I'm almost 45 and the system is just coming

Chapter 29 Repaying the favor
"Come on, Xiaoyi, thank your benefactor!"

The woman said this and pulled the little girl beside her.

The little girl looked at the big brother in front of her with confused eyes, and immediately said cutely: "Thank you, big brother!"

As he said this, he bowed to Zhou Tian.

"No, absolutely not. Come on! Come in! Come in!"

Zhou Tian was stunned for a moment, then he immediately realized that this was the family of the little girl he rescued today. As he spoke, he quickly helped the little girl up and said to the two of them.

After saying that, he led his family of three into the house.

"Wife, a guest is coming!"

Zhou Tian called out and welcomed the three people to sit on the sofa, then said to them: "Sorry, the house is a bit messy and I haven't had time to tidy it up yet!"

As he spoke, he picked up the scattered clothes on the sofa.

"You don't have to do this, benefactor. We came here to thank Mr. Zhou. To be honest, when I received the call from the street property management today, I was stunned!"

"We never thought that something like this would happen. If it weren't for Mr. Zhou, we would have regretted it for the rest of our lives!"

As the man spoke, he still looked excited, but there was a hint of fear in his eyes. After all, what happened today scared them.

"Yes! Mr. Zhou, this is a little gift from us! Please accept it, Mr. Zhou!"

The beautiful young woman at the side followed closely behind, reached into a small red bag, took out a thick stack of banknotes and placed it on the coffee table.

"What are you doing? You can't accept this!"

Seeing this scene, Zhou Tian quickly pushed the red envelope back, looked at the two of them, and glanced at the little girl who was still in a daze.

"Sir, Madam, let's not talk about the education I received that does not allow me to stand idly by. Even if I were a passerby, I would surely stand up if I encountered such a situation!"

"So, you should take this money back!"

Although Zhou Tian did not think that he was a noble person, he would not accept this kind of money. If he had not obtained the system before, he might have accepted it silently for the sake of his family.

But since he got the system, he didn't dare to talk about big money, but he no longer cared about small money like this, and to be honest, he really didn't have much desire for money.

He just wants to live a good life. As long as he can live, he is satisfied. No matter how much money he has, it is not a good thing for him, but a burden.

"You two, please have tea!"

At this moment, his wife Wang Fen made a pot of tea, brought it up, and poured it for the two of them! They both stood up and thanked him.

However, while pouring the tea, she looked at Zhou Tian with a questioning look. Zhou Tian shook his head slightly, motioning her to go down first and talk about it later.

Wang Fen gave Zhou Tian a helpless look and turned into the bedroom.

"Mr. Zhou!"

After Wang Fen left, the man pushed the red envelope to Zhou Tian again and said, "This is our family's thank you. Although the money is not much, it is also our thoughtful gesture!"

Seeing that Zhou Tian wanted to continue to give in, he stopped Zhou Tian and said, "Mr. Zhou, listen to me first!"

As he spoke, he sighed slowly. "I am a retired veteran. I retired from the army in 90 and have been working in the public security system. It may be because I have never been used to the unspoken rules of the current officialdom, so I have always been excluded from the system!"

The man seemed to be reminiscing and continued, with a hint of bitterness on his face.

"Until three years ago, I suddenly received a missing persons case. The case was not complicated. After investigation, I found that the missing people were children around three or four years old!"

"We quickly organized our forces and busted this gang of human traffickers. However, we didn't expect that the leader of this gang had a deep background in our city, and he handled the mess very cleanly. We had no choice but to let him go!"

"What? How come?"

Zhou Tian was stunned for a moment and couldn't help asking, you know, this is a human trafficker, but suddenly he thought about it and shut up helplessly.

"Yes! How is it possible? This was also what puzzled me at the time. Until a year ago, I handed over the evidence to the mayor at the time!"

"And with the mayor's attention, I arrested him again. But I didn't expect that my actions might have alerted the enemy. When I arrested the traffickers, the rest of them had already disappeared!"

"And the human traffickers Mr. Zhou arrested today are two of the original human traffickers."

After that, the burly man couldn't help but continue angrily: "I never thought that the other party would be so bold as to find my child directly!"

"If it weren't for Mr. Zhou, I can imagine how humiliated Xiaoyi would have been if she had been kidnapped by the other party!"

Even though the burly man was a veteran and now a police officer fighting on the front lines, he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes at this moment.

"So Mr. Zhou, this money is what you deserve. Please accept it!"

Having said that, he directly picked up the red envelope and forcefully stuffed it into Zhou Tian's hand. Just as he was about to refuse, the burly man stood up again and saluted him.

"Mr. Zhou, please allow us to express our gratitude and thanks to you!"

The woman next to him also stood up and bowed to Zhou Tian.

"You guys? Hey! Okay, I'll take it. Is it okay if I take it?"

Zhou Tian suddenly gave a helpless smile. He knew that the other party was forcing him to accept the red envelope and was also repaying his favor. If he didn't accept it, the other party would not know how to repay him.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, it's getting late. Sorry for disturbing you. We'll leave first!"

Only after seeing Zhou Tian accept it did the man say goodbye.

"OK then!"

With that, the three of them turned and walked out the door. After saying goodbye to the three of them, Zhou Tian closed the door and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although they had only a few words of conversation just now, Zhou Tian actually felt a hint of pressure from the man as soon as he saw him.

Although the other party was trying his best to cover it up, Zhou Tian suspected that the other party's identity was not simple. As for what the other party said, he both believed it and didn't believe it.

What I believe is that the other party may have been retaliated by the human trafficking gang as he just said, but what I don’t believe is the other party’s identity. He should not be just an ordinary public security officer as he said.

However, Zhou Tian had no intention of delving into this matter further.

After all, he just wanted to live an ordinary life. No matter how prominent the other party's identity was, it would be meaningless to Zhou Tian.

"Honey, who are those three people in that family? What happened?"

(End of this chapter)