Jiang Yao agreed with Major Zhu. Besides, it would have been fine if the kidnappers had sold them to other families as foster children, but some human traffickers amputate their limbs to make them beg in the streets. Those kids were too pitiful.
Major Zhu and Sergeant Yang still had things to do, so they went off after a few words. When they returned home, the first thing Jiang Yao did was hide some stuff in her backpack. She had been glued to Lu Xingzhi almost 24 hours a day when they were back at their hometown. Therefore, she did not have the time to do it.
Since Lu Xingzhi's birthday was in a few days, Jiang Yao was afraid that she did not have enough time to finish it. So in the next few days, whenever she had the time, she used it to fold the paper cranes.
Lu Xingzhi returned to his hometown for three days and finally managed to coax his wife, who had wanted to divorce him, to go back to the army with him. That news spread like wildfire in the army. Those who had said bad things about Jiang Yao in private did not dare to make another sound after she returned to the military. Some people even avoided Jiang Yao when they saw her; they were afraid that she would settle the score with them.
When Major He found out that Jiang Yao had returned that night, he brought his wife and mother-in-law to their home. Major He's mother-in-law was also someone who doted on her daughter and son-in-law. When she found out that her daughter's mother-in-law had caused so much trouble in the army, she rushed there to take care of her pregnant daughter even before the year ended.
It was not that old woman, so Jiang Yao welcomed them into their house, though Lu Xingzhi still treated them coldly. He sat on the sofa and only glanced at them. He did not even get up to greet them.
After Major He entered their home, he was not in a hurry to speak to Lu Xingzhi. Instead, he opened his mouth and apologized to Jiang Yao. "My mother thought that she was right when she heard a gossip. She wrote a report and then spread rumors everywhere. I'm very sorry. It was my negligence that prevented me from finding out in time to stop it. I don't know how to apologize for the harm that I've caused you."
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