Chapter 403: Some accounts should be settled

A few days later.

Jin Lixin got off the train, didn't return to his hometown brigade, and went straight to the police station to report the case.

The police comrades immediately filed the case, visited the brigade, and launched an investigation.

There were many witnesses to Jin Baogen injuring Jin Lixin, and the perpetrator had no sense of guilt, instead treating this as a topic of conversation, babbling blindly in the village. The villagers were extremely annoyed and talked all at once about the Jin family's abuse of Jin Lixin.

Including but not limited to—

Making him kneel in the courtyard to reflect on snowy days.

When the family ate meat, they didn't even let him drink a mouthful of meat soup.

Jin Baogen and others could beat and scold him at will.

He had to work all year round, washing clothes, picking firewood, earning work points... without working, he couldn't even drink a mouthful of paste.

The Jin family took the allowance Jin Lixin's father sent every month, but didn't even let him go to school.

Of course, these were all behind the backs of Jin Lixin's parents, and the Jin family's surface work was done very well.

Hypocritical.

Among the police who came to investigate were soldiers who had transferred to civilian work.

After listening to what everyone said, his chest heaved violently with anger, and fierce light appeared in his eyes looking at the Jin family.

"You are simply ignorant! Your faces are more hateful than the slave owners of society!!"

"Injuring people without cause, take them away!"

Jin Baogen was handcuffed behind his back.

He was scared silly, shouting for his grandparents and parents, "... Save me!! I don't want to go to labor reform, Grandma, I don't want to."

Jin Old Woman hurriedly went to snatch her eldest grandson, but was pushed away by the hot-tempered police officer who grabbed her arm.

"The country has national laws, the family has family rules, beating and scolding military dependents, the crime is one degree heavier. The child's biological father is risking his life at the front line, and you family members beat and scold his son, even venomous snakes aren't as poisonous as you!"

Several police officers forcibly took Jin Baogen away.

The Jin family chased after them to plead, but hindered by the cold faces of the police, they didn't dare to move to snatch the person again.

"Don't take my son away, he's still small!" Jin Baogen's eldest aunt rushed over first.

Jin Baogen's father also rushed forward anxiously, "Baogen knows he's wrong, we will teach him well, for the sake of him still being a child, don't take him away, he still has to be a soldier in the future, if he leaves a file, how can he be a soldier..."

The police officer who transferred from the military turned his head and glanced at him, "Be a soldier? Your son is such a ruthless bully and still wants to be a soldier, he's not even qualified to feed pigs. The military is the place that emphasizes discipline the most, your son is like this... he can't get in."

After the words fell, several police officers accelerated, leaving the Jin family behind.

Jin Baogen was shouting and howling at first, but after leaving the sight of his family, he instantly became well-behaved, shrinking his neck when looking at the few people wearing police uniforms.

Several police officers looked at each other, their hearts full of disdain.

Just this... and wants to be a soldier?

It's good if he doesn't become a traitor!

It's also because the elders in the family pampered him too much, taught him nothing, and the Jin family wasn't quite sensible on the side.

Jin Baogen was taken to the police station by the police, silent like a quail the whole way, as sensible as could be.

Jin Baogen saw Jin Lixin, his whole body exploded, rushed up, and wanted to beat him.

"Jin Lixin!" He raised his fist and smashed it toward Jin Lixin's injured eye, "You drag-oil-bottle who was born by a father but not raised by a mother, you dare to report me, I'll beat you to death—"

The police were at the scene, how could they let him beat a soldier's child.

The police officer who transferred from the military grabbed Jin Baogen's back collar.

"Rebelled!" A slap that was neither light nor heavy hit the back of Jin Baogen's head.

"See clearly where this is? Daring to throw a tantrum here, you are a real bully!"

This person said this, twisted Jin Baogen's arm behind his back, and handed him to another police officer, "Lock him up, release him only when he learns to be well-behaved."

"Yes!" The police officer who received the order took Jin Baogen away.

Seeing this scene, Jin Lixin only felt extremely refreshed.

It was just that this couldn't eliminate the scars accumulated in his heart for many years, let alone heal him.

His resentment was greater than that of an evil ghost.

"Police Uncle, what will happen to Jin Baogen?"

The police officer looked down at him. The youth's body was thin and small, his injured eye was tied with black cloth, and his only remaining eye was like a burning flame. This was a child who had suffered a lot of bitterness but whose heart fire hadn't been extinguished.

"He didn't commit an irreversible act, at most he will be sentenced to three years of labor reform, you..."

"Enough." Jin Lixin said, "This is enough, just handle it according to the law."

He originally thought Jin Baogen would only be locked up for a few days. He knew the bitterness of labor reform; Jin Baogen wouldn't be able to bear it, he would have bitterness to eat.

The police officer listened to Jin Lixin's words, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

This morning, this youth rushed into the police station regardless of anything, opening his mouth to say he wanted to seek justice for himself. His black and yellow little face was gloomy, his whole person was shrouded in an aura that made people uncomfortable, and fierce light flashed in his eyes from time to time. His heart skipped a beat, fearing this child would walk on a crooked path.

Didn't expect...

He patted Jin Lixin's shoulder, "The Jin family hurt you, they should compensate for medical expenses, I will try my best to fight for you."

Jin Lixin knew from a young age that money was very important, more important than parents.

His eyes brightened slightly, and he was sincerely grateful, "Thank you, Uncle."

"It's what I should do." The police officer said.

"It's also that our work wasn't done well, otherwise you wouldn't have been bullied like this."

Through the Jin family's affair, he discovered that the common people knew very little about their functions as police, and he planned to conduct legal education for the entire commune, at least to deeply plant the concept of "if you have difficulties, find the police" into their hearts.

The Jin family had problems, and the problems weren't small, but... if little comrade Jin Lixin knew about them, knew to come to them for help, perhaps his eye could have been saved.

The police officer reflected deeply.

——Their work thinking must change.

Jin Lixin didn't speak.

The police comrade arranged for Jin Lixin to stay at the guesthouse and sent a telegram to the military region, just one word "Safe", without even punctuation.

The military region got Jin Lixin's whereabouts, and the political commissar and others breathed a long sigh of relief.

Jin Lixin sneaking onto the train back to his hometown had a bad influence on his father, he didn't get a disciplinary action, but he was criticized by the leader for half an hour.

"Filial piety also needs to pay attention to proportion. Your mother gave birth to you, didn't give birth to your son. You left your eldest son in the hometown to let him fulfill filial piety for you, isn't this outsourcing filial piety?"

"Why the child left, you have to reflect on it?"

"In this matter, you and your wife did wrong. Treat the child well when he comes back, don't bring that set of leading troops to your home."

"You are a good soldier, and also a good husband, a good father to Xueqing, but you let down your eldest son. Think about it carefully... your heart can be biased, but not too biased. If you really push the child away, he will never come back."

Deputy Regiment Jin flushed red and didn't speak.

He was a country bumpkin, and what he had today relied on real military merit. He didn't understand big principles, but he could still understand these words from the leader.

Leaving the leader's office in a dejected manner, Deputy Regiment Jin felt several gazes of watching the liveliness falling on him, extremely embarrassed.

Returning home, he sat in the courtyard with a gloomy face.

The Jin family used to be full of laughter, but now the atmosphere was as stagnant as ice.

Jin Xueqing returned home from school, dropped his schoolbag, and rushed to his father like a little calf.

Asking aggressively: "Dad, where is my brother?"

"Dad, did you find my brother?"

"Cousin bullied my brother, grandparents and the others are biased toward cousin, don't let my brother eat, why don't you protect my brother, you are a great hero, you can't even protect your son, what kind of great hero are you?!"

These words were heard by Lin Zhao and the twins separated by a wall, the mother and two sons looked at each other, subconsciously lightening their breathing, pricking up their ears to listen carefully.

Didn't see it, Xueqing is so powerful? Isn't he afraid of his father?!

Deputy Regiment Jin's eyes widened, "Too much nonsense, what are you managing as a little brat, go write your homework."

He couldn't figure it out himself.

He didn't know how things got to this step, hadn't everything been fine for so many years, how did the family suddenly become not a family...

"Why can't I manage, I'm also a member of this family, when are you going to find my brother?" Jin Xueqing asked persistently.

Deputy Regiment Jin said impatiently: "Your brother is fine."

His expression was strange, "He is very powerful."

This conversation was overheard by Lin Zhao and the twins through the wall; the mother and her two children looked at each other, subconsciously held their breath, and pricked up their ears to listen carefully.

Hearing this, Deputy Regiment Jin lifted his eyes suddenly, his eyes full of exploration, "How do you know your brother is going to find the police?"

He had a guess, "You gave him the idea?"

At the moment the words fell, he picked up the broom on the side and hit Jin Xueqing's butt.

"What kind of messy ideas did you give?"

"Do you know you almost harmed your brother, he is so small, still injured, how could he sneak back to his hometown? What if he was caught as a vagrant? I'll beat you to death, you ignorant brat."

Jin Xueqing actually took a hit and ran away quickly.

Looking back from time to time.

"I didn't harm my brother, it was your and Mother's bias that harmed my brother's eye!"

"My idea isn't messy, you don't seek justice for my brother, my brother seeks it himself, what's wrong with that?"

"Cousin isn't born by you, why are you biased toward him, not caring about my brother, I hate you, you are such a big person, you can't do anything about grandparents, they throw a tantrum and you compromise, you are not a great hero, you are a weak and incompetent coward!"

After scolding, Jin Xueqing ran away quickly.

It was almost mealtime, there were people on the road, Deputy Regiment Jin couldn't go chase the monkey, thinking of the words Jin Xueqing scolded him, his heart ached.

He was indeed muddled about his parents' affairs, but not to the point of being a coward, right?

The ignorant brat.

"If you have the guts, don't come back—"

Leaving a harsh word, Deputy Regiment Jin returned to the room, lying on the bed not knowing what he was thinking.

Until the door creaked.

He was startled and looked over.

It was his wife.

His wife, who had become haggard and pale in just a few days.

Deputy Regiment Jin sat up and said: "Send five yuan to the hometown every month from now on, save the rest. I heard some hospitals can install artificial eyes, if there is a chance, take Lixin to see."

Aunt Jin's eyes had light, asking eagerly: "What is this? Can it install a new eye for our Lixin? How to install a new eye? Can it see?!"

"I'm not a medical student, the specific situation still needs a doctor to see." Deputy Regiment Jin said.

He had been looking for people to inquire about artificial eyes when he wasn't at home these few days.

Dr. Meng said that the big hospitals in the capital had this technology, very expensive, at least three thousand.

Aunt Jin became happy, "As long as there is a way, as long as there is a way."

She couldn't help but shed tears. The child she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy suffered such a great crime, how could she not feel heartache?

"Very expensive, right?"

Deputy Regiment Jin didn't hide it, "At least three thousand."

"So expensive?" Aunt Jin's face turned pale, their family's savings weren't even five hundred, she didn't know how many years it would take to save enough money.

"Expensive, very troublesome surgery, can it not be expensive?" Deputy Regiment Jin wanted to smoke a cigarette, but thinking about saving money, he held it back.

Aunt Jin said: "Save it up, sooner or later we'll save enough."

She hammered her chest in annoyance, "Blame me for having no culture, no job, otherwise our family could save several hundred more a year, why am I so unpromising."

"Alright, save slowly, Lixin is too thin, looks malnourished, even if he wants to have surgery he can't, wait for him to come back and nourish him well." Deputy Regiment Jin said.

He sighed, "The two of us really let Lixin down, especially me, I overestimated my position in Mother's heart."

He had given up on those people in his hometown.

If they had half the gratitude for him, this old ox, they wouldn't have bullied his son like that.

"In the future... just be like that with the hometown."

Aunt Jin cried with joy.

Her man finally thought it through.

To make those two old things in the Jin family treat Jin Lixin better, they lived frugally, sending out twenty-five yuan every month, plus some tickets. Who knew it would raise the appetite of wolves and tigers, and let their son suffer grievances.

"How about you take a leave, let's go pick up Lixin together?"

Deputy Regiment Jin thought anyway he had nothing to do, might as well go back to his hometown.

Some accounts should be settled.

"Okay."

The couple were people of action. After deciding, they booked tickets immediately, told Xueqing and his sister to stay at home well, go to the canteen to get food if hungry, exhorted a bunch, and then left the military region.

Jin Xueqing didn't need his parents to manage him, he just wanted his brother to come back.

He knew he had a brother since he was small and was looking forward to his brother coming home.

The Jin family couple returning to their hometown was known to the Gu family next door.

Lin Zhao sighed: "I hope they can stand up and untie the knot in Jin family eldest's heart."

Gu Chenghuai saw his wife caring about the Jin family's affairs and said a few more words rarely, "Those people in the Jin family's hometown are going to lose big for small, they will have regrets."

Deputy Regiment Jin was emotional, indecisive about his parents' affairs, but don't forget he was also a soldier who came out of a mountain of knives and a sea of fire. If he really cared, those people would have tears.

"Deputy Regiment Jin has this courage?" Lin Zhao was half-believing.

"He's not an idiot." Gu Chenghuai said faintly, "Being a blood bag for so many years, I don't believe he has no thoughts in his heart."

It just happened to be Jin family eldest's affair, just taking this opportunity to get rid of those vampires.

"The couple are both muddled." Lin Zhao shook her head, "Children still need to be by their own side, no one can be relied on."

Poor youth, suffered such a great crime at such a young age.

Even if he installs an artificial eye in the future, the damage received will always exist. ===== CHAPTER 404 =====

Lin Zhao remarked with emotion: "I hope they can stand tall and untie the knot in the heart of the Jin family's eldest son."

Seeing his wife concerned about the Jin family's affairs, Gu Chenghuai rarely said a few extra words: "Those people back in the Jin family's hometown are going to lose big for the sake of small gains; they will have plenty to regret."

Deputy Regiment Commander Jin is sentimental and indecisive when it comes to his parents' affairs, but don't forget he is also a soldier who has come out of a sea of blades and flames; if he truly starts to settle scores, those people will have reason to cry.

"Does Deputy Regiment Commander Jin have that kind of resolve?" Lin Zhao asked, half-believing.

"He is not a fool," Gu Chenghuai said indifferently. "Having been treated as a blood bag for so many years, I don't believe he has no thoughts of his own."

It just so happens that with the matter of the Jin family's eldest son, he can use this opportunity to shake off those vampires.

"The couple is both muddled," Lin Zhao shook her head. "Children still need to be by one's side; no one else can be relied upon."

Pity that young boy, suffering such great harm at such a young age.

Even if he gets a prosthetic eye in the future, the damage received will always exist.