When Goatbeard saw this, he became anxious. The direction of the fire seemed to be his home.

He didn't bother to fight with the boy in front of him, and ran towards the fire with his crutches.

The people lying on the ground were all horrified by the scene. They struggled to get up, supported each other, and stumbled after the village chief.

Even the big old mother was carried away by her nephew.

In the blink of an eye, only Lin Yi and the Qiao father and son were left in the Qiao family yard.

The second brother Qiao looked unwilling but was powerless to resist. Old man Qiao was extremely hateful, but he was too old to avenge his wife and eldest son. He knew that the thief would not let him and his son go.

He wanted to say a few harsh words, but he also held on to a faint hope that the thief would stop in time and at least leave a legacy for the Qiao family. He didn't want to die, but looking at his second son, he decided to give it a try. So he took a few steps forward, stood next to his second son, and said to Lin Yi, "If you have anything to say, come to me."

Then he turned to Qiao Laoer and said, "Run."

Qiao Laoer was stunned for a moment, then realized that his father was risking his life to buy him some time to escape. Although he felt reluctant, he ran away without hesitation.

Lin Yi didn't chase after him, nor did he stop him. He just shook his head and said, "You are not a very filial son!"

Old man Qiao had a wooden face, tightly pursed lips, and said nothing.

Lin Yi pulled out a hemp rope from his pocket and shook it in front of Old Man Qiao: "Don't be intimidated, stretch out your hand."

After tying him up, Lin Yi escorted him from behind: "Okay, let's cool down in the room."

The door creaked again, and Old Man Qiao took a look and his eyes suddenly lit up. There were three people sitting side by side in the corner. They were the old woman, the eldest son and the youngest daughter. Although their limbs were tied and they could not move, and their mouths were stuffed, their eyes were all blinking, and they were obviously not dead.

All the family members are alive!

Although he was not out of trouble yet, Old Man Qiao felt an extreme joy of regaining what he had lost. Without Lin Yi's urging, he walked to the open space next to his wife and sat down, with his feet together, as if he was ready to do whatever he wanted.

He even thought that the thief was not such a bad person. Seeing that the old woman was old and couldn't stand the coldness of the ground, he gave her a chair...

When Old Mrs. Qiao woke up again, she saw that her husband had also been captured. Her cloudy eyes were full of fear, and she was sobbing and saying something inaudible.

Qiao Sanye stared at the foot of the bed in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

As for Boss Qiao, he had just heard the commotion outside. A group of people couldn't defeat the evildoer who broke into his house? He felt very pessimistic, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.

Tie Niu and Ling Shuang were not in the room. The patched curtains on the bed were lowered, and people outside could not see the scene on the bed at all. Chu Tianjiao and his newborn daughter were sleeping soundly.

Lin Yi stood still. Team Leader Ling had told him to stay here and protect Chu Tianjiao and his daughter. He was happy to be free, so he peeled a boiled egg and ate it with relish.

The four members of the Qiao family were so frightened that they were forced to watch a food show. They were sitting on the ground, feeling cold and hungry.

Only Old Man Qiao felt more and more disheartened the more he looked at the thief. The thief's narrow eyes were almost exactly the same as his grandson Tie Niu's. It seemed that this man came for his eldest daughter-in-law.

It would be fine if he was the eldest daughter-in-law's brother, but if not... then... then... then Tie Niu might really not be from their Qiao family!

He looked around but couldn't find Tie Niu. He hadn't tied him up, so where had he gone? Did the thief have accomplices, and had they rescued Tie Niu?

In Old Man Qiao's mind, Tie Niu's facial features were almost identical to the thief in front of him. Even his uncle didn't look so similar, so it seemed more likely that they were father and son...

Years of suspicion seemed to be confirmed at this moment. The hard-hearted old man Qiao regretted his decision. It was obvious that the child did not look like a member of the Qiao family at all when he was born, and the birth date was not right. How could he have been so obsessed as to raise a child for someone else?

If this is really Tie Niu's biological father, then...then the Qiao family might be in real danger today. Right now, they can only hope that the villagers will put out the fire and come to save them.

But he didn't know that fires had broken out everywhere in the village, and the villagers were now too busy taking care of themselves to care about the thieves who had broken into the Qiao family.

The fire was set by Ling Shuang and Tie Niu.