My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!
Chapter 858 - 858 857 Super Freak!

858: Chapter 857: Super Freak!

Unreasonable!

858: Chapter 857: Super Freak!

Unreasonable!

The scene was too beautiful to bear direct sight!

Wu Jie immediately turned his head to look elsewhere.

“The button popped off!”

After shouting, he fastened the seat belt for Chu Yunxuan, then sat down to one side.

After glancing at Wu Jie, she couldn’t help but wonder, was Jie feeling shy?

At that moment,

the pilot’s voice came through the headphones.

“Minister Wu, where are we flying to?”

Wu Jie immediately turned his head to look at Chu Yunxuan.

How could Wu Jie possibly know where those who hadn’t signed the demolition agreement were?

“First, fly to the east!”

Chu Yunxuan shouted and, with one hand on her chest, prepared to open her handbag.

Seeing this, Wu Jie quickly helped her.

After opening the bag, apart from a sun umbrella, water bottle, sunscreen, and tablet, there was also a map.

Once unfolded, it was a route map for the expressway from Tongcheng to Lucheng.

Apart from different construction and supervision units being marked, as well as various engineering departments,

there were also some red marks, indicating the locations of those demolition residents who refused to sign.

Along the two-hundred-plus-kilometer route, aside from the two families including Meng Dacheng that had already completed, there were still several red dots.

Looking at the map, and surveying the surrounding mountains and rivers,

Wu Jie, who had some learning from aviation school, began to play the role of navigator, directing the helicopter towards the next family.

Chu Yunxuan, on the other hand, found a paperclip in her handbag to replace the button and pulled her shirt tight.

After all, she couldn’t keep covering it with her hand.

The helicopter skimmed over the forest.

Before long, they arrived at the next family.

The villagers nearby who had already agreed to demolition had moved the trees and demolished the houses.

In some places, work had even started on excavating mountains and filling ditches to level the road.

Therefore, there was an empty space available for the helicopter to land.

Only…

The situation of this household was indeed very peculiar.

The middle-aged couple cherished their late-born child immensely.

Unfortunately, the mischievous child got lost while attending a market.

At the time, the entire family panicked and searched all over the town.

They were crying their hearts out on the street when a kind person reminded them to call the police.

Afterward, the police and the town mobilized nearby villagers to search everywhere, set up checkpoints, but it was clearly too late.

The family searched the entire county and even went to the provincial city, but in the vast sea of people, how could they possibly find their child?

Misfortune does not come singly.

Not long after, the guilt-ridden grandmother, for not taking good care of the grandson, became depressed and gloomy every day.

One night, she committed suicide by drinking pesticide.

On the day of the funeral, the grandfather, overwhelmed with grief, also attempted suicide by drinking pesticide.

This time it was discovered in time, and he was sent to the county hospital for emergency treatment.

His life was saved, but his internal organs suffered significant damage.

After recovering and returning home, he soon became paralyzed and bedridden due to his emotional distress.

The middle-aged couple couldn’t afford to go out to work and search for their son while taking care of the elderly.

But their precious child remained missing without any news.

To requisition their land, they demanded help to find their son.

Wasn’t this asking too much?

When Wu Jie and Yunxuan arrived at their house, everyone was in front of the dilapidated brick and tile house.

With the project about to start across the board, the respective demolition offices were naturally making a final push.

To resolve the final points of difficulty in demolition within their task areas.

But money couldn’t solve this family’s problem.

Upon arrival, the middle-aged man was arguing with the village official, while the prematurely aged woman sat on the ground, weeping bitterly.

“…

Can the government be blamed for losing the child?

It wasn’t us who lost him, and after the event, we arranged for many people to help search.

What else do you want from us?”

“But you couldn’t catch the traffickers, that’s your fault!!”

“So you threaten us with not surrendering your land, is that justified?

Let me tell you, the land to be requisitioned is state-owned, not your privately held land, we are fully entitled to expropriate it!”

“Fine then, expropriate it!

If you dare to build, I dare to sabotage.

Once the road is open, I’ll throw stones on the highway every day, those who die deserve it!”

“You’re simply making trouble out of nothing, Lin!

Everyone is distressed about losing the child; it’s been over a year with no word.

You two might as well agree to the land acquisition, take the money, go to the provincial city for surgery, and try for another child!”

“That’s easy for you to say.

My wife is nearly forty, how can you ask her to conceive?”

“Haven’t you seen the news?

People in their forties can still undergo in vitro fertilization.

Rest assured, the cost of this surgery will be partially reimbursed!”

…

Wu Jie and Chu Yunxuan listened for a while on the side.

It seemed that this Lin was even more difficult to deal with than Meng Dacheng!

After all, Meng Dacheng just wanted money; demanding an exorbitant price only to settle for less in the end, and Wu Jie had easily intimidated him into submission.

But this Lin…

Having worked for some time in the cybersecurity department, Wu Jie was very clear.

Each year, about a thousand missing children are registered, with nearly 98% eventually found or their whereabouts confirmed.

Among these, the majority are runaways or those who are lost wandering, with a significant number of drownings in summer.

Although abducted children account for the smallest proportion, they still exist.

Those who remain missing without a trace, about fifty or sixty each year.

Suppose the child of Lin’s family was really abducted by traffickers over a year ago, without their noticing, and they quickly left.

By the time they searched in vain and sought police help, the traffickers would have already fled far away.

Traffickers, after succeeding, usually leave the crime scene as fast as possible, and the farther away they sell the child, the better.

Nowadays, with many technological means available, such as fingerprint and DNA identification, such crimes are easily exposed.

Therefore, traffickers often sell children to remote and isolated rural areas.

By the time the child grows up, that’s already a matter of more than ten years later.

Wu Jie believed that the local government had certainly done everything they should have.

Could they be blamed for incompetency if the child still hadn’t been found after such a long time?

As the village official had said, calling the police and asking for help from neighbors as soon as the child was lost could have led to finding him.

The family’s wails and frantic searching throughout the town, only to end up weeping in despair…

And now, using their land as leverage against the demolition office, refusing to sign unless their child is found.

The old father at home was confined to his sickbed, his condition worsening by the day.

They didn’t think about earning some money to get him proper treatment at the hospital but rather considered using their land as a bargaining chip for leverage.

Which was more important to them, the long-lost son or the old father who accompanied them day and night?

Clearly, Lin and his wife had made their choice long ago.

Their son was the apple of their eye!

“I think this couple must have developed a mental block, trapped in a vicious cycle!”

“Without finding their child, they definitely won’t sign the agreement.

Money is utterly useless to them!”

Chu Yunxuan muttered softly from the sidelines.

The staff from the demolition office greeted Wu Jie with a chilly air, followed by a wry smile.

This was indeed a difficult situation.

Once the commotion in the courtyard had quieted down slightly, Wu Jie walked into the yard.

He had assumed the middle-aged couple would recognize him.

But…

Clearly, he had thought too much!

They didn’t even have a TV at home, they didn’t watch the news or surf the internet—recognizing Wu Jie would have been odd.

“I don’t care who comes to persuade us, I just won’t agree!”

Lin was very adamant in his stance.

Wu Jie didn’t bother with him but walked over to help up the middle-aged woman who had been sitting paralyzed on the ground, almost crying her lungs out.

Isn’t there a joke online?

The most badass way to show off one’s wealth isn’t by driving fancy cars or living in large villas but by daring to help someone off the ground.

Of course, Wu Jie wasn’t showing off.

With the scorching weather, the ground could practically cook an egg.

How could sitting on it be bearable?

The entire scene left the people inside and outside the courtyard speechless.

Chu Yunxuan observed it all with her beautiful eyes.

She couldn’t help but think to herself that Wu Jie, unpretentious and well-mannered, was indeed much better than those nouveau riche she used to meet while selling Tianyuan Haoting properties.

No wonder Tang Xiao, the stunning CEO, had taken a liking to him!

The others, of course, were somewhat stunned.

Even the clamorous Lin paused for a moment.

“Is she still your wife?

Letting her sit on the ground and cry, as a man, aren’t you embarrassed?”

Wu Jie scolded coldly and then, raising his hand, pointed inside the house:

“How is your father doing now?”

“He’s just like that!” Lin said dismissively.

Wu Jie rolled his eyes and strode towards the main room.

Upon reaching the door, he saw.

Utter poverty!

In the main room, there was a portrait frame hanging on the wall, with a high table placed below it.

In the center stood an old wooden table; a ceramic bowl on the table contained a dark substance that flies were buzzing around.

There were no TVs or sofas, not even an electric fan.

Bending over to step through the threshold, Wu Jie entered the house, where from the room to the left, an intermittent stench wafted out, along with the groans of the old man.

Wu Jie bent down and walked over, only to see a small room where in a corner there was a stone-built grain silo; next to it lay heaps of agricultural tools and fertilizers, and, of course, the manure buckets that no rural household lacks.

Lying on the bed was an elderly man withered and gaunt, his face covered in wrinkles and darkened skin.

On the small cabinet by the bedhead lay a stainless steel bowl with some unfinished sweet potato gruel.

The water in the porcelain cup was murky.

There was a flashlight next to it, followed by various medicines.

Wu Jie had spotted several kinds of painkillers that could only temporarily ease pain but not cure it completely.

The more they were ingested, the more dependent the person became, requiring larger doses to alleviate the pain.

“How long has it been since you took your father to the hospital?” Wu Jie asked coldly.

Lin, who had followed him in, vaguely replied:

“It’s been…

probably over half a year, I suppose!”

Wu Jie sternly questioned: “You just let him lay in the bed like that without taking him to the hospital for a diagnosis?”

“What’s there to check?

Isn’t it okay as long as he has medicine?”

Lin’s retort left Wu Jie speechless.

Ignorance is terrifying.

Wu Jie guessed that these painkillers weren’t bought from a regular hospital.

In Lin’s eyes, it seemed enough to visit a small clinic, get some pain medication for his father, and providing three meals a day qualified as filial piety.

As for the couple…

Clearly, they also hadn’t enjoyed a good life, fixated solely on finding their precious son.

Chu Yunxuan was indeed right.

Such people had developed psychological barriers, their minds were extreme, unable to step out of it.

Does the saying “He who is pitiable has himself to blame” always hold truth?

The saying has always been contentious, but to Wu Jie, it seemed to perfectly describe Lin’s family.

Wu Jie sighed inwardly.

He bent down to check the old man’s pulse, lifted his eyelids, and opened his lips.

After the examination, Wu Jie stood up with a furrowed brow and questioned:

“Do you know there’s a medicine called ‘Detox Pill’?”

Lin shook his head at first, but then quickly nodded.

“The village secretary seems to have mentioned it, saying it’s a miraculous drug that sells for a lot of money abroad and cures all diseases if taken!”

Suppressing his anger, Wu Jie asked again:

“Did they also tell you about a free drug trial volunteer program that your father could participate in?”

Lin immediately replied: “They did!

But my dad’s not sick, he’s just worried about my mom and his grandson!”

“He’s not sick, so why does he need painkillers?” Wu Jie roared: “You won’t even take advantage of freebies?”

“I’m afraid you’ll take over my land if I take him away!”

Lin stated with conviction.

A father at the end stage of cancer, barely clinging to life, was not as important as the land, and the land wasn’t as important as their son.

So, in the end, it was their missing son that was most important.

Their thought process might be simple, but it was utterly irrational.

“I’ll be damned…”

Wu Jie nearly slapped him across the face.

Damn it!

He had never seen such an absurd person!

It made him feel like wanting to commit murder…