Chapter 72 is here.
"Mom, what are you looking at?"
Gao Nian'an curiously followed and leaned out the window, but Chen Yun immediately pressed his head back down.
"I'm going to give you a task later." Chen Yun raised her index finger and said mysteriously, "After Mom goes to the backyard, you and your brother go to the alley entrance to find Dad and tell him very quietly that there are bad people."
"There's a bad guy!"
As the leader of the "Anping Gang," his eyes lit up as soon as he heard about the bad guy Gao Nian'an, and he quickly twisted his body and climbed towards the window again.
Chen Yun rolled over and pinned the person down... In a daze, he even felt like he was pinning down a calf.
"Sister, I'm going to tell Dad you're being disobedient!"
Gao Nianping didn't even put on shoes. He struggled with his short legs to run over and try to help, but he was too short to climb onto the desk. He could only jump up and down on the floor in frustration.
Gao Nian'an: "..."
"Go find your father and tell him that there are bad people who want to do bad things, but you must not let anyone else hear you."
Knowing her daughter's impatient nature was unreliable, Chen Yun could only repeat herself to her four-year-old son.
Gao Nianping replied with a serious expression, "I remember, I need to whisper it to my dad."
“Then go out and find Grandma Cao who gives you candy, and ask her to tell you where your father is.” Chen Yun quickly put Gao Nianping’s shoes on and then instructed, “Don’t tell Grandma Cao about bad people.”
Aunt Cao and several other women of similar age were sewing shoe soles across the street. Chen Yun had just heard her voice.
There's no way you can guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days.
As long as Zhang He isn't caught red-handed, he'll have another chance to harm people. It's better to eliminate this "future threat" today.
"I guarantee I'll complete the mission." Gao Nian'an slid off the stool and deftly pulled a wooden slingshot from his cotton-padded jacket pocket: "If there are any bad guys on the road, I'll use the slingshot to shoot them."
"Mom is counting on you!" Chen Yun solemnly clenched her fist.
The argument in the house across the street escalated. Chen Yun finally managed to get the two children away and hurriedly followed the eaves to Cao Chunjuan's house.
The content of the argument instantly floated into my mind.
"Don't think I don't know that you and that guy surnamed Lu had an unclear relationship before you got married. Do you really think I'm blind?" Zhang He's sneer followed.
"Don't think everyone is as bad as you. Xingyan is a good person, and he's not someone you can compare to."
"Still not admitting it?" Zhang He sneered. The next second, Chen Yun heard him snort from his nose: "I just said Leilei was sick, and now... he immediately ran to see the child. You still say Leilei isn't his child."
Chen Yun, standing outside the window, blinked rapidly in shock.
Did she overhear some incredible secret...?
Just as she was thinking this, a loud slap rang out, accompanied by Cao Chunjuan's furious growl: "Don't drag others into this! Xingyan and I are completely innocent! You can't say anything nice!"
"I'm talking nonsense? Isn't Leilei's silliness inherited from Lu Xingyan!"
Chen Yun: "..."
"I can't be bothered to talk to you!" Cao Chunjuan exclaimed.
It's hard to reason with someone who seems cultured but is actually less literate than an illiterate person. Zhang He's ability to argue and make trouble mostly comes from Aunt Liu.
Where are you going!
"I'm going to see Leilei, get out of my way!"
"You still say you have nothing to do with Lu Xingyan, but you couldn't sit still as soon as you heard he was in the house! You two are a pair of adulterers."
"It's disgusting to talk to someone like you! If you're so sure I cheated on you, then go ahead and ask my parents for a divorce!"
"..."
"I must have been blind to marry you! Get out of here!"
"If you want a divorce, you can..."
"..."
"If you get your dad to give me all the transportation contracts for agricultural supplies from the supply and marketing cooperative, I'll divorce you."
"Heh...you wish!"
"What? You're having an affair with Gao Ming too! No wonder you were so enthusiastic towards that couple, turns out you've got your eye on the man!"
"Get out of my way!"
Chen Yun took off running into the house across the street, not even bothering to close the door.
The next second, Cao Chunjuan rushed out, turned around and yelled into the house, "You dog, keep dreaming!" Then she strode towards the backyard.
Zhang He didn't chase after her; he just stood at the door and watched Cao Chunjuan walk away.
"..."
A moment later, he suddenly whistled towards the house across the street, startling Chen Yun, who was hiding behind the window.
"Bastard!" Zhang He cursed under his breath, then rushed to the first guest room and kicked it twice: "I sent you here to help, not to sleep all day."
As Chen Yun felt relieved, she quickly leaned over the door frame and looked to the side.
"Sorry, Brother Zhang, I accidentally fell asleep just now."
There was finally movement behind the door, and a dark-skinned man quickly came out of the house.
Lu Xinggui...Lu Xingyan's younger brother!
Chen Yun remembered it very clearly because the two brothers, who shared the same father but different mothers, looked completely different, with the younger brother mostly inheriting his biological mother's appearance.
"Go quickly, and remember to open the windows to ventilate the room after the person has passed out, so that the room doesn't smell!" Zhang He pushed Zhang Xinggui with a gloomy face.
"What about what you promised me?"
"I'll definitely not forget you after this is done!" Zhang He impatiently pushed her away again, threatening her with a cold face: "If you mess this up, don't even think about me paying you back a single penny."
"I definitely won't mess it up!" Lu Xinggui hurriedly patted his chest to assure him.
"Set the time." Zhang He raised his hand to check his watch. "I'll be here with my men in half an hour. You'd better clean up this mess within the next half hour!"
"Definitely." Lu Xinggui went back into the house to get a bag, and then quickly walked in the direction where Cao Chunjuan had disappeared.
"..."
"Why aren't they leaving yet!" Chen Yun muttered under his breath.
Lu Xinggui had been gone for ten minutes, but Zhang He was still standing at the door. If he didn't leave, Chen Yun wouldn't be able to chase after him to the backyard to check on the situation.
The person who had silently chanted "walk quickly" a hundred times finally started moving.
Chen Yun: "..."
Just then, Gao Ming carried Gao Nianping into the courtyard and came face to face with Zhang He.
"Why didn't Comrade Gao continue playing mahjong...? Where's Dr. Chen? Wasn't Dr. Chen with you?"
Chen Yun was so nervous her heart was in her throat, afraid that Gao Ming would say he was back to find his wife at any moment...
Gao Ming smiled and said, "The child's mother went to the street with Aunt Cao to buy cotton thread, saying she wanted to learn how to embroider insoles." As he spoke, he looked around the yard and said, "Our eldest daughter is really naughty, it seems there aren't any in the yard."
Zhang He watched him leave without any expression.
"Where is Comrade Zhang going?" Gao Ming asked seemingly casually.
"I'm going to Uncle Lu's house to watch Dad and the others play mahjong," Zhang He replied with a smile.
"Then you should go quickly! They're short-handed over there." Gao Ming's smile never faded as he pointed deeper into the alley, saying, "I'll continue looking for the child."
"Let's see if it's hidden in anyone's yard," Zhang He enthusiastically offered his advice.
This man was truly cautious; he stood at the door, watching Gao Ming turn the corner before suddenly retreating back into the courtyard.
"..."
"You scared me to death!" After kicking the door hard, Zhang He's footsteps gradually faded away.
The guest room was empty.
Fortunately, Chen Yun reacted quickly and crawled under the bed. Her heart was pounding, and she waited for a while before slowly peeking out.
"Chen Yun".
He had barely crawled halfway out from under the bed when Gao Ming grabbed his arm and quickly dragged him out.
Where is Nian'an?
"I went to the store with Aunt Cao and the others to buy needles and thread."
"Zhang He wants to frame Cao Chunjuan and Lu Xingyan."
Chen Yun hastily brushed the spider webs off her hair, not having time to explain in detail to Gao Ming, and picked up Gao Nianping to walk towards the backyard.
The Cao family's courtyard also has two sections, and the hanging flower gate of the second courtyard is locked, so almost no one goes inside.
During the two-minute walk, Chen Yun briefly recounted the conversation she had overheard to Gao Ming.
Gao Ming quickly guessed Zhang He's intention.
At this moment, the lock on the hanging flower gate had been opened. After squeezing through the crack in the door, Gao Ming suddenly reached out and stopped Chen Yun.
"Shh-"
Chen Yun immediately raised her hand to cover the child's mouth, but found that Gao Nianping had already covered his own mouth at some point, leaving only his two bright, darting eyes visible.
“There’s someone there,” Gao Ming said softly.
Chen Yun peeked out and saw Lu Xinggui squatting outside the third room, smoking. There were already two or three cigarette butts on the ground.
After waiting a few more minutes, Lu Xinggui threw his cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out, got up, and opened the door.
There was no sound from inside the house.
Gao Ming gently touched the doorway and peered inside. His profile gradually tightened, and even his breathing seemed to carry a hint of anger.
Lu Xinggui was struggling to drag Cao Chunjuan to the bed, and he could vaguely see that there was another person lying on the bed.
"What are you doing!"
Lu Xinggui turned around in fright, seemingly not expecting two people to suddenly appear at the door.
Chen Yun took a step into the room and immediately stepped back out, putting Gao Nianping down.
"You are not allowed to go in from the doorway."
After saying that, he rushed into the house and, while subduing Lu Xinggui in two moves, pushed open the window: "There's an anesthetic, try to hold your breath."
Looking at the bed again, I instantly felt like I was watching a cheesy period drama.
The TV series uses sedatives, but Lu Xinggui uses a hospital-controlled drug—□□.
Lu Xingyan was covered with a blanket, his arm exposed outside the blanket was bare, while Cao Chunjuan, whose lower body was still dangling on the ground, was face down, and it seemed that she had been unconscious for a while.
Chen Yun quickly ran over and turned Cao Chunjuan over.
"Who are you?! Let me go!"
"Let me explain. When I came in, this was the situation... I don't know how this happened..."
Lu Xinggui arrived late for lunch and sat in the courtyard. Even though he had only glanced at Chen Yun's face briefly, he didn't seem to remember it. When he realized that sweet talk was useless, he started to threaten her.
"Let me go! Do you know who I am?!"
"You dare steal anesthetic from the hospital? Even if your dad comes, you'll go to jail!" Chen Yun roared.
It was really difficult for Chen Yun to help a completely unconscious adult, so in the end she could only struggle to drag him out by his armpits.
Seeing this, Gao Ming suddenly asked Chen Yun a question: "Chen Yun, if your hand is dislocated, would you just set it?"
"meeting!"
The next second, screams pierced through several walls and reached the ears of the people who were rushing home.
Zhang He's brow twitched, and for some reason, an ominous premonition slowly rose in his heart.
Cao Shengli, who was in charge, had a face as black as the bottom of a pot. The moment he heard the scream, he quickened his pace.
Lu Kang didn't look much better. His face appeared calm, but the veins on his tightly clenched fists showed that he was trying hard to suppress his anger.
Zhang He said that when he saw Lu Xingyan and Cao Chunjuan hugging and cuddling in the house, neither of their elders had any suspicions... because the two children had indeed dated before they got married.
Both sets of parents not only did not object, but were quite supportive. Unfortunately, the two eventually broke up for some unknown reason.
Old flames rekindled... This was the only thought on everyone's mind at that moment.
In the backyard, Chen Yun held a clothesline pole and poked it in every now and then, while also taking the time to check on the two people lying on the ground.
Gao Ming carried Lu Xingyan, blanket and all, to the door.
"Chen Yun".
The couple switched hands in perfect unison.
"I'll give you money, just let me out!"
"Who exactly are you, and why are you helping Lu Xingyan?"
"Are you all Lu Xingyan's lackeys! Wait till I get out of here, I'll have someone kill you all."
"Big brother, please let me out!"
"Son of a bitch!"
"You motherfucker..."
With his arms hanging limply at his sides, Lu Xinggui couldn't muster any strength to climb out of the window. He could only endure the pain and keep trying to find a way to rush out the door.
But there was a wooden slingshot that the children had played with tied to the clothesline. If you just poked it lightly, the excruciating pain would immediately rush to your head.
So much so that he paced anxiously inside the room but couldn't step out of the room with its windows wide open.
Chen Yunren endured the foul language in his ears and slowly relaxed after carefully checking the heartbeats and pulses of the two people.
"The dosage is not large."
Both individuals had normal breathing and heart rates, indicating that the dosage was very low. Their long, even breathing suggested they had simply fallen into a dreamless sleep.
"The person has arrived."
A flurry of footsteps echoed from the hanging flower gate...
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