Song Zhicheng’s words immediately turned Huo Shiqian’s demeanor ice-cold.
Song Zhicheng, standing up to the pressure, insisted, "Huo Commander, as you know, the matter with Xiao Cong is not suitable for many to hear."
Upon hearing this, Huo Shiqian’s brows knotted even tighter.
The atmosphere had suddenly become tense and confrontational.
Xia Chuyi held her forehead and then said to Huo Shiqian, "Let me just hear what he has to say, it’s nothing serious."
Huo Shiqian looked at her and then at Song Zhicheng before finally saying, "I’ll wait for you over there."
Xia Chuyi nodded her head and smiled, "Alright."
"Panpan, Xiao Ming, you go ahead with your brother," she said to the two children.
At that moment, Jiang Fengqi also said, "Then Zhicheng, I’ll go out as well. I’ll wait for you at the door with the others."
Song Zhicheng nodded his head.
Soon, everyone else had left, leaving only Xia Chuyi and Song Zhicheng.
"Comrade Song Zhicheng, what exactly do you want to tell me?" asked Xia Chuyi curiously. "Is it about Second Young Master Ou?"
"If it’s about him..."
She did not finish her sentence when Song Zhicheng interrupted her.
Song Zhicheng said, "Do you know about Ou Jiao’s matter?"
"Ah?" Xia Chuyi’s gaze flickered for a moment, then she said, "I know a bit."
Nodding his head, Song Zhicheng said, "Their Ou family has always had few daughters, so when Ou Jiao was born, she was the treasure of the entire Ou family."
Were they really going to tell her about the third daughter of the Ou family?
Though she did not understand why Song Zhicheng was saying these things, Xia Chuyi did not interrupt him.
"At that time, even though Ou Cong was young, he was very fond of his sister. He would run to the hospital constantly, wanting to see his sister, to hold her, and he even said he wanted to feed her milk."
Song Zhicheng sounded rather disdainful as he spoke.
However, Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but chuckle to herself, thinking: So, the fact that Ou Cong has always been a bit silly started from when he was little.
Seeing her expression, Song Zhicheng said, "Go ahead and laugh if you want. Ou Cong has indeed been rather stupid since he was a child."
Hearing this, Xia Chuyi actually nodded seriously and said, "He’s not too bad, he hasn’t reached the peak of stupidity."
Song Zhicheng did not dwell on that but continued, "The day Jiao Jiao disappeared from the hospital... was when he eagerly volunteered to watch his sister."
"I was there that day too."
When he said this, Song Zhicheng showed an incredibly complex expression.
"We were only six years old at the time."
"Because it was a military hospital, the adults weren’t very vigilant, and coincidentally, the doctors were busy with something else, so they agreed to let us watch the children."
At this point, Song Zhicheng paused for a bit before continuing, "But that guy kept bragging about how beautiful, cute, fair, and tender his sister was...
"At that time... I was young and could not stand it anymore, so I said ’she’s really ugly’..."
"As a result, we started to fight."
"To avoid disturbing the sleeping Ou Cong, the two of us went outside the hospital to fight."
"By the time we returned..."
Song Zhicheng’s eyes completely changed: filled with guilt, anger, self-reproach...
"Ou Cong and I watched as Ou Jiao was taken away by human traffickers..."
Xia Chuyi fell somewhat silent: A mistake that leads to witnessing a child’s abduction can leave a huge scar on a six-year-old.
Xia Chuyi felt a little sympathy for Ou Cong and Song Zhicheng.
"Mr. Song, why are you telling me all this?" Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but ask.