Chapter 216: Drawing Fire
“Granny, Xiao Qiu hasn’t been disobedient…”
She just hasn’t seen Aunt for two days and misses her.
Hu Yingtao shook her head slightly at Su Ning who was still preparing to take her, gently coaxing the little one toward the room.
“Didn’t Granny tell you? Aunt has been busy these two days. Once she’s done, she can naturally spend time with our Xiao Qiu…”
“Why is Aunt so busy, just like Uncle? Can’t she let Maternal Uncle go alone…”
The voice full of childlike innocence gradually faded away, slowly taking the smiles off the faces of the three people left in the living room.
“You all don’t say anything first, hurry up and eat. It’s not too late to talk after filling your stomachs.”
“Okay, Dad.”
“Godfather, then I’ll go check on Sister Wu Meng first, apply some medicine to her, and come right out.”
Zhang Fu nodded in agreement, first pulling his son to the kitchen to heat up the meal, waiting for her to finish and come out just in time.
The nighttime temperature was much lower than during the day, and the cold wind sucked into the lungs brought a faint stinging pain.
The yellow leaves on the vines on the yard wall had all fallen off and piled up in the corner of the wall, becoming fertilizer for several fruit trees.
After hastily finishing dinner, everyone gathered again in the living room just like last night, only Zhang Ze was absent.
They each told Zhang Qi about their respective gains today.
Upon learning that she had successfully found the place where the Yin Family stored smuggled artifacts and figured out the transaction time, Zhang Qi was very impressed and gave her a thumbs up.
Ning Ning still had good luck. Yesterday he had tracked and staked out for a whole day, but hadn’t seen any splash.
Fortunately, today he also had some gains. Not only did he successfully meet Wei Kun, the second-in-command of the Wei Family, but with the cooperation of Luo Fosen and others, he also managed to set a trap for him in secret as wished.
Thinking of those rotten accounts at the factory, that old thing who had nailed down the final person in charge would be busy and frantic for a while.
Once the Yin Family and that little beast at home both exploded together, adding that pile of big fire… he didn’t believe the Wei Family could escape unscathed.
In a good mood, Zhang Qi took a sip of hot water before continuing, “Now we’re just short of baiting the hook.”
……
While Su Ning and Zhang Qi were still discussing the matter of the bait, the fuse for the Wei Yin families was first ignited from the couple Wei Junjie and Yin Zhen.
Upon learning that all this was caused by that nominal wife, he couldn’t help but burn with rage.
Wei Junjie, who had been frustrated all night and beaten into a turtle grandson, surprisingly returned home after finishing his IV drip, covered in freshly treated wounds.
It happened to be a coincidence. Normally, even if the couple both came home, they might not see each other for days, but tonight they bumped into each other head-on.
Yin Zhen, dressed up flashily, had just returned from a fun night out, and somehow her exquisite makeup on her face was smudged.
She half-lay lazily on the big sofa, her limbs looking very weak, but her eyes and brows involuntarily showed a satisfied fullness after a feast.
Hearing the noise at the door, she didn’t even bother to glance over.
“Yin Zhen!”
The sudden roar startled her, and after reacting, Yin Zhen didn’t indulge him, immediately retorting angrily, “Wei Junjie, what the hell is wrong with you!”
Finally willing to give him a proper look, she was first stunned, then burst out laughing instead, “No wonder you’re exploding like you ate firecrackers. Turns out you got beaten up, hahahaha~”
“Quick, quick, tell me what happened. Who was so badass to beat you like this? Tell me so I can have a good laugh!”
“You crazy bitch! Poisonous woman, slut!”
The smile on her face vanished in an instant, turning cold, as Yin Zhen took off her shoe and held it in her hand, slowly standing up, “Want to fight?”
The words had just left her mouth, not waiting for him to react and answer. The petite Yin Zhen swiftly rushed to him, raising the shoe heel high and smashing it ruthlessly toward the top of his head, without any martial virtue.
“You fucking want to die!”
If it were usual, Wei Junjie would still have scruples because of the Yin Family behind her, but now?
Touching his head and feeling the sting and the stickiness on his fingertips, old hatred added to new, Wei Junjie instantly reddened his eyes, lifted his foot, and kicked ruthlessly at her heart.
Yin Zhen, who originally thought she would steadily gain the upper hand as before, until she was heavily thrown to the ground and the dull pain in her chest made her vision go black, still couldn’t believe it.
“You, you actually dare to hit me?!”
“See if I fucking dare.”
The violent factor in his body was completely triggered. Wei Junjie rushed at her like a madman, grabbed her long hair, and yanked it back hard.
The pain from her scalp forced Yin Zhen to tilt her head up, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, “Let go! Wei Junjie, if you touch me again, I… ah!”
“Bang—”
Touch her again?
That wasn’t enough!
Wei Junjie gripped her hair and smashed her to the ground once, twice, continuously.
At first, Yin Zhen’s screams and wails could still be heard, until with large patches of blood spreading on the ground from spots to pools, the sounds from her mouth gradually weakened.
He didn’t let her off because of the brief fainting. Wei Junjie hooked up a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, grabbed her hair, and dragged her toward the bedroom.
From the sofa in the living room to the wooden stairs and then to their master bedroom, blood stains were splattered all along the way.
“You… what exactly do you want to do… let go of me… I’m telling Mom and Dad… Wei Junjie…”
“Scared? Rest assured, I’ve done experiments. Your injuries won’t kill you!”
“Rip—”
While speaking, he tore her clothes apart forcefully. Looking at the blue and purple kiss marks on them, Wei Junjie laughed even more terrifyingly and cruelly.
“Looks like the wild man outside served you pretty well!”
As his words fell, Yin Zhen was already stripped naked and bound to the chair with her hands behind her back.
She had always known Wei Junjie was a pervert, but never thought he would really dare to use that set on her.
A trace of fear floated in Yin Zhen’s eyes, and whether from fear or cold, her whole body trembled uncontrollably.
“Pa—”
“Ah!”
“Does it feel good?”
Looking at the blood marks from the leather belt on her back, Wei Junjie licked his lips, his eyes filled with a chilling excitement and uncontrollable agitation.
It had to be said that Wei Junjie still had a sliver of scarce rationality in his heart, not directly killing her.
After venting enough, he threw the motionless Yin Zhen, like a dead dog, on the floor by the bed.
Covered in wounds and having exhausted his strength, he himself fell headfirst into sleep.
……
The next day, early morning.
Ge Auntie, hired to do housework, came early as usual with fresh vegetables, preparing to clean and make lunch.
This family usually only had the wife eating alone. She wouldn’t get up unless sleeping until noon, and as for the mister, she hadn’t seen him once in the several months or nearly half a year of working there.
After preparing lunch, Ge Auntie would have completed her task and could go home early.
Such simple work for thirty yuan a month was even one or two more than the factory’s formal workers’ salary. Such a good deal, she naturally did it seriously.
But today was destined to be different.
As soon as she took out the key and opened the door, she smelled a very strange fishy stench.
Following the smell to the living room, seeing the dragged and now dried, faintly blackened bloodstains on the floor, her legs went weak and she nearly collapsed.
Fortunately, she was smart and covered her mouth tightly before screaming, ignoring the vegetable basket that fell and scattered vegetables, radishes, meat bones, and such on the ground.
Slightly hesitant, but in the end for that monthly thirty yuan, she moved her legs along the bloodstains up the stairs.
Finding the bloodstains leading to the master bedroom door, Ge Auntie was already drenched in cold sweat, turned around without hesitation, and ran away.
She ran all the way to the police station, still dazed, her mind blank.
Police Officer Shu Li saw her trembling all over, eyes filled with terror as if greatly frightened. On such a cold day, she was covered in sweat, indicating something serious had happened!
“Ma’am, ma’am, what’s wrong? Did something happen?”
“Mur… murder!”
After a long time, Ge Auntie regained her senses and voice, grabbing the hand of the inquirer, incoherently recounting what she had seen.
Upon understanding the situation, the police officers didn’t delay and rushed to the address she mentioned at the fastest speed.
Wei Junjie, who was sound asleep and unaware of the situation, was directly handcuffed with silver handcuffs and locked up in the station, while the barely breathing Yin Zhen was urgently sent to the hospital for rescue.
