Liu Guizhen pulled her daughter a few times before she came to her senses and glared at her mother fiercely. "Humph! This mother is also stupid. Once she has made her plan, she will run away. Anyway, this mother is unreliable."
Liu Guizhen was puzzled by her daughter's stare.
When Ling Ran turned around, Liu Jingmin had already lowered her head.
All the counters on the first floor were pushed to one side, and the goods were piled on the other side, leaving the middle space for a mourning hall.
Out of Zhou Xiang's consideration, many people came to pay their respects to Old Lady Liu. Three days passed in a blink of an eye. After Old Lady Liu's ashes were sent to the cemetery and buried, everyone felt extremely exhausted.
After returning to Zhou's house, Zhou Xiang quickly took a shower and went back to his bedroom to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Ling Ran woke me up, "Wife, Jiang Zhaoyu is missing, and Liu Jingmin is missing too."
Zhou Xiang rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Where's Liu Guizhen?"
"She was so worried that she just cried. She and Jiang Weizhong came to beg you to save her daughter and son."
"What do you mean by staring at the person over there?" Zhou Xiang asked while changing his clothes.
"They said someone used a ladder to pick up a person from the second floor in the middle of the night. The person was carrying a child on his back."
"Who is the contact person?" Zhou Xiang was stunned. He didn't expect that Liu Jingmin had someone to help.
"I don't think you can even guess it." Ling Ran kept it a secret.
"Oh?" Zhou Xiang raised an eyebrow. "Then I'll take a good guess."
As he spoke, he went into the bathroom to brush his teeth. "Well, she should be from the town. After all, Liu Jingmin is being watched closely by Liu Guizhen, for fear that she might go out and learn bad things. And the people in the town who hate me the most are probably the Zhu family, who are both from the town and not from the town."
"My wife is so smart." Ling Ran praised with a sincere expression and tone.
Zhou wanted to roll his eyes at him. Did he treat her as a child?
In the living room, Jiang Weifang and his wife, as well as Zhou's parents, were also there. Zhou Xiang waved his hand and said, "Mom and Dad, Aunt and Uncle, you're all tired. Go back to your room and rest! Leave this to me."
Jiang Weifang was indeed tired. She had hardly slept for three nights, and even a strong body could not bear it.
Zhou's father also pulled his wife back to the room.
Jiang Wei Zhong seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He was already sixty years old. Not only had his mother passed away, but his son and stepdaughter disappeared. He could not accept such a blow. His gray hair turned almost completely white after this blow. Looking at Liu Guizhen, who was only in her forties, the appearance was completely disproportionate. I wonder if Liu Guizhen can live with Jiang Wei Zhong in peace.
Seeing his wife frown, Ling Ran immediately spoke up for her, "Uncle, we have people watching you all the time. They've already followed the people who took Zhao Yu to their destination. Don't worry. Just ask you and Auntie, do you want to go check it out together? That way, you won't distrust us later."
"Go, go and see," Jiang Wei Zhong didn't understand the meaning of Ling Ran's words. When he heard that his son was fine, he immediately cheered up.
Liu Guizhen felt inexplicably uneasy. If someone kidnapped Zhao Yu to blackmail her husband, then why did they kidnap Jing Min?
Ling Ran drove the three of them to a town on the outskirts of Gu County. After finding a place to park the car, the four of them walked to a dilapidated house at the end of the town. Zhou Xiang raised his hand and drugged Liu Guizhen and Jiang Wei Zhong, making them mute.
She didn't want to deal with Liu Jingmin, the self-righteous fool, anymore, so Liu Guizhen and Jiang Wei Zhong just listened quietly to what their good daughter had done.
As soon as Old Lady Liu passed away, Liu Jingmin began to exude malice. After Ling Ran sensed this, he added more people to take turns to monitor her. He didn't expect her to be so impatient.
The lights in the house were bright. As the four of them approached the window, they heard Jiang Zhaoyu crying, "Sister, I'm scared."
Liu Guizhen and Jiang Wei Zhong were about to rush in when they were stopped by Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran. They opened their mouths to speak but found that no sound came out.
When I was panicking, I heard Liu Jingmin's voice, "Don't be afraid, wait for dad to bring the money to redeem you, and then you can go home."
"What about you?"
"Me! I don't want to go back."
"But, but if you don't go home, will these bad guys let you go?"
"Yes, as long as Dad brings two ransoms."
"But Dad has no money."
"Zhou Xiangyou has a lot of money. If she just gave us a little, it would be enough for us to squander for a lifetime. But she doesn't give it to anyone. She would rather give it to people who have nothing to do with her than to us, her relatives."
"Sister, you're talking nonsense. Think about it, I'm not like that. She treats me very well."
"How has she done you any good? She took up half of the Second Street house. She even asked grandma to pay for our small shop, which cost 80,000 yuan! She sold a yard that was about to be demolished to an unrelated person for only 30,000 yuan. She even took her grandma's money. Don't you feel guilty about spending that money?"
"You're talking nonsense. Dad said he was the one who wronged Sister Xiangxiang, and Grandma also wronged Sister Xiangxiang. That's why Xiangxiang didn't want to get too close to us. Sister Xiangxiang said she would protect Dad and me in the future. She's a very good person, not like what you said."
"Tsk! Liu Jingmin, what are you arguing with this little brat about?" A man's voice rang out.
"That's right, you clearly proposed to sell your brother in exchange for the ransom, so why are you still trying to coax him in such a disgusting way?" A woman's voice followed.
"I don't think it's appropriate," the man said. "He saw us. He's a seven-year-old schoolboy. He'll probably call the police and give us a description. So, let's just do it."
"That's fine," the woman said, "We have a murder case on our hands, so it's not suitable for us to take risks."
"Okay!" Liu Jingmin agreed to the proposal of the man and woman.
"Sister?" Jiang Zhaoyu looked at his sister in surprise. His sister knew these two people? And agreed to their proposal? He was so shocked that he didn't even know he was afraid.
Liu Guizhen and Jiang Weizhong, standing by the window, looked ashen. Did they raise a wolf? No, sometimes wolves raised by one's own hands will even repay a favor! This is raising a poisonous snake!
Zhou Xiang held Liu Guizhen, whose body had become weak, and continued to listen.
"Don't call me sister," Liu Jingmin felt there was no need to act anymore, and her tone changed. "I'm not your sister. Liu Guizhen is not my biological mother. She gave birth to a boy, and I was switched."
Did you hear the big news? Zhou Xiang looked at Liu Guizhen in the light from the window. He saw only sadness, but no anger. It seemed that she knew what was going on.
"So, I have a brother?" Jiang Zhaoyu was very happy.
"You're so happy!" Liu Jingmin couldn't bear to see Jiang Zhaoyu's joy. "You'll die soon. All the money your father earns will go to your brother. Humph! That woman Liu Guizhen knew her son was swapped, yet she accepted it silently. Isn't it because it was her brother who swapped her son? Her sister-in-law gave birth to several girls, and her son is enjoying a good life in her brother's house."
"Then you are the youngest daughter of your uncle?" Jiang Zhaoyu also discussed relatives with her.
"Yes!" Liu Jingmin said impatiently, "I'm the fifth child who was almost strangled to death. Seeing that your mother was about to give birth, your grandmother kept me here, starving me without food and water, waiting for your mother to give birth. When I was about to starve to death, your mother gave birth to a boy, and I became the replacement."
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