First Night with the Army: The Stoic Big Shot Is Done Pretending

At these words, a frantic look flashed across Jiang Ye’s face. The only people who knew her address and would pound on the door so crazily were her biological parents. They had found her when she was just a little girl.

They told her the entire truth.

They even threatened that if she didn’t give them money, they would go to the Jiang Family and reveal the truth about the past. She was terrified, deathly afraid her biological parents would drag her back to the countryside to live a hard life.

Even though she was thoroughly doted on in the Jiang Family.

But in front of her biological parents, she was like a clown, having to give them every bit of allowance the family provided.

They didn’t even spare her Lunar New Year red envelopes.

The 15th of every month was their set day to come to Beijing and collect money.

Jiang Chen shook his head. "No."

"That’s strange."

However, Jiang Chen didn’t press the matter. He glanced around the room and said, "You can stay here for the time being. I’ll go live at the barracks."

Last night, Jiang Chen had slept on the sofa.

’If I didn’t know Jiang Ye wasn’t my biological sister, I wouldn’t think anything of sharing a room, but we aren’t blood-related.’

’It would be bad for her reputation down the line.’

"Okay," Jiang Ye accepted readily.

After a moment’s thought, Jiang Chen took a few dozen yuan from his bag and pressed it into Jiang Ye’s hand. "Mom’s still angry right now, so you can’t spend money like you used to. Make this last."

Jiang Ye’s monthly expenses were usually over a hundred yuan.

Their mother was usually the one who gave her an allowance.

He would also give Jiang Ye some pocket money from time to time.

"I know."

·

After Wen Ci and Xiao Chuan waited in the office for nearly half an hour, a guard pushed open the door and said, "Minister Jiang wants the child to go to the conference room."

Xiao Chuan lifted his gaze to Wen Ci.

"I’ll go with you."

"Thank you, miss!"

The conference room was on the first floor, where several guards stood waiting. Wen Ci released Xiao Chuan’s hand and knelt down. "I’ll wait for you out here. Whatever the soldiers inside ask, tell them everything you know, okay?"

Xiao Chuan nodded enthusiastically.

The conference room door was ajar. Through the opening, Wen Ci’s gaze fell upon the man in the head seat—her ’father’—who wore a stern, focused expression.

He looked quite angry. Pointing to a commander, he said, "I’m handing this matter to you. I don’t care if you have to cross provincial lines—catch this gang."

"I guarantee the mission will be completed!"

The meeting concluded. A group of high-ranking officials in military uniforms walked out, with Jiang Zhenjun saying as he went, "The vetting process for orphanage adoptions must be strengthened. We have to prevent a situation like this from happening again."

Inside the conference room, Xu Wen looked at the boy in front of him and asked, "Son, do you remember where your home is?"

"I remember."

"What about your mom and dad?"

"They’re dead."

The moment the words were out, Xu Wen realized he had asked a foolish question. Minister Jiang had already stated in the meeting that the boy had been adopted from an orphanage through proper, legal channels.

"Then do you remember which orphanage you lived at?"

Hearing this, Xiao Chuan tilted his head and thought carefully. "I think it was on a mountain. There was a temple next to it, and I could smell the incense."

The clue he provided was very specific. All across the country, there were very few orphanages built next to temples. The soldier sitting beside him spoke up, "That would be the orphanage in Su City."

"And do you remember what the people who adopted you looked like?"

Xiao Chuan thought for a moment before replying, "It was a man and a woman. They had two eyes, a mouth, two ears, and a nose."

Xu Wen: "..."

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