110: Chapter 95: Uncle = Villain?
110: Chapter 95: Uncle = Villain?
Second watch arrived.
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No wonder big sister-in-law is mad at you!
Xu Zhenghong muttered to himself but remained respectfully smiling, “Big brother, you’ve misunderstood sister-in-law.
She ca to see Lin Chuxia.”
“Who is Lin Chuxia?”
“The girl Laosan took special care to ntion.”
“The girl Laosan took care of?” Zhou Jingping quickly stepped back in, “You an, Laosan has a girl he likes?”
Big brother, how miserable must you be at ho that nobody even told you this?
Xu Zhenghong silently shed a tear of sympathy for Zhou Jingping.
“Not exactly, we’re just guessing right now…” In the spirit of sharing the burden, Xu Zhenghong briefed Zhou Jingping on everyone’s recent actions.
After hearing the report, Zhou Jingping’s eyes lit up with excitent, pacing back and forth, “Good, good, you guys did well with this.
I need to rush off now; I can’t let Xiaomi know I was here.
Call imdiately when there’s news.”
“Big brother…” Xu Zhenghong looked helplessly at Zhou Jingping, who was about to make a quick exit.
“Zhenghong, if Laosan finds out I was here, he’ll suspect I ca for Lin Chuxia’s matter, and knowing his temper, even if he was slightly interested before, he’ll lose interest imdiately.
When he actually develops feelings for the girl, it won’t be too late for to et her.
Rember, you can’t let slip that I was here, not even to your sister-in-law.”
No sooner had he spoken than Zhou Jingping’s figure had disappeared outside the door.
Xu Zhenghong, at a loss for words, rubbed his forehead.
Co on, did we really need to be so secretive?
Speaking of which, he hadn’t even asked how big brother got here.
If he followed the service soldiers, how could the head of the military region not have noticed his arrival?
Could it be that he sneaked into A Military Region on his own?
With these thoughts, Xu Zhenghong felt even more sympathetic towards Zhou Jingping.
anwhile, Zhou Jingping, having slipped away from the military region, was t by his aide Yang Qian, “Chief, where to now?”
“Back to the car!”
“Yes, sir.” Yang Qian responded and turned toward the parking lot.
…
Chuxia had just finished ssing around with Yun Doudou in the cupboard when Qiao Ningyi ca to call her, “Lin Chuxia, a relative of yours is looking for you.
Go and have a look, they’re under the big tree just outside the girls’ dormitory area.”
“A relative?” Chuxia looked at Qiao Ningyi, puzzled, “A man or a woman?”
“A man, around fifty years old, he says he’s your uncle.”
“My uncle?” Chuxia was even more confused; what was her uncle doing looking for her at this ti?
Could it be sothing happened to her parents?
Thinking this, she raced outside.
Seeing her run, Luo Xiaoqiong also hurried after her, panic-stricken.
It couldn’t be good news for her uncle to show up just two days after her arrival.
They dashed out of the dormitory area like the wind, and from a distance, Chuxia’s heart nearly jumped out of her throat at the sight of the man in black trousers and a blue jacket standing under the tree.
It was her uncle; what was he doing here now…
She dared not think further.
Her legs began to weaken, and Luo Xiaoqiong had caught up, quickly supporting her.
She practically dragged Chuxia to the tree.
“Un… Uncle…”
Seeing the man turn around, Chuxia’s words trailed off.
Her tense expression imdiately relaxed, “Are you looking for ?”
“Chuxia?” The uncle looked sowhat puzzled as he rubbed his head, “A girl changes so much at eighteen that even I, your uncle, can scarcely recognize you.
But you’ve grown much prettier than when you were a child.”
“You are…” Chuxia said with embarrassnt, “How are you related to my father?”
“Silly girl, if you’re calling uncle, then of course I’m your father’s brother.
Not biologically, but a cousin, hehe…” The uncle’s face stiffened slightly with a smile, “Heard you beca a soldier, so your uncle ca to see you.”
“My father’s cousin?” Chuxia looked at Luo Xiaoqiong with a confused face, “Do… do you know about him?”
“No idea.” Luo Xiaoqiong shook her head uncertainly, “I only knew about your second uncle having an older and a younger brother; as for a cousin, I really had no clue.”
Pointing at her nose, Chuxia asked, “Uncle, are you sure you’ve got the right person?”
“I haven’t.” The uncle waved his hand, then sighed, “It’s been so many years since your uncle has been ho; it’s normal that you don’t recognize .
Sigh, it’s ti to visit ho.”
“Oh.” Chuxia didn’t know what to say next; she wasn’t the true Lin Chuxia and knew nothing about her past.
Now that Luo Xiaoqiong was also unaware, her only option was to feign ignorance.
“How are your dad and mom doing?”
“They’re fine.”
“Did they ever ntion ?”
To avoid upsetting him, Chuxia hesitantly lied, “They… they did ntion you.”
“What did they say about ?”
“Said… said you’re pretty good.”
“What kind of good?”
“Just… just pretty good.” Chuxia was exasperated.
Who asks like that?
Does he think she’s a three-year-old?
Or maybe, this uncle really isn’t good at interacting with young people!
“How old is Chuxia this year?”
“Seventeen.”
Uncle obviously flinched, then forced a stiff smile.
“Look at , all muddled up.
Ah, I thought Chuxia was still a child, but she’s seventeen already, ah, she’s already seventeen…”
Chuxia was vexed.
If she were too young, could she have joined the army?
Adhering to the principle of less talk, less trouble, she just gave a silly grin and didn’t chi in.
Beside her, Luo Xiaoqiong was still lost in a daze and was no help at all.
“Chuxia is in school, right?”
“Yes, she’s in her first year of high school.”
“Well, that’s good, that’s good,” Uncle nodded.
“Getting an education is beneficial.”
Both sides fell into silence.
Uncle seed to be scraping the bottom of the barrel for topics to discuss, but…
it appeared he was coming up empty.
“Does Chuxia have a husband’s family yet?”
Taken aback, Chuxia hastily shook her head, “Not yet.”
Uncle obviously breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s good, that’s good.”
“Huh?” This ti, it was Luo Xiaoqiong who was confused.
“Why is it good not to have one?”
Once again Uncle showed his stiff smile.
“If she doesn’t, she can be a good soldier.
Once she has made a na for herself, she can take Laosan and his wife out to enjoy a better life.”
“Laosan and his wife?” Chuxia looked at Uncle with a puzzled expression.
“Are you talking about Laosan and his wife?”
“Yes, based on the age of all your father’s male cousins, your dad is the third eldest,” Uncle said, his expression turning sowhat somber.
“I guess with so many years not returning ho, many people have probably forgotten about .”
“Uncle, what kind of work do you do now?” Chuxia inquired about the identity of this suddenly erged uncle, belatedly aware.
“Your uncle is also working in the military now.”
The other party didn’t say exactly what he did, and Chuxia didn’t feel it was polite to pry.
By the look of things, he must have been away for quite so ti, right?
Or perhaps, his current job is sothing he’s ashad to ntion?
That couldn’t be right, could it?
People from this era possess a sense of honorable belonging towards their labor, and wouldn’t feel embarrassed by their profession.
Although puzzled, Chuxia didn’t probe further.
She decided to write to her parents that evening, inquiring about this so-called uncle.
But still, how did this long-absent uncle co to learn of her?
Where did he get the information that she had joined the military?
“Uncle, could you please leave your na and address so I can include it when I write to my parents, and they can get in touch with you?” Chuxia asked politely.
“This…”
“Regintal Commander Zhou?” Luo Xiaoqiong exclaid in surprise, cutting off what Uncle was about to say.
Following her gaze, sure enough, Zhou Mikang was hurrying over.
“Regintal Commander Zhou, hello.” In gratitude for the rescue, Chuxia greeted him and stood up straight to give an imperfect salute.
Zhou Mikang nodded, “Hmm, what are you doing here?”
“My great-uncle ca looking for …” Chuxia gestured to the side, but to her puzzlent, there was no one there.
She touched her head in confusion.
“Huh?
Where did he go?”
“Over there…” Luo Xiaoqiong pointed towards the road around the corner.
“As soon as Regintal Commander Zhou approached, the uncle took off running.
I was so stunned I couldn’t shout out.
Chuxia, could he be a swindler?”
A gust of wind swept past the two of them, and Commander Zhou also vanished.
“What…
what is going on?” Chuxia touched her head, bewildered.
Things seed to be sowhat amiss.
“Yeah, what is going on?” Luo Xiaoqiong chased a few steps forward before turning back.
“There’s no sign of him.”
“It seems that man could indeed be a swindler…” Chuxia rubbed her forehead.
“Xiaoqiong, help think, have I offended anyone?”
“Why do you ask that?” Luo Xiaoqiong’s eyes widened in instant alarm.
“Do you an to say that soone hired a man to pose as your uncle, specifically to get at you?”
“Is there any other explanation?” Chuxia pouted her lips.
“Otherwise, why would he run away as soon as we called out for the commander?”
“Then let’s go to the captain!” Luo Xiaoqiong urgently pulled Chuxia towards Zeng ili’s office.
“It’s safest to report this to the captain.”
Not wanting any untoward incidents just as she had arrived at the base, Chuxia compliantly followed Luo Xiaoqiong to Zeng ili’s office.
“What’s wrong with you two?”
Seeing Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong with their little faces flushed from running, Zeng ili stood up, poured two glasses of water, and handed them over.
“Take a drink, then tell slowly.”
Chuxia was still not fully recovered, so when she ran too fast, it felt like her heart would leap out of her throat.
She took the water and took a mont to catch her breath.
Luo Xiaoqiong had already gulped down her glass of water.
“Captain, here’s what happened, there was a swindler that ca by…” Luo Xiaoqiong recounted the whole encounter, and concluded, “Captain, I swear, Chuxia really hasn’t done anything wrong to any comrades-in-arms.
All along, it was Yuan ngng stirring up trouble.”
Clearly, she assud that Yuan ngng was the instigator.
“That…
um…” Pausing for a mont, Zeng ili continued, “What did this so-called uncle look like?”
“Bushy eyebrows, narrow eyes, a pretty high nose bridge, a rather dark face, quite tall, and strong too.
Oh right, that man is definitely not a good person, because when he smiled, his face was very stiff, like soone who rarely smiles.”
“Cough!” Choked by the water, Zeng ili coughed until her face was tomato red.(To be continued.
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