Night had fallen, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were already asleep, and only then did Xiao ng take her phone out to the balcony.
By September, the heat in the dayti hadn’t dropped much, but the night breeze had indeed turned a lot cooler.
Xiao ng threw on a light cardigan and sat in the rocking chair on the balcony. The balcony light was on; the soft glow fell over her face, making her cheeks look rosier.
Xiao ng was grinning from ear to ear in the video.
Listening to Yin Shixiu’s opinion on what had happened in kindergarten today, she laughed so hard she couldn’t stop.
"Yes, yes, you’re absolutely right, what kind of boy doesn’t even know how to throw a punch! But Shixiu, what if Huang Huang hurts himself while hitting soone else? When I see that, will you still be able to say things like ’when it’s ti to strike, you strike’?"
Yin Shixiu arched his brows and said,
"Why don’t we sign Huang Huang up for a taekwondo class? Wouldn’t that seem more steady and reliable?"
"If he’s going to learn, he’s learning Chinese kung fu!"
Su Xiaong hurried to say.
"Haha! Learn from Jackie Chan then?"
Yin Shixiu teased.
"Right, doesn’t Jackie Chan have the Cheng Family stunt team! I wonder if they’d be willing to take Huang Huang if we sent him over..."
Xiao ng rubbed her own chin, already lost in her fantasies.
"Speaking of which... Huang Huang might really dislike kindergarten. He resisted it a lot even before he went, and now that he’s gone... sothing happened on the very first day."
Thinking of this, Su Xiaong also felt a headache coming on. She looked at Yin Shixiu. "What should we do?"
"Let him go for a while first and observe. He’s always very resistant to strangers; letting him get used to it slowly will be good for him."
Su Xiaong nodded, indicating her agreent.
"There’s sothing I need to let you know, so you can keep an extra eye out in daily life."
Yin Shixiu said, "Rong Jing has already started using all sorts of thods to gather evidence. He must be convinced that I didn’t die."
"..."
Xiao ng pressed her lips together lightly. After giving a response, she said,
"I figured as much. With Rong Jing’s connections and capability, finding a loose thread is only a matter of ti."
"Mm."
Yin Shixiu nodded, the corner of his lips hooking up slightly.
"He’s always been that way. He often throws himself into things on intuition, and his intuition has never been bad."
"We should be grateful that both Wu Yao and Eric are extrely capable. They haven’t exposed any flaws."
"Shixiu..."
"Mm?"
"Have you thought about... when you’ll co back?"
"Soon."
Yin Shixiu answered almost without a mont’s hesitation.
Su Xiaong was startled.
Of course, she wholeheartedly hoped all this could end sooner. She didn’t want Yin Shixiu to be a dead man in other people’s mouths at all...
But she also knew that the timing of Yin Shixiu’s "resurrection" was extrely important.
"I’m not asking you to force yourself to co back. At ho, Mom and Dad are helping with the kids. At the company, there’s Chen Lan and the others helping . I can already handle things very well now. I was just casually asking, I wasn’t begging you for anything. The fact that you’re still alive is already good enough."
Xiao ng hurried to explain.
Yin Shixiu smiled.
"I’m not forcing myself. I know you can now calmly face any problem. It’s just that... the timing will co much faster than we imagined."
"..."
"Even if I’m sitting in a wheelchair, I still want to be by your side and the children’s. They only grow up once. If I miss it, I’ll never make up for it."
"Did you... make so new plan again?"
"Yes, but it’s a plan based on Wu Rong’s eventual outco."
Yin Shixiu said calmly, "Let’s first see whether the cocoon Wu Rong spun can bind him tightly himself."
Xiao ng took a deep breath, her gaze falling on the night sky beyond the glass.
The night sky was like a black curtain. At sunrise, it lifted; at sunset, it fell, turning each life into a play, every day another act...
Sotis as plain as water, sotis full of drama.
"Tomorrow... I’ll go over to Yin Shiqing’s place. I can’t stop thinking about that kid, Jun Jie."
"Mm."
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The next day, Xiao ng went to the company first and spent the whole morning dealing with the paperwork that needed handling.
After clearing her afternoon schedule, she drove toward Yin Shiqing’s house.
Su Xiaong very rarely drove herself. Driving itself was an energy- and brain-consuming task.
Xiao ng wasn’t good at maintaining focus for long stretches.
She drove very slowly, with the car radio on.
The radio was playing an afternoon news program. The general content was so amusing incidents and the hottest topics on the internet.
At that mont, a very masculine voice was talking about today’s trending topic.
"You’ve probably all seen this trending post since early this morning. The family of a criminal police officer from the municipal public security bureau who died in the line of duty fifteen years ago unexpectedly published a long post today describing in detail what happened back then,
and calling on the relevant departnts to re-examine the matter from back then concerning this officer being allegedly turned and betraying the Party and the people."
"Wow... it’s been fifteen whole years. I’m sure everyone who saw this post felt the sa as I did—extrely shocked and astonished, and at the sa ti wanting to know the truth of the whole incident!"
Su Xiaong listened halfway, then switched the radio to another channel, a music station.
"Dancing Queen"...
The familiar music sounded again. In her heart, Su Xiaong silently gave this station a thumbs-up. Great taste!
The car stopped in front of Yin Shiqing’s villa.
She wore a plain-colored long dress with a cotton three-quarter-sleeve top. Her heels weren’t high, about three or four centiters.
Taking off her sunglasses, she rang the doorbell.
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Su Xiaong had known that a child like Yin Junjie wouldn’t have a good outco, but when she actually saw the lash marks all over his body beneath his clothes, it was still a shocking sight.
Yin Junjie was very surprised when he saw Su Xiaong.
"Fourth Granny, what brings you here?"
When he opened the door, there was genuine delight in Jun Jie’s tone.
"I was passing by and thought I haven’t seen you in a long ti, so I ca by to check on you."
Yin Junjie looked even more astonished. In his usually calm eyes, a watery sheen rippled.
"Fourth Granny, co in quickly, I’ll pour you so tea!"
Yin Junjie said busily, "It’s just and Fanfan at ho. Grandpa and Grandma took Dad out to a gathering. It’s perfect—I haven’t seen you in a long ti either, I really missed you!"
The happiness in his words and the joy in his heart were not concealed in the slightest.
However, even though the child was wearing long sleeves and long pants, when his thin arms lifted, it was easy to see the skin beneath his clothes.
On the exposed skin were deep red marks.
"Who hit you?"
Yin Junjie was about to go into the kitchen, but Xiao ng hadn’t stayed in the living room waiting. Instead, she followed right behind him and asked.
"..."
"Your grandpa? Or your dad? What did they use to hit you? A whip, or a stick?"
Su Xiaong asked calmly.
Yin Junjie pressed his lips tightly together, all the color draining from his small face. He had his back to Xiao ng at that mont. His steps paused for a second, then he walked into the kitchen and said lightly,
"Fourth Granny, what are you talking about! How could anyone hit ?"
Su Xiaong closed her eyes briefly. Seeing Yin Junjie skillfully take out teacups and put in tea leaves, just as he was about to pick up the hot water kettle, Xiao ng grabbed his wrist.
She pulled up his sleeve...
Yin Junjie instantly had nowhere to hide.
"Fourth Granny..."
"You really are a brave kid, aren’t you!"
The words squeezed out from between Su Xiaong’s clenched teeth.
"H-how did you know..."
Su Xiaong glanced at the household staff outside the kitchen who were sneaking glances inside from ti to ti. She took a deep breath and said quietly to Yin Junjie,
"That Guo Shuai gave the stuff to the bureau chief, who is my uncle, Bai Sidong."
Yin Junjie’s eyes flew wide open in shock.
"He, he..."
"Guo Shuai didn’t suddenly grow a conscience. He wanted to give the thing to the forr bureau chief to use as leverage. He just didn’t know the chief had changed, so it accidentally ended up in my uncle’s hands."
Su Xiaong knew that if she explained it this way, he would understand.
Because according to what Guo Shuai had revealed, he’d gotten that thing from Yin Junjie. At the ti, Yin Junjie had been on his way to find her, clearly intending to hand it over to her.
Xiao ng saw excitent instantly spread across Yin Junjie’s face!
This child...
Xiao ng pressed her lips very tightly together, thinking of how many injuries he must have suffered...
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