"You don't need to worry about that. Anyway, don't worry, I'll definitely find a way to save her," Li Weidong said firmly.

Perhaps influenced by her, the younger sister stopped crying: "Brother, are you telling the truth? You really want to help her?"

"Brother, when have I ever lied to you? Don't worry, if I say I'll help, I definitely will."

Hearing her brother say this, Li Xiaoli finally felt relieved.

She wiped away her tears and forced a smile through them: "Brother, you're so good to me. Don't you think I shouldn't have meddled? After all, it's their family matter..."

"How is this meddling? This is helping others and doing what is right. By the way, when are they planning to marry Ono off to their family?"

"I heard it's this weekend."

"This weekend?" Li Weidong's lips curled into a cold smile. "Is this old man in such a hurry to push his daughter into a fire pit?"

"Brother, why are you asking about the time? How exactly are you planning to help Ono?"

"Alright, you don't need to ask any more questions. You'll find out when the time comes." After saying that, Li Weidong patted his sister's head and turned to walk towards the telephone.

As luck would have it, the phone rang just as I walked up to it.

It was Xing Guodong who called.

"My benefactor, um... the weather's nice today, haven't you eaten yet?"

Xing Guodong stammered and gave vague answers.

Li Weidong was completely confused.

This person wouldn't just make a phone call to chat, would they?

Suddenly, a thought struck him: "Are you having trouble at work?"

Xing Guodong chuckled awkwardly, "You really can't hide anything from me. I've actually run into a problem."

He then recounted the whole story in detail.

It turned out that a kidnapping case had occurred in the county, and the kidnapped person was the child of a leader, which was taken very seriously by the higher authorities.

Xing Guodong sighed and said, "My benefactor, I didn't want to bother you with this matter, but I really have no other choice!"

"The higher-ups said this matter must be resolved within five days. If we can't find the right person within the deadline, not only will I lose my position as the brigade leader, but I'm afraid I won't have a good life for the rest of my life."

After all, failing to catch the kidnappers is already a failure, but the fact that the kidnapper is the leader's child makes it even more serious.

Xing Guodong sighed, "My benefactor, you are very capable. I was thinking, could you spare some time to take a look at this case for me... what should we do?"

Li Weidong laughed: "Seeing how troubled you are, I thought it was nothing serious!"

He might not know about other things, but this was truly a coincidence.

This incident caused quite a stir in his past life and even made it into the newspapers; he happened to have seen it!

He asked, "Tell me, when you're looking for kidnappers, are you targeting the leaders' enemies?"

Xing Guodong quickly replied, "That's right! These kidnappings all happen because someone was offended, right? I've searched high and low, but I haven't found a single clue!"

He went to the door of anyone who had even the slightest grudge against the leader, but they all had alibis and he couldn't find them at all.

Li Weidong didn't dare to be too blunt, only saying, "The thoughts of criminals often cannot be deduced using conventional thinking."

"Why don't you think about it from a different angle? There's an old saying from our ancestors: 'A small favor is appreciated, but a large favor breeds resentment.' If you investigate from another perspective, you might find something useful."

To be honest, that leader was a good person. He was honest and hardworking, and although he himself didn't live a very comfortable life, he still sponsored two children from a remote mountain village.

This all started because one of the children wasn't doing well in school, and after he said a few words to him, that little bastard got malicious ideas and kidnapped the leader's child.

In their past lives, no one had ever thought of this possibility. It wasn't until the five-year-old child was found dead in a cave by a woodcutter that the police followed the clues and caught the murderer.

The murderer was a fourteen-year-old boy, and this case of repaying kindness with enmity caused quite a stir in the area.

Li Weidong couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the photo of the leader whose hair had turned white overnight.

Good people shouldn't end up like this.

Xing Guodong was taken aback: "My benefactor, I don't understand what you mean."

What direction is the other direction?

Li Weidong grew anxious and simply said, "I cast a divination for you, and the result shows that the person is in the southwest direction. Go and look in that direction!"

Saying it again would be too blunt.

Xing Guodong muttered to himself, "Southwest direction...hiss! I understand, thank you for your guidance! I'll take my men there now, and once I've caught them, I'll personally come to thank you!"

He then turned to hang up the phone.

Li Weidong quickly said, "Don't rush, there's something else I need your help with..."

...

Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye.

These past few days, Li Weidong hasn't done anything. He spends his days eating and drinking, occasionally calling Zhang Bin and Shen Xiaoyan to chat about the future, acting as if nothing has happened.

This greatly worried Li Xiaoli.

"Brother, have you thought about what to do about Ono? How are you going to help her?"

"Brother, Xiaoye is getting married tomorrow, why haven't you done anything?"

"Brother, you said you'd help Ono, but there's no time left, are you going to help or not?!"

The little girl was constantly hovering around Li Weidong, so anxious that two blisters appeared on the corners of her mouth.

Zhao Xiulian couldn't stand it anymore: "Dong, that girl Xiaoye is really pitiful. She's being forced to marry at such a young age. If you have any ideas, please lend a hand."

Putting everything else aside, every time Zhou Xiaoye comes to our house, she either helps sweep the floor and wipe the table or supervises Li Xiaoli's homework. She genuinely likes this little girl.

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