Wild man?
Eloped?
Liang Kailai had followed closely behind Fu Sinian, never expecting to hear such a bombshell the moment he stepped through the door.
He instinctively glanced at the top of Fu Sinian’s head, feeling like he could see a lush green patch there.
If not for the fact that the atmosphere was far too tense and Fu Sinian’s expression was frighteningly dark, Liang Kailai would have shouted out loud right on the spot!
Lin Pingchuan…
Fu Sinian heard this unfamiliar man’s name once again.
Could it be that Jiang Tang had been writing to him requesting a divorce for the past five years because she truly had someone else she liked, and that person was Lin Pingchuan?
The pieces did line up.
But then why would Lin Pingchuan be involved in the case of Jiang Tang being trafficked by human traffickers?
There were far too many puzzling aspects to this.
Fu Sinian didn’t believe it all, nor did he fall for Ding Yuqin’s attempts at sowing discord at this moment—she was simply trying to deflect blame. This case involved human trafficking, so they needed to come with the public security comrades for questioning now.”
As Fu Sinian’s cold, stern words fell, several men in public security uniforms emerged from behind him, holding an arrest warrant and announcing loudly, “Criminals Jiang Dehai and Ding Yuqin, come with us immediately to assist with the investigation. Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist!”
“What human traffickers… that has nothing to do with us… Comrades, you must have the wrong people…”
“That brat Jiang Tang ran off on her own… it’s nothing to do with us… on what grounds are you arresting us… on what grounds…”
Even with doom looming, Jiang Dehai and Ding Yuqin refused to give up, desperately trying to smear Jiang Tang’s name, stubbornly resisting and refusing to admit to the filthy things they had done.
At the same time, not only had Fu Sinian and the public security comrades appeared at this house, but several people wearing inspection team uniforms with red armbands also arrived.
They too produced a document.
“Jiang Dehai, Ding Yuqin, Jiang Qinghuan, you are suspected of involvement in a human smuggling case. You are now being taken in for investigation.”
Human trafficking, then human smuggling, and now involving the inspection team…
It was over… they were finished…
Jiang Qinghuan’s face had turned pale, her eyes darting around frantically, only to see the empty house.
“Mom, Dad, save me… save me… I don’t want to be taken away…”
“How did this happen? Our plan was foolproof, why has it turned out like this?”
“Where’s Jiang Tang?! Where the hell has that damn girl Jiang Tang gone?!”
Everything had started going wrong from yesterday when Jiang Tang suddenly returned with a completely changed demeanor—that was when Jiang Qinghuan’s world came crashing down.
Fu Sinian watched with his own eyes as the family of three was taken away, his thick brows furrowed and never relaxing.
He had a doubt in his mind… had his wife really eloped?
…
“Ah-choo!”
Jiang Tang arrived at the South City Train Station again, a day later, but with a completely different mood than yesterday.
Watching the bustling crowd in the station and smelling the complex odors in the air, Jiang Tang suddenly felt her nose tickle and sneezed.
Chaochao and Yueyue immediately looked up with their big, dark eyes, gazing at Jiang Tang with concern.
Chaochao took the initiative to ask, “Mommy, do you have a cold?”
Jiang Tang shook her head. “It’s not a cold. Someone is cursing Mommy, that’s why I sneezed.”
The two little ones were still too young to understand why sneezing would be connected to someone cursing, question marks practically floating above their round little heads.
Jiang Tang knew perfectly well what was going on. Calculating the time, it was about when Jiang Qinghuan’s family would wake up and discover their “bare walls”—and they’d also find that the three of them had vanished. They would definitely be cursing up a storm.
What she couldn’t have imagined was that Fu Sinian would be among those people.
Jiang Tang rubbed her nose, pushed Jiang Qinghuan’s family to the back of her mind, and looked down at her twin babies.
They had left home early today, and on the way Jiang Tang had bought breakfast for the two little ones—southern-style rice balls and tea eggs. It was the first time the twins had tasted such fragrant rice balls, and there were even eggs! They took small bites, unwilling to eat too fast, which made Jiang Tang feel a bit anxious.
“Take big bites, don’t be stingy with it. We’ll have eggs to eat every day from now on.”
Jiang Tang cracked open the tea egg, stuffed half into Chaochao’s mouth and half into Yueyue’s, watching their little cheeks puff out and their eyes go round—they looked as adorable as two little hamsters.
What beautiful children~
Especially after getting cleaned up, the twins’ pretty little faces were revealed—fair and spotless like sticky rice dumplings. If they gained a bit more weight, they could be on New Year paintings as the babies holding big carp.
What beautiful children~
Especially after getting cleaned up, the twins’ pretty little faces were revealed—fair and spotless like sticky rice dumplings. If they gained a bit more weight, they could be on New Year paintings as the babies holding big carp.
With such adorable children, what if someone stole them?
The train station was crowded with all sorts of people from every walk of life—the easiest place to lose a child.
Jiang Tang looked at her two cute little ones, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.
She gently touched the jade bracelet with her fingers, and when she opened her hand again, there was a handful of black—coal ash.
She had actually taken these things out of the Spirit Treasure Space.
Then Jiang Tang reached out and rubbed her blackened palm against Chaochao and Yueyue’s little faces, instantly making them dirty all over, turning them back into the little coal balls from yesterday.
Yueyue blinked and looked at her brother, half an egg still stuffed in her mouth that she hadn’t swallowed yet, and giggled happily.
“Hehe… brother… dirty… your face is dirty… you’re a little black ball…”
Chaochao looked at his sister in front of him, just like looking in a mirror, and puffed out his cheeks as he said, “Yueyue is a little black ball too.”
“Mommy is a little black ball too.” Jiang Tang suddenly joined the twins’ conversation, leaning her face close to them—it was also covered in dirt.
The twins looked at Jiang Tang together, their little faces full of shock, but they couldn’t help feeling happy, thinking that Mommy was just like them!
Jiang Tang disguised both herself and the two little ones as the most inconspicuous-looking people possible.
She also gave Chaochao a safety warning lesson. “Chaochao, do you remember what Mommy said?”
Chaochao nodded his little head seriously. “On the train, first, don’t eat anything strangers give you; second, don’t trust strangers who try to get chummy; third, nothing good falls from the sky, and good jobs don’t come knocking on your door—anyone who says they can introduce you to a job is a bad person.”
It was such a long sentence, but Chaochao said it with proper manner and clear logic, his soft, milky little voice sounding quite impressive.
Jiang Tang raised a thumb and said, “Chaochao is so good, you remembered everything Mommy said.”
Yueyue clapped her little hands and said, “Brother is amazing! So awesome!”
Chaochao’s face secretly turned red, but the dirty coal ash hid that faint flush.
Jiang Tang stood up, holding Chaochao’s hand with her left hand and Yueyue’s hand with her right. “Let’s go! We’re taking the train to find Daddy!”
Chaochao and Yueyue exchanged a knowing glance and blinked in unison.
They had thought Jiang Tang was joking, but she really meant to go find Daddy!
Last night, when Jiang Tang was clearing out the ancestral home, she had discovered Fu Sinian’s letters from the past five years at the very bottom of the original owner’s dressing cabinet. It turned out that starting from five years ago, Fu Sinian had been sending introduction letters and the military unit’s address, asking the original owner whether she wanted to come and join him in the military.
The original owner hadn’t even glanced at that introduction letter, leaving it untouched inside the envelope.
Now it had found its use in Jiang Tang’s hands, and she had also seen Fu Sinian’s unit designation.
A certain unit of the Southwest Military Region…
So it was in the remote southwest, so far from the bustling metropolis, and they might even have to live in the mountains and reclaim wasteland for farming. No wonder the pampered original owner had been so disdainful of it.
For Jiang Tang, however, it was completely different. The southwest had unique climatic conditions—warm in winter and cool in summer, with no snowfall even at the coldest time. It was a wonderful place.
As for food, clothing, and daily necessities, with her Spirit Treasure Space, she didn’t need to worry at all.
Mother and children, following the crowd, boarded the train like that.