Help her
At six o'clock in the morning, Cheng Yuping and the police were investigating Jiang Guozhong's call records at the telecommunications company.
Originally, Cheng Yuping still held a glimmer of hope for him, but when she saw the call records that Jiang Guozhong had deleted to Liu Jian and others, her heart sank to the bottom.
The next moment, her cell phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number, and Cheng Yuping answered it quickly.
"Mom, it's me."
"Zhizhi? Is it really you?" Cheng Yuping couldn't believe it, fearing that she had heard it wrong.
"It's me. I called you using my classmate's cell phone." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Cheng Yuping couldn't help crying. "What happened to you, kid? Why did you contact me only now? Do you know how worried I am!"
Jiang Zhizhi calmly told Cheng Yuping what had happened from yesterday to this morning. However, in order not to worry Cheng Yuping, she did not mention that she jumped from the second floor and briefly skipped the process of her escape.
"Mom, you must not let go of this matter. This is not a small fight, it is a serious kidnapping. No matter what they say, you must not forgive them. Send them all to the police station! Otherwise, we will never have peace!" Jiang Zhizhi knew that Cheng Yuping was soft-hearted, so she warned her in advance.
"Zhizhi, where are you? Mom will pick you up now. They didn't hurt you, did they?" Cheng Yuping now only wanted to see Jiang Zhizhi and confirm her safety.
"I'm on my way to the police station now, Mom. Let's meet there."
Jiang Zhizhi hung up the phone and returned it to Lu Xiye.
When they were almost at the police station, Jiang Zhizhi asked the driver to stop the car. She found a sharp stone in a small alley on the side of the road and lifted up her trouser legs.
"Jiang Zhizhi, what are you doing?"
Jiang Zhizhi didn't answer him. She used the sharp edge of the stone to scrape her calf hard, leaving intermittent blood marks and blood beads.
Lu Xiye was shocked. He didn't expect that someone would be so cruel to him.
"If I hadn't been injured, my mother might have been persuaded by someone with just a few words." Jiang Zhizhi looked at Lu Xiye and said, "Remember, I got this injury when I fell from upstairs."
She didn't mean jump, she meant fall.
"They forced me onto the terrace and I fell. If it weren't for the pile of sand there, I would have been dead. Do you understand me?"
Lu Xiye was very smart and naturally understood Jiang Zhizhi's intention.
"I...I understand." He pursed his lips and looked down at the blood oozing from Jiang Zhizhi's slender legs. He felt a little sorry for the girl. "Jiang Zhizhi, you haven't shed a single tear since you ran away. Why don't you cry? A normal girl would have cried a long time ago if she encountered something like this."
Jiang Zhizhi chuckled self-deprecatingly, "My tears have long since dried up. Tears can't solve any problems; they will only make others look down on you even more. I won't cry. I won't shed tears anymore."
*
With the help of the police, Jiang Zhizhi's schoolbag was retrieved.
Jiang Guozhong and three workers, Liu Jian, were also taken to the detention center. However, because Jiang Guozhong was Jiang Zhizhi's father, the police considered this a family matter and suggested that Cheng Yuping and Jiang Guozhong negotiate a solution.
"I won't negotiate." Jiang Zhizhi deliberately exposed the bandage on her leg. "Mom, I almost died. Is this a small matter? Even if I die, will you still forgive him? Mom, what kind of drug did he give you?"
"Zhizhi, if your dad goes to jail, it won't be good for your future. Mom is thinking about you too."
"What future? As long as he keeps pestering us, we'll never have peace. I can't even save my life, so how can there be any future?"
Cheng Yuping sighed, not knowing what to say.
"Mom, I just want justice. I don't have a complete family and a father who loves me. Can't I even have justice?" Jiang Zhizhi said weakly.
These words pierced Cheng Yuping's heart. She hugged Jiang Zhizhi guiltily, tears rolling down her cheeks. She choked and said, "No, Zhizhi, it's not like that. It's Mom's fault. I'm sorry."
Jiang Zhizhi leaned in Cheng Yuping's arms, pinching the corner of her clothes and begging, "Mom, no matter what, don't let go. Just think of it as doing this for me, please."
Seeing her daughter begging humbly, Cheng Yuping felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
"Zhizhi, don't be like this. Mom promised you. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry..."
*
"Dad, please help Jiang Zhizhi."
Lu Xiye sat cross-legged in front of the French window. It was the first time he asked his father for help, and he seemed very embarrassed. "I know you know someone who can definitely help her."
"You're hanging around in school like this every day, and you still have the nerve to beg me?"
"These are two different things. Jiang Zhizhi is very pitiful. Can't you just help her and consider it a good deed?"
"I'm a businessman, and I always look for returns when doing things."
"You're talking nonsense! I know you're doing charity work outside and donating a lot of money to those children in the mountains. You can help those children, so why can't you help Jiang Zhizhi?"
"Stinky boy, is this how you beg for help?"
"So what do you want? At most...at most I'll just stop causing trouble."
"First of all, no more swearing!"
Lu Xiye: ...
You are talking dirty now!
"Second, don't hang out with those messy people in school from now on."
"What do you mean by a mess of people? They are all my friends!"
"What kind of friends are those scoundrels? What good is it for you to hang around with them?"
"It's good for you to hang out with those women outside! They might even give birth to two illegitimate children for you!" Lu Xiye blurted out in annoyance.
He regretted it after he said that. He originally wanted to ask his father for help, but ended up starting a quarrel again.
However, ever since he met Jiang Zhizhi's father's illegitimate daughter at the school gate that day, he has been holding these words in his heart.
He was really worried, fearing that Lu Hengshan also had an illegitimate child outside who was only a few years younger than him.
These words seemed to ignite gunpowder. Lu Hengshan exploded, slamming the table and standing up, shouting, "What the hell did you say?"
"I... I just want to know if you have an illegitimate child outside! If so, tell me earlier and I will give way to him!" When Lu Xiye said this, his eyes couldn't help but become sore.
But when he thought about how Jiang Zhizhi didn't shed tears even in that situation, he also held on.
"Damn it, you deserve a beating, don't you? I'm going to go back and beat you to death!"
"Come on, beat me to death and let another woman outside give birth to another child for you!" Lu Xiye said gritting his teeth.
Lu Hengshan was so angry that he was about to curse when Lu Xiye on the other end of the phone hung up with a "beep".
"damn it!"
He threw his phone on the table.
After a while, his anger subsided and he sat dejectedly on the sofa.
He is a big shot in the business world, but every time he faces his son, he always feels so powerless.
After being scolded by Jiang Zhizhi that time, he realized his mistake and always tried to control his temper in front of Lu Xiye.
But in the end, he couldn't help it.
Over the years, he admitted that he had other women and had compromised for business, but that was all in the past. He had never made a woman outside pregnant, let alone had an illegitimate child.
Now, there is only a woman from Jinghai by his side, and the relationship between them is not what Lu Xiye thinks.
But how could he explain this to his son?
The phone rang again. Lu Hengshan picked up the phone and answered it.
"Mr. Lu, I've found the information you asked me to look up. Jiang Zhizhi's father, Jiang Guozhong, is currently a small contractor in the first area of Longmao Shopping Mall. However, he also has a private job outside the circus dormitory. The three people who kidnapped Jiang Zhizhi are from the same hometown as him, and they worked under him for the circus."
"Is Long Mao the one working for Qin Lin?"
"Yes, it's a new project launched by Mr. Qin of Fenghua. The owner of the acrobatic troupe is Wei Zhenghai, whom you met before at the Youth Palace."
"Well, isn't there a new real estate development opening in City B? Go get someone to contact Jiang Guozhong and get him there, and keep him away from South City."
"Mr. Lu, he still has work to do here, I'm afraid he won't be willing to leave."
Lu Hengshan chuckled and said disdainfully, "There won't be any more jobs for him in Nanshi from now on."
*
At Jiang Zhizhi's insistence, Cheng Yuping took Jiang Guozhong to court.
Because no property was extorted, it did not constitute kidnapping, only illegal detention. Also, because the time did not exceed 24 hours and Jiang Zhizhi was not seriously injured, the main offender Jiang Guozhong was only detained for half a month, and the accomplices Liu Jian and others were detained for seven days. In addition, each of them was asked to write a letter of guarantee, promising that they would never commit the crime again.
Jiang Zhizhi knew that it was impossible to get a heavy sentence in this case, so she insisted on doing so just to teach these people a lesson.
There is a price to pay for doing bad things.
Helping Jiang Guozhong to bully them mother and daughter will cost him a price.
In this way, at least no one will help Jiang Guozhong do such immoral things in the future!
After coming out of the court, Li Rongrong and her family drove to pick them up.
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you tell us about such a big thing?" Li Mingzhang sighed and said helplessly.
Fang Yi helped Cheng Yuping and Jiang Zhizhi into the car and asked, "Sister-in-law, how was the case judged?"
Cheng Yuping told them the result.
Fang Yi couldn't help but spit, "Only half a month, what a bargain for them!"
Jiang Zhizhi lowered her head and said nothing.
She felt a little regretful.
If I had known, I wouldn't have run so fast. I should have stayed for 24 hours and at least they would have sentenced me to a few months.
But if he really stayed for 24 hours, Cheng Yuping would definitely be very anxious, and who knows what kind of changes would happen...
"Zhizhi, are you seriously injured? I heard from my mother that you fell from the upstairs." Li Rongrong held Jiang Zhizhi's hand and asked worriedly.
Jiang Zhizhi pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay, there was a pile of sand below, and I fell on it, only getting a little scratched."
"Your father is so despicable, he can actually do such a thing..."
"Rongrong, stop talking." Fang Yi winked at Li Rongrong and said to Jiang Zhizhi with a smile, "Zhizhi, uncle and auntie will take you to eat something delicious to calm you down."
Jiang Zhizhi nodded and said obediently, "Thank you, uncle and aunt."
"Zhizhi, we are a family. From now on, your Uncle Li and I will also be your parents. We will love you together with your mother."
Fang Yi had just learned about the situation of Cheng Yuping and his wife, and felt very sorry for Jiang Zhizhi.
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