He's already gotten in touch with the city's top boss, and they've agreed to meet the day after tomorrow. He can casually ask him about it then.
Su Li didn't force herself and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble Boss Lu."
The grain in the space wasn't ripe yet, but the apples were traded again through Lu Shan.
When Yuan Shuo returned home, Li Qin was tidying up the house. She was a little surprised to see him come back. "Didn't I ask you to go buy some groceries? Where are they?"
Li Fang looked at her father with a puzzled expression. She was resting at home today and hadn't gone out. Ever since the incident with Su Jiaojiao, she had basically stopped going out with anyone except at school and home.
Yuan Shuo stepped forward and grabbed Li Qin, saying urgently, "Jiaojiao is missing, I remember..."
He was about to speak when he saw his daughter looking at him, so he stopped.
There are some things that are not suitable to say in front of children.
"Wife, come into the room with me for a moment, I have something to tell you."
Li Qin followed Yuan Shuo into the room, and Li Fang quietly followed as well.
Actually, it would be a lie to say she wasn't bothered by what happened last time. She wasn't stupid; she sensed that Su Jiaojiao really wanted to sell her out last time.
So when she heard her father say that Su Jiaojiao had an accident, she felt no emotion whatsoever.
Soon, Yuan Shuo's voice came from inside the door: "Wife, Jiao Jiao is missing. Can you find someone you know in the underworld to help us find out about her?"
"Okay!" Li Qin readily agreed.
Yuan Shuo was surprised that his wife was so easy to talk to. He thought that because their relationship had been so strained recently, she would refuse. Touched, he took her hand and kissed it, saying, "My dear wife, you're so good."
“She’s your niece, and she’s mine too. Although I don’t like her very much, I’m worried about her now that she’s gone missing. I’m not as cold-blooded as you think. I’ll go find someone to ask around now. You stay home and cook dinner.”
Yuan Shuo nodded and turned to walk out.
As soon as Li Qin stepped out of the courtyard, her eyes turned cold.
She can certainly find someone, but whether she can actually find them is another matter entirely.
Li Qin wandered around outside for a while before returning home.
Just then, Yuan Shuo finished cooking. Seeing her return, he immediately wiped the water off his hands and asked, "Wife, how did it go? What did they say?"
Li Qin smiled and said, "Don't worry! They said they're willing to help look for her. You know the rules of this world. I've really gone all out this time to help them find Jiao Jiao as soon as possible."
Yuan Shuo pulled her into his arms and said, "Wife, thank you. It's truly my blessing to have married you."
He released Li Qin and went back to his room to take out his salary for the month, as well as the money he had saved before.
They stuffed them all into Li Qin's hands.
"Wife, you keep this money."
Li Qin had never taken money from Yuan Shuo before, for a simple reason: she was the workshop director herself, and her salary was higher than his.
She didn't care about his money. Yuan Shuo used his salary for household expenses, and she saved her own salary for her children's future weddings.
But now, when Li Qin saw the money being handed to her, she accepted it without hesitation.
It's better for her to keep the money herself than to give it to someone else.
"I'll take this money; I'll use it to help Jiaojiao find connections."
"Okay, my wife must be starving! Come and eat."
Meanwhile, in Shantou Village, Su Jiaojiao was being whipped by a man.
"You slut, are you trying to seduce Old Ma? Don't think I didn't see the way you looked at him."
Su Jiaojiao quickly knelt down and begged for forgiveness; "No, I didn't, you're the only one in my heart."
She felt nauseous just saying those words; the middle-aged man in front of her had thick lips and his eyes were always narrowed to slits.
But if the man continued to smoke, she couldn't take it anymore.
"You're lying to me again. You said the same thing last time, and I fed you the best food and drink every day. I didn't even care whose bastard was in your belly, and I didn't make you get rid of it. And how did you treat me? You actually wanted to run off with Xiao Hu. Now that Xiao Hu doesn't want you anymore, you've set your sights on Lao Ma?"
"I really didn't do it this time. He was talking to me, but I ignored him. You have to believe me."
The man lashed her twice more with the whip; "I'll let it go this time, but if you dare to flirt with them again, I'll gouge your eyes out."
Su Jiaojiao shook her head desperately; "No, I won't, I'll never dare to do it again."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man pulled her up and dragged her into the room. Soon, Su Jiaojiao's shrill screams came from inside.
The man was only concerned with venting his lust, completely disregarding Su Jiaojiao's life or death.
After everything was over, Su Jiaojiao was in so much pain that she couldn't straighten her back.
This man enjoys tormenting people with this kind of thing, and Su Jiaojiao doesn't want to stay here for even a day longer.
But she couldn't leave the village; she had tried to escape several times since she was captured.
Although it's very close to the town, the villagers here are very united. If one person sees her, it's as if the whole village knows.
Every time she ran away and was caught, the man would treat her with extremely cruel methods.
Xiao Ma is a young man. Last time, she finally managed to persuade him to take her away, but unexpectedly, someone else overheard Xiao Hu's conversation with her and told the man.
When he returned, he used hot tongs to brand her body, burned cigarette butts on her back, and humiliated her with all sorts of perverse things.
He wouldn't let her talk to any men, because if she did, he would assume she wanted to run off with someone else.
Even after all that she went through, the baby in her belly still didn't miscarry.
She can't go on like this, otherwise what's the point of her being reborn?
She had to find a way to escape.
That day, Su Jiaojiao sat in the yard in a daze, while her husband went to work in the fields.
Suddenly she heard Li Xiuying's voice, and she shouted excitedly, "Xiuying, is that you?"
Li Xiuying, who was outside, stopped in her tracks. "Su Jiaojiao?"
Su Jiaojiao immediately exclaimed excitedly, "It's me! I've been kidnapped! Can you help me go to town and tell my uncle to come here and find me?"
She didn't dare suggest calling the police, since the man was also from the village, and she was worried that he wouldn't help if he heard that the police were involved.
"Sure! Then give me twenty yuan."
Su Jiaojiao's money was all taken by the man on the very first day she was brought here, so she has no money left now.
"Xiuying, please inform my uncle first. I'll give you a hundred yuan when I get out. I really don't have any money on me right now."
Li Xiuying said she'd find her a sister-in-law, but it almost got her brother thrown in jail.
She won't believe anything she says this time; she can't fall for the same person twice.
"Then I'll call it for you when you give me the money!"
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