Chapter 22: The Troublesome Younger Uncle-in-Law

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Jiang Hua looked at the little girl with a mix of amusement and disbelief. “What are you daydreaming about?”

But as soon as the words left her mouth, she was both shocked and delighted to realize, “Xia Xia, you can say six words now!”

Jiang Xiaxia counted on her fingers, her eyes lighting up, then she asked curiously, “Why?”

Why could she suddenly say six words?

“Maybe because... it’s just so shocking?”

Thinking about what Jiang Xiaxia had just said, Jiang Hua couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

Marrying the third uncle to a man? That simply couldn’t happen. Not just in their village, but in their whole country, it had never happened.

Lin Hua’s situation was a special case—an agent disguised as a woman, deliberately deceiving others.

But the third uncle? Among the three children in the family, he was the most cunning and daring.

If an agent like that had really been introduced to him, he would have noticed.

Even if he hadn’t, that wedding night would surely have revealed the truth!

Moreover, the third uncle and Qian Neng hardly had any contact—how could he have met a male spy disguised as a woman?

This little girl’s imagination seemed a bit far-fetched, how could she associate it with the third uncle’s marriage?

But when Jiang Hua thought about the third uncle’s marriage, she frowned deeply and sighed.

Jiang Xiaxia didn’t realize her grandmother was worrying about her uncle’s marriage again; she just scratched her head, feeling something was off.

Until she dreamt again, and saw her uncle being wheeled out of the operating room, still unconscious, and suddenly jolted awake.

She realized that every time she saved her uncle, she could speak a little more.

She remembered that the original child in this body never spoke when held captive by bad people!

Then, after saving her uncle once, she could say two words.

And then—on the train, she saved her uncle again?

This part, Tongzi wasn’t entirely sure, but after that, she saved her uncle once more at the state-run restaurant.

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After that, as long as she saved her uncle a few more times, she would be able to speak normally?

With this realization, Jiang Xiaxia clung to Jiang Hua’s arm and happily fell asleep again.

This time, there were no nightmares; she slept soundly until dawn. Waking up to see Jiang Jing and Jiang Hua both there, her mood lifted.

But thinking about the human traffickers, she poked her uncle, who was busy cleaning up the leftover food on the table, then took out a small newspaper and asked Jiang Jing, “The traffickers weren’t caught. Will we meet them again?”

Jiang Jing thought for a moment before nodding, “According to their confessions, their activity area was originally around the military base. Whenever they make a move, if the local police station can’t handle it, they definitely ask for our help!”

Jiang Xiaxia exclaimed and immediately understood. It must have been her uncle who confronted those traffickers, especially that boy, and probably got hurt again.

But...

Jiang Xiaxia couldn’t help but dig into her little pocket again, looking at Jiang Jing with a strange expression.

The first time she saved her uncle, she took out the potion even the zombie king wanted; the second time, she pulled out candy laced with a sedative.

She felt there were still other things she could bring out, but she didn’t know how to save her uncle to do so.

Sighing, Jiang Xiaxia poked Jiang Jing’s arm, “From now on, protect uncle!”

When Wang Lianjun hurried to the state-run restaurant, he overheard the little girl’s words and immediately laughed, “Jiang Jing, have you become so weak that you need a little girl to protect you now?”

Sitting down at the table, he first called out to Jiang Hua, then, seeing his comrade’s speechless expression, he chuckled, “No, you’ve probably been protected by this little girl for a long time! Remember that grenade?”

Mentioning this made Jiang Jing’s head throb a little.

“Is this also a comrade from the military?”

While they were talking, Zhang Xiaofang came out from behind, carrying braised pork and pickled fish.

“This is from our head chef!” Zhang Xiaofang looked gratefully at the group, “If it weren’t for you, we would have been doomed yesterday! We bought this ourselves to thank you for your help.”

Seeing Zhang Xiaofang, Jiang Xiaxia recalled the emaciated figure with a frighteningly swollen belly from her dream and suddenly exclaimed, “Brother?”

Jiang Jing glanced at Xiaxia and helped complete her sentence, “What about Lin Hua?”

Zhang Xiaofang awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth, “Well, we all heard—his partner is a man. Lin Hua got quite a shock this time, so the master told him to rest at home for a day or two!”

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaxia couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Jing.

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Jiang Jing had already heard the talk about marrying a man when the little girl was still asleep; he twitched the corner of his mouth, wondering what nonsense was swirling in her little head.

“That’s just too much!” Jiang Hua looked at the two large dishes and quickly declined.

But Zhang Xiaofang shook her head, “No, madam, this is not too much! If you weren’t from here, I would have transferred the job to you to show my gratitude!”

Such sincerity surprised Jiang Hua.

“Little girl, actually, your troubles started because of us! If our child hadn’t discovered the secret of that booklet, the agent who came to pick up the items wouldn’t have tried to kill! So we dragged you into this!”

Zhang Xiaofang shook her head and bit her lip hard. “The world used to be harsh, but now that it’s finally peaceful, these agents deserve to be caught! And madam, you don’t know, my uncle—the head chef over there—somehow had someone trying to arrange a match for me and Engineer Qian. If it weren’t for you all, I’d probably be at a blind date by now!”

Jiang Hua immediately looked down at Jiang Xiaxia and saw her still anxious, deep in thought.

“Anyway, this is my uncle’s way of thanking you!” Zhang Xiaofang said no more, set down the dishes, and went off to work.

But Jiang Xiaxia grabbed Zhang Xiaofang’s hand, “Brother, you, marry?”

Recalling the dream where Zhang Xiaofang’s eyes were red as she stared at the operating room, someone beside her advising her to stay strong for the child, but she smiled bitterly, “It’s okay, I’m not worried. If he leaves, I’ll take the child to be with him! The three of us will never be apart again!”

That pitiful expression left Tongzi feeling uneasy.

Moreover, in the apocalypse, children were precious, yet the Zhang Xiaofang in the dream didn’t want to give birth.

Following the survival rules of the apocalypse, Tongzi stopped Zhang Xiaofang and asked her:

If she married Lin Hua now, Lin Hua wouldn’t be poisoned, and after having a child, she could give birth directly, right?

Zhang Xiaofang blushed thinking about how Lin Hua protected her last night and immediately turned and ran away.

Jiang Xiaxia wanted to chase after her to ask why she wouldn’t marry, but Jiang Jing caught her and flicked her forehead, “You’re still too young. Whether someone marries, who they marry, none of that’s your concern.”

Jiang Xiaxia pouted, looking at Jiang Jing’s indifference, shook her head, and sighed, “Such a worry!”

Jiang Hua let out a cold laugh.

Jiang Jing, who had been about to say something, saw his mother smiling and quietly took out two bamboo chopsticks, rubbed his nose, and obediently started eating.