The reason for mentioning Minister Jiang was to hope that the police station would take this case seriously, after all, Brother-in-law has superiors above him in position.
“Minister Jiang?” Officer Su’s eyes widened, and then his gaze fell on Wen Ci. He had once had the honor of attending a military district meeting and had seen Minister Jiang once.
The girl before him bore some resemblance to Minister Jiang.
Officer Su asked curiously, “Why not seek help from the military district? Logically, the military district should be more in charge of this matter, and our police station is just here to assist.”
Wen Ci suddenly remembered that in the 1980s, the status of soldiers was higher than that of police officers, and most of the serving police officers had transferred from military service.
Officer Su continued, “Our local police stations are not like the military camps, where a single phone call can connect across regions. Cases involving cross-provincial matters are difficult to communicate.”
Then, Officer Su looked at Xiao Chuan, “If this child is confirmed to have no family, he might eventually be sent to a children’s welfare home.”
Hearing this, Xiao Chuan shook his head wildly, his lips quivering, his eyes reddening, and he tugged at Wen Ci’s sleeve, “I don’t want to go to the welfare home, sister, I don’t want to go to the welfare home.”
Wen Ci asked, “Is the welfare home the only option?”
“Adoption is possible,” Officer Su paused, his expression serious, “Currently, the government is enforcing birth control, each family can only have one child. Generally, only families with fertility issues adopt, otherwise, they won’t be able to obtain a birth certificate in the future.”
Wen Ci’s eyelids drooped slightly.
She was considering whether to return to the Jiang family.
Jiang Zhenjun, being a minister-level cadre, as long as he spoke, the lower levels would highly prioritize the case of child trafficking, and it would probably be solved soon.
But…
Wen Ci sighed imperceptibly.
So far, she had only met her biological father once, accompanied by Huo Jingyuan, and there was a physical repulsion.
Xue Li asked, “Then sister-in-law, are we going back to the military district?”
“Let’s go.”
After leaving the police station, Xue Li drove to the Beijing Military District building, and he casually chatted with the soldier on duty at the guard room, “Brother, is Minister Jiang at work?”
“No.”
Xue Li pulled his head back and said, “Sister-in-law, Minister Jiang hasn’t come to the camp yet, maybe he’s on leave at home? Shall we go to your house now?”
“No need.”
With that, Wen Ci opened the rear door, let Xiao Chuan get out first, and then explained, “It’s not far from the residential area, Xiao Chuan and I can walk back. Besides, Yu Qing is still at your place.”
“Alright.”
Wen Ci: “Be careful on the road.”
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The military camp is a ten-minute walk from the residential area. The sun gradually rose, dispersing the dark clouds, and the temperature rose accordingly.
At this time, at the Jiang family home.
Jiang Ye stood in the living room, her eyes welling up with tears, her lips trembling, and she said with a sob, “I really know I was wrong.”
Jiang Chen also chimed in, “Mom, Xiao Ye is young and impulsive, she makes mistakes occasionally, as elders we should be tolerant and forgive her.”
Su Guilan glanced coldly at Jiang Ye, then her gaze fell on Jiang Chen who was chiming in, and she said coldly, “Didn’t you say yesterday that you weren’t coming back?”
“I…”
Jiang Chen was momentarily speechless.
Jiang Zhenjun listened to their words without speaking, sitting on the sofa smoking, his indifferent expression enough to show his attitude.
The outside world only knew that his daughter had married Huo Jingyuan.
Soon, the atmosphere in the living room instantly quieted down, as silent as a pin drop.
Jiang Chen was about to speak to ease the atmosphere when the doorbell suddenly rang, breaking the original silence, “Jiang Ye, go upstairs, Jiang Chen, go open the door.”
As the head of the household, Jiang Zhenjun spoke.
Su Guilan composed herself.
Jiang Chen reluctantly went to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, what met his eyes was Wen Ci holding a little kid, and Jiang Chen’s first reaction was stunned.
Why is Wen Ci here.
And whose child is that beside her?
Before he could ask why she came, Su Guilan, sitting on the sofa, saw Wen Ci’s figure, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.
“Ah Ci is here.”
Wen Ci pursed her lips, somewhat reluctantly calling out, “Mom.”
Su Guilan smiled happily, inviting Wen Ci inside, then saw the little child beside her and joked, “Is this the child from the northwest neighbor?”
When she went to the canteen to get breakfast in the morning, she ran into an old acquaintance from the military district and chatted for a few words. They said they saw her daughter bringing back the child of the northwest leader.
“No.” Wen Ci shook her head in denial.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen curled his lips in a sneer, and said unhurriedly, “He wouldn’t be a wild child you had in the countryside, would he?”
Before the last syllable fell, Wen Ci, without a word, raised her hand and slapped him hard, her voice calm, “Is this the upbringing of the Jiang family?”
Then, Su Guilan also raised her hand and slapped Jiang Chen.
Her eyes showed incomprehension, how could words like ‘wild child’ come out of his mouth? This was slandering her own sister’s reputation.
Jiang Chen was stunned by the two consecutive slaps.
He covered his face, looking at his mother in disbelief, and chuckled inexplicably, “Mom, you hit me? And for an outsider?”
Since childhood, he had been the pride of the military compound.
This was the first time he had been hit.
Su Guilan said indignantly, “How could you say such a thing about your sister?”
“She is not my sister.”
Jiang Ye upstairs heard the commotion, thought carefully, now that Su Guilan no longer had hope for her, the urgent matter was to stabilize Jiang Chen, this ‘brother’.
Even without the support of the Jiang family.
As long as Jiang Chen was there, all the wealth of the Jiang family would still belong to him in the future.
She brewed tears in her eyes, hurriedly ran downstairs, saw the slap marks on both sides of Jiang Chen’s face, and stood in front of him, “If you want to hit, hit me, don’t hit brother.
It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have stayed at home and taken sister’s place, but brother did nothing wrong, you shouldn’t hit him.”
Wen Ci laughed.
Originally, she had hoped that Jiang Ye could be a good teacher in the northwest.
But as soon as she returned, Jiang Ye followed.
Clearly, she had ulterior motives.
Jiang Chen took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, pointed at Wen Ci, and said through gritted teeth, “From now on, in this house, it’s either me or her!”
With that, he took Jiang Ye’s hand, “Let’s go.”
Jiang Ye was forcibly pulled away by Jiang Chen, she looked back at Su Guilan, and showed an apologetic smile, “I will persuade brother properly.”
Once they left, the Jiang family instantly returned to peace.
Su Guilan, hearing her son’s resolute tone, felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Ah Ci and Xiao Chen are both her children.
I can’t bear to part with either!
Jiang Zhenjun put out the cigarette butt in his hand, his gaze fell on Wen Ci, and he said lightly, “You brought this child home, do you need help with something?”
“Yes.” Wen Ci admitted directly.
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