"You... you dare hit me? Do you kn... know who I am..."

Clinging to the last shred of hope, Li Guangcheng, with a fierce but timid facade, tried to bluff his way out. Unfortunately, just as he spoke halfway, Chu Ge stomped on his back again. The head he had barely lifted came into intimate contact with the hard ground once more, and his nose bled like a faucet, instantly staining his mask red. His two front teeth likely wouldn't survive either.

Seeing the mute Li Guangcheng, Chu Ge was really speechless. Did this guy have to use such clichéd lines? Couldn't he think of something more original? Did he really think Chu Ge was so easily intimidated?

"Brother-in-law!"

Qin Ruoying was also at a loss for words, feeling even more anxious. Just a few seconds ago, Chu Ge had told her he had a plan, but then he suddenly took action again. Was this what he called having a plan?

"Xiaoying, don't worry. This guy is not Jingjing's uncle at all. As long as I don't beat him to death, everything will be fine."

With Qin Ruoying grabbing his arm, Chu Ge had to explain briefly. However, he found it a bit amusing. He had been using his foot all along, so why was Qin Ruoying grabbing his arm?

"Huh? Brother-in-law, what... what are you saying? What on earth is going on?"

Qin Ruoying was stunned, her grip on Chu Ge's arm instinctively loosened, and she asked with a face full of confusion and suspicion.

Qin Ruojing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't know what Chu Ge was basing his claims on, she just believed that Chu Ge wouldn't say something without reason.

"Xiaoying, I'll explain this to you later. I have some questions for him now. The child's grandmother is very likely already in danger."

Upon hearing this from Chu Ge, the faces of the Qin sisters immediately changed. Although they hated Yao Hongmei, especially Qin Ruoying, who had cursed her many times, they still felt a heavy weight in their hearts upon hearing such news, like a stone pressed upon them.

The Qin sisters fell silent, and Chu Ge refocused his attention on Li Guangcheng. He nonchalantly tapped him and then spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear, "If you don't want to die of itchiness, you'd better talk, and tell me where the child's grandmother is, dead or alive."

Letting the nosebleed flow, Li Guangcheng sneered and said disdainfully, "Hah... Kid, you're impressive. I'll admit defeat today, but if you think your nonsense can fool me... hahaha!"

Before finishing his sentence, Li Guangcheng's face suddenly twisted with an incredibly strange expression, scrunching up his features. Then he began to roll on the ground, laughing idiotically.

Watching Li Guangcheng roll on the ground, Chu Ge scratched his head. Why did people always doubt him when he told the truth?

Because he didn't want to give too much away, Chu Ge waited just a few seconds and then subtly patted Li Guangcheng again.

Only then did Li Guangcheng stop rolling, still wearing a laughing expression on his face, but his eyes were full of terror, looking inexplicably eerie.

This time, without Chu Ge saying much, just with an inquiring look, Li Guangcheng immediately confessed everything. The feeling earlier was worse than death, even more painful than the repeated abuses he had suffered in prison!

Once Li Guangcheng confessed, Chu Ge finally felt relieved. Fortunately, Yao Hongmei was still alive, not harmed at all, just drugged into unconsciousness like Jingjing.

Despite not caring about Yao Hongmei's fate, only with her still alive could this matter be perfectly resolved, allowing him to present a big gift to his "father-in-law" Qin Yan.

"Xiaojing, call Uncle and ask him to come over immediately. Xiaoying, find the staff here and have them send someone to search near Lanxi Pavilion at mid-mountain. Yao Hongmei is there. Once she's found, bring her here immediately."

Giving instructions to the Qin sisters, Chu Ge turned his attention to the curious tourists approaching, "Please, don't get too close; the police will be here soon. Kindly avoid disturbing the crime scene."

Seeing the composed and orderly Chu Ge making arrangements, Qin Ruojing found him increasingly unpredictable. She nodded subconsciously but didn't make the call immediately, instead slightly distracted.

Qin Ruoying, on the other hand, looked at Chu Ge with admiration, playfully yet crisply said, "Yes, sir!" then stomped her foot playfully, saluted Chu Ge, and squeezed through the crowd to find the staff.

Half an hour later, Qin Yan arrived at the scene, with the unconscious Yao Hongmei being carried back as well.

As Qin Yan questioned Chu Ge about the incident, Yao Hongmei's fingers twitched, waking up from her unconscious state. She instinctively propped herself up, rubbed her forehead, and slowly opened her heavy eyelids.

When she saw the crowd discussing around her, her heart filled with unease. Then she saw, not far away, Chu Ge, Qin Yan, the Qin sisters, and her unconscious granddaughter being held by Qin Ruojing.

Yao Hongmei's pupils shrank suddenly; she looked like a frightened cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly flaring up. Despite still feeling a bit groggy, she immediately stood up from the ground and charged angrily toward Qin Ruojing.

"You shameless thing, who let you touch my Jingjing? Get your filthy hands off her right now!"

Glaring furiously, Yao Hongmei rushed to Qin Ruojing's side without a word, snatching Jingjing back into her arms. She looked at her unconscious granddaughter, her old face full of anxiety for her and rage towards Qin Ruojing.

Although Qin Ruoying and Chu Ge had mentioned Yao Hongmei's issues before, seeing her acting so outrageously in person left him speechless. She started scolding without even asking what happened first. This old lady was truly something else!

"Oh my poor granddaughter, you must not be harmed. If anything happens to you, I won't let these bastards off the hook!"

Holding Jingjing in one hand and gently stroking the child's face with the other, Yao Hongmei finished her sentence, then raised her head and glared with old eyes at the Qin sisters.

"Old witch, are you out of your mind? Do you even know..."

Under Yao Hongmei's angry gaze, Qin Ruojing turned her head away with a cold expression while Qin Ruoying couldn't take it anymore and opened her mouth to explain.

"I don't know a damn thing! Shut up! Tell me! What did you do to my Jingjing? How could she just faint like that?"

Qin Ruoying trembled with anger, raised her hand to point at Yao Hongmei, but eventually didn't bother to explain.

Seeing the Qin sisters staying silent, Yao Hongmei got even more worked up. Her old face twitched, and she suddenly turned her head, gritting her teeth at Qin Yan, "You, Qin! Have you had enough of that police uniform? All right, all right! You and those two shameless daughters of yours are in cahoots, aren't you? You even dared to lay a finger on my granddaughter! Just you wait! Just you wait and see how I'll deal with you!"

Watching Yao Hongmei causing a scene and even threatening Qin Yan, Chu Ge looked at her like she was an idiot and said, "Old lady, you're quite amusing, huh? One moment you're telling Ruoying to shut up, the next you're telling her to talk—what do you actually want her to do? But you know what, you did get one thing right: you truly know jack shit."

"You... you... who the hell do you think you are! How dare you insult me? You just wait!"

Just as Yao Hongmei wanted to say more, a staff member who had helped her back finally couldn't stand it anymore and snorted, "You're really unreasonable, lady. If it weren't for these young people, you'd still be lying halfway up the mountain! If you were unlucky enough to get bitten by a snake, you wouldn't even know how you died!"

The sudden voice startled Yao Hongmei. She turned her head to look at the indignant staff member, her face full of malice quickly turning to confusion.

"Exactly, what do you mean by what did they do to your kid? You should be grateful your kid is even here. If it weren't for that young man, who knows where your kid would have been taken by now!"

"This old lady is really crooked, what kind of person is this?"

"Well! Today I've seen it all, now I finally know what it means to bite the hand that feeds you!"

More and more onlookers couldn't stand by any longer and began criticizing Yao Hongmei.

Seeing the large crowd around her and hearing their words, Yao Hongmei's face turned cloudy and uncertain. Even if she was slow to react, by this point, she realized something was wrong.

"Qin, Qin Yan, what... what's going on?"

After hesitating for a moment, Yao Hongmei frowned, her tone finally less aggressive.

"Do you remember Li Guangcheng?" Qin Yan said flatly.

"Li Guangcheng? The principal who molested and abused dozens of elementary school girls? The one my old Song caught personally? Why are you telling me about him?"

Qin Yan nodded, "He was released from prison a month ago. Just now, he knocked you and your granddaughter out, intending to kidnap her, but ran into my daughter and son-in-law, and got caught by my son-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Yao Hongmei's pupils shrank, and she finally noticed the person lying behind Qin Yan and Chu Ge—who else could it be but Li Guangcheng!

Yao Hongmei was dumbfounded, breaking out in a cold sweat from the sudden realization.

Jingjing was the apple of their eye, and if she had fallen into the hands of that perverted principal...

Thinking of this, a series of terrifying images flooded Yao Hongmei's mind, her eyes widened as she drew a sharp breath, nearly fainting again from the fright she had just woken up from.

Stunned for a good ten seconds, Yao Hongmei finally recovered from her shock. Recalling how she had just treated Qin Yan's family and Chu Ge, her old face couldn't help but turn from one shade of red to another!

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