Xia Mian took the initiative to explain, "I need to call the Huang family. Zhang Qiming has such a dirty idea, so the Huang family must come. Using the home phone will easily arouse their suspicion."
Ning Shaobai handed her the phone and asked, "Are you going to let Huang Xiaojuan out?"
"Do you think I want to?" Xia Mian sighed. "Doesn't this require a deal? The most important thing right now is to move Xiaofeng's household registration out."
At this point, he added slyly, "She's not guilty of theft, and I haven't filed a complaint for abuse yet. Anyway, she'll go to jail eventually."
Ning Shaobai also felt that with Huang Xiaojuan's personality, she wouldn't let her go easily, but...
"Even if the household registration is moved out, Zhang Qiming is still Xiaofeng's guardian." Ning Shaobai said.
"That still requires him to be under guardianship!" Xia Mian smiled slyly. "If we can successfully obtain Xiao Feng's household registration, we will go to Yan City. He will be out of reach of us for at least three to five years. By then, I will be an adult, and I will be able to think of many ways to handle the guardianship issue."
"Yan City." Ning Shaobai asked, "Why do you want to go to Yan City?"
"Mingxi County is too close, so it's easy for him to find it." Xia Mian said, "Besides, don't you and Sister Ning still exist in Yan City? It's time for you to repay your gratitude."
He was so confident and confident that he was asking for repayment. Ning Shaobai was speechless. "How do you plan to get me to repay you?"
"Don't bother too much." Xia Mian said, "Just help me find some advice on where to live and what to study."
"Don't worry about anything else." Xia Mian looked around and said mysteriously, "We have plenty of money. Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. So don't worry."
Ning Shaobai: ...
Is it just the huge sum of more than 30,000 yuan in the passbook?
This little girl thinks too simply.
But in fact, he thought it was too simple.
Xia Mian's plan was even more elaborate than this: "If we buy a house in Yan City now, we can get our hukou, right? By then, Xiaofeng and I will have our hukous registered and our names changed. Maybe Zhang Qiming won't be able to find us until Xiaofeng and I become successful and famous."
Seeing Ning Shaobai's speechless expression, Xia Mian thought he was questioning her handling of the Zhang family. She sighed and said, "Of course I won't wait passively. Isn't Xiaofeng at an important stage of growth, so the most urgent thing is to provide him with a stable environment."
"Once our lives are settled, I will definitely have to find a breakthrough from Zhang Qiming." At this point, Xia Mian said, "Do you know a good lawyer? Introduce me to one."
"You're going to start with abuse."
"Yes." Xia Mian said, "If parents have a history of abuse, custody rights can be revoked."
"Although Zhang Qiming could have blamed Huang Xiaojuan for the incident, they lived under the same roof. How could Zhang Qiming not know about it?"
"If a parent has committed serious negligence that causes harm to the child, they can also be deprived of custody."
Xia Mian suddenly smiled slyly, "I even made him write a letter of guarantee this time, which is a disguised admission of child abuse! Add to that Huang Xiaojuan's criminal record, and it's enough to fight for her."
"Even if we can't win the lawsuit in a short period of time, having a criminal record like this will serve as a deterrent for them in the future."
Ning Shaobai raised his eyebrows in surprise, it was quite thoughtful.
Xia Mian snorted coldly, "You did something evil and you still want to get away with it? Once Xiao Feng's household registration is successfully moved out, they will still have to face sanctions!"
You say she is acting recklessly, but she still takes everything into consideration. What a peculiar little girl.
Ning Shaobai thought about it and reminded, "You can also start with your sister's compensation."
"Huh?" Xia Mian was stunned.
Ning Shaobai asked, "Is the 40,000 or 50,000 yuan compensation you mentioned true?"
Xia Mian nodded, "This must be true."
Then Ning Shaobai's next words sent a chill down Xia Mian's spine.
He said, "A typical car accident wouldn't pay that much. By Ming City standards, 10,000 or 20,000 is the maximum. Four years ago, there was only one way to get a huge compensation of over 30,000."
Xia Mian blurted out, "Accidental insurance!!"
Ning Shaobai discovered that this girl really knew a lot.
In the 1990s, insurance was still in a difficult sales stage, and ordinary people had no idea about buying insurance on their own.
Ning Shaobai knew this because he had just returned from abroad, and rich people do have a higher awareness of insurance.
Xia Mian knew that it was because she came from the future, and her insurance awareness was more advanced than that of the wealthy people of this era, and accident insurance was a very common insurance.
Accident insurance is often involved in numerous insurance fraud cases because the insurance period is short but the compensation amount is huge.
If Zhang Qiming really committed insurance fraud, then Xia Chun...
Xia Mian just felt a chill.
Ning Shaobai originally just wanted to remind her to pay attention to Zhang Qiming's usual behavior, but he didn't expect Xia Mian to immediately think of the key issue.
Although he was a little surprised, seeing that she seemed a little frightened, Ning Shaobai's tone was unusually gentle, "This is just a guess, and it can be regarded as a breakthrough point. You can observe him more often to see if there is anything abnormal."
"No, this may be true." Xia Mian's voice was trembling.
She wasn't afraid of ordinary fights, but she was just an ordinary fairy.
Knowing that I might be living under the same roof with a scheming murderer, I still couldn't help but feel terrified.
She didn't think about it at first because she had just arrived here and was not yet used to the concept of money here.
For her, forty or fifty thousand yuan is just two months' pocket money.
So even though everyone was amazed, she did not associate it with the huge compensation.
Now, after Ning Shaobai's reminder, Xia Mian thought of many abnormal things about Zhang Qiming and Huang Xiaojuan.
"Every time the topic of compensation was raised, they vehemently denied it. I initially thought they didn't want to show off their wealth... but Huang Xiaojuan clearly seemed to be avoiding it."
"And Zhang Qiming, I've always been very confused about his attitude towards Xiaofeng. Although people say that if you have a stepmother, you also have a stepfather, that's only when the biological father doesn't want to argue with the stepmother. But in the family, it's clearly Zhang Qiming who makes the decisions."
"Zhang Qiming knew very well that Xiaofeng was his son, so why did he allow Huang Xiaojuan to abuse him and even wanted him dead?"
"If he deliberately planned to kill my sister, then he would consider himself the murderer of Xiaofeng's mother, so of course he couldn't tolerate this child. In this case, everything would make sense..."
Xia Mian's mind raced, thinking about everything related to it:
"Gao Yongfeng, the guy he's close to, is an insurance salesman. If you think about it, their relationship really started around the time my sister got married..."
Xia Mian grabbed Ning Shaobai's wrist and asked, "If he bought insurance for my sister, can we still find the records after so many years?"
At that time, computers were not yet popular, and all procedures involved file storage, so losing or cleaning files was very common.
Ning Shaobai didn't know how many accidents he had encountered today.
The cold touch and slight trembling on the wrist all showed the fear of the little girl in front of him.
However, her first thought was not to escape, but to find the truth.
"I'm not sure." Ning Shaobai said honestly, "I'll ask someone to check for you."
"Thank you." Xia Mian took a deep breath, "Huang Xiaojuan is most likely aware of this matter."
"So, let her come out first!" Xia Mian exhaled slowly to calm herself down a little, and her eyes became firm. "She is more likely to reveal flaws than Zhang Qiming!"
"As for Zhang Qiming," Xia Mian said through clenched fists and gritted teeth, "No matter how cunning he is, when the thing he values most is destroyed, I don't believe he can still hide his tracks!"
"What are you going to do?" Ning Shaobai thought. If necessary, he didn't mind helping.
But Xia Mian crossed his arms and said fearfully, "Leave it to someone else. I'll just be responsible for observing secretly. After all, I'm still a child."
Ning Shaobai: ...
Zhang Qiming's favorite things are nothing more than fame and money.
Adding these two items did not affect the plan before summer hibernation. It just slightly adjusted the strategy. Instead of taking it slow and steady, he took drastic measures directly:
"If Huang Xiaojuan goes to jail, Zhang Qiming can easily divorce her, and the IOU signed by Huang Xiaojuan will have nothing to do with him."
"I heard that he doesn't plan to take custody of Xuanxuan, so Xuanxuan will have to be raised by you. You can't abandon this child, otherwise it will be considered abandonment and you will go to jail."
The Huang family was afraid of going to jail, not to mention that the IOU of 40,000 yuan was worth their effort.
The effect of Xia Mian's phone call was immediate.
The Huang family, who had been avoiding Huang Xiaojuan like the plague after learning that she might go to jail, showed up at the Huagang family compound the next morning, exhausted.
At that time, Xiaofeng was playing football with Chenchen at the entrance of the unit, and Xia Mian was sitting on a small bench at the entrance of the unit reciting the text.
Firstly, high school was about to start and she really needed to review, and secondly, she needed to divert her attention.
When Xia Mian thought about Zhang Qiming being a murderer, and how he had challenged a murderer and tortured him to the point of leaving him with internal injuries, he couldn't help but feel terrified. He felt uneasy about everything he did, and could only recite the text to calm his nerves:
"My hair stands on end with rage, I lean on the railing, the rain has stopped... The shame of summer and spring has not yet been absolved. When will Xiao Feng's hatred be extinguished... My ambition is to be hungry for Xiao Juan's flesh, and I am thirsty for Qiming's blood. I will start from the beginning, to deal with Zhang Qiming and face the sky."
Ning Shaobai, who had just come out to see Chenchen: ...
Is this girl afraid or cruel? "Memorize it well and don't teach the children bad things."
Old Lady Liu and the other people finished their chores and came out for some fresh air. Xia Mian didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. "My hair is standing on end with anger. I'm leaning on the railing. The rain has stopped... Xia? Uh, Xia..."
"The shame of Jingkang has not yet been avenged." A childish voice continued for Xia Mian.
Another clear child's voice followed up, "When will the hatred of the ministers be extinguished?"
Then the two children kicked the ball and said in unison: "Driving the long chariot, we broke through the gap in the Helan Mountains. With great ambition, we would eat the meat of the barbarians when we were hungry, and drink the blood of the Xiongnu when we were thirsty. We will start from the beginning, rebuild the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky."
Xia Mian and several others were stunned by what they heard.
Teacher Mi poked her head out of the window and said, "Hey, Xia Mian has read it a few times, right? Xiao Feng actually remembered it too?"
Old Lady Liu interjected, "These two children are really smart. Xia Mian, you must train Xiao Feng well and not let him go to waste."
Xiao Feng knew that he was being praised, and he couldn't help but smile at Xia Mian.
Although Xia Mian knew that he was a genius, she was still very surprised at this moment.
In this life, she must let him shine!
"Xia Mian?! You are Xia Mian?!" A high voice, almost splitting the legs, suddenly pierced everyone's eardrums, powerfully demonstrating what it means to make a good first impression.
Xia Mian turned around and saw two people trying to maintain their dignity.
The reason why they were said to be trying to be respectable was that apart from their neat and clean clothes, their hunched shoulders and hunched necks as well as their bluffing expressions all showed that they were not from good backgrounds.
But the two of them just held their chins high, acting as if they were superior to others.
The person who just spoke was an old lady who was neither tall nor short and had a plump figure.
Xia Mian heard the powerful shout and thought the other party was looking for trouble.
But the next moment, the old lady rushed over and grabbed her hand and burst into tears, "Oh, Xia Mian, please let our Xiaojuan go."
"Xiaojuan is not a stingy child. Your brother-in-law is a good earner, how could he steal your money? There must be some misunderstanding between you two."
It seems that this is Huang's mother. Xia Mian looked up at the other one.
He is about 30 years old, with a similar figure to Huang's mother. His shaky hairline has begun to expand. Maybe in another ten years, he will be able to conquer a Mediterranean. This person should be Huang Xiaojuan's brother Huang Xiaojun.
The two of them must have discussed countermeasures before coming here. Huang Xiaojun also picked up what Huang's mother said and pleaded, "Little girl, please be merciful. Just for the sake of the child, look at Xuanxuan!"
As he spoke, he pushed out the child hiding behind him. His actions were quite rough. The dirty Xuanxuan staggered a few times, fell to the ground, and burst into tears.
Chenchen and Xiaofeng couldn't help but look out of curiosity. Xuanxuan was indeed in a miserable state. Although not as miserable as Xiaofeng at that time, his clothes had obviously not been washed in the past few days, and there were scratches on his chubby little face.
It was obvious that he was not having an easy time in the Huang family.
"Look, look how pitiful the child is." Huang's mother burst into tears and almost knelt down in front of Xia Mian. "We promise to pay you back, so please be merciful, okay?"
This is the cunning of the common people. Even though everyone knows that they are deliberately playing the victim and Huang Xiaojuan deserves it, Xuanxuan's appearance still makes people feel sympathy.
Xia Mian had no intention of getting entangled with them from the beginning to the end. She said straightforwardly, "Zhang Qiming has already paid back the money. Actually, I don't have any demands. As long as you agree to one condition, I will let Huang Xiaojuan go."
Huang's mother immediately said eagerly, "Little girl, tell me, tell me, as long as it can be done, we will agree."
"I'm afraid she'll abuse Xiaofeng again after she gets out. After all, I won't be able to take care of the child after I go to school. So my request is simple," Xia Mian said, "Transfer Xiaofeng's household registration to me, and I'll take Xiaofeng away from the Zhang family."
Xiao Feng had already realized what was happening. He ran over with his legs twitching and got into Xia Mian's arms, saying fearfully, "Auntie."
Xia Mian stroked his back and said to Huang's mother, "I think this is a win-win situation."
"Huang Xiaojuan doesn't like Xiaofeng anyway. If I take the child away, she won't have to worry about being a stepmother. The three of them can live a good life together, and we won't bother them. What do you think?"
"Oh, his aunt, you are indeed a sensible and good child."
Huang's mother slapped her thigh and said kind words without asking for money, "You love Xiaofeng so much, Xiaofeng will definitely repay you well in the future."
"Unlike my girl, who always acts without thinking. Look, she's gotten into big trouble now."
Huang Xiaojun didn't expect that Xia Mian would propose such a condition.
This was because the little girl was naive and thought raising a child would be easy. She said repeatedly, "No problem, we agree! I'll go find Zhang Qiming right now..."
As soon as he mentioned Zhang Qiming, he heard the other party's angry shout, "I don't agree!"
When they turned around, they saw Zhang Qiming running towards them breathlessly in his work clothes. It was obvious that he had hurried back after hearing the news.
He had obviously heard what they had just said. His face flushed with anger, and he glared at the Huang family with hatred, saying, "Xiao Feng is my son! No one can take him away from me!"
As he said this, he was about to go forward and hug Xiao Feng, but Xia Mian picked up the child and dodged away first.
Zhang Qiming looked at Xia Mian with a murderous look in his eyes. "Xia Mian, I'm telling you, don't even think about it! Xiao Feng is my biological son, and I will never move his household registration out!"
"You let others abuse your own son?" Xia Mian sneered. "You don't let go because you hate losing face and are afraid that others will think you're dishonest. Why are you pretending so much?"
Huang's mother immediately said, "Xiao Zhang, you still have to take care of the inner workings of life. You don't like that child, so why are you trying to save face?"
"Shut up!" Zhang Qiming yelled at Huang's mother, "He's mine! Don't even think about it!"
Maybe it was because she knew that he might have killed his wife to get insurance money, but Xia Mian always felt that the hostility in his eyes was a little creepy, so she didn't confront him head-on.
Xia Mian acted indifferent and said, "Anyway, I just want to make sure Xiao Feng grows up safely and healthily. I will never allow Huang Xiaojuan to live with him again."
She looked at Zhang Qiming and said, "I don't want money or anything else, as long as Xiao Feng is not hurt."
"So it's better if Huang Xiaojuan stays inside. Otherwise, it'll be like last time. You just make a phone call and she'll come back home as if nothing happened. Then she'll become even more emboldened and even more aggressive."
"That won't work!" Huang Xiaojun said firmly, "We don't agree!"
He looked at Zhang Qiming and said, "I know you have always hated our family, so as long as Xiaojuan can live well, our Huang family has never been in front of you to be annoying."
"But now Xiaojuan has just been admitted and you immediately threw Xuanxuan into our house. Do you dislike her and plan to divorce her?!"
Huang's mother immediately cried, "Zhang Qiming, you can't be so heartless. Xiaojuan followed you when you had nothing."
"We also bought you a house, and Xuanxuan, look at Xuanxuan, she's already so big, do you want her to be like Xiaofeng without a mother?"
Xuanxuan burst into tears at the right moment and ran towards Zhang Qiming, "Dad, Dad, Brother Ming bullied me! I don't want to stay at grandma's house, I want my mom, I want my mom..."
Huang Xiaojun wiped his eyes and said, "Brother-in-law, even if you despise Xiaojuan for being shameful, you should also think about Xuanxuan."
"Xiao Feng is under the care of his aunt. His aunt is so close to the child, she will definitely not mistreat him in the future. But Xuan Xuan is different. None of us can control him..."
Huang's mother also burst into tears, "Qiming, just think of it as me begging you, I'm kneeling down for you, okay?"
"I know you think Xiaojuan is embarrassing, but you also have to think about her doing this for your family."
"You guys still haven't paid back the money you borrowed from us to buy the house. Plus, her brother was pushing her too hard, so she started to have these evil thoughts."
"We won't be in a hurry to get this money from now on. You can pay it back slowly. As long as you are well."
The more Zhang Qiming listened, the more he felt something was wrong. "When did I ever borrow money from you?! What do you mean you bought us a house?!"
"I knew it!" Huang Xiaojun was furious. "You just want to take this opportunity to divorce Xiaojuan and get back the 40,000 yuan, right? Zhang Qiming, you're really calculating!"
Zhang Qiming's face turned pale. "What 40,000 yuan? Where did 40,000 yuan come from?!"
"Of course it was the 40,000 yuan you borrowed from us to buy the house." Huang Xiaojun's eyes widened. "You didn't borrow it from us? You had just joined the factory at that time, where did you get the money to buy such a big house?"
"Could it be that Xia Chun's compensation was used?"
"Shut up!" Zhang Qiming's eyes suddenly burst into bloodshot, and he looked at Huang Xiaojun with a murderous look, "No compensation!"
Xia Mian silently hugged Xiao Feng and retreated to a safe place.
Ning Shaoyun also took Chenchen away, and everyone hid nearby and pricked up their ears tacitly.
"Yes, there's no compensation." Huang Xiaojun took out a piece of paper, "So it's a loan from our family. The IOU is right here. I'm telling you, don't try to deny it!"
Zhang Qiming clenched his fists, veins throbbing on his forehead. He knew he was being blackmailed...
That idiot Huang Xiaojuan actually wrote an IOU behind his back!
Huang's mother continued to cry and beg, "Qiming, just promise Xia Mian to take Xiaojuan out. As long as you take her out, you can pay us back slowly. We are not in a hurry to ask for it..."
Huang Xiaojun also slowed down his tone, "Yes, Xiaofeng only transferred his household registration to his aunt, not severing the father-son relationship."
"If you leave the child at home now, you will have to worry about him and your life will be difficult. When the child grows up, it will be the same if you want to take him back."
Zhang Qiming had no way to refute it. If he did not acknowledge the IOU, he believed that the Huang family would force him to reveal the source of the money.
He took a deep breath, intending to calm the Huang family first, "Let me think about this matter..."
"What's so good about this?" Huang's mother was furious. "It's just a matter of transferring the child's household registration. What excuse are you trying to make? Are you planning to resort to some trickery?"
Huang Xiaojun saw his mother's charge signal change, and he also changed from courtesy to military service.
He said angrily, "I knew you were not a good person. My sister, a city girl, was seduced by a country boy like you."
"You've taken advantage of us, and now you want to go back on your word?! I'm telling you, Zhang Qiming, no way!"
"If my sister can't get out this time, you can forget about making it in Ming City!" He turned around and asked the others, "Where is your Huagang union? I want to go and ask if the factory cares about personal conduct issues?!"
Zhang Qiming suddenly flew into a rage, "I said I need to think about it!"
He stepped forward and grabbed Huang Xiaojun's collar, his face full of ferocity, "Either you wait a day, or I will file for divorce from Huang Xiaojuan today!"
Huang Xiaojun was frightened by his appearance. Seeing this, Huang's mother didn't dare to push him too hard. She choked up and said, "Okay, we know it's not easy for you."
"Then we'll wait for you for another day. Tomorrow you must give us an explanation. Either pay back the 40,000 yuan immediately, or pick up Xiaojuan right away."
After the Huang family mother and son left, Zhang Qiming turned around and stared at Xia Mian, looking sad and determined:
"Xia Mian, listen carefully, I will never let Xiao Feng go with anyone else. That was your sister's last wish for me."
This sentence shut up everyone who wanted to persuade him.
But Xia Mian was disgusted. She hugged Xiao Feng tightly and retorted, "So you're going to let your new love abuse this last thought of yours?"
"Tell me the truth, is it because my sister has hindered your beautiful love with Huang Xiaojuan that you let Xiaofeng suffer in your place as your mother so that you can vent your anger?"
"I told you before, don't use Xiao Feng and my sister to create some loving and affectionate persona, or I'll skin you alive."
Zhang Qiming glanced at the mocking expressions of the neighbors who were watching the fun, frowned and went upstairs without saying anything else.
Xia Mian shouted, "If you don't want to transfer your household registration, then give all my sister's compensation to Xiao Feng?!"
Zhang Qiming turned his head abruptly, his eyes full of sinister intent, "I said, no compensation!"
Xia Mian glared back fiercely, showing no sign of weakness. "Then where did you get the money? Did you really borrow it from the Huang family?"
Zhang Qiming's emotions suddenly calmed down, and he stopped refutation. He curled his lips almost imperceptibly, turned around and went upstairs.
Xia Mian felt a chill in her heart. This pervert probably wanted to kill her, right?
It’s okay, he can only think about it. Xia Mian encouraged himself, and now he should go and take care of the Huang family first!
The Huang family mentioned so much money, Zhang Qiming should go check his "private property"...
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