After walking for most of the day, they stopped to rest at noon. Lu Jiaojiao pounded her leg and cried out in pain.

After being disparaged by Tang Yunling, Lu Jiaojiao felt so aggrieved that she wiped her tears with her sleeve.

He ran along the riverbank sobbingly, carrying a basket on his back, and then lay down in the woods and cried.

Lu Jianguo ate the dry food Liu Chunhua prepared for him as if nothing had happened.

After the main force had rested and was ready to set off, Lu Jianguo looked at the stone wall next to the ravine behind the bushes, estimated that the time was almost up, and suddenly he howled.

"Oh no, Jiaojiao is missing!"

What is going on?

Just entered the mountains and encountered some trouble.

Lu Jiaojiao was still scolded by her own sister and ran away. Tang Yuanliang felt unlucky.

I thought it was okay for Lu Jiaojiao to just cry, but she never came back and her father Lu Jianguo didn't say a word.

Tang Yuanliang frowned so hard that a fly could be killed. "In this case, we can't delay going into the mountains to collect herbs. Lingling, you and your brother-in-law will lead everyone up the stream and into the deep mountains."

"I'll go with you to look for people, and once we find them, we'll follow the main group."

Why is it different from what I expected?

What if Yin Jiaming refuses to admit it without a lot of witnesses?

Lu Jianguo was anxious: "Hey, no, you guys help me find Jiaojiao."

Obviously Tang Yuanliang would not indulge him.

Tang Yuanliang ignored him: "Don't let yourself get in trouble, don't let others get in trouble."

"I shouldn't have listened to He Ting and brought you and your daughter up the mountain."

"It's great that I can help you find someone. If you want to say more nonsense, go find Lu Jiaojiao yourself. I don't have the time to waste."

It would be fine if Tang Yuanliang could bear witness.

Tang Yuanliang is the son of team leader Tang Jinghe. He saw everything. Let’s see how Yin Jiaming will deny his debt then.

Lu Jianguo had no choice but to agree.

He took Tang Yuanliang towards the woods where Lu Jiaojiao had hidden.

"I saw Jiaojiao going into the woods. Could she have fallen into the ditch next to the rock wall?"

"No way?"

Tang Yuanliang said, "The ditch in front of the stone wall is quite deep, and there are rocks all in front. If someone falls in, they will scream. There will be an echo in the valley, so there will be no sound at all."

"Where can we go then?"

Lu Jianguo's face was full of expression, and Tang Yuanliang looked at him.

Lu Jianguo sighed: "No matter what, let's go there and look for it first."

Straight to the target indeed!

Tang Yuanliang was very familiar with the terrain of this mountain range. He remembered that there was a cave under the ravine.

He remembered clearly what He Ting said.

When he reached the ravine, he suddenly stopped and trembled.

Lu Jianguo stopped and said, "Tang Yuanliang, what's wrong with you?"

"Urgent!"

Tang Yuanliang said to Lu Jianguo: "Wait, I'm going to pee over there."

After saying this, he went into the woods nearby without saying a word.

Lu Jianguo was still waiting for Tang Yuanliang to come out of the bushes when he heard some noise coming from the cave below. It was the voice of his daughter Lu Jiaojiao, that kind of voice.

I don’t know how long Yin Jiaming can last?

What if he takes Tang Yuanliang down with him and they finish their business, but Yin Jiaming refuses to acknowledge him?

Anyway, there is an echo in the valley, so as long as he makes some noise and shouts at the top of his lungs, Tang Yuanliang above will definitely be able to hear him.

Lu Jianguo didn't bother to wait for Tang Yuanliang and immediately climbed down the stone wall beside the ravine.

In the cave, Lu Jiaojiao had been tied up by Yin Jiaming, and Zhang Cailiang was guarding the entrance of the cave.

Yin Jiaming had completely lost the gentleness and elegance he usually had at the educated youth point. He looked at Lu Jiaojiao with a ferocious face and, with the belt he had torn off his pants in his hand, he whipped her hard.

"Bitch, yell for me!"

"Ah, it hurts, uncle, don't hit me."

Yin Jiaming was very dissatisfied with what Lu Jiaojiao said. He threatened with a fierce smile: "You can scream in pain, but if you scream the following words again, you will never leave the cave alive."

"Uncle, why? Why do you treat Jiaojiao like this?"

"I'm not agreeing to not marry you. I just want you to love me."

Yin Jiaming sneered: "Don't try that on me. You're still a little naive to act in front of me."

"Lu Jiaojiao, I've eaten more salt than you've walked. I've slept with at least eighty women, if not hundreds. For someone like you, I know what you're going to do in the blink of an eye."

"Oh, you're stupid and ugly, and you think a lot."

"You and your stepfather are plotting against me, trying to get caught by the herb-picking team and force me to marry you and run away with you. Don't you even consider whether you are worthy of me?"

Unable to believe what she heard, Lu Jiaojiao's eyes widened in shock.

It was as if he had never known Yin Jiaming.

Yin Jiaming whipped her and ordered her, "Bitch, scream for me."

"Uncle, it hurts, please be gentle."

Lu Jiaojiao was crying in humiliation, her body was in pain from the whip, but she still had to scream like she did with Yin Jiaming.

She burst into tears of regret.

I hated myself for not listening to Lu Baiwei.

Lu Baiwei called her crazy and Lu Baiwei called her out of her mind.

She thought Lu Baiwei was jealous of her.

Lu Baiwei’s scolding was good, Yin Jiaming really didn’t have her in his heart.

Yin Jiaming is a liar...

Lu Jiaojiao was in pain and sad. When her tears were about to run dry, Zhang Cailiang, who was guarding the cave entrance, spoke.

"Boss, the prey has been hooked."

"Lu Jianguo climbed down the cliff."

"Um!"

Yin Jiaming responded and glared at Lu Jiaojiao.

Lu Jiaojiao suddenly felt that his eyes were so scary and gloomy.

There was no need for Yin Jiaming to force her, Lu Jiaojiao made a very shameful sound herself and attracted Lu Jianguo.

So when Lu Jianguo heard the sound and climbed down the cliff, he saw Zhang Cailiang holding the knife on his neck. Just one scratch and he would die in the mountains.

Without any effort, Lu Jianguo was forced into the cave.

Just like Lu Jiaojiao's fate, he was greeted by a thick rope that tied him up tightly.

“I, I…”

Meeting the gloomy gazes of Yin Jiaming and Zhang Cailiang, Lu Jianguo was almost frightened to pee his pants.

He stuttered, "I, I won't take your money, and I won't force you to marry Jiaojiao. Just let me go."

In response to him, he was met with the unbridled laughter of Yin Jiaming and Zhang Cailiang.

Lu Jianguo was confused by the laughter: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at your naivety. Do you think my boss went to so much trouble to lure you and Lu Jiaojiao to the cave just because he was afraid that you would ask him for money and force him to marry Lu Jiaojiao?"

Zhang Cailiang pointed a knife at Lu Jianguo's face and said, "Old man, you are just as stupid as that bitch Lu Jiaojiao."

"What a sweet dream, let my eldest son marry a fool, and then you lie on him and suck his blood."

"It really makes me laugh to death. You dare to think of anything."

"If you dare to think like that, I want to cut off your face with a knife to see how thick your face is."

The cold knife was pressed against his face, and Lu Jianguo could already feel the sharpness of the blade.

He couldn't hold it in any longer and was so scared that he peed his pants.

Seeing Lu Jianguo's urine dripping down his trouser legs, Zhang Cailiang wrinkled his nose in disgust and took a step back.

Yin Jiaming reminded Zhang Cailiang: "Don't waste time, get down to business."