Chapter 144 Little Mouth, Don't Speak
“I was wondering if Qianqian’s biological father was him,” Wen Zhizhi paused deliberately, looking puzzled. “But how could Qianqian’s biological father be with my mother?”
“I followed behind them and saw my mom go to the market with that man. They bought a lot of vegetables and fruits, and then the two of them took Qianqian and got on a bus and left.”
"Then...then I didn't dare to follow them anymore." Zhizhi finished speaking, then looked completely innocent.
"Like Qianqian's biological father?" Wen Jinzhou only grasped this point.
He looked back at his older brother with a hint of panic, "I really misunderstood."
Wen Jinshu “…”
He glanced at his younger brother and thought that the man was really... stupid for staying in the army.
Although it's inappropriate to describe one's own younger brother in this way.
“Qianqian was adopted from the countryside by my aunt. We’ve never met her before. How come her dad went grocery shopping with her mom?” Wen Jinshu asked him.
Wen Jinzhou thought for a moment, "Could it be that Qianqian's family misses their daughter, so they found out about our family through her aunt?"
"So, did they come to our house?" Wen Jinshu asked.
Wen Jinzhou shook his head and said, "I wasn't home, so I don't know."
Wen Jinshu “…”
“Over the years, no one of Qianqian’s relatives has come looking for her, and that man is definitely not the kind of father from the countryside who has so many children that he can’t afford to raise them all and has to give them away to be raised by others.”
Wen Jinzhou often stayed in the military and may not have had much contact with people, but Wen Jinshu still had some understanding of human nature.
A father who has many children and gives them away because he can't afford to raise them is not like that.
That man, with those features, was a cold-hearted person; he had no fatherly love whatsoever.
"Then how come he looks like Qianqian?" Wen Jinzhou asked another foolish question.
Wen Zhizhi asked him, "Is it possible that Qianqian wasn't adopted from the countryside by her aunt?"
Wen Jinzhou "..."
"Why did Auntie lie to us?" Wen Jinzhou looked hurt, as if he had been deceived by a relative.
Wen Jinshu told him, "Auntie has no reason to lie to us about this; perhaps Mom knows the truth."
Wen Jinzhou "..."
He found the world to be so cruel, and not suitable for him to live in at all.
Shouldn't everyone be doing well?
Why is it suddenly filled with so many conspiracies and schemes?
Wen Jinzhou was somewhat devastated.
Wen Zhizhi: Brother, this is the adult world, full of scheming everywhere!
Then Wen Zhizhi dropped another bombshell on him, "But why did Mom do this?"
"What are you after now?"
"So, you've taken a roundabout way to bring Qianqian to our home to raise?"
"If she wants to adopt Qianqian, she can just say so. Dad will definitely agree, right?"
"Why did you have to go through your aunt's hands, saying it was to soothe the pain of losing and adopting Sister Qianqian?"
"It can't be that when I went missing, Mom deliberately had someone take me away because she wanted to raise Qianqian, right?"
Wen Zhizhi's last sentence was a bombshell. Wen Jinzhou's instinctive reaction was to cover her mouth and say, "Don't talk."
He... he couldn't accept such shocking news, and he couldn't accept that his own mother had done such a thing.
Wen Zhizhi pulled his hand away. "Second brother, don't get excited. I'm just making a guess."
But when Wen Jinshu and the others heard Wen Zhizhi's guess, their expressions turned very ugly.
Because the current trajectory of this matter is getting closer and closer to what Zhizhi said.
What Zhizhi said is very likely true.
He Yuzhi said, "Jinshu, call your aunt and find a way to get her to come to Beijing. This matter cannot be left unresolved. Zhizhi was abducted back then. Was it intentional or accidental? It's time for an explanation."
Wen Jinshu nodded and went to call Xu Shanshan's older sister, Xu Junjun.
Wen Jinshu told her that Wen Qianqian was going on a blind date tomorrow, and Xu Shanshan had asked her to come and help, so she should arrive early.
Xu Junjun immediately agreed, "Okay, Auntie will go buy the train tickets before dawn tomorrow and try to arrive before ten o'clock."
"Won't it cause any delays?" she asked again.
"It won't take any time. We'll meet at noon. Whether it works out or not is still unknown. It's just that Mom is worried about Qianqian and is thinking of having two more people accompany her."
Xu Junjun had no doubts about Wen Jinshu's words. After all, she, as the older sister, knew Wen Qianqian's true identity and the foolish things she and Xu Shanshan had done.
Although she didn't approve of her sister's foolish actions, she couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she could only keep quiet about it.
After making the call, Wen Jinshu and the others fell silent in the living room.
If Zhizhi really was deliberately thrown away by Xu Shanshan back then...
When Wen Changyu arrived home, it was already completely dark outside.
He wasn't too surprised to see Wen Jinzhou at home. After all, he was getting a divorce from Xu Shanshan, and it was a big deal for his children if his parents were getting a divorce. He could understand why Wen Jinzhou had rushed back from Jiangcheng.
So he feigned composure and asked, "When did you get home?"
“In the afternoon,” Wen Jinzhou replied sullenly.
Wen Changyu assumed he was upset because he was going to divorce Xu Shanshan, so he smiled and changed the subject, "Are you all waiting for me?"
"There's no need to wait next time. I've always been rough around the edges my whole life."
"You all eat first, especially Zhizhi, you're pregnant and you can't go hungry."
After the explanation, everyone still seemed rather unenthusiastic.
Only Wen Runxiang, the father, sighed and glanced at him before saying, "Dinner's ready!"
Wen Zhizhi and the others walked silently toward the restaurant.
Only when Wen Zhizhi passed by Wen Changyu did she pause for a moment and lower her voice, "Second brother went to see Mom this afternoon, and then got into a fight. It even escalated to the police station. Eldest brother went to pick him up and brought him back."
Before Wen Changyu could ask any more questions, Zhizhi told him, "Let's eat first, and you can ask your older brother after we finish eating!"
After saying that, Zhizhi ran over and sat down next to He Yuzhi, behaving herself quietly.
Wen Changyu, the father, was left with a bellyful of questions, but he was too embarrassed to ask anyone during the meal.
After finally holding back until the meal was over, Wen Changyu immediately called out to Wen Jinshu, "Jinshu, come to the study with me."
It was Wen Jinshu who was called, and Wen Jinzhou also stood on tiptoe to catch up.
Wen Changyu asked, somewhat puzzled, "What are you doing here?"
"Let me hear it."
Wen Changyu frowned, but did not chase him away.
Once inside the study, he asked, "Zhizhi said you went to the police station this afternoon, what happened?"
Wen Jinzhou remained silent.
Wen Changyu frowned even more deeply, not understanding why he had come along and why he had fallen silent after a simple question.
In the end, Wen Jinshu said, "Go and get Dad a glass of water!"
Wen Jinzhou nodded and left.
He went out, and Wen Jinshu told Wen Changyu why Wen Jinzhou was silent: "When Jinzhou went to visit his mother this afternoon, he saw a man with her, and he impulsively hit the man."
Now it was Wen Changyu's turn to fall silent.
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