In order to deceive everyone and prevent Liu Tong and his group from discovering the existence of the space.

Lu Qiqi had to get up early every day to collect cabbage and lettuce from her space.

The dress was bought from outside and delivered to the noodle shop.

That morning, Lu Qiqi drove the oxcart to the noodle shop as usual.

As Lu Qiqi approached the noodle shop, she saw that someone was already waiting at the entrance, staring intently at the door.

A strange doubt arose in Lu Qiqi's heart. She hadn't expected the noodle shop to be so popular, with people waiting to eat noodles so early in the morning.

We drove the oxcart through the alley to the backyard of the noodle shop.

Lu Qiqi jumped off the oxcart and was about to knock on the side gate of the backyard.

Suddenly, darkness fell from above, and everything went black before my eyes. My body was restrained by someone with tremendous strength.

In a moment of desperation, Lu Qiqi stomped hard on the person behind her.

With a painful scream, the hand restraining her loosened slightly, and Lu Qiqi immediately broke free, tearing off the black hood above her head.

The light came into view again, and there was a burlap sack lying on the ground.

A large, burly man sat on the ground in pain, clutching one of his feet.

With a whoosh, Lu Qiqi dodged the powerful punch aimed at her by turning her head to the side.

Before long, four burly men were lying on the stone-paved road in the alley, groaning in pain.

Lu Qiqi found their noise too loud and was afraid of upsetting the neighbors, so she tied up the four of them and stuffed their noisy mouths with coarse cloth.

Lu Qiqi knocked on the door, and when Zhu Zi opened it, he saw four people tied up in a pile at the door, and his heart tightened.

Zhu Zi asked, "Are you alright? What happened?"

Lu Qiqi finished the fight without even breaking a sweat, and said in a calm tone, "Take the person in first, then interrogate them slowly."

Zhu Zi nodded and did as Lu Qiqi said, leading the person to the noodle shop's main hall.

The four people, bound and tied up, sat on the ground with their feet also bound, unable to move.

Lu Qiqi stepped forward and untied the cloth strip from one of the burly men, her voice sharp and stern, "Who sent you?"

The burly man glared at Lu Qiqi angrily and said, "If you know what's good for you, you'd better release us and hand over the food obediently, or your noodle shop will be out of business sooner or later!"

Lu Qiqi thought that these people were sent by Zhang Shiqiang to take revenge on her.

Unexpectedly, they had their eyes on it, and the noodle shop supplied a constant supply of green vegetables every day.

When Liu Tong and Hu Jinfei saw the four people tied up, they exchanged a glance and immediately understood what had happened.

Liu Tong quickly stepped forward and asked Lu Qiqi, "Girl, are you hurt?"

Lu Qiqi shook her head and told Liu Tong and Hu Jinfei what had just happened.

Liu Tong said indignantly and with self-reproach, "It's my fault for not telling you what happened. Yesterday, a group of people rushed into the noodle shop to buy vegetables."

“We have a limited daily supply, so there’s no extra food to give to others. Jinfei and I just give it to them.”

"I never imagined they'd have their eyes on you today! And they'd even do something like this!"

Hu Jinfei said, "Why don't we beat them into submission and see if they confess!"

Lu Qiqi said, "It's no use. These people are stubborn and won't confess no matter what. There must be someone behind them that they can't afford to offend. If they confess, their families will definitely be in trouble. In this situation, who would confess?"

"Then what should we do?" Dunzi asked.

Lu Qiqi: "If we can't get any information from them, then let's hand them over to the authorities, take the sack, and sue them for trafficking women!"

When the four burly men learned that Lu Qiqi was going to report to the authorities, they never expected that a woman would dare to gamble with her own reputation.

But they dared not reveal the people behind them, and could only hope that after being sent to the government, their employers would treat their families well.

Zhu Zi and Dun Zi drove the four strong men onto the oxcart, preparing to take them to the government office.

As a victim, Lu Qiqi was bound to have to see the authorities. Just as she was about to go with them, Aunt Zhao, who had gone to work early, grabbed her arm.

"Shopkeeper, a woman's reputation is important. If you go to the authorities in such a high-profile manner, how will you ever get married in the future!"

Lu Qiqi was somewhat taken aback, but she quickly came to her senses and said, "This matter must be dealt with, otherwise we can forget about living a peaceful life in the future."

After all, they are in the open while the enemy is in the dark. If they don't even know who the enemy is, they can only stand there and wait for others to come knocking on their door.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Lu Qiqi, Aunt Zhao turned to Liu Tong, hoping he would say something, otherwise Lu Qiqi's reputation would be completely ruined!

Lu Qiqi's decisions were difficult to change, and Liu Tong had no choice but to shake his head in the pleading gaze of Aunt Zhao.

Lu Qiqi, completely unaware of the message being exchanged between the two with their eyes, said, "Let's go."

Upon arriving at the government office, Zhu Zi struck the grievance drum.

Before long, the county magistrate sat high in the hall, raised his gavel and brought it down rapidly, and said in a deep voice, "Who is there in the hall? What is the matter of this complaint?"

"This is a petition from Lu Qiqi, a commoner."

Before setting off, Lu Qiqi wrote a petition and handed it to the yamen runner.

The county magistrate took the device handed to him by the yamen runner, glanced at Lu Qiqi, and instructed, "This case involves a wide range of issues and is not suitable for public trial."

After saying this, the yamen runners closed the gates of the government office.

The matter concerns the woman's reputation, and as long as it doesn't involve a murder, the county magistrate will be lenient.

The county magistrate asked, "Lu Qiqi, is what you stated in your complaint true?"

“Every word is true!” Lu Qiqi pointed to the sack in Zhu Zi’s hand and said, “That’s their tool for committing the crime.”

The bailiffs presented the sack to the county magistrate.

Lu Qiqi explained the matter clearly and plainly in her complaint.

The county magistrate inquired about each matter stated in the petition, and the registrar recorded it on the table.

The county magistrate asked, "Do you four admit to this crime?"

The gags were removed from the four burly men, who resigned themselves in unison, "We accept it!"

...

It was already noon when they came out of the government office. Everyone felt extremely happy to see the four strong men sentenced to prison.

Only Lu Qiqi remained indifferent.

Liu Tong said, "Now that these guys have been imprisoned, I doubt anyone will dare to cause trouble again!"

Lu Qiqi said, "Not necessarily. These people would rather go to jail than expose the people behind them."

This person must be someone important. Being targeted by someone like this means we must be extremely careful from now on.

Hearing that the matter was not completely resolved, Liu Tong said, "Then we went through all that trouble to send these four people to the government office, but in the end, the matter wasn't resolved. We've wasted our time! We might as well have given them another good beating!"

Lu Qiqi said, "Sending them to see the officials is to tell the people behind them that even a rabbit will bite when cornered."

Our counterattack this time will make them think carefully about the consequences before they act.

Dunzi asked, "Then shall we still sell vegetables?"

Lu Qiqi said, "Sell! Now that we've been targeted and retaliated, it's impossible to let things go peacefully. The only option now is to deal with whatever comes our way."

Only if these people make another move and slip up will it be possible to find the person behind the scenes.