"Mr. Xiang, thank you so much just now. Did the noise disturb you...?"
Shiling's Mother looked rather haggard, but she mustered her spirits and Xiang Kun, inviting him inside to talk.
"We're all neighbors, it's only right that we help each other."
Xiang Kun spoke, he noticed that Liu Shiling still looked somewhat dazed, realizing that the scene had probably frightened her quite a bit. However, given her usually timid nature, it was rather unexpected that she would actually grab a fruit knife.
Although she didn't cry, Xiang Kun was even more worried. This Little Chubby Girl was usually a straightforward, silly, and adorable girl who didn't seem to have any worries. This was probably the first time she had encountered something like this.
So Xiang Kun squatted down in front of Liu Shiling, making sure the Little Chubby Girl looked at him, and said to her, "Were those people bullying your mother just now?"
Liu Shiling pouted, glanced at her mother, and then nodded vigorously, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Does your arm hurt?" Xiang Kun pinched Liu Shiling's wrist, lifted her arm to check. The tall, thin man must have gripped her arm very tightly when he tried to take her knife.
There are some slightly red finger marks on my chubby forearm, but it doesn't look like anything serious.
Liu Shiling nodded, then shook her head.
Xiang Kun said, "It's okay, that bad uncle has already been disciplined by the bald uncle. He was naughty and the bald uncle spanked him. Did you see that?"
Liu Shiling nodded, and the grievance in her eyes seemed to dissipate somewhat.
"Is Little Bell usually well-behaved at kindergarten? Does she listen to her teacher?"
The Little Chubby Girl nodded slightly, seemingly unsure.
Xiang Kun picked up the fruit knife from the ground with two fingers, folded the blade, and asked, "Did the teacher ever say that children shouldn't hold knives?"
Liu Shiling nodded.
"Did your teacher tell you what to do if you encounter bad people?"
Liu Shiling thought for a moment, then whispered, "Tell the police officer."
"How do I tell the police officer?"
Call 110.
"Do you know what you should have done just now?"
"Call 110 and tell the police officer that there are bad people in the house."
Xiang Kun knew, of course Shiling's Mother didn't want to call the police, and those people probably wouldn't really do anything to them. But he wanted Liu Shiling to develop the habit of asking the police for help when she encountered problems, because judging from her behavior just now, this girl was a tough girl on the inside, and something might happen.
"Correct answer, Uncle Baldy will give you a prize." Xiang Kun took out the "Coin 1" from his pocket and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
It's Coin.
"Yes, it's Coin, but not an ordinary Coin. This is your bald uncle's Lucky Coin; carrying it will bring you good luck. Moreover, it's a magic Coin with magical powers."
Xiang Kun spoke, he quickly flipped the Coin between his fingers, then flicked it on his thumb. The Coin bounced up and landed with a thud on the back of his hand, which he then covered with his other hand.
"No matter when or where this magic Coin lands, Uncle Baldy can always tell which side is up. Right now, it's flower side up." As he spoke, he removed his hand, and sure enough, the flower side was up.
Xiang Kun placed the Coin in Liu Shiling's hand, told her to hide her hand behind her back, and then randomly put the Coin in her left or right hand, letting him guess which one it was.
I guessed it more than ten times in a row, and I guessed it right every time.
"No matter where this Coin is hidden, Uncle will find it," Xiang Kun added.
So he asked Liu Shiling to hide the Coin in the room, but no matter where she hid them, he could find them immediately.
He also had Liu Shiling place disposable paper cups anywhere in the room, and he would toss Coin into them, which he always managed to do.
Shiling's Mother was watching from the sidelines, thinking that Xiang Kun was just using a Coin to distract Liu Shiling, but she didn't expect it to be so magical. She didn't think about the Coin itself, but rather felt that Xiang Kun must have practiced some kind of magic trick.
Before long, the Little Chubby Girl was covered in sweat from playing, and she completely believed that Xiang Kun had given her a Lucky Coin and a magic Coin. Her face was full of excitement, and the gloom and fear from before were gone.
After letting Liu Shiling watch the cartoon by herself, Xiang Kun chatted briefly with Shiling's Mother before saying goodbye and leaving room 706.
Although Shiling's Mother didn't know that Xiang Kun had overheard what those people had said, she didn't hide it from him and simply told him the identities and intentions of those people.
According to Shiling's Mother, she was in a relationship with her husband, who worked in engineering, for three years. However, due to pressure from his company and family, her husband returned to his hometown and married a wealthy man's daughter.
However, her husband and the rich man's daughter only had a wedding ceremony, but did not register their marriage. Of course, he and she did not register their marriage either.
Her husband works in construction and often travels all over the country, so over the years, managing two families on both sides has surprisingly not caused any problems.
It wasn't until the last few days that her existence was discovered by chance back in her hometown. Now her husband is confronting them, dividing up the company's assets, and it's estimated that most of the wealth he's accumulated over the years will be left to them.
The four people who came today are here because they know they own another house, and they want to take it over as well, claiming it's marital property.
But in reality, this house was bought by her husband before they went back to their hometown to get married, and the down payment and loan were both in her name. She even used all her savings for the down payment. So she was very confident that no matter what happened in the end, she definitely wouldn't be able to take the house away.
Xiang Kun offered no comment on the situation, as it was none of his business anyway.
Of course, in his heart, he despised Shiling's Mother's "husband." He guessed that the pressure from the so-called "company and family" was just a financial problem at the time, and he thought that he could go back and rely on marriage and the support of his wealthy wife's family to solve the predicament. Moreover, he didn't know how he managed to deceive her into only having a wedding ceremony and not registering the marriage.
Without a doubt, this has delayed the lives of two women and two families.
Liu Shiling is here, but I wonder if there are any children over there.
It's easy to imagine that Liu Shiling's future will no longer be as simple and carefree as it has been in recent years. Let's just hope that this matter won't have too much of an impact on her.
However, Xiang Kun could only worry about it in his heart and hope that the "Coin 1" would really bring her good luck. There was nothing else he could do.
Before leaving 706, Shiling's Mother told Xiang Kun with some concern that the tall, thin man she had spanked that day was a distant cousin of her husband's "rich wife." He had been living in the city for the past few years and seemed to own a bar. He was quite influential, and she was worried that he might retaliate against Xiang Kun later.
Today, it was that tall, thin man who threatened to ambush Liu Shiling and her mother at the kindergarten if they didn't talk to them, saying that he would let Liu Shiling's teachers, classmates, and other parents know that her mother was a mistress. Only then did she open the door and let them in.
Xiang Kun didn't seem to care much. "Don't worry, if he comes to block my way, I'll call the police."
Back home, Xiang Kun thought for a moment and decided to report the day's events to Officer Chen via WeChat.
He didn't exaggerate the tall, thin man's actions, only saying that after knocking the other man down, he learned from Shiling's Mother that Liu Shiling had taken the fruit knife first, which was then taken away by the tall, thin man.
Of course, he wouldn't say that he already knew the specific situation from the sound before he went out. From his perspective, he initially saw a man threatening a little girl with a knife at his neighbor's house, and then he angrily intervened to stop the harm. His reason for taking action was quite sufficient.
A few minutes later, Officer Chen replied with a shocked emoji on WeChat:
"(⊙x⊙)!! How come you always run into these kinds of things wherever you go..."
Xiang Kun replied half-jokingly, "It's not my fault... I thought the weather was nice today, so I decided to go out for dinner. But when I opened the door, I saw that my neighbor's door was open, and a strange man was yelling at my neighbor's little girl who just started kindergarten! What could I do? I was desperate too! Could I just ignore it...?"
Officer Chen: "..."
Officer Chen: "Didn't you call the police?"
Xiang Kun: "At first, we didn't have time to call the police. After we subdued the man, the neighbors seemed to not want to make a big deal out of it, so they didn't call the police."
Officer Chen: "Next time you encounter something like this, don't act rashly. What if you hurt the little girl in the struggle? Call the police first, then calm the suspect down. That's the right thing to do. I know you're skilled, but you can't always think about disarming someone with your bare hands."
Xiang Kun naturally wouldn't refute him. "Yes, yes, Officer Chen is right."
"By the way, what if the person I subdued comes back to take revenge on me?"
"Did you beat him up badly?"
"No, he just fell to the ground and got a couple of slaps on the butt."
"..."