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"Xiao Lei, there’s no need to panic, rest assured, I’m here. Let’s head back to the room first. Sister Gui, go ask the nanny to bring so hot soup over for everyone to drink," Xie Jingchen comforted by patting the panic-stricken Xiao Lei on the back of his head and, picking up the boy who reached his abdon, instructed his subordinate and took the people back to the main room.
Xiao Lei’s little dark face turned red, but he knew that his body was weak and powerless due to the dication.
On the way into the Siheyuan previously, it was Uncle Hu, a Rong Wei, who carried him all the way. With his body this limp, even if he wanted to pretend to be strong, it was a case of the spirit being willing but the flesh being weak.
"Boss, I’ll go." Hu Zhengjie, hearing that the nanny had prepared the soup, interjected before Sister Gui could speak and took up the task.
Damn, it’s freezing outside; he now felt so cold and stiff that he just wanted to drink so hot soup to warm up.
When Sister Gui saw this, she shook her head helplessly and followed. Clearly looking like a tough and strong Brother Rong, she didn’t know why this man was so afraid of the cold.
When Xie Jingchen returned to the living room with Xiao Lei in his arms, Yan Jinsu had already stood up in front of the sofa. When the child in her husband’s arms saw her, his greyish-black eyes instantly lit up as if seeing at—
"Sister~" Xiao Lei truly thought the person before him wasn’t a blur before his eyes and cried out loudly to Yan Jinsu.
Hearing Xiao Lei address his own wife as ’sister,’ Xie Jingchen felt like rewarding him with a big smack: How could this mischievous child make it seem like there were two generations between him and his young wife!
Xiao Lei was still clueless, and he kept on shouting "Sister, sister" towards Yan Jinsu’s direction, causing the veins on Xie Jingchen’s forehead to bulge one after another.
Although Yan Jinsu didn’t quite rember her past, she felt a direct emotion towards each person she saw, just like when she faced her husband appearing unexpectedly, she did not recognize him, but she did not resist his proximity.
When she saw Xie Tiesheng’s parents, her feelings were as if seeing her own biological parents; the emotional bond was natural and intense.
When she saw Xie Jingzi, the little aunt, it was like seeing a little cousin, with a natural affection for her.
Now, seeing Xiao Lei for the first ti, her impression of the child was like seeing a nephew, and seeing the tears at the corners of his eyes, her delicate brows were tightly knotted and wouldn’t relax.
Her mood was extrely unpleasant.
But it wasn’t annoyance at the half-grown child before her, but at the stranger who made Xiao Lei cry so miserably.
"Xiao Lei, your ’Second Aunt’ is pregnant, don’t be reckless," Xie Jingchen, holding the adolescent boy, quickly approached his wife and set him down but kept holding Xiao Lei’s arm to prevent him from moving rashly.
"You’re lying, sister has already given birth!" Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi were already born; does Uncle Xie have a broken brain?!
Xiao Lei’s bright big eyes accused Xie Jingchen in this way.
"Xiao Lei, don’t talk to Second Uncle like that," Yan Jinsu instinctively pulled Xiao Lei’s wrist and scolded him softly, understanding why her husband’s face had turned so grim.
This grown man was already ten years older than her; the last thing he wanted was for soone to ntion the issue of age.
There’s no helping it; those Big Head Soldiers under Xie Jingchen’s command were always fearlessly teasing him about ’old husband, young wife’ or saying ’the good vegetables are all hogged by the pig,’ making Xie Jingchen want to burst out in anger, before then scrambling away.
"Sister, sister, Little Ya and Uncle Shou have been captured by bad guys. I followed them all the way here, but when I was about to get off the train, soone drugged and knocked out!" Xiao Lei, frantic with worry for his little sister and Brother Shou, couldn’t keep calm.
When he saw Xie Jingchen, it was a relief, but upon seeing Yan Jinsu, he felt as if he had found a family mber and hastily told her everything that had happened.
As for his sister’s scolding, that didn’t matter anymore.
"Did you follow the criminals all the way from the X county town?" Xie Jingchen asked.
Xiao Lei paused, realizing Uncle Xie was the one to take charge of the situation, and imdiately began to explain everything in detail from the beginning.
"Yeah, the night before last, after Little Ya and I finished our work, we were about to go ho. Right before we got to our door, two big guys suddenly rushed out and grabbed Little Ya without saying a word!"
Xiao Lei said this, his small hands tightly clenched:
"I’m small and no match for them. Little Ya was scared and kept shouting for Uncle Shou. Around this ti, Uncle Shou would usually be finished with work and on his way ho. It’s like the other side knew our family’s routine perfectly, even timing their ambush just right.
Just when I managed to pull Little Ya back towards our doorway, I never expected that two other bad guys would co rushing out of our house. I was caught off guard and got knocked out by them."
Xie Jingchen handed a glass of water to Xiao Lei, who finished it in a few gulps, finally feeling his parched and itchy throat soothed. Then he imdiately continued his story:
"Luckily, Uncle Shou ca back in ti. I must’ve been unconscious for about ten minutes. I vaguely rembered the direction Little Ya was taken. Following that way, I found the seeds that Little Ya had deliberately dropped on the ground, leading all the way to the train station.
But since there were too many of them, Uncle Shou told to go back and inform Uncle Fatty, while he went ahead alone trying to rescue Little Ya.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Shou was spotted and overpowered by them as soon as he got close. I didn’t have the ti to go back and explain to Uncle Fatty in detail; I just hastily passed the ssage through a young friend who often worked with us at the train station and secretly followed onto the train myself."
"And then what?" Yan Jinsu asked nervously.
Xiao Lei closed his eyes, recalling the entire process: "Uncle Shou was tricked, so I dared not get any closer. Only after confirming they were on the train to Beijing did I scramble onto the last carriage through a window, in the final minute."
The train was crowded, and nobody paid much attention to a small child like him, as long as he kept quiet. The conductors weren’t going to check everyone.
Plus, with his sharp wits, Xiao Lei eventually got closer to the compartnt near where the criminals were.
But to his dismay, he found that neither Little Ya nor Uncle Shou were conscious, surrounded by big n he hadn’t seen before, making him hesitate.
If he got caught too, then nobody would be left to save them. Xiao Lei could only stay put. But as the train was about to stop, he grew nervous and was nonetheless discovered by them.
He didn’t know where they had gotten the drug from, but he was caught off guard for just a mont and was swiftly knocked out by a man from behind.
During the journey, he woke up in a daze once and overheard them saying that once they delivered the person the Doctor wanted, that was enough. As for the unexpected little boy, they could sell him off to a remote place for so extra profit.
Those heartless thugs, hearing about the chance for accidental extra money, were certainly eager for a few more coins in their pockets.
So, in the end, Xiao Lei ended up separated from Little Ya and Uncle Shou again.
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