Chapter 402: Don't always gnaw on people

Xiang Yubao's expression was serious, "Other people's affairs, don't talk nonsense outside!"

"I definitely won't talk nonsense, I'm just saying a few words in front of you." Gu Hangbao was a bit unconvinced, "I'm not an idiot."

"Didn't say you were an idiot." A look of helplessness flashed in the depths of Xiang Yubao's eyes, and he coaxed his younger brother with a good temper, "You are very smart."

His younger brother was a proud one, and he was used to coaxing him!

Sure enough.

Gu Hangbao, who was steady and reliable in front of outsiders but retained a childish spirit in front of his brother, curled his lips.

"Brother, do you think Big Brother Jin will forgive Aunt Jin?"

Xiang Yubao looked at his younger brother, "What do you think?"

Gu Hangbao shook his head, "I don't think so. Big Brother Jin lost an eye, and those people in the hometown don't treat him like a human, this is all the evil his parents created. His parents have never been good to him, he probably won't forgive his parents, right."

As the brothers were talking, a crackling sound came from the courtyard next door.

Followed by a hoarse male voice.

"Fake, isn't it?"

"From the time I was born until now, how many times have I seen you?" The youth, who was fourteen years old in actual age but looked as thin and weak as a ten-year-old, looked at his mother with full hatred, almost biting his teeth to pieces.

"If you didn't care about me, why give birth to me!"

"How could I be born into your belly, you are simply not worthy of being a mother."

"Not caring is not caring, what excuses are you looking for. If you cared about me, you wouldn't have kept not picking me up, my eye is blind, are you satisfied now?!"

He looked at his younger brother who grew up in the military region, and jealousy couldn't help but arise in his heart.

Why?

Why did he suffer all the grievances, not eat his fill or wear warm clothes, have to work non-stop, and still be beaten and scolded, while his younger brother and sister could stay by their parents' side and be pampered by them like treasures?

Aunt Jin's face turned pale.

She really couldn't believe her eldest son hated her so much.

She wanted to pick up her son, but before she could act... she was pregnant again, and the pregnancy wasn't good, so she couldn't take care of the child. Her man went back to the hometown to see, and the eldest was doing quite well. Later, she and her man would bring big and small bags back whenever they had time, and the child was quite good. Who knew... who knew there would be an accident?

"You were born by Mother, how could Mother not care about you?" Aunt Jin said crying, "You saying this is stabbing Mother's heart."

Regarding her breakdown, there wasn't a trace of fluctuation on the youth's face, only looking at her coldly.

Care?

Heh.

He couldn't see it at all.

He begged her to take him away, did anyone care about his thoughts?

"Jin Baogen blinded my eye, how do you plan to seek justice for me?" The youth's only intact eye stared fixedly at his biological mother, his hands gripped very tightly.

Aunt Jin was stunned by the question.

"Your grandma said... your cousin was careless..."

Hearing this.

The youth's tightly clenched hands loosened, the light in the depths of his eyes completely dissipated, and he turned and returned to the room.

"Bang!"

The door was locked from the inside.

Leaving the line of sight of that so-called mother, the youth sat on the ground powerlessly, covering the eye that could no longer see with one hand, and tears flowed from the intact one, the tears falling drop by drop, leaving dark shadows on the ground.

"He did it on purpose."

"Jin Baogen did it on purpose."

"Other people's parents will protect their children, my eye was blinded, why can't you all seek justice for me?"

"Is blood relationship a protective talisman? Even if Jin Baogen kills me, you can forgive him?"

"Why give birth to me? And then not treat me well."

Jin Xueqing, who grew up with the twins, came to the door of his eldest brother's room, wanting to knock but not daring to. Hearing the murmurs coming from behind the door, his eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head silently.

His father went to work, his mother was crying in the courtyard, his brother hated them, his sister was huddled in the corner not daring to speak, Jin Xueqing felt so uncomfortable in his heart he wanted to cry.

He didn't want to stay at home and went to the neighbor's to find the twins.

"Aunt Lin, I'm here to find Gu Zhiyu and Gu Zhihang." Jin Xueqing greeted Lin Zhao, who was drying flower tea in the courtyard.

Lin Zhao put down the scissors and pointed to the twins' room, "They're in the room, you can go in directly."

"Okay." Jin Xueqing said and entered the room.

After entering, he sat skillfully on the empty stool.

He didn't speak either, propping his hands and daydreaming, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing the blue-black dark circles hanging under Jin Xueqing's eyes, Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao looked at each other, the brothers sighing in their hearts.

Mother was right, family affairs are the most annoying.

Fortunately, their family didn't have these messy things.

"Want to eat peanut candy?" Xiang Yubao said.

Jin Xueqing came back to his senses, "Yes."

Xiang Yubao gave him a few to eat.

Jin Xueqing ate a peanut candy, the peanut wrapped in syrup biting open in his mouth, making a crackling sound.

Eating candy makes people feel happy.

The irritability in the youth's heart found an outlet and suddenly had spirit.

"Gu Zhiyu, I really envy your family." Jin Xueqing suddenly said.

"It's not envying that you and Gu Zhihang lack nothing, it's envying that your family doesn't have so many troublesome things."

Xiang Yubao didn't let people outside the family call him by his nickname after he started junior high school.

Classmates at school all called the twins by their full names.

Gu Zhiyu looked at Jin Xueqing, his expression serious, "Every family has troublesome things, my family has them too. My aunt also bullied my mother, bullied us. All bad things will pass, just do your own thing well."

"I know, but..." Jin Xueqing's brows were knitted tightly, "My mother cries every day, my brother keeps a cold face every day, my sister doesn't dare to speak, I don't even dare to breathe loudly at home, just afraid my eldest brother will be unhappy."

His family's atmosphere was really not good.

Gu Hangbao moved his stool closer to Jin Xueqing, "How did your eldest brother get injured?"

"My cousin hit him with a slingshot." Jin Xueqing said indignantly, he hated the people in his hometown to death, and also hated the grandparents who were not good to his eldest brother.

They were too biased.

"What? Hit with a slingshot? How painful for your eldest brother." Gu Hangbao's expression was solemn, "Has your family reported it to the police?"

"Reported to the police?" Jin Xueqing's expression was blank, "That's my cousin, is reporting to the police useful?"

"Why wouldn't it be!" Gu Hangbao was incredulous, "Your eldest brother is already blind, and your family still hasn't reported it to the police, waiting for the New Year?!"

Xiang Yubao agreed: "If you have difficulties, find the police. Your eldest brother is injured so severely, the perpetrator must pay medical expenses. Want to act like nothing happened? No way!"

Jin Xueqing's heart moved, and he said thoughtfully: "Need to find the police in our hometown, right?"

Gu Hangbao thought about it and nodded: "Should be."

"Right, must report to the police, people who do bad things must pay the price." Jin Xueqing said sonorously.

He grew up in the military family courtyard, his values were very correct.

Jin Xueqing stood up, "I'll go back and find my eldest brother to talk about this first."

The youth walked out in a hurry, and after a few steps, turned back, promising: "Gu Zhiyu, Gu Zhihang, the matter of reporting to the police is my idea, and it has nothing to do with you. I won't tell others, you don't leak it either."

The twins gave him ideas, he couldn't implicate them.

After the words fell, he left quickly.

Gu Hangbao said happily: "Jin Xueqing is not bad, count him as passing the test."

Xiang Yubao withdrew his gaze looking out the window, his eyes falling on the textbook.

There were square characters he wrote on the book, each stroke very neat, as if printed on.

Jin Xueqing returned home, his mother and sister weren't in the courtyard, he walked straight to the door of his eldest brother's room, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door lightly.

"Brother? It's Xueqing, I have something to find you."

There was no movement in the room.

Jin Xueqing waited patiently.

After a while, with a click, the door opened from the inside.

The gloomy youth stared at the person outside the door.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" His voice was a bit hoarse.

"Not afraid, you are my brother." Jin Xueqing said seriously.

The person inside the door stepped aside, walked into the room, sat on the bed, and looked at the ceiling, not knowing what he was thinking.

There were broken bowls on the ground, torn paper...

Jin Xueqing didn't dare to tidy up, huddled into a ball, and sat on the small stool by the bed.

He weighed his words, opened his mouth to explain his intention, "Brother, let's report to the police!"

On the bed, Jin Lixin was slightly startled, looking at this younger brother who made him feel complex, hateful, and jealous.

"What did you say?"

Jin Xueqing repeated: "Report to the police!"

"Cousin intentionally hurt someone, let the police catch him for labor reform, let Uncle and Aunt pay for your medical expenses!"

Jin Lixin's eyes became deep.

That's right.

He could report to the police himself, seek justice for himself.

Jin Baogen must get retribution, and Uncle and Aunt must also pay medical expenses.

Jin Lixin touched the eye that had been removed, his heart feeling so uncomfortable he couldn't breathe.

When he was first injured, if he had money in his pocket, he wouldn't have lost an eye.

"I want to report to the police." Jin Lixin gritted his teeth.

"Brother, I'll go with you." Jin Xueqing was full of seriousness.

"No need." Jin Lixin refused coldly.

He had already been abandoned by this family, he couldn't implicate others.

Jin Baogen was a Jin family member, wanting him to pay the price wasn't that easy.

Jin Xueqing thought his eldest brother hated him and left in low spirits.

When he reached the door, a "thank you" came from the room.

He turned around excitedly, only to see his eldest brother turn over.

Early the next morning, Jin Lixin asked his mother for twenty yuan, left the military region, and secretly boarded the train back to his hometown.

The Jin family discovered the child was missing, and the whole family courtyard was stirred up.

"Lixin—"

"My child, where did you go, come back quickly, it's all Mother's fault, Mother let you down..."

Aunt Jin's desperate crying rang out.

The family courtyard was like singing a big play, Lin Zhao was woken up and hammered her bed with a headache.

Gu Chenghuai was used to getting up early, ran twenty laps, and returned, sweat oozing from his forehead, his whole body radiating heat, like a big furnace.

Hearing the movement next door, he washed up simply and walked quickly into the room.

Seeing his wife's small action of hammering the bed, a smile bloomed in his deep eyes.

A few steps forward.

Leaning over, he covered Lin Zhao's ears with both hands.

Lin Zhao opened a slit in her eyes, "What are they arguing about again?"

"The eldest of the neighbor's family ran away." Gu Chenghuai saw Zhaozhao was awake, withdrew his hands, and sat on the edge of the bed to press her head.

Lin Zhao's eyes widened suddenly, "What?"

She sat up, the shoulder strap of her camisole nightdress slipped, revealing half a fair and round shoulder.

"Where did he run to? His injuries haven't healed yet, right?!"

Aunt Jin had a good reputation in the family courtyard; she was enthusiastic and straightforward, had boundaries in her conduct, never took advantage of others, and got along well with everyone. She had helped Lin Zhao a lot over the years.

She was muddled about her eldest son's affairs, which Lin Zhao didn't approve of, but the child was innocent, and she didn't want that pitiful youth to have an accident.

Gu Chenghuai leaned over to kiss his wife's neck, fragrant and soft, his eyes suddenly deepening.

Lin Zhao pushed his shoulder, "Be serious, don't always gnaw on people."

Married for so many years, this person was still so clingy, especially in bed, his energy was incredibly vigorous, not tired of it at all.

Gu Chenghuai sat up straight, returning to that sanctimonious appearance.

"The Jin family's kid should have returned to his hometown." He said steadily.

Lin Zhao was stunned, "Return to his hometown? How did he dare, he suffered such a great crime in his hometown, what is he going back for..."

Gu Chenghuai guessed: "Report to the police."

Lin Zhao thought of something, her eyes flickering a few times.

Xueqing that child came yesterday, Jin family's eldest son returning to his hometown to report to the police... wouldn't it be the inspiration given by Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao?

Thinking of this, she gripped Gu Chenghuai's arm.

"What's wrong?" Gu Chenghuai's tone was puzzled.

Lin Zhao told her man her concerns.

Gu Chenghuai's expression paused slightly.

"The possibility isn't non-existent."

And it's quite big.

Lin Zhao was a bit panicked, "That child won't have an accident, right? He doesn't even have an introduction letter, how did he return to his hometown? He wouldn't be hopping on a train, right..."

Gu Chenghuai thought to himself that this possibility was also quite big.

Comforting his wife: "Someone has already gone to chase him, the conductor has also received the military region's request, nothing will happen."

"Nothing must happen." Lin Zhao's sleepiness disappeared completely, she got up and changed her clothes.

"Nothing will happen, don't scare yourself." Gu Chenghuai pinched her fingers, "I'll keep an eye on it, I'll tell you in time if there's news, don't be anxious."

Lin Zhao sat at the desk combing her hair, "I'll try."

"Dong dong dong!"

Several rhythmic knocks on the door rang out.

Gu Chenghuai walked over to open the door, outside were Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao.

"Come in." He said.

Seeing Yaobao took the initiative to hold her father's hand, whispering: "Daddy, they are arguing next door."

Gu Chenghuai asked warmly: "Are you afraid?"

Seeing Yaobao's eyes flashed with a guilty conscience quickly, "... Not afraid."

She didn't say she was suddenly woken up from her dream and almost cried, Da Huang coaxed her, so she didn't cry out.

Gu Chenghuai saw through it but didn't say it, "Seeing Yaobao is getting braver, you will definitely be able to become an excellent female soldier in the future."

Seeing Yaobao's eyes were shining.

The little girl ran toward Lin Zhao with a flushed face, turned her back, and gave her the back of her head.

"Want pretty braids." The beauty-loving little girl emphasized.

"Okay." Lin Zhao agreed softly.

Performing beyond normal, she braided a double fishbone braid for her daughter.

Qian Bao discovered his sister's hairstyle had a new breakthrough, looked at it seriously for a few glances, and praised: "Sister looks pretty."

Seeing Yaobao praised back: "Little Brother is handsome."

Gu Chenghuai and Lin Zhao, the couple, had smiles on their faces.

After a simple wash and breakfast, Qiao Hui tidied up the house, Gu Chenghuai went to work, and Lin Zhao couldn't stand the crying next door, so she simply sent the twins to school, then took the materials to the unit to draw propaganda posters.

Many colleagues in the propaganda department asked Lin Zhao about the Jin family's affairs, Lin Zhao smiled and changed the subject, not saying a single word that shouldn't be said.

"Comrade Lin is really cautious, just chat casually, what can't be said, we won't spread it outside." Someone muttered dissatisfiedly.

Lin Zhao didn't take this to heart, just found an excuse, "I left early, didn't hear anything, I don't talk much about uncertain things, who is responsible if it becomes rumor-mongering?"

People in the office felt it was the same after hearing this, no longer pestering Lin Zhao, but the topic still revolved around the Jin family.

"..."

The Jin family was going to be the center of the topic for a while.

In the afternoon, news about Jin Lixin was received—he sneaked onto the train, the conductor wanted to send him back, he firmly refused, the conductor had no choice but to let him return to his hometown, giving him special care on the way.

Several conductors learned what the Jin family had done and were very sympathetic to Jin Lixin's encounter, intending to help him. ===== CHAPTER 403 =====