novellhall Chapter 167 Making the researchers humiliate themselves.
Chapter 167 Making the researchers humiliate themselves.
Gao Weidong also returned with Huo Yanchuan. He had heard that the people at the research institute wanted to adopt Jiang Yan, so just in case, he came along to handle the matter.
They had just reached the door when they heard Lin Yun's words.
"Witnesses? What witnesses? Let them come over for a face-to-face confrontation." Huo Yanchuan walked in with a gloomy face. His voice was not loud, but it carried a great deal of authority.
Huo Yanchuan, dressed in military uniform, exuded a sense of intimidation simply by standing there.
Coupled with his cold, sharp eyes, the people from the research institute no longer had the arrogant demeanor they had displayed when questioning Wenrou.
"You must be Commander Huo. I'm the head of a research institute. My surname is Fang. Jiang Yan's parents are my friends. I'm here today because of Jiang Yan's situation."
Director Fang looked at Huo Yanchuan with politeness.
After all, the person in front of them was a soldier, and a regimental commander at that. No matter how anxious they were, they had to give him face.
Of course, he also believed that as a regimental commander in the army, he would not do anything to abuse children.
Therefore, they guessed that even he himself was unaware of this matter, and that it was all done by his lover behind his back.
"Commander Huo, I hope we can sit down and resolve Xiao Yan's matter properly. You don't want to be affected by this, do you?" Director Fang's attitude towards Huo Yanchuan was completely different from before. He respected soldiers and didn't want to cause trouble for the troops because of this matter.
Hearing this, Huo Yanchuan sneered, "When you were bullying my wife just now, didn't you think about sitting down and having a proper talk?"
As he spoke, he walked towards Wenrou and saw that a large area on the back of her hand was burned red. His expression immediately turned very ugly.
"Is this your attitude towards solving problems? You lot, get out of the military family compound right now, or don't blame me for having someone throw you out later." Huo Yanchuan suppressed his anger. If the political commissar hadn't specifically told him to treat the people from the research institute well when he came back, he probably would have already taken action.
The people at the research institute are all contributing to the country, so Huo Yanchuan also has great respect for them.
But I never expected that they would bully my wife as soon as they arrived?
Seeing Huo Yanchuan's rudeness, Lin Yun couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to accuse him: "You call yourself a regimental commander? How can your behavior be so vulgar and unreasonable? My senior brother treated you so well, but what about you? Is this how your unit treats people? Your behavior just now was an insult to your uniform. What kind of regimental commander are you? I think you're just a thug."
Lin Yun already had a problem with Huo Yanchuan and Wenrou because of Jiang Yan's matter. Now that she saw Huo Yanchuan defending his wife so indiscriminately, even disregarding his senior brother's feelings, she naturally couldn't swallow her anger.
Her words made Gao Weidong, who was standing behind Huo Yanchuan, widen his eyes. This woman dared to say such things in front of Huo Yanchuan. Wasn't she courting death?
"Of course we should be polite to others, but we don't need to be to you."
Huo Yanchuan looked at Gao Weidong with a stern face and said, "What are you still standing there for? This is a military family compound. Throw out anyone who is not related to us. They are not welcome here."
Gao Weidong was taken aback, then stepped forward and said to the people from the research institute, "Comrades, you should go back first."
"Why should we leave? Even if we have to leave, we should take Xiao Yan with us. Everyone in the family compound saw your wife abusing Xiao Yan. I want to see your leaders. I refuse to believe that such a large military unit doesn't have anyone who can make decisions?"
Lin Yun originally thought that she had the evidence and that Huo Yanchuan and Wenrou would admit their mistakes, but she did not expect that the two of them would be so difficult to deal with.
Jiang Yan became anxious at this point, "I'm telling the truth. Uncle Huo and Aunt Xiaorou didn't mistreat me. They treated me better than my parents."
At least Aunt Xiaorou knows what he likes to eat, what he likes to wear, what books he likes to read, what toys he likes to play with, and sometimes she even knows what he's thinking.
But his parents, aside from giving birth to him, could count on one hand the number of times they had even met him.
He felt closer to Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan than to his parents.
"Xiao Yan, how could you say such a thing? In this world, how could anyone love you more than your parents? And me? Your parents are my best friends. They even asked me to take care of you. We're family. Why are you speaking up for the people who abused you? How can you say such things to your parents?"
Hearing Jiang Yan still speaking up for Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan, Lin Yun was furious and raised her hand to slap Jiang Yan across the face.
She has even come to regard Jiang Yan as her own child. Since she cannot be with Jiang Jun in this life, adopting his child is her last hope.
At this moment, no one in the room had reacted, and even the people in the research institute did not expect that Lin Yun would actually slap Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan's face swelled up immediately after being slapped. When Wenrou saw this, she was stunned for a moment, then reacted, raised her hand, and slapped Lin Yun's face twice in succession.
Since Jiang Yan was adopted by her, she couldn't even bring herself to scold him, mainly because Jiang Yan was so sensible and easy to take care of.
But today, he was actually slapped by this woman who claimed to be his parents. If Wenrou were to endure this now, she wouldn't be herself.
"One of these slaps was for me, and the other was for Xiaoyan. I only gave you face before because of Xiaoyan's parents. Who do you think you are, daring to touch my Xiaoyan?" Wenrou reached out and touched the spot where Xiaoyan had been slapped with tenderness, then looked at Lin Yun with a terrifyingly cold gaze.
"You...you dare hit me? What's wrong with me disciplining Xiaoyan on behalf of his parents? He's become like this because of you, woman. I won't let you get away with this." Lin Yun covered her slapped face and glared fiercely at Wenrou.
Wenrou felt like she had heard the biggest joke in the world when she heard this. "What right do you have to discipline him in place of his parents? Even if his parents are gone, it's not your turn."
After she finished speaking, her gaze swept over the other people in the research institute. "Since we're going to settle accounts, let's do it properly. You keep saying you're friends of Xiao Yan's parents, but where were you when Xiao Yan was forced into a spy organization and suffered all kinds of torture and grievances? Why didn't you care about him then and let him fend for himself? Now that his story is in the newspapers and has gained everyone's attention, you finally show up?"
Wenrou originally wanted to save face for them, but now it seems there's no need for that anymore.
"Don't think no one knows why you want to take Xiao Yan away. You haven't even got custody yet, and you're already so eager to discipline him. You really have a lot of nerve!"
The gentle words were full of sarcasm, and the other people in the research institute, whose secrets had been exposed, did not look too good.
Director Fang frowned, looking at Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan, and spoke up, "Whether you believe it or not, our initial purpose in coming here was for Jiang Yan. Many people in the family compound can testify that you abused him. How do you plan to explain this?"
"Explanation? You don't believe Xiao Yan's words, but insist on believing those other people. What's the point of me explaining to you? If you're so capable, then produce the evidence and report me to the police station. We'll confront each other then, and I'll see who really knows so much about our family's affairs!"
Wenrou has a clear conscience about what happened to Jiang Yan and is not afraid of their investigation.
This incident did come rather suddenly. There were only a few people in the family compound who had a grudge against her, so she should have already guessed who wanted to harm her.
Just then, Political Commissar Zhao, who had received the news, also rushed over.
He also received the whistleblower letter, which said that Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan were abusing the descendants of martyrs. Although he didn't believe it, he still had to come and find out the truth. Otherwise, if it made the news, the reputation of their family compound would be affected.
"Political Commissar, you've finally arrived." Gao Weidong saw Political Commissar Zhao as if he had seen a lifeline.
When Huo Yanchuan saw the political commissar arrive, his expression didn't change much. Like Wenrou, he had never done anything wrong, so of course he wouldn't feel guilty.
On his way here, Political Commissar Zhao overheard people in the family compound discussing this matter.
"Yanchuan, although your adoption of Jiang Yan has been approved by the higher authorities, his parents are still people from the research institute. It's only right that they wanted to come and see him after receiving the news."
Although Political Commissar Zhao still favored his own people, he came to resolve the issue, not to escalate it.
As Political Commissar Zhao spoke, he looked at Jiang Yan and asked in front of everyone, "Xiao Yan, you said your gentle aunt didn't mistreat you. What proof do you have that she's good to you?"
Upon hearing Political Commissar Zhao's words, Jiang Yan quickly realized what was going on. He nodded, turned around, and went into the house, taking out the things Wenrou had bought for him one after another and placing them on the floor.
This thing contains everything from the new clothes that Wenrou bought for Jiang Yan to small items like toothbrushes and toothpaste.
Not only that, but also all kinds of snacks and toys. Wenrou bought Jiang Yan everything that other children had.
The clothes I bought for Jiang Yan were even ready-made clothes bought directly from a tailor shop, costing fifty or sixty yuan.
Including all the other things, it would probably cost at least two or three hundred.
Jiang Yan made seven or eight trips before he finally finished moving everything.
He pointed to the items laid out on the ground and said to everyone, "These were all bought for me by Aunt Xiaorou. She treats me like her own son and has never let me suffer any grievances. She has never hit or scolded me. The only slap I received just now was from her."
After he finished speaking, he pointed at Lin Yun with a calm expression.
Those present were shocked by what they saw.
These are things that ordinary families might not even be willing to buy for their own children.
But Wenrou had prepared everything for Jiang Yan. Not only that, she spent two or three months' salary for an average person. Who wouldn't be shocked?
Besides, Jiang Yan was clean and tidy, without even a mosquito bite, let alone any wounds from abuse or corporal punishment, which shows how well he was living here.
If this can be considered child abuse, then there are no parents in the world who don't abuse their children.
Meanwhile, the people at the research institute were also stunned by what they saw.
When they came in, they were so focused on questioning Wenrou that they didn't notice anything else.
It was only then that they realized just how wealthy Huo Tuan's family was.
The living room has a TV, an electric fan, and even a washing machine and a refrigerator.
They had only ever seen washing machines and refrigerators on TV before; this was the first time they had seen them in person, and they stared in astonishment.
"This...this is too rich!" One of the people who had just spoken up for Lin Yun couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice when they saw this.
It would probably cost one or two thousand to gather all these things, right?
Not only that, there were also bicycles parked at the entrance.
They probably couldn't afford these things even if they worked at the research institute their whole lives, let alone Jiang Yan. They themselves even wished to be adopted by Wenrou.
Seeing this, Lin Yun was naturally unwilling to accept it.
"Don't lie to us. I heard everything outside. You made Xiao Yan, a little kid, get up early to cook for you, do your laundry and chores, and even chop wood. Now you're asking him to produce all these things, but it's all just for show. I remember our research institute applied for a compensation payment for Xiao Yan. You didn't use his compensation money to buy all these things, did you?"
Upon hearing this, Wenrou revealed a disdainful expression. "You mean that 1,500 yuan compensation? How much have Jiang Yan's parents contributed to your research institute? You can't possibly offer 1,500 yuan?"
She gave Jiang Yan a wink, and Jiang Yan immediately understood.
He went to the room and brought back the metal box where Wenrou had kept the compensation money. After opening the box, Jiang Yan counted the money in front of everyone. It turned out to be three thousand yuan in total.
He was also taken aback, then looked at Wenrou.
"That 1,500 is the compensation you gave me, and the other 1,500 is the money I'm saving for Xiaoyan's future college education."
After Wenrou finished speaking, the researchers who had just been angrily saying they wanted to seek justice for Jiang Yan showed expressions of shame.
Wow...this guy is way too rich?
He just took out 1,500 without batting an eye?
They offered 1,500 yuan right away. Their research institute was short of funds, and it took them more than half a month to get approved for that 1,500 yuan they applied for.
Seeing this, Wenrou continued, "As for having Xiaoyan do housework, that's just cultivating his basic life skills from a young age. What's the problem?"
The real reason is that if she doesn't let Jiang Yan do housework, he'll stay in the house all day reading and studying.
If she doesn't stop him, he'll probably already be looking at high school courses.
He was already at the age where he skipped a grade to go to fifth grade. If he skipped another grade to go to high school, she was afraid that the other children would not be able to accept his mediocrity.