Chapter 8

Qiao Xiazhi took out a handful of money from his pocket and quickly stuffed it into Qiao Daguo’s pocket, then explained in a low voice:

“This is the money I exchanged for a small jade ring that Zhao Zha Zha gave me at the black market. I got sixty-five dollars in total. But I just bought some things and spent some of them. I kept some of the rest for us to use in the next few days. You keep the sixty and give it to grandma when you get back.”

Qiao Daguo was shocked, and asked in a low voice, “Zhao Zhazha gave you a ring? When did it happen? How come I didn’t know about it? And you…”

Qiao Daguo originally wanted to say, are you willing to sell the gift he gave you?

But in the end I didn’t say it.

Qiao Xiazhi rolled his eyes at Qiao Daguo and said, “Why, can I tell you everything?”

“Then should I also tell you that I farted just now?”

“Besides, since it’s Zhao Zha’s stuff, wouldn’t it be nice to sell it for money?”

“I have to make up for what I spent on him in the past two years. Okay, go home and put the money away.”

After saying that, Qiao Xiazhi looked around to make sure there was no one around and quickly walked out of the alley.

Qiao Daguo touched the money in his pocket and hurriedly followed.

“Xiazhi, you have changed after this trip.”

Qiao Xiazhi: “What? If you don’t change, do you still want me to cry, make a fuss, and even commit suicide for that scumbag?”

“Since I’ve seen clearly that he’s a scumbag, I have to cut the Gordian knot and get rid of him completely.”

“I was young and ignorant before, now that I’m grown up, can’t you let me grow up and understand things?”

Hearing his sister speaking in the same tone as before, Qiao Daguo grinned.

“It’s good that you’ve changed and grown up. I think you’re very good now, really very good. Hehehe”

Although he still speaks in the same way as before, as if scolding people, at least he has become much more sensible.

When we got back to Jiang Yunchen’s house, Jiang Yunchen hadn’t come back yet, and Aunt Xu was applying eye drops to Grandma Jiang’s eyes.

Seeing this, Qiao Xiazhi handed the backpack to Qiao Daguo and said, “Aunt Xu, let me do it.”

Aunt Xu smiled when she saw Qiao Xiazhi, “Miss Xiazhi is back.”

As he said that, he handed the eye drops to Qiao Xiazhi.

Qiao Xiazhi took the eye drops, mobilized his supernatural powers, injected the supernatural powers into the eye drops, and then carefully dropped the drops into Grandma Jiang’s eyes to clean them.

After finishing, Grandma Jiang said happily:

“Xiaomei, don’t you think it’s strange? After Xiazhi came to our house yesterday, my eyes felt much better than before.”

“Xia Zhi wiped my eyes and I didn’t feel any pain or discomfort.”

“Xia Zhi put some eye drops in my eyes. As soon as they went in, I instantly felt like my eyes felt much better.”

Aunt Xu smiled and responded: “That’s because you are happy, old lady.”

“The way your granddaughter-in-law takes care of you is definitely different from the way I take care of you. If your mood is different, your body will naturally get better faster.”

When she heard the word “grandson’s wife”, Grandma Jiang laughed even more:

“Hahaha~~~That’s not the case.”

“Xia Zhi is a good girl, but my brat needs to hurry up and marry you home as soon as possible, so that I, your grandma, can finally go down to meet his parents without any worries.”

“Ptui, pui, pui, grandma, please stop spitting and stop saying unlucky things. Grandma’s health is getting better and better. Get well soon. Who knows, you might even be able to take care of your great-grandchildren.” After spitting, Qiao Xiazhi stomped his feet twice.

Although Grandma Jiang couldn’t see Qiao Xiazhi’s exact appearance, she could vaguely see her outline, the way she stomped her feet, and the words she said made Grandma Jiang laugh.

“Then you and Yun Chen have to hurry up and don’t let grandma wait too long, hahaha~~~”

“Then grandma, you should get well soon, and then we can talk about this. Let’s go back to the house. The sun has set, and it’s getting cooler outside.”

As he said that, Qiao Xiazhi helped Grandma Jiang up and walked into the house.

Jiang Yunchen, who was standing outside the door and preparing to open it, had been standing there for nearly ten minutes.

He heard everything that was said in the room just now.

He didn’t know why he stopped just now, and then just listened quietly to them talking about getting married and having children.

Although he understood that she said this to please her grandmother, for some reason, he suddenly hoped that all this would come true.

Jiang Yunchen pushed open the door and walked into the yard. Before he entered the house, he heard his grandmother’s happy laughter again.

“You silly child, you are so polite to buy so many things when you are staying at your own home for a few days. Don’t do this again next time.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll listen to grandma. I won’t buy it next time. Next time I come to stay here, I’ll come empty-handed and eat and stay for free.”

“Hahaha~ Grandma is happy that you’re back. You can stay as long as you want. This will be your home sooner or later anyway.”

“Then I’ll go cook. Grandma, you take a rest. I’ll call you when the meal is ready.”

“I’ll go and help.” Qiao Daguo didn’t want to do nothing and eat for free, so he decided to help, mainly because he was afraid that his sister would burn down the kitchen.

“Let me do it.” Jiang Yunchen’s magnetic voice sounded.

Qiao Xiazhi looked up and saw Jiang Yunchen had already walked up to her, took the pork belly from her hand and walked towards the kitchen.

“Daguo, grandma is old, come and help her move this chair to another location.”

Qiao Daguo, who was about to go to the kitchen to help, was stopped by Grandma Jiang.

Qiao Daguo was still slow to realize it, so what else could Qiao Xiazhi not understand? So he signaled to his eldest brother: “Go help grandma move the chair, I’ll go to the kitchen to help.”

Qiao Daguo was worried that his sister would get into trouble, and said, “Are you sure you can do it? But don’t set someone else’s kitchen on fire.”

“Don’t worry, if it catches fire I will tell you to run away first.” Qiao Xiazhi said, rolled his eyes at Qiao Daguo and walked towards the kitchen.

“Grandma asked me to help you.” Qiao Xiazhi said as soon as he entered the kitchen, “Do you need me to help you with anything?”

Jiang Yunchen handed the garlic over: “Peel some garlic.”

Qiao Xiazhi took it naturally, then leaned against the corner and started peeling garlic.

“How has the matter of Zhao Zhazha and the case of the human trafficking gang progressed in the past two days?” asked Qiao Xiazhi.

“Zhao scumbag…” Jiang Yunchen just opened his mouth and realized that he was being led astray, so he changed his words and continued:

“Zhao Zhiqing’s case has been solved. The two people who were sold were rescued this afternoon. They also testified on the spot that it was Zhao Zhiqing who deceived them.”

Hearing this, Qiao Xiazhi was overjoyed: “That’s great, the family is finally reunited. That’s great.”

Jiang Yunchen continued to explain: “He was sentenced to three years in prison before being executed.”

“Also, in order to avoid any trouble for you, his parents are not aware of your report.”

“The police department said they found clues that he was trafficking children, so he was detained.”

“After the case is handled today, the person will be escorted to the dungeon tomorrow.”

“His parents should know something about it.” Qiao Xiazhi said.

Jiang Yunchen nodded to show that he understood, but arresting someone required evidence, so he continued:

“But he insisted that he took all the responsibility. We have no evidence to prove that they knew about it, so there is nothing we can do. If you are worried that they might get desperate and involve you, try not to go out alone when you return.”

“Yeah.” Qiao Xiazhi agreed.

Although Zhao’s father and mother were not aware of her affair with Zhao Zhazha, she told the police the excuse that she beat Zhao Zhazha that day was that he wanted to trick her into selling her, so Zhao’s father and mother should not cause trouble for her.

They probably have to stay away for fear of getting involved with her. If she does, they might be charged with trafficking. Their son already has a criminal record, and they can’t stand any more trouble.

However, Qiao Xiazhi would naturally pay more attention to Jiang Yunchen’s reminder.

It’s better to be on guard than to regret it later when something goes wrong.

“You should be careful too.” Qiao Xiazhi said casually with concern.

But Jiang Yunchen felt it was soft in his ears, and the happiness of being cared for surged into his heart.

In order to reassure her, Jiang Yunchen said, “Don’t worry, this operation will be kept secret.”

“Do you still need my help?” Qiao Xiazhi asked, then handed the peeled garlic to Jiang Yunchen.

As a result, Jiang Yunchen misunderstood and replied: “It should be fine now. If you are in a hurry, I will arrange for someone to take you back to the team tomorrow morning.”

Qiao Xiazhi was a little amused when he heard this: He explained again: “I was talking about whether you need my help with cooking.”

Jiang Yunchen:!!!

“Then… wash the onions and cabbage.”

Qiao Xiazhi nodded, picked up the cabbage and onions in the basket and prepared to wash them in cold water.

Just as she was about to make her move, Jiang Yunchen somehow grabbed her hand like a frightened bird.

“Don’t touch the cold water. Let me wash it.”

After hearing this, Qiao Xiazhi hadn’t reacted yet and looked at him with confusion.

Jiang Yunchen suddenly didn’t know how to start, and then he stammered, “You… that… what…”

Suddenly, Qiao Xiazhi realized what was happening and couldn’t help laughing: “I didn’t expect you to know all this?”

Jiang Yunchen was worried that she might have misunderstood, so he quickly explained, “When I was a child, my father would not let my mother touch cold water for a few days every month.”

Qiao Xiazhi nodded, feeling a little warmed by the man’s thoughtfulness. “Oh, I see. So when are you going to let go of my hand?”

After hearing what Qiao Xiazhi said, Jiang Yunchen finally realized that he was still holding Qiao Xiazhi’s hand, so he quickly let go.

Then, while washing vegetables, I recalled the feeling of holding hands just now. Her hands were a little cold, but they were soft and comfortable in my palms. I felt like I didn’t want to let go. It would be even better if we could hold hands for a lifetime.

“Boil a few more eggs, peel them and put them in the braised pork later.” Qiao Xiazhi said.

“Do you like to eat it?” Jiang Yunchen asked in a low voice.

Qiao Xiazhi did not deny it and nodded gently, “Yeah.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yunchen set up the pot and put seven eggs in it.

Seeing this, Qiao Xiazhi quickly reached out and took out two more, “Why put so many? One for each person will be enough.”

“If you like it, cook it.” Jiang Yunchen said, and put the eggs that Qiao Xiazhi took out back into the pot.

Qiao Xiazhi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Even if you like to eat eggs, you can’t eat too many eggs on that day. I already had two this morning. Grandma cooked them for me.”

“It’s okay, I don’t eat it every day. Okay, leave this to me, you go out and chat with grandma.”

The braised pork was ready to be put into the pot, but Jiang Yunchen was afraid that Qiao Xiazhi would get scalded, so he drove Qiao Xiazhi out of the kitchen.

It just so happened that Qiao Xiazhi wanted to find an excuse to go to the bathroom, but was driven out by Jiang Yunchen, so she went straight to the bathroom.