Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 716: Accidental Information
Wang Zhan came to the Military Control Commission and went straight to Sister Wang, who was working in the office. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she said, "Come in!"

Wang Zhan opened the door and walked in. When Sister Wang saw that it was Wang Zhan, she stood up and said, "You are on vacation, so why are you here?"

Wang Zhan smiled and said, "I missed you so much that I came to see you."

"When did your little mouth become as sweet as your sister's? Come and sit down. What's the matter?" Sister Wang poured him a glass of water and put it on the table next to him.

Wang Zhan told Sister Wang about Xiao Shandong's story, and also said that Xiao Shandong was a little unreliable and talked nonsense, but he was an orphan who had fled, and still a child.

Sister Wang thought for a moment and said, “We have built many shelters to house these children and refugees, but many of them always run away and don’t want to be restrained there. We can’t do anything about them.”

"Aunt Wang, I have communicated with him. He should be controlled by some people, but I don't know how. I just want to ask, how can I help him?" Wang Zhan asked.

Sister Wang thought for a moment and said, "A child like this is already very familiar with the market. To put it bluntly, he has too much gangster spirit. It's useless for you to help him. Only if he wants to break away from his current situation and find a new life from the bottom of his heart can he do so. Whether it's the inner city or the outer city, there are shelters and rescue stations. It depends on whether he wants to go. If he doesn't want to go, there's nothing we can do."

Wang Zhan finally understood this time that he had to rely on himself. Xiao Shandong could only change if he wanted to. If he didn't want to change, it would be useless no matter how much help he got.

Wang Zhan thanked Sister Wang and walked out of the Military Control Commission and returned to Maoer Hutong. Xiao Shandong was still sleeping there. Didn't he sleep last night? Why did he sleep here?

Wang Zhan walked over and woke up Xiao Shandong. Xiao Shandong opened his eyes drowsily. Wang Zhan asked directly, "How sleepy are you? Why did you come here?"

Xiao Shandong yawned and said, "I have been looking for someone all night, but I couldn't find him. I didn't dare to go back. I haven't eaten anything for a whole day and night. That's why I came to you."

Wang Zhan sighed and said, "Let's go to my house for dinner."

Xiao Shandong stood up, still holding a large bundle of newspapers, and followed Wang Zhan back to Keyuan.

Xiao Si opened the door for them. He was stunned to see Wang Zhan bringing Xiao Shandong back, but he didn't say anything and turned back to the backyard. Wang Zhan brought Xiao Shandong to the restaurant and brought him a plate of corn cakes and pickles, as well as the leftover porridge. Xiao Shandong ate them up voraciously.

Wang Zhan saw that he had almost finished eating, so he asked, "Who are you looking for? Why have you been looking for you all night?"

Xiao Shandong sighed and said, "Our boss insisted that I sell this roll of newspaper to a mute and take the money back, otherwise he would ask others to beat me. Originally, this mute had been near the train station, but I couldn't find him last night. So I came to look for you early in the morning, but I was probably too sleepy and fell asleep."

Wang Zhan was very surprised and said, "You too, why don't you sell someone else? Why do you have to sell the mute?"

Xiao Shandong shook his head and said, "That won't do. It has to be this mute. I sold people before and took the money back. I don't know how the boss saw it, but he beat me up so badly that I didn't get up for three days."

It was the first time that Wang Zhan had heard of such a thing. He was very curious, so he picked up the newspaper and opened it to read. The newspaper was ordinary, but as he read it, Wang Zhan's face became serious, because although these newspapers were old and new, some words were obviously marked. Wang Zhan tried to read the marked words from the beginning, but he couldn't read them at all.

Xiao Shandong looked at Wang Zhan and asked, "Any questions?"

Wang Zhan shook his head and said, "I'm just taking a look, what's the problem?"

Wang Zhan ran to the backyard, took out a piece of paper and a pen, returned to the restaurant, and copied down the marked words from beginning to end, but still couldn't read it. Wang Zhan looked at the copied paper with a frown. After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly realized it and recited it silently in his mind backwards.

After reading this, I was shocked. The meaning of the letter was: "Third brother, the superior has arrived and has met with the fox. Prepare the agreed items and wait for the opportunity. Be sure to keep in touch. There will be actions in the near future. Be careful!"

Xiao Shandong is illiterate and he doesn't know what Wang Zhan wrote. After reading it, Wang Zhan immediately calmed down. He didn't know if there was anyone following Xiao Shandong, so he couldn't act rashly.

Wang Zhan rerolled the newspaper and handed it to Xiao Shandong, saying calmly, "Nothing special, just listen to your boss and go deliver the newspapers. Come back if you're hungry."

Seeing that Wang Zhan was no longer reading the newspaper, Xiao Shandong walked away holding the newspaper.

Wang Zhan closed the door and returned to the backyard. He didn't dare to move. He didn't know if there was anyone watching outside. As the boss of the Beggars' Sect, he had many subordinates and it was possible that he could send anyone to follow Xiao Shandong. He could only wait for his master to come back.

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu asked Wang Zhan if he wanted to go fishing, but Wang Zhan didn't have the mood for that at the moment, so he said he was not feeling well and asked them to go by themselves. Xiao Si and Xiao Wu took He Yushui and Wang Li out. Wang Zhan stayed at home and carefully thought about what Xiao Shandong had said to him.

Wang Zhan thought that if there was something wrong with the boss, then this little Shandong was the tool for their group to pass on information, so the principal of the primary school might also have a problem. Otherwise, how to explain why the principal would invite little Shandong to dinner every once in a while?
When the sun was setting, He Yushui and Wang Li came back. Wang Zhan went to the kitchen to cook for them. They returned empty-handed today. According to Wang Li, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu had caught a lot of fish.

When the meal was ready, Qi Dasheng also came back and sat down to eat directly. After the meal, Wang Zhan took the master to his room and handed the rewritten message to Qi Dasheng. Qi Dasheng thought it was something else and was shocked after reading it. He asked Wang Zhan where it came from.

Wang Zhan recounted the whole story of Xiao Shandong in detail from beginning to end, and also emphasized the people he suspected. In addition to the mute and the beggar leader, there was Principal Xu. Principal Xu invited Xiao Shandong to dinner, which must have been to pass on a message. As for how the message was passed, it should be the coins that were given to Xiao Shandong every time. According to Xiao Shandong, the coins eventually fell into the hands of the beggar leader.

Qi Dasheng did not dare to delay. He took the paper, gave Wang Zhan a few instructions, and went straight out of the yard.

Wang Zhan looked at his master's back and felt relieved. He prayed silently in his heart, hoping that Xiao Shandong could have a good ending. After all, he was just a tool.

Inside the main hall of the Yan family in Courtyard No. 95, Yan Bugui was talking excitedly to Yang Ruihua about gift-giving.

There were two side dishes, a bottle of wine and a cup on the table. Yan Bugui and his wife sat opposite each other. Yang Ruihua took a bite of the mixed cabbage heart, chewed it twice, then spat it out and started to dry heave.

(End of this chapter)