Han Rou, hiding in the shadows, asked softly, "Grandpa, aren't we going to show ourselves?"
Han Fei shook his head and said, "The real trouble is yet to come. Let's see how your third brother handles it."
"Is there going to be big trouble?" Han Rou's eyes were full of doubt and confusion.
Hua Chi laughed and said, "Your grandfather loves to act mysterious. Little niece, let your uncle tell you. My apprentice is going to rescue everyone now, and after that, what happens to them will be a big problem."
Han Rou pondered for a moment, seemingly realizing something. Just like that chubby kid who killed someone, he had clearly been abandoned by his family; his parents were divorced, and he had nowhere to go. There were probably countless examples like that kid among the kidnapped people.
As expected, things unfolded exactly as predicted. A large group of people, all of whom were the rescued students, walked over in a grand procession.
These people are no pushovers. Although some were abandoned by their families and sent here, most of them were sent here for reformation because they were too unruly.
"Thank you so much for saving us." A boy with a tattoo on his forehead stepped forward and reached out to shake hands with Han Chengshan.
Han Chengshan looked at his hands and saw that they were covered with tattoos, so densely packed that anyone with trypophobia would probably feel dizzy.
"Brother, what's your name? And why were you sent here by your family?" Han Chengshan asked.
The man suddenly ripped off his coat, revealing a body covered in dense tattoos that were almost blinding. “My name is Tang Shan. I had a Guan Yu tattoo on my back, and my grandfather hung me up and whipped me for three days and three nights. He even had my tattoo removed. In a fit of anger, I ran away from home. I was even planning to marry into the family in Dali, but my grandfather and his men caught me and forcibly brought me here.”
Han Chengshan was shocked upon hearing this: "Your grandfather hung you up and whipped you for three days and three nights?"
Tang Shan wiped away his tears and said, "That's right, they beat me until my skin was torn and bleeding, they didn't hold back at all. It's all because my parents died early. If they had died later, I wouldn't have ended up in the hands of my grandfather, that devil."
Both of them were known as Brother Shan, and both had formidable grandfathers, but at this moment Han Chengshan felt extremely fortunate that his grandfather was a gentle one.
"Now that you are free, what are your plans? Do you want to go to Dali to continue being a live-in son-in-law, or go back to your grandfather's?"
"I also want to get married in Dali, but my grandfather has already sent people to surround the area. If I go there, it will be like walking into a trap! Boss!"
The sudden shout of "Boss!" startled Han Chengshan: "Brother, we're not that close, don't call me that!"
"Boss, you saved me, you are my benefactor. If you won't let me call you boss, then I'll call you benefactor instead!"
"Don't!"
"Boss!"...
"My benefactor!"...
Before Han Chengshan could stop the Tangshan man, shouts began to rang out from the crowd.
"Boss, I'm really homeless! My poor mother passed away from illness a long time ago, and my father remarried. With a stepmother comes a stepfather. After this stepmother got pregnant, she falsely accused me of pushing her and pinned the blame for the miscarriage on me. My father was so angry that he sent me here! I really don't want to go back! I'll just pretend I don't have a father like him!"
“My benefactor, I’m even worse off than him! After my parents divorced, neither of them wanted me, and I was abandoned at my grandparents’ house in my hometown. But my grandparents don’t only have me as their grandson; they prefer my uncle’s grandchildren, and they beat and scold me! They take the money my parents send back to me during holidays, and they often ask my parents for money in my name. Every now and then, they make up lies about me getting into fights and injuring people, and they need to pay for their medical expenses, forcing my parents to give them money!”
“When my parents came back to our hometown and brought me here, I thought they were going to take me out of that hellhole. I never expected that they would send me to this den of wolves. They really believed what my grandparents said and thought I was a troublemaker who was always fighting back home! I’m so wronged! Nobody in the whole world believes me. I’m actually a good person!”
"None of you are as miserable as me! I'm the one who's really miserable! A girl in our school was dragged into an alley, and I bravely rushed in and beat up those two thugs. But those two thugs have powerful and influential families, so they pressured the school, and the homeroom teacher complained to my parents. They didn't mention my act of bravery at all. Instead, they said that I tried to extort money from those two students, so I beat them up, and now they want me to pay exorbitant medical bills!"
“My parents are just ordinary working people, where would they get so much money? The other parents proposed a settlement: they would send me here for education, and my parents wouldn't have to pay compensation. My parents had no choice but to agree. My grandparents disagreed and even sold their house to prepare compensation. Then the girl I saved came out and accused me of molesting her. They said the other two were just trying to help, but I beat them up!”
"The surveillance cameras on that street only captured me following the woman inside, and then there was the video of me beating up those two thugs. It's all based on pictures and their words; I couldn't explain myself! My grandparents sold their house and paid compensation, but they still couldn't settle things. In the end, I had to bring it up myself. I told my grandparents that I wanted to study at this school and that it was just a boarding school, like any other school. Only then did my grandparents agree with tears in their eyes!"
“After I arrived here, I was beaten and abused. It was clearly arranged by those two thugs and the instructors here that I would be beaten three times a day, morning, noon and night!” The boy burst into tears.
"You're nowhere near as miserable as me! You still have loving grandparents, but I'm the one who's truly miserable! The school bully has his eye on the school beauty, but she likes me. I clearly rejected her advances, but the bully hates me now! His dad owns my parents' factory, and under his pressure, my parents are afraid of losing their jobs and having to support my younger siblings, so they hope I'll be self-disciplined and pack my things to come to this school! Before I even agreed, my grandparents had already packed my things, afraid I'd be a burden to their family, so they sent me to this school like a plague! The bully has paid bribes, so now I get five meals a day—breakfast, lunch, dinner, afternoon snack, and midnight snack!"
"No one's as miserable as me!"
"None of you are as miserable as me. I'm the most miserable one!"
The scene was chaotic, it had turned into a contest of who could have the worst time.
They all have one principle: they say they are miserable, that they have been abandoned by their families, that they don't want to go home, or that they are afraid to go home, and that they have offended people they shouldn't have, and that they are worried about bringing trouble to their families.
Han Chengshan looked at Little Fatty and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why are they comparing how miserable they are?"
The strategist, Little Fatty, analyzed, "They probably want to rely on you, Brother Shan. After all, you've done everything you could to help them. Now that you've saved them, you can't just leave them to fend for themselves, can you?"
"Trying to cling to me? What problems can I possibly solve for them? I don't have that kind of ability!"
"Brother Shan, you can ignore their business, but you must take care of mine."
Han Chengshan looked helpless: "Little Fatty, why are you joining in the commotion too?"
"Brother Shan, you've heard from Sang Biao that my parents are divorced and have new families. Nobody welcomes me, this fatso, back home. I have no home anymore."
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