C28 (1/2)
”You said that Jin Jin's father passed away half a year ago. Do you think this has anything to do with it?” Ning Ruonan seemed to have thought of something. Xiao He thought to himself, it was indeed right that I brought her here.
”Don't say it, it seems to be true. It was probably from then on that Jiang Qinglan's attitude towards celery was like a completely different person. They didn't even hold her hand when they went out together. Such a young child, leaving her to go to school by herself with a small bag on her back. Every time she looks at me, her heart aches. ”
”How did her father die?”
”Mr Xu, let me think. He went to pick up the parsley after school that day, then encountered a car accident on the road.” Grandma Zhang lowered her head as if she didn't want to talk about regret.
Ning Ruonan fell into deep thought. He turned around and said to Xiao He:
”Looks like we have to go find Jiang Qinglan and see what she has to say.”
”Yes,” Xiao He stood up. ”Then, Grandma, we'll leave first. If there's any questions, we'll come back to ask you.”
”Alright, you guys go first. That woman has a bad temper, you guys be careful. ”
Xiao He chuckled. ”Got it, Grandma.”
Jiang Qing Lan's house was right next door.
Xiao He and Ning Ruonan racked their brains for a plausible reason before ringing the doorbell.
A woman wearing a red blouse opened the door. Looking at her, she was about forty years old. Although she was dressed like a normal housewife, it had to be said that she should have had some looks a few years earlier.
Almost in an instant, Ning Ruonan understood where the sorrow of this woman, Jiang Qinglan, lay.
After her husband passed away, she had to bring along a second-hand oil bottle. She simply didn't have any chance to enter into a new relationship. No matter what her own conditions were, she was destined to waste her precious last bit of youth on this child.
When the woman saw that they were two strangers, she had a puzzled look on her face. She didn't understand who the people who had come were …
The moment Xiao He took out his work permit, Jiang Qinglan's pupils slightly widened.
”Hello.” Xiao He tried to smile.
In the next second, Jiang Qinglan's nervous expression was retracted, but she still had a puzzled look on her face:
”Comrade Police, are you here?” He let them in.
”Oh, Miss Jiang, it's like this. We would like to know about your family's population situation.”
”My family, just me and my daughter.” Jiang Qinglan blurted out.
”Just you and your daughter? ”May I ask who the father of the child is …”
”He died in a car accident before.” Jiang Qinglan lowered her eyes and said softly.
It seemed that her feelings for her husband were very deep. That was true. He wasn't a kind person, but he was able to treat a child who was unrelated to his husband as his own child. It truly wasn't easy.
”Is the child a boy or a girl?”
”Girl.”
”Then she's …”
”It was sent to her original grandmother's house.”
Xiao He pretended to understand and nodded.
”Alright, that will do. Goodbye, Lady Jiang.”
After saying that, Xiao He and Ning Ruonan stood up one by one.