Chapter 427: “I Listen to Your Mom”

Jiang Hong looked at his son, who appeared on the verge of tears, and sympathetically patted his head. However, his tone was cold as he spoke, “Sorry, son, but this is something even I can’t help with. In this situation, not only does your mom want to deal with you, but I do too. You better figure it out yourself. Let’s go home.”

With that, he grabbed his son’s collar and went after his wife, who was walking ahead.

At the Jiang family home, the three elderly members sat in the living room, sighing deeply.

Jiang Yueyue, worried that the three elderly people were overthinking, tried to comfort them with her words.

“Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Huang, don’t worry too much. My dad and mom are looking for my brother. They’re so capable, they’ll definitely find him,” she said, trying to ease their anxiety.

“Yueyue, if your parents really found Zhanpeng, why haven’t they come back yet? Could it be they still haven’t found him?” Jiang’s mother asked worriedly.

“Aunt Huang, do you think Zhanpeng was kidnapped by human traffickers? I heard that these traffickers are really bad. They specialize in taking boys and selling them to poor families who don’t have sons, to inherit their family line,” Aunt Huang said, her eyes swollen from crying, her voice hoarse.

“Could it be that Zhanpeng was really kidnapped? What would we do then?” Jiang’s mother became even more anxious upon hearing that.

Jiang Yueyue opened her mouth to speak, but as she looked at the three elderly people who were about to rush out, she suddenly heard some commotion from outside.

Before long, she saw her mother enter, followed by her father, with her younger brother Zhanpeng in tow.

“It’s my parents coming back, and Zhanpeng’s back too!” Jiang Yueyue happily informed the three elderly members.

Upon hearing this, the three elderly people stood up excitedly. As they rushed to the door, they saw the Jiang family of three walking into the yard.

The three elderly people immediately focused their attention on the child Jiang Zhanpeng, whom Jiang Hong was holding.

“Oh my, where have you been, my dear? You scared Grandma to death, you know!” Jiang’s mother immediately rushed over and took her grandson from her son’s hands, her voice full of concern.

With tears in his eyes, Jiang Zhanpeng looked at his concerned grandparents and immediately lowered his head to apologize, “Sorry, Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Huang. I shouldn’t have stayed out so late and worried you all. I’m sorry, you can punish me.”

The three elderly people saw how thoughtful the little boy was and felt even more distressed.

“We won’t punish you, Aunt Huang won’t, neither will Grandpa or Grandma. We just hope you won’t do something like this again. Your grandma’s heart can’t take it, you know?” Aunt Huang patted his head gently.

Jiang Zhanpeng’s eyes lit up as he heard Aunt Huang’s words, and he slyly glanced at his parents, Jiang Hong and Li Yiyi.

Li Yiyi immediately caught her son’s little scheme and sneered coldly, “Let me tell you, if your grandparents aren’t angry with you, that’s their business. But as for me, I’ll handle you. Just wait for it.”

Hearing his mother’s words, Jiang Zhanpeng immediately deflated like a deflated balloon.

Before he could even feel sorry for himself, suddenly a small stick, about the width of a thumb, struck his leg. It hurt so badly that he cried out in pain, almost falling to his knees.

“Sis, why are you hitting me? It hurts so much!” Jiang Zhanpeng, coming back to his senses, realized that the person hitting him was his own sister. He looked at her with a pitiful expression.

At this point, Jiang Yueyue was not just angry but also worried about her troublesome brother. She wanted to teach him a lesson.

“I’m hitting you because of what you’ve done today! Do you realize how worried everyone was when you disappeared without a word? And you still have the nerve to ask me why I’m hitting you? You tell me, do you deserve it?” she said, hitting him again with the stick.

At first, Jiang Zhanpeng thought his sister would spare him, but when the second strike came down, it hurt even more.

Seeing her determination to punish him, he immediately ran to his mother for help. “Mom, Mom, help me! My sister’s going to kill me!”

Li Yiyi, knowing how her daughter was, wasn’t concerned and ruthlessly shoved him aside. “Don’t come to me. I can’t interfere in this, it’s all up to your sister.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhanpeng’s face turned pale. He quickly looked to his father for help.

Jiang Hong shrugged and said, “Don’t look at me. I’m listening to your mom.”

At that moment, Jiang Yueyue sneered and took another swing at her defiant little brother.

The yard was filled with Jiang Zhanpeng’s cries of despair.

Although Jiang’s parents wanted to help, they were stopped by Li Yiyi and Jiang Hong. The three elderly people could only look on helplessly, unable to intervene.

After searching for Jiang Zhanpeng, the family finally sat down to dinner around 9 PM.

At the dinner table, Jiang Zhanpeng stood beside the table, holding a bowl of food. He couldn’t sit down because his legs hurt too much.

“Sis, you really hit too hard. My legs hurt so much I can’t even sit down,” he complained while eating his meal.

Jiang Yueyue, hearing his complaint, sneered and put down her chopsticks. “What’s the matter? You want me to hit you again?”

Seeing her hand raised, Jiang Zhanpeng quickly shook his head. “No more hitting, I won’t say anything else.”

Finally, after finishing dinner, just as Jiang Zhanpeng was about to retreat to his room, his mother called him over.

“Don’t hurry to your room. Come to the study with me, I have something to ask you,” Li Yiyi said as she grabbed her son, who was sneaking away.

Seeing that escape was impossible, Jiang Zhanpeng turned with a sad expression. “Mom, you just want to ask me something, right? You’re not going to hit me, right?”

Li Yiyi smiled at his suspicious expression. “If your answers satisfy me, I can help you avoid punishment.”

Jiang Zhanpeng, hearing this, immediately perked up. “Okay, it’s a deal! Mom, you promised, if I satisfy you with my answers, you won’t punish me for what happened tonight.”