"Didn't expect that, did you! You thought a rope could tie me up? Look at this!"

Hu Ziqiang said, while cracking his knives and brandishing the knife in his hand.

He had been waiting for the medicine in Lin Qing's body to take effect, and he had even been kicked a few times for it. But when he thought that he would get Lin Qing today and have a beautiful wife and a big house in the future, it was all worth it.

"Where did you get the knife? You clearly don't have a knife on you."

Seeing the knife in Hu Ziqiang's hand, Lin Qing asked in confusion. She had clearly checked that Hu Ziqiang had nothing on him, so where did the knife come from?

"Of course I hid it here."

Hu Ziqiang pointed smugly to the basket in the corner. As soon as he came in, he hid the knife under the basket. When Lin Qing kicked him down, he deliberately used Lin Qing's force to get near the basket. When Lin Qing's attention was not on it, he quietly cut the rope binding him with the knife.

"Bang……"

Hu Ziqiang was happily thinking about the future as he walked towards Lin Qing. Just as he was about to touch Lin Qing's face, he fell to the ground.

"Pooh……"

"Who do you think you are! You really think you can't do anything to me just because I'm under the influence of drugs?"

Just in case, Lin Qing had taken the antidote for the muscle-relaxing powder before entering the room. It was just in case, but unexpectedly, Lin Qing actually used it.

I was careless this time. I didn't expect that Hu Ziqiang, who was just a small-time hoodlum in the village, would be so cunning. I must never underestimate others again.

"Lin Qing, are you there? Are you alright?"

Lin Qing was thinking about how to deal with Hu Ziqiang when she heard Li Hongmei shouting loudly outside!

"They arrived so quickly?"

Lin Qing originally wanted to find an opportunity to get the two of them to sleep together.

Unexpectedly, he himself had fallen victim to the attack. It seemed he could only hide for the time being. As for Hu Ziqiang and Li Hongmei, he could only wait until he received the antidote.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing grabbed the unconscious Hu Ziqiang and entered the space.

"Li Hongmei, what are you doing?"

Lu Xianghong stopped Li Hongmei from barging into the house.

During the meal, Li Hongmei excused herself to go to the toilet. When she returned, she looked flustered and said that she heard Lin Qing shouting loudly in the room. That's when everyone came to the yard.

"Lu Xianghong, get out of the way! If something happens to Lin Qing, can you take responsibility?"

Seeing Lu Xianghong blocking the doorway and preventing her from entering, Li Hongmei shouted loudly in displeasure.

"Yes, Lu Xianghong, move aside quickly, what if something happens to Lin Qing?"

Having just heard that Lin Qing might be having an affair, Chen Zhaodi also joined in the persuasion.

"No, you can't go in."

Although Xu Fengjiao didn't know what had happened, she saw Lu Xianghong desperately blocking the doorway, so she followed Lu Xianghong and blocked the doorway to prevent Li Hongmei and Chen Zhaodi from going in.

"Xu Fengjiao, Lu Xianghong, get out of the way! You're blocking the door and not letting us in. Is it really Lin Qing who's having an affair?"

Seeing Xu Fengjiao and Lu Xianghong blocking the doorway and preventing them from entering, Chen Zhaodi anxiously shouted.

"Chen Zhaodi, don't make false accusations!"

Lu Xianghong trembled with anger. It was the same thing again. She had been ruined in the same way back then. She absolutely could not let anyone in.

What are you doing?

Gu Nanxun, Chen Bin, and Wang Haoran rushed over upon hearing the news. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao blocking Lin Qing's doorway. Li Hongmei and Chen Zhaodi, along with several aunties, were trying to force their way in.

"Little Gu! You've finally arrived. Chen Zhaodi said Lin Qing is having an affair inside. We wanted to go in and see, but Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao are blocking the door and won't let us in no matter what."

"You saw me cheating on you?"

Gu Nanxun stared coldly at the aunt who was speaking. His icy gaze frightened her so much that she unconsciously took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground.

"No...no...we didn't see anything."

After saying that, the aunt turned and ran home. If you looked closely, you could see that a large patch of her pants was wet.

"Comrade Gu, we're also worried about Lin Qing. I heard her screaming when I went to the restroom. If there are bad guys inside, we have to go in and save her!"

Seeing that everyone was too scared to utter a sound because of Gu Nanxun, Li Hongmei had no choice but to step forward herself. She had come this far, and if she didn't go in, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

"May I ask you to go in?"

Gu Nanxun stared intently at Li Hongmei for a while before speaking. He had listened carefully and there was no one inside. Considering that Qingqing possessed a spatial ability, she must have gone into that space.

Given the current situation, we definitely can't not go in. Otherwise, there will definitely be some unsavory rumors circulating in the village, which will affect Qingqing's reputation. Only by going in can we completely convince everyone.

"Auntie, let's go in quickly, it won't be good if we go in too late."

Seeing that Gu Nanxun agreed, Li Hongmei and Chen Zhaodi exchanged a glance and rushed into the house.

Upon hearing Li Hongmei's words and recalling her son's instructions, Hu Ziqiang's mother quickly pulled several of her aunts and rushed into the house.

Lin Qing didn't invite their family to the banquet today, but for her son's sake, Aunt Hu kept lingering around, hoping to catch Lin Qing red-handed.

"Where is Xiaolin, the educated youth?"

The aunts who rushed into the house looked at each other in bewilderment, silently gazing at the empty house.

The room was empty except for the furniture, the kang (a heated brick bed), and a stool lying on the floor. There was no one there.

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