"What exactly is going on?"
"Suddenly a group of people came and said that all our things belonged to them. I couldn't stop them, and they emptied our house!"
Yue'er's eyes were brimming with tears. She pitifully grabbed Ren Zhaodi's clothes and said, "Mom, I heard them talking about something. It sounds like they're your relatives. They were cursing and swearing."
"..." Ren Zhaodi seemed to know who did it. Who else could it be but those people from her hometown!
They dare to rob people in broad daylight, blatantly.
Ren Zhaodi closed her eyes to calm down, then opened them again to comfort Yue'er, "Don't be afraid, it's okay. Let's find another place to stay tonight."
What happened today must have terrified the child.
Yue'er sniffed. "Mom, are they bad people?"
Ren Zhaodi's eyes darkened. "No, they're just mean to me. I know what to do. It's not safe to stay at home now. If something like this happens again, protect yourself first and stay far away so they don't hurt you."
Yue'er actually hid because she was scared; those people were too fierce, and they were all carrying weapons.
She held onto Ren Zhaodi's hand the whole time, and Ren Zhaodi knew without even checking that all the valuables in the house had been "taken".
The following day, when Lin Zhaoyue came over, Ren Zhaodi was cooperating with the police to report the details of the case.
She looked at Ren Zhaodi's house with a blank expression. After the police officers left, Ren Zhaodi came over and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Nothing, what happened to your house?" Lin Zhaoyue saw that her house looked like it had been ransacked. No, to be precise, it looked even worse than that. The windows were broken and there were several big holes in the door. What big shot had she offended?
“People came to my house,” Ren Zhaodi said casually. “You can tell from my name, Zhaodi. My parents favor boys over girls. Now that I’m doing so well in the city, they’ve been causing me trouble. I’ve ignored them several times, but I didn’t expect them to go this far this time. They smashed up my house and took all the valuables. I’m going to report this to the police and handle it properly!”
Lin Zhaoyue nodded slightly. Reporting the case was the right thing to do. Ren Zhaodi's family was not well-off, which was why she treated Yue'er even better.
"Changing your name is quite convenient now. In my opinion, you might as well just change it!"
“I’ve been used to this name for so many years. If you change my name again, I won’t be used to it.” Ren Zhaodi shrugged indifferently and laughed, “What I call myself doesn’t matter at all. Anyway, everyone outside calls me Boss Ren.”
Lin Zhaoyue: "..." Ren Zhaodi would not be affected by such a trivial matter.
Her worries were unnecessary.
It seems that back then, quite a few people had names like "Zhaodi Pandi" (meaning "seeking a younger brother") and "Pandi" (meaning "hoping for a younger brother"). These kinds of names, with their discriminatory connotations, were really annoying.
My name contains the character for "brother," but I changed it when I came of age, saying goodbye to the past completely.
If it can be changed, then of course it should be changed; if it can't be changed, then there's nothing that can be done.
[...]
"By the way, you haven't told me why you came to see me today?" Ren Zhaodi gestured for them to talk in the car, as it was inconvenient to talk here. Before this matter was over, Ren Zhaodi didn't plan to go back to this house. Anyway, she had several houses, and it would be safer to live elsewhere.
"I came here because of what happened last time. If it weren't for you, I might be dead already."
Lin Zhaoyue smiled faintly, "We two are really in sync. How did you know I was in danger?"
"Yue'er told me; I didn't even notice who was calling me at the time!"
The main problem was that the car was going too fast, and Ren Zhaodi didn't react in time. It was Yue'er who told her that the person sitting in the car seemed to be Aunt Zhaoyue. Ren Zhaodi thought that it was better to be safe than sorry, so she went over to ask what was going on.
Surprisingly, I actually asked the right question this time.
It seems that her life was not meant to end.
“My family has also run into some trouble, but it’s okay, we’ll get it sorted out soon.”
"..." Lin Zhaoyue returned from Ren Zhaodi's place, and Jiang Jingzhou also received news.
"They say someone saw your eldest uncle wandering around near your maternal grandparents' house that night, looking hurried. Now there's an eyewitness, but your maternal grandparents have already been buried, so there's no way to perform an autopsy."
Hua Xiuyun's expression was solemn. "As long as we can get justice for the two elders, digging up their graves is not out of the question!"
"Mom, this is not right." Digging up graves would disturb the peace of the deceased; it's not allowed.
Lin Zhaoyue frowned. "I need to discuss this matter with my other two uncles to see what they really mean. If they are unwilling to pursue this further, there's nothing I can say."
Lin Zhaoyue guessed that her other two uncles didn't know yet, but she needed to think this through carefully and not act impulsively.
"I'll listen to Zhaoyue."
Moreover, doing something so shocking in this day and age, one wonders what people will say about it.
Lin Zhaoyue doesn't care what outsiders say, but now she has to think about her family.
That night, Lin Zhaoyue lay in bed unable to fall asleep. The baby in her belly moved, as if reminding her that it was time to rest.
Jiang Jingzhou raised his hand and placed it on her lower abdomen, feeling the fetal movements under his palm. He leaned close to her belly and whispered, "Be a good girl and don't make Mommy uncomfortable, okay?"
"There was no commotion."
Lin Zhaoyue smiled slightly, "She must be tired. She told me to get some rest. I've never gone to bed this late before."
"Why aren't you asleep?" Jiang Jingzhou looked up at her. "Weren't you tired?"
“I always feel like something’s not quite right. I don’t know what my grandparents are thinking. If they know it was my uncle who did it, would they still be willing to pursue his responsibility?” Lin Zhaoyue was actually afraid of meddling and being “disliked” by her grandparents.
"I think whatever decision you make, they won't blame you."
Lin Zhaoyue turned to look at him, remaining silent for a long time, as if she was thinking about what he had said.
Jiang Jingzhou's words made sense; her maternal grandparents never blamed her, they only spoiled her.
Thinking of her parents' deaths, Lin Zhaoyue burst into tears.
"Why are you crying again? What did I say?" Jiang Jingzhou asked helplessly, quickly reaching out to wipe her tears. "Okay, the doctor said you can't cry during pregnancy. You have to think about the baby in your belly, okay?"
"Is it just for the sake of the children?"
Lin Zhaoyue smiled and raised an eyebrow, "I thought you were worried about me!"
"Worrying about the baby in your belly is worrying about you." Jiang Jingzhou looked at Lin Zhaoyue with tender eyes and couldn't help but kiss the corner of her mouth. Even though she was almost a mother of three, he felt that Zhaoyue hadn't changed much, and was even more beautiful than before.
"I've noticed you're becoming increasingly glib; be careful your son doesn't overhear and pick up bad habits from you."
"Do you mean the big one or the small one in her belly?"
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