Colonel Ye’s wife had just finished speaking when the other military wives nodded in agreement. They looked angry too.
“That’s right, Colonel Lu. That wild child had swindled all of our children. Yes, he is a child, but he is too infuriating,” one of the military wives said.
“He has been beaten and scolded. That should be enough, right?” Jiang Yao looked at the child’s red, swollen cheeks; she pitied him.
The child had no parents and was wandering on the streets. He was too pitiful.
Even though he had done some bad things, he was still a child. No one should be so ruthless toward a child.
As soon as Jiang Yao opened her mouth, the people around her realized her presence. They guessed that she must be with Colonel Lu, though no one knew her identity. Perhaps she was his sister. So, no one dared to talk back to her.
Lu Xingzhi said, “Go and get a set of my clothes.”
Jiang Yao sighed, nodded, and went back with the two apples in her hands. She took a set of clothes that Lu Xingzhi rarely wore. She guessed Lu Xingzhi’s intention and brought a pair of scissors with her.
When Lu Xingzhi saw that Jiang Yao had an extra pair of scissors in her hand when she returned, he praised Jiang Yao with his eyes. She was really smart.
Lu Xingzhi took the clothes and compared them with the child’s height. Then, he cut them up before he told the two soldiers to release the child. He helped the child out of his clothes and into the new one. Then he returned them to Colonel Ye’s son.
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