Chapter 211 - Chapter 211: Chapter Two -Hundred and Eleven: The Law (2/2)
Zhang Xian was so startled he even forgot to put away the jade pendant he was holding. He stared at the intruders and cursed, “Who the hell are you people? Don’t you know how to knock?”
‘ftvo women in the group—one young and one elderly—screamed, and Zhang Xian subconsciously clenched the jade pendant in his hand because they were staring at it. Before Zhang Xian could react, two burly men restrained him and snatched the jade pendant away.
Arms pinned down and face squished to the ground, Zhang Xian yelled, “Help! Murder! Robbery!”
Zhang Tao heard the ruckus and saw someone restraining her grandson the moment she came out of the house. She picked up the broom at the door and rushed over, screaming, “Help! Bandits! There are bandits here! Help!” The broom hit the bodyguards holding Zhang Xian down. The two were unmoved by the attack and looked at their boss.
“This woman was the one who kidnapped my daughter. Grab her!” Gu Bei said coldly. Immediately, two more bodyguards came over and grabbed the screaming Zhang Tao.
“Search the place and tie up anyone breathing in there!” Gu Bei ordered, and the bodyguards took action.
Soon, even Zhang Xian’s father and grandfather—still sleeping in the house—were tied up and thrown into the courtyard. The bodyguards found a few clean chairs and bid the others to sit down.
However, Chen Yao was in no mood to sit still. She held the jade pendant and cried in Yun Nan’s arms. Yun Nan was sure the pendant was the keepsake her mother had constantly been thinking about. It was the only clue her mother had to find her way home, yet it was possessed by these selfish and malicious people, causing her mother a lifetime’s suffering.
The Zhang family’s shouts had attracted the attention of their neighbors. Although the Zhang family weren’t good people, they had lived in the village for generations. The villagers here were all related somehow or the other; they couldn’t just watch as the Zhang family got bullied by a group of outsiders who came from nowhere.
A middle-aged man came forward and glared at the intruders. ‘Who are you people? Don’t you know the law? I could have you all arrested for breaking and entering, as well as hurting these people!”
Before Shi Nian and Ye Kun could come over to mediate, Gu Bei frostily stated,
“I’m here to look for my abducted and abused daughter. Is that a crime?”
The villagers were all stunned. Of course, they were well aware of how the Zhang family got their daughter-in-law, but no matter how you look at it, that daughter-in-law couldn’t have come from a wealthy family. These people were too grand to be that timid woman’s relatives.
A few women pushed a small and skinny old woman to the front. One of them questioned, “You’re saying she’s your daughter?” That skinny old woman was Zhang Xian’s mother. She held a can of coconut in her arms as she stood there, helplessly isolated and overwhelmed. She wished she could find a hole to hide in at the moment. She had no idea what was going on..