"No!" Qiao Guangyuan shook his head repeatedly, trembling. "Don't come any closer."
Unfortunately, he had no chance to resist and was pinned to the ground. Another person pried open his mouth and used pliers to pull out his teeth.
"Aaaaaah!!!" Qiao Guangyuan screamed in agony, his mouth gushing blood, a rather gruesome sight.
He Huilan was terrified; her entire face was shrouded in fear.
After several teeth were pulled, another man said to the first man, "Why don't we keep a few? Otherwise, you won't be able to speak."
The man remained silent, which meant he agreed.
His gaze immediately fell on He Huilan, who stammered with disordered breathing, "It has nothing to do with me, I don't know anything, please let me go."
The man put her aside for a moment, then looked at Qiao Guangyuan with hatred in his eyes, "I used up all my luck in this life to meet her, how dare you?"
Qiao Guangyuan couldn't quite understand what he was saying, and the intense pain made him somewhat delirious. "Who exactly are you?"
"I am Xiaoxi's biological father," the man stated simply and clearly.
Qiao Guangyuan's muddled consciousness snapped back to reality in an instant, his pupils widening as he stared at him, "It's you..."
"It's me." Qiao Guangyuan readily admitted. He took the dagger handed to him by his subordinate, squatted down, and plunged the dagger into the back of Qiao Guangyuan's hand. "You don't have to love her, but why did you hurt her? Why did you kill her?"
How dare you!
"Aaaaaah!!!!!"
Ignoring his screams, Wen Shaoqing continued, "I told her to leave me because I was afraid my identity would implicate her, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to protect her. But you!"
"You should die a thousand times to atone for your sins."
"And you too." Wen Shaoqing's fierce gaze fell on He Huilan.
He Huilan shook her head vehemently, "I didn't."
He shifted all the blame onto Qiao Guangyuan, saying, "It was him, he instigated me to do it, I didn't do it on purpose."
"I'm sorry, please let me go, I'll never do it again," she cried and begged Wen Shaoqing for mercy.
Wen Shaoqing sneered and stood up. "Do you still have a chance?"
In a desperate attempt to save her life, He Huilan kowtowed to Wen Shaoqing, begging for mercy. "I'll do anything you want. I'm willing to atone for my sins. Please give me a chance to reform. Please!"
Wen Shaoqing gave a bitter laugh, "Did you give her a chance?"
“Our daughter is so young, how could you do this to her?”
"You not only killed her, but you also didn't spare her daughter."
“I know very well what you’ve done to her all these years.” Wen Shaoqing squatted down again, pulled out the dagger from his hand, and said coldly, “It’s not that I didn’t want to find you, it’s that I was afraid she would blame me.”
"But now that she knows the truth, I have nothing to worry about anymore."
Qiao Guangyuan lay on the ground, barely clinging to life. His will to survive made him deny his crimes, "I, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to do that."
"She forced me to do it."
He stared at He Huilan with hatred in his eyes, but He Huilan still desperately denied it, saying, "It wasn't me."
"Qiao Guangyuan, don't frame me."
Looking at their ridiculous and hateful faces, Wen Shaoqing played with the bloodstained dagger in her hand, then walked towards He Huilan with the dagger in her hand.
He Huilan's eyes widened in terror. "Don't kill me, don't kill me."
"You like seducing married men, don't you? I'll grant your wish." Wen Shaoqing casually instructed her subordinate, "Take her to paradise, free of charge."
Qiao Guangyuan and He Huilan didn't know what paradise was, but Wen Shaoqing and his men knew very well.
Women who couldn't pay their debts were usually sent there, where they were squeezed dry of their last bit of value before they could beg for death.
To be precise, that place is a place where you can't even die peacefully even if you want to.
"Yes." The subordinate then dragged He Huilan away.
Although He Huilan didn't know where he was talking about, she instinctively sensed danger. "Where are you taking me? Let me go! Let me go!"
"Husband, save me! Save me!"
At this moment, she thought of Qiao Guangyuan, but unfortunately he was in dire straits himself.
Even if he could save her, at this moment, he saw through her true colors and wouldn't save her.
Wen Shaoqing's gaze fell on Qiao Guangyuan again, "As for you..."
Qiao Guangyuan held his breath. He didn't want to die, but he couldn't bring himself to beg for mercy.
It's not that I don't want to talk, it's that the pain is too much for me to speak.
Wen Shaoqing instructed his men, "Treat him well, and make sure he doesn't die."
"Yes." The subordinate understood and picked up the whip beside him.
As Wen Shaoqing turned his back, he swung the whip in his hand and lashed it hard at Qiao Guangyuan.
Upon seeing the bloodstains, he called to the others, "Bring the salt over and rub it evenly on his wound."
Even though Wen Shaoqing was already standing outside, she could still hear the clear wails.
Compared to the suffering she endured over the years, this is nothing.
He actually wished Qiao Guangyuan had nine lives, so he could play with them one by one, and each life would be worse than death!
School.
After having lunch, Qiao Xi entered the classroom fifteen minutes early.
Jun Jiuge was already in the classroom; she still habitually sat in the back by the window.
Qiao Xi plopped down next to her and said, "Ninth Master, when did you leave last night? I looked up and found you were gone."
"I'll only leave when Qi Jincheng arrives," Jun Jiuge said calmly.
"I..." Qiao Xi wanted to ask her something, but Jun Jiuge knew perfectly well what was going on and said, "You've had too much to drink."
Qiao Xi said shyly, "Next time, you should stop me a little."
"I can't stop you." Jun Jiuge said bluntly, "You said you wanted to celebrate."
Speaking of celebrations, Qiao Xi felt mostly bitter. "It wasn't all about celebrations."
"What are you talking about?" Li Xiaoxiao ran over and joined them.
Qiao Xi was a little surprised to see her. "You're here so early today."
Li Xiaoxiao glanced at the time and said, "Class starts in ten minutes, it's not early at all."
As soon as Qiao Xi mentioned it, Li Xiaoxiao immediately added, "According to reliable sources, we're going camping at Dawang Mountain this weekend."
"What kind of place is Dawang Mountain?" Jun Jiuge asked, showing interest in a place.
Li Xiaoxiao explained to her, "It's the mountain behind Xiaowang Mountain."
Even so, Jun Jiuge still didn't understand, after all, she had only been here for a short time.
"Go south to the suburbs, there are two mountains, Dawang Mountain and Xiaowang Mountain. Xiaowang Mountain has been completely developed into a tourist area, but Dawang Mountain..." Qiao Xi asked Li Xiaoxiao after realizing what was happening, "Isn't that area still undeveloped?"
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