Aunt Shi spoke very loudly. Luo Yan, who was playing with her grandparents in the living room, heard her, slid off Xia Suya's arms, and ran out.
It was Liu Jingqiu again, and Li Mingzhu too. How dare they bully her mother! Luo Yan pointed her little finger at Liu Jingqiu.
"If you dare to bully my mom again, I'll beat up your daughter."
She spoke very clearly, but what came out was a string of baby talk that even she couldn't understand.
"Ugh, why can't she speak clearly?" Luo Yan was exasperated.
Xia Suya and Luo Zhaoxing, who came out next, were amused by Luo Yan's cute but fierce appearance, but their eyes turned cold the moment they looked up at Li Mingzhu and Liu Jingqiu.
As Chu Tonghai's wife, Li Mingzhu was a worldly person. She could tell from Xia Suya and Luo Zhaoxing's outstanding demeanor that they were not simple people. Moreover, since the Sun family's nanny had come to work for their family, they couldn't afford to offend her.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right and fearing that her lie would be exposed, Liu Jingqiu pulled Li Mingzhu away.
"Mom, let's go. We can talk about it when we get back."
Luo Yan sneered, "Who's chatting with you? If you dare to come back and curse me to death."
Watching Li Mingzhu and Liu Jingqiu flee in disarray, Xia Suya smiled and stepped forward to pick up Luo Yan, saying, "Hua Li."
"You really have a good daughter. She's so young and already knows how to side with you. Look at how fierce she was just now..."
The annoying Li Mingzhu and her daughter were just a trivial interlude, and the family quickly forgot about them. But Luo Yan had a bad feeling that something was wrong and that Liu Jingqiu was up to something. Unfortunately, she was just a child and couldn't go out alone to follow them.
When they arrived at the bank, Li Mingzhu withdrew 4,300 yuan and gave it to Liu Jingqiu. Liu Jingqiu then coaxed Li Mingzhu into withdrawing 200 yuan for her to use.
Knowing full well that the 4,500 yuan was gone once it was in her hands, Li Mingzhu gave Liu Jingqiu no friendly look.
As long as the money was in hand, Li Mingzhu's expression didn't matter, and Liu Jingqiu happily stuffed the money into her backpack.
Li Mingzhu was heartbroken, but she was also afraid that Liu Jingqiu would try something sneaky, so she scolded Liu Jingqiu.
"Hua Li happens to be in the East Courtyard. Come back with me and return the money to her, so she won't use it as a pretext to gossip and cause trouble for your father."
Liu Jingqiu smiled apologetically and replied, "Okay, I'll do whatever Mom says."
Fortunately, Liu Jingqiu was sensible, and Li Mingzhu's expression softened somewhat.
Liu Jingqiu was walking back side by side with Li Mingzhu by the arm when they were suddenly stopped by Qu Yingqiu, who ran over from the other side of the road.
"Liu Jingqiu, I need to talk to you..."
Li Mingzhu was startled. After seeing the girl's face clearly, she felt that she looked familiar, but couldn't remember where she had seen her before.
Liu Jingqiu frowned in displeasure as Qu Yingqiu abruptly blocked her path.
"We'll talk about it when I get back."
As he spoke, Liu Jingqiu pushed Qu Yingqiu aside and started to walk away, but Qu Yingqiu grabbed him.
"It's too late. Come with me, I have something very important to tell you..."
Liu Jingqiu, looking impatient, released Li Mingzhu and said, "Mom, wait for me, I'll be right back."
Before Li Mingzhu could respond, Liu Jingqiu and Qu Yingqiu walked to a tree some distance away from Li Mingzhu.
“Li Qingsheng and his aunt have both been arrested. I was just called in for questioning by the police station. I don’t think they can hold out much longer. You need to think of a way to get them out quickly, or we’re all doomed.”
Liu Jingqiu scolded, "Didn't you say there would be absolutely no problems? In the end, you didn't get things done and even caused me a lot of trouble. How dare you come to me for help?"
I'm telling you, whether they live or die is none of my business. Don't come looking for me again.
Qu Yingqiu was stunned by the scolding.
"How can it not have anything to do with you? Without you, what would we be..."
Liu Jingqiu stopped Qu Yingqiu.
"Enough, stop talking nonsense. What you say is useless. They brought this on themselves, so they have to deal with it."
After saying that, Liu Jingqiu quickly ran back to Li Mingzhu's side and said to her.
"Mom, something happened at my friend's house, and I have to go with her. You go home first, and I'll go find Hua Li when I'm done."
Li Mingzhu grabbed Liu Jingqiu, who was in a hurry to leave.
"It's not safe to carry so much money on you. You can keep it for now, and I'll give it back to you when you go to pay it back."
Liu Jingqiu pulled back the backpack strap that Li Mingzhu had grabbed and said.
"It's alright, it won't get lost, don't worry."
After saying that, Liu Jingqiu ran towards Qu Yingqiu in a flash.
Qu Yingqiu thought that Liu Jingqiu had changed her mind and was willing to help her again, so she immediately followed Liu Jingqiu.
Turning the corner, Liu Jingqiu looked back to make sure Li Mingzhu wasn't following, then immediately hurried to Qu Yingqiu.
"What are you doing following me? Get out of here."
Qu Yingqiu was stunned. "Weren't you going to come with me to rescue people?"
Liu Jingqiu sneered, "Who do you think I am? You think I can rescue someone who's already in jail? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Qu Yingqiu finally realized that they had been tricked by Liu Jingqiu.
"Liu Jingqiu, you're despicable!"
With red eyes, Qu Yingqiu lunged at Liu Jingqiu, only to be kicked to the ground by Liu Jingqiu.
"If you keep bothering me, don't blame me for turning my back on you."
Qu Yingqiu was kicked in the right rib by Liu Jingqiu, and was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe for a long time. By the time she recovered, Liu Jingqiu had already disappeared.
As Li Mingzhu walked home, she saw a police car parked in front of her house from afar.
As Li Mingzhu entered the house, she noticed the housekeeper looked uneasy and asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Song Lang came out of the living room and asked Li Mingzhu, "What is your relationship with Qu Yingqiu?"
Li Mingzhu looked Song Lang up and down, dressed in a police uniform, and replied, "I am Liu Jingqiu's mother."
Song Lang said, "It's like this, Liu Jingqiu is involved in a human trafficking case, and we would like to ask her to come to the bureau to cooperate with the investigation."
When Li Mingzhu thought about Liu Jingqiu suddenly saying he wanted to repay the money, and when she thought about how Liu Jingqiu insisted on taking the money with him and going with his friends on the way back, she knew that she had most likely been deceived by Liu Jingqiu.
Li Mingzhu explained the situation truthfully, and Song Lang's expression changed drastically. He then gave instructions to his team members.
"Liu Jingqiu is trying to escape. Quickly, seal off the train and bus stations immediately."
With that, Song Lang and two team members jumped into the car and sped off to the bus station, while the other team member who stayed behind borrowed the Chu family's phone to contact the bureau.
Song Lang and his two companions arrived at the bus station and showed their work IDs to all the ticket sellers.
According to the police's description of Liu Jingqiu's appearance, a middle-aged ticket seller said that Liu Jingqiu bought the ticket at her window, and that Liu Jingqiu had a letter of introduction from her work unit and was accompanied by a little girl.
Song Lang asked the ticket seller, Liu Jingqiu, where she had bought the ticket to. The ticket seller replied that it was to Lincheng and that the bus would depart in less than fifteen minutes.
The three of them went back to the car to catch up with the bus from Jiangcheng to Lincheng. They got on the bus but did not find Liu Jingqiu or any other children. They asked the ticket seller and the driver and found out that Liu Jingqiu had not boarded the bus at all.
After getting off the bus, Song Lang found a public phone nearby and called back to the bureau. The people the bureau sent to the train station also didn't find Liu Jingqiu.
Undeterred, Song Lang returned to the bus station and spent the entire night there, arresting every ticket scalper he could find. Finally, he caught one of them admitting to selling tickets to Yuncheng to Liu Jingqiu.
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