Chapter 67: The Cold-faced King Of Hell, Qin Hengzhi
Qin Hengzhi’s icy expression scared Duan Xiaoxiang, who had been shouting about her stomachache, into silence.
The room fell completely quiet.
Lu Qiaoge felt this was the military’s cold-faced King of Hell that made people tremble in fear.
Qin Hengzhi asked again: “Old man, I’m giving you one last chance!”
Duan Xiaoxiang had already come out of the bedroom supporting her stomach, looking anxiously at Old Mrs. Zhao.
Lu Qiaoge stepped forward and said word by word: “Grandma Zhao, don’t underestimate the strength of the 516 Military Factory. Is it hard to find one child?
Representative Qin is giving you one last chance. If you don’t take it seriously and it implicates your son and grandson with bright futures, you’ll regret it for life!”
Old Mrs. Zhao thought her age would intimidate these young people, but she never imagined she would be the first one intimidated.
Her lips trembled, her eyes full of terror as she looked at Lu Qiaoge and Qin Hengzhi.
Admit it?
That would make it a family matter.
Don’t admit it?
But the military representative was here. What if it really alarmed the factory? Could they really not find her then?
This wasn’t the countryside, nor an ordinary compound.
This was the Military Compound, the place she was proud of.
But if she really admitted it, would they really not investigate?
No, even if they didn’t investigate, she wouldn’t be able to hold her head up in the compound.
It was right to deny it to the death.
Besides, at this point, she didn’t even know where Third Aunt-Grandmother had gone—could they find her?
If they waited three to five days and went to some remote mountain valley, no one would be able to find them.
Old Mrs. Zhao had just felt she figured it out when Lu Qiaoge guessed it from her expression.
Since she refused to repent, there was no way around it.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t give Old Mrs. Zhao a chance to throw a tantrum and quickly walked toward Old Mrs. Zhao’s bedroom.
The room froze for a moment, and Shao Le hurriedly followed.
Qin Hengzhi didn’t move, because he heard voices speaking in the corridor.
Obviously Zhao Qing had returned.
He naturally knew this person.
When Zhao Qing angrily and extremely upset pushed open his own main door, he not only saw Military Representative Qin Hengzhi standing in the room, but also saw Lu Qiaoge lifting the pillow in his mother’s bedroom, and even more saw the banknotes flying up.
So much money—when had his mother saved that?
Old Mrs. Zhao looked at Lu Qiaoge in terror, then anger surged to her heart, and she screamed: “Get out, get out! Who let you into my room to rummage through things? Get out, get out, get out right now!”
Lu Qiaoge quickly walked out of the room and said apologetically: “Sorry, I thought you had hidden the child in the bedroom.”
Zhao Qing grabbed a handful of his hair, instinctively feeling extremely irritated. Couldn’t they all just stay quiet?
He forcibly suppressed his emotions. In a certain sense, the Military Representative Office was a superior work unit, so he politely greeted Qin Hengzhi.
But he was very puzzled in his heart—why was Qin Hengzhi in his home?
Before he could ask, Lu Qiaoge immediately said seriously: “Technician Zhao is back. We have something to tell you—your daughter Zhao Xiubo has been kidnapped.”
Zhao Qing knew about this, because that’s why he had come back.
He looked displeased at the silent Sun Qin: “Sun Qin, what’s really going on? Wasn’t Zhaodi at school? How could she be kidnapped? And why did you bring these people to my home? Xiaoxiang is pregnant, and my mother is old—she can’t stand your repeated troublemaking.”
Sun Qin suddenly raised her head, looking at Zhao Qing with disgust.
If it had been before, hearing this would have made her extremely upset.
Although she had only been working at the research institute for half a month, from top to bottom there was an atmosphere of positivity, upward striving, and self-reliance.
Especially Director He, who had given her a great impact.
Seeing Zhao Qing’s self-righteous conduct, Sun Qin felt disgusted.
She roared in anger: “Do you think I want to come to your Zhao Family? Every time I pass by your building, I feel sick. Best if we never meet in this life or the next. I’ve done that, but what about you? Zhao Qing, you don’t ask where the money under your mom’s pillow came from, yet you shamelessly question me. Let me tell you, Zhao Qing, if my daughter is fine, good. If something happens to my daughter, you’ll make your Old Zhao Family end with no descendants!”
“And my daughter isn’t called Zhaodi—she’s called Zhao Xiubo. Did you hear that?” Sun Qin’s face was ashen as she slapped the table.
Over there, Duan Xiaoxiang was about to cover her stomach, and Sun Qin looked at her pretentiously: “Duan Xiaoxiang, stop putting on an act for me. Your stomachache is because you’ve done too much evil—painful death has nothing to do with me. And the thing in your belly isn’t my child anyway! You deserve to die!”
Sun Qin roared as if she had lost her reason.
Her eyes bloodshot, if she wasn’t well, no one should think of having good days.
Zhao Qing saw the madwoman-like Sun Qin for the first time, very surprised, and scared into retreating a few steps, then shouted dryly: “Then hurry up and go find the child. What are you arguing about here?”
Sun Qin gritted her teeth: “Someone saw your mom trick my daughter out. Now I’m asking, was it her or not?”
Old Mrs. Zhao saw her son return and immediately had her backbone, crying and lunging over: “Aqing, I’m feeling uncomfortable. Xiaoxiang has been stimulated too. Hurry and take us to the hospital.”
Lu Qiaoge blocked her: “Where did the money under your pillow come from?”
Old Mrs. Zhao pointed at Zhao Qing: “My son gave it to me.”
Qin Hengzhi’s voice was calm, no joy or anger detectable: “Zhao Qing!”
Zhao Qing looked at that pile of money—probably over a hundred, not given by him. He was under a lot of pressure now; he had to provide elderly care for his mother and support two nephews. There was another in Xiaoxiang’s belly that needed supplements too. In just this half month, his savings had been spent over fifty.
He hadn’t given his mother any money.
Duan Xiaoxiang’s voice was gentle, coquettish: “Aqing, I know this is what you gave your mom. I’ve always treated your mom as my biological mother. I won’t be angry.”
Zhao Qing paused for a moment, then slowly said: “It was me who gave it to my mom. So what? Is there a problem with this money?”
At this moment, the Grey Pigeon that Lu Qiaoge had been waiting for excitedly flew to the branches of the big elm tree opposite: 【Coo coo coo, one of my partners is back. It says Third Aunt-Grandmother is taking Zhao Xiubo on the horse-drawn cart heading to the pig farm north of the city. She’s been stuffed into a basket and is still unconscious.】
Lu Qiaoge quickly walked up to Qin Hengzhi and looked steadily at him: “We have to go out of the city to find the child. What about these three?”
Qin Hengzhi turned and greeted Officer Li who had just walked in, gave a brief and concise explanation, then gave Zhao Qing a meaningful look.
He said to Officer Li: “I suspect the money in the bedroom has an unknown origin. Investigate it. I’m going out of the city now; we’ll meet up later.”
Officer Li: “Representative Qin, don’t worry. I’ll check it thoroughly.”
Qin Hengzhi glanced at Lu Qiaoge.
Shao Le immediately trotted after them, and Lu Qiaoge pulled Sun Qin as they quickly headed out.
In almost the blink of an eye, the Military Representative Office’s specially made military-grade jeep roared out of District Three.
Zhao Qing suddenly felt a layer of cold sweat break out on his back.
A sense of unease arose spontaneously.
