Without a word, she turned and took her military overcoat from the wall and put it on. "Let's go! Sister, take me there! I want to see if Li Guilan can really cause trouble!" Wen Yuzhen immediately felt confident. Zhao Jing's decisiveness was the perfect weapon against a tough nut like Granny Li. The two of them walked briskly to Liu Fen's house. The gate was ajar, and the house was quiet. Zhao Jing pushed open the door and went in first. The scene inside made her anger flare up even more. Liu Fen was still lying on the cold ground, unconscious. And the culprit, Granny Li, was sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), eating melon seeds and humming an unknown tune, completely ignoring her daughter-in-law on the ground. Hearing the door open, Granny Li looked up impatiently, "Didn't I tell you to get lost? Why are you..." Before she could finish, the rest of her words caught in her throat when she saw it was Zhao Jing. She forgot to crack the sunflower seeds in her hand, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Director Zhao... Director Zhao, what brings you here?" In the family committee, the military wives were used to calling Zhao Jing "Director Zhao." Zhao Jing ignored her, walking straight to Liu Fen's side, squatting down to check her philtrum, then pinching it. Seeing no reaction from Liu Fen, she turned back, her gaze like a knife scraping across Granny Li's face. "She's lying there on the ground, are you blind?" Granny Li's face flushed red and then paled as she awkwardly got off the kang (heated brick bed). "She...she's faking death, I can't be bothered with her." "Faking death?" Zhao Jing sneered, standing up and approaching Granny Li step by step. "Li Guilan, I'm asking you, where's your granddaughter?" "My granddaughter...she's at my brother's house, she'll be brought back in a couple of days." Granny Li's eyes darted away, avoiding Zhao Jing's gaze. "Was she sent to your brother's house, or was she sold to someone in the city for fifty yuan?" Zhao Jing's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a heavy hammer, striking Granny Li's heart. Granny Li trembled, her face instantly turning deathly pale. "You...you're talking nonsense! Who saw it?" She tried to argue. "I saw it! I heard it!" Wen Yuzhen stepped out from behind Zhao Jing, pointing at her. "You said it yourself, fifty yuan! Sold to a boss in the city who can't have children!" "You!" Granny Li was furious. Zhao Jing didn't give her a chance to throw a tantrum, interrupting her sharply: "Li Guilan, listen to me carefully! The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that buying and selling marriages and other acts that interfere with the freedom of marriage are prohibited. The Criminal Law also clearly states what crime trafficking women and children is! Do you think this is your rural area where you can do whatever you want? This is the military! A place where the law and discipline prevail! If you sell the child, not only can Liu Fen sue you, but our military can also take you to the police station!" "At that time, not only will you not get a penny of that fifty yuan, but you will also have to go to jail! Think about it!" "Go to... jail?" Old Lady Li was truly panicked now. She could throw a tantrum, she could be unreasonable, but the words "police station" and "jail" were something she feared to the core. She never expected that selling a worthless girl would cause such a huge mess. "I...I didn't...I was just joking with her..." Her voice trembled uncontrollably, her arrogance instantly vanishing. "A joke?" Zhao Jing looked at her, her eyes full of disdain. "Then go and take back your joke right now! Bring the child back to me immediately! Bring her back safe and sound! If the child is missing a single hair, you can expect the police to come looking for you!" Having said that, she stopped looking at the terrified old woman, Li, and turned to Wen Yuzhen, saying, "Sister, give me a hand, let's get Liu Fen onto the kang (heated brick bed). And send someone else to the clinic to get Dr. Sun to come and take a look!"
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