After Being Reborn and Regaining Her Identity, the True Heiress Is Spoiled in the Seventies Chapter 191: Treatment

Just as he was thinking, he saw two people with red sleeve badges chasing over. "You little bunny, stand still for . You're young but can run pretty fast. Watch teach you a lesson today..."

Seeing soone chasing, Wu Xiaohua held Pei Jing's hand even tighter and took a few steps back, hiding himself completely behind Pei Jing.

Even though he had been extrely careful, he was still spotted by the chasing n. Fortunately, Pei Jing was wearing a military uniform, which made the chasing n extra polite.

"Comrade soldier, do you know this kid?" The man with the red sleeve badge pointed at Wu Xiaohua hiding behind him, a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Can't say I know him well, but I've seen his father a few tis before. Comrades, I see you're chasing after him. May I ask what's the matter with the child?" Pei Jing asked.

"He stole stuff. It's not his first ti either. The previous two tis we let him go because he's just a pitiful child. But this ti he did it again, and we can't keep turning a blind eye," the man replied helplessly.

"Comrades, there must be so misunderstanding here. This child's family..." Pei Jing wanted to say his family was well-off, but looking at how the boy was dressed, there was a huge difference from two years ago.

"Comrade, since you said you've seen his father before, I assu it was a long ti ago, right?" The man also picked up on Pei Jing's hint and sighed. "To tell this child's story, he's really pitiful. His dad is in prison for crippling soone. His mother ran off last year. Now it's just him alone. We know he's pitiful, but that can't be a reason for him to steal!"

Pei Jing and Zhi Xia looked at each other, surprised by the turn of events.

They didn't expect this to be the case. Although Wu Lei was cunning, he had always been kind to others, wearing a silly grin for everyone. The neighbors also had nothing but praises for him.

As a smart man, even if he was extrely furious, there were many other ways for him to handle things instead of directly beating soone to disability.

It's not that he shouldn't retaliate, but taking actions that would implicate himself was very much unlike soone like Wu Lei.

As for Zhang Lin running away, there wasn't much surprise.

She was the reason why they decided not to get too close with Wu Lei in the first place.

Hearing what happened to his parents, Wu Xiaohua seed to have gotten used to it already.

Head lowered, he let go of Pei Jing's legs, quietly standing aside without a word, not refuting anything said about his parents.

Pei Jing turned to the silent Wu Xiaohua and let out a helpless sigh. He walked forward a few steps. "May I have a word with you two?"

Even if what they said was true, saying bad things about soone's parents in front of a child must have been psychologically damaging.

The red sleeve badge man followed Pei Jing to the side. The three of them talked about sothing. Pei Jing paid to compensate what Wu Xiaohua stole. The two n didn't make things difficult for them. After all, he was just a child, looking very pitiful.

Pei Jing ca back and looked at Zhi Xia. "Let's find a place to sit first. I'll go buy so food."

It was only now that Pei Jing found out Wu Xiaohua had stolen two buns from soone. The previous two tis were also food, not much in quantity. That was why he wasn't pursued too harshly.

Wu Xiaohua's expression was calm, not like that of a child's. He suddenly bowed deeply to Pei Jing and Zhi Xia. "Thank you for helping . I'll head ho now."

He turned and ran off without giving them a chance to respond.

"What's going on?" Zhi Xia looked at Pei Jing.

"I asked just now. It's as they said. Now there's only Wu Xiaohua left in the Wu family. He probably stole because he was starving badly. What he stole these few tis were all food," Pei Jing replied.

Perhaps it was because they were already parents themselves, but they couldn't bear seeing a child suffer.

Moreover, to be fair, it was truly too bad for soone as capable as Wu Lei. But he did beat soone to disability.

"Pei Jing, I rember brother Si ntioning they have nurseries in his town. Should be so around here too right? Can we help Wu Xiaohua?"

"Wu Xiaohua is already over 10. Nurseries take in infants or younger children. He's too old and can take care of himself already. They probably won't accept him," Pei Jing thought for a mont and said, "But the street office should be able to arrange sothing. If you want to help him, we can go ask."

Since Wu Xiaohua had no parents now, the street office holds responsibility too. Whether due to difficulty in arranging care or lack of advocacy for him, the street office chose to ignore Wu Xiaohua's plight. But if soone were to step up and supervise things, they can't just watch Wu Xiaohua starve.

"Alright, let's go ask then." Zhi Xia thought helping soone was just a matter of effort. Who knows, it might save soone's life.

Just as Pei Jing expected, Wu Xiaohua's existence was a huge headache for the street office.

A child his age was the most difficult to arrange care and discipline for without parents.

If he was older, arrangents could still be made to send him to villages in the countryside to fend for himself.

But he was too young for that. And as an only child, he didn't et policies for being sent away, and had no intentions to go either. That was the dilemma.

After Pei Jing's intervention, the street office agreed to arrange a temporary job for Wu Xiaohua at the city nursery to help take care of the children, with a ￥2 monthly living subsidy and food provided.

Since it was forced charity work, the street office could only guarantee he wouldn't starve.

Even though life had improved compared to previous years, many still couldn't afford enough to eat. Expectations couldn't be too high.

Helping out took up quite a bit of their ti. On the bus ride back, Zhi Xia asked Pei Jing, "The street office won't just say that for show and continue ignoring Wu Xiaohua later without anyone following up right?"

As she finished speaking, she yawned and rested her weary head on Pei Jing's shoulder, breathing evenly as she fell asleep.

Pei Jing smiled helplessly at her sleeping face. He adjusted her shoulder so she could lie comfortably on his lap and took off his jacket to cover her in case she got cold.

By the ti they returned to town, it was already mid afternoon.

The mont the bus stopped, Zhi Xia opened her eyes to find the other passengers had already gotten off.

Only then did she realize she had been sleeping on Pei Jing's lap. Her face flushed red, wondering if anyone had laughed at them just now.

"We've reached town, let's get off the bus," Pei Jing said as he helped steady Zhi Xia and took back his jacket, "Cold?"

Zhi Xia shook her head. Seeing that his hands weren't icy cold, she touched them, "You know I keep extra clothes in my space. Why didn't you wake just now? Even lending your jacket. What if you caught a cold?"

"I'm not that frail. This little chill is nothing to ." During missions, they've endured far colder temperatures, disguising themselves in the snow. That was truly unbearable.

"Let's hurry. Find sowhere discreet first to take out our bikes. The kids must be anxiously waiting for us back ho."