Because of her reservations, she had no choice but to go along with Jiang Qiao's act, pointing the weapon in her hand at him and saying, "You, come here and inspect the goods over here. Take a good look, and have your father throw the stuff over here—"

Jiang Qiao nodded. "Sure, as long as you keep your word, I'll definitely do it without hesitation. Hey, auntie, could you please put that thing away? It's making me nervous. There are so many people here. No matter how capable I am, I can't hide from them all. What are you afraid of?"

The woman snorted, glanced at Jiang Qiao disdainfully, put her weapon back in her pocket, and Jiang Qiao slowly walked over.

Those legs betrayed her true feelings. Seeing Jiang Qiao like this, the woman nodded in satisfaction. She was puzzled. How could this girl not be afraid? It turned out that she was just pretending. Especially looking at Jiang Qiao's legs, she laughed rather unkindly.

Not to mention this woman, even the people standing around her shook their heads. They thought this little girl was so powerful that she even stunned them. Who would have thought it would turn out like this?

As Jiang Qiao approached the woman, he suddenly tightened his legs, looking utterly embarrassed.

Seeing Jiang Qiao's expression, the woman looked on with schadenfreude. "What, don't you want to inspect the goods anymore?"

Jiang Qiao bit her lip and stood there for a while before slowly walking forward, while the people around her watched as if it were a spectacle.

"Hey, little girl, if you can't hold it in anymore, hurry up and let it out. We all know who we are, don't think we've never seen a woman before, haha—"

Jiang Qiao's eyes blazed with anger as she glared at the group of people before finally walking over after much hesitation.

"Bring out the gold bars, jade pendants, and books; I want to examine them one by one."

She hadn't expected the other party to go to such lengths in their acting; these things really did exist. Since they had been brought out, she had to examine them, weighing each of the gold bars in her hand.

Then he took one and threw it to Liu Zhanyu behind him, "Dad, take a look, is this real? It's not copper, is it?"

Liu Zhanyu checked it and nodded to Jiang Qiao, "No problem."

She threw the gold bars back. Jiang Qiao was looking at the book. Although she didn't know what the contents were, she recognized the characters. They were all written by the same person, and the book was correct.

To be honest, she wasn't very good at authenticating jade pendants; they were too easy to fake. However, when she held the pendant in her hand, the black mole on it felt faintly hot. Jiang Qiao was certain that the jade pendant in front of her was not fake.

It seems the other party really went all out; she held onto the jade pendant and the book and wouldn't put them down.

He stood up and looked at the woman. "Not bad, it's rare that you've kept your word this time. You're not secretly planning to keep us from leaving, are you?"

The woman smiled smugly. "How could that be? We're people of our word. Once we get what we need, we'll let you leave."

Jiang Qiao hummed twice. "I hope so. But these people are pointing their weapons at us. It doesn't seem fair or credible at all. What do you think?"

The woman paused for a moment, then said with displeasure, "Stop talking nonsense. You've seen the things. Hand over your books. Isn't there one more? Where's the other one?"

Jiang Qiao patted her backpack. "It's here with me. No rush, take a look at mine first."

Jiang Qiao took the book out of her bag and handed it to the woman. She then turned to Liu Zhanyu and said, "Dad, bring the book over here."

Even women are afraid of Jiang Qiao's tricks. This little girl, although she seemed quite scared before, never holds back when it comes to her words and actions. She seriously suspects that the book in her hand might be fake.

She flipped through the pages, one by one. Although she couldn't understand what was written on them, she could still read them. She even smelled the handwriting; it didn't have the fresh scent of ink that comes with fresh writing.

Just as the woman was smelling the scent, Jiang Qiao suddenly lunged forward, pressing a dagger directly against her neck.

Before anyone could react, the woman was even more stunned. Jiang Qiao quickly pulled out the thing from her pocket and threw it to Liu Zhanyu, who was rushing over.

"Don't move, or I'll kill her with one blow."

Cao Mingyuan then took out several hand grenades from Jiang Qiao's basket.

With his fingers hooked on the string, he grinned slyly at the dumbfounded people and said, "Don't move. This thing doesn't know its own limits. It explodes and wipes out a whole bunch of people. Anyone who doesn't want to die, throw your weapons over here and line up over there."

The guys were dumbfounded. What was going on? They were clearly in the lead, so how did the wind turn? And why wasn't their leader saying anything?

The woman wasn't silent; she had also fallen under Jiang Qiao's spell. Although she hadn't inhaled much, it was enough to make her mind go blank for a while. So, Jiang Qiao took advantage of this opportunity to take her down in one fell swoop.

"Don't move—"

Cui Changfa, who had been hiding in the bushes, emerged with his men, their weapons pointed at Jiang Qiao and his group.

“Cui Changfa, you’re a man of honor. Point what you’re holding at those people. Your mother and the others are safe now. Also, do you know who this woman is? She’s a Japanese soldier—”

This time, Cui Changfa's expression changed. "What? Japanese soldiers? Really?"

Cao Mingyuan snorted, "Would a decent person do something like detaining someone's child? They're not good people to begin with. Brother, whatever it is, we'll talk about it after we see your mother. For now, let's deal with these people first."

Even if Cui Changfa didn't understand at all, he now saw the situation clearly. If he dared to make a move, these three people would definitely not let him off the hook.

The key point is that this girl in front of him is definitely not simple. In the blink of an eye, she has directly controlled this woman. He admits that he does not have that ability.

Furthermore, the Japanese were their family's sworn enemy. Although he had some doubts about what Cao Mingyuan said, he was unambiguous when it came to matters of principle.

"Don't move! Throw everything you're holding over here!"

Cui Changfa's sudden defection stunned everyone present, who all stared intently at the silent woman.

At this moment, the woman already knew what had happened, and gave a bitter smile, "You're Jiang Qiao?"

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Qiao had already inserted the needle into the woman's body. She wanted to move, but now she couldn't.

"Smart, I am Jiang Qiao. It seems you all really know me quite well. Those of you who are smart, quickly disarm yourselves or you'll be spared. Do you really want to wait for me to make a move?"

The group quickly threw down their weapons and one of the men stammered, "Are you really Jiang Qiao?"

Jiang Qiao nodded readily. "What, do I not look like it?"

The man asked again in surprise, "Don't you live up north? What are you doing here?"

Jiang Qiao raised an eyebrow. "With you guys around, I don't feel at ease staying in the North."

Cao Mingyuan had already gone over and worked with Cui Changfa's men to tie up those people.