"There are several families with the surname Ye in our area, and I kindly asked them which one they were looking for."

"Then one of the older-looking people in the group said they wanted to find the Ye family, who had recently adopted a child."

The goal is extremely clear.

Jiang Cui still feels scared when she thinks about it now.

"We are just ordinary people. We never thought that respectable people like us could come with bad intentions."

"At first, everyone thought they were friends of Ye Dagui or Huang Li, and they were wondering how those two old men could know such impressive people."

"I thought they came here specially to congratulate Ye Dagui and Huang Li, but who knew..."

Jiang Cui took the water her daughter poured and drank it all in one gulp.

I drank so quickly because I was thirsty after running all the way, and also because I was scared when I recalled the situation at that time.

"But who knew they would go up and knock on the door, and then push Huang Li to the ground when she opened it."

She and the group of old neighbors who followed to Ye's house to watch the fun were scared to death.

Su Lixuan also gasped: "They just start fighting as soon as they see someone?"

"No." Jiang Cui shook her head. "It's not that weird. They first subdued Huang Li, and then they went into the house without saying a word."

She saw it clearly from outside the door.

"After entering the house, I looked around but couldn't find anyone. The group of people didn't leave. They all looked for places to sit down. It was obvious that they were waiting for Ye Dagui to come back."

Su Lixuan: "Ye Dagui didn't run away?"

"He didn't run away! He wanted to run, but the people who called out to him didn't know they were looking for trouble."

"When Ye Dagui was found and brought home, he was still there, holding his adopted son's hand, happy and proud. Before he even reached the door, he started yelling, asking who was there."

Jiang Cui curled her lips: "He might have heard the description of the messenger and thought that some respectable person came to congratulate him."

"I never thought that they came not to give him gifts or congratulate him, but to collect a debt from him."

Su Lixuan imagined the scene that Jiang Cui described and couldn't help laughing while covering her mouth.

Jiang Cui described it vividly: "As soon as Ye Dagui showed up, he suffered the same fate as Huang Li."

"Like I said, he couldn't even run away. He was old and weak, and before he could even turn around, he was kicked to the ground by a young man."

"His face hit the ground, and when he looked up his mouth was full of blood. I saw that several of his teeth had fallen out."

Su Lixuan felt pain just listening to it: "Why did those people come to beat me up?"

Jiang Cui: "What else could it be? The problem lies with the child adopted by Ye Dagui and Huang Li."

"When they adopted me, I told them that it's not that easy to adopt a child, just like you can't just take a kitten or a puppy home."

"That's not right. Even before you bring a kitten or puppy home, you have to find out if it has an owner. But these two, just rushing through the paperwork to adopt a child, just took him home."

Su Lixuan was puzzled: "But the child's background shouldn't be a big problem, otherwise how could they dare to bring him home so openly and even hold such a grand dinner."

Jiang Cui: "This is a long story..."

She glanced at the Lu family across from her and lowered her voice: "Do you remember when Ye Wei and the others set their sights on the two children of the Lu family?"

Of course I remember Su Lixuan saying, "Didn't they later investigate and say it was a misunderstanding?"

It is said that the Ye family deliberately hired someone to set up this trap. They either really wanted to take the child away, or they wanted to scare the child so that Ye Wei, the stepmother, would come out to rescue the child and gain a good reputation.

Jiang Cui winked at her: "What misunderstanding? It's not a misunderstanding at all!"

"Let's put it this way. The Ye family has a beautiful idea. They want to find someone to stage a play to scare the two children of the Lu family so as to pave the way for their daughter."

"But in fact, the people they are looking for are not clean themselves!"

Even if we take a step back, what decent person would agree to help the Ye family like this? If they weren't careful, they'd be beaten like a beggar. How could a decent person be bribed into doing such a thing?

It can be seen that those people are not good people!

Jiang Cui: "Those people didn't know where Ye Dagui knew them or where he came from. When they attacked the two children of the Lu family, it was fortunate that the brother-in-law of the Chen family happened to pass by and saved the children."

"Otherwise..." Jiang Cui clicked her tongue twice, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Ye Dagui and the others captured the children to set up a trap. They probably didn't intend to do anything to the two children."

"But if that group succeeds, Ye Dagui and the others will probably be abandoned."

By then, the Ye family will be dumbfounded.

“Let me put it this way, when the Ye family is useful and needs information about the child from the Ye family, that group of people will listen to Ye Dagui and follow the Ye family’s plan.”

"But once they kidnap the child, who knows where they'll sell him without telling the Ye family."

Su Lixuan didn't expect that there was such a story behind the Ye family's attack on the two children of the Lu family.

She was surprised: "Then the police station criticized and educated those people and then detained them for a few days before releasing them. Was it because..."

Jiang Cui: "It's because the public security comrades noticed something was wrong. How do you say that phrase... Yes, let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

Su Lixuan: "...playing the long game to catch the big fish, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes! That's exactly what I meant. That's what I heard from those people who attacked the Ye family!"

Su Lixuan: "So the child Ye Dagui and Huang Li adopted this time was abducted by that group of people?"

Jiang Cui: "Our Li Xuan is so smart! She understands everything immediately!"

She had just said the beginning and it was guessed right away, which made her feel quite unfulfilled.

“They are the children who were abducted and trafficked.”

"Didn't the police release the person earlier? It's like you said, playing the long game to catch the big fish."

"It's said that the group was quite cautious at first. They didn't contact their accomplices for a long time. They just idled around all day, just like street urchins."

"I still get together with Ye Dagui occasionally. The police have been monitoring us for a long time but haven't found anything wrong. Just when the situation reached a stalemate, the police thought they suspected the wrong people and that these people were indeed just second-rate people."

Jiang Cui drank water strategically, just like telling a story to keep people in suspense.

Su Lixuan was helpless: "Has there been any turning point?"

She speculated, "Could the turning point be the matter of Ye Dagui and his wife adopting a child?"

"Cough cough..." Jiang Cui was choked by the water. If she had known her daughter was so good at guessing, she would not have kept her in suspense.

It's so embarrassing.

She said sheepishly, "That's right. Just when the situation reached a stalemate and the investigation hit a bottleneck, a turning point came."

(End of this chapter)