No wonder the system prompted me to bring a family photo.
In this situation, Liu Cheng had already guessed the general idea.
These beasts actually dare to eat Zetsu?
Hehe.
This time, if I don't give you a good beating.
Liu Cheng handed over the photo.
Officer Li took it and immediately his hands trembled.
They look alike.
They really do look like those two people.
Since the photo was taken seven or eight years ago.
People's appearances can change.
To ensure everything was foolproof, it was necessary to have their Siheyuan Courtyard liaison confirm the identities of the bodies again.
Officer Li handed the photo to the people from the Siheyuan Courtyard.
"Can you help identify if these are his parents?"
Jia Zhangshi snatched the photo.
She saw two people in the photo with their eyes tightly closed, faces covered in blood, and several bullet holes in their chests, clearly indicating they died from gunshots.
Jia Zhangshi was instantly overjoyed.
Liu Cheng's parents were indeed executed by firing squad.
It was obvious the officer was here to have the family claim the bodies.
"Hahaha, that's right, the two people in the photo are Liu Cheng's parents. I'd recognize them even if they turned to ash."
At this time, Old Jia was not yet dead, and he also said happily, "I knew it, how could normal people abandon their own son? At the time, I suspected they either defected to Taiwan or were shot by our soldiers."
Jia Zhangshi's flabby flesh trembled as she excitedly handed the photo to Yi Zhonghai.
When Yi Zhonghai saw it, a weight was lifted from his heart.
Full of bullet holes, that meant they were executed by firing squad.
He was afraid this incident was a misunderstanding, and he, as the head grandpa, would lose face.
Since they were enemy agents, this matter would be easy to handle.
How could the son of an enemy agent be qualified to live in a state-owned house?
As long as the house was vacated, he could plan for Dongxu to get it.
He had no children, and Jia Zhangshi had promised that Dongxu would take care of him in his old age.
The photo was passed to Liu Haizhong.
Liu Haizhong also felt great after seeing it.
He was a power-hungry official who couldn't advance in the factory. As soon as he became the Second Grandpa, he caught a small spy, which increased the value of his Second Grandpa position. Maybe he even had a chance to climb higher.
As for Third Uncle Yan Bugui, he was good at scheming.
Liu Cheng's parents were both dead, and he was mentally challenged. If he calculated carefully, he could definitely gain a great advantage from him.
Everyone else's thoughts were similar; they just wanted to make a profit.
They had heard that enemy agents often hid silver dollars, gold bars, and US dollars in their homes.
As soon as Liu Cheng was driven away, they would immediately go to search Liu Cheng's house.
Just thinking about the glistening gold bars.
Everyone's eyes narrowed into slits with happiness.
Soon, the photo had been passed around to everyone in the Siheyuan Courtyard Crowd.
Officer Li asked, "Are you sure these are Liu Cheng's parents?"
"It's them."
"Absolutely no mistake."
"We'd recognize them even if they turned to ash."
Once the identity was confirmed, Officer Li became excited and tightly clasped Liu Cheng's hand.
"Son, I finally found you."
"What Uncle is about to say to you might be a bolt from the blue, so you must be mentally prepared."
Liu Cheng nodded firmly, "My parents loved me immensely and would never abandon me. They disappeared without a trace for so many days, I actually had a premonition..."
Seeing Liu Cheng so strong, Officer Li nodded.
"A few days ago, your parents sacrificed themselves in an anti-bandit operation."
"But they died gloriously, they died greatly."
"They are great heroes!"
"The people will never forget them."
Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi was stunned.
Yi Zhonghai was stunned.
Everyone in the Siheyuan Courtyard was stunned.
Died gloriously?
Died greatly?
Heroes?
Weren't they spies?
Weren't they executed by firing squad?
What's going on?
Jia Zhangshi immediately shouted, "How is that possible?"
"Leader, are you mistaken? How could his parents be heroes?"
The reason for this whole act was for their son, Jia Dongxu.
Their son was eighteen and would soon face the issue of marriage.
If they had two more large tiled houses, they could easily marry a girl from the city.
If Liu Cheng's parents were not spies, then all their plans would be in vain.
Old Jia also glared and said, "That's right, his parents were sneaky before they disappeared, and they didn't like to talk to everyone. They didn't look like decent people at first glance. Only enemy agents, fearing exposure, would maintain a distant relationship with the common people. How could they be heroes?"
"Exactly, Leader, you must be mistaken? They are enemy agents, they are deceiving you."
Facing these two's unreasonable behavior, Officer Li glared at them fiercely.
At the same time, he began to doubt the character of these people.
Of course, the more important thing now was to explain the situation to Liu Cheng.
"Seven days ago, it was your mother who reported that she found enemy agent activity outside the power plant, suspected of wanting to destroy our power plant. Your father stayed on site to monitor the enemy agents."
"After receiving the report, I immediately led a company to encircle and suppress them."
"Originally, this matter had nothing to do with your parents."
"When we arrived at the power plant, your father reported a new situation: a large truck had later entered, very likely carrying explosives. So he followed, ascertained the location where the explosives were planted, and wanted to personally point them out to us."
"The enemy was cunning and discovered us, so both sides exchanged fire. Unfortunately, during the exchange of fire, your parents heroically sacrificed themselves."
"Ultimately, we annihilated all the enemies and, based on the location your father pointed out, dismantled several hundred pounds of high explosives."
"If it weren't for your parents, the enemy agents' conspiracy would have succeeded. Once the power plant was destroyed, with our current technology, it would take at least a year to restore power to the Si Jiu City."
"This would be an extremely heavy blow to our new regime."
"However, precisely because of heroes like your parents, we avoided this disaster."
"Our entire Si Jiu City should thank your parents."
"They can be called great heroes."
"Because they did not carry identification, we struggled to find their family. Now it's good, we finally found you."
Officer Li finished speaking excitedly in one breath.
Everyone understood the whole story.
The supposed enemy agents.
Suddenly became national heroes.
The Siheyuan Crowd felt like they had swallowed a fly.
Their hearts were heavy.
This reversal came too suddenly.
For Liu Cheng, it was a thunderbolt.
For them, wasn't it also a bolt from the blue?
Even now, their minds were still buzzing.
Although Liu Cheng was just a transmigrator and had never truly met these 'cheap' parents.
However, he was deeply moved by their actions.
The consciousness of the people at that time was too high.
This patriotic spirit, unafraid of sacrifice, directly touched Liu Cheng's soul.
Making his eyes red.
He secretly vowed in his heart, 'It's okay if your son was bullied; from today on, this situation will no longer exist. I will live well for him.'
Although Liu Cheng didn't cry loudly, in Officer Li's view, this was the ultimate expression of grief: numb, helpless.
Many times, pain doesn't necessarily have to be expressed with tears; pain without tears is often more painful.
And all of this had to be borne by a child in his teens alone. Thinking of this, Officer Li secretly vowed to take good care of the hero's orphan in the future.
Thinking of this, he remembered another purpose of his trip.