Chapter 78 The groom's exes all came, each one...
"Damn it! Who is it?!"
Liu He was trapped with half his body in the sack, struggling frantically inside.
"Who dares to scheme against me! Do they even know who I am!"
"Let me go right now, or I'll have someone chop you up!"
He was trapped inside the sack, rolling around trying to crawl out.
Before he could even utter two shouts, he was suddenly kicked twice.
"Hmm..."
He crouched inside the sack, and through the thick fabric, he could faintly make out a voice:
"You want to kill me? Do you even know who I am?"
"Those two idiots you called in, I could send them to meet Jesus in a heartbeat!"
"Oh shit!"
The man kicked him hard again, and Liu He clutched his stomach and screamed in pain.
He vaguely sensed that the person outside the sack had squatted down, and through the rough sack, he suddenly smelled a burnt smell.
Immediately afterwards, the smell of tobacco mixed with a burning sensation hit him, and he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm.
The skin and flesh sizzled when they came into contact with the cigarette butt; the skin burned away, revealing the bright red flesh underneath.
He was trapped in the sack, trembling violently in pain.
"Big brother! Big brother!"
He was scalded several times in a row, and he kept thrashing about like a stranded fish.
"I was blind! I failed to recognize Mount Tai!"
"Please, please let me go!"
His sobs could be muffledly heard through the stuffy bag.
"I was wrong, I was really wrong! Please forgive me, I'll give you any amount of money!"
The person outside the bag kicked him like he was kicking a pig.
"Money? I'm not short of money!"
After one cigarette burned out, the man lit another and poked him with it repeatedly.
"You like burning people with cigarette butts, right? I'll indulge you!"
"Does it feel good to be burned by a cigarette butt? Huh?"
"Not talking means you're uncomfortable, and if you're uncomfortable, it must mean you haven't been burned enough."
Liu He vaguely heard the man outside the bag give a command, and instantly someone tied up his foot that was sticking out of the bag.
Sensing what was about to happen, he began to struggle frantically.
"No, no, no! I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"
He finally realized that this group of people weren't after him, but after that little bitch Wang Jiali!
Even knowing that he likes to burn cigarette butts on women, it must be that little bitch who hired the thugs!
"Brother, how much did that little bitch pay you? I'll give her double!"
"No! I'll give three times!"
However, before he could finish speaking, he was kicked again.
The kick landed on his chin, and his mouth immediately tasted of blood and sweetness.
"Damn it! Who are you calling a bitch?!"
The man outside was slapping him hard through the sack.
"You dare to insult the person who saved my sister-in-law and nephew? I'll beat you to death!"
He was slapped and kicked repeatedly, leaving Liu He with a blank mind.
It took a while before it slowly started to rotate.
That's not right...
He filled up that little bitch Wang Jiali's schedule, how could that little bitch have a chance to save people?
"Big brother! Big brother!"
He rolled around in the sack, trying to escape the men's beatings.
"You must have made a mistake! You've mistaken me for someone else!"
"I don't know any of your so-called benefactors!"
Wang Qiang, smoking a cigarette, kicked it.
"If you dare to provoke my benefactor without even knowing him, then you deserve to be beaten even more!"
When he got tired of fighting, he would let his henchmen take over, until Liu He's voice gradually faded from inside the sack.
Seeing that the person lying in the sack was barely moving, he waved to the side.
"What about his son?"
"Boss, over here!"
The underlings carried over Liu He's son, who had already been knocked unconscious.
Wang Qiang puffed on his cigarette and told his underlings to remove the sacks from the two men's bags.
The father and son, their faces bruised and swollen, lay limp together, and he let out a cold snort through his nose.
"In my life, I hate two kinds of people the most: one is a bastard who only bullies his wife, and the other is a beast who abuses his children."
"Unfortunately, you two bastards are both."
As he finished speaking, Liu He's eyelids twitched slightly.
Wang Qiang, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, smirked.
The old man is quite cunning; he even knows how to pretend to be unconscious.
He pretended not to see it, squatted down next to Liu He, and patted his swollen face.
He lowered his voice: "Do you know how my boss deals with people like this in our gang?"
He waved to the side, and several henchmen immediately ran over and pinned the man down.
Once he was completely under control, Liu He immediately stopped pretending.
"Brother, big brother!"
He struggled and screamed.
"I know I was wrong! Please forgive me, and I promise I'll be a better person!"
"I'll apologize to them. I promise I'll never bully women and children again. Please let me go!"
Seeing his tearful and terrified expression, Wang Qiang calmly took out a mirror.
Hold the mirror up in front of him so he can see his own pathetic and desperate state.
"My benefactor said, 'Let me show you a mirror, and by the way, ask you a question.'"
"Does this expression look familiar?"
Wang Qiang met his shrunken pupils.
"You saw this expression when you hurt Wang Jiali before, right?"
Under Liu He's trembling and terrified gaze, Wang Qiang pulled out a pair of scissors.
"Don't worry," he said, a chill creeping into his smile, "this isn't for you, it's for your son."
The younger brother took the scissors from Wang Qiang and pulled down Liu He's son's pants.
Then, with Liu He's eyes blazing with fury, he disdainfully pointed the scissors at his son's lower body.
With a "click"—
Liu He's son let out a scream and sprang up from the ground, instantly waking up from his coma.
He clutched his groin, rolled around on the ground, and kept banging his head against the ground in pain.
"My manhood! My penis! Ah!!!"
Liu He stared blankly, his mind going completely blank with shock.
By the time he realized it, his underwear was completely wet.
Wang Qiang clicked his tongue in disgust, then pulled out a small knife and pressed it against his face.
"I ask, you answer, do you understand?"
The cold blade pressed against his face, and Liu He could almost feel its sharpness.
Just by touching his face, he felt his skin being scratched, accompanied by a slight stinging sensation.
If this thing were placed on his genitals...
He shuddered violently, as if struck by lightning.
He nodded vigorously, "I understand! I understand everything! Brother, ask me anything, I'll tell you the truth!"
Wang Qiang smiled with satisfaction, "Alright, you know what's good for you."
He stared coldly into Liu He's eyes, and the first question he asked left Liu He speechless.
"You were clearly taken to the police station, so why were you able to get out so quickly?"
Liu He: "..."
His breath hitched, and his lips trembled.
For a moment, I didn't know whether the pain of being killed by the police or having my penis cut off was more painful.
Seeing that he didn't answer, the smile on Wang Qiang's face gradually disappeared.
With a forceful pull, the sharp blade sliced through Liu He's skin.
His voice was icy cold. "Damn it, you're messing with me, aren't you?"
"You just told me to ask whatever I wanted, and now you won't tell me. Are you kidding me?!"
Liu He stammered, "I..."
With a sharp "smack," Wang Qiang slapped him across the face.
His expression was fierce. "I'll ask you one more time, who got you out of there?"
"..."
Liu He looked miserable, his features scrunched up, weighing the pros and cons.
"Don't want to talk, huh?" Wang Qiang tossed the knife to his underling, his voice calm. "Castrate him."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Liu He screamed in agony behind him.
"No! Let me go! Let me go!"
"Don't touch me! Don't touch me!"
His wet pants were pulled down, and he watched as a gleaming knife approached his lower body.
Liu He's eyes widened, and his eyeballs instantly filled with bloodshot red.
Just as the henchman was about to cut off his genitals, he screamed in agony:
Wang Qiang stopped walking and waved to his underling who was holding a knife.
He squatted down in front of Liu He: "Speak, who is it?"
Liu He was covered in sweat after pulling himself back from the brink of death.
"It's...it's Inspector Wong from Wong Tai Sin Police Station..."
"He told me that Inspector Wu didn't have enough evidence, and he was also the one who called the reporter..."
Wang Qiang tilted his head and thought for a moment. There was indeed such a person at the Wong Tai Sin Police Station, and he was a fairly high-ranking official.
"Okay, this issue is settled."
He continued gesturing with the knife against Liu He's face, asking, "Why did that Inspector Huang help you?"
Having already sold him out, Liu He lay on the ground, covered in cold sweat, and stopped struggling.
He answered Wang Qiang's questions honestly.
Liu He: "I used to do some dirty work for Inspector Wong, and he was afraid that I would become desperate and tell others about those things."
Wang Qiang: "What dirty things have you done for him?"
"Bury the body."
"Burying the body?!" Wang Qiang's tone suddenly became serious.
He quickly asked, "Whose body is being buried?"
Liu He: "I don't know who it was. I only know that the person jumped to their death and was wearing a school uniform when they died."
Wang Qiang frowned: "A woman?"
"Um."
He slapped Liu He across the face, yelling, "Damn it, all you do is bully a bunch of school kids!"
After slapping the beast twice, he asked, "When did this happen?"
Two years ago.
Where is the person buried?
"Next to my ancestral graves in my hometown."
Wang Qiang's lips twitched.
He then asked, "Which school's uniform?"
Liu He thought for a moment, and seeing that he was about to be slapped again, he quickly spoke up:
"I don't know, brother! I... I can't even recognize my own son's school uniform. I didn't mean to keep it a secret!"
Wang Qiang stared at him for a couple of seconds, and seeing that he didn't want to lie, he waved to his underlings.
"It's up to you now."
He turned and left, and behind him came Liu He's screams.
What are you doing? Don't touch me!
"I've told you everything I know, why won't you let me go?!"
"Don't touch me! Don't cut me! Help, help..."
His screams shattered the silence of the sky.
Wang Qiang walked back, smoking a cigarette, and drove to Chu Ci's shop.
The shop was brightly lit, and there were even people inside.
But as soon as he stood at the door, the couple who had brought their daughter to have their fortunes told immediately wanted to leave.
Chu Ci smiled as she looked at the little girl who wasn't possessed by a ghost but was just pretending to be sick to avoid school.
"The child is fine, just too tired lately."
"She's still young and her classes aren't too demanding, so let her have some fun for a few days."
Upon hearing that she could have fun, the little girl, who had been pretending to be sick, grinned, revealing a toothless smile.
Seeing her overjoyed expression, Chu Ci added: t
"If you find her possessed and sick again in the future, bring her back here."
She pulled out a thin stick woven from willow branches from the side, flicked it lightly, and it made a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the air.
"Let me whip you a few times with this thin stick and it'll be fine."
"..."
The little girl's smile vanished instantly.
Her parents thanked her repeatedly and quickly gave Chu Ci a hundred yuan.
Chu Ci waved his hand and returned the money.
"No need, I didn't do anything. Keep this money to buy the kids something nice to eat."
Upon hearing this, the little girl grinned, wanting to laugh again.
But then she remembered that her mother would never buy her the junk food she wanted, and her smile faded.
Overjoyed, the parents left with their dejected little girl, making sure to keep a safe distance from Wang Qiang as they went out.
Wang Qiang didn't care what they thought of him, and went inside when they came out.
"master!"
His voice was light and cheerful.
"I asked it!"
He repeated the question he had asked, and Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Wang Qiang," she said earnestly.
"What's the big deal!" Wang Qiang chuckled. "Master, I'm serious, I've truly reformed now."
He lowered his voice and asked Chu Ci with concern:
"But Master, is it too late for me to turn back from evil to good now?"
Will I be reborn as an animal in my next life?
Chu Ci recalled the words of the Black and White Underworld Messengers and shook his head:
"It's not too late at all. If you accumulate good karma, you'll definitely be reborn into a good family in the future."
Seeing him laugh, Chu Ci paused for a moment, then reminded him:
You will suffer a bloody disaster this month.
"Remember, no matter how others provoke you, never get into a group fight."
Wang Qiang, grinning with his big teeth, was sweating bullets for his life.
"Master, who wants me dead?"
Seeing that he seemed eager to make a move ahead of time, Chu Ci shook his head.
"I don't know, but anyway, be careful."
Wang Qiang scratched his head, thinking through all the people who might want to harm him.
He sighed and went out, intending to behave himself for the rest of the month.
Chu Ci waited in the shop for a while, and took the opportunity to take out his underworld-specific pistol and wipe it clean.
Grandma saw her cleaning the gun again and couldn't help but complain.
"What's the point of wiping it every day if we don't have any bullets?"
Chu Ci felt as if an arrow had struck his chest, and he gripped his pistol tightly.
"We'll always have bullets!"
Grandma went back later, yawning.
Chu Ci waited a while longer, estimating that it was about time for Wu Jiangxue to get off work, then she closed the shop and went to Wu Jiangxue's house.
She thought it wasn't Wu Jiangxue's time to get off work yet, and was planning to wait for her in front of her house.
Suddenly, the door to Wu Jiangxue's house opened.
"Meow~"
My chubby little sister squeezed out from the crack in the door and circled around my legs twice.
They had clearly forgotten the unpleasant experience Chu Ci had had with making it lose weight last time.
Chu Ci was stunned when he saw Wu Jiangxue, who had changed into her pajamas and whose hair was still dripping wet, open the door.
"You're back so early today?"
"Um."
Wu Jiangxue turned around and casually picked up a towel from the side to start drying her hair.
Seeing that she was in low spirits, Chu Ci asked with concern:
"What did the police station say?"
Wu Jiangxue paused for a moment while wiping her head, then resumed her normal actions.
His voice was calm: "It's nothing, it's just that there were a lot of reporters, and things got a bit out of hand, so I have to be suspended for a while."
"Suspended from duty?" Chu Ci hadn't expected it to be this serious.
But then she thought of Inspector Wong, who had helped Liu He, and she pursed her lips.
"Could there be a police officer surnamed Wong involved who's stirring things up?"
Wu Jiangxue paused as she opened the refrigerator to get a drink. Hearing something strange in her tone, she turned to look at her.
How do you know about Inspector Wong? Do you have a conflict with him?
"It's not really a conflict, it's just that I learned some of his secrets today."
Chu Ci took the chilled drink from Wu Jiangxue and sat down on the sofa.
The younger sister, who was lying down, ran over to smell the drink in her hand, then ran away after baring her teeth in disgust.
Chu Ci took the initiative to bring up the matter of Wang Qiang putting a sack on Liu He that evening.
Wu Jiangxue's low spirits eased a little.
“If the law can’t control him, then something outside the law can.”
She took a sip of her drink, then suddenly remembered something and asked:
"He's not dead, is he?"
"He's not dead." Chu Ci waved his hand.
"Wang Qiang said he dumped them at the hospital entrance."
Hospitals don't let people die on their doorsteps, so these two people are unlikely to die.
Even if the hospital is willing to treat the father and son, they can only live as sisters.
Wu Jiangxue curved her lips into a smile, but when she thought of Huang Sir's matter, the smile that had just appeared on her face disappeared.
"I will investigate the matter concerning Inspector Wong, but it may have to wait until my suspension is lifted."
"It's okay, no rush. You can take a vacation now."
Chu Ci stood up with her drink in hand. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
"good."
Wu Jiangxue escorted Chu Ci into the elevator and watched her leave.
Chu Ci originally thought that the reporters blocking the police station entrance was just a farce, but he didn't expect that the incident would actually be broadcast on television.
Not only did she appear on television, but she was also featured in numerous reports by publishing houses, and a reporter even staked out Wu Jiangxue's residence.
They seem determined to dig up more dirt on us.
The once-glorious crime-solving genius suddenly became a corrupt cop who randomly arrests people.
She absolutely refused to believe that no one had fueled the fire behind the scenes.
But Wu Jiangxue didn't react much; she just petted cats and fed all sorts of stray cats and dogs every day.
Compared to before, when she worked overtime until the early hours of the morning and always ate cold boxed meals, she was much more relaxed now.
This farce lasted for more than half a month, and it's almost mid-July now.
Wang Jiali has recovered, but she has yet to see Liu He and his son.
At Master Qiu's insistence, Wang Jiali and her child moved into Master Qiu's home.
Master Qiu's mother-in-law and biological mother even came to make trouble, but after Wang Qiang and his men blocked them once, they were so frightened that they never dared to show their faces again.
When Master Qiu came to chat with Chu Ci, she rolled her eyes when this matter came up.
You have no idea how annoying they are!
"Brother Qiang has been hanging around here a lot lately. They don't dare to come over, but they've made a lot of phone calls!"
"Shuangshuang finally fell asleep, but they woke her up with a phone call. I was so angry that I wanted to explode, so I just unplugged the phone line!"
She was telling Chu Ci about her plan to open a dessert shop when she said this, and she also brought small cakes that would be sold in the shop.
After Wang Jiali recovered, she did not go back to school immediately.
The main issue is that her stepfather and stepbrother's affairs are not yet resolved.
She heard that the two men had gone to the hospital to look for her and even wanted to take the child away and sell him, which made her heart pound.
During this period, I have been following Master Qiu to research new desserts, and my dessert-making skills have improved rapidly.
She handed the small cake she had brought to Chu Ci, saying, "Master, please try this. I made it."
Chu Ci stared in surprise at the cake's excellent appearance.
"So beautiful?"
Wang Jiali smiled shyly, but Master Qiu felt like she had found a great treasure.
"Jiali's skills are truly exceptional, and she's also incredibly smart; she grasps things immediately!"
"I asked someone to bring me a dessert tutorial from abroad. She can replicate the taste almost exactly after making it twice at most!"
"Not only does it taste good, but she's also very skillful! Look at the flowers on this cake."
Master Qiu spun the small flower basket-shaped cake around, displaying the lifelike little flowers on it.
"If we didn't tell you this flower basket was a cake, who could tell!"
Wang Jiali blushed and clutched the hem of her clothes, "Auntie, it's not that good..."
"Isn't this good?"
Chu Ci interrupted her self-deprecation with a smile, "This cake is so beautiful, it's the most popular among white-collar workers in the office building."
"Beauty, you're going to make a fortune!"
Wang Jiali quickly waved her hand, "I'm just doing odd jobs for Aunt Qiu, that's all..."
She felt embarrassed by what Master Qiu and Chu Ci said, and ran back with a blush on her face.
As soon as she entered the building, Master Qiu's smile vanished.
He turned to Chu Ci and said, "Master, I want to ask you something."
She pointed at Wang Jiali's back and said, "Look at Jiali, can you tell what her future will be like?"
Chu Ci scooped up a piece of cake and put it in her mouth. "What do you mean?"
Master Qiu sighed, "Yesterday, Jiali suddenly told me that she didn't want to go to school anymore and wanted to go straight to work."
Having raised a daughter before, she naturally knew that this situation was unacceptable.
Why not go to school when you can? Things are developing so fast now, there are opportunities everywhere.
Study hard, and you'll have more choices and opportunities in the future; life will definitely get better and better.
If you don't go to school and go out to work, there's absolutely no way to make a living.
With cake in her mouth, Chu Ci quickly understood Wang Jiali's thoughts.
"Is she worried about money?"
In Wang Jiali's view, she and her daughter were already causing a lot of trouble for Master Qiu and her husband by living in Master Qiu's house.
Although Master Qiu intends to adopt a daughter, it doesn't mean she can eat and drink here for free.
But unfortunately, she had nowhere else to go besides Master Qiu's place.
Master Qiu sighed: "That must be it."
"Jiali has suffered a lot and is always worried about troubling others."
"Ever since she was discharged from the hospital and came home with us, she has been eager to do all the chores. Old Qiu has been so bored that he's practically growing mushrooms."
Chu Ci smiled, knowing that she genuinely wanted to help Wang Jiali and offered her advice.
What do you think of Jiali's cooking skills?
"Needless to say? He's even more skilled than me, someone who's studied the system!"
Master Qiu exclaimed, "This child is truly talented!"
Chu Ci: "Then let's see how well your store is run after it opens. If it is, then pay her a salary."
"The school will help her apply for a leave of absence first. Given her previous condition, she definitely wouldn't be able to keep up with the courses, and she wouldn't understand what the teachers are saying if she went back to school."
"Let her work for a year, save up some money, and then she can go back to high school."
Hong Kong's student registration system is still imperfect, so taking a year off to go back to high school is not a big deal.
Master Qiu thought this was a good idea, "Yes, let's do it this way."
"I'll give her a bigger salary then, so she can pay for her own schooling and I'll feel at ease."
After thinking it over, Master Qiu planned to go back and discuss it with Wang Jiali.
No sooner had she left than someone else entered the store.
Chu Ci thought it was a customer who had made an appointment in the afternoon, but when she looked up, she only saw a familiar pair of sunglasses.
She raised an eyebrow, but the woman wearing sunglasses mistook her surprise for confusion and snorted coldly.
"It's only been less than a month, you haven't already forgotten me, have you?"
Miss Huo took off her glasses, revealing a beautiful face, and gave Chu Ci a sneer.
"Then let me kindly remind you."
“You said before that I couldn’t have children, and that my husband had many children, none of whom were mine.”
"But I'm sorry to disappoint you, I didn't fall for your provocation and actually went to the hospital for a checkup."
She tossed me a wedding invitation and a hospital medical examination report.
"Open your eyes wide and take a good look at those two holes in your face. There's absolutely nothing wrong with my body."
"Not only is there no problem, but I'm also going to marry my fiancé."
She raised her chin, a vengeful smile playing on her lips.
"The wedding is the day after tomorrow. You are welcome to come and witness my love."
"You damned liar!"
She threw her things down, glared at Chu Ci, and swayed away.
Before Chu Ci could even speak, she saw her walk out of the store and get into the car parked at the door.
Watching her leave, Chu Ci opened the wedding invitation and the medical report and glanced at them.
After thinking for two seconds, I used the landline to call my grandmother who was playing mahjong:
"Grandma, I have a friend's wedding the day after tomorrow. Let's go together."
Grandma cherishes all of Chu Ci's friends, and even bought new clothes for the wedding.
Soon it was time for the wedding, and Chu Ci took Grandma's arm and went over.
She was seated in the middle, and after glancing around the room, she knew it was going to be a lively event.
The groom's ex-wife, ex-ex-wife, ex-ex-ex-wife, and several girlfriends all showed up.
Not only did they arrive, but everyone was holding a child's hand!
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