Xu Wan didn't know how long she had been unconscious.

She was awakened by Xiao Jinqi's crying.

She vaguely heard Xiao Jinqi crying in her ear, "Daddy, Daddy, please don't bully Auntie."

"Get out of my way! What 'auntie'? You like her, don't you? Then from now on, she's your new mother!"

A man's voice rang out.

Xu Wan found the name somewhat familiar.

But she was feeling dizzy and couldn't open her eyes at all.

"No, I don't want a new mom! Please don't bully Auntie!"

Little Jinqi's cries grew louder and louder.

Xu Wan had a splitting headache and forced herself to open her eyes a crack.

In a daze, she saw Xiao Jinqi hugging her tightly, his hands gripping her clothes.

She struggled to open her eyes and saw several obvious handprints on the little girl's face, which seemed to be swollen, and several bright red scars on her arms.

“Jinqi…”

Xu Wan spoke weakly.

She turned her gaze to Xiao Jinqi's father and realized that it was the same man who had come to them yesterday, saying that his wife was missing!

The man looked very old; she never imagined he was Xiao Jinqi's father.

When Jinqi's father saw that Xu Wan had woken up, he kicked the child hard: "It's all your fault for messing things up. She's already awake."

Little Jinqi winced in pain but wouldn't let go, crying, "Daddy, please don't bully Auntie."

Xu Wan was still half asleep, but she had already realized what was going on.

She bit her lip, forced herself to sit up, hugged Jinqi, looked at Jinqi's father, and said in a weak voice, "Calm down. My colleague just dropped me off at the door. If I don't go back soon, he will definitely come looking for me. If you let me go now, I'll just pretend I slipped and fell. But if they find me, things won't be that simple."

When dealing with this kind of person, especially when there is a significant disparity in strength between us and the enemy, we cannot resort to force.

She only intended to send Xiao Jinqi to the village; she never expected something like this to happen in such a short time.

Jinqi's father grinned maliciously, "Found you? Bah! I have a way of hiding you. Don't even mention your colleagues, even the police won't be able to find you!"

He glared at Xiao Jinqi, "Get out! Now! Don't make me beat you to death!"

"No, Daddy..."

Xiao Jinqi cried like a baby, but her hands tightly protected Xu Wan.

She's grown up and knows what her father wants to do.

In her heart, Xu Wan was an incredibly good person, and she absolutely could not let her father bully Xu Wan.

Xu Wan was startled. It seemed that Jin Qi's father had a place specifically for hiding people, and that place must be very secluded.

Jinqi's father curled his lip, picked up little Jinqi like a chick, and when she wouldn't let go, he grabbed a stick with his other hand and started hitting her.

Xu Wan quickly hugged Xiao Jinqi, and the stick slammed hard into her arm, the pain bringing tears to her eyes.

But at this moment, she even felt that it was fortunate that the stick hit her; she didn't know what would have happened if it had hit Xiao Jinqi.

"Woof woof woof!"

The dog in the yard suddenly started barking.

Jinqi's father glanced outside, and without saying a word, he picked up little Jinqi with one hand and grabbed Xu Wan with the other, pulling her outside.

At first, Xu Wan didn't know what was going on.

He dragged Xu Wan to the woodshed, kicked aside the pile of firewood, groped his way to open a hidden door, threw Xiao Jinqi down first, and then pulled Xu Wan down as well.

There is a long, narrow passage between the hidden door and the basement.

Xu Wan tried to struggle, but the man was too strong and dragged her into the basement in a few moves.

The entire basement was dark, and the air reeked of a foul stench.

Jinqi's father took out a flashlight, turned it on, and then used a chain to wrap around Xu Wan's neck, and then used a lock to lock it up. After that, he used another small chain to lock up little Jinqi.

He checked it over before saying, "You can shout all you want, no one outside can hear you even if you shout until you're hoarse."

After he finished speaking, he tucked the flashlight under his arm and went out.