Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 374: Fooling Brother

After hanging up the phone with Grandpa Zhang, Liu Jingxue looked at her watch. It was not yet the agreed time, so she did not rush to call her eldest brother.

Before calling her eldest brother, she had to think about how to tell him that they would not communicate for the time being.

If I tell him the truth, I have to start from Grandpa Wu's side and the Zhou family's affairs, which cannot be finished in one go.

Moreover, if the eldest brother knew that he was in trouble after listening to me and that I couldn't help him, I don't know how anxious he would be.

So I have to find a passable excuse to fool him.

After thinking of an excuse and pondering it over in her mind, Liu Jingxue felt that she could get away with it. She looked at her watch and saw that it was already the agreed time, so she picked up the phone and dialed.

When the call was connected, the eldest brother's voice came from the other end, "Is this Xiaoxue?"

Liu Jingxue quickly replied, "Brother, it's me."

"Xiaoxue, are you all okay?"

"Brother, we are fine, don't worry.

Are you, your sister-in-law, and Xiaohuzi all okay?

By the way, I just went to the post office to pick up the package you sent."

Liu Jianguo said anxiously, "Xiaoxue, our family of three is fine, you don't have to worry.

Did something happen to you? Otherwise, why would you call me suddenly?

We usually communicate by writing letters.

Xiaoxue, don't hide it from me, tell me what happened?"

Liu Jingxue was speechless. It was because she didn't know what to say on the phone that she rarely called you and kept in touch through letters.

How come it has come to this that now, as soon as I make a phone call, I know what happened.

Liu Jingxue couldn't help but reflect on whether she should call more often to express her condolences in the future instead of just relying on letters.

But the main thing is that many things are difficult to discuss over the phone, so we can only communicate through letters.

Sometimes the letters even contained things that were too secretive to be sent alone, so they were hidden in packages.

Liu Jingxue was lost in her own thoughts and forgot to speak for a moment, which made Liu Jianguo on the other side very anxious.

"Xiaoxue, why don't you speak?

Did something bad happen? Did something happen to them?" Liu Jianguo looked at the soldiers outside the door and still didn't say the word "mom and dad".

Liu Jingxue felt a little annoyed. Her mind was distracted for a moment, but she made her elder brother so anxious.

She quickly said, "Brother, don't guess randomly. I didn't speak just now because someone came in, and I had to wait until they left before I could speak.

We are fine, nothing happened.

But I called you today because I really have something to tell you. I was worried that it would be too late to write you a letter."

After hearing this, Liu Jianguo felt relieved. "Xiaoxue, if you have anything to say, please tell me now, so that I, your big brother, won't worry about you."

"Brother, don't write to me or send me any packages during this period. Wait for me to call you."

When Liu Jianguo heard this, he was worried again, "Xiaoxue, what happened?"

Liu Jingxue pretended to be relaxed and said, "Nothing happened to me, it's just that two troublesome educated youth came to our production team.

They all came from Beijing and their family backgrounds were very strong.

It’s just that these two families seem to be sworn enemies. They started clashing on the first day they arrived and they never stop.”

“It is said that when two people fight, others suffer.

I was worried that if the two of them continued to quarrel, they would start to form cliques and recruit other educated youth to join them.

Although I didn't live in the educated youth camp, it was impossible for me to get involved.

But I’m worried that if they get too eager to fight, they might try to get more people and drag me down with them.”

"If they use force to threaten me, I'm not afraid. What I'm afraid of is that they might do something sneaky and check my background through my correspondence.

If they find out about you, and pull out the one behind from the front, wouldn't that be a handle for them to blackmail me?"

"So I thought we shouldn't exchange letters for the time being. If there's anything, I'll call you.

After that, we will resume communication after they separate themselves or calm down."

Liu Jianguo thought about it and replied, "That's no problem.

But can you give me a phone number where I can contact you if there is anything urgent? "

Liu Jingxue looked at the number on the phone on the table. It should be the number of Secretary Yan's office. She said,

"Then take some paper and write it down."

Liu Jianguo saw the registration book in the duty room and took it with a pen. "I happen to have paper and pen here. Please read it."

After reporting Secretary Yan's office phone number, Liu Jianguo carefully wrote it down, tore off the page and put it in his pocket.

The two talked for a while, and then Liu Jingxue hung up the phone.

Liu Jingxue took out three dollars from her pocket, put it under the phone, and walked out of the office.

She originally wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, Liu Jingxue walked to the conference room and found Secretary Yan who was working there.

"Secretary Yan, I've finished my call. You can go back to your office now."

"Secretary Yan, I left your office phone number with my brother. If there is any emergency, he will call me.

If you receive a call, please give me a message if you have anything to say."

"Okay, no problem," Secretary Yan agreed readily.

"Secretary Yan, I'll be leaving first."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Secretary Yan returned to the office and saw at a glance the three yuan that was weighed down by the telephone.

“This Liu Zhiqing even gave money secretly.

But it doesn’t cost that much to make a phone call.”

The person had already gone far away, and he couldn't run to return the money, so Secretary Yan took the money and went to the Finance Department.

"Xiao Chen, just now a young educated youth came to my office to borrow a phone to make an urgent call home.

This is the phone bill someone left. Please collect it and register it."

"Okay, Secretary Yan."

After leaving the commune government office building, Liu Jingxue went straight out of the commune and prepared to return to the production team.

On the way back, she kept thinking about what else she could do besides making these arrangements.

Originally, after receiving the news, the first thought that flashed through her mind was to put a ban on Zheng Pengcheng, so that he would ignore her subconsciously and not have any ideas about her no matter what.

But on second thought, although this method is good, it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

I can defend against Zheng Pengcheng, but I can't defend against other people with ulterior motives.

Today, Zhou Mingxuan, who knows Zheng Pengcheng better, came to report the news to me.

What if one day, a person hiding in the dark becomes interested in his own martial arts skills and wants to control him and use him for his own purposes, quietly investigates him and controls his relatives to coerce him?

It would be better to take this opportunity to let Grandpa Zhang take action to eliminate all traces of uncle and others' existence so that others have no chance to take advantage.

As for Zheng Pengcheng, let's see how he performs next.

If he treats me as if he doesn't care, then I'd better leave him to Zhou Mingxuan to deal with.

But if he shows an attitude that he will not give up until he can use you for his own benefit, then don't blame yourself for being cruel.