âIâll go with you.â Jiang Yao picked up two apples from the table and shook them at Lu Xingzhi. âIf itâs nothing serious, we can say that we heard the child crying, so we came to take a look at the situation and maybe to help the child.â
âThatâs so thoughtful of you.â Zhao Weiqi complimented Jiang Yao.
When Lu Xingzhi and Jiang Yao arrived next door, many people gathered in the courtyard next door, and two were in military uniforms.
The two soldiers were pressing down on a boy who looked about ten years old. The boy looked thin and small, but his strength was astonishing. Those two soldiers were young and strong, yet he could still wave his hands and kick his feet fiercely at them. The two soldiers were so tired that they were sweating.
A 30-year-old woman raised her hand and slapped the boy. Then, she took the boyâs clothes off. She scolded him and said, âYou motherless wild child, how dare you steal my sonâs clothes! Today, Iâll strip you naked! â
The little boy was as fierce as a wild wolf. When they suppressed his hands, he used his foot to kick them. He kicked the womanâs shoulder, causing the woman to take a few steps backward. The woman was so angry that she shouted at the two young soldiers. âKeep your hands on his foot!â
The two soldiers were flustered. One pressed down on the boyâs hands and the other on his foot. Then, the woman went toward the boy and slapped him again. The force was so strong that Jiang Yao, who was listening by the side, was shocked. Her heart ached for the child.
He had only taken a set of clothes. That womanâs reaction was too over the top. However, Jiang Yao felt that it was strange that so many people were watching, yet no one went up to stop her.
Just as the woman was about to slap the child again, Lu Xingzhi quickly walked forward and stopped her. He asked in a cold voice, âAs a military family member, do you think itâs appropriate for you to bully a child?â
Lu Xingzhi had reported to the military yesterday, so everyone knew about him.
At first, they were shocked by his actions, and then they were surprised by his cold words. It took them a long time to recover from their shock.
The woman was the first to react. She said, âThis is a child without a father or a mother. Heâs a vagrant child who hangs outside the base with a few other children. Heâs a beggar child.â
âHeâs still a child,â Lu Xingzhi said coldly.
âColonel Lu, you donât understand as youâve just arrived. This child is too annoying. Heâs always cheating our children out of their money, food, and toys. Itâs daylight robbery! Look what he did this time. He cheated our son of his clothes. Our son had to come home naked! How can I not be angry? Ask the families with children. Whose child hasnât been bullied by that wild child?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Liang Yueze said that Colonel Yeâs youngest son was only six years old, but that orphan child also looked like he was ten years old. Could a ten-year-old child wear the clothes of a six-year-old child?
After Jiang Yao saw Colonel Yeâs youngest son behind the crowd, she dispelled her speculations silently.
Colonel Yeâs youngest son was too fat!
He was so fat that he looked like a ball from afar.
However, the wild child was so thin that he could wear Colonel Yeâs youngest sonâs clothes.