C4 (1/2)
After lunch, Vice Chief Liu instructed the police to send Jiang Kevin and Lin Jianmu to the Lin Village. He also considerately told Little Sun not to drive a police car.
Lin Jianmu suggested, ”Officer Sun, if it's possible, let's drive a car with a high chassis. Our village's roads are not easy to traverse.”
Little Sun picked out an SUV from the road. When he pulled out of the SUV, Lin Jianmu's eyes lit up. If he didn't know how to drive, he might have volunteered to drive.
Jiang Chen casually sat in the back and closed his eyes to rest. He pretended that he did not notice Little Sun's desire to chat.
Almost a day had passed since the incident, but Little Sun still remembered the shock when he first boarded the bus. He was extremely curious about Jiang Kevin, who had caused one death and two injuries.
However, Jiang Kevin was resting, and he could not disturb him without permission. The scene yesterday made Little Sun feel reverence towards Jiang Chen.
While Little Sun was hesitating, Lin Jianmu was overexcited. Jiang Kevin closed his eyes to rest his mind as he arrived at Lin Jia Village shakily.
The Lin Family Village was located on a flat piece of land in front of Fallen Leaf Mountain. The village was very small, around one hundred households, and there were less than six hundred people in the entire village. To the south were farmland, and to the north were mountains.
The small village was very poor, so the young capable people all went out to work, and the weak ones worked in the fields at home. In addition to its remote location and rugged roads, few cars or even SUVs drove in.
It would be nice if anyone had a van.
Therefore, when the SUV entered the village of Lin Jia Village, it quickly caused a sensation in the village. Many children ran with the car, cheering. They all wanted to see more of the car that they saw on TV.
Even the adults were pointing and discussing with envy in their eyes.
The car under Lin Jianmu's command drove up to Jiang Kevin's grandmother's house. The three of them got out of the car.
”Mu Zi, why did you come back in this car?” When they saw Lin Jianmu jump down from the car, everyone started to clamor. They never thought that it would be him.
Lin Jianmu grinned, ”Second Uncle, let's talk later.” Then he raised his voice, ”Third Grandpa, Uncle Feng Mao, a guest has arrived at your house.”
”Who's here?” Lin Fengmao and Guo Caiyun, who had just returned from the field and were on their way home, heard Lin Jianmu's words from outside the crowd. Lin Fengmao separated the crowd and asked as he saw the SUV parked outside the door.
Lin Jianmu immediately pulled two people over and brought them in front of Jiang Kevin. He said with a grin, ”Uncle, Aunt, who do you think this is?”
Unexpectedly, this action only brought back two pairs of blank eyes.
Lin Fengmao and Guo Caiyun did not know who Jiang Chen was. Ever since their younger sister had gone to university, they had not seen her, let alone her daughter. Even his sister's funeral had ignored them. The Jiang family just picked up the two old men and brought them back as soon as it was over.
Lin Jianmu was at a loss for words. He had never thought that this uncle and aunt did not know their nephew.
When Jiang Kevin saw this, he introduced himself, ”Uncle, Aunt, you may not know me, but you should know my mother. My mother is Lin Fen.”
Listening to Jiang Chen's words, the expression on Lin Fengmao and Guo Caiyun's face fluctuated as they looked at her with a complicated expression. After a long while, Lin Fengmao finally said, ”Let's go in first and talk later.”
When the four of them entered the house, it was eerily quiet. Lin Jianmu looked at this and that and finally felt that something was not right, ”That … .Uncle, Aunt, I still haven't returned home. I'll be leaving first.”
Guo Caiyun responded with an 'oh'. ”Mu Zi, are you going to eat here tonight?”
Lin Jianmu quickly waved his hand, ”No need, my family will definitely cook for me. ”About Kevin, I'll be leaving first.”
Jiang Kevin stood up and said, ”I'll send you off.”
By the time they reached the door, the crowd that had been attracted by the car had dispersed long after it had left.
Lin Jianmu looked at the yard and patted Jiang Kevin's shoulder as he whispered, ”If you don't want to stay at your uncle's house, you might as well stay at my house. My house has a lot of houses.”
In Lin Jianmu's eyes, he and Jiang Kevin had shared life and death together.
Jiang Kevin shook his head and said, ”No need, thank you.”
Lin Jianmu waved his hand and left.
Back outside the house, Jiang Chen heard his uncles and aunts whispering to each other. He deliberately stood far away from them, waiting for them to finish talking before he pushed open the door and went in.
Seeing Jiang Chen walk in, Lin Fengmao hesitated. He did not know how to talk to her.
Coincidentally, Guo Caiyun stood up and said with a smile, ”Then the two of you go ahead and chat. I'll go grab a chicken for you guys to order tonight.”
Jiang Chen hurriedly said, ”Auntie, there's no need to trouble yourself. It's fine as long as you just casually do something.”
Lin Fengmao waved his hand and said, ”It's fine, just let your aunt do it.”
After Guo Caiyun left, Lin Fengmao turned and said, ”Wenwen, your grandma and grandpa went to the neighboring village to visit your aunt. They're not at home, so if they're at home, they'll be very happy to see you.”
Jiang Chen never expected that other than his uncle, he would also have a younger aunt. ”Uncle, what's wrong with my aunt?”
Speaking of this matter, Lin Fengmao finally burst out in laughter, ”Your aunt was nothing, she just gave birth to a fat boy who weighed eight kilograms. Your aunt has finally made it out of it.”
From Lin Fengmao's words, he learned that Jiang Kevin's aunt, Lin Lan, had married into a neighboring village. She had always been on good terms with her husband, but she did not get along with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. In the end, it was because she had been married for ten years without a child.