Chapter 48: The Mo Haoyue Family Meets

Bai Hongbin recounted the events to Liu Baoguo, who immediately called the Red Armband brigade. They agreed to release the person immediately.

In the small western-style house, Mi Xia and the others were eating dinner when a knock came at the door.

Mi Xia thought it was Xiao Liu and opened the door to find Zhang Xiaoyu standing there.

“Zhaodi, Zhang Xiaoyu is back,” Mi Xia called into the house.

Mi Xia was about to ask, “Were you bullied inside?”

Liu Zhaodi rushed over and hugged Zhang Xiaoyu, “My husband, you’re finally back.”

Zhang Xiaoyu patted Liu Zhaodi’s back: “It’s alright, I’m back safely. They’re all here.”

Liu Zhaodi quickly let go of Zhang Xiaoyu. Sure enough, the two adults and two children were all looking at her. She blushed and lowered her head.

Mi Xia: “Come in, let’s eat first, then we’ll talk.”

Everyone returned to the table. Zhang Xiaoyu ate voraciously, and Liu Zhaodi felt heartbroken.

After dinner,

Mi Xia: “Go take a shower. We have Mo Haoyue’s clothes; I’ll have him get you a set later.”

After Zhang Xiaoyu had showered and come out, the children had gone to their rooms to play.

Mi Xia then asked: “What exactly happened?”

Zhang Xiaoyu’s account matched Xiao Liu’s up to a point: “After being taken away by the Red Armbands, I found out it was the woman who had pulled me who reported me. She saw Xiao Liu make a lot of money in a short time and was envious.”

“She reported me first, then came back to delay Xiao Liu.”

Mi Xia: “Did you suffer any grievances inside?”

“No, they planned to deal with me tomorrow. Besides not having lunch, everything else was fine.” Zhang Xiaoyu finished, looking guilty at Mi Xia. He hadn’t managed his subordinates well. Recently, they’d made a lot of money, and he’d become a little complacent.

Mi Xia probably wouldn’t keep him anymore. Zhang Xiaoyu slumped his head, preparing to call Liu Zhaodi and Zhang Xiaobao to go home.

Mi Xia looked at Zhang Xiaoyu and asked: “Where did you go wrong this time?”

Zhang Xiaoyu: “In half a month, we earned more than we did in three months in G County. I got a little carried away. My subordinates made money, and they flattered me, and I got a little complacent.”

Mi Xia: “Can you remember this lesson?”

Zhang Xiaoyu: “From now on, I will definitely be down-to-earth in everything I do, do more and talk less, and manage my subordinates well. Those who shouldn’t stay, I’ll let them go.”

Zhang Xiaoyu then thought of something that happened today: “I will deal with those who shouldn’t stay, and this won’t happen again.”

He hadn’t had any problems in G County for so long, but when he came to the capital and made more money, his sense of crisis diminished.

Mi Xia: “I’m giving you another chance because of your character. If anything else happens, don’t wait for me to speak, just leave yourself.”

“We will make a lot of money in the future. What was that little money before? What is there to be proud of? Do your work well from now on. What you earned before doesn’t even count as a drop in the ocean, understand?”

Liu Zhaodi looked at Mi Xia in shock. They had already earned a lot before, but in her eyes, it was nothing.

Zhang Xiaoyu nodded seriously: “Then we’ll go now.”

That night, after the little girl fell asleep, Mi Xia took them into the space.

Mi Xia: “Go to the Bai family tomorrow. Zhang Xiaoyu is back, we need to thank them.”

Mo Haoyue: “Okay, I’ll listen to you. We’ll talk about it tomorrow. Let’s go to sleep.”

They slept well. Mi Xia had breakfast ready early in the morning; she and the little girl had to go to school.

Mo Haoyue was already washing up. After bringing the little girl out of the space, he woke her up.

After the family finished breakfast, they waited a while before Liu Zhaodi and the children arrived late.

“We got up a little late this morning, so we’re a little late,” Liu Zhaodi explained apologetically.

Mi Xia: “It’s okay, it’s alright to be a little late for kindergarten.”

After Liu Zhaodi left with the two children, Mi Xia and Mo Haoyue went to Jingqing.

“How do you plan to arrange Zhang Xiaoyu?” Mo Haoyue looked at Mi Xia curiously.

Mi Xia: “I want to open a bakery. What conditions do I need to meet?”

Mo Haoyue: “I’ll send you to school first, then I’ll go find out.”

Mo Haoyue watched Mi Xia enter the school gate before taking the gift his wife had given him to Bai Weidong’s house.

Knock knock knock.

The same old man opened the door. Seeing him, the old man said enthusiastically: “Come in, Weidong is waiting for you inside.”

“Thank you, sir. You’re a great help.” He handed the old man a pack of cigarettes before striding into the house.

As soon as Mo Haoyue entered, he saw Bai Weidong and his father, and a couple, sitting together chatting.

“Uncle Bai.”

He then nodded slightly to the couple. Although he didn’t know them, he couldn’t forget his manners.

For some reason, when Mo Haoyue looked at the couple, he felt a strange sense of familiarity, and he thought of the boy he saw at Mi Xia’s school.

The moment Wang Fen and Liu Baoguo saw Mo Haoyue, they knew he was their son. Wang Fen’s eyes reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes.

If DNA testing existed in this era, they wouldn’t even need to spend money on it, because Mo Haoyue and Liu Yu were exactly alike, as if they were carved from the same mold.

Then she shook her head. His parents were doing well in the village. How could this couple be related to him?

Bai Hongbin: “Come and sit.”

Mo Haoyue went over and sat next to Bai Weidong.

Mo Haoyue: “Zhang Xiaoyu came back last night. Thank you, Uncle Bai, for your help. My wife asked me to bring you some things. I don’t know if you’ll like them.”

He put the bag on the table.

“It wasn’t me who helped your wife’s fellow villager. It was him,” Bai Hongbin said, pointing to Liu Baoguo.

Mo Haoyue: “Thank you, Uncle, for your trouble.”

When Wang Fen heard the word “uncle,” she couldn’t hold back her tears. This was their son, and now he was calling her husband “uncle.”

Liu Baoguo also looked at Mo Haoyue with tear-filled eyes: “Years ago, your mother, that is, she, carried you for ten months. She was worried about me going to the battlefield to find me. When we were going to pick you up, that family took you and moved away.”

“For so many years, your mother and I have never given up looking for you, but unfortunately, we didn’t know where they moved to. The boy you saw at Jingqing University the other day is your younger brother.”

Mo Haoyue seemed calm, but in his heart, a storm raged: “You must be mistaken. There are countless people in the world who look alike.”

Wang Fen saw Mo Haoyue’s reaction, and it was hard not to feel sad. She looked at Mo Haoyue with tear-filled eyes: “You have a mole on your left buttock, right?”

Mo Haoyue’s body stiffened. He did, and it was on the left. If they had said it was on his back, he could have denied it, because he often went shirtless in the army in the summer.

But the parents who had raised him for so many years weren’t his real parents? He was confused and didn’t know what to do.

Liu Baoguo: “If you don’t believe it, you can go back and ask.”

Mo Haoyue: “Then I’ll go back first. I have to pick up my wife from school. We’ll chat again next time, Weidong.”