Inside the front room, Xing Zhaozhao, Fu Lan, and Hongfei all stopped what they were doing and suddenly looked up.
Black General twitched its ears and barked once.
"Did you hear anything just now?" Xing Zhaozhao frowned and asked.
Fu Lan and Hong Fei nodded in unison.
"It sounds like Little Feather's voice," Hongfei said with a serious expression.
"I'll go take a look." Xing Zhaozhao suddenly stood up and walked towards the door.
“I’ll go too.” Hongfei turned and followed.
Black General barked once, jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), and rushed out first.
"Black General!" Hongfei called out and jogged after him.
Xing Zhaozhao quickly followed at the back.
“I’ll go too.” Fu Lan put down her needlework and wanted to go with her, but Xing Zhaozhao stopped her.
Xing Zhaozhao turned to look at Fu Lan, shook her head, and said, "You stay here and help me look after Xiao Hongling."
Fu Lan looked at the little girl sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), staring at them blankly, and nodded.
When Xing Zhaozhao ran to the front yard, she only saw Hongfei running ahead of her. Black General, with his four legs, was running fast and had probably already reached the path beside the house, heading towards the back yard.
Suddenly, Black General, who had already run to the side of the house, encountered something and let out a series of barks. Then, the small body of the puppy flew out from the side of the house and crashed heavily to the ground, letting out a pitiful "woo-woo-woo".
"Black General?" Hongfei exclaimed in surprise, immediately ran over, picked up Black General, and then turned around to see Chen Dachuan grabbing Hongyu by the collar and carrying him towards them. Hongfei's face turned pale, but he still suppressed his fear and shouted angrily at Chen Dachuan, "Who are you? Let my brother go!"
At this moment, Xing Zhaozhao also saw Chen Dachuan and Hongyu, whom he was holding in his hand. Her face turned pale instantly: "Chen Dachuan? What are you doing here? What do you want to do? Let my son go!"
Chen Dachuan looked at Xing Zhaozhao with a sinister smile on his face. As he walked towards her, he said, "You not only ruined one of my sources of income, but you also took away my wife. So how did I end up here? What are you up to? But I never expected that an ordinary-looking village woman like you would have the ability to get these things."
As Chen Dachuan spoke, he picked up what he was holding in his other hand and showed it to Xing Zhaozhao.
Xing Zhaozhao's heart sank when she saw this, and her already unpleasant expression turned even more unpleasant.
The object was none other than the toy model that Gao Hongfei had given to the two little ones. Fearing that it might be accidentally discovered if brought into the house, Xing Zhaozhao had always locked it in the cellar along with other things that were not meant to be seen. Now that Chen Dachuan had discovered it, it meant that the other things could no longer be hidden and had been exposed.
Xing Zhaozhao looked at Chen Dachuan, a murderous glint flashing in her slightly narrowed eyes. Her hands, hanging at her sides, unconsciously clenched into fists as she gritted her teeth and asked, "What exactly do you want?"
Chen Dachuan noticed the fleeting murderous intent in Xing Zhaozhao's eyes and laughed heartily: "Want to kill me? You? I advise you to stop dreaming, or I can't guarantee I won't do something you'll regret..."
As Chen Dachuan spoke, he gestured with the toy model in his hand towards Hongyu's slender neck.
Xing Zhaozhao's heart skipped a beat in fright, and she hurriedly shouted, "Don't touch my child!"
Hongyu looked at Xing Zhaozhao with teary eyes and pitifully called out, "Mommy..."
Xing Zhaozhao felt a lump in her throat and quickly comforted the little one, "Little Feather, don't be afraid, Mommy's here."
After saying that, she looked at Chen Dachuan and warned, "As long as you don't hurt my children, I'll give you whatever you want. But if you hurt even a hair on their head, don't blame me for fighting you to the death."
"Fight me to the death?" Chen Dachuan glanced at Xing Zhaozhao's petite figure, sneered, and didn't take her seriously at all.
“Alright.” Chen Dachuan agreed verbally, his unbridled gaze quickly sweeping over Xing Zhaozhao from head to toe, his eyes gleaming with desire. He said, “Really, you’ll give me anything I want? Including you?”
Xing Zhaozhao's face darkened, and she squeezed out two words between her teeth: "Beast."
Seeing that Chen Dachuan was only focused on talking to his mother and pretended not to notice him, Hongfei quietly put down the Black General sword in his hand, bent over, and stealthily crept over, preparing to launch a sneak attack as his father had taught him before.
Closer, closer still, Hongfei suddenly leaped forward, lunging towards Chen Dachuan's head: "Let go of my brother! Don't bully my mother..."
He was already within reach; if he just grabbed his neck, he could save his brother.
Chen Dachuan suddenly turned his head and looked over, grinned, and slapped the toy model in his hand hard at Hongfei.
With a "crack," the toy model in Chen Dachuan's hand shattered, and Hongfei was also sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Dafei..." Xing Zhaozhao exclaimed and was about to rush over.
Chen Dachuan had already rushed over and grabbed Hongfei by the neck, lifting him up.
"Don't move." Chen Dachuan turned to look at Xing Zhaozhao, who was about to pounce on him, and warned, "If you dare to move again, I can't guarantee I won't accidentally break his little neck."
Xing Zhaozhao froze, no longer daring to move.
"Turn around and go back inside," Chen Dachuan commanded.
With both children in his hands, Xing Zhaozhao dared not make any rash moves and had no choice but to turn around and go back.
Chen Dachuan followed closely behind.
Fu Lan was anxiously waiting inside. When she saw Xing Zhaozhao return, she thought everything was alright and greeted her with a smile, "You're back, Sister Xing..."
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Chen Dachuan following closely behind her. Her face turned pale, and she trembled involuntarily, exclaiming in surprise, "You? What are you doing here?"
Chen Dachuan was surprised to see Fu Lan there as well. He raised an eyebrow and said, "I didn't expect to see you here. What a coincidence! This is the perfect opportunity to get my revenge all at once."
Fu Lan trembled even more violently.
"Go, get a rope and tie her up," Chen Dachuan ordered Xing Zhaozhao.
Xing Zhaozhao stood there without moving.
“Mom…” Little Hongling sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at Xing Zhaozhao with her big, dark eyes, and suddenly called out.
This was the first time Xiao Hongling had called someone "Mom," and it never happened at this time.
Xing Zhaozhao's nose tingled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com