The Bravest

Chapter 235 Returning Home in a High Profile

Liu Ruyan's uncle's house is pretty nice. He bought it with the money he saved when he was working in a foreign company.

Although life is not easy now, at least we don't have to pay rent and can barely make ends meet. It is much better than many people who can't even afford to eat. However, compared to before, it can be said that our family has fallen into poverty and our living conditions are so bad that people living in the same area look down on us.

It was lunchtime, when people were going home to cook after work, and there were many people coming in and out of the alley. Lin Jie honked the horn from time to time and carefully drove the car into the not-so-spacious alley.

The "beep beep" sound of the horn attracted the attention of neighbors, and they started talking until Lin Jie's car stopped.

"Are you here to see Mr. Li? I've never seen this car before."

"Where's the license plate from the police station? Could something have happened to Mr. Li? Let's go check on Mrs. Li."

A few curious women came over to watch the fun. When Lin Jie and Liu Ruyan got out of the car, they even boldly asked Lin Jie, "Officer, what happened?"

"Madam Liu, I'm back to see my uncle." Liu Ruyan greeted her with a smile before going forward and knocking on the door.

"Ruyan, it's you. I thought something happened to you when you didn't come back for so long..."

Only then did Empress Liu recognize Liu Ruyan and instinctively wanted to gossip a few words, but she was pulled back by the person behind her, who pointed the gun at Liu Ruyan's waist at her, and then she immediately shut up.

"Who is it?" The door opened from the inside, and it was Liu Ruyan's aunt. She was startled to see Liu Ruyan in police uniform.

"Aunt, it's me." Liu Ruyan greeted her aunt with a smile, carrying cakes and two bottles of wine.

"Ruyan, you're back. Your uncle has been worried sick these past few months." The aunt looked at her niece who was driven away by rumors in disbelief, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

"Aunt, there are guests here. Let's go in and talk." Liu Ruyan didn't want Lin Jie to stand outside the door and be watched by others, so she reminded her aunt who was still looking her up and down.

"Oh, there are guests here. Ruyan, please invite them in for tea. Your aunt will cook for you right away."

Only then did my aunt realize that there was a car parked at the side of the door. Several women were talking there, and there was a young man in a police uniform standing at the front of the car, looking at them with a smile.

"Well, today is Sunday, so your brother should be at home! I brought some things back and asked my cousin to come out and help move them." Liu Ruyan felt embarrassed to ask Lin Jie to move the rice and flour.

"Oh, it's good that you're back. Why are you bringing anything?" The aunt scolded. Just as she was about to go back and call her son out, a boy who looked like a student about fourteen or fifteen years old heard the noise outside the door and ran out.

"Sister, you are back. Are you a police officer now?"

"Well, brother, come and help me move the things." Liu Ruyan did not answer her brother's question, but pulled him to the back of the car, opened the lid and let him move the things.

"Sister, there's so much meat." The little guy saw a bamboo basket full of bacon and ham. His eyes lit up immediately. He hadn't seen these for a long time. Then he asked Liu Ruyan in a low voice: "Did my brother-in-law buy them?"

"You are the only one who talks too much. Move in first and then I'll introduce you to someone." Liu Ruyan neither admitted nor refuted, but said to her brother with a red face.

Of course Lin Jie would not just stand there. He opened the back door of the car, took out a bag of flour from the back seat, and followed Liu Ruyan and her brother home.

"Oh, how can we let the guests do it? I'll do it..." My aunt stood aside and wiped her hands on her apron.

Liu Ruyan didn't introduce Lin Jie, and she didn't know how to address him. She thought Lin Jie was a colleague Liu Ruyan called to help. The whole family worked together and it took three trips to move all the things into the house.

The women watching enviously looked at the things that were constantly being unloaded from the truck. This was enough to feed Mr. Li's family for two months, especially the bacon and ham in the two bamboo baskets, which made people drool.

"Ruyan, the guests are here, why don't you introduce them to me?" The aunt asked Lin Jie to sit down and poured him tea. Only then did she blame Liu Ruyan for being impolite.

"Aunt, this is my boss, Deputy Chief Lin of the Huangpu Police Station. Chief, this is my aunt, and this is my cousin Li Shutong."

"Hello, Auntie. Che Tong Gui Shu Tong Wen, this name is quite good." Lin Jie greeted his aunt and praised Li Shutong's name.

"Ah, hello, Chief Lin. Ruyan, please take out the pastries quickly to greet the chief." My aunt didn't know how to distinguish the epaulettes on the police uniforms, and thought she was just an ordinary colleague, so she didn't want to take out the pastries that Liu Ruyan brought to greet her.

Now when he heard that Lin Jie was Liu Ruyan's boss and a director, he secretly blamed Liu Ruyan for being ignorant. If she offended her boss, she might lose her job.

"Aunt, the pastries are for you and your brother. We always have them in the police station." Liu Ruyan must have a different mentality. Lin Jie is her man, so there is no need to be so particular.

"Haha, Director Lin, you have some tea first. We'll be able to eat soon. Ruyan, come and help me." My aunt gave an awkward dry laugh and then pulled Liu Ruyan to the kitchen.

After his mother and sister left, Li Shutong, who was sitting next to Lin Jie, asked Lin Jie in a low voice: "Director Lin, are you pursuing my sister?"

"How did you know?" Lin Jie looked at the clever little guy with a smile.

"Tsk, if you weren't interested in my sister, why would you buy so many things?"

"I didn't buy it. Your sister paid for it herself. I just drove over to deliver it and have a meal at the same time."

"Tsk, do you think I'm stupid? It's okay to lie to my mom that I don't have to go to school, but my dad didn't dare to buy so many things when he was working in a foreign company. How much can my sister, a little police officer, earn?"

The little guy even dares to tease his own mother, but it is indeed not easy for him to see through all these at such a young age.

"Hehe, you're quite smart, but your sister is not a policewoman. She has a very high salary, so you can ask your sister for anything in the future. By the way, when will your father come back?"

Outside, Lin Jie was teasing Li Shutong, while Liu Ruyan was being interrogated by her aunt in the kitchen.

"Ruyan, what's going on with that director? Does he like you? And how did you become a police officer? Is it so easy to find a government job?"

"Aunt, I won't hide it from you. I was captured by the Japanese and it was him who saved me." Liu Ruyan didn't plan to hide the secret anymore when she came back this time. She wanted to wait until her uncle came back before telling him, but her aunt asked first.

"Ah, were you really captured by the Japanese at that time? I thought those people were spreading rumors. You weren't bullied by the Japanese, were you?"

My aunt's heart sank. How could a beautiful girl who was captured by the Japanese have a good ending? Her poor niece, who had lost her parents and now encountered such a thing, what should she do?

"No, the Japanese wanted to sell me, and Director Lin happened to see me and bought me." Liu Ruyan did not dare, nor was she willing to mention her experience at Sakura Pavilion again.

"Didn't you come back? Why did you leave again? Did you sneak back at that time? Did the director threaten you? What should we do now?" My aunt didn't know what to do.

"Don't worry, Aunt. Director Lin is very good to me. I'm his secretary now. The work is easy and the salary is high." Liu Ruyan pretended to be relaxed and comforted her aunt.

"How can such a good thing happen? He must have fallen in love with you. Stand up and let me see you." Although my aunt had not received much education, she was in her forties and had seen the world.

"Aunt... I'm with him now." Liu Ruyan knew what her aunt wanted to see, so she blushed and admitted her relationship with Lin Jie.

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