Chapter 387: The Thief Who Stole Steamed Buns

In the end, Shen Lan was discharged from the military, a decision made personally by Tian Fuguang.

Shen Lan sneered twice, not feeling much attachment; he didn't care to stay here feeding pigs anyway.

The world is vast and wide; Shen Lan did not believe there wasn't a place for him somewhere.

It was just two steamed buns, wasn't it? These people just wanted to watch him make a fool of himself on purpose!

And how many of these people watching him make a fool of himself were more filial than he was!

Moreover, it wasn't just the people in the military district watching the spectacle; soon, people even went to the Family Quarters to call their relatives and friends to come and watch too.

Was it really that funny?!!!

Just like that, Shen Lan was discharged.

He returned home dejected, and the first thing Shen Mu said to greet him was, "Did you bring the steamed buns back?"

Shen Lan gave her a cold look.

He now knew why he had always failed.

"Having a mother like you, I really must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck. Don't worry, there won't be any white steamed buns anymore; I'm going to eat black cornmeal buns with you, damn it!"

Shen Mu and Li Xuan both crowded around, somewhat frightened by him.

"What happened?" Li Xuan didn't know what had occurred.

Shen Mu said timidly, "It's just, it's just, I asked Shen Lan to bring me two white steamed buns from the military canteen, thinking that your younger sister has lost quite a bit of weight lately..."

Was she wrong for feeling sorry for her own daughter? Besides, the military food was so good, what was the harm in her son occasionally bringing her a few white steamed buns?

"Mom, you are truly muddled!" Li Xuan was simply frustrated by her lack of sense, "How could you take steamed buns from the military?"

"That is public property," she asked Shen Lan, "Were you caught? What is the punishment?"

"If it's just a deduction from your wages, we don't have to worry; just don't take them anymore."

"Li Xuan, stop playing the armchair critic here!" Shen Lan couldn't help but vent his anger on her now; if she didn't spend all day running wild and ignoring the household, and had reminded him sooner, would this have happened?

Thinking of the look Si Rong gave him today, he hated her to death, but he didn't know exactly who he should hate.

He only knew that if he was suffering, Si Rong shouldn't expect to have it easy either.

Perhaps his stealing the steamed buns was reported by Jiang Cheng.

Hah, Jiang Cheng was nothing but a petty person!

He looked upright and honorable on the outside, but in secret, he had always been darkly watching him; otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that he reported him?

"Are you blaming me?"

Li Xuan was both surprised and sad, "The idea was your mother's, and you were the one who stole the buns; how can you blame me? Shen Lan, are you even a man?"

She could barely stand this life anymore!

She suspected that Shen Lan had never loved her; otherwise, how could he have the heart to accuse her like this, and not care at all about their lost child?

Although their son had been found, their daughter was like a stone dropped into the sea, with no news at all; she didn't even know if her daughter was still alive.

"Try scolding my brother again?" Shen Yun rushed out from the room and nearly knocked Li Xuan over with her head.

Li Xuan was so angry she ran straight out.

Shen Lan lay on the bed, taking out the small packet of medicine Zhu Yun had given him to look at.

Once this packet of medicine was used, those two children in Si Rong's belly would be finished.

He just had to think carefully about how to administer the medicine while still being able to get away with it.

Now that Si Rong had married into the Jiang Family, he couldn't get near her food at all.

Even if she occasionally went out to eat, she was mostly accompanied by Jiang Cheng, or that annoying Ming Zi, so he had no way to make a move.

Just when Shen Lan was at his wit's end, he discovered that there was one more person in the Jiang Family.

A domestic helper named Wu Shen.

Heh, he suddenly thought of a better idea; not only could he use this person to get rid of the children in Si Rong's belly, but he could also report Jiang Cheng again.

As a soldier of the country, how dare he use a nanny at home?

Meanwhile, the Zhu Yun whom Si Rong had asked Ming Zi to investigate was also found.

When she and Jiang Cheng went to find him, this Zhu Yun was lying on the side of the road, chewing on a piece of grass root.

"Help me prescribe some medicine," Si Rong said as she walked up to him.

Seeing the two of them, Zhu Yun's mind shifted, "If you want medicine, you should go to the hospital."

"We want to get some that the hospital won't prescribe, for example, medicine that harms people."

Zhu Yun's pupils constricted; he sat up and said with some trepidation, "Who are you people?"

The couple before him carried an air of nobility; the woman was clearly pregnant, her temperament gentle and her beauty undeniable, while the man carried the nobility and oppressive aura of someone in a high position.

Recalling the medicine that piece of trash Shen Lan had come to get a while ago, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

"Are you also from Shen Family Village? Do you know Shen Lan?" Jiang Cheng said coldly; although he didn't say anything threatening, fear still surfaced in Zhu Yun's heart.

His eyes darted around, and just as he was about to run, he was grabbed by Jiang Cheng, who had been prepared.

"Two paths: first, confess honestly; second, I'll send you to the police station."

Of course, Zhu Yun didn't want to go to the police station; he had nearly lost a layer of skin the last time he was there.

It really wasn't worth it for a guy like Shen Lan, who wasn't even sure if he was his son.

"Please, spare me, I'll confess honestly," Zhu Yun had no backbone; he knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice first, "Everything Shen Lan did has nothing to do with me; he bought those medicines from me with his own money."

"I'm just a person with no real skills, usually just prescribing some medicine to earn meal money."

"Then confess honestly, what kind of medicine has Shen Lan bought from you?"

Zhu Yun's elbow was pressed down hard by Jiang Cheng, "Don't! I'll talk, I'll talk! He bought medicine from me twice; once it was, it was, an aphrodisiac, and then a while ago, he came to me and took, took an abortifacient."

"An abortifacient?" Jiang Cheng's eyes turned fierce; he stepped on Zhu Yun, pinning him to the ground, "Can this kind of medicine be prescribed just like that? Do you know that medicine will harm people?"

Shen Lan must have wanted to use that medicine to harm Rongrong.

"I only sell medicine," Zhu Yun tried to quibble, "it has nothing to do with me; if he harmed someone, go find him!"

"Rest assured, none of you will be able to run!"

Jiang Cheng sent Zhu Yun directly to the police station, but because Shen Lan had not yet done anything, there was nothing they could do about him for the moment.

A police officer friend of Jiang Cheng thought for a moment, "How about I go with you to find that Shen Lan when I get off work later?"

Although things that haven't happened yet aren't under the police's jurisdiction, it would be good for him to go and issue a warning in advance in his capacity as a police officer during his off-duty hours.

Perhaps it could prevent a crime.

When Shen Lan opened the door, he was a bit bewildered: Jiang Cheng, Si Rong, and two people wearing police uniforms.

Could it be that he had already drugged Si Rong?

But that medicine was still in the drawer, so why did the police come?

"You, what are you doing?" Shen Mu grabbed her son's arm, terrified that they would take her son away.

"We caught a criminal named Zhu Yun, and we've come to you to understand some of the situation."

Shen Mu's legs went weak and she almost fell.

Shen Lan forced himself to stay calm, "Understand what?"

"According to his confession, he sold you abortion medicine some time ago, and the dosage was quite large; please hand it over."

Shen Lan naturally did not want to hand it over, but Shen Mu was afraid of implicating her son, so she hurriedly ran back to the room and handed that bag of medicine to the police.

Shen Lan:...

Idiot!

Sure enough, after the police got the medicine, they immediately interrogated him, "What were you planning to use it for when you bought this medicine from him?"