Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Children
Ninglan State, adjacent to the southwestern border of China, is just a tiny country.
Without strong national strength, it is a cradle for the breeding of evil.
Longxinggang is adjacent to Changxia City in Southwest China's province and can be reached on foot, but the development is very different.
While high-rise buildings were being built in Changxia City, Long Xinggang could only make a living by running his shabby stall.
The current St. John's Church was built in Longxinggang City in the early 20th century. Its features include a spire and stained glass windows. However, the church was closed in 1960. Now, 24 years have passed, and there are still no public activities.
Passing St. John's Church is Pingxiang Street. Today in 1992, Pingxiang Street, hidden behind the church, is still the most eye-catching place in Longxinggang City.
There are two-story buildings on both sides of Pingxiang Street. The first floor is used as a shop and the second floor is used for living. Every household is like this.
There are shops, specialty shops from China next door, and the most common ones are jade and jewelry stores.
Most of the jade rough materials from Ninglan Country entered China through Changxia City. At the beginning of 1992, Changxia City opened up the jewelry market and allowed individual businesses to operate. Upon hearing the news, Ninglan Country was eager to try it out, and more and more jade shops opened.
It was not yet seven o'clock, and the sun tore open the curtain of darkness. The azure sky was studded with large white clouds, which were so low that they seemed to be within reach.
The Zhang family at the auto repair shop is having breakfast. The three members of the Zhang family are all Chinese. They like to eat southwestern rice noodles for breakfast. Zhang Minmin is squeezing lime juice into the rice noodles.
Zhang's mother spoke in the local dialect. As she served herself rice noodles, she muttered, "Business at your dad's repair shop is getting worse and worse. I've told him to learn how to repair motorcycles, but he insists on sticking with bicycles. How much money can you make repairing bicycles? Everyone's going to buy motorcycles!"
Zhang Minmin gulped down the rice noodles and ignored her mother.
Zhang's mother kept muttering, "My life just isn't as good as Hui Haiming's! How come everything always goes her way? She has no skills, but she leads a bunch of capable young people. What was her status before? She was an illegal immigrant! Now she's better off, she's started selling jade, and she's even laundered the money she makes!"
Father Zhang whispered, "How dare you say this? If they hear it, how can you live a good life?"
Ninglan Country’s police station is of average strength, and Pingxiang Street has been in chaos for decades.
Neighbors on other streets see each other every day, but neighbors on Pingxiang Street really don’t dare to look at each other. Those who have not done anything wrong are afraid of being beaten, and those who have done something wrong are afraid of being recognized.
But no matter who it is, they will be respectful to Hui Haiming's family, and no one dares to provoke them.
Zhang's mother yelled, "Isn't it okay for me to nag at home?!"
Father Zhang didn't dare to speak and just buried his head in eating rice noodles.
Zhang Minmin finished her meal and looked up, saying, "Aunt Hui has three little ones, and they're not her biological children. At least you still have a biological daughter!"
Hui Haiming is unmarried and has no children.
The people she lives with are not related by blood.
Zhang's mother looked at her still adorable daughter and her tone changed. "That's right. She said she wanted a daughter, but she couldn't even find a man. At least I have a husband and children."
Just when I was feeling relieved, there was a commotion in front of the shop on the first floor.
There were a lot of people gathered in front of the shop next door, and the Zhang family of three came to watch the fun with rice noodles in their hands.
"This kid looks about thirteen or fourteen. He was squatting here last night. I've never seen him before. Whose kid is he?"
"He's squatting at Sister Hui's door. He must be looking for them."
"Sister Hui's daughter?"
"It should be. It can't be Boss Su's daughter, right?"
The Zhang family arrived late and were on the outermost layer, so they couldn't eat the melon, but Zhang's mother could see the sign of the jade shop.
The name of this store is "Yujian", with Chinese characters written in Huaguo, and a small row of Ninglan Mandarin under the Chinese characters.
The treatment is so artistic that it seems like jade can really be mined from the raw stone. Zhang's mother has complained about it several times.
The store was run by Su Landi, who is 29 years old this year, ten years younger than Hui Haiming, and the two are like brother and sister.
Speaking of Su Landi, he is very famous in Pingxiang Street.
The most famous thing he did was that when he was 19 years old, he was targeted by two murderers who had fled to Longxinggang. The two wanted to attack him, but were killed in return.
It was a true counterattack. One murderer died and one was injured, but Su Lanyi was unharmed. He was taken to the police station for investigation for a long time and was finally sent back intact.
From then on, everyone knew that this man had blood on his hands and should not be provoked. The little thief would definitely take a detour when he went to Pingxiang Street.
The police said Su Lanyi acted in self-defense, but no one believed it.
How could someone who thrives in Pingxiang Street be a good person? It's probably because he spent money.
On the second floor of the jade shop, Su Lanyi had just finished breakfast.
The jade shop opens at ten o'clock, and everyone else in the family is still asleep, so he is used to getting up early.
He had heard the noise a long time ago, but had no interest until he found that there was not enough salt at home, and then he prepared to go out to buy some. The store opposite had already opened for business early.
The curtains were drawn and the jade shop was pitch black.
Su Lan moved to the door. The glass on the wooden door was shaking. He opened the door first and then pushed the rolling door up.
As the sunlight poured in, Su Lanyi saw a group of dark and thin people at the door.
The population at the border between the two countries is quite mixed. There are people who have come from China and settled there for more than 20 years, and there are also real locals who can speak a few words of both Chinese and the local language.
Seeing Su Landi, the noisy people instantly fell silent.
Su Lanyi pushed the shutter door all the way up and looked around at everyone.
Despite his reputation as a ruthless person, he has a delicate and youthful appearance. He has short hair that's not exactly trendy, but his looks hold up well, with clear eyes and a jade-like profile.
Someone bravely asked, "Little sister, are you here to see him?"
The "dwarf" in the crowd stared straight at Su Landi.
The man then said, "Who is he? Your father? Tell the truth!"
At this age, they are just father and daughter.
Zhang's mother's heart was boiling!
The family next door is too famous and has too good a business, which is in stark contrast to hers.
I thought I would be suppressed for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect Su Landi to have a child!
The child is not important, what is important is the age.
They said the girl was about 13 or 14 years old.
Su Lanyi is 29, which means he had a child at the age of 15.
Gossip, big gossip!
Su Lanyi frowned and was about to scold, but the "dwarf" nodded vigorously.
This time the crowd was really excited!
"Is it really a daughter? Wow, Boss Su is really good at hiding it."
"When they're about ten years old... But in my village, there are quite a few people who hold weddings when they're about ten years old."
Su Lanyi: "..."
Sang Baiyu was pushed towards Su Lanyi.
She was wearing a strange blue and white sportswear, carrying a blue schoolbag, and holding buns in both hands, eating them as she walked.
The adults were eating the melon excitedly, but she was calm and not afraid of Su Lanyi. As she walked towards him, she was in a mood to look around.
As soon as she showed her face, everyone around her looked over desperately, especially Zhang's mother.
Su Lanyi has a baby! How will Hui Haiming react when he finds out?
How do we talk about seniority?
Tsk tsk.
Zhang's mother finally saw the legendary "illegitimate daughter" and was stunned at the first glance.
The illegitimate daughter's face was only the size of a palm, with clear, sparkling eyes, a small nose, and skin as white as fresh snow. She held the buns obediently, the sun lingering around her, and the scattered light fell on her, as bright as spring flowers and as bright as the autumn moon.
"This... is about the same size as Minmin."
Mother Zhang looked back at her daughter.
They are about the same age, why do they look so different?
The others finally saw Sang Baiyu, who had "recognized him as his father."
At first they were watching the show with gloating, but now they are all discussing Sang Baiyu's appearance.
Her face was so beautiful that they forgot to eat the melon.
Mother Zhang couldn't help but mutter, "It must have been hard to find her here. She's so pretty, there must be some bad guys watching her."
Zhang Minmin: “…”
Where is her gloating mother?
Zhang Minmin stood on tiptoe to see what the person looked like, but the wall of people was too high and she was too short.
Zhang Minmin tugged at her mother's sleeve.
Zhang's mother was still sighing, "The poor child must have suffered a lot."
Zhang Minmin: “…”
Where is her gloating mother!
Someone said to Su Lanyi with a smile: "Your daughter is so beautiful, you are so lucky!"
The others echoed.
No one noticed that Su Lanyi looked extremely bad.
Normally, if he had a sullen face, these people would definitely stay away from him, but today their attention was attracted by Sang Baiyu, and no one cared about Su Landi's emotions.
How could this girl be his daughter?! He had clearly bumped into her last night and kindly dropped her off at the police station, and yet she came here today to "claim her father"?!
Hui Haiming was finally awakened by the noise and went downstairs wearing her coat.
Hearing the neighbors' discussions, Hui Haiming walked towards Su Landi with a sullen face.
She knew Su Lanyi. It was impossible for Su Lanyi to do such a ridiculous thing. They had a common goal, and getting married and having children was not in his plan.
If it's not my daughter, then she must be an irrelevant person, sent by the enemy?
No matter who they are, if they come with bad intentions, they must be driven away.
Hui Haiming was about to speak when he saw Sang Baiyu packing his schoolbag obediently.
Sang Baiyu finished eating the buns and couldn't find a trash can, so he was putting the plastic bag into his schoolbag.
She should have had her textbooks in her schoolbag, but now they had all disappeared inexplicably. She didn't find it strange, after all, it was strange that she appeared in a small town in the 1990s.
Sang Baiyu looked up at Hui Haiming.
She spoke Chinese Mandarin, her voice pleasant and sweet, "Hello, Auntie."
Hui Haiming: "...Lan Yi, who is this?"
Su Lanyi said indifferently: "I don't know him, sister, don't worry about it, just chase him away."
He knew Hui Haiming, who could not tolerate any sand in his eyes. If Sang Baiyu made trouble again, she would suffer a miserable end.
Hui Haiming was silent for a long time, then said, "She's quite pretty."
Su Lanyi: "..."
Where's his sinister elder sister?
The story ends with Sang Baiyu being brought into the jade shop.
The neighbors who had left were still discussing, "This child is even prettier than the ones in the picture books. He's so lucky!"
Sang Baiyu sat down with her schoolbag in her arms and looked around the jade shop confidently.
She is 13 years old and in junior high school.
Her parents divorced and her mother went abroad alone. She hadn't seen her for ten years. Her father remarried and had a new wife and new children, but he didn't care much about her.
In front of outsiders, Sang Baiyu has always been an image of a good girl.
Before traveling to Longxinggang in the 1990s, Sang Baiyu had just kicked his Chinese teacher away and was about to burn his lesson plans.
The Chinese teacher is not very kind. He goes around the class accepting gifts and visiting the homes of those who are naughty. He even plagiarizes the award-winning lesson plan from a teacher in the same office.
Sang Baiyu's family had never given her any gifts, so her Chinese teacher was unhappy with her and often bullied her.
Of course, Sang Baiyu was even more unhappy with him.
She came here for no apparent reason, still wearing her school uniform.
The most regrettable thing is that the revenge has just begun.
Hui Haiming handed Sang Baiyu an enamel cup for drinking water. The cup had two fat babies studying hard printed on it.
She is Chinese and retains Chinese living habits.
She asked, "Are you Lan Yi's child?"
Su Lanyi: "Sister?"
Hui Haiming hesitated and said, "The little girl doesn't look like someone who would lie."
Su Lanyi: "..."
So he seems to be lying?
Years of trust collapsed.
After Hui Haiming asked the question, he saw Sang Baiyu looking at him in surprise.
Hui Haiming said: "If that's true, we won't ignore you."
Su Lanyi's face flushed red as she protested, "Sister! This is the child I picked up yesterday. I've already sent him to the police station."
Hearing the word "police station," Hui Haiming was filled with disgust. "Those good-for-nothings."
Su Lanyi: "The point is, I have nothing to do with her."
The little girl is pretty, but that shouldn’t make Hui Haiming stop trusting his brother, right?
Hui Haiming, who had immense trust in his brother, said, "Let's just listen to what she has to say."
Su Lanyi: "..."
Hui Haiming touched Sang Baiyu's head. How could such a cute child lie?
Children don't lie.
Sang Baiyu nodded, "I don't think I know him."
But kids talk nonsense.
Su Lanyi never thought that he would be broken down by a child, "Why didn't you deny it just now?!"
Now everyone on the street knows that Su Landi has a child, and he gave birth to one when he was only 15 years old!
Sang Baiyu put on a well-behaved face and said confidently, "No one has mentioned it!"
She couldn't understand a word of the dialect those people spoke!
She could only understand what Su Landi said!
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