“Hey, don’t scare me!”

Luo Yaozong swallowed hard.

It wasn’t that he had any lecherous thoughts—he was terrified. These days, women are becoming more and more frightening; one has to carefully weigh the consequences before even thinking about harassment. He had long since learned about Xia Xiaolan’s formidable nature, and now he had witnessed Ye Xiaoqiong and He Shiyuan firsthand.

Luo Yaozong had been assigned tasks by Ge Jian and had been involved in this matter from the beginning. Even if Ye Xiaoqiong hadn’t sent photos to Zhou Yi, Luo Yaozong’s secret photographs would have eventually served their purpose.

So Luo Yaozong was an “outsider” who knew the truth from start to finish.

His neck felt cold!

He Shiyuan and Ye Xiaoqiong, two women, had played the Yuan family like puppets and completely destroyed Yuan Han’s future.

If that wasn’t terrifying enough, they had dealt with Zhou Yi this way… Zhou Yi was a relative of the fearsome Xia, had a family background, yet was still tormented like this.

Humiliated and beaten, this daughter of a high-ranking official family ended up more wretched than him, a village chief’s son.

The world was too unsafe; being flashy as a village chief’s son would surely lead to a quick death!

“Hey, don’t scare me, how am I going to explain this to Manager Ge…”

Luo Yaozong was nearly crying.

Ge Jian had said there couldn’t be any danger to life. Earlier, when it was just women hitting Zhou Yi, Luo Yaozong had stayed hidden, but who knew the Yuan women would be so vicious!

After calling out repeatedly with no response, Luo Yaozong finally checked Zhou Yi’s neck.

Thank heavens, there was still a pulse, she was still breathing, just unconscious.

Luo Yaozong used all his strength to carry Zhou Yi to the hospital.

Then he called to notify Ge Jian.

Once Ge Jian knew, Xia Xiaolan naturally knew immediately.

“I was just about to come to Pengcheng. Wait until I arrive to discuss this.”

Originally, Pan Bohua was supposed to go to Beijing, and Xia Xiaolan had been waiting to receive Third Brother Pan, but suddenly Jiang Yan wasn’t going to Beijing anymore. Pan Bohua accommodated Jiang Yan and changed his plans.

Xia Xiaolan didn’t stay in Beijing either.

There were still matters waiting for her to handle in Pengcheng.

Ye Xiaoqiong had finally made her move!

This action would trigger a chain reaction; it was just the beginning. When Jiang Hong heard Zhou Yi was hospitalized unconscious, she anxiously wanted to follow Xia Xiaolan to Pengcheng—a daughter raised for many years was the flesh of her flesh, could a little Pekingese temporarily replace Zhou Yi’s position, let alone replace her forever?

No, impossible.

Zhou Yi was Zhou Yi, Jiang Hong’s daughter. A mother might be utterly disappointed in her, but when Zhou Yi was in danger, Jiang Hong still couldn’t control her maternal instincts.

Xia Xiaolan didn’t mock her aunt for forgetting the pain once the wound had healed; Jiang Hong’s reaction was perfectly normal.

This time Zhou Wenbing didn’t stop her: “You can go with her, but don’t be too… never mind, do what you think is best.”

With Jiang Hong going to Pengcheng, what about Zhou Ke who wasn’t even a year old?

Zhou Wenbing neither knew how to care for children nor had the time. This was when having many relatives in the family proved useful—Zhou’s aunt voluntarily offered to take the child to her home.

Jiang Hong thanked her sister-in-law sincerely, packed a couple of clothes, and boarded the plane to Pengcheng with Xia Xiaolan.

When Gu Siyan returned home from school in the afternoon, she found a beautiful baby with limbs like lotus roots at home, her face full of smiles:

“Mom, did my big aunt bring Zhou Ke to our house? Look at Zhou Ke, she’s so pretty, can we take care of her for a few days?”

Who could dislike such a soft and cute child?

Zhou Ke was especially well-behaved, rarely crying, and wouldn’t disturb Gu Siyan’s studies.

Gu Siyan adored this little cousin.

Aunt Zhou sighed, “Let’s give her lots of love, this child will have it hard in the future.”

Gu Siyan was confused—how could Zhou Ke be pitiful? Even if cousin Zhou Yi divorced that bad Yuan guy, there were still many people who loved Zhou Ke. Uncle and Aunt would never agree to give Zhou Ke to the Yuan family. Giving the child her name and household registration had already shown Uncle and Aunt’s attitude!

Gu Siyan thought perhaps her mother meant Zhou Ke was pitiful for not having a father.

Having a bad father was worse than having none, hmph!

…

Zhou Yi, brought to the hospital by Luo Yaozong, would eventually wake up in a hospital bed.

The hospital bed wasn’t particularly soft, and there was a strong smell of disinfectant, but one couldn’t ask for better in these circumstances.

At least it was better than Yuan Han’s situation.

Yuan Han woke up in a familiar environment.

At the big tree by his work unit’s main gate.

He was stripped to just his underwear, and tied naked to the tree. The morning dew was ice-cold, making Yuan Han shiver.

“Isn’t that… Section Chief Yuan?”

“It is Section Chief Yuan.”

“How did Section Chief Yuan end up tied to the tree?”

“Section Chief Yuan took several days of sick leave!”

“There are three women tied up beside him, they’re wearing clothes.”

Comrade, they’re wearing clothes while tied up—you sound a bit disappointed?

Yuan Han was awake.

But Yuan Han didn’t dare speak.

His mouth wasn’t gagged; he chose not to speak. Those familiar voices drilling into his ears were all his work unit colleagues!

However, even though he stayed silent, this matter wouldn’t just pass. Finally, someone thought to untie Yuan Han’s ropes, to get the Yuan family down from the tree. These people didn’t know the Yuan family women; someone treating women this way was too much!

But as soon as they touched the ropes, several unsealed large bags fell from the tree, scattering photos everywhere. When people saw them, they were all petrified—they were nude photos of Yuan Han. How shameless, who would take such photos?

Yuan Han listened to the discussions and felt it would be better to faint again.

At this point, the three Yuan women were also awakened by the surrounding commotion.

But they didn’t dare open their eyes!

Each photo had Yuan Han’s affairs written on the back.

Summed up in three words: he was a womanizer!

He wasn’t randomly victimized by criminals, but tied up and displayed publicly for being a womanizer.

“Oh my, let’s get Section Chief Yuan down first.”

“It is Section Chief Yuan. I heard a few days ago about someone caught in adultery at a hotel, ahem…”

“Section Chief Yuan, are you awake?”

“But it’s strange, being caught womanizing, tying up Section Chief Yuan is one thing, but tying up three women—oh, this photo says these are Section Chief Yuan’s mother and two sisters, all three supported his womanizing?”

Yuan Han finally couldn’t bear it anymore. Pretending to just wake up, he showed a terrified face and moaned in pain:

“Where am I? What happened to me? Help, someone help me!”

His acting wasn’t bad, just not as good as He Shiyuan’s.

It seems acting requires not just talent but also the right state of mind. Having been beaten severely, Yuan Han wasn’t in the right state—his whole body ached. It was fortunate this was Pengcheng; if this had been in the north, being stripped and tied to a tree overnight in late February weather would have nearly cost him his life!

Yuan Han and the three Yuan women were let down.

Yuan Han’s work unit colleagues all chattered with concern, urging Yuan Han to report to the police.

Although conclusive nude photos were proving Yuan Han’s messy relationships and serious lifestyle problems, private citizens couldn’t pass judgment.

Taking the law into one’s own hands was illegal!

Yuan First Sister wailed: “It was that He Shiyuan, and Ye Xiaoqiong, they ordered people to beat us. Report them, let the police catch them!”

Wasn’t it said the Yuan family was finished?

Well then, let everyone go down together!