Chapter 21: The Younger Uncle Is Going to Marry a Man
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Jiang Hua looked at her bewildered youngest son and smiled slightly. Lowering her voice, she softly said, “Let go quickly! Don’t disturb Xiaxia’s sleep!”
Jiang Jing gave his mother a helpless glance. “Am I not letting go? That girl’s little teeth are biting down hard! I can’t loosen my hand at all!”
He felt like his skin was about to tear!
Jiang Hua furrowed her brow and stepped forward to take a look. Sure enough, the little baby teeth were firmly clamped onto Jiang Jing’s hand, refusing to let go. After a moment’s thought, she raised her hand and patted Xiaxia’s back gently. “Grandma’s here! Don’t be afraid.”
Jiang Xiaxia’s tightly knit brows slowly relaxed. Seeing this, Jiang Hua patted her again softly, coaxing her in a low voice, “Good Xiaxia, Grandma is here.”
One gentle coaxing after another, after about five minutes, Jiang Xiaxia finally released her bite.
Jiang Jing hissed sharply, immediately pulling his hand back. Looking down, he couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly, “These little baby teeth really hurt!”
Jiang Hua shot her son an annoyed glare. “Who told you to scare her during the day!”
Jiang Jing was somewhat helpless. As he turned to find a cloth to wipe his hand, he didn’t forget to explain, “Mom, that thing about the fruit candy was too bizarre. If I didn’t ask, when the police come to ask, that girl definitely wouldn’t be able to answer!”
Jiang Hua sighed. “No matter what, this child is your lifesaver. You mentioned earlier about human experiments. If that turns out to be true, this child is really pitiful. If her parents find out, they’ll be heartbroken.”
Jiang Jing, whose face had been tinged with helplessness, grew serious upon hearing this. “I’ve already told the captain about it. They should send people to continue investigating. They won’t bring it up in front of the girl again. Just now, I asked one question, and she anxiously told me she’s a person and doesn’t want to be studied.”
Jiang Hua muttered a curse under her breath, “Those beasts!”
Jiang Jing sighed heavily. “If I had known, I wouldn’t have shot those bastards back then!”
They died so easily—it was truly too cheap for them.
Jiang Jing sighed again heavily. Just as he turned to put down the cloth, the little girl lying on the bed suddenly opened her eyes and stared fixedly at him.
Just as he was about to say something, the little girl suddenly jumped off the bed, ran straight to Jiang Jing’s legs, and clung tightly to his thigh, her small voice trembling with nervousness: “Can’t eat!”
Jiang Jing raised an eyebrow. Just as he was about to say he hadn’t secretly eaten anything behind her back, she added two more words: “Poisoned!”
Both Jiang Hua and Jiang Jing’s expressions changed simultaneously. Jiang Hua even hurried a few steps forward to Jiang Jing’s side, her voice tinged with panic: “Third son, did you just eat something?”
Jiang Jing narrowed his eyes slightly. “Besides the steamed bun you bought earlier, I haven’t eaten anything else.”
Jiang Xiaxia couldn’t help but tiptoe, reaching up to touch Jiang Jing’s belly, then scratching her head. It took her a while to realize—ah, she was awake.
Quietly relieved, Jiang Xiaxia recalled what happened later in the dream and shivered slightly.
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In the dream, she bit her little uncle’s hand to stop him from picking up food.
That villain named Qian Neng thought her uncle had discovered their plan and suddenly overturned the table. Downstairs, a pale woman rushed in holding a gun.
Her little uncle got shot while protecting several middle-aged men.
Later, she followed her uncle to the hospital. He was taken in for surgery, and then she saw Brother Lin Hua was brought in as well.
Lin Hua, to warn others about the poisoned food, ate some himself while the pale woman wasn’t paying attention.
When Zhang Xiaofang was brought in, her belly was swollen, but the child wasn’t Qian Neng’s—it was Lin Hua’s.
After that, she woke up.
Rubbing her chin, Jiang Xiaxia found it strange. Qian Neng and Sister Zhang Xiaofang were married, so why was the child Lin Hua’s?
“Xiaxia, did you just have a nightmare?” Jiang Hua asked from the side, watching the little girl alternate between sighing and furrowing her brows thoughtfully.
Jiang Xiaxia nodded and took out a newspaper from her pocket, pointing to it: dreamt that uncle ate food here and got poisoned, and others too.
She thought for a moment, then pointed again: bad guy, Xiaofang, married.
Jiang Jing glanced over and scoffed, “What kind of dream is that? Why bite me if they got married? Was it because I didn’t give you food at the wedding banquet, so you bit me?”
Jiang Xiaxia glanced sideways at Jiang Jing. If she hadn’t bitten her uncle’s hand, he would have been poisoned!
She even saw in the dream how pale Lin Hua looked when taken to the hospital; his lips were purple!
Just as she was about to explain further, two sharp knocks on the door interrupted them.
Jiang Jing opened the door to see a National Security agent standing there, frowning slightly. “I’ve already said everything I should, including about my niece. Is there anything else?”
“Comrade Jiang, this concerns military secrets. We need to trouble you to come with us to the police station again.”
Military secrets?
Jiang Jing’s expression grew serious immediately. “Alright, I’ll go with you now.”
Jiang Hua, holding Jiang Xiaxia, walked to the door. “Don’t worry, Mom and Xiaxia will wait here. We won’t go anywhere!”
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Jiang Jing nodded and immediately followed the National Security agents out.
Jiang Xiaxia, seeing the agents, suddenly remembered the question Jiang Jing had asked before she went to sleep. Her small body trembled.
After Jiang Hua closed the door, Jiang Xiaxia pressed her ear against it to listen carefully. Only after ensuring no one else was around did she walk over to Jiang Hua hesitantly.
“What does Xiaxia want to say to Grandma?”
A smile appeared in Jiang Hua’s eyes. “Is there something you can’t tell your uncle?”
Jiang Xiaxia opened her mouth as if to say something, then shook her head and obediently climbed onto the bed, sitting quietly beside Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua recalled what her youngest son had said earlier and patted the little girl’s head. “Xiaxia is just Xiaxia, she’s Grandma’s granddaughter! No matter what Xiaxia was like before, Grandma will never dislike her!”
Jiang Xiaxia’s eyes brightened, and she answered loudly, “Good, Grandma!”
Jiang Hua smiled softly and was about to soothe the little girl to sleep when Jiang Xiaxia suddenly took out the newspaper again and pointed to the words: bad person, Fang, married!
Under Jiang Hua’s surprised gaze, she thought for a moment and pointed again: bad person, Hua, married!
Jiang Hua squinted slightly. “Are you saying you dreamed that Qian Neng married Xiaofang, and Lin Hua married that spy too?”
Jiang Xiaxia nodded. Jiang Hua laughed and shook her head. “I just heard from Officer Xiao Liu at the police station that Lin Hua’s partner is actually a man!”
A man?
Jiang Xiaxia scratched her head. It was known that Qian Neng and the male spy disguised as a woman were on the same side. Qian Neng introduced this male spy to Lin Hua and married him.
Then—
In her dream, Qian Neng wanted to introduce a partner to her uncle.
Does that mean Qian Neng is trying to find a man for her uncle?
Tongzi was shocked: “Uncle, marry, with a man?”
Oh my, even Tongzi could say six words in shock!