Seeing that Xie Xiuhua's mind was wavering, Su Xiaonuan pressed her advantage, saying, "If you don't want to go back to Xiaolong Village now, I can provide you with employment opportunities. If you meet a suitable man, you can remarry and bring both children to live with you, instead of letting Xiaojun and Xiaoya grow up amidst insults. Sister-in-law, public opinion is a powerful thing. The children are still young. How will they find wives or get married when they grow up?"
“Little Nuan, I was wrong.” Xie Xiuhua said, sobbing. “I don’t understand anything. Lan Guangxue wanted to take me away, and no one sympathized with me. I had no choice but to go along with him. Okay, from now on, I will listen to you and never hang out with Lan Guangxue again.”
"Then tell me the truth, was Wang Xiaobao with you the whole time last night?"
“No.” Xie Xiuhua shook her head. “Last night, he went out for a while in the middle of the night. I don’t know the exact time, but he definitely went out.”
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law," Su Xiaonuan said to the police officer on the jury. "Interrogate Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun immediately."
First, Wang Xiaobao's defenses were breached, and he said that Xiao Moxi was taken away by him and Xiang Qiuyun, but he didn't say it was a kidnapping.
Seeing that Wang Xiaobao had confessed, Xiang Qiuyun had no choice but to follow his lead. She said that she and Wang Xiaobao had only asked Xiao Moxi to help them with their studies because they also wanted to go to university. They had no ill intentions and only wanted to make Xiao Moxi's family anxious and upset by not letting her go home.
Xiang Qiuyun and Wang Xiaobao had already discussed this beforehand; if things were exposed, this was what they would say.
Originally, Xiang Qiuyun rejected Wang Xiaobao's advances, but after thinking about it, she decided to use Wang Xiaobao to get revenge for herself. Since Xiao Moxi had stolen the man she liked, she would start with Xiao Moxi.
If things didn't come to light, they planned to wait until things calmed down before selling Xiao Moxi to a remote place.
Unexpectedly, the truth came out so quickly.
Su Xiaonuan didn't have time to analyze the loopholes in their words. After getting the address, she immediately led her people to rescue Moxi.
Xiao Moran and Jiang Yi also went along.
In an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, Xiao Moxi was tied up with a towel stuffed in her mouth. She had been brought here by Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun the night before.
Su Xiaonuan kicked open the broken door.
The moment Jiang Yi saw Xiao Moxi, he pounced on her, removed the towel from her mouth, and immediately untied her.
Xiao Moxi hugged Jiang Yi and cried her heart out.
"Okay, it's alright now." Jiang Yi patted her back.
"Why did Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun bring you here?" Su Xiaonuan asked.
"They heard that Jiang Yi is tutoring me, and they want me to teach them everything I've learned every day, saying they also want to go to university." Mo Xi cried, tears streaming down her face. "Neither of them are cut out for studying. Take Wang Xiaobao, for example, he can barely read a few characters. Wanting to go to university is just a pipe dream. And Xiang Qiuyun, she's not cut out for studying either. She said she's unemployed now and wants me to help her get into university."
"If I'm asking you for help, why am I tying you up?" Su Xiaonuan thought to herself, things definitely weren't that simple.
“I didn’t agree to their demands, so they tied me up and said they wouldn’t release me until I agreed…” Mo Xi cried again. “Waaah… Xiang Qiuyun said that she lost her job because of her sister-in-law, and I have to help her get into university, otherwise she will be rude to me.”
"That's utter nonsense!" Su Xiaonuan angrily flung her hand away. "This Xiang Qiuyun is getting more and more cunning. She's clearly afraid of being exposed and taking responsibility, so she's using this method to harm people. Last time we locked her up for half a month, but instead of learning anything, she's become even more wicked without leaving a trace."
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Moxi was rescued, and Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun were not guilty of kidnapping. Xiang Qiuyun did lose her job because of the previous incident. This time, they were simply persuaded and educated before being released.
"Xiao Nuan, we can't just let this go like this," Jiang Yi said to Su Xiao Nuan. "They clearly kidnapped Mo Xi."
"So what?" Su Xiaonuan stared intently at him. "They just don't understand the law and used the wrong way to ask for help."
After she finished speaking, she grabbed Xiao Moran and started to leave.
"I absolutely do not believe it; that's definitely not what they think."
Xiao Moxi broke free and turned to restrain Jiang Yi. "Jiang, what are your thoughts?"
"You...you let go...me..." Jiang Yi's neck was being choked.
"Are you serious about our Moxi or just playing around?" Xiao Moran asked, disregarding the fact that they were in a police station, pressing Jiang Yi's body against the wall.
"If you want someone to answer you, first let go of his neck," Su Xiaonuan said.
He was about to let go of Jiang Yi's hand, but because of Xiao Nuan's words, he pinched even harder.
Mo Xi was waiting for them in the car. When she saw that they hadn't come out for a long time, Wang Xiaobao and Xiang Qiuyun had left the police station. Her brother, sister-in-law and Jiang Yi were still not out, so she rushed in anxiously and just happened to see this scene.
She stepped forward and forcefully pushed her brother away, then pulled Jiang Yi aside and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
“…” He shook his head.
"Brother, how could you be so cruel to Jiang Yi?" Mo Xi glared angrily at Xiao Moran.
"Moxi, don't blame your brother!" Jiang Yi finally recovered. "He's doing it for your own good."
“Hey Jiang, if you dare to wrong Moxi, I’ll break your legs.”
"Don't worry, I'm serious this time. I'll marry Moxi after I graduate." Jiang Yi rubbed his wrist, which had been pinched sorely by Xiao Moran.
“No way.” Mersey stamped his foot.
"What? You don't want to marry me?" Jiang Yi asked anxiously. "You promised me yourself, why are you changing your mind now?"
"Oh dear, you're not going to marry me right after you graduate. You have to wait until I graduate from university to marry me," Mo Xi said softly, covering her face. "I don't want to get married while I'm in university. That would be too embarrassing."
"Okay, I'll wait for you." Jiang Yi took her hand and assured Xiao Moran. "Don't worry, I will make Moxi happy."
"You?" Xiao Moran said disdainfully. "Relying on your family?"
In Xiao Moran's eyes, Jiang Yi was a parasite who lived off his family.
The last time Jiang Yi took 20,000 yuan from his grandfather and squandered it, it left a bad impression on Xiao Moran.
“Brother, don’t look down on Jiang Yi, he’s amazing.” Mo Xi didn’t want her brother and sister-in-law to look down on Jiang Yi. “The three franchise stores he opened at the university are doing incredibly well, even better than the main store in my sister-in-law’s town. Students in the university town line up to eat there every day. It won’t be long before Jiang Yi becomes a big boss.”
"What three franchise stores?" Su Xiaonuan asked, puzzled.
"Sister-in-law, Jiang Yi is the franchisee of those three Jiuya restaurants in the university town," Mo Xi said proudly. "I only found out recently. I thought someone else owned them. Turns out he owns them all."
“Impossible,” Su Xiaonuan said. “He’s not the one who signed the contract with me.”
“It really is him,” Mersey said. “I saw the agreement he signed privately with those store managers in the office. It really is him.”
"Jiang Yi, what's going on?" Su Xiaonuan stared at him intently.
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