Chapter 66: Be Gentle
The grey pigeon excitedly flew back and forth on the treetop.
The old master said that in ancient times, these pigeons could deliver messages; “flying pigeon transmission” refers to these pigeons.
Lu Qiaoge greatly praised the grey pigeon in her heart, then her glance met Duan Xiaoxiang standing at the window.
Seeing such a group of people, and seeing Sun Qin among them, Duan Xiaoxiang was so scared that her heart pounded.
But as soon as she turned around and saw Old Mrs. Zhao happily counting the banknotes, she stopped caring.
As long as she and the old woman gritted their teeth and pretended to know nothing, no one could find out.
The dead girl was probably already carried out of the military compound by now.
Even if she hadn’t gone out, Third Aunt-Grandmother could casually hide the person, and they wouldn’t find her even if they were exhausted.
So she wasn’t afraid of shit.
Duan Xiaoxiang already despised Lu Qiaoge, and one thing after another, her shadow was everywhere.
She always felt that whenever she encountered Lu Qiaoge, she became unlucky.
So seeing Lu Qiaoge, she glared at her discontentedly, then slammed the window shut.
Lu Qiaoge said to Shao Le, and specially exhorted him: “Go knock on the door, gently. The Zhao family not only has an old woman but also a pregnant woman.”
Then she went to look at Sun Qin: “You just follow behind, no need to speak, I’ll question her.”
Old Mrs. Zhao was originally counting the banknotes one by one, mostly small change, only one ten-yuan note, the rest were one-yuan or fifty-cent.
But she was still overjoyed.
These were two treasure grandsons—no, three treasure grandsons; that dead girl finally had some use.
She heard her daughter-in-law say that Sun Qin had brought people, seeming to include a soldier, and one of them was Lu Qiaoge.
Duan Xiaoxiang gritted her teeth, but had to lower her voice: “It must be that the school discovered the child was missing, so they found Sun Qin. This Sun Qin is full of wits, she actually went to the neighborhood committee and brought Lu Qiaoge, thinking that finding her a job would help her find her daughter—dream on. Mom, I’ll lie down and pretend to be sick and uncomfortable. If they keep pressing, I’ll pretend to have stomach pain, then they’ll send me to the hospital. Remember, no matter what they ask, just play dumb three times over.”
Old Mrs. Zhao’s expression panicked for a moment, then she thought that she had observed for three days, and today when no one was around, she made her move.
After handing the dead girl in the broken room to Third Aunt-Grandmother, Third Aunt-Grandmother gave her one hundred and fifty yuan, and after that, it had nothing to do with her.
She had taken remote places all the way back, and besides, she was an old woman; playing dumb three times over and refusing to admit it—who could do anything to her?
With this thought, Old Mrs. Zhao, who opened the door, was extremely calm.
Very impatiently, she scolded the several people outside the door: “Why are you knocking? My family has a big belly pregnant woman. If she’s scared, can you afford to compensate?”
Lu Qiaoge gently pushed her, supporting and helping Old Mrs. Zhao to move her body blocking the doorway aside.
Including Sun Qin, they all came in together.
Lu Qiaoge smiled brightly: “Grandma Zhao, do you remember me? Um, it doesn’t matter if you don’t. I’m Neighborhood Committee Mediator Lu Qiaoge. Today someone saw you taking your granddaughter Zhao Xiubo away from school—that’s not right. Although you’re the child’s grandmother, now Sun Qin Comrade is Zhao Xiubo’s guardian. Your Zhao family long ago gave up nurture rights. Without Sun Qin Comrade’s permission, you can’t take the child back. So we’re here to pick up the child.”
Without giving Old Mrs. Zhao a chance to retort, Lu Qiaoge continued: “Grandma Zhao, we’ve already notified Comrade Zhao Qing; he’ll be back soon. By the way, where is the child?”
Sun Qin’s trembling voice shouted: “Xiubo, Xiubo, Mom is here to pick you up.”
Naturally, there was no response.
The air inside the room seemed quiet, but was actually quite lively.
【Little fairy, you’ve come. Zhao Xiubo isn’t home; she was sold by Old Mrs. Zhao.】
This was Rat Big’s voice.
Of course, they didn’t dare come out; they were all hiding in their nest now.
Lu Qiaoge said to Rat Big in her heart: “Mm, Grey Pigeon just told me. Do you know where they sold the child? Also, does Zhao Qing know?”
【Don’t know where she was sold, but I heard Third Aunt-Grandmother say Zhao Xiubo is pretty and can be someone’s child bride. Otherwise, they wouldn’t give one hundred and fifty.】
【Zhao Qing hasn’t come home these past few days; he seems to have an urgent task. This matter was proposed by Duan Xiaoxiang to Old Mrs. Zhao to find Third Aunt-Grandmother.】
【Right, Old Mrs. Zhao put the money under her room’s pillow.】
Lu Qiaoge smiled on the surface, but a flash of killing intent passed through her eyes.
Although she knew Old Mrs. Zhao had preference for sons, she didn’t expect her to be so bottomless.
She didn’t even think about what kind of life her granddaughter would have as a child bride.
This was ruthlessly ruining a girl’s entire life.
Qin Hengzhi, who had been smiling faintly at Lu Qiaoge, suddenly straightened his back. At this moment, he sensed a killing intent from Lu Qiaoge.
Although it vanished in an instant, he keenly captured it.
What exactly happened?
To make Lu Qiaoge have such an idea.
She was clearly still a gentle-attitude neighborhood mediator, even politely calling Old Mrs. Zhao “Grandma Zhao.”
But he remained composed, raised his wrist to look at his watch, and asked in a deep voice: “Is Zhao Xiubo here or not? Old man, why aren’t you speaking?”
Old Mrs. Zhao then reacted; mainly because she was already guilty, and after Lu Qiaoge’s barrage, her mind was a bit muddled.
“She… she has no relation to our Old Zhao family at all. Why would I go to school to bring her back? Who saw it? Call that person out; I want to confront them. I tell you, she’s not in my home—who knows where the dead girl went. And you, Sun Qin, you cheap person, didn’t you say when you left that we’d have nothing to do with each other till death? What are you doing at my house now? What, regretting it and wanting to come back? I tell you, no way—get lost, all of you get lost…”
Duan Xiaoxiang inside the room timely cried out: “Mom, my stomach hurts.”
Sun Qin trembled with anger all over, but she didn’t dare speak now, worried about bad things.
Lu Qiaoge was completely unaffected and still politely asked: “Grandma Zhao, is Zhao Xiubo really not at your house?”
Old Mrs. Zhao denied flatly: “No, I haven’t seen her once since her mom took her away.”
Lu Qiaoge suddenly changed her expression, looking tense at Qin Hengzhi: “This is bad, Representative Qin. Zhao Xiubo must have been kidnapped.”
Shao Le finally could speak, angrily saying: “Too lawless—actually daring to touch a child from our military compound. I think she ate bear heart and leopard gall.”
Lu Qiaoge frowned and asked Qin Hengzhi: “This changes the nature. If Grandma Zhao wanted her granddaughter and took the child, it’s a family matter. If she was kidnapped, Representative Qin, what nature is this?”
Qin Hengzhi’s brows were cold as knives, his voice seeming tempered with ice shards: “If kidnapped, then they’ve broken national law. Especially since Zhao Xiubo is military industry children, it’s an added crime. All involved parties imprisoned awaiting trial, direct relatives all dismissed and driven out of the compound!”
Old Mrs. Zhao originally wanted to slap her thigh and wail, but at this moment, she was like a duck with its neck pinched, unable to make a sound!
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