As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Ye’s expression couldn’t help but turn panicked. The only people who knew her address and would bang on her door like that were her biological parents. They had come looking for her when she was very young.
They had told her the whole truth.
They even threatened that if she didn’t give them money, they would go to the Jiang family and reveal what had happened back then. She was terrified, afraid that her biological parents would take her back to the countryside to live a life of hardship.
Even though she was pampered in the Jiang family.
In front of her biological parents, she felt like a clown. All the pocket money the family gave her had to be handed over to them.
They even took her New Year’s red envelopes.
The 15th of every month was the fixed day they would come to the capital to collect money.
Jiang Ye shook her head. “No, I haven’t.”
“That’s strange.”
However, Jiang Chen didn’t delve deeper into the matter. He glanced at the room and said, “For now, you can stay at my place. I’ll go stay at the military camp.”
Last night, Jiang Chen had slept on the sofa.
If he hadn’t known that Jiang Ye wasn’t his biological sister, sharing a room wouldn’t have been a big deal. But since they weren’t related by blood, it would harm Jiang Ye’s reputation in the future.
“Okay,” Jiang Ye readily agreed.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment, then took out a few dozen yuan from his bag and handed it to Jiang Ye. “Mom’s really upset right now, so you can’t spend money as freely as before. Be frugal.”
Jiang Ye’s monthly expenses amounted to over a hundred yuan.
Usually, her mother gave her an allowance.
He occasionally gave Jiang Ye some pocket money too.
“I understand.”
·
Wen Ci and Xiao Chuan had been waiting in the office for nearly half an hour when the guard opened the door and said, “Minister Jiang has asked the child to come to the meeting room.”
Xiao Chuan looked up at Wen Ci.
“I’ll go with you.”
“Thank you, Sister!”
The meeting room was on the first floor, with several guards stationed outside. Wen Ci let go of Xiao Chuan’s hand and crouched down. “I’ll wait for you outside. Whatever the military uncles inside ask you to say, tell them everything you know, okay?”
Xiao Chuan nodded vigorously.
The door to the meeting room was half-open. Through the gap, Wen Ci’s gaze fell on her “father,” who sat in the main seat. His expression was serious and meticulous.
He looked somewhat angry as he casually pointed at a battalion commander and said, “This matter is handed over to you. Can you catch this gang across provinces?”
“I guarantee the mission will be completed!”
With that, the meeting ended. A group of high-ranking military officials walked out, and Jiang Zhenjun said as he walked, “The review process for adoption procedures at welfare homes must be strengthened to prevent such incidents from happening again.”
Inside the meeting room, Xu Wen looked at the child in front of him and asked, “Little one, do you remember where your home is?”
“I do.”
“What about your parents?”
“They’re dead.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Xu Wen realized he had asked a foolish question. Minister Jiang had mentioned during the meeting that the child had been legally adopted from a welfare home.
“Do you remember which welfare home you lived in?”
Hearing this, Xiao Chuan tilted his head and thought carefully. “It was on a mountain, I think. There was a temple next to it, and you could smell the incense.”
His clue was very precise. There were very few welfare homes in the country built next to temples. A soldier sitting beside him spoke up, “It must be the welfare home in Su City.”
“Do you remember what the people who adopted you looked like?”
Xiao Chuan thought for a moment and said, “It was a man and a woman. They had two eyes, one mouth, two ears, and a nose.”
Xu Wen: “…”
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