Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 993 Xiao Si's Plea for Help
Wang Zhan looked at Director Wang and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I'm currently attending vocational school. My younger sister is in the neighboring yard."

Director Wang suddenly changed the subject and asked, "I heard you're very rich, is that true?"

Wang Zhan shook his head and said, "Who said that? My sister and I live on the meager martyr's allowance and the school's subsidy. Recently, the price of food outside has started to go up, and I'm also struggling to make ends meet."

Director Wang frowned and gave the male clerk next to him a wink. The clerk understood and said, "That's not right. When we took over last time, the previous team said you received an award from above, about 200,000 yuan."

"Who said that? You can't tell where there's 200,000 in my house. Besides, I have money in the bank, and my sister too, but we don't have a single penny in savings. Where would I get so much money? By the way, uncle, what's your surname?" Wang Zhan asked, feigning surprise.

"Oh, my surname is Diao, you can just call me Officer Diao. I know about your martyr's allowance. It used to be collected by Aunt Sun for you, but these past few months the checks have been strict, and it can only be collected by the person in charge. By the way, didn't Aunt Sun tell you?" Officer Diao said, pretending to be unaware, which made Wang Zhan feel disgusted.

Wang Zhan knew very well that the reason the neighborhood committee wouldn't let Grandma Sun collect the money on his behalf was that they wanted him to go to the neighborhood committee to handle it himself, and then make things difficult for him. Unfortunately, Wang Zhan didn't care about that little bit of money at all.

Wang Zhan suddenly realized and said, "Oh, I see. I thought that I could just entrust a guardian to collect it for me. It seems I was wrong."

Officer Diao coughed twice. He knew very well that as long as Wang Zhan provided a statement authorizing a guardian, Aunt Sun would be the legal recipient.

Director Wang, who was sitting to the side drinking tea, quickly changed the subject and asked, "Wang Zhan, have a lot of your neighbors in the front yard left recently?"

Wang Zhan knew that they had gotten to the point, so he said, "Yes, they are all families of martyrs. They were only staying temporarily, but now they have their own plans and have all left."

"So your front yard is now empty? Don't you have any ideas?" Director Wang asked.

"Oh, I don't have any ideas. After Grandpa Liu leaves, I plan to renovate it and restore it to its original state."

“Wang Zhan, look, we are building rapidly. There are many people coming here to help, especially workers. You know how difficult it is to live in Beijing, there are very few houses. Could you…” Director Wang finally revealed her purpose.

Wang Zhan really didn't want to waste time arguing with her and wanted to get to the point quickly, so he stood up, smiled, and said, "Director Wang, please wait a moment. I'll go get something, and then we can talk again."

Wang Zhan turned and went to the bedroom. After a short while, he came out with a briefcase, placed it in front of him, and then smiled at Director Wang, saying, "Director Wang, you should have inquired about this courtyard before you came, but I suspect you didn't find out the origin of this courtyard at all."

Without waiting for Director Wang's reply, Wang Zhan took out two martyr certificates from his briefcase, placed them on the table, and said, "Director Wang, these are my parents' martyr certificates. You may have heard of their names, but I hope you will keep this a secret after you leave this room, otherwise I will be the one looking for you."

Director Wang frowned, picked up one of the books, and looked at the photo and name. It looked familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. However, she noticed the label "First-Class Merit Recipient," and her heart skipped a beat. She opened the other book and saw a woman's name. Upon seeing the name, Director Wang jumped to her feet. The woman was Qian Fenfang, also a First-Class Merit Recipient. She had studied this heroine's story during internal training.

Director Wang broke out in a cold sweat. Then Wang Zhan took out the calligraphy written by the instructor, unfolded it, and placed it on the table. At this moment, the three people opposite him stood up. They had no choice but to stand up; it was a matter of principle.

Wang Zhan then calmly said, "Director Wang, ignorance is no excuse. This courtyard was a reward earned by my parents and an award from our superiors. As for why so many families of martyrs came in later, it was all because of my special forces hero's mentor. You should be able to find out that it was Qi Dasheng who did it on a whim. Of course, I don't know where my mentor is now, but I want to say that I will not rent out this courtyard."

When Director Wang left, her head was buzzing. She knew that she couldn't touch Wang Zhan and his sister, or something bad would happen. She was aware of that. After leaving Yu'er Hutong, Director Wang sent her two subordinates away and headed straight for No. 95 Courtyard.

After seeing Director Wang and his group off, Wang Zhan knew that his life would be stable for a long time to come, which was why he was determined to bring up his non-parents.

Wang Zhan was in a relaxed mood. He called out to Wang Li and asked her what she wanted to eat for lunch. Wang Li thought for a moment and said, "Let's have noodles with soybean paste. I want to finish eating quickly so I can go to the Jade Void Space to collect the eggs. Then I need to take a nap."

Wang Zhan agreed and went to the kitchen. Just as he finished rolling out the noodles and was about to make the sauce, Grandpa Liu's voice came from the doorway, "Wang Zhan, your classmate is looking for you. Open the door."

Wang Zhan opened the door and saw that it was Xiao Si and Xiao Wu. The two of them stood at the door like refugees, carrying an old schoolbag on their backs, and looked extremely hungry.

Wang Zhan didn't waste any words and said, "What's wrong with you two? You're starving. Where have you been? Come inside quickly. I'm making noodles, they'll be ready soon."

The two rushed into the house, saw the soda on the cabinet, and opened it without Wang Zhan's prompting, gulping it down. After changing it for a while, the two rushed to the bathroom. This washing startled Wang Li, who stopped reading her comic book and stood in the main room watching her four and five brothers bustling around.

After a while, Wang Zhan finished making the cold noodles and put them on the table. Knowing that the two of them must be starving, Wang Zhan made a full five catties of noodles and fried a basin of egg sauce, just in case it wasn't enough. There weren't many side dishes, just one plate.

As soon as the fried sauce was served, the two of them started eating like starving ghosts, slurping it down. Wang Li didn't even finish half a bowl of noodles before the whole bowl was gone, leaving Wang Zhan dumbfounded. He said, "Have you two not eaten for days? How can you be so hungry? No, you can't eat anymore. Take a break, or something bad will happen. I'll go make you some tea."

When Wang Zhan returned with the tea, the two gradually calmed down. Xiao Wu said with tears in her eyes, "Brother Zhan, do you know how I've been for the past two weeks? I've suffered so much! If I had known I would suffer like this, I would never have gone with Xiao Si."

Xiao Si only said one sentence, "Brother Zhan, help!"

(End of this chapter)