Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 422 - 406: Going Home

Chapter 422: Chapter 406: Going Home

Psh, thought this punk fell in love with the girl at first sight, huh?

Lu Yun felt slightly disappointed and casually asked, "Did you tell her it was just to borrow when you gave it to her?"

"No. She kept crying at the time, and I wasn’t patient enough to say much. I just shoved it into her hands." Pei Yi was quite upset; the white jade Nine Links puzzle was a gift from his father, exceptionally delicate and small, and he had always treasured it.

"Then just give it to the girl. Who would bother chasing after a Nine Links puzzle across several cities on your behalf?" Lu Yun said indifferently, "If you like it, just ask your dad to get you another one. It’s not worth much anyway."

"Dad--"

Pei Yi anxiously gazed at Shitou with big, hopeful eyes.

"Alright, I’ll get you another one when I have time." Shitou nodded nonchalantly.

"It has to be exactly the same as the original, including the box," Pei Yi quickly stated his requirement.

"Fine, I got it." Anyway, there was still some of the original jade material left, and making another one along with the box wouldn’t be too much trouble.

Pei Yi immediately felt happy.

Far away in L City.

Upon receiving the phone call, Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu immediately set off for the local police station. Naturally, their daughter hadn’t arrived when they got there. Learning that she was on a flight back to L City, the couple, eager for their daughter, insistently ground down the police to let them join the officer picking her up at the airport.

Fortunately, the police in their jurisdiction could understand the parents’ urgent sentiment and agreed to let an officer named Ke take them along.

With eager eyes at the airport, they finally saw their daughter being carried in the arms of a uniformed officer, and the couple stumbled toward her: "Yinyin."

"Yinyin, my treasure."

"Dad, mom. Dad, mom, I missed you so much--"

Zhao Ziyin, who was already dozing off in the policeman’s arms but still clenching the small jade box tightly, heard the familiar voices, opened her eyes, and upon seeing her parents, suddenly burst into loud tears.

The family of three hugged each other, crying with all their might.

Words were inadequate to express the joy and excitement that Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu felt inside, the gratification of having their daughter back. Holding their daughter, they knelt in front of the officer who had brought her home and deeply kowtowed in thanks.

"What are you doing? It wasn’t me who saved your daughter, it was someone else. I was only in charge of escorting her, and even the round-trip plane tickets were sponsored by someone else, just so your family could reunite sooner. You really don’t need to do this." The police officer who escorted Zhao Ziyin back home didn’t dare to take credit.

He was startled by the sudden actions of Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu and hastily stepped aside.

Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu were also pulled up by Officer Ke from their district, who sternly advised them, "Isn’t this causing more trouble? If the news media were to see this and broadcast it, what would they make of us police officers?"

"We absolutely have no intention of disparaging you. We, we are just too overwhelmed with gratitude, we are too excited. No matter what, you all have worked hard." Zhao Jia’an quickly waved his hands, extremely embarrassed, and offered a smile as an apology.

"Yes, yes," Cao Xinyu, holding her child tightly without letting go, also nodded repeatedly on the side.

"Let’s go back, don’t just stand around here; there are still procedures to go through. The child is also too tired at this late hour. Later, one of you can take the child home first, and the other can stay behind to deal with the paperwork," Officer Ke said considerately, feeling happy for Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu now that they had recognized their child. Any parent witnessing this scene would be touched.

While riding in the police car with the child, Zhao Jia’an respectfully began to ask the name of the police officer who had brought back his daughter, "What is your honorable last name, sir?"

"No need for ’honorable.’ My last name is Xu," the officer said with a smile.

"Officer Xu, Officer Ke, I really can’t thank you enough. It’s so late, and yet you’ve come all this way for us," Zhao Jia’an said, while trying to press a red envelope and a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes into their hands.

"We don’t do such things here. Put it away quickly; if it weren’t for seeing you excited out of your minds for finding your child, we could actually charge you with the crime of openly bribing police officers."

Zhao Jia’an, having been firmly refused, had no choice but to take back the red envelopes. He opened the pack of cigarettes swiftly, ending up handing over a single cigarette to each of them with a wry smile, "A pack, a whole pack you refuse to take, but you must accept a single cigarette, right? Are you really saying that after all your hard work tonight, I can’t even offer you a cigarette?"

"Ha ha," Xu and Ke couldn’t help but laugh, and this time they accepted the offer but refused Zhao Jia’an’s attempt to light them, "The child is here, it’s not good to expose the child to secondhand smoke."

"Officer Xu, could you please provide us with details on how exactly our child was rescued? Also, I’d like to ask who it was that saved our child? Please give me a name, phone number, address. Once the child’s emotions have stabilized, our family will definitely want to visit them in person to express our gratitude,"

Now that his precious daughter was found, Zhao Jia’an felt a weight lifted from his chest and had already secretly decided that they would not only present banners to the police stations on both sides to express their thanks but would also make a substantial donation to formally show their gratitude.

Although their family couldn’t be considered very wealthy locally, they still had a net worth of several hundred thousand.

"Indeed, if you don’t allow us to visit and express our thanks in person, how can we be at peace?" Cao Xinyu kept nodding in agreement. Holding her child, she noticed that her child seemed so much lighter now and kept kissing her child with tears of anguish as she dreaded to think what might have happened if they hadn’t found her.

"As for the detailed account of how the child was retrieved, I can indeed tell you the truth about it. However, I am not at liberty to disclose any information about the person who saved the child, it’s not that I am unwilling to speak, the fact is that even I, and even our station chief, are not privy to their true identity," Officer Xu said with a sigh, sharing all he could with Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu. He then patted Zhao Jia’an on the shoulder, "All I can tell you is that it was a high-profile figure. There’s a saying, after extreme bad luck comes good fortune; it was indeed lucky for your child. Those traffickers had temporarily set their sights on someone else’s child and were about to leave S City, but turned back at the last minute to use your child as bait. And just like that, they were exposed by that person, who not only took down the whole gang but also rescued several other children besides yours."

Officer Xu spoke well, and his words caused everyone present, especially Zhao Jia’an and Cao Xinyu, to become deeply shocked and break into a cold sweat. They then felt an immense sense of relief.