The Bravest

"Aunt, I'm with him now." Under her aunt's questioning, Liu Ruyan admitted her relationship with Lin Jie.

The aunt's eyes widened. She didn't expect that her niece who ran away from home had already followed a man. She was stunned for a while before she asked Liu Ruyan tentatively, "Is he married?"

"Yeah." Liu Ruyan nodded. She knew it was something that everyone would know sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it.

"Did he force you to do that?" My aunt turned pale and didn't know how to comfort me.

If it were a few years ago, her husband could still ask his boss for help, but now that the foreign company has gone bankrupt and her husband can't even find a job, how can he help his niece and seek justice?

"Aunt, he didn't force me. Didn't I come back then? But no one in the school believed me. Everyone bullied me and caused you to be gossiped about. I couldn't stand it and ran away. I couldn't find a job outside, so I had to ask Chief Lin for help. He arranged for me to work in the police station, and I followed him voluntarily."

Liu Ruyan briefly recounted what had happened. She was no longer afraid of other people’s gossip, but she hoped that her family could understand and accept her.

"My poor child, what will you do in the future?" The aunt held her niece weakly.

"Aunt, I'm fine now, don't be sad. Look at this. With this, no one will dare to bully us. I'll help uncle find a stable job in a while, and you and your brother will have a better life."

Liu Ruyan gently pushed her aunt away and patted the pistol on her waist to show her. This was her confidence. Lin Jie often told her that in this world, only guns can protect oneself.

"Ah, Ruyan, how dare you bring this? Do you know how to use it? It's very dangerous." In fact, my aunt had seen it a long time ago, but she didn't dare to ask.

"Don't worry, aunt. I'm a police officer now and I practice shooting often." Liu Ruyan certainly didn't dare to tell her aunt that she had killed someone with this gun, as that would scare her aunt to death.

"Ruyan, did Director Lin ever say that he would give you a legitimate status? You can't just follow him for nothing."

"Well, aunt, please cook first. There will be no food when uncle comes back later."

"Oh, that's right, let's cook first and wait for your uncle to come back."

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Liu Ruyan's uncle dragged his tired body slowly into the alley at noon. He was a scholar who had worked as a junior manager in a foreign company. After losing his job, he was willing to do any rough work to make a living. He was not afraid of these.

But what really broke his back was that something happened to his niece a few months ago. All kinds of rumors drove away a girl who was less than 18 years old, and he couldn't find her no matter how hard he tried. How could he be worthy of his dead sister and brother-in-law?

"Mr. Li is back. Your Ruyan has brought guests to our house. She came in a car. She looks so impressive." The neighbors who usually don't look up to him all greeted him.

"Is my Ruyan back?"

"Yes, yes, Ruyan has made great progress and brought a lot of things. Mr. Li is going to get rich." Another neighbor also complimented sourly.

"Oh, I'll go back and take a look first. We'll talk next time." Mr. Li hurried home. His niece is back? He had to go back and confirm if it was true. He didn't hear anything else clearly.

Mr. Li hurried home and saw a car parked outside the door from a distance. He was happy at first, but then he realized that the license plate was from the police station, and he started to feel nervous again.

When he pushed open the door and entered the house, he saw his son dancing and talking to a young policeman. The atmosphere seemed quite harmonious, so Mr. Li felt relieved.

"Dad, you're back. Your brother-in-law has been waiting for a long time." Li Shutong shouted when he saw his father hesitating.

"Brother-in-law?" Mr. Li was stunned and immediately thought of Liu Ruyan. Could it be that Ruyan brought her boyfriend back?

"Hello Mr. Li, my name is Lin Jie, and I'm Ruyan's colleague." Lin Jie stood up and extended his hand to greet Mr. Li who had already walked into the living room.

"Hello, Officer Lin." Mr. Li shook hands with Lin Jie subconsciously.

"Dad, my brother-in-law is the director. Look, my brother-in-law gave it to me to play with." Li Shutong pointed a pistol outside, making "bang bang" sounds with his mouth.

Mr. Li was almost scared to death: "Put the book down quickly, it's very dangerous."

"Mr. Li, it's okay. There are no bullets in the gun." Lin Jie reached out and took the pistol back, loaded the magazine and put it back on his waist.

Li Shutong still looked reluctant. Boys are born to like weapons, otherwise Li Shutong would not call Lin Jie "brother-in-law" all the time. He just wanted to borrow Lin Jie's gun to satisfy his desire.

"Shutong, where is your sister?" Mr. Li no longer cared about Lin Jie's identity. He still had to see his niece to feel at ease.

"Sister is helping mom cook."

"Well, Director Lin, please take a seat first. I'll go see if the meal is ready."

"Mr. Li, you're welcome. Please feel free to do as you please."

"Shutong, stop playing and quickly get Director Lin some hot tea." After saying this, Mr. Li quickly walked towards the kitchen.

"Ruyan, it's really you who's back?" As soon as Mr. Li entered the kitchen, he saw his wife busying herself, and Liu Ruyan, who was wearing a police uniform, was helping her.

"Uncle, I'm back. What happened to you?" Liu Ruyan raised her head. In the past, when she secretly came back, she could only see him from afar and didn't notice him. Now that she was closer, she saw that her uncle, who was less than 40 years old, had half of his hair white.

"It's okay, I'm glad you're back, I'm glad you're back." Mr. Li knew that he looked much older now, and scared the child.

"Uncle, I'm sorry! I should have come back earlier." Liu Ruyan knew that her uncle must be worried about her and that's why he became like this. Her eyes immediately turned red and she wanted to cry.

"It's okay. It's okay now that you're back. By the way, Ruyan, what's going on with Director Lin outside? He said he was your colleague, so why did Shutong call him brother-in-law?"

Mr. Li changed the topic away from himself. His niece was fine, but now a police chief had appeared. Of course, he had to figure out what was going on first.

"Uncle, he is my man."

"Ah? Ruyan, you are getting married? Why don't you come back to discuss it with us?" Mr. Li was confused for a moment.

"Uncle, he has a wife at home..."

Liu Ruyan found that she couldn't continue. But as soon as she said these few words, Mr. Li already understood what was going on.

"You...did he force you to do this? Ruyan, don't be afraid, your uncle will help you." Mr. Li's eyes were about to burst into flames, and he grabbed a kitchen knife and was about to rush out to settle the score with Lin Jie.

"Uncle, don't." Liu Ruyan quickly hugged her frail uncle and said, "I wanted to do it myself. He didn't force me. He saved me."

My aunt was also startled. She quickly put down the spatula and grabbed her husband: "Li Guomin, don't be impulsive. Tell me what's going on slowly."

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