Chapter 43

The cafeteria was suddenly noisy. Everyone looked at Lu Yu. They all felt that this man who suddenly appeared had a dignified and cold temperament. They all guessed that his identity should not be simple.

Jiang Nian did not expect Lu Yu to come.

He said on the phone that he would arrive in the afternoon, and she thought it was three or four o'clock.

The danger just now was resolved instantly after Lu Yu came. The man turned his head to look at Jiang Nian, and his eyes scanned her up and down. Seeing that there was nothing else wrong with her, his cold voice softened a little: "Are you injured?"

Jiang Nian shook her head: "Nothing."

Just scared.

She didn't dare to think about what Feng Ren would do to her if Lu Yu didn't come.

Lu Yu said to Zhang Xiao, "Go to the state-owned embroidery shop to find Sister Ge and ask her to come to the cotton textile factory."

Seeing that Yang Jun wanted to run, Lu Yu kicked a long bench, which slipped and tripped Yang Jun to the ground. He grabbed Feng Ren by the back of his collar and dragged him over. He grabbed Yang Jun by the back of his collar and lifted him up with one hand, and said to the people in the cafeteria, "Which comrade can take me to see the leader of your factory?"

Feng Ren and Yang Jun were both unruly people in the factory. The people in Group 2 had long been fed up with them, so someone stood up and said, "I'll take you there. The leaders are having dinner in the unit at this time."

Yang Jun and Feng Ren were a little scared. If the leaders were disturbed by this, it would be difficult to solve the problem.

The two were grabbed by the back of the collar by Lu Yu. After looking at each other, they struggled to run away, but were pressed by the force of Lu Yu's hand. The back of the neck suddenly felt like being hit by a brick, and they hissed in pain.

Jiang Nian came back to his senses from the shock and felt that Lu Yu was so handsome at this moment that it was indescribable.

In his heart, he was secretly amazed: he is worthy of being a soldier. His strength and power are full of strong explosiveness. Feng Ren and Yang Jun didn't even have the strength to resist.

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian: "Let's go together."

Jiang Nian nodded: "Yes."

She followed Lu Yu happily, with a feeling of being a fox taking advantage of the power of a tiger.

The leader of the cotton mill was a middle-aged man in his forties. The first thing Jiang Nian saw was the baldness on the leader's head. The office of the unit was three brick rooms, with a small path paved with bricks outside, and two old-fashioned table tennis tables in front.

Several people from Group 2 roughly explained the situation. Just after they finished, Ge Mei and Zhang Xiao came. On the way, Zhang Xiao told Ge Mei about the situation. Ge Mei was so angry that her face turned blue. As soon as she ran into the office, she began to ask the leader of the cotton mill for an explanation.

Feng Ren and Yang Jun stood at the door with their heads down. Lu Yu said, "Everyone in your factory has told you the truth. Jiang Nian attacked first because Feng Ren did something to her. If you don't resist in this situation, are you going to be bullied?!"

He looked at Feng Ren coldly, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

If he had come a step later, he couldn't imagine how Jiang Nian would be bullied! Lu

Yu was already worried about his sister-in-law being alone in the city, and now he was even more worried.

Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao stood next to Feng Mei, both of them had red eyes, looking like they were wronged, which made the leader of the cotton textile factory even more angry. He slammed the table and pointed at Feng Ren and Yang Jun and scolded: "How could our factory have two parasites like you! Your bad habits have caused the whole factory to be accused of bullying female comrades!"

Ge Mei said: "We must give an explanation for what happened today, and we can't just criticize them a few times."

The leader originally disliked Hu Zhongming, Yang Jun, and Feng Ren. Yang Jun and Feng Ren were also in the same boat before, but at least they had a limit. Since Hu Zhongming came, the three of them have become like-minded and have gone too far. Unfortunately, they haven't done anything out of line, so he can't find a legitimate reason to fire them.

Now is a good opportunity.

The leader said coldly: "You two bullied the female comrades from the state-owned embroidery factory in the cafeteria, blocked their way, and even beat them. Your style is seriously bad and has brought bad influence to the factory. You also have big problems in your thinking. As factory employees, you have crooked thoughts and bad style. We can't keep you in our factory!"

As soon as these words came out, many people in Group 2 were happy.

Yang Jun and Feng Ren usually relied on their good relationship with the team leader Hu Zhongming to show off in front of them. They had long disliked these two people.

Yang Jun and Feng Ren didn't expect to be fired by the factory because of what happened just now.

Although they were from the city, they all lived in a tube-shaped building and lived on the wages from the factory. If they lost their jobs, they would have nothing to do at home. Moreover, those who had been fired from state-owned factories had a bad background. If any factory recruited again, they would have no hope.

No matter how Feng Ren and Yang Jun apologized, Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao refused to give in.

The leader did not intend to give the two of them a chance. He slammed the table and continued, "If I had known this would happen today, I would have done something earlier!"

After leaving the cotton textile factory, Ge Mei asked Jiang Nian, "Are you not hurt?"

Jiang Nian shook his head, "I'm fine."

Ge Mei said angrily, "It's all because of Lu Xiaojing. If she hadn't been dating that idiot Hu Zhongming, all these messed up things wouldn't have happened." She then said to Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao, "They have both been fired from the factory, and they'll be fine from now on."

Because this happened before they had even had a few bites of lunch, Ge Mei also felt guilty for neglecting her employees as a director, so she took Jiang Nian and the others to a state-owned hotel for lunch, and Lu Yu also went with them.

The state-owned hotel was quite crowded at this time. They found a corner. The waiter brought them hot water first, and then handed them the menu. The food served in the hotel was different every day. Ge Mei ordered two dishes and asked Lu Yu to order.

Lu Yu took the menu unceremoniously, turned to look at Jiang Nian who was sitting next to him, and asked in a low voice: "What do you want to eat?"

Jiang Nian glanced at the menu. She had been eating plain soup in the cafeteria for more than a month, and she was really tired of eating meat. But after all, it was Ge Mei's treat, so she was embarrassed to order, so she said softly: "I'm fine with anything."

Lu Yu smiled and ordered three dishes, including braised rabbit meat, stewed chicken with potatoes, and steamed fish.

Jiang Nian: ...

good guy.

He was really rude.

Zhang Xiao also blinked and looked at Jiang Nian, she was so nervous that she couldn't speak.

She had never eaten such a rich dish since she was a child. Even if she celebrated the New Year at home, she was very happy to have a few slices of meat in the dishes.

Ge Mei didn't say anything, but looked back and forth between Lu Yu and Jiang Nian, with a look of certainty in her eyes.

Zhang Xiao stood up to pour water for the others, and Lu Yu stood up: "I'm going to wash my hands."

Ge Mei almost expected what Lu Yu was going to do. When she chased him, Lu Yu had already paid the bill. She smiled helplessly: "Deputy Commander Lu, this is not a very kind thing to do."

Lu Yu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter who pays."

He just wanted his sister-in-law to eat comfortably and not feel burdened.

After dinner, the four of them separated at the door of the state-owned hotel.

Ge Mei looked at Jiang Nian meaningfully: "Have fun, it's okay to come back later."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Yeah."

Lu Yu lowered his eyes to glance at Jiang Nian with a smile on her face, turned around and walked on the path with her. The two were silent for a while, and finally Jiang Nian broke the silence first: "Why did you come so early?"

Lu Yu said: "I finished my work early and came here."

"Oh."

Jiang Nian pursed his lips and asked: "What did you do in the city?"

Lu Yu coughed: "I came to see a retired comrade."

The movie started at four o'clock in the afternoon, and they just caught up when they walked to the cinema. Jiang Nian saw a small blackboard hanging at the door of the cinema, on which was written what movies were playing today. A sense of time once again came to his face.

Lu Yu bought two movie tickets and some snacks for Jiang Nian. The two of them entered the theater and sat in the fourth row. Two minutes before the movie started, people came in one after another. The originally deserted theater was suddenly full of people.

This movie is about the 1950s. Jiang Nian watched the sense of time in the movie gradually overlap with the current scenes. His thoughts were a little confused. The picture on the screen was reflected in Jiang Nian's pupils.

The most innocent era, and the most innocent love.

"Is it good?"

A low voice came from my ear, with a slightly hoarse tone.

Jiang Nian looked up at Lu Yu. The light in the cinema was very dim. Only the light from the screen was projected on the man's angular features. He lowered his head slightly, his eyebrows were like towering mountains, and her silhouette was reflected in his dark pupils.

Jiang Nian couldn't help but stare at him in a daze until Lu Yu's hand gently pressed on the corner of her lips. She came back to her senses, and her body suddenly shuddered. She subconsciously licked the tip of her tongue at the corner of her lips.

When she realized what it was, Jiang Nian's face flushed all the way to her neck.

"I didn't mean it!"

After saying that, she quickly turned her head to look at the screen. Her heart was beating fast, and she secretly cursed herself for being stupid.

Lu Yu's Adam's apple moved a few times. The light from the curtain could not illuminate the dark color hidden in the man's eyes. He looked at Jiang Nian's flushed face, and rubbed his index finger on his thumb, as if feeling the fleeting warmth.

He turned his head and looked at the curtain, pursed his thin lips for a few seconds, and said after a while: "There are some sugar crumbs on the corners of your mouth. I will help you wipe them off."

Jiang Nian pondered for a while before reacting to the meaning of Lu Yu's words.

In a place where Lu Yu could not see, she licked the corner of her lower lip with the tip of her tongue, trying to wipe off the sugar crumbs. Lu Yu's voice came from the side, and it seemed to be a little smiling: "It has been wiped off."

Jiang Nian:...

Jiang Nian: !!!

How did he see it?

He secretly observed her and watched her laugh? !

Jiang Nian blinked awkwardly, and the fingers holding the paper bag could not help but tighten. The paper bag made a slight sound under the force of her fingers. The people next to her frowned and whispered: "Lesbian, don't make noise."

Jiang Nian: ...

When they walked out of the movie, dusk was approaching.

Lu Yu asked: "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Jiang Nian shook her head: "I'm still holding on."

It was six o'clock, not too late. Lu Yu saw the river across the road: "Let's go to the river for a walk? Digestion."

Jiang Nian nodded slightly: "Okay."

She was still holding the paper bag in her hand, and the snacks in it had not been eaten yet. The wind blew on her hands, and she curled her fingers in the cold. Jiang Nian just wanted to put her hands into her sleeves, and the paper bag in her arms was taken away.

Lu Yu, carrying a paper bag, walked with Jiang Nian on the path by the river. There were willow trees on both sides, which were already showing signs of sprouting. There were retired employees, young people, and couples who were dating walking back and forth.

After walking for a while, Jiang Nian was tired, but Lu Yu was as calm as ever.

She weighed her feet: "Let's take a break."

Lu Yu turned around and glanced at Jiang Nian, his eyes resting on her feet for a few seconds: "Okay."

The sky was completely dark, and the moon was reflected on the water, floating with the rippling water. The wind was strong by the river, blowing people's faces cold and icy. Jiang Nian patted her frozen face and blew a breath of hot air into her palms.

"You won't be cold if you put it on."

Lu Yu took off the scarf from his neck and wrapped it around Jiang Nian's neck.

"Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian also looked at the river surface. Hearing this, she looked up at Lu Yu: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yu's eyes were always on the river surface, and asked: "Are you still thinking about big brother?"

Jiang Nian didn't expect Lu Yu to ask this.

She looked at the river surface, raised her hand and pulled the scarf to cover her nose and mouth. There was a refreshing and pleasant smell of Lu Yu on the scarf: "Yes."

Afraid that Lu Yu didn't believe it, she added: "Sometimes I dream at night, how nice it would be if he didn't leave."

Lu Yu said: "What if big brother wants you to let it go?"

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment: "I can't let it go. We have been husband and wife for four years. We have lived under the same roof for four years. He is my husband, my man, and I can't let him go for the rest of my life."

After saying that, she couldn't help but spit at herself in her heart.

You have played this affectionate character perfectly.

Lu Yu did not speak for a long time. He stood by the river for half an hour. Jiang Nian was blown by the cold wind for half an hour. On the way back, her feet were a little sore, so she was a little hesitant when walking.

Lu Yu stuffed the paper bag into his pocket, walked in front of her and half squatted. Jiang Nian was so scared that she stopped and asked: "What are you doing?"

"I'll carry you back."

"No, I can walk by myself."

Lu Yu looked at the two overlapping shadows on the ground, and the look in his eyes deepened: "Come up, I'll carry you."

His tone became a little tougher.

Jiang Nian couldn't refuse anymore, so she took a step forward, stretched out her hand over Lu Yu's shoulder and lay on his back. The moment the man stood up, Jiang Nian's line of sight and the ground suddenly opened a distance.

She hugged Lu Yu's neck and hid her face behind his back.

Lu Yu's hands controlled Jiang Nian's knees. She was very light, not even as heavy as the stones he carried when he ran every day.

"Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian: "Yeah."

"You're not fat, try to eat more at every meal."

Jiang Nian: ...

Eat more at every meal, and you will get fat if you eat more.

She only needs to eat until she is 80% full. Any more will be too much. What if she gets a belly after a long time?

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and said, "Okay."

It's a long way to walk back to the state-owned embroidery manor. Halfway through the journey, she felt a little embarrassed: "I'm fine. I can walk by myself."

Lu Yu didn't mean to let her go: "We're almost there."

Jiang Nian's head retracted to the man's back, but the hand that was holding Lu Yu's neck was numb from the cold. Lu Yu seemed to notice it, and looked down at his hands crossed under his neck, which were a little red from the cold.

He bent down and released one hand, then held Jiang Nian's hand and put it into his windbreaker, wrapped her hand with his clothes, and then held her knees and continued to walk back. Jiang Nian came back to her senses, glanced at the man's red ears, and felt that the wind was really cold.

Her hand was hidden in Lu Yu's clothes. He was wearing a vest and a white shirt. Jiang Nian's fingers touched it unconsciously, and she pursed her lips carefully, hiding the curiosity in her eyes.

He has a really strong body, and I don't know how many abdominal muscles he has?

Several times before, they just flashed by and she hadn't looked at it carefully. Jiang Nian suddenly realized that she was licking Lu Yu's abdominal muscles. She immediately hid her face behind his back in embarrassment, feeling like a dirty female hooligan.

When they were almost at the dormitory, Jiang Nian said, "I want to ask you something."

Lu Yu said, "Ask."

Jiang Nian thought for a while and said, "Do you know if Zhu Jun has a partner?"

Lu Yu suddenly paused and said, "I don't know."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Go back and ask for me. If Zhu Jun doesn't have a partner, call me and let me know."

"Why are you asking this, sister-in-law?"

"I just want to find out. If Zhu Jun doesn't have a date, I think I can introduce him to Zhang Xiao. If they both like each other, I can help them get together. If neither of them wants to, that's fine. Just consider it as making more friends."

The man smiled as he pursed his lips: "I'll go back and ask for you."

Lu Yu put Jiang Nian down when they reached the dormitory door. She took off her scarf and handed it to Lu Yu. Seeing that he looked normal, as if he was not tired at all after carrying her all the way, she couldn't help but ask with concern: "Are you tired?"

Lu Yu looked at her: "No."

Thinking of how Lu Yu restrained Feng Ren and Yang Jun with his hands today, she felt that Lu Yu must be very strong: "Are you still staying in that guesthouse tonight?"

"Yes."

"It's getting late, so you go back first, I'm going back to the dormitory."

"Okay."

Lu Yu handed her the remaining snacks: "I'll watch you go in."

Jiang Nian smiled, turned around and trotted into the dormitory. Lu Yu didn't look away until the figure disappeared in the door. He turned around and wrapped the scarf around his neck, holding the scarf to cover his mouth and nose, with a smile in his dark eyes.

When Jiang Nian returned to the dormitory, everyone was still awake.

Zhai Peipei hasn't come back yet. Lu Xiaojing was lying in the quilt. When she saw Jiang Nian coming in, her face looked a little ugly. She snorted coldly, turned over and crawled into the quilt. She knew everything that happened in the cotton textile factory today. She and Hu Zhongming were outside at noon today. When they were waiting to go back, they happened to meet Feng Ren and Yang Jun who were leaving the cotton textile factory with bedding in their arms.

Only after Hu Zhongming asked did they know the whole story. Hu Zhongming still blamed her for this, saying what kind of women were in the embroidery house. She was also very angry, but she didn't expect to be scolded by Ge Mei after returning to the embroidery house. She told her not to bring Hu Zhongming into the embroidery house again in the future. If she saw Hu Zhongming coming in again, she would not come to the embroidery house. She said that the state-owned embroidery house was a place for everyone to work, not a place for her to date.

In the afternoon, there were only her and Zhang Xiao in the state-owned embroidery house. She was so angry in the cubicle that she almost cut Jiang Nian's embroidery several times. If she hadn't been shocked by the man's words, she would have been ruined!

Zhang Xiao mouthed silently, "Ignore her."

Jiang Nian nodded in agreement and put the paper bag in front of Zhang Xiao: "Try it, there are milk candies and chestnuts."

Zhang Xiao's eyes lit up instantly. She could count the number of times she had eaten milk candies since she was a child on one finger, and had long forgotten the taste of milk candies. So she smiled and curled her eyes and whispered, "Thank you, Sister Jiang."

"By the way, I got you some hot water. The kettle is under the bed."

"Thank you."

Jiang Nian carried the kettle and the enamel basin to the water room.

Lu Xiaojing turned over: "Xiaoxiao."

Zhang Xiao looked up at her: "What's wrong?"

Lu Xiaojing said: "Give me two milk candies, and give me some chestnuts."

Zhang Xiao: ...

She pulled the paper bag into her arms and shook her head to refuse: "This is Sister Jiang's stuff. You can only eat it with Sister Jiang's consent. You can ask Sister Jiang when she comes in."

Lu Xiaojing: ...

"Look at you searching so hard. If you don't give it to me, I don't want it."

After saying that, she turned over again.

Zhang Xiao made a face at her back, and when Jiang Nian came back, he whispered in her ear, which made Jiang Nian want to laugh.

Zhai Peipei came back in the middle of the night. She seemed to have been crying when she came back, and her eyes were red. She saw that Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao had kicked open their quilts, so she went over to cover them. Jiang Nian noticed something and opened her eyes in a daze. She was frightened by the dark shadow above her head at first. After the lesson from last time, she looked carefully again and saw that it was Sister Zhai.

Sister Zhai's eyes were red and a little swollen, and she was cold at night.

"Sister Zhai,"

she called in a low voice, sat up and put on a cotton coat: "What's wrong with you?"

People can't be cared for when they are most vulnerable, otherwise the tears they have been holding back will burst out in an instant, and Zhai Peipei is like this now.

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and spoke to Jiang Nian in a wronged voice for the first time: "I feel bad in my heart."

Jiang Nian looked at Sister Zhai's white hair and red eyes, as well as her vulnerability that she had never shown in front of outsiders. She couldn't sit still for a moment, climbed out of bed and put on her shoes, and glanced at Lu Xiaojing who turned over. She didn't know if she was asleep.

If she wasn't asleep, she would have seen Sister Zhai's jokes.

Jiang Nian said, "Sister Zhai, let's go out for a walk."

Zhai Peipei also wanted to find someone to confide in. Looking at Jiang Nian, who was about the same age as her daughter, the two had completely different destinies. While walking on the path outside the dormitory, Zhai Peipei cried and said, "If only my daughter could have half of your luck. She has suffered so much. It's all her father and I's fault. We thought she could marry a city man, and the children would have city hukou, and the whole family would eat public food, and they wouldn't have to work in the countryside to make a living." It was all

her fault. If she had seen through Chen Peng earlier.

Jiang Nian listened to Zhai Peipei telling all the grievances Qu Hua had suffered over the years. Qu Hua had been married to Chen Peng for three years. When she was pregnant in the first year, Chen Peng was still a decent person. When she was pregnant, Chen Peng took his mother to take care of Qu Hua. When Qu Hua gave birth to a child, the mother and son saw that it was a girl and began to insult Qu Hua.

At first, they just insulted her, and then they started to beat her. In the second year, Qu Hua got pregnant again, and the mother and son were a little better. They all hoped that she could give birth to a son, but the child she gave birth to was still a girl. The mother and son bullied Qu Hua even more excessively.

Just yesterday, they drove Qu Hua out of the house and didn't let her go back.

What's even more infuriating is yet to come. After Sister Zhai brought Qu Hua back to Chen's house, Chen Peng actually beat Sister Zhai. Not only did the mother and son drive Qu Hua out of the house, they also sold their two daughters right after!

Jiang Nian angrily asked, "Did you find the child?"

Zhai Peipei cried and said, "No, Chen Peng refused to tell me where the child was. He beat me and Qu Hua out. We searched for the child in the city for a long time but couldn't find it. I saw that Qu Hua was not well, so I let her stay in Xiuzhuang for one night."

Jiang Nian frowned, "Sister Zhai, let's call the police now."

Zhai Peipei was stunned for a moment, "I forgot about it in a hurry."

Jiang Nian said, "Chen Peng did something illegal. If we call the police now, we should be able to find the child faster."

After hearing what Sister Zhai said, Jiang Nian wanted to hammer Chen Peng to death.

He favored sons over daughters and sold his own flesh and blood. He was worse than an animal.

Zhai Peipei spent the whole afternoon arguing with Qu Hua and the Chen family. After leaving the Chen family, she and Qu Hua searched the streets for their children, forgetting to call the police. When they passed by the state-owned embroidery shop, they saw Qu Hua through the glass. There were four benches put together, and Qu Hua was lying curled up inside, covered with Zhai Peipei's cotton quilt. I don't know if she was asleep or not.

Zhai Peipei unlocked the door and went in to call Qu Hua. Qu Hua opened her eyes, and her eyes were full of tears.

This was the second time Jiang Nian saw Qu Hua, and the visual shock made her feel very uncomfortable.

The wound on Qu Hua's face was more serious than at noon. There was a red mark on the corner of her mouth, stained with blood, and her forehead was hit by something, with a bulge as big as an egg, which looked horrible.

She couldn't imagine how many beatings Qu Hua had suffered in the Chen family in the past two years. She

just felt that when she saw Qu Hua at this moment, she wanted to help her get justice. As a woman and a victim, she couldn't just stand by and watch.

Jiang Nian locked the door and went to the police station with the mother and daughter to report the crime. When they saw the police, Zhai Peipei and Qu Hua burst into tears and could not tell the whole story for a long time. Jiang Nian calmly recounted the story of the Chen family and Qu Hua, and also recounted to the police how Chen Peng beat his wife and sold his two daughters.

There was a female police officer in the police station. After hearing what Jiang Nian said, she stood up angrily and said, "How can this be a private matter!"

The crime of buying and selling children is serious. Qu Hua was the person involved and the reporter. She made a record. Zhai Peipei and Jiang Nian stayed with her. In the middle of the night, Chen Peng and his mother were arrested and taken to the police station.

At first, Chen Peng did not admit it and almost beat Qu Hua in the police station.

The police looked stern and serious. They took Chen Peng and his son and Qu Hua and her daughter to two separate rooms for questioning. In the meantime, Jiang Nian was also called in to ask a few questions. When the investigation was completed, it was already dawn.

Chen Peng was a typical bully who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. He beat and kicked Qu Hua at home. When he was taken to the police station by the police, he confessed before he was even questioned.

It was Chen Peng's mother who proposed to sell the two daughters. She told Chen Peng that she had already found a buyer and the two daughters were sold for 70 yuan. After driving Qu Hua out of the house, the buyer came to the door and took the children away. The police went to look for the two girls overnight according to the characteristics of the man and the buyer's address mentioned by Chen Peng's mother.

When Chen Peng was taken out for detention, he saw Jiang Nian and Zhai Peipei sitting outside. He glared at Jiang Nian fiercely, then looked at Qu Hua with red eyes and cursed: "You bitch, I will never let you go!" Qu Hua

had been beaten by Chen Peng in the past two years and had a psychological shadow. As soon as she saw Chen Peng and heard his bad words, she covered her ears and cried. Zhai Peipei hugged Qu Hua to comfort her, and Chen Peng was still cursing when he was taken out.

"It's okay, it's okay, we will all be fine from now on."

Zhai Peipei kept repeating this sentence while hugging Qu Hua.

Chen Peng and his son are currently detained. They are waiting for the verdict. The public security comrades asked them to go back first. If they find the child, they will contact them as soon as possible. Qu Hua has no place to live, so she can only sleep in the dormitory with Zhai Peipei for the time being. After the verdict is announced, Qu Hua's stay or departure can be decided.

It was already eight o'clock in the morning when they returned to the state-owned embroidery mansion.

Jiang Nian didn't sleep much all night and felt dizzy. She didn't plan to have breakfast either. She just washed up in the embroidery mansion and would eat at noon. Zhai Peipei asked her to ask Ge Mei for half a day off so that she could take care of Qu Hua in the dormitory.

Jiang Nian agreed, and just as she was about to open the door of the embroidery mansion, the door was pushed open from the inside.

She thought it was Zhang Xiao, but when she looked over, she saw he was wearing army green clothes. So when she raised her head, she bumped into Lu Yu's somewhat scarlet eyes. She was startled: "What are you doing——"

Before she could finish her words, the man grabbed her arm with force. The man was tall and had long legs. When he approached her suddenly, she felt a strong sense of oppression. Her arm was also a little painful from the force. She reached out and patted his arm: "What's wrong with you?"

"Where have you been?"

Lu Yu's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and he suppressed his panic. He realized that his behavior was a bit wrong, and he just loosened his grip on Jiang Nian's arm a little, but he didn't let her go completely.

This morning, when he came to bring her breakfast, Zhang Xiao told her that Jiang Nian was missing. He looked for her in many places, and finally she came back to the state-owned embroidery manor. Lu Yu unconsciously exerted force on his arm, and finally let her go.

Jiang Nian raised her head and looked at Lu Yu who was so close to her. The bloodshot in his eyes had not faded yet. Even in the middle of winter, his forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat: "Sister Zhai and I went to the police station."

Lu Yu frowned slightly: "What happened?"

There was a cold look in his eyes: "Did those two people yesterday cause trouble for you?"

Jiang Nian shook her head: "No, it's Sister Zhai's business."

She briefly told Lu Yu about Sister Zhai and Qu Hua's family. Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian in front of him, and his eyes relaxed a little: "Sister-in-law is very smart." Jiang

Nian still felt a little uncomfortable after being praised by Lu Yu.

Jiang Nian's stomach growled, and Lu Yu said, "I bought some meat buns and milk."

Then he led Jiang Nian into the embroidery shop. On the table by the window was a paper bag with a few meat buns and a bottle of milk in it. Zhang Xiao had just stayed inside, and seeing Deputy Commander Lu holding Jiang Nian tightly, he did not dare to go out to disturb them, but just looked back and forth between the two of them with curiosity.

The more he looked, the more he felt that they did not look like an uncle and sister-in-law, but a couple.

Lu Xiaojing leaned against the curtain, looking at Lu Yu and Jiang Nian with sarcasm, but she was jealous and envious in her heart. So what if Jiang Nian was a widow? She had a man to love her, and she had just heard Zhang Xiao calling this man Deputy Commander Lu in the room.

She only now realized that this man was the deputy regiment commander of the military region.

How could Jiang Nian be so lucky?

Why couldn't she meet a man like Deputy Regiment Commander Lu?

Lu Xiaojing sniffed the aroma of the meat buns, swallowed her saliva, then turned around and walked into the compartment.

Lu Yu distributed the buns to Zhang Xiao and Lu Xiaojing, and sat opposite Jiang Nian to watch her eat.

Jiang Nian: ...

She pursed her lips, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Lu Yu also realized his abruptness, coughed lightly, turned around and looked out the window, and said: "I'll leave soon, call me if you have anything."

Jiang Nian said: "Okay."

"Have you eaten?"

Jiang Nian asked.

Lu Yu nodded: "I've eaten."

Lu Yu stood up after Jiang Nian finished breakfast: "I'll go home first."

"Okay."

Jiang Nian sent Lu Yu to the door, and closed the door and went into the house after the people walked away. Seeing Zhang Xiao looking at her strangely, Jiang Nian touched her face: "Is there something dirty on my face?"

Zhang Xiao came back to her senses: "No."

She just felt that Deputy Headmaster Lu and Sister Jiang looked more and more like a couple.

She knew that Jiang Nian's brother-in-law was the deputy head of the group. It was only when Sister Ge called him that when they had dinner at the state-owned hotel yesterday that she knew that Sister Jiang's brother-in-law was so powerful.

Jiang Nian went to the compartment to embroider. When Lu Xiaojing saw her coming in, she said in a strange tone, "You are so lucky."

Jiang Nian: ...

She glanced at Lu Xiaojing, said nothing, and continued to embroider while sitting on the bench.

Ge Mei came over at noon. She knew about Zhai Peipei and Qu Hua. She had just talked to Zhai Peipei in the dormitory. After coming in, she asked Jiang Nian a few words. Finally, she sat in front of the counter for a long time, and no one knew what she was thinking.

In the afternoon, Zhai Peipei came over and brought a bag of apples to Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian looked up in surprise and said with a smile: "Sister Zhai, what are you doing?"

Zhai Peipei said: "Of course, thank you. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have thought of calling the police for a while. I would only think about how to go to the Chen family to reason and let them find the child back."

Jiang Nian saw that if she didn't take it, Sister Zhai would carry it all the time.

So she took the bag of apples and said with a smile: "Then I won't be polite."

Finally, she stood up and took five apples, washed them one by one, and gave one to each of them, saying that Sister Zhai bought them. Zhai Peipei took a bite of the apple and felt that this was the sweetest apple she had ever tasted.

Jiang Nian asked quietly, "How is Qu Hua?"

Zhai Peipei said, "She was asleep when I came out. I'll go see her after work tonight."

When it was getting dark, Sister Zhai left first, and Lu Xiaojing seemed to be in a hurry and left in a hurry. Ge Mei stopped Jiang Nian and asked her about Qu Hua in detail. Because Qu Hua was in the dormitory today, Sister Zhai couldn't tell her, and because Lu Xiaojing was there just now, she couldn't ask.

So Jiang Nian told Ge Mei about what happened with Ling Chen last night.

Ge Mei said angrily, "When I first saw Chen Peng, I felt that he was one-sided and unreliable. But Sister Zhai was so stubborn that she thought Chen Peng was good. Now he has suffered!"

She sat on the bench and snorted again, "In the end, it is still her own daughter who suffers."

Jiang Nian didn't say much about other people's family affairs.

Ge Mei sat for a while and then left. Jiang Nian was going to get food with Zhang Xiao. The phone rang, and she went to answer it. She guessed in her heart that it should be Lu Yu, but she guessed right.

"You went home?"

Jiang Nian asked and then realized that she had asked a nonsense question. Of course, she went home at this point.

Lu Yu said, "Well, are you going to the cafeteria?"

"Yes."

There was silence for a while: "Go to the cafeteria to get food and go back to the dormitory to eat. If you have anything, go to the guard room of the cotton weaving factory to find the master. I have already informed him."

Jiang Nian did not expect him to be so thoughtful: "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao went to the cafeteria to get food. When they walked out of the cafeteria, they met Hu Zhongming. Hu Zhongming looked at Jiang Nian with sinister eyes. Seeing that Jiang Nian's back was a little cold, Zhang Xiao was also a little scared, so he dragged Jiang Nian away quickly.

But when they walked out of the cotton weaving factory, they saw the figures of Feng Ren and Yang Jun in the dark alley diagonally opposite the cotton weaving factory. The two took off their gray-blue work clothes and put on their own clothes, looking more like two gangsters.

Jiang Nianxiu frowned, and left with Zhang Xiao holding the aluminum lunch box.

The two returned to the dormitory, still a little frightened by what had just happened. Jiang Nian finished her meal and washed the aluminum lunch box. She glanced at Qu Hua, who had been keeping her head down and not saying anything. After finishing the meal that Zhai Peipei had prepared, she lay down to sleep again.

Zhai Peipei whispered to Jiang Nian, "She is better than at noon."

Zhang Xiao also looked at Qu Hua with concern, said a few words to Sister Zhai, and then lay down with Jiang Nian to sleep. Jiang Nian slept uneasy tonight. She felt uneasy when she thought of the looks of those three people.

She thought she was the only one like this, but she didn't expect Zhang Xiao to be the same.

The two of them didn't fall asleep until almost midnight. The next day, they were still woken up by Zhai Peipei. Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao washed up in a daze, took their aluminum lunch boxes to the canteen to get food, and saw Feng Ren and Yang Jun in the dark alley of the cotton mill.

The two followed them like ghosts.

Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao ran into the canteen to get food, and turned her head from time to time to look behind her. Seeing that they didn't follow, she was still tense. She wanted to call Lu Yu, but then she thought that Lu Yu's visit would only be a warning to them, and it would also delay his time.

After all, Feng Ren and Yang Jun only stayed near the cotton mill and the state-owned embroidery house and did not do any substantial harm to them. Even if the public security comrades came, they could only scold them a few words.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye. Jiang Nian's embroidery was more than half completed. If she embroidered faster, she could finish it in about seven days. During

these five days, Feng Ren and Yang Jun seemed to live in a dark alley opposite the cotton mill. Every time Jiang Nian and Zhang Xiao went to get food, the two would stand there and stare at them. They would also meet Hu Zhongming in the cafeteria, and his eyes were full of gloomy hostility when he looked at them.

After these five days of suffering, Jiang Nian felt that the family compound was still the best.

With Lu Yu always by her side, she felt not only safe but also at ease.

After work that night, Jiang Nian called Lu Yu. She hesitated for several days and decided to tell him about it. Zhang Xiao sat by the window. She was also afraid these days. She usually had a good sleep but she suffered from insomnia for five consecutive days.

Jiang Nian dialed the number and heard the operator's voice. Jiang Nian said, "Please connect me to the military police station."

The operator's voice came from the other end. After a while, the voice of a police soldier came from the phone: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

Zhang Xiao suddenly screamed "Ah" from the side, which frightened Jiang Nian's hands and shook violently. She turned around and saw Zhang Xiao running towards her with a pale face. At the same time, outside the window, Feng Ren and Yang Jun walked past the glass with a sneer.

Jiang Nian's face changed and his voice was a little flustered: "I'm looking for Lu Yu, the deputy head of the second regiment."