Chapter 20: Dating for the Purpose of Marriage 

Fu Liye and Ji Xiaoyue rushed to Wang Mazhi’s house.

When they barged in, Wang Mazhi was molesting Niuniu.

Fu Liye knocked him to the ground and then sent him to the village officials.

Niuniu, like a frightened bird, huddled in Ji Xiaoyue’s arms, constantly calling for her mother.

Ji Xiaoyue could empathize.

Because the same thing happened to her.

She was once sold to an old man by her relatives, and she escaped by stabbing the old man. She was twelve years old at the time. Niuniu was only eight years old now.

Ji Xiaoyue then followed Fu Liye to bring Gou Dan back.

They took the children back to Zhang’s house.

On the way, Ji Xiaoyue said to Fu Liye, “Comrade Fu, do you trust me? I can help the two children.”

Fu Liye looked at Ji Xiaoyue with complicated eyes. He paused for a moment and said, “Yes, as long as I can adopt the children, I’ll cooperate with you.”

Ji Xiaoyue looked down at Niuniu, who was sleeping in her arms, and said softly, “Comrade Fu, what if I could help you get married soon? Would you be willing?”

Fu Liye paused when he heard this. He frowned and paused for a moment before saying, “Okay, I’ll go back and find someone to date as soon as possible.”

Ji Xiaoyue nodded, “Most rural areas are patriarchal, if she stays at Zhang’s house, the pain she will endure will definitely be more than Gou Dan’s.”

Not to mention the 1980s, even in the 21st century where Ji Xiaoyue came from, patriarchy was still common.

Girls were considered burdens, and girls without parents were even more difficult.

“I’ll find a way as soon as possible.” Fu Liye said softly after a moment of silence.

Fu Liye looked at Ji Xiaoyue’s profile as she lowered her head to comfort the children, his heart softened.

The two children’s father died on a mission with him, he even died protecting him, these two children were his responsibility.

He had thought that if the children’s uncle was a kind person, he would give him a sum of money every year, but now they were so bad, he had to take the children away.

“Comrade Ji Xiaoyue, are you going to get married? If you don’t have a partner, would you consider me? My name is Fu Liye, I’m currently a chief in the Ministry of State Security, my parents are both civil servants, and my grandfather is also a retired civil servant. I’m the only son in the family. I’m twenty-eight now.” Fu Liye suddenly said.

Ji Xiaoyue was stunned and looked up in surprise, “You… you want to fake marry me?”

Fu Liye shook his head, “I want to date you with the purpose of marriage, if possible, I want to get married as soon as possible.”

He said, and then said, “Actually, I thought about a fake marriage before, but it wouldn’t necessarily be good for the children if I just found someone randomly.

After all, they’re not my own children. I owe it to the children’s father, I want someone to take good care of them.”

Ji Xiaoyue was silent for a moment before saying, “Comrade Fu Liye, do you know me?”

Fu Liye smiled, “She can take in the children, she can also send the children to me. Now she’s willing to help me get the children back.

A comrade who is so kind shouldn’t be a bad person.”

Ji Xiaoyue stared at him for a while, then suddenly said, “Comrade Fu Liye, I can agree to you. But I can’t marry you right away, I still have some things to deal with in the countryside.

But I have a way to let you take the children today, and I guarantee that they won’t come to snatch them again.”

Fu Liye nodded, “Okay.”

Fu Liye had a very good impression of Ji Xiaoyue.

She was calm and collected when she was accused of being a human trafficker. She took care of the children, sent them to him, and was willing to help him get the children back.

If she wasn’t a kind girl, she wouldn’t have gotten herself into so much trouble.

Before they arrived at Zhang’s house, Ji Xiaoyue pulled the two children and said, “Do you want to follow Uncle Fu?”

The two children nodded vigorously.

“Then cry, cry as loud as you can. As long as your uncle’s family gets close to you, you cry, you have to cry loudly.”

The two children nodded vigorously.

Fu Liye looked at Ji Xiaoyue and frowned, “Actually, they just want money, maybe we can give them money.”

Ji Xiaoyue laughed at Fu Liye’s naive words, “Comrade Fu, you don’t understand the greed of human nature.

If you give them money, they’ll know how to control you, and they’ll come back more often, and they’ll ask for more each time.

Your unit is fixed, and you can’t change your residence for now. If they want money, if they want your help, they’ll just come and make a fuss, right?

So we can’t give in in the first step.”

Fu Liye was sent to the army by his grandfather at the age of sixteen.

He had many military merits, but he only interacted with the straightforward comrades in the army, he didn’t know how shameless some people could be.

When they arrived at Zhang’s house, there were already many people gathered at the door.

The village officials were there, and Fu Liye showed his work ID card, asking them to call the police.

Zhang Ergou’s family wasn’t afraid of the village officials because they thought his brother was a martyr.

But they were afraid of the police.

Rural people have an instinctive fear of people in uniform.

When they saw Ji Xiaoyue and Fu Liye come back with the two children, Zhang Ergou said excitedly, “Look, didn’t you find the children?”

Ji Xiaoyue rushed directly to the police.

She pulled the children’s arms and asked them to show their backs, “Look at the children, they’re beaten.”

She had seen the children when her aunt bathed them at her house.

The two children had new and old injuries all over their bodies, which was heartbreaking to see.

“Police officer, they are not the children’s parents, they not only trafficked children, but also beat and abused them.”

The police officer couldn’t bear to see the injuries on the two children.

Zhang Ergou’s wife immediately jumped out to argue, “The children are naughty, it’s normal to beat them. Who doesn’t beat their children?”

She walked towards the children, “Niuniu, Gou Dan, come to Auntie. They’re all bad people, only Auntie and Uncle are the best to you.”

As she approached, the two children kept backing away, then they burst into tears.

The police officer knew Fu Liye’s position and hesitated for a moment before saying to Fu Liye, “Chief Fu, this is not something we can handle.”

Fu Liye glanced at Zhang Ergou and his wife indifferently, “Take them away for investigation. They abused and beat the children, and they trafficked children, detain them for fifteen days first.”

Ji Xiaoyue heard Fu Liye’s words and smiled.

The big boss is the big boss, he immediately understood what to say and what to do.

They had to make Zhang Ergou’s family scared first before they could negotiate.

“No, no! We just want to find a new home for the children, we can’t afford to raise them, we didn’t traffic children at all.

And we didn’t abuse the children, if we did, they would have starved to death.” The two were still struggling.

The police officer looked at Fu Liye and immediately took out the handcuffs.

The moment the handcuffs were put on them, Zhang Ergou shouted urgently,

“Wait!”