Chapter 70: Looking for Sister
I walked down the stairs first, and shouted to the little witch behind me: "Hey! Can you hurry up? What are you dawdling for?" Xu Xin replied from the stairs: "I'm...coming, what...are you shouting?"
At this time, I still didn't notice her strangeness, and turned around and walked forward. Coincidentally, there was a taxi parked in front of a building ahead, dropping off passengers. I hurried over to take a seat, and stretched out my hand to Xu Xin who was following behind me, saying, "Come over quickly, there is a taxi here."
Xu Xin staggered over, bent down and crouched in the car, but suddenly fell on my legs and didn't move. I was still surprised, thinking that the little witch was going to do something again, so I shook her shoulders and said, "Hey! What are you doing? Sit still!"
The little witch said "hmm", and just changed to a more comfortable position, and continued to lie on my legs. I realized that something was wrong with the little witch, and I used both hands to help her up. I saw that she was actually drunk, her face was flushed, and she looked drowsy. I thought with a smile: Is that so? You got drunk with just a little bit of low-alcohol red wine? Seeing how greedy you were just now, I thought you were quite good at drinking. I should have known not to pour you wine, but now you are a drunk cat.
I gently patted her little face and called her, "Hey! Hey! Wake up, don't fall asleep! How can I take you home like this?" The little witch frowned in her sleep, snorted unhappily, moved her whole body, and leaned into my arms, twisted her waist, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
I was really defeated by her. I looked at the young girl in my arms with a headache, not knowing what to do. At this time, the taxi driver in front of me turned around impatiently and said, "Master, where are you going?"
I had no choice but to close the car door and told the driver my home address. The car immediately turned around and drove away. The little witch in my arms slipped down and almost fell off the seat. I quickly reached out to hug her and fixed her on my legs. The little witch instinctively stretched out her hands in her sleep and hugged my waist tightly. Seeing her satisfied smile on her face, I didn't have the heart to push her away. I just let her do what she wanted, but I had a headache for a while. When I got home, my parents saw me bringing back a drunk girl. How could I explain it?
The car drove smoothly on the street, the little witch in my arms snuggled up to me intimately, and I could smell a faint scent of fresh body fragrance that only girls of her age could emit. I couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and I couldn't help but think of the night after the heavy snow, when I carried her sister on my back and walked in the snow. The warmth and mood at that time...
The car finally arrived home. After I paid the fare, I couldn't wake up the little witch in my arms. She hummed twice and hugged me tighter. I had no choice but to open the car door, drag her out of the car, kick the door shut, and then forcefully hold the little witch horizontally.
I suddenly thought, what kind of luck have I had recently? First, I was deceived by Qiu Jieqin, who thought she was drunk and couldn’t carry her home. Then I met a big star who sprained her ankle, and I carried her to the hospital. Then I met Gu Ruoyan who was drunk, and I kindly carried her home, and twice! Finally, Hua Jingjing was seriously ill and unconscious, so I took her to the hospital for emergency treatment. Every time I have to exhaust my physical strength and mental energy. Why in this world do I always have to encounter women who are in trouble and can’t take care of themselves? Isn’t this a bit weird? Look, even if this little girl in front of me drank a little red wine, she was drunk like a dead pig, and I still had to carry her home. Do you think I am extremely unlucky?
I shook my head and sighed, while holding the little witch horizontally and walking up the stairs. I thought again, this little witch is young and ignorant, with little social experience, and she doesn't know how treacherous people are in this world! She knows that she can't drink much and will get drunk as soon as she drinks, but she still insists on drinking. Fortunately, she met me. If it was another pervert with ill intentions, she would take the opportunity to molest her based on her current drunken state. If such a beautiful young girl like a flower is insulted by others, it would be unforgivable! Even if she regrets it, it's too late. Oh! I must send her back tomorrow, so that she won't be wandering outside and in danger!
Although Xu Xin is tall and has long legs, she is not heavy, like her sister. I carried her to the door of my house, and it was not too hard. Since both of my hands were holding a person, I couldn't take my hands out to get the key to open the door, so I had to use Xu Xin's feet to ring the doorbell of my house.
It was my sister Tang Ying who opened the door. When she saw me coming back with a woman, she was so surprised that her eyes almost popped out of her head. She asked me with a smile, "Brother, what are you acting like? Why did you bring a woman home? Do you want to scare Dad and Mom?"
I said angrily, "Get out of the way quickly. Don't you see how tired I am holding someone?"
After Tang Ying dodged, she followed me with great interest, and kept asking, "Brother! Isn't this the girlfriend you mentioned this morning, my future sister-in-law? Eh? Isn't this... isn't this a student? Isn't it? You don't even let go of such a young girl? You are simply... an old cow... Haha, don't glare at me? I'm still waiting for your explanation."
I carried Xu Xin to Tang Ying's room and laid her flat on the bed. At this time, my parents, who were watching TV in the living room, were also startled and left their seats to come over and ask me, "Xiao Qian, what happened? Who is this child?"
I first said to Tang Ying, "Xiao Ying, come and take off her shoes and clothes. Let her stay with you for a while tonight. Dad, Mom, let's talk outside."
As my parents and I left my little sister's room, Tang Ying said anxiously, "Hey! Wait a minute, I want to listen too."
After sitting in the living room, I took out a cigarette and lit it up, then slowly told the girl's origins. Tang Ying quickly dealt with the sleeping little witch, ran to the living room and listened to my explanation with interest, and kept asking questions. Because she was a crazy fan of the little witch, I was afraid of causing a huge reaction from her younger sister, so I didn't mention Xu Shu. I just said that she was the sister of a soldier friend I met recently, and today I accidentally ran into her leaving home, and then blah blah blah.
After she finished, my mother sighed and said, "Oh, this child is too naughty. How could she run away from home just because of a little conflict with her family? I wonder how worried her parents will be. Xiaoqian, I think you should call her family quickly to prevent them from worrying!"
Tang Ying snorted and said, "How can that be possible? Didn't you listen to what my brother said? He swore a solemn oath not to tell her family, otherwise he would curse us all to death! Humph!"
I was ashamed! I was so focused on keeping the little witch and not letting her get into any trouble that I didn't think about how this oath had actually hurt my family. No wonder my little sister was angry. I opened my mouth and wanted to say something apologetic and repentant, but my dad said, "What's the problem? We Communists don't believe in this at all! Besides, your brother had to do it to protect the girl. The social atmosphere is so bad now. How dangerous is it for a single little girl to be stranded outside? I think your brother did the right thing. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your own life to save others, not to mention it's just a verbal oath. Xiaoying, I think you really need to learn more from your brother and learn how to be a good person. You can't just think about yourself all day long!"
Tang Ying rolled her eyes and said angrily, "Dad! You... are here again! What's wrong with me?"
Dad ignored her and said to me, "Xiao Qian, I support you. Go and make the call. Don't let her parents worry. Everyone has children. I know her family must be extremely anxious right now."
I looked at my understanding parents with gratitude, and my heart was filled with warmth. After thinking for a while, I said, "Dad, Mom, thank you. But since I have already made an oath, as a man I must abide by it! Even if the target is just a child. I know the child's parents will be worried, but she has been a troublemaker since she was a child, and such things must have happened more than once. I don't think they are worried enough to have health problems, right? Don't worry, I will send her home early tomorrow morning so that her family can be reunited."
My mother disagreed and said, "No, that won't work. How do you know her parents won't get sick from worrying about her? She's still a child, not an adult. If she doesn't come home for one night, I'd be so worried if I were her mother! No, no, your father just praised you, and now you're being pedantic. Go make the call, or I won't agree!"
I looked at my dad in embarrassment, but he nodded repeatedly, supporting my mom's words. I had no choice but to stand up and prepare to make the call. I just picked up the landline phone in the living room, but I heard the doorbell "ding dong". My little sister said, "Huh? Who would knock on the door at this time?"
She walked to the door and opened it. I heard the little sister ask, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?" Then a familiar voice said, "Excuse me! Have you seen this girl? Someone said she got off a taxi downstairs in this building."
I turned my head and said happily, "Brother Xu! How are you so capable that you found this place?" Standing outside the door was indeed Xu Jian in a neat military uniform. He was holding a photo and asking my sister anxiously.
I walked over quickly and joyfully held Xu Jian's hand. Xu Jian was surprised and delighted to see me, and shouted, "Brother Tang? Why is it you? My sister is with you?"
I held his hand and smiled, "Yes, she is sleeping in my sister's room now. She is drunk and won't wake up no matter how we call her. Come in and sit down!" Xu Jian seemed to have let out a sigh of relief, and said angrily and laughed, "Damn it, why didn't you call me? I found out that my sister was carried into this building by a man, and I was so anxious! After all this time, it turned out to be you!"
I said, "This is a long story, come in and sit down first!"
Xu Jian nodded, then turned around and said, "Wait for me downstairs, I'll be down in a minute." I then realized that there were four or five soldiers standing on the stairs. A sergeant saluted and said, "Yes!" Then he turned around and led the team downstairs. I hurriedly said, "Hey, it's cold outside, let's all come in and sit down!"
Xu Jian said, "No need. There's another row downstairs. How can you squeeze them into your room? Let them stay outside." Then he walked into the room and said, "Where's my sister? Let me see her!"
I pointed to my little sister's room and said, "In that room, Brother Xu, have you surrounded the entire building? It's quite a big scene, haha!"
Xu Jian went over and opened the door. He was relieved when he saw Xu Xin sleeping soundly. He closed the door and said to me, "My sister was carried into the house by a man. How could I not make a scene? Tell me, what happened? How did you catch my sister after she tricked you?"
I introduced my parents and sister to him first. Xu Jian saluted everyone and said, "Sorry to bother you." My parents were relieved to see that the girl's brother had been found. They were polite at first, then said, "You guys chat!" Then they all left and went back to their rooms.
Xu Jian took out his cell phone, dialed a number, and said, "Dad, I found Xiaoxin. Well, she's fine, don't worry! But she's already asleep, I'll bring her back tomorrow... Yes! ... Yes!"
I made a cup of tea for Xu Jian and handed him a cigarette. We sat on the sofa, smoking and briefly recounting how I found Xu Xin. Then I asked him, "Brother Xu, you are really capable. How did you find my house? If you hadn't come, I would have risked breaking my oath and called you just now!"
Xu Jian laughed and said, "Damn, what a bullshit oath. If you had called earlier, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble. When I received your call at noon, I felt something was wrong. I called the school and found out that my sister didn't go to school today. I was worried. I called her cell phone but she didn't answer. Later, she turned it off. If this little witch was in this city, few people would dare to mess with her. But she is in City B, where she is unfamiliar with the place. I am really afraid that her lawless character will cause a big disaster. Xiao Shu's bodyguards, like Captain Wang, went to the United States with Xiao Shu, so I told my dad and brought five soldiers. I drove to City B to find her. Fortunately, the commander of the 54th Regiment stationed here is my old comrade-in-arms. After I contacted him, he immediately sent a platoon of soldiers to search the city with me, but how could we find her? Later, an idea came to me. I thought that my sister would have to take a taxi when she came here to play, right? I happened to have her photo with me, so I went straight to various major taxi operating companies and forced the leaders to call all the taxis that their companies were operating that day to inquire about it. But City B is so big, with several companies and tens of thousands of taxis . How long would it take to find her? What's more, most of the taxis could not be contacted at all, so my stupid method was of no use at all. No. Then a smart person reminded me that I might as well go to the radio station to broadcast a missing person notice, because most taxi drivers like to listen to the traffic program when they are driving. Maybe a driver has taken my sister in the car. Wouldn't it be thousands of times faster to broadcast it through the radio than to search one by one like this? I thought it was right, and immediately rushed to the traffic program team of the radio station and asked them to insert a missing person notice, describing my sister's appearance and clothes in detail. Hey! You know what, this method is really effective. Not long after, someone called and said that he had just picked up two passengers, one of whom was a drunk girl with clothes similar to the ones on the radio. I immediately asked the driver to come over and showed him a photo of my sister. Maybe my sister is too beautiful, the driver only took one look and confirmed that it was her, and said that she was held by a man and got off the car at such and such a place. When I heard this, I was shocked. I immediately gathered all the people and led the driver to kill them. First, we surrounded this place, and then checked every house. If there were women at home, we would ask them first, and if there were any suspicious people, we would search them by force. Damn it, I was so anxious that I didn’t even have time to drink a sip of water. In the end, it turned out that you took in my sister! Your shitty oath has hurt me so much. "
After he finished his long speech, he picked up the teacup and gulped down the water in one breath. I looked at Xu Jian with great guilt, feeling very sorry. He said that he didn't care about her little sister and was quite annoying, but in fact, he was really worried about her. This deep brother-sister relationship really touched me, and Xu Jian's image in my mind became even greater.
I said to Xu Jian apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Xu, I really should have told you earlier. I made you anxious and tired all day. I apologize to you!"
Xu Jian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hey! I'm just talking, I don't mean to blame you! How could I not know my sister's temper? You can't help it, right? Speaking of which, I really have to thank you. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, my sister might have gotten into some big trouble! On behalf of my family, thank you!"
I said, "We are all brothers, why are you still talking about this?"
"Yes! Good brother, I won't say much." Xu Jian stood up, patted my shoulder and said, "My sister will stay at your house for one night. I have to go first. I will come to pick her up tomorrow morning."
I stood up quickly and said, "What? You're leaving? You haven't eaten yet? Let me make some arrangements. Let's eat something here. Wouldn't it be nice to have some wine?"
"No!" Xu Jian said, "We will have plenty of opportunities to drink in the future, but these brothers outside have been busy with me for most of the day, I have to thank them. Besides, I haven't seen my comrade for a while. We agreed to get together after finding my sister. Maybe next time!"
I didn't persuade him to stay. After Xu Jian said goodbye, I walked him downstairs. Sure enough, I saw a jeep and two large military vehicles parked downstairs, with dozens of PLA soldiers standing on them. Xu Jian said to me, "Okay, that's it. I'll come back tomorrow morning. Don't let my sister run away by then! Haha!"
He smiled and got on the jeep. With a wave of his hand, three military vehicles started and left the community in a blink of an eye. I waved my right hand and watched them drive away. The rumbling sound of the military vehicles disappeared at the bend, but it continued to reach my ears.
