How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 422 - 424: Little Chubby Girl_1

Li Qiao: "I suspect this man is trafficking people, detain him, I’ll go call the police."

The entrance guard responded, "Okay."

The young man came to his senses and shouted his innocence, trying to draw the attention of passersby.

The security guard gave him two slaps and directly dragged him to the duty room.

The young man finally behaved himself.

Meanwhile, Li Qiao, carrying the child, ran to the Shangguan family residence. Zhuang Shu was at home and exclaimed with surprise, "How come you’re free to visit today?"

"I skipped class," Li Qiao said as he set down the child. "Can I use your phone to make a call?"

"Of course."

Li Qiao hurriedly made the police call, concisely explaining the situation.

It was only then that Zhuang Shu realized Li Qiao had encountered danger on his way over.

After Li Qiao hung up, she said, "Next time you come, you can call me, and I’ll arrange for someone to pick you up."

Li Qiao: "It’s convenient for me to take public transport on my own; I just didn’t expect to be targeted by a bad person. Fortunately, I was suspicious and on guard, otherwise the child would definitely have been taken."

Bad people are really despicable.

Zhuang Shu also listened with her heart pounding, comforting Li Qiao for a few sentences, when suddenly the cry of a child came from inside the house.

"My baby just woke up; now he can join in and play with you all," Zhuang Shu said, bringing out her child.

Jiayue was chubby and fair, appearing very robust next to the Qin baby.

Zhuang Shu said, "You wouldn’t know until you compare. Next to yours, mine seems a lot uglier."

Li Qiao: "Jiayue ugly? Big eyes, a high nose, such standard features. She looks much better than both of you parents." The implication was, with your genes, she’s already doing her best.

Zhuang Shu pressed her lips together in a smile, changing the subject, "You just said you skipped class. Doesn’t that mean there’s no one to care for the baby at home?"

"There is. A classmate lives in front of my house, and today we happened to meet. She said she heard my baby crying, so I felt uneasy and didn’t go to class. When I got home, the baby didn’t want to stay in, so we came over to your place to play." Li Qiao somewhat regretted going out, having run into such a situation.

At the same time, he felt a bit relieved, for this trip resulted in the capture of a bad guy.

This would prevent more women and children from being harmed in the future.

...

Jiayue, a little over eleven months old, could already walk while holding onto things. She shuffled her little steps to Qin baby’s side, pointing with her chubby little hand, "Brother," and then turned her head away, giggling.

Zhuang Shu laughed too, "She’s actually getting shy."

"Did she just say ’brother’? She can speak already," Li Qiao remarked with amazement.

Zhuang Shu: "She occasionally utters a word, but she’s still far from talking."

Li Qiao taught the Qin baby to recognize Jiayue, "This is Jiayue, do you remember her?"

Qin baby looked up, assessing, and grunted affirmatively.

Zhuang Shu: "Wow, your kid is so smart, so young yet understands adults’ instructions."

Li Qiao: "All kids are more or less the same."

Zhuang Shu reached out, "Would the little one like a cuddle from auntie?"

Qin baby hesitated briefly, then grunted again.

Zhuang Shu said with a laugh, "Your baby is really amusing."

Jiayue reached out towards Li Qiao, who understood, "Your mommy is holding the brother, and you want me to hold you, right?"

Jiayue nodded.

Li Qiao picked up the child, who was heavy.

At least over twenty pounds.

She finally understood how the term ’little fatty’ came about. She struggled to hold her and sat back down, letting the baby sit on her lap, feeling the weight on her legs.

Holding her own son was much easier; he weighed just a little over fourteen pounds with his clothes on.

"Auntie."

Li Qiao gently responded, "Auntie."

Jiayue pretended to get down from the bed.

Li Qiao set her down, and the child, steadying herself on the coffee table, walked, then deftly twisted her body around the corner to grasp the arm of the sofa, finally reaching the bookshelf next to the TV cabinet and pointing at the books on the shelf.

Li Qiao smiled, "Is it up there?"

Jiayue nodded.

Li Qiao couldn’t help but marvel at the child’s intelligence. Apart from not being able to speak, she seemed to understand everything. She picked up Jiayue, who stretched out her hand to point, and Li Qiao pulled out a book with insect patterns on it. The characters on it were traditional: "Wow, you’re interested in insects, huh?"

"Uh, uh...." Jiayue’s fingers moved back and forth, pointing.

Li Qiao understood that the child wanted her to sit down and look at the book with Qin Baby. She told Zhuang Shu about it.

Zhuang Shu laughed, "Only you and I can understand what she’s trying to say."

Li Qiao also laughed, "After all, I’ve taken care of her before, so I understand a bit."

Qin Baby still couldn’t sit up and lay there, turning his head to look at the book with Jiayue with great interest.

Li Qiao asked, "Where did you buy these books?"

"A relative brought them back from abroad. There are other books with different patterns on the shelf. Yunye is interested in them; you can take them home for him to see."

Li Qiao replied, "Coming here to see them is just the same."

"....."

.......

Li Qiao stayed at the Shangguan Family’s home with the children until Shangguan Qingfeng finished work, and Zhuang Shu mentioned the dangerous situation when Li Qiao arrived.

"I heard the gatekeeper mention it at the entrance. I’ll arrange for someone to look into it and see how to deal with it," he said after a moment of thought.

Li Qiao expressed her thanks.

"No need for thanks," he replied.

After having dinner at the Shangguan Family’s home, Li Qiao was driven by his chauffeur back to her home.

The next day, she took some time to visit the police station, showing her work badge from the days she had spent working with the detective team, which made the staff members very courteous. They were very responsive to Li Qiao’s questions.

Li Qiao learned that the human trafficker had confessed to trying to abduct a woman and her child the day before and it hit her directly. She was so angry she gritted her teeth, "That’s awful, are they going to be locked up?"

"Definitely," came the reply.

Li Qiao was very pleased. She asked another question out of curiosity, "Does he have accomplices? The children who were sold should be able to be found, right?"

"We’re arranging that," they said.

Li Qiao felt relieved. After leaving the police station, she went home and told Old Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Tao about the previous day’s incident, warning them to take great care not to talk to strangers when taking the children out.

Old Mrs. Qin felt a wave of fear, "Thank goodness the gatekeeper was there; otherwise, it would have been disastrous. From now on, always go out with your Aunt Tao."

"Yes," Li Qiao agreed, similarly shaken.

It’s impossible to stay calm and fight off bad guys while holding a baby.

......

Just as one storm had passed, another one was brewing.

On Wednesday, Ma Hongxiang came to Li Qiao and asked her if she had given birth to a child.

Li Qiao was surprised, "Who did you hear that from?"

"Everyone in the school is talking about it; I don’t know who started it. I asked Sufen about it and she said she didn’t know. I’m not sure who would be so vile as to smear your reputation, or rather, not smear it because you are married and it’s normal to have a child. The bad thing is, having a child while you’re still studying, it gives off a bad impression."

Li Qiao suspected it was Cao Liwan who had spread the rumor, since she had encountered her the day before yesterday. After thinking, she said, "I did have a child, a son. He’s already over four months old."

Ma Hongxiang, "....Really? I don’t believe it. I couldn’t tell you were pregnant before."

Li Qiao said, "I deliberately concealed it, and since I didn’t gain much weight, no one noticed. Please don’t validate this rumor with your classmates."

"I definitely won’t say a thing. When can I see the baby?" Ma Hongxiang asked.

"You’re welcome to visit anytime you’re free," Li Qiao said.