After listening to Bu Senyuan's analysis, Jiang Jun felt more at ease.
Thousands of miles away in the capital, Jiang Yonghua was in dire straits.
Chen Yuanwu looked gentle, but his words were pressing: "Dad, you're planning to keep the past to yourself and bring it down with you, right? But have you ever considered that the biggest obstacle Xiaojun faces at work is people like you who want to keep secrets secret forever?"
Jiang Yonghua remained silent.
Chen Yuanwu: "Dad, there's no one eavesdropping here, and no one around is eavesdropping. If you don't trust me anymore, I can't help Xiaojun!"
Chen Yuanwu has not been calm since he received Jiang Yun's call at noon.
His current workload is very heavy. He has to stay at his post every day and eat and sleep in the office.
In order to find out what Jiang Yun mentioned on the phone, Chen Yuanwu asked Chen Zhenbao to go to Pingcheng Chemical Bureau in person to bring Jiang Yonghua to the capital.
Seeing that Jiang Yonghua looked flustered and uneasy, he asked a few questions.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yonghua seemed to be hesitant to speak and just kept sighing.
Chen Yuanwu knew that the matter was of great importance, so he decided to call Jiang Jun first. He also took Jiang Yonghua to the switchboard room to make the call and asked the operator to analyze for him whether someone was eavesdropping on the other party's extension.
As for the truth, he had plenty of time to grind out Jiang Yonghua's truth: "Dad, Xiaojun went to Lingcheng on a business trip. Is she going to inquire about the news for you?"
Jiang Yonghua denied it repeatedly: "I have never mentioned it to anyone!"
Chen Yuanwu pressed the issue, "You never mentioned that you had any family members alive, right? Dad, I heard from Xiaojun that you were an orphan, but you're not, right?"
Jiang Yonghua used silence instead of answering.
Chen Yuanwu stared at Jiang Yonghua's face. "If you don't answer, it means you agree! Dad, how did Xiaojun know you had a family? Did you secretly write letters or send money?"
Jiang Yonghua was shocked: "How did you know?"
Over the years, he has been secretly sending money to Jiang Yonghui's parents in an attempt to make up for his debt to his cousin's family.
Jiang Yonghui's parents are Jiang Yonghua's cousins. His cousin's family of four are the only relatives Jiang Yonghua has left in this world.
Before Lingcheng was liberated, my uncle hurriedly sold the family's remaining assets, converted the money into silver and distributed it to the three brothers, allowing them to escape on their own.
This is their survival strategy. Everyone takes his own path, and there is always one who takes the right path. It is not necessary for everyone to rush to the same path, breaking bones and tendons, and if something goes wrong, everyone will suffer.
Jiang Yonghua pretended to be a student from another place who had gone to live with his relatives. When Lingcheng was liberated, he joined the army as an orphan and never dared to mention his family background to anyone again.
The Jiang family was once a wealthy family in Lingcheng, with shops and fields in Lingcheng. Although there was not much left after several wars, they still became the target of criticism after liberation because they had financially supported the enemy.
Jiang Yonghua didn't dare to stay in Lingcheng for long, and continued to advance with the troops, completely unaware of what had happened to his cousin's family of four.
It was ten years later when he returned to Lingcheng. All the assets of his uncle's family had been confiscated, his eldest cousin Jiang Yongxia was missing, and his younger cousin Jiang Yonghui worked as a laborer in a street factory with his uncle and aunt, barely making a living.
The miserable life was only one aspect. What made him sad was that his cousin's family was always singled out for criticism, and he was powerless to do anything about it.
Thinking back to the time, his uncle treated him like his own son, always saying that he was the eldest son and grandson of the Jiang family. He always told him that the family's livelihood could afford for the Jiang brothers to receive the latest Western education in a foreign school, and if he wanted to study abroad, he would find a way to raise tuition for him.
Faced with the suffering of his cousin's family, the only thing Jiang Yonghua could do was to send them money. He sent the money to his teacher and asked the teacher to pass it on to his cousin on his behalf. He never stopped sending money until he was placed under quarantine for investigation.
Chen Yuanwu said, "Although you were very secretive about sending money, I heard Xiaojun talk about her previous life. With your salary and allowance, it wouldn't be difficult for you to support a family of four. We wouldn't have to live like poor peasants."
Regarding family, as long as you really care about her, you can guess and analyze many things from clues without her saying anything.
Jiang Yonghua sighed, "Alas, I've let so many people down. But I always get rid of my remittance slips after sending money, and I never keep them. There's no way Xiaojun would know about them! And the recipient's name isn't Jiang!"
Chen Yuanwu was also puzzled. How did Xiaojun meet Jiang Yonghui by chance? "Anyway, Xiaojun knows Jiang Yonghui's information. I don't know how much she knows. She was crying when she called me. I'm worried that Xiaojun knows something she shouldn't know."
As expected, Jiang Yonghua lost his temper when he heard that Jiang Yun's safety was at stake. "Yuanwu, how about I ask for leave and go to Lingcheng? I'll go see Xiaoyun, and if anything happens, I'll bring her back."
The world is so big, how could it be such a coincidence?
When he first returned to Lingcheng to look for someone, his cousin's family had moved away, and he had to spend a lot of effort to find out.
Xiaojun had never heard of or seen the Jiang family, but she unexpectedly met them as soon as she went out. Could it be that this was God's will?
Chen Yuanwu: "Dad, if you go, do you want to find your cousin's family?"
Jiang Yonghua wiped away tears and choked up, "I don't know if they're still here. Yonghui's dead. If they were still here, it would be a loss to the young. I haven't sent any money in the past few years. After I came back from Chuncheng, I sent money twice, but they were both returned. I wonder if they've already... Oh! It really is!"
Chen Yuanwu shook his head: "Dad, I don't think so."
Jiang Yonghua seemed to see hope: "Yuanwu, then I will go back to the unit to ask for leave, and then buy a ticket to Lingcheng."
As soon as he said this, Jiang Yonghua became anxious as an arrow, wishing he could fly to his daughter's side immediately and take her to find the Jiang family.
Chen Yuanwu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His father-in-law had agreed to go to Lingcheng to visit Jiang Yun, which gave him peace of mind. "Dad, I'll have my comrades take you back. Just pack two sets of clothes and I'll bring you here directly. I'll find a way to get the train tickets."
When the troops have an urgent mission, they can go to the station with a letter of introduction and get a motor vehicle ticket for the bus that day.
Soldiers act quickly and do what they say.
Jiang Yonghua rushed back to find Chen Yuanwu overnight, got the train ticket, and a little embarrassedly showed Chen Yuanwu his luggage: "I brought some food for Xiaojun. I didn't know she was on a business trip."
Chen Yuanwu prepared even more: "Dad, I brought some clothes and snacks for Xiaojun. I really hope she doesn't need them. You can bring her back with you."
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