Chapter 267: Innocent Boy
Xu Xiaoyue's pregnancy symptoms have gradually appeared in the past two days, her belly feels heavy and her waist is sore.
To be safe for the baby in her belly, she hasn't gone to work at Aunt Zhang's tailor shop for a long time.
Xu Xiaoyue's eyelids kept twitching when she woke up today, and she felt like nothing was going well.
She has always trusted her intuition. After looking around the courtyard inside and out, Xu Xiaoyue found something was wrong.
The gate to the yard was pushed open.
Aunt Zhang always locks the door tightly when she goes out. She is afraid that she will not be safe at home, and she will specifically tell her not to open the door to anyone.
But today the door to the yard was half-open, as if it had been pushed open from the outside.
Xu Xiaoyue walked to the door cautiously. She looked through the gap and saw two footprints on the ground of the wooden door. They were obviously large footprints of an adult.
The location of the courtyard is quite remote. Apart from a few familiar neighbors, basically no one would go here.
"Should we call the police?"
Aunt Zhang didn't think Xu Xiaoyue was making a fuss. She had met many bad people over the years.
Women living alone are like hot cakes, and many people are trying to get them for that little piece of land.
When Aunt Zhang was young, she had also encountered old hooligans who climbed over the wall in the middle of the night and tried to violate her.
"Wouldn't it be a bit of an overreaction to call the police?"
Xu Xiaoyue pursed her lips and spoke in a small tone.
She was already embarrassed to be staying here temporarily, and if she called the police over such a non-existent matter, she was worried that it would cause trouble for Aunt Zhang.
"What's the big deal? If it was really done by those local thugs, calling the police would serve as a deterrent."
"You little girls are shy, if you really can't help me, I'll go."
Aunt Zhang said this, put down her bowl and chopsticks and went to the police station.
Xiao Zhang happened to be in charge of this area. The police officers on duty at this point were either out on patrol or back home to rest.
He was too lazy to go home and face his mother's face, nor did he want to listen to her nagging, so he simply stayed in the police station.
Aunt Zhang hurried all the way here. The midday sun was so scorching that tiny beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Xiao Zhang recognized her as an acquaintance and came to greet her from a distance, "Aunt Zhang, what are you in such a hurry for?"
Aunt Zhang briefly explained Xu Xiaoyue's situation. She originally wanted Xiao Zhang to help him find another gay man, after all, there was Xu Xiaoyue in between.
Given his relationship situation, it would be best if they didn't have to meet.
Aunt Zhang had just said a few words when Xiao Zhang immediately took the key and went out.
Xiao Zhang walked around the yard and found footprints just as Xu Xiaoyue said.
Judging from the direction of the footprints, they should have turned into the alley from outside, groped their way to Aunt Zhang's yard, and even tried to open the door.
There were obvious signs of prying on the door lock.
According to the convention, relevant questioning was required. Xiao Zhang asked Xu Xiaoyue to recall the people who had had conflicts with her during this period.
Apart from the two siblings of the He family, I'm afraid it's Xiao Zhang's mother.
But in front of Xiao Zhang, even though the words were on the tip of Xu Xiaoyue's tongue, she was still embarrassed to directly say the three words "your mother".
Xiao Zhang seemed to see the girl's concerns, and he picked up the pen and wrote down his mother's name on the paper stroke by stroke.
"Did you feel anything was wrong yesterday? Or before?"
Xiao Zhang asked with his head lowered, not daring to meet the girl's gaze.
The public security in the port city is relatively strict, but there are too many migrant workers here, including people from all over the country.
With the influx of a large number of immigrants, no matter how strict their control is, there will always be a few who hope to get away with it.
Now is the special period of the Chinese New Year, and their police station just dealt with a vicious incident of scouting and theft a few days ago.
The thief scouted the area for three days before he dared to sneak into the house in the middle of the night.
Since it was his first time committing a crime, he searched for a while before the lampstand fell over and the dog in the yard started barking.
The people in the house were still asleep, and the thief was so frightened that he missed a step when he was climbing over the wall, and fell straight down from the two-meter-high wall.
Xiao Zhang looked up at the wall beside the yard.
Aunt Zhang's yard is really old. Even the wall is only about two meters wide. It is not impossible for an adult to climb over it with something under his feet.
He thought for a moment and asked in a questioning tone: "Aunt Zhang, do you think the wall needs to be raised? It happens that I have a break this afternoon, so I can borrow some cement to reinforce and raise it. It will be safer for you to live in."
Aunt Zhang hadn't paid attention to this problem before. She added broken tiles on the wall. Now, she sees that the broken tiles have been corroded beyond recognition by the wind and rain.
"Okay, Xiao Zhang, I'm sorry to bother you with this. I won't let you work for nothing. I'll pay you according to the market price when the time comes."
Aunt Zhang thought about it and felt it was a pity.
She had really been optimistic about Xiao Zhang before. His height of 1.8 meters was a perfect match for Xu Xiaoyue, and he was also a young comrade in the police station with a stable job within the system.
Just looking at their physique and salary, they are very popular.
The only difficult person is his mom.
However, after her son got married, the old lady was reluctant to intervene, especially since Xiao Zhang seemed to be quite opinionated.
But these were my thoughts before I met Yan Ye.
People are like this. Once they have something better, they don't want to settle for something slightly worse.
With the beautiful jade in front of him, Xiao Zhang suddenly seemed dull.
Fortunately, she just thought about these things in her mind and had not actually communicated with Xiao Zhang formally to try to be a matchmaker, otherwise it would have been like having good intentions but doing something bad.
While both of them were paying attention to the wall.
Xiao Zhang quickly glanced at Xu Xiaoyue who was standing beside him.
After not seeing her for a week, the girl looked more charming, with a hint of seductiveness between her brows.
She has gained some weight, her face is round, her skin is fair, and she looks like a ripe and juicy peach.
Xiao Zhang's heart started beating wildly when he saw people. He also deliberately kept a distance from Xu Xiaoyue, for fear that someone would notice the unnaturalness in his expression.
Xiao Zhang coughed twice and tried his best to calm down.
"Aunt Zhang, you are alienating me by saying this. We are all neighbors and it is only natural for us to help each other. How can I ask you for money?"
The man didn't know that his eyes had just circled Xu Xiaoyue's face and her face had turned red from her cheeks to her ears.
Aunt Zhang was stunned by this innocent look.
"How can this be possible? If you don't want to take the money, don't do it. I'll find someone else."
It would be fine if Xiao Zhang acted more naturally, but he just looked like this. Anyone who saw him could tell what he was thinking.
Xu Xiaoyue also realized something was wrong later, so she lied that the sun was strong outside and went straight into the house.
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