Chapter 67: Talk Nonsense

But her amateur skills were only useful against ordinary women. In front of someone like Jiang Nian, she was not even worth looking at.

Jiang Nian didn’t even sense how the woman moved. She only felt a sharp crack in her shoulder as the woman attacked. The sharp pain twisted her face. The discomfort from being forced to drink water made her instantly lose her ability to resist.

“You… I was kindly giving you water to drink. What are you doing?”

Jiang Nian walked over and squatted in front of her. “It’s too late to act now.”

Hong Jie struggled for a moment. For the first time, she realized she had misjudged her. This seemingly harmless girl was only seemingly harmless. In reality, she was a tough nut to crack.

“How did you find out?” She gritted her teeth and asked, her eyes filled with resentment.

“Blame yourself for being too enthusiastic. I’m naturally more cautious. And your clothes don’t look like someone who can easily spend 60 yuan on something unnecessary.”

Hong Jie was even more resentful. It wasn’t that she couldn’t afford good clothes. She just dressed plainly to make it easier to deceive people.

If she had dressed brightly, those girls from ordinary families would have been too scared of her. How could they have been easily tricked into her home?

“Sister, I just thought you were pretty, so I wanted to trick you back to meet my brother. Maybe you two would hit it off and you could become my sister-in-law. My brother has a regular job at the clothing factory. If you two are destined to be together, you can come to the city to live. Why waste your time in the countryside? Don’t you think so?”

She still tried to persuade Jiang Nian, not realizing that a girl who could easily subdue her couldn’t be an ordinary, naive girl.

“Cut the crap. I’m not falling for your tricks. Since I’ve caught you, let’s go to the police station.”

Actually, Jiang Nian had noticed something was wrong. The reason she followed her was to catch her and to see if there were any other women who had been tricked.

This wasn’t the first time she had encountered this kind of thing.

In her previous life, she had been tricked into a brothel because she was inexperienced. But the man lost his wife and his army. Not only did he not keep her, but he also lost all the girls and money in the brothel.

But this environment seemed to be just a temporary base. There was no sign of other victims.

Hong Jie still tried to dissuade her, but the effects of the drug kicked in, and she fell asleep, her head lolling.

Out of caution, Jiang Nian searched the place carefully. Besides finding 200 yuan on the bad woman, she found nothing else.

Just as she was about to tie her up and take her to the police station, there was a sudden sound from outside the door. She grabbed the woman’s sturdy body and leaped onto the roof, lying flat.

A bearded man carried a woman wearing a red floral cotton jacket into the house. He locked the door behind him, looked around the courtyard to make sure no one was there, and carried the woman into the house with a lewd smile.

Jiang Nian followed closely behind and saw the man eagerly taking off the woman’s clothes.

She was furious. She grabbed the man by the collar and pulled him away.

“You goddamn…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Jiang Nian pressed a pressure point on his neck and knocked him unconscious.

She looked at the unconscious woman on the bed. It was someone she knew!

Jiang Nian stuffed a detoxification pill into her mouth and used her internal energy to help her digest it. After a while, Li Qing woke up.

Remembering the scene before she fainted, she sat up in fright and looked around. As soon as she looked up, she saw Jiang Nian standing in front of her.

“Doctor Jiang, how…”

Her eyes fell on the unconscious man on the ground, and she quickly covered her chest, only to find that two of her buttons were undone.

Jiang Nian explained the situation to her. Li Qing learned that she was safe and hadn’t been harmed. She was extremely grateful and apologized to Jiang Nian.

Li Qing was also unlucky. She had come to the city with her mother and several aunts from the village to buy New Year’s goods. She was kidnapped while going to the bathroom. She only remembered the last scene before she fainted. The man had covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief, and she lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was here.

Jiang Nian walked around the room and found a rope. She tied the bearded man and Hong Jie together. “I’m going to the police station now. What about you?”

“I… I’ll go with you.” She quickly grabbed Jiang Nian’s arm. Although she was a few years older, she seemed less decisive. “I’m scared. Don’t leave me here.”

“Let’s go then. We’ll deal with these two when the police arrive.” Jiang Nian asked her, “Do you know where the police station is?”

“I do. I’ll take you there.”

On the way, they ran into a patrolman with a red armband. The rest was easy.

Jiang Nian and Li Qing told the police how they were tricked. Then they left their contact information and left.

At the entrance of the police station, they ran into Yan’s mother and the others who were looking for Li Qing to report her missing.

They were all hard workers from the fields, with a common characteristic: regardless of their size, they all had muscles in their arms and shoulders, making them look thick and strong.

As soon as they saw Li Qing, Yan’s mother ran over in worry and slapped her twice on the back, making two dull thuds.

“You child, why are you so worrisome? You can’t even be found when you go to the bathroom. What were you running around for?”

Li Qing lowered her head in guilt. “I’m sorry. I worried you.”

Yan’s mother then hugged her with tears in her eyes. “Qingqing, Mother didn’t mean to hit you. I was so worried. I was just about to go to the police station to report you missing.”

Then she remembered, “Right, how did you end up at the police station? And you’re coming out of it?”

Li Qing then cried and told her what had happened. After she finished, she grabbed Jiang Nian’s arm. “Mother, I was able to escape this time thanks to Doctor Jiang. It was Doctor Jiang who saved me. Otherwise… otherwise, I don’t know what would have happened to me!”

An aunt behind them stepped forward and saw that Li Qing’s collar was missing a button and had a slight tear. She asked in confusion, “Qingqing, your collar button is missing. Were you… were you harmed?”

Yan’s mother instantly became unhappy. “Wang Juan, what nonsense are you talking about?”

“Oh, I’m just looking out for you!” Wang Juan rolled her eyes. “You know you love your daughter-in-law. Yan Jin isn’t from outside. Originally, Yan Jin didn’t like Qingqing. If Qingqing was taken advantage of by another man, she wouldn’t be worthy of Yan Jin. You can’t let your son be a cuckold just because you love her, can you?”

As soon as Wang Juan said this, the other two aunts behind her, whether intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at Li Qing with a critical look.

Li Qing was about to cry. “I… I wasn’t. Doctor Jiang can testify for me. I wasn’t harmed…”

“Why was Doctor Jiang there? And how come she just happened to save you?” Wang Juan rolled her eyes. “I think she’s either in cahoots with those two and deliberately trying to ruin you, or she’s experienced the same thing as you. It’s questionable whether she’s clean herself!”

Wang Juan’s daughter liked Yan Jin. She had even gone to his house to propose marriage, but with Li Qing, the adopted daughter, around, her daughter had been heartbroken for a long time. So she had always disliked Li Qing.