Shocking! The young educated youth had just arrived and was already clashing with spies.

Chapter 461 Can I Beat Him Up?

Zhou Yichen was unaware of Gao Ziyou's thoughts, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

It's true that Liu Yunlong is as ambitious as he is, but two overly ambitious people coming together isn't necessarily a good thing.

The unpleasantness between Gao Ziyou and Zhou Yichen quickly reached Old Ge's ears. Zhou Yichen was someone he had specifically asked to come over, so of course he knew what had happened in the army back then.

Old Ge was also quite surprised that the person who came was Gao Ziyou, but then he thought that this might not be a coincidence.

When Zhou Yichen didn't return at first, the case was handed over to Liu Yunlong, who also sought help from Ning City. The other party simply sent over the detailed case files.

It was only after Zhou Yichen became involved in the case that they said they would send someone to assist with the work.

Like the Zhou family, the Gao family wielded considerable influence in the military. It's quite regrettable that these two young people, both considered the pride of heaven, ended up like this.

He waved for the person who was reporting to leave, saying, "Young people are hot-tempered, that's understandable. As long as nothing serious happens, just keep an eye on things and we'll talk about it if there are any problems."

"Yes!" After everyone left, Old Ge pondered for a while, then picked up the receiver and made a phone call to Old Master Zhou.

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Now let's talk about the Hong family.

Gao Cuizhi had finally managed to coax Hong Yangyang into spending time alone with her, and she had no patience to deal with him at all.

Of course, it's also possible that she didn't think Hong Yangyang would hide it from her.

I casually handed him a piece of candy and then asked impatiently:

"Did your father have anything special or that he treasured?"

Hong Yangyang held the candy in his hand, showing no intention of eating it. He shook his head without even thinking when asked Gao Cuizhi's question, "No."

How could Gao Cuizhi possibly believe it? Hong Yan'an would always explain things to Hong Yangyang in detail, especially when there was something good, Hong Yangyang was always the first to share it with him.

Gao Cuizhi was furious that her son was dishonest with her, but she held back.

"Do you know why Dad had the accident? It was because of those things he brought back from outside. Be good, give them to me."

Hong Yangyang shook her head again.

Dad said that those treasures should not be known to outsiders. If he hadn't overheard Dad and Uncle talking, he shouldn't even know about them.

Therefore, he couldn't do what his mother asked.

Gao Cuizhi completely lost her patience. She picked up Hong Yangyang and placed him on the table. Their eyes met, filled with indescribable disappointment.

"I'm your mother, why can't you believe me? I wouldn't hurt you and Dad, give me the things now!"

She kept her voice down the whole time, so that Hong's mother outside couldn't hear a thing. Only after confirming that nothing would happen did she feel relieved and continue cooking.

Hong Yangyang didn't like his mother looking at him like that. Although she usually ignored him, he could understand all the looks in her eyes.

"Dad said I shouldn't make you angry, and I remember that very well. You're not a good mother, and I'll remember that too."

Because he was in a bad mood, Hong Yangyang's words were not very clear, but Gao Cuizhi understood everything—even if she was not a good mother, her son would remember not to make her angry in order to listen to his father.

Gao Cuizhi's eyes suddenly welled up with tears. Why did it have to be this way? Why couldn't she be mischievous and annoying like other children? Why did she have to feel guilty?!

She raised her hand and slapped Hong Yangyang without warning.

"Snapped!"

Hong Yangyang felt her face getting increasingly swollen, and her ears were ringing. It took her a while before she felt any pain.

He lost his grip on the candy, and his eyes quickly filled with tears, but he didn't cry out.

She sniffled, quickly rolled over and lay face down on the table, her body slumped over. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she ran to the washbasin stand by the window, stood on tiptoe, scooped up some cold water from the enamel basin, and splashed it on her face.

The swelling needs to go down quickly, otherwise Grandma will dislike Mom even more if she sees it.

The sound of splashing water brought Gao Cuizhi, who had been stunned after hitting him, back to her senses. Seeing that half of his cotton-padded jacket sleeve was wet, she rushed over and pulled him away, saying, "What are you doing? Be careful not to catch a cold!"

Hong Yangyang is still a child. Being mentally mature doesn't mean he can handle things perfectly. He doesn't want to be around his mother now. His face is so painful and numb that he knows without looking in the mirror that the swelling hasn't gone down, and it might even look worse.

The thought that his grandmother would be heartbroken if she saw this, and might even cause her to argue with his mother, made the little boy immediately feel lost and helpless.

My father taught me a lot of things, but he didn't tell me what to do in this situation.

So he ran away.

He broke free from Gao Cuizhi's grasp, opened the door without hesitation, and ran away.

Gao Cuizhi was dumbfounded. She slapped herself hard, filled with remorse, "Why couldn't I have been more patient!"

She quickly went out to look for Hong Yangyang, but found that he wasn't in any of the rooms. She hesitated for a while at the kitchen door before finally asking, "Mom, is Yangyang inside?"

Their kitchen was built later, and it was small. When they cooked, it was filled with smoke. Because it wasn't very warm yet, the thick curtain on the door was still there, so people standing at the small window outside couldn't see anyone inside at all.

Upon hearing her ask about her beloved grandson, Hong's mother quickly lifted the curtain and came out. Seeing Gao Cuizhi standing alone outside, she immediately frowned, "Why are you alone? Where's Yangyang?"

Gao Cuizhi's face turned deathly pale. "Isn't Yangyang inside?"

Hong's mother trembled, and the spatula in her hand fell to the ground. Yangyang was nowhere to be found in the kitchen. Hadn't her Yangyang been taken away by the woman in front of her?!

Without the slightest hesitation, she slapped Gao Cuizhi across the face, knocking her to the ground. "You jinxed woman, where did you put my precious grandson!"

So, after Hong Yan'an went missing, the Hong family started making a fuss about their grandson also disappearing. The neighbors who heard about it immediately started searching for him.

"Yes, find Comrade Chu, find Comrade Zhou!"

With her feet helped up, Hong's mother's panic subsided, and she suddenly remembered what Zhou Yichen and the others had said before leaving that morning. She then ran outside with her weak legs.

At this moment, Gao Cuizhi had already gotten up from the ground. Seeing that her mother-in-law had run away, she suddenly went crazy and ran out, knocking people aside.

Several aunties and older women frowned upon seeing this, asking, "What's going on? Why are those two running away?"

"They probably went to the police station."

Little did they know that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left the yard one after the other, each running in a different direction, and soon disappeared from sight.

Meanwhile, Chu Xin and her group had already returned to the hospital. Since Gao Ziyou had already communicated with Liu Yunlong, the two groups were now in a competitive relationship when they met again.

Suppressing his anger, Zhou Yichen asked Liu Yunlong, "Can you guarantee that you will take responsibility if anything goes wrong with the case?"

Liu Yunlong hesitated, but Gao Ziyou was very confident, saying, "There's absolutely no way something could go wrong."

Zhou Yichen glared at him coldly, "You're just assisting in the case; you have no decision-making power whatsoever. Please recognize your place!"

Chu Xin had already learned of Gao Ziyou's actions from Chu Yunting and was extremely disgusted by his character. Seeing how shamelessly he was interfering in their internal affairs, she became even more impatient to see him.

With a slender stride, she squeezed into the group of men, grabbed Gao Ziyou by the neck, and pulled him out.

At the same time, he eagerly asked, "Can I beat him up?"