Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 326-327

"Sergeant Ge, I say you head back in and get some rest. We will go look for Wenwen, if we see her, we will bring her back."

Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Lin were on their way down when they heard the exchange. Mrs. Zhu took the initiative and reassured Sergeant Ge.

Jiang Yao nodded and continued, "That is right, Brother Ge. This is the fifth floor, and we do not have an elevator. It is just too dangerous for you to be moving about. We will go look for her, do not worry."

After giving it some thought, Sergeant Ge thanked the ladies and said, "Alright. Thank you for your help." With the current state of his body, he had to be extra careful moving around. A fall down the stairs was only going to worsen his already serious injuries.

Jiang Yao locked the door and walked down the stairs with Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu.

"We wanted to continue shopping with you. Who would have thought we were given another mission to complete?" Once out of earshot, Mrs. Zhu muttered unhappily, "People used to say that a poor child matures faster. I say this Ge Wenwen is even worse than my son."

In her eyes, her son was a complete douche. But now, with Ge Wenwen as a comparison, she felt that her son was the best child she could ever ask for.

"Cut it out. We are still here at the building compound, there are so many people around us." Mrs. Lin interrupted Mrs. Zhu, turning toward Jiang Yao, she said, "Sergeant Ge lives right opposite you. Please keep an eye on him when he is alone at home."

Even though there was another person—Ge Wenwen, to Mrs. Lin, she did not exist.

"Xingzhi already told me this morning. The chicken I bought this morning is for Sergeant Ge. We are neighbors and he is also Xingzhi's comrade, it is only the right thing for me to help, isn't it?" Jiang Yao smiled.

Hearing that Jiang Yao bought a whole chicken just for Sergeant Ge, Mrs. Zhu stole another glance at Jiang Yao. If they could afford a chicken every month, they were considered well-off. Who would have thought that Mr. and Mrs. Lu were so generous with their money?

Mrs. Lin smiled back. She never had to worry about Lu Xingzhi's character. Sergeant Ge was his subordinate, naturally Lu Xingzhi would have asked his wife to help.

The trio spent the rest of the time discussing their shopping itinerary while searching for Ge Wenwen. They finally located her at the entrance to the cafeteria.

She was eating a chicken drumstick when they found her. At first glance, she looked like a little beggar, if not for the fact that they were in a platoon. Grimy face and dirty clothes, nobody knew where she had been the entire morning.

Ge Wenwen was not afraid of Jiang Yao, but she was apprehensive of Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu. Seeing the trio from afar, she finished the chicken drumstick in a couple of big bites and threw the bone away.

The ladies did not care to ask where Ge Wenwen got that drumstick from, they called out for her to go back home.

Ge Wenwen glared at Jiang Yao. She then looked at Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu before taking to her heels. The three of them almost failed to catch up with the six-year-old kid. They finally heaved a sigh of relief when they saw Ge Wenwen running upstairs.

"Ungrateful brat!" Mrs. Zhu was gasping for air. She leaned on the wall beside the staircase while panting heavily and scolding her softly.

Mrs. Lin was nowhere better. She was also sweating profusely due to the weather.

On the other hand, although Jiang Yao's shoulders were quivering with her back facing them, she was just pretending.

She just did not want to perform too outstandingly, therefore, although she could catch up with Ge Wenwen once she took to her heels, she noticed that Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu were slow, that was why she silently slowed down and pretended to be struggling.

If it were not for Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu, Ge Wenwen's speed was nothing for Jiang Yao. How fast could a six-year-old kid be? However, since Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu were womenfolk, they lacked in training and seldom jogged so they felt strenuous during the chase.

Jiang Yao could never catch up with her if it were in the past. However, Jiang Yao's whole body was full of energy and strength now. When her Force Value had not been triggered, even Qi Xiang could not catch up with her, not to mention chasing Ge Wenwen.

However, she could pretend to be panting, but her complexion and sweat could not be faked.

When Jiang Yao turned around, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu still noticed that Jiang Yao was keeping her cool. However, the both of them just sighed and thought that it was great to be young without thinking about anything else.

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhu initially planned to go shopping at the market in the afternoon with Jiang Yao. They coincidentally met Sergeant Ge looking for Ge Wenwen so they lent a helping hand. After Ge Wenwen had been found, both of them went downstairs and waited for Jiang Yao, who was taking her bag from upstairs, before exiting the platoon together.

With Mrs. Zhu as a companion, there were many places to shop in the afternoon. Mrs. Zhu's personality was more straightforward than Mrs. Lin's and she could not keep anything to herself. Along the way, she was complaining about how hard it was to deal with, and how annoying the new military spouse, Ge Wenwen's mother, was to Jiang Yao.

"Jiang Yao, you don't know much about Ge Wenwen's mother, if you go shopping with her, you would be embarrassed to death! Last time, a few of us went shopping for some vegetables. When we have our eyes set on any vegetable, if we feel that it is expensive after asking for the price, we will bargain for it. If it is reasonable, we will buy it, if it is not, we will forget about it, right? Ge Wenwen's mother is not even sure whether she wants to buy something or not. Once, when she saw something, she asked about the price. After asking, she also bargained for it. After bargaining for a long time, the seller agreed but she suddenly said that she did not want it anymore. She just turned around and walked away. The seller blew his top and yelled at her from behind. However, she acted like it was nothing and continued to ask other sellers, our faces were flushed red out of embarrassment!"

Mrs. Zhu was complaining non-stop. "Once, she wanted to buy some cabbage. She peeled quite a few layers off a head of cabbage and weighed all the peeled layers in the basket. After weighing, she wanted the seller to charge her two cents less so she ended up arguing with the seller for twenty minutes!"

Mrs. Zhu was fuming at this point. "After that, we were not willing to go out with her anymore. She then spreaded the word that we despised her as she was from the countryside and formed cliques to push her out! She really pisses us off!"

Jiang Yao heard Mrs. Lin mentioning these before, but Mrs. Lin's intention was to remind her to keep away from Mrs. Ge and not to go out with her. Putting her attempts at taking advantage of other people aside, what was even more unbearable was the embarrassment she brought.

Not only that, Mrs. Lin had a calm personality and her tone was gentler when she spoke. On the other hand, Mrs. Zhu was going all out, complaining to Jiang Yao, so her tone was more serious. However, Mrs. Zhu made Jiang Yao understand more about her hatred toward Mrs. Ge.