I'm only five years old, how come I've become the military region's darling?

In an empty room in the military region, Su Mei was utterly dejected. Her already thin face had an even sharper jawline. She hadn't expected the people in the military region to interrogate her like a spy. The two days that followed felt like twenty years. She kept repeating the same thing over and over, and the most frequent question was what she had been doing.

Su Mei has been saying all this time that she wants to go out and sell her watch to pay off her debts.

Anyway, she didn't do anything wrong, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

Her biggest worry right now is Fu Chen; she doesn't know what his situation is.

The more she thought about her, the more anxious she became.

Just then, the tightly closed door creaked open.

"Su Mei, come out for a moment."

Su Mei was led to an empty room and paused for a moment when she saw Xiao Sun.

"Comrade Su Mei, given that the agreement you signed previously stated that if you couldn't repay the money, we would recover the gifts you gave to Fu Chen on your behalf, and considering your current situation, it's estimated that you won't be able to repay it within half a month, we've decided to have Comrade Fu Chen pay the money. However, Comrade Fu Chen has some objections, so the leadership specially approved this meeting, hoping that the two of you can reach an agreement yourselves."

The room fell silent. Su Mei, sitting on a stool, looked at Fu Chen entering through the door, then jumped up. "Who hit you?"

"Who else could it be besides your ex-husband?"

"How could they do this? I told you I would pay them back. This is outrageous! How are you? Are you hurt anywhere else?"

Su Mei's overly affectionate tone made Fu Chen, who was initially very resentful, feel a little better, and his expression wasn't as cold as before. "Su Mei, what's going on with that money?"

Su Mei's eyes reddened, and she bit her lower lip. "This matter..." She found it difficult to say, but the current situation forced her to talk to Fu Chen.

"Fu Chen, it was Jiang Hongxia who told others that I gave you a lot of things. Ruan Jianhua's mother forced me to pay back the money. The police were there at the time. The old lady said that if I didn't pay it back, she would go to your workplace and make a scene. I had no choice but to agree."

"Don't worry, consider this money a loan from me. I have a way to pay it back."

Fu Chen's lips twitched as he looked at her emaciated appearance, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of pity.

"I'm not trying to argue about money, but two thousand isn't a small amount..."

Su Mei suddenly asked, "Was Fan Yaodong arrested for what happened before?"

Fu Chen frowned slightly and said, "Fan Yaodong is dead, but he was indeed involved in bribery and corruption, and the matter has caused a great stir."

Su Mei froze for half a second, feeling a surge of joy, and suddenly looked at Fu Chen with burning eyes.

"Fu Chen".

Fu Chen was taken aback by the stare.

"Fu Chen, I have something to tell you. Don't worry, if we can get it done, we'll not only have two thousand, but we'll have twenty thousand."

Twenty thousand?

Fu Chen couldn't help but gasp. Twenty thousand? All his savings combined amounted to only a few thousand yuan, and a large portion of that was Qiu Ling's compensation money from back then.

Su Mei's eyes burned with passion. In her memories of her past life, she knew that the economy would soon be liberalized, and that people would start businesses. The first group of people to go into business later made a fortune.

In her past life, she unexpectedly obtained several prescriptions. After her recovery, she discovered that these prescriptions had miraculous effects in treating certain diseases. Because of this, she was able to gain a more stable position in the hospital. She contributed two of them to the hospital, but she also secretly collaborated with some pharmaceutical factories on the others. After that, she never had to worry about money, as the dividends made her very wealthy.

However, she did not tell Fu Chen about this, because at that time she only wanted to keep these things for her son.

She wouldn't have come up with a prescription so early if she hadn't been forced into it. She had her own principles and didn't want Fu Chen to look down on her.

Looking at Su Mei's confident expression, Fu Chen thought of what his mother had said about him going to a remote village, and he clenched his fists. If he could earn 20,000 yuan, what difference would it make if he didn't become a doctor?

Moreover, it would be many years before Uncle Wang returned, and Fu Chen was extremely unwilling to send him to the countryside.

He looked at Su Mei, "What's your plan?"

Su Mei looked at Fu Chen, her eyes flickering slightly. "My ancestors had a medicinal formula. After you go out, you can try to find a pharmaceutical company that's willing to cooperate with you."

"The prescription mainly..." Su Mei lowered her voice, her eyes serious, "Fu Chen, believe me, I never intended to harm you. If you don't believe me, you can have someone check the effects."

Fu Chen's eyes betrayed a hint of guilt; his real purpose today was to get Su Mei to abort the child.

However, Su Mei unabashedly handed him a recipe that could make a lot of money. Fu Chen wasn't stupid; if Su Mei could produce one, she probably had more. If that was the case, Fu Chen's eyes darkened with a deep sorrow.

It seems he needs to find a more discreet way to get rid of the child without anyone noticing, so that Su Mei won't hate him.

Fu Chen sighed, his voice so soft that only Su Mei could hear it, "I'm sorry."

Su Mei's tears streamed down her face. She knew that the man she had loved her whole life could not possibly treat her like that; he must have been forced into it.

She didn't blame him. Once she repaid Ruan Jianhua's money and officially divorced him, she would find a way to be with Fu Chen.

No matter how big a mistake she made, as long as she took out the wound-healing ointment that could reduce the mortality rate of the entire army, she would definitely be able to get a chance to be forgiven.

Fu Chen quickly left with Xiao Sun. Once outside the detention center, he said, "Comrade Sun, I've already discussed with Su Mei that I will return the things she gave me to the Ruan family in cash. As for compensation, I promise to give five hundred."

Xiao Sun was shocked; this was a huge sum of money.

When he and Fu Chen brought the money back and delivered it to Xiao Chun and the others, Grandma Ruan almost fainted from laughing while holding the money.

So much money!!!

Xiao Chun was more surprised than anything else. "Uncle Sun, he just gave it to him like that?"

"Yes, Fu Chen offered it quite readily; I thought he would disagree."

This is too strange. Although Fu Chen is not stingy, he is definitely not generous either. Otherwise, Su Mei would not have sold him to an abusive butcher for money in her previous life.

Taking so much money all at once was beyond her imagination. Could it be that Su Mei had some kind of leverage over him?

Could it be a child?

That shouldn't be the case.

Never mind, the benefits in hand are the most real.

Xiaochun smiled and reached out her hand, "Grandma, give me one."

Grandma Ruan held the money, thought for a moment, and gave her two ten-yuan bills, saying seriously, "Take these and spend them, but don't spend them recklessly!"

Xiao Chun grinned, showing her little white teeth, and said, "Xiao Chun is going to treat Captain Xing and his team to dinner, Grandma."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Ruan pulled out another bill, saying, "Then Grandma will give you this money."

Standing silently to the side, Ruan Jianhua reached out his hand, "Mother, Jianhua wants some too."

"You want some too! I'll slap you twice, you want?! Didn't I say kids can't play with money?!"

Old Mrs. Ruan grabbed Ruan Jianhua's ear with an iron grip, "Do you want more?"

"No, no, Jianhua doesn't want to."

But his eyes were clearly still fixed on Xiaochun.

While Grandma Ruan was collecting money, Xiao Chun secretly slipped a ten-yuan note into his hand.

"Shh~ This is our secret."

Ruan Jianhua pursed his lips; he was the best at keeping secrets!

Looking at her father's innocent and happy face, Xiaochun felt a lump in her throat. Actually, it was probably better if her father didn't know anything; at least he was happy that way.

When Xiaochun got home that night, she called Xing Yong and said she wanted to treat the criminal investigation team to dinner.

"Did Fu Chen really give it to him?"

Xiaochun leaned against the reception desk at the guesthouse, phone in hand, her little feet swinging. "Yes, Xiaochun is also very surprised that Fu Chen is willing to pay back Su Mei's money."

After hanging up the phone, Xing Yong thought for a moment and then said to Niu Qiaobao, "Why don't you find someone to follow Fu Chen and see what he's been up to lately?"

"Officer, has Fu Chen committed a crime?"

"No, it's because we were afraid the baby in Koh Samui would run away before the tests were completed."

"That's quite important. Leave this to me, Criminal Investigation Department."

The next day at noon, the Public Security Bureau was closed for the holiday, and Xing Yong took Niu Qiaobao, Qin Yuezheng, and Feng Yan to the Victory Hotel.

As soon as I entered, I saw the little guy sitting obediently at a round table.

"Captain Xing, over here, over here~"

Niu Qiaobao carried a bundle of drinks. "Xiao Chun only has eyes for our criminal investigation team. Sigh, I was even thinking of telling you where Fu Chen went."

Xiao Chun's round eyes lit up immediately. "Officer Niu, where did Fu Chen go?"