Chapter 445: Chapter 445
Outside the village, there was a small grove, and their car was parked behind it.
Wan Chu’er hurried to the back of the grove with the little boy in her arms. She glanced at his face, which had grown even paler, his eyes tightly shut, clearly in great pain.
"What’s your name?" Wan Chu’er couldn’t help but speak to divert his attention.
The little boy opened his eyes to look at the beautiful and generous Wan Chu’er, then lowered his eyelids again, directing his gaze to his leg, and said with difficulty:
"Auntie, my name is Xiao Huaili, others call me Little Lizzi."
Little Lizzi? Wan Chu’er thought of the infamous Eunuch from history. Chapters first released on novel★fire.net
"Can you tell me what happened just now?" Wan Chu’er continued to ask.
Hearing Wan Chu’er ask about this matter, Xiao Huaili showed a slight embarrassment on his face, but he couldn’t refuse this kind aunt who had shown him kindness, so he honestly recounted the events.
"My sister is sick and wanted fruit, but I had no money to buy any, so I thought of going out to see if I could borrow some tomatoes or cucumbers from someone... In the end, I didn’t manage to borrow anything. When I passed by the water channel behind the school, and saw half a cucumber discarded there, I... I just thought...
As a result, as soon as I picked it up, Zhang Xiaoqiang came running over, grabbed me and accused me of stealing their family’s cucumber.
Auntie, I don’t steal. My grandfather always told me that the poor shouldn’t be short of spirit. I’ve never stolen anything."
Wan Chu’er sighed. This village was plagued by harsh terrain and was remotely located; most of the families here didn’t have much, living off their small plots of land, dependent on the weather, so it wasn’t impossible that Xiao Huaili’s family was too poor to afford fruit.
Little Zhuanqi listened from behind and called out, "Mommy, brother looks so pitiful, let’s give him our apples."
Hunter also said, "And for brother’s sister."
Wan Chu’er always encouraged children’s kindness, "First, let’s take brother to the hospital, then we’ll give him an apple."
Hearing this, Xiao Huaili hurriedly shook his head with a slight embarrassment: "Auntie, I won’t eat, I won’t eat... I don’t need..."
He was not good with words, repeating only "I won’t eat" and "I don’t want." Wan Chu’er’s impression of him improved. She didn’t press the issue and quickly reached the car, opened the door, helped Xiao Huaili into the backseat and buckled his seat belt, and then secured Zhuanqi and Hunter into their safety seats.
"Little Lizzi, hang in there, we’ll be there soon."
As soon as the car started, they saw a group of people rushing out from the direction of the village, led by Zhang Xiaoqiang and his parents. Unbelievably, Zhang Xiaoqiang’s second-rate father was even holding a stick as thick as an arm, while Zhang Xiaoqiang’s mother was cursing about something.
By their looks and actions, they seemed to want Wan Chu’er to stop the car, but she ignored them entirely, pressed the gas pedal, and the car sped away, leaving a trail of flying yellow dust behind them.
After some thought, Wan Chu’er still decided to take Xiao Huaili to the military district’s clinic; the nearest county hospital was simply too far, and the road was rough. She worried that the bumpy ride would cause Xiao Huaili more pain, and furthermore, the military district clinic was adept at treating trauma injuries.
The car quickly arrived at the front of the military district’s clinic, and Xiao Huaili finally couldn’t hold on any longer and passed out.
Little Zhuanqi worriedly said, "Mommy, what’s wrong with big brother? Is he going to die?"
"Dummy, big brother is not going to die!" Before Wan Chu’er could say anything, Hunter retorted.
Wan Chu’er checked Xiao Huaili’s pulse and said to her children, "Big brother has just fainted." Then she picked up Xiao Huaili and hurried to the clinic.
The two little ones in the back of the car were anxious and shouted, "Mommy, I want to get out."
Wan Chu’er didn’t look back, "Figure it out yourselves."
Alright then, the two little ones pouted and looked at each other. Mommy was always , always telling them to figure it out on their own, even though they were only two-year-old babies.
Dr. Xiao Lan, the military doctor at the clinic, knew Wan Chu’er and was surprised to see her, "Chuchu, what happened?"
Wan Chu’er said, "This child’s arm is broken, and the pain has caused him to faint. Please help him."
"Quickly place the person on that bed over there." Dr. Xiao Lan asked about the situation while putting on a mask and gloves, calling for the nurses to help prepare the equipment.
Wan Chu’er looked around and saw that she couldn’t be of much help, so she left the medical office and came outside only to see the two little ones sticking out their bums and climbing down from the vehicle.
Just as she was about to say something, a soldier with a gun on his back hurried over.
"Good day, sister-in-law." The soldier saluted at attention; everyone in the family area knew that Wan Chu’er was the wife of the Special Forces Captain Jiang Kechu and that Captain Jiang’s family had a set of very playful twin children.
Wan Chu’er asked with confusion, "What’s the matter? What happened?"
The soldier said, "Sister-in-law, a group of villagers has come to the entrance of the family area. They are all insisting on seeing you to seek justice, saying that you beat their child and even kidnapped one."
Little Zhuanqi and Little Hunter also heard what the uncle said and immediately spoke up to clarify.
"They are the bad guys!"
"They beat up the little brother and hurt him badly."
"My mom didn’t kidnap the little brother, we wanted to treat him."
Wan Chu’er’s brows furrowed deeply. She hadn’t expected that Zhang Xiaoqiang’s parents would actually follow them here, and it wasn’t just Zhang Xiaoqiang’s parents, from the soldier’s description, it sounded like many other adults from the village had also come.
Actually, the specific facts of the situation could be explained by a bunch of kids from the village, but now it had escalated to the villagers coming to the entrance of the military family area demanding someone!
It was impossible to say that there were no personal ulterior motives involved. Aside from Zhang Xiaoqiang’s parents’ rude and persistent behavior, there must certainly be those wanting to stir up trouble.
This kind of issue involving military and civilians must be handled well, otherwise, it could cause negative social implications and might even affect Jiang Kechu.
And right now, Jiang Kechu and his men were still training, especially since the troops under Jiang Kechu’s command had a special nature, and it was uncertain when they would be able to return from the training grounds.
Therefore, this matter she had to personally intervene and handle well.
After thinking it over, Wan Chu’er said to Zhuanqi and Hunter, "You two wait here for your little brother, Mommy will go to the entrance to deal with the situation."
"Mommy, let sister wait for the little brother, I’ll go with you." Despite being only two years old, Little Hunter was much more mature than other children his age. He was worried about his mother and, sensing trouble, didn’t want to leave her side.
Wan Chu’er patiently said, "Sister is a girl, and as her brother, you must protect her well and wait here with her for the little brother."
When she wants to scold him, she says he’s just a child; but when she wants to get rid of him, she says he’s the big brother, a manly man. He feels like he’s the Sun Monkey in Mommy’s palm.
Seeing that his mother was adamant, Hunter had no choice but to stay at the entrance of the medical office with his sister.
After setting the two little ones up, Wan Chu’er said to the soldier on guard duty, "Let’s go, we’ll go over and take a look."
"Ah?" The soldier, looking at the two little heads that weren’t even as tall as his legs, and then thinking of that mob waving their fists at the entrance, hesitated for a moment.
Is it really okay to leave these two kids here ?
Can Wan Chu’er, a woman, go out there and face that bunch of rough villagers?
Seeing the soldier’s confused expression, Wan Chu’er shook her head internally and thought: I need to talk to Jiang Kechu and suggest that in addition to training their skills, the soldiers also need to work on their psychological readiness for unexpected incidents.
Wan Chu’er took the lead and headed toward the entrance, and the soldier, who felt disrespected, quickly followed her.