Li Huan carefully observed the place where Cheng Qiao grew up. It should be a house with three bedrooms and a living room. Cheng Qiao and Cheng Liguo each lived in one room, and Xia Fen and Wang Qin lived in one room.
But now the house is empty. Except for the furniture and tables, chairs and benches that cannot be moved, all the good things like sewing machines, radios, beddings, daily necessities, etc. have long disappeared.
The kitchen was even more messy. The few coal briquettes had turned into coal slag, staining the entire kitchen black. Broken pots and pans were also scattered on the ground.
The whole house seemed to have been ransacked, with no trace of life at all. Cheng Qiao guessed that Xia Fen must have escaped, but she didn't know where she had gone.
"Coincidentally, could this woman have returned to her hometown in the countryside?"
Cheng Qiao shook her head. She had never asked where Xia Fen's hometown was. Her father was now locked up and she could not see him at all.
"Coincidentally, Wang Qin should know."
"Even if she knew what the use was, she was assigned to the Northwest. And even if she knew, she wouldn't tell us."
"What about your Aunt Yangmei? Will she know?"
Cheng Qiao shook her head. Aunt Yangmei never spoke to Xia Fen, so the possibility of her knowing was almost zero.
Li Huan sighed, not knowing what to do for a moment. If he couldn't find Xia Fen, his father-in-law would not be able to overturn the case. Cheng Qiao closed his eyes, thought hard, and finally found a person from his memory.
My mother was still alive at that time. Every holiday, my father and mother would always take her to visit this home. My father said that this person was his old leader.
Later, her mother died and her father never took her there again, but she clearly remembered where the old leader lived and quickly stood up.
Li Huan looked at Cheng Qiao's belly worriedly, wondering how the baby was doing. He wondered if Cheng Qiao's hard work would be harmful to the fetus.
Cheng Qiao was very calm. She slept in the space last night because she found that the air in the space was very beneficial to the child, especially the ginseng tree. She could feel its unique fresh breath when sleeping next to it.
The two of them hurried to a family compound. When Li Huan saw soldiers standing guard outside, he knew that his father-in-law's old leader was no ordinary person.
"Hello, comrade. My name is Cheng Qiao, I'm Cheng Liguo's daughter, and this is my husband Li Huan. I want to find Grandpa Ye Chengying, can you help me notify him?"
Cheng Qiao walked up to the soldier on guard and stated his needs clearly. The soldier walked to the gate nearby and picked up the phone.
Not long after, the young soldier came out and made a gesture to Cheng Qiao to let her go, but he stopped Li Huan and then stood back in his original place. Cheng Qiao was a little at a loss, so Li Huan hurriedly asked Cheng Qiao to go in quickly.
Relying on her distant memory, Cheng Qiao finally stood in front of a yard. Looking at the red bricks and green tiles in front of her, as well as the wide and flat yard, her heart began to tense up.
"Cheng Qiao, you little girl have grown up so big in the blink of an eye."
A familiar voice was heard. It turned out to be Grandpa Ye’s youngest daughter, Ye Ling. She quickly took two steps forward and respectfully called out, “Hello, Aunt Ye Ling.”
"Come in quickly, my father is waiting for you in the study."
Cheng Qiao handed the gift in his hand to Ye Ling. Ye Ling saw that the gift contained not only milk powder and cigarettes, but also Maotai. She knew that what Cheng Qiao was asking for this time was not a small thing.
But thinking about her father's ability, Ye Ling accepted it generously. The most important thing was that she knew that Zhao Min and Cheng Liguo had money, so the little girl should not be short of money.
"Hello, Grandpa Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you very much."
Cheng Qiao knocked on the study door and heard someone shout "Come in". She quickly pushed the door open and saw a white-haired old man sitting on a cushioned armchair, flipping through a book.
"Little girl, do you miss me or want my help?"
"Grandpa Ye, I need your help. My father was murdered, and Xia Fen, the man who murdered my father, is missing again."
"Hey, little girl, you haven't stepped into my door since your mother left. Do you think I can still help you unconditionally?"
"Grandpa Ye, I don't know what I can do for you, but as long as I can do it, I will do it."
"You are just an educated youth sent to the countryside. What else can you do for me? Can't you dig wild vegetables for me to eat?"
"Grandpa Ye, fresh wild vegetables are also delicious if they are cooked well. It's a pity that the place where I work in the countryside is too far from here, otherwise I would really like to cook wild vegetables for you every day."
"The little girl is quite talkative. You are an educated youth and you cannot leave the educated youth camp for too long. You should go back quickly and live your life well."
"Grandpa Ye, my father..."
"You won't die, don't worry."
"But my father..."
"Miss Cheng Qiao, please leave."
A little soldier appeared at the door of the study and made a gesture of invitation. Cheng Qiao lowered her head helplessly, trying hard to hold back the tears in her eyes and not let them fall.
"Thank you, Grandpa Ye. Goodbye, Grandpa Ye."
She bowed to Ye Chengying and turned to leave.
Originally, Cheng Qiao wanted to return to the steel plant’s family compound, but a jeep stopped in the yard and took Cheng Qiao and Li Huan directly to the train to Huichun City.
Li Huan was still thinking about the luggage they had left in the guesthouse, but when he saw a man delivering their luggage, he suddenly became speechless.
They even took their luggage back from the guesthouse quietly. It seemed that their whereabouts had already been known to others. It would be better for them to go back wisely, otherwise no one would be able to save them if anything happened.
The train was heading towards Chuncheng slowly. Li Huan looked at Cheng Qiao lying on the soft sleeper and shook his head, saying that Grandpa Ye was really unkind as he let them sit in the soft sleeper.
You might say he is considerate, but Cheng Qiao didn't even have a chance to explain Cheng Liguo's situation clearly before he kicked her out. What on earth is going on
Cheng Qiao closed her eyes and recalled Ye Chengying's words. He said that her father would not die, which meant that he would take action at the critical moment. Thinking of this, she slowly let go of her worries.
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"Dad, you can obviously help get Brother Cheng out, why don't you help them?"
Ye Ling took the gift sent by Cheng Qiao into the study and started asking questions with the attitude of asking if you don't understand.
Ye Chengying rolled his eyes at his daughter, not understanding why this usually clever child had become so slow, but he still answered patiently.
"You still remember Zhao Min, right? She is the daughter of the Zhao family. Even though she is dead, someone is setting a trap for her. You can't just go against the trend."
"Will Cheng Qiao be implicated?"
"If it hadn't appeared in this place, it wouldn't have happened. Oh, right, first send Xia Fen's daughter to where Cheng Qiao went to the countryside. The son has to pay the father's debt, someone has to pay the debt."
"Okay dad, I understand what you mean, I'll do it right away."
Ye Ling walked out and made a phone call, not knowing that Ye Chengying was already lost in thought as he looked at the bottle of Moutai.