South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

The next morning, Yuan Mu was shocked when he saw Lao Ma.

"Lao Ma, what's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"I indeed didn't sleep well. We thought about what you mentioned for half the night, and I almost didn't sleep the whole night." Lao Ma shook his head.

"So what do you think?" Yuan Mu asked.

"Like you said, let Hou Sanjin recognize Ma Jian as his godson. We didn't agree at first because he's not a qualified father. But after thinking about it, Hou Sanjin has turned over a new leaf, so we should give him a chance."

"Tell Hou Sanjin to come to our house in the next few days and let Ma Jian meet him, but he cannot reveal his true identity. This is good for everyone. Ma Jian cannot be influenced by him." Old Ma said seriously.

"Old Ma, you can rest assured about this. I promise he will never do that. When I get to the office, I will call Hou Sanjin and ask him to come over in the next few days." Yuan Mu nodded.

In fact, this method is also a compromise. It is definitely impossible to let Hou Sanjin recognize Ma Jian. It is unfair to the Ma family and Ma Jian. Ma Jian is clean now. If he follows Hou Sanjin, it will be different.

Although Hou Sanjin is feeling a little better now, he has no ability to take care of Ma Jian. It is best for Ma Jian to stay with the Ma family.

Allowing Ma Jian to call Hou Sanjin "godfather" was already the greatest tolerance he could show him.

After arriving at the Criminal Police Team and his own office, Yuan Mu called Shenzhen, but the call was transferred. Hou Sanjin did not have a landline yet, so the phone was from the newsstand over there.

In the afternoon, Hou Sanjin returned the call. As expected, he was ecstatic after receiving the news. He immediately put down his work, bought a lot of food, clothes and daily necessities, got on the train, and headed straight for Ningyang.

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July 15th, afternoon, at the entrance of the workers' compound.

At this time, the place was surrounded by children, and among the children there was a man in his thirties who was handing out candies to the children with a smile on his face.

This person was none other than Hou Sanjin who had rushed over from Shenzhen. He was dressed in decent clothes and leather shoes, and there were more than a dozen packages of various sizes around him, all of which were bulging, and it was obvious that they were filled with a lot of things.

This time when he came back, he bought a lot of things for his son. He packed two bags with food alone, and four bags with clothes, pants, shoes, etc. The rest were some daily necessities and toys, all of which were popular in Shenzhen.

Just then, Yuan Mu, Lao Ma and Wang Xin appeared on bicycles.

"Hey! Isn't that Hou Sanjin?" Wang Xin had sharp eyes and saw Hou Sanjin at a glance.

Lao Ma and Yuan Mu didn't say anything, they knew Hou Sanjin was coming.

"What is this kid doing here? No, I have to go ask!" As he said that, Wang Xin was about to ride his bike over, but was stopped by Yuan Mu.

"Okay Wang Xin, he's here to see me, don't worry about it."

"Ah? Looking for you?" Wang Xin didn't understand.

"Okay, Wang Xin, you go home first." Lao Ma also said at this time.

Wang Xin was even more confused, but he didn't say anything. He rode his bike home. When he passed by Hou Sanjin, he looked at him carefully.

"Hey! Brother Yuan, Brother Ma is back." Hou Sanjin stood up quickly and said with a smile when he saw the two men coming.

"Okay, kids, take the candies and go play!" Hou Sanjin said, and took out a handful of candies and stuffed them into the children's hands.

The children were very happy, as many of the candies Hou Sanjin brought were things they had never seen before.

"You came pretty quickly." Yuan Mu walked over and said with a smile.

"Well, this is a big deal, we must come early." Hou Sanjin said with a smile.

"You've moved the market here to buy so many things?" Old Ma said, looking at the dozen bags on the ground.

"They are all bought for the children, as well as for you, sister-in-law, Ma Yan, and of course, for Brother Yuan." Hou Sanjin said quickly.

"Okay, let's not stay here anymore and go into the house." As he said that, Lao Ma picked up two bags and walked into the yard first.

"Let's go!" Yuan Mu smiled and picked up two bags.

"Hey! Let's go!" Hou Sanjin's face was full of smiles at this time. He followed in with three or four bags in one hand.

At Lao Ma’s home.

"Old Ma, who is this?" Wang Sufang looked at Hou Sanjin and asked. Ma Yan also looked confused.

Lao Ma took a deep breath and then spoke.

“He is Hou Sanjin.”

After these words were spoken, Wang Sufang and Ma Yan lost all their previous enthusiasm.

"Hello, sister-in-law, Ma Yan." Hou Sanjin walked forward to greet them with a smile, but both of them ignored him. Hou Sanjin was a little embarrassed, but didn't say anything.

"Sister-in-law, these are all the things I bought for Ma Jian. There are food, clothes, daily necessities, toys, and some for you as well." Hou Sanjin said as he squatted on the ground and opened one bag after another.

"Dad!" At this time, a baby voice sounded, and then a cute child was seen walking out from the inner room.

"Hey! Come, let daddy hug you." Seeing Ma Jian, Lao Ma's voice suddenly became sweeter, and he bent down and picked up Ma Jian.

When Hou Sanjin saw Ma Jian’s longing smile and heard Ma Jian calling someone else “dad,” he felt very sad.

But he had no choice. This was all caused by himself. He deserved it. Now he could meet Ma Jian openly, and he was already very satisfied.

"Dad, who is he?" At this time, little Ma Jian, who was lying on old Ma's shoulder, saw Hou Sanjin and asked.

He often met Yuan Mu, but this was the first time he met Hou Sanjin, so it was inevitable that he had such doubts.

When Hou Sanjin heard this, he smiled hopefully.

"Hello, my name is Hou Sanjin, you can call me...call me Uncle Hou." Hou Sanjin pondered for a long time and finally said uncle.

At this time, he was in great pain as his biological son was right in front of him but he couldn't recognize him.

"Hello, Uncle Hou." Ma Jian smiled and spoke in a baby voice.

Children in Northeast China are all like this. The adults in their families teach them from a young age that they must speak up when they see people and that they must go out and explore.

"Hey! Hello to you too!" Hou Sanjin was smiling so hard that his mouth was almost reaching his ears.

"Uncle Hou brought you some delicious food and toys. Do you want to see them?" As he said that, Hou Sanjin squatted down and took out a toy car from a pocket.

Seeing the car, Ma Jian struggled to get down from Lao Ma's arms, ran to Hou Sanjin and squatted down. It was obvious that he liked this car very much.

"And this, this is the candy my uncle brought from Shenzhen." Hou Sanjin took out another lollipop from his bag and handed it to Ma Jian.

Lao Ma and others watched Hou Sanjin and Ma Jian interact, and no one spoke.