"Your sister is not a child. She won't put herself in danger. Maybe she's staying with a friend. Go home first and look for her tomorrow."

"Doesn't Dad know best whether Xiaoling has any friends to stay with?" Ji Jianhua turned his back and said, "You go back. I'll go look for them."

"Jianhua, stop." Ji Yong didn't want to disturb the neighbors, so he lowered his voice and said, "Your sister hasn't been found yet. If something happens to you late at night, what will your mother do?"

"Will my mother still worry about these? Yes, she loves me the most, otherwise why would I make mistakes and beat Xiaoling. But I can't stand owing favors to others. Xiaoling was beaten for me, and I went back to sleep. I can't be so cold-blooded." Ji Jianhua threw down his words and strode away. His figure soon disappeared into the night.

Ji Yong held his head weakly. His daughter was nowhere to be seen. How could he not be worried?

He also saw his son's resentment. On the one hand, it was his wife. What could he say? He walked into the yard exhausted. Ji Ke, who was squatting under the eaves, heard the noise and immediately stood up and ran over, "Dad, have you found my sister?"

When she asked the question, she looked behind her father and saw that he had come back alone. She couldn't help crying softly.

"Dad, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have said that. I just didn't want Mom to be angry with my big brother. Mom has always been proud of my big brother. I think my sister does a lot of wrong things, and it's not just one. I didn't expect Mom to hit her." Ji Ke wiped her tears with both hands. As soon as she wiped away the tears, more tears flowed out, as if they could never be wiped away.

Ji Yong was very tired and in a bad mood. He didn't have the patience to comfort his daughter. He just said, "It's late. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Ji Ke followed Ji Yong into the house, sobbing.

She looked at her father aggrievedly as he went back to the east room without looking back, and then she went back to her room sobbing.

The light in the east room was on all the time. Xu Fang sat on the bed in a daze. She raised her head when she heard some noise, her face still blank.

Ji Yong pursed his lips, turned around and walked to the sofa and sat down, "It's late, go to bed first."

"Did you find the person?"

"No."

After a long silence, a few faint sounds were heard in the room.

Ji Yong looked up and saw his wife standing up and about to go out.

He stood up quickly and stopped the person at the door. "We have already searched everywhere we need to. It is not good to disturb her classmates in the middle of the night. Let's go again tomorrow morning."

Xu Fang pursed her lips, didn't say anything, didn't move, just stood at the door.

Ji Yong scratched his head in annoyance, his voice almost begging, "Xu Fang, I'm very tired, can we stop making trouble for now? If you go out in the middle of the night and something happens, will you let me live?"

Xu Fang met her husband's pleading and helpless eyes, her shoulders slowly drooped, and she sat back dejectedly, but she didn't sleep either.

Ji Yong didn't care about that. He sat back on the sofa, leaned back, and closed his eyes to rest.

Ji Jianhua was standing on the street, not knowing where to go. His empty mind suddenly flashed through the conversation he had just had with his father.

Xiaoling doesn’t have a good friend with whom she can stay, so instead of going home, she must stay in a hotel because she has money.

As if he had finally found the clue, Ji Jianhua went to several hotels in Bei County.

It was already past one in the morning. He asked from house to house and finally found out something at the Gongnong Road Hotel.

"I didn't see the little girl you mentioned, but I saw something not far from the door at about 11:00 pm. A little girl met two bad guys and almost got into trouble. Fortunately, a kind old lady came out to help and alerted the people living nearby, who stopped the two criminals."

"What does the little girl look like?"

The innkeeper was a woman in her forties with a square face who looked honest. "It's late at night and there are no street lights on the road, so I can't see clearly, but she's pretty. The old lady was injured and sent to the county hospital. You can go there and ask around."

Ji Jianhua finally found the police station again.

After he went in to explain the situation, the police officer on duty heard the phone ring before he could say anything more. After picking it up and hearing the voice on the other end, he said, "Captain, there's no need to call. Her family is here to find her."

After explaining to the other party, the policeman hung up the phone and said to Ji Jianhua, "Your sister's name is Ji Ling, right? Does she live in the farm machinery family compound?"

"Yes, Ji Ling is my sister, and she is the top scorer in this year's college entrance examination."

When the police heard that he was raising the number one score, they seemed to remember something. "Oh, it was that little girl. We sent them to the county hospital for a physical examination. Luckily, we met a kind person today, otherwise something would have happened. Those two little hooligans were carrying daggers. Why did your sister walk alone in such a remote alley at night?"

Ji Jianhua was stumped by the question.

It's hard to talk about.

He said his mother was partial and he was wrong because he beat his sister? Seeing that he had something to hide, the police officer did not ask any more questions. Instead, he said in a teaching tone, "He is in the city hospital. He was stabbed several times and had his wounds stitched. Not only did he have to pay for himself, but he also had to take care of the old lady. He looks very pitiful. My comrade is over there. The old lady's spleen was removed. Your family should go over quickly."

"No matter what, it is very irresponsible to let a little girl out at night, especially since the public security has been bad in the past two years."

When Wei Jianhua heard that his sister had been stabbed several times and had to get stitches, his mind went blank. Adding to the words of the police officer, he felt so ashamed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

He thanked the police and came out of the police station, then ran back home, banging on the door hard without caring whether it would alarm the neighbors.

Ji Yongneng in the room came out quickly.

He opened the door with a look of joy, but when he saw it was his son, a hint of disappointment flashed across his face. However, he still said, "Glad that you're back. Come in first."

"Dad, Xiaoling is in trouble." Ji Jianhua's breathing had stabilized while he was waiting for his father to come out and open the door. He saw the figure standing at the door through the gap between his father's shoulders and said with a choked voice, "Xiaoling encountered a gangster and was stabbed several times when she resisted. She is in the city hospital."

Ji Yong's body visibly swayed, and he held on to the door to keep himself from falling.

"Let's go to the city now." He strode out.

Ji Jianhua followed.

After the father and son left, Xu Fang, who was standing at the door, stumbled to the gate. She held the gate, her son's words still echoing in her mind.

He was stabbed several times and is in the city hospital.

Got stabbed several times.

She cursed stubbornly, "That damn girl, I knew she would never make people worry."

After he finished speaking, tears welled up in an instant.

Xu Fang covered her face, slowly squatted down, and began to cry softly at the door. Ji Ke, who was standing at the door, saw this scene and slowly retracted his steps.

At the entrance of the Municipal Hospital, the top two buttons of Zhu Yaowu's shirt were missing. No one knew where they had fallen to. His shirt was wrinkled and his face was bruised. It was obvious that he had just had a fight.

He glared at Zhu Weidong in front of him angrily, "I helped you fight, and you helped others fight me. You are not my eldest brother, you are my father."

After saying that, he walked forward angrily. After a few steps, he turned back and saw the man still standing there. He shouted, "You stupid face-blind man, why don't you catch up? Are you really waiting for me to call you dad?"

(End of this chapter)