Chapter 399 - Chapter 399: This Is a Crime
Chapter 399: This Is a Crime
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Ji Yuanyuan was in the first row. When she stood up, she was very eye-catching.
All the students in the cla.s.s and the teacher on the podium turned their gazes to Ji Yuanyuan.
Ji Yuanyuan came back to her senses and quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, teacher. 1 was distracted.”
She sat down awkwardly.
Ji Yuanyuan’s studies were good and she was about to transfer schools. Therefore, the teacher was especially tolerant of her. She did not say anything and continued to teach.
When Ji Yuanyuan finally finished her torturous cla.s.s, she could not wait to run out of the cla.s.sroom.
Yang Jingyi, who was next door, ran to Ji Yuanyuan and held her hand, “I’m so hungry. Let’s hurry home and eat.”
Ji Yuanyuan held her hand and waited for Ji Zixuan and Ji Zi’ang outside the school building.
After the four of them met up, they arrived outside the school.
Li Xu was already waiting for them. All the houses in the county had been moved out, and there was no place to eat at noon. Hu Chunli invited the children to her house for lunch.
There was still half a month before her house expired, and she was still living there.
Therefore, Li Xu came to pick up the children from school in the afternoon, while Hu Chunli was cooking at home.
After leaving the school, Ji Yuanyuan told the others that Fang Xinyi did not come to cla.s.s today.
She also shared his own guess.
“Then what should we do? Why don’t we call the police?” Yang Jingyi asked worriedly.
“There’s no use calling the police, right? This kind of thing isn’t under the police’s jurisdiction, right?” Ji Zi’ang said uncertainly.
“Logically speaking, they should be in charge. Nine years of compulsory education is mandatory. It is illegal for anyone to force children of the right age not to go to school.” Ji Zixuan said calmly.
“Then let’s call the police!” Yang Jingyi said excitedly, “Get the police to arrest Fang Xinyi’s grandparents!”
Li Xu shook her head helplessly.
These children were too naive.
In Fang Xinyi’s situation, if they really called the police, the child would not have the protection of her parents and would offend her grandparents. How would she live in the future?
“I think this is Fang Xinyi’s family matter. We should contact her mother and let her handle this matter.” Ji Zixuan clearly did not agree with the children’s thoughts, so she tactfully suggested.
“But we don’t have her mother’s contact information. How can we contact her?” Yang Jingyi asked suspiciously.
“I know!” Ji Zi’ang’s eyes lit up.
Seeing that everyone’s eyes were on him, he said proudly, “Fang Xinyi definitely knows her mother’s contact information. If we can find her, we can contact her mother.”
In his imagination, Fang Xinyi was probably locked up at home by her grandparents and working day and night. She couldn’t escape, nor did she have the chance to contact her mother.
Yang Jingyi was pleasantly surprised, “Yuanyuan knows where Fang Xinyi’s home is, right?”
During the winter vacation last year, when Fang Xinyi gave her address to Ji Yuanyuan, Yang Jingyi was also there.
“Yes, I know.” Ji Yuanyuan nodded.
“It’s settled then. We’ll go to Fang Xinyi’s house this afternoon.” Yang Jingyi decided.
“I still have cla.s.ses in the afternoon!” Ji Zi’ang reminded.
“Then after school in the afternoon.” Yang Jingyi said indifferently.
For some reason, Ji Yuanyuan felt a little uneasy and her heart was beating rapidly.
“Mom, why don’t we go now?” Ji Yuanyuan looked at Li Xu, “I don’t know why, but I feel a little uneasy.”
Li Xu saw this and hesitated, “Your Auntie Hu is cooking at home. Why don’t we do as Jingyi said and go after school in the afternoon?”
Ji Yuanyuan shook her head, “No, my heart is beating really fast.”
Although Li Xu was a little hesitant, she quickly made a decision, “How about this, Zixuan, you take Jingyi back to Auntie Hu’s place. Zi’ang and I will accompany Yuanyuan to Fang Xinyi’s house to take a look. We will resolve the matter as soon as possible so that we can rest a.s.sured.”
As she spoke, Li Xu held Ji Yuanyuan’s hand and was about to go to the roadside to hail a taxi.
Ji Yuanyuan pulled Li Xu and said cautiously, “Let’s give Grandpa a call and borrow Brother Xiao Li!”
After all, they were going to an unfamiliar place, and they were going to go against Fang Xinyi’s grandparents.
Ji Yuanyuan felt there was no harm in being cautious.
Half an hour later, Ji Yuanyuan was deeply grateful for her decision.
Although Fang Xinyi’s village was not far from the county, it was in a remote location. Moreover, the village was surrounded by mountains on three sides, so the road was not easy to walk on.
Fang Xinyi’s house was easy to find. The second house at the village entrance was their house.
Their house wasn’t shabby. The red brick door had the word ‘happy’ pasted on it.
“Are you sure this is Fang Xinyi’s house?” Li Xu asked in surprise, “Didn’t her father pa.s.s away last November? Why would you put the word ‘happy’ on the door?”
Ji Yuanyuan took a closer look at the door number on the wall and said firmly, “This is it!”
Just then, a woman pa.s.sed by. Li Xu quickly pulled her back, “Big sister, is this Fang Xinyi’s house?”
The woman looked at her suspiciously, “Yeah, who are you?”
Was this really Fang Xinyi’s house? Ji Yuanyuan looked at the word ‘happy’ on the door and had a bad feeling.
Could it be…
“What’s going on? Didn’t someone in his family pa.s.s away? What’s with the word “happy”?”
The woman said indifferently. “It hasn’t even been a hundred days, has it? So they take advantage of this time to get married. Otherwise, we’ll have to wait for three years!”
Married? Who’s getting married?
“Who is getting married? Did Fang Xinyi’s mother remarry?” Li Xu asked in surprise.
Even if it was remarriage, there was no need to be in such a hurry, right?
“Xinyi is getting married! Not her mother!” the woman shook her head in amus.e.m.e.nt.
Li Xu was stunned. There was such a saying in S City.
Logically speaking, when parents pa.s.sed away, children should not hold a wedding ceremony. They should be in mourning for three years.
However, there were always special circ.u.mstances. If the situation was really special, it was not impossible.
As long as the wedding was held within 100 days of his parents’ death, it would be fine.
Counting, Fang Xinyi’s father had pa.s.sed away almost a hundred days ago.
They were actually doing things at this time?
Li Xu figured this out and said coldly, “How old is she? How can she get married? They are committing a crime!”
The woman was also stunned for a moment before she sneered, “I’m not the one who found her a family. If you want to find her, go find her grandparents!”
Seeing the serious expressions of Li Xu and the others, the woman asked curiously, “Who are you to Xinyi? Why didn’t I know that her family had relatives like you?”