Chapter 142

Chapter 142: No Need For Personal Attacks Like That

“What’s going on? What’s going on? What are you all doing?”

The Village Chief had not expected Du An Rao and the others to cause such a big mess on their very first day in the village.

He brought a large group of villagers who had grabbed tools when they heard the noise. As soon as they reached the Qin Family house, they rushed upstairs and faced off against Du De Sheng and the others.

“Mr. Du, Miss Du, what are you…?”

“Village Chief, you came at just the right time.” Du An Rao looked at how badly their numbers were outmatched, then at the carrying poles and hoes in the newcomers’ hands, and decided to stall for time.

In fact, before she even stepped out of the room, she had already called the police and reported that someone here was suspected of imprisoning and trafficking people.

She might have exaggerated, but at a time like this, she needed a scary charge to make the police come faster.

Otherwise, with things the way they were now, if the police arrived even a little late, they might all be done for.

“We were only staying at your nephew’s house for a few days. We didn’t expect that, by accident, we would find the grandmother my family lost some time ago.”

“What?” This time, not only the Village Chief, but also the villagers behind him, were stunned.

“You mean you found your grandmother in my nephew’s house?”

“Yes, it’s her.” Du An Rao walked to Grandma Qin’s side, took her arm, and introduced her to everyone.

Qin Shou Ye finally realized what she was trying to do and shouted: “What nonsense are you talking? She’s my grandmother!”

Du An Rao’s lips lifted in a half-smile: “Do you have any proof?”

“What a joke. I need proof to recognize my own grandmother?”

“So in other words, you have no proof that she is your grandmother.”

“Stop twisting my words. I don’t have proof, but do you?”

“Of course I do. Grandmother, tell them whose grandmother you are.” Du An Rao turned and gave Grandma Qin a meaningful look.

Grandma Qin understood. She nodded and said with a happy smile: “I’m your grandmother. You’re my own flesh-and-blood granddaughter.”

“You hear that? Is there any proof more solid than that?” Du An Rao lifted her chin high, like a rooster that had just won a fight.

Qin Shou Ye was furious: “Uncle-in-law, don’t listen to her nonsense. My grandmother is old. Her mind isn’t right. She can’t judge people clearly…”

“You’re the one whose mind isn’t right! You brought me here and locked me up just so you could use me to squeeze money out of my children, isn’t that so? Now my children have found me, and you still want to smear me. This is simply going too far.”

Listening to Grandma Qin, Du An Rao almost wanted to give her a big thumbs-up.

[Our honorable Grandma reacts so fast! Now that we’ve stuck a big kidnapping and extortion label on them, let’s see how that little punk can explain his way out of this!]

Being called “our honorable Grandma” made Grandma Qin’s old face turn red. She almost got angry from embarrassment.

Du De Sheng, however, was overjoyed. Sadly, it wasn’t the right time, so he forced down his smile and pretended to be angry: “That’s right. My wife was taken here for no reason and has gone through so much suffering. Now we’ve finally found her, and you still won’t let us take her away.”

“What, are you planning to rebel? Do you really think that just because this tiny remote place is far from the capital, there are no laws here? Call the police. Call them right now and let the police decide for us.”

The way Grandma Qin spoke was so clear and orderly that she didn’t sound like someone whose mind was gone at all.

And Du De Sheng kept insisting they call the police, sounding completely sure of himself and unafraid of any investigation.

Many of the villagers who had come to help started to hesitate. Most of them were honest people. They really didn’t want to be dragged into some scary criminal case for no reason.

Nanny Auntie saw the mood stuck like this and secretly fumed. She quietly slipped behind the crowd and into the kitchen. Not long after, she came back with another knife and walked toward Du An Rao and the others.

While everyone’s attention was focused on Du An Rao and the few people around the Village Chief, she used the same trick again and thrust the knife toward Grandma Qin’s back.

“Watch out!”

Du De Sheng’s eyes had never left his lover. Seeing this, he instinctively pulled Grandma Qin and shielded her in his arms.

The knife that had been heading for Grandma Qin’s back turned and went straight for Du De Sheng instead.

A’Ming was blocking the villagers in front and did not expect someone to attack from behind. By the time he tried to help, it was too late.

At the critical moment, a hand quickly and firmly grabbed the Nanny’s wrist and stopped the fruit knife that was almost touching Du De Sheng’s back.

Du An Rao had long found this troublemaking Auntie an eyesore. Seeing her dare to try to kill, she twisted the woman’s wrist hard.

A shrill scream rang through the whole village and made everyone’s hearts jump.

Qin Shou Ye took the chance to grab the Village Chief’s hand and warned him in a low voice: “Uncle-in-law, she is my grandmother, she really is my grandmother. Think carefully. If this really blows up, you and Auntie and anyone related to us won’t escape. But if we keep them all here, no one will ever know.”

The Village Chief might be in charge of a whole village, but he had never faced something this big. In an instant, his nephew had led him astray.

His blood rushed to his head. He raised his arm and shouted: “Folks, they’re outsiders. You can’t trust what they say. Don’t let them fool you. No matter what, coming here to make trouble is wrong. Grab them first, and we’ll decide what to do with them later.”

In a tense scene where a big crowd is gathered and ready to fight, sometimes all that’s missing is one spark.

Qin Shou Ye knew this too. He secretly signaled a little thug he was friendly with. The man understood at once and rushed at Du An Rao and the others. After A’Ming knocked him down with one punch, he yelled even louder: “They hit me! The outsiders hit me!”

“They came to our village and beat our people. This is bullying! Everyone, charge them! We can’t let them get away!”

Sure enough, most of the people from Liu Family Village who had still been hesitating picked up their tools and rushed over, trying to get justice for their fellow villagers.

No matter how strong A’Ming was, two fists could not beat many hands. After a few rounds, he started to fall behind.

Seeing this, Du An Rao pushed the two veterans back to safety and ran up to help.

The villagers had never taken Du An Rao seriously. They only kept their eyes on the grown men. They didn’t notice her until she grabbed one farmer weighing at least a hundred and thirty or forty jin in each hand and tossed them aside, easier than throwing sandbags. Many of them were stunned.

“What’s with this woman? How is she so strong? Is she even human?”

“She’s so strong, she’ll kill us! Monster, she’s a monster! Don’t hit me, don’t hit me!”

Du An Rao: “???”

[Come on, so you can’t beat me, fine. But there’s no need for this kind of personal attack. I’m just a bit stronger than most people. Do you really have to make such a big deal out of it?!]

The Du Family members and Xi Jing Yue, who couldn’t help at all and were quietly huddled to the side: “…” No, your strength is not just a bit stronger than most people’s.