Jiang Xue shook her head desperately, crying and shouting, "I'll talk, I'll talk!"

he……

He gave me rat poison and told me to kill Gu Xue.

If Gu Xue is gone, poison the whole family.

Meng Shuyun's eyes instantly turned icy cold, as if they could freeze a person.

"You'd better make it clear whether he's trying to kill our whole family, or you're trying to kill our whole family."

“It was him, it was him, it was all his idea, I listened to him,” Jiang Xue said hurriedly.

Where is he now? What other purpose does he have?

"I...I don't know. He just told me to wait for him in the dilapidated temple after I succeeded," Jiang Xue answered truthfully.

Seeing that she couldn't get any other useful information out of him, Meng Shuyun threw down the kitchen knife in her hand and shouted towards the door, "Li Quan, did you hear that? Come in and take him to the police station."

Li Quan led two men in and rushed in, quickly subduing Jiang Xue.

"Auntie, I'm so glad you're alright. I never imagined that Su Xiangbei and Jiang Xue were so malicious. If you hadn't known about their plot beforehand, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

"I'd appreciate it if you could make a trip tonight and force-feed her feces, so she doesn't really die," Meng Shuyun said.

After being force-fed excrement, Jiang Xue fainted immediately. Not long after, she was awakened by the stench and lay on the ground retching uncontrollably.

Meng Shuyun rode her bicycle and rushed to the police station to report the crime. She explained Su Xiangbei's situation in detail and said that he was very likely in the house he rented in the county town.

Police officers split into two groups, one heading to the dilapidated temple and the other to the courtyard house that Meng Shuyun rented in the county town to make arrests.

When they arrived at the yard, they found the gate wide open, and the inside was pitch black, without a single light, and not even the sound of a child crying.

Meng Shuyun's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition welled up in her mind. She had been feeling uneasy ever since she arrived.

Upon entering the room, one could see that Xiumei, Xiulan, Xiaoli, and Xiaojuan at the dining table were all unconscious.

Meng Shuyun hurriedly went into Su Xiangnan's room, only to find that he was gone.

"Officer, my son Xiang Nan and daughter-in-law Gu Xue have gone missing!" she cried anxiously.

"Let's hurry to the dilapidated temple outside the city. If we're too late, things might get bad," Meng Shuyun said anxiously.

She quickly pinched the two sisters' philtrum and shook them awake.

"Mother, why are you here? What happened to us? Where are Xiaoli and Xiaojuan?" Xiumei asked groggily.

"My head hurts so much, Mother, Mingyue, Minghui..." Su Xiulan said anxiously.

"The two little ones are doing well, sleeping on the second floor. They're not crying or fussing. They're two clever and lucky children," Meng Shuyun comforted her.

Inside a dilapidated temple outside the city.

Panting heavily, Su Dahai pushed the wheelchair and finally rushed into the dilapidated temple, his face full of urgency.

"Xiang Bei, I've taken care of everything for you! When are you going to give me the money we agreed on?" His voice echoed in the empty, dilapidated temple.

Su Xiangbei glanced at him, his eyes full of indifference and disdain.

"What's the rush? Everyone's not even here yet!"

Upon hearing this, Su Dahai flew into a rage, his eyes wide with fury.

"Didn't I bring the people over to you? We agreed that it would be one person for the money! Are you trying to back out?"

He angrily pointed his finger at Gu Xue, who was bound hand and foot and unconscious.

Su Xiangbei's lips curled into a shameless smile, which looked particularly sinister in the dimly lit, dilapidated temple.

"So what? The money's in my hands; I can pay whenever I want!"

Su Dahai was so angry that he trembled all over and was fuming.

The money is in Su Xiangbei's pocket, and there's nothing we can do about it now.

"I'm your father! I even brought him here to you with a broken leg, just as you requested. What else are you dissatisfied with? If you dare to mess with me, believe me, I'll call the police right now!"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiangbei laughed even more wildly, his laughter sounding like a sharp knife.

"Dad, you used to be the head of an art group at the steel factory, how could you be so brainless? You were the one who brought Gu Xue over, weren't you? You were the one who drugged her, and you said you'd report it to the police, do you think they'd let you off the hook?"

Su Dahai gritted his teeth, his eyes bulging out of their sockets, his heart filled with regret.

So he'd been dragged into this mess by that scoundrel Su Xiangbei!

"What exactly do you want? I'm already old, and I don't want to argue with you. Just give me the money, and I promise I won't call the police."

Su Xiangbei snorted coldly, his gaze sweeping over the unconscious Gu Xue.

He then pulled a short knife from his pocket, threw it in front of Su Dahai with a "snap," and coldly ordered, "If you kill this woman, I'll give you an extra 5,000 yuan!"

After saying that, Su Xiangbei, supporting Su Dahai's wheelchair with both hands, leaned close to his ear and whispered temptingly, "I'll not only give you 5,000 yuan, but I'll also help you buy a train ticket to leave here. Then you can go south to find Su Xiangyang. I've already found you a place. Once you get there, nobody will know you, and I've already thought of a way out for you. Whether you want the money or not is up to you..."

Su Dahai gripped the wheelchair handles tightly, a fine layer of sweat appearing on his forehead. A gust of cold wind made his entire back stiffen.

His gaze was fixed on the short knife, and he felt as if two little men were fighting inside his head.

5,000 yuan! That's 5,000 yuan!

He had never seen so much money in his life.

With this money, he could live a life free from financial worries, and his youngest son would take care of him in his old age in the south.

They'll change their appearance and live somewhere no one knows them, so who will be able to find them then?

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