Chapter 74 demonstrates it to them.
Security personnel and police found gasoline and explosives in the factory area, which matched what Molly had said.
"The man in the warehouse is Section Chief Li. His jaw has been dislocated; there are clear finger marks along his jawline. Also, both of his wrists were violently crushed." The security guard frowned. How much force would it take to crush a person's bones like that?
"Does Section Chief Li have a lot of authority in your steel plant?"
"It's not low. But he has a clean background and has worked in the factory for seven or eight years without any problems."
"Who he really is is not for you or me to decide. People from higher up and the military region will be here soon. Just tell them what you know then."
"Thanks to that girl, otherwise our factory would probably be a fire right now. Those production lines that were just imported from abroad cost a lot of money, and we still owe the bank loans."
"That woman is not simple."
Molly and the others went to the hospital first and had their blood drawn. Molly also got some wound medicine from the doctor and applied it to the marks left on Lu Lu's body from being tied up with ropes.
"Mom~" Lu Lu hugged Molly tightly.
"Don't worry, it's alright now." Molly rubbed Lu Lu's head. "Mom's here, Mom will protect you."
Lu Lu didn't say anything, leaned against Molly's chest, and fell asleep again after a while.
After leaving the hospital, Molly and the others were going to the police station to give statements. However, no sooner had they arrived at the police station than people from the military region arrived, including Zhu Lezhi's father, Zhao Jian'an.
Seeing Molly unharmed, Zhao Jian'an breathed a huge sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his face and said, "Thank God you're alright, otherwise Ji Hefeng would have skinned me alive when he got back."
Molly shook her head. "This isn't your fault. You can't be blamed for it."
Zhao Jian'an disagreed, saying, "I promised him I would protect you, so of course I'm responsible if something happens to you. And that child, Mo An, he cried until his eyes were swollen after you disappeared."
Molly sighed silently, thinking she would call back to the military region later to let Mo An know she was safe. "You came very quickly."
Zhao Jian'an waved his hand, "We didn't sleep all night. After you disappeared, we came out to look for you last night."
"Who is Jin Yi?" This was what Molly was more concerned about.
"Ahem." Zhao Jian'an looked helpless. "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's that I can't. Now that I'm here, you can tell me in detail what happened along the way."
“I’ve said almost everything I need to say. I woke up in the car after I lost consciousness, then pretended to be asleep and they dragged me out of the car. I overheard them saying they were going to use us to threaten Ji Hefeng, but they couldn’t contact Ji Hefeng, so we were useless.” Molly paused here, “They said they would kill us, then strip us naked and throw us into the street.”
Zhao Jian'an: "......."
The others present: "........."
Molly continued, "Besides that, they said they were ordered to blow up the steel mill and then evacuate. That's all."
silence.
Those present looked at each other in bewilderment.
After a long while, Zhao Jian'an finally spoke, "Everyone wants to know how you broke free of the ropes and how you dealt with those three people."
Molly paused for a moment, thinking to herself that she couldn't escape after all.
She sighed, "Give me a rope."
Although they didn't know what she was going to do, they didn't ask and quickly brought her a rope.
"Watch closely," Molly said. The next second, with a forceful pull, she tore the two-finger-thick hemp rope in front of everyone.
The moment the rope snapped, everyone present was stunned.
Zhao Jian'an refused to believe it, picked up the broken hemp rope, gripped it with both hands, and used all his strength. The rope tightened, but remained intact.
The others didn't believe it, but they all took the rope and tried it out.
The rope spun through the hands of the men and remained intact.
Molly got up, walked to the door, picked up the stone that was blocking the door, and said again, "Look carefully."
She clenched her fists tightly, and the stone, larger than an adult man's fist, turned to dust, with lime dripping from between her fingers.
“That’s how I dealt with them,” Molly said, then added after a moment’s thought, “I was worried they’d bite their tongues off and kill themselves, so I dislocated their jaws.”
"......."
Should we praise you for being so thoughtful?
After saying that, Molly kicked Zhao Jian'an with her foot, "I'm thirsty and hungry."
Zhao Jian'an snapped out of his daze and looked at the others. "Look, we've asked what we needed to ask. Does anyone have anything to add? If not, I'm going to take my sister and nephew out for something to eat."
The others shook their heads.
Zhao Jian'an took Molly to a state-run restaurant, where they ordered two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a plate of dumplings.
"After you finish eating, go back with the people from the military region," Zhao Jian'an said.
"And you?"
“Stay here to do the cleanup.” Zhao Jian’an was still a little scared. “Be more careful when you go out in the future. No matter how good you are, the other side has guns, and your body can’t withstand shells.”
Molly nodded in agreement; this incident was indeed a lesson.
"But you don't need to be on edge all the time. After this, there will definitely be a large-scale search around the military region. It will be quite chaotic outside during this period, so you can stay in the family quarters if you don't have to. If you need to buy anything, have the purchasing staff buy it for you."
Molly nodded obediently, looking directly into Zhao Jian'an's eyes. "Is Ji Hefeng's mission this time very dangerous?"
Zhao Jian'an's expression froze, then he helplessly spread his hands, "To be honest, I don't know either, because I don't have the authority to access it."
Molly's heart sank. It seemed that her dream was not unfounded, but rather a premonition.
"That guy is so powerful now, he'll definitely be fine, don't worry."
Molly and her group returned in a military vehicle. It was already 10 p.m. when they arrived back at the camp. Lu Lu was asleep in Molly's arms. She carried Lu Lu out of the car and when they got home, she found the lights on in the house.
"Mo An?" Molly called from the doorway.
The next second, hurried footsteps came from inside the house, and the courtyard gate was pulled open forcefully, revealing Mo An's haggard face to Molly.
"Xiao Lu is asleep. I'll carry him back to his room first, and then I'll come back and talk to you slowly later," Molly said.
Mo An wiped away her tears, "Then I'll go boil some water."
When Molly came out of the room, she saw that Moan had not only boiled water but also cooked noodles.
"Are two eggs enough?" Moan asked.
"That's enough. It's late at night, it's not good to eat too much." Molly lit the fire for him and briefly mentioned what had happened in the past two days.
She spoke casually, as if everything was under her control, but Mo An knew very well how dangerous it was.
With guns and bombs involved, how could it not be dangerous?
“From now on, I will get up an hour earlier every day and exercise with Lu Lu,” Mo An said.
Molly paused for a moment, looking at her determined younger brother, and felt a warmth in her heart. She hadn't expected that this incident would become a catalyst for her brother's growth.
Lu Lu was frightened and became quiet and withdrawn again. Molly was worried about him going to school, so she took him everywhere she went. She even went out of her way to buy fishhooks and fishing line, made two fishing rods, and took Lu Lu to the river to fish.
Molly had never fished before, but perhaps she was lucky; she always managed to catch a few fish every day, and the ones she couldn't finish eating, she kept in the large earthenware jar she had just bought at home.
The drought lasted until mid-May. On May 12, the sky suddenly became overcast, with lightning and thunder, and heavy rain began to fall.
The raindrops contained hailstones, some as big as quail eggs, which pounded on the ground with a loud thud.
Fortunately, the rain didn't last long; it stopped after two hours.
With this rain, everyone's anxiety has finally dissipated, and the drought should be over.
The next day, the sun shone brightly, and Molly decided to harvest the corn in the yard. Most of the corn stalks were already yellow, so now was a good time to harvest them.
Molly went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy burlap sacks, but was told they were out of stock.
Molly thought for a moment, then turned and went to the cafeteria. It wasn't lunchtime yet, and Uncle Wang was still busy working there. Seeing Molly, he put down what he was doing, wiping his hands as he walked over. "You came looking for me?"
"Yes, the corn in my yard is ripe. I'd like a few sacks to put it in." The canteen's vegetables and grains are packed in sacks and transported by military trucks, so the canteen shouldn't be short of sacks.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Wang said to Molly, "Wait a moment."
He didn't ask Molly how many she wanted, but went straight to the warehouse, picked out ten that were relatively clean, rolled them up, and brought them out for Molly.
"Thank you," Molly said. She turned to leave, but Uncle Wang called her back. "There's a stone mill over here in the cafeteria. If you want to grind flour, you can come over here."
Molly's eyes lit up. "Yes, I'll come over after I've dried the corn kernels. By the way, do you know where I can get peanut oil pressed?"
"There's an oil press in town. But it's not open now because it's not oil pressing time. Do you want to have your oil pressed now?"
"Not now, probably in about a month."
"Then I'll ask for you first."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
"Of course," Uncle Wang waved his hand and went back to his work.
Why is it "should be"? Molly wondered.
After the corn was harvested, Molly had to pick corn kernels every day. Lu Lu also wanted to stay home and pick corn kernels, but Molly didn't agree and asked Mo An to take him to school instead.
When the children weren't home, Molly used one hand to control her tentacles to pluck corn kernels, while the other hand held a military treatise she had found in Ji Hefeng's study, slowly flipping through it.
She doesn't recognize all the characters on it yet, and understanding them is quite difficult for her.
When she encountered unfamiliar words, she would write them down and ask Mo An about them when Mo An returned. Sometimes, even Mo An herself didn't know the answer, so she had to ask the teacher at school the next day.
Seeing how much she loved reading, Mo An felt both heartache and guilt. His eldest sister had attended school for two years, and he was currently in school, but his second sister had never been to school. Yet, his second sister was so intelligent; even without formal education, she could write beautifully. Moreover, she had an almost photographic memory, able to memorize a text after reading it only once or twice.
"Sister, do you want to go to school?" Mo An asked.
"I don't know." Molly herself wasn't sure; she hadn't thought about it.
When Mo An heard this, she interpreted it as her second sister wanting to go to school but simply not having the opportunity.
Mo An pursed her lips. "I study hard at school during the day, and then I teach you when I get home in the evening."
Molly didn't refuse, "Sure."
Molly had a bumper corn harvest in her yard, yielding five bags of corn kernels.
Molly filled a small bag and asked Mo An to deliver it to Sister Bao's house.
"Oh my, the harvest is here!" Sister Bao exclaimed with delight as she looked at the plump corn kernels.
"I planted them as soon as I arrived at the military region, and several months have passed." If it weren't for the harsh climate here, they could have been harvested a month ago.
"You're really amazing! These corn kernels are big and beautifully colored. I know they'll taste delicious without even tasting them," Sister Bao praised sincerely.
Molly smiled and said, "I'll bring some more for you to try after the peanuts and soybeans are harvested."
As she was about to leave, Sister Bao stopped her and stuffed a net bag of plums into her hand, saying, "They're from the south, so they've lost some moisture. Don't be disgusted by them."
Molly, of course, didn't mind. "I'd like to plant fruit trees in the yard. Do you have any suggestions?"
"Apple trees and pear trees are both good, grapes and peaches are also fine, cherries are delicious too, it mainly depends on what you like to eat."
"I like to eat them all. I just don't know where I can get the seedlings."
"That's no problem. I know people at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. I'll get you some fruit seedlings. How many do you want to plant?"
“I have two acres of land in my yard, and I plan to plant fruit trees on it.”
"Okay, I'll contact you tomorrow."
"Then I'll thank you in advance."
"It's nothing. Just send me some when the fruit ripens."
"no problem."
Sister Bao's fruit seedlings arrived quickly, and were delivered to Molly's house on the third day.
Molly planted the seedlings that very day.
Because of the hot weather, Molly was worried that the seedlings would get sunburned, so she used corn stalks to create shade for them.
May has passed, and apart from one rain in mid-May, it hasn't rained since.
Molly's seedlings all survived; not a single one died. But she couldn't be happy; the weather was too hot, and something wasn't right.
In early June, Molly first harvested the beans in her vegetable garden. She hadn't planted many soybeans and black beans; neither type of bean filled a single sack. Molly sent some to Sister Bao's house, and after thinking for a moment, she also sent some to Uncle Wang.
She had also given Uncle Wang a small half-sack of corn before.
Uncle Wang said he didn't need anything, but he didn't refuse. His eyes were gentle, showing that he was very happy.
In mid-June, it rained again.
It started as a light rain, but then the rain got heavier and heavier. In broad daylight, dark clouds covered the sun, and it seemed as if the whole world had turned dark.
Molly looked up at the sky. Logically, she should be happy that the rain she had been waiting for had finally arrived, but instead, she felt only restlessness. An inexplicable unease and anxiety gathered in her heart, refusing to dissipate.
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