definitely dig a huge pit for them.
money?
Jian frowned slightly. "What they're after, isn't it these things Sheng Zhiyuan gave me?"
Cheng Chao stood at the door, his face somber.
"It's uncertain, but nothing was found at the Sheng family's old residence. If nothing unexpected happens, it was the patriarch of the Sheng family who took advantage of Sheng Zhiyuan's departure to transfer the family assets."
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