Chapter 135 Miracle of Love 1 If he wakes up within three days, then...
Everything happened so suddenly that the man who was caught didn't even have time to struggle before he became a prisoner.
Liu Kun rushed into the kitchen and grabbed a bundle of hemp rope. It was the same rope Qiu Xiaoman had used when she moved last time. He had tidied it up and put it away, never expecting it to come in handy now.
Tying up a living person is no easy task, especially an adult male. Liu Kun, being an injured soldier, is in poor fighting condition. Fortunately, Qiu Xiaoman did not let go. After hanging up the phone, she shook her head at Liu Kun: "You can't tie him up."
The nature of the crime changes once the person is tied up. Now she can say that she restrained the person because they trespassed on her property, but once she ties the person up, it becomes illegal detention.
She couldn't break the law, so she held the man down firmly and tried to negotiate. She asked, "If I take the rag away, you're not allowed to shout. Can you do that?"
The man's arms ached from being pressed down by her, and tears welled in his eyes. He could only nod in humiliation.
Qiu Xiaoman was afraid he would go back on his word, so she glanced at Liu Kun and then noticed the gauze on his head. Without asking, she directly ordered, "Take off your socks. If he screams, stuff them in his mouth immediately."
Liu Kun couldn't help but laugh.
Sure, Officer Qiu always does things the unconventional way. This trick may be naive, but it's incredibly effective and doesn't break the law. That's great.
He quickly sat down, took off his socks, and was ready to gag him at any moment.
The man was overwhelmed by the stench of the nearby socks and quickly turned his head away, muttering something under his breath. Qiu Xiaoman pulled the rag out of his mouth and asked, "Speak up, why were you eavesdropping at my door? Who let you come?"
The man really wanted to yell, but he didn't want to eat smelly socks, so he had to bite the bullet and lie: "It wasn't on purpose, I just thought you were pretty."
“Even if you don’t tell the truth, I’ll still feed you socks.” Qiu Xiaoman gave Liu Kun a meaningful look, and Liu Kun immediately crumpled up a sock and brought it to the man’s mouth.
The man panicked and quickly confessed.
It turns out his surname is Qi, he is forty years old, and his wife just divorced him and left with their child. He was indeed hired by the Wu family to keep watch, because he was unemployed, so he had plenty of time every day to carry a cardboard box filled with clothes in and out to put on an act.
Qiu Xiaoman couldn't help but sneer: "What's your relationship with the Wu family?"
"I...I used to watch their warehouse, but I got drunk and caused a fire, so I was fired. Please, young comrade, I really didn't mean to target you. I just want to atone for my mistake and get the Wu family to let me go back to work." The man was very aggrieved.
Qiu Xiaoman frowned: "Does his family have a private warehouse?"
"Ah..." The man was about to ask, "You didn't know?" But then he realized he had messed up again and had to shut his mouth.
Liu Kun rudely shoved the socks at his mouth, and the man cried. He quickly confessed, "I'll talk, I'll talk! There was a fertilizer factory that claimed to be poorly managed and went bankrupt. It was bought by the Wu family, and some other things were piled up in the warehouse."
"What is that?"
“Some…some…” The man dared not say anything more this time and could only beg for mercy, “I’m just a nobody, please have mercy on me. How about this, the Wu family has a grandson who likes to go to karaoke bars, you can find someone you know to get close to him and see if you can get lucky, he’ll start talking nonsense.”
"What does 'good luck' mean?" Qiu Xiaoman had a terrible guess. It seemed that Wu Haoxiong wasn't the only one in the Wu family who ate meatballs.
That makes sense. When you find one cockroach, there's probably already a whole nest of cockroaches nearby. I just don't know how many cockroaches the Wu family has. Maybe they have them all. That's terrifying.
In order to get something useful out of him, this time she didn't let Liu Kun stuff the socks in, but instead squatted down in front of the man and stared at him intently.
That intimidating gaze made the man's heart tighten, and he guiltily looked away: "Don't force me, I still want to live. Anyway, if you send someone to go a few more times, you'll definitely get what you want. Let me go back, I won't say anything, really."
Qiu Xiaoman naturally didn't believe him; she would wait until Shen Qinghuai arrived before discussing anything further.
However, she was worried that this man might have accomplices, so she asked him. The man quickly shook his head: "No, no, it's just me. If there were more, it would be easy to be exposed."
Qiu Xiaoman didn't believe it. She glanced at Mango, who was breastfeeding, and whistled. Mango immediately licked the babies, telling them to wait. The babies were reluctant to leave their mother's embrace, but they still obediently hummed and let go of the "bottle".
Mango jumped out of the doghouse, ran to the man and sniffed him, barking, "Master, I've already identified his other scents. I'll go out and see if there are any of those scents at his doorstep."
Qiu Xiaoman nodded. Mango was probably referring to the smell of stinky tofu. She had Liu Kun open the door, and Mango went out for a walk. She not only checked the door of the neighbor's house, but also verified the nearby elevators, floors, and escape routes. She returned five minutes later.
As soon as she entered the door, she barked and complained, "He's lying! His weird stench is everywhere, upstairs and downstairs!"
Qiu Xiaoman frowned and asked coldly, "Your boss is so generous that he has spies all over the place? The occupancy rate of this building is not low. Could it be that your boss spent money to make all the other residents move out?"
The man looked at Mango in shock, then at Qiu Xiaoman whose face was covered in frost. He could barely speak, stammering "you...you...you" for a long time before finally admitting defeat and lowering his head.
Qiu Xiaoman already knew that the Wu family was sparing no expense to monitor her every move, but they didn't expect that things would turn out differently from what they planned. She was invited by the army to help.
Now all of the Wu family's initial investment has gone down the drain. Thinking about it, it's actually quite satisfying.
She released the man: "Wait, Mr. Shen will be here soon. Go with him."
The man still looked worried: "I've been in here for a while now. People upstairs and downstairs will get suspicious. Why don't you come up with a plan with me? Let's say he's injured, and you're a woman, so you don't want to be too close to him. That's why you asked me to come and help him apply medicine?"
“Okay, come on.” Qiu Xiaoman glanced at the gauze on Liu Kun’s head and gestured with her hand.
Liu Kun was already sweating profusely, and his wounds were soaked with sweat, burning with pain. However, compared to other injuries he had suffered before, this was nothing serious, so he could endure it.
Now that the wound is being torn open, his expression remains calm. Even though there's a fragile scab on it, barely forming a thin film, he doesn't cry out in pain.
In that instant, Qiu Xiaoman saw the man's strong willpower and admired him quite a bit.
She asked, "Where's your medicine kit?"
"I'll get it." Liu Kun quickly brought over a box filled with the medicine he had applied earlier, which he hadn't finished using yet. As soon as he lifted the lid, the box smelled strongly of disinfectant.
Qiu Xiaoman immediately started acting, shouting, "Don't dodge! Even if it hurts, bear with it and let Brother Qi help you disinfect it."
Liu Kun immediately exclaimed, "No, no, no, his hands are covered in calluses, I'll do it myself."
“The injury is on your head, you can’t see it.” Qiu Xiaoman gave the man a meaningful look, and the man immediately got up, grabbed the medicine bottle, and chased Liu Kun all over the house.
There was a lot of clanging and banging.
Taking advantage of a break, Qiu Xiaoman turned around and found the cat bed near the bathroom, where she saw the calico cat that had become a mother.
Sanhua had noticed her long ago, but like Mango, she was a new mother and could only take care of her child. Now that she saw her coming, Sanhua was quite arrogant and yawned, saying indignantly, "Hmph, liar."
"Who lied to you? I was busy, so I had someone bring you back." Qiu Xiaoman counted her babies, and there really were eight. She was really prolific. One of them was particularly thin and small. She reminded Sanhua, "You should lick this one's belly and bottom more often to stimulate her to defecate and drink milk."
"Meow, I'm not stupid." Sanhua glanced at Mango next to her and asked, "Could you tell her not to always try to help me take care of the baby? I just sometimes like to stare at the scenery outside the window, it's not that I'm thinking of jumping off a building."
...Qiu Xiaoman turned to look at the doghouse next to her: "Mango, is that what you think?"
"Woof, no, I just thought the kitten was cute and wanted to sneak a couple of licks." Mango is an honest new mom.
She didn't feel there was anything wrong with her overflowing maternal love.
Qiu Xiaoman was both amused and exasperated, and could only comfort Sanhua: "Think of it this way, when the baby gets a little older, you can be lazy."
Sanhua thought it made sense and forgave Mango for liking the dog taking over the cat's bed.
When a knock came from the entrance, Mango instinctively jumped out. Sanhua followed suit and went for a stroll in the doghouse, but was quickly frightened away by the enthusiastic puppies.
Help! Nine chubby little puppies want to nurse from her! They're making a ruckus! Even if they eat her dry, it won't be enough! Get out of here!
Back in the cat's bed, I found my baby more and more pleasing to the eye. Sure enough, the dog was growing too fast, getting a size bigger every day, truly a gluttonous bunch.
Her kittens were the cutest. Although they ate quite a lot, they weren't as plentiful as the puppies. She licked her babies' bottoms with peace of mind, focused and absorbed.
Qiu Xiaoman opened the door, and Mango immediately peeked out. Seeing that it was Shen Qinghuai, she felt relieved and went back to her nest to breastfeed.
Shen Qinghuai closed the door, glanced at the familiar face sitting at the coffee table, and said with a hint of anger, "Why is it you?"
Old Qi chuckled awkwardly, "Your daughter is too vigilant. I was spotted as soon as I peered through the door."
Helpless, Shen Qinghuai asked Qiu Xiaoman about the details, then turned and led the man out.
Once outside, he drove while making a phone call to explain: "He's a nobody, don't worry. I'll talk to the Wu family directly. I'll have him stay at my company for a while to ensure his safety. He might come in handy in the future."
Qiu Xiaoman was relieved and asked curiously, "Do you know him?"
“Back when it was still a planned economy, his father was in charge of reviewing and issuing all kinds of grain coupons. I knew his father.”
"Oh, then you must ensure his safety; he knows quite a lot."
"Okay, don't worry, why are you back?"
"To do something for the military."
"Okay, I won't ask if it's inconvenient. Just be careful and don't stay inside with Liu Kun all the time. He's a man after all."
Qiu Xiaoman was speechless. Here we go again. Fine, considering he helped, I'll just have to put up with this nagging.
She replied, "I just came back to check on the cat, I'm leaving soon."
"That's good. I'm driving now, I won't say any more." Shen Qinghuai didn't know what urgent matter was going on here, so he didn't bring a driver.
Once the car had driven off, Shen Qinghuai asked, "Why are you still not learning to be good? You're always doing things for the Wu family; sooner or later you'll lose your life."
The man smiled awkwardly: "There's nothing I can do. You know I lost all my savings in the stock market. I'd be grateful if anyone could give me a bite to eat."
"Come on, let's go over the words. When we see Wu Meinian, don't let anything slip." Shen Qinghuai turned at the intersection and drove towards the alley where they had eaten last time.
The matter was quickly settled. After Qiu Xiaoman finished reviewing He Rui's file, had lunch, and returned to Uncle Zhou's place, Shen Qinghuai called her back to reassure her.
Finally, he asked her where she was and whether she was still alone in a room with Liu Kun.
Qiu Xiaoman held back and let Uncle Zhou answer the phone. Only after learning that Qiu Xiaoman had gone to see the dog did Shen Qinghuai feel relieved.
After hanging up the phone, Qiu Xiaoman went to check on Xiao Shandian in his room where he was recovering, and it seemed that his condition was still very bad.
She quickly stepped back and asked Uncle Zhou how long Little Lightning had to endure the critical period before he could be considered to have any hope of survival.
Uncle Zhou looked troubled, but reluctantly gave a conservative timeframe: "This dog has been abused like this but it's still holding on to its last breath. It has a very strong will. Three days, I guess. If it can wake up within three days, there's a 50% chance."
"Why is it only half?" Qiu Xiaoman didn't want to hear this result.
Uncle Zhou said helplessly, "She suffered extensive burns, and the subsequent infection could be fatal."
That's true, no wonder Uncle Zhou was conservative.
Qiu Xiaoman sighed silently. There was still half a day left, so she could only deal with the veterinarian He Rui's condition first, and then think about other things.
She left Liu Kun there to keep watch, then drove off alone, filled up the gas tank, and headed straight for the base.
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