"Your Chun Hua has been taken away by that woman, there’s no way to get her back!"

In one sentence, Uncle Ma’s broom stopped.

The courtyard fell silent.

Jiang Cheng snuck back into the house, then quietly returned to stand behind Uncle Ma.

Uncle Ma stared fiercely at his so-called sister-in-law.

"How do you know Chun Hua was taken by a woman?"

If Ma Chunhua hadn’t come back and said it herself, no one would have known.

The child was lost at the entrance of the alley back then.

Uncle Ma and his wife searched frantically, asking everyone around, but no one had seen anything.

"Speak!"

Uncle Ma roared in anger, his hand capable of breaking bones grabbed the so-called sister-in-law’s wrist.

"Speak! Otherwise, don’t expect to keep this hand, no one can fix a bone I’ve broken!"

Uncle Ma wasn’t joking, his iron grip gradually tightened.

Uncle Ma’s brother hurriedly stepped forward to pull him away, only to be stopped by Jiang Cheng.

"Hey... Don’t rush! I’d advise you not to do anything, I’ve sent many people to the police station, you won’t be an exception."

Jiang Cheng didn’t budge an inch, Uncle Ma’s brother sneered.

But the next moment...

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Cheng held a kitchen knife, the knife held up to Uncle Ma’s brother’s neck.

With his arm extended, Jiang Cheng’s gaze was sharp and fierce, "My Uncle Ma wants an answer, there must be an answer today!"

"Ah—Let go—Ah—"

The sister-in-law whose wrist was gripped by Uncle Ma screamed in panic.

Uncle Ma’s murderous look scared her, she realized if she didn’t speak today, Uncle Ma truly wouldn’t let her go.

Unable to bear the pain, the woman finally confessed, "I saw it!"

"I saw a woman take her away!"

Uncle Ma was burning with anger, yet struggling to hold it back.

"You saw it? But you did nothing, didn’t say a word when I asked?"

"Ah—Let go—How was I to know she’d be lost! It wasn’t me who lost her!"

Uncle Ma’s teeth were about to bleed.

Indeed, it wasn’t you who lost her!

But how could you endure saying nothing!

Years ago if you had even shouted, or said one word, he might have found Chun Hua earlier.

His wife might not have died so young!

Uncle Ma’s grip tightened further.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng swiftly put away the kitchen knife, casually tucked it behind her waist, and took a step back.

She draped her slender wrist over Uncle Ma’s.

"Uncle Ma, you still have Chun Hua, grandchildren, granddaughters, it’s not worth it for a few scumbags."

Uncle Ma knew this all along?

Yet he couldn’t get past this hurdle!

Jiang Cheng continued speaking.

Her voice gradually pulled Uncle Ma back to sanity, his soaring rage was swallowed bit by bit until he finally let go.

The woman quickly jumped away, clutching her wrist and screaming.

Nearby, Ma Cheng and his fiancée, along with the girl they found to impersonate Ma Chunhua, heard it all.

The impersonating girl spoke first, "I’m sorry, I really just wanted to make fifty bucks!"

"I—I’m sorry!"

The girl turned and ran.

Ma Cheng’s fiancée watched the farce before her, her image of Ma Cheng suddenly shattered.

The biting cold made her mind incredibly clear.

If they really got married, and she had a daughter...

She dared not imagine!

"Ma Cheng, let’s talk about our marriage again."

Panicking and fearful, the girl hurriedly left.

Ma Cheng couldn’t believe what he heard, he had finally found a girl from the city.

"Wait! I had no idea about this!"

Ma Cheng quickly chased after her, leaving the house behind.

From afar, you could hear him saying: It was all my mom’s doing... It had nothing to do with me.

In the courtyard, the woman listening to her son’s voice felt a sudden sourness.

In this family, she seemed to be the only bad person.

At this moment, the finally calming Uncle Ma looked at his own brother.

Hoarsely he asked, "Did you know too?"

Uncle Ma’s brother shook his head repeatedly.

"Brother, I truly didn’t know! I truly didn’t know!"

"I really thought Chun Hua was lost and couldn’t be found again, I just wanted a house, never thought of harming Chun Hua!"

"No matter how little I like girls, they’re still the blood of our Ma Family."

Upon saying this, Uncle Ma’s brother turned around and slapped her.

The woman covered one side of her face and suddenly burst into a cold laugh.

Laughing at her own patheticness.

Laughing at her own schemes for this so-called family.

"You didn’t know... But how are you any better than me!"

"Every day you chant at home for Uncle Ma to die quickly! This whole setup today was your idea——"

The woman exposed everything, Uncle Ma’s brother screeched like a manic.

"You’re talking nonsense! That’s my own brother!"

In the blink of an eye, the middle-aged couple started fighting.

She pulled hair, he yanked arms.

Uncle Ma watched coldly, once again grabbing the big broom.

"Get out!"

"Get the hell out of here!"

"I have no family like you!"

"Dare to show up at my house again, I’ll break your legs!"

The two were beaten by Uncle Ma, scrambling away, falling over each other, finally found the door, scrambling out in a panic.

With a bang, the broom fell to the ground, Uncle Ma swayed slightly.

Jiang Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to support him, cheerily saying, "You still have to make money!"

"Without money, how do you take care of your daughter, buy pretty clothes for your granddaughter, buy fun toys for your grandson."

"I’m telling you, Hua Xia is getting better and better, things will only get more expensive from now on, you have to seize the golden years of fifty, work for fifty years, make good money."

Jiang Cheng’s twisted reasoning motivational speech managed to pull Uncle Ma out of his sorrow.

Jiang Cheng spent the whole afternoon with Uncle Ma.

Uncle Ma told her about what happened after Ma Chunhua went missing.

As the wound opened, Uncle Ma’s tears fell like droplets.

"How can someone be so heartless?" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"How can they say nothing! How can they watch us turn gray, watch us search until we spat blood."

Jiang Cheng handed over a towel, slowly opening up.

"She wanted personal gain over her moral bottom line."

"If everyone had a conscience... There’d be no war in the world."

"We can’t change past events, I say we should focus on making money instead!"

Jiang Cheng’s not-so-serious motivational words made Uncle Ma cry and laugh.

"You... Why are you always thinking about making money."

Jiang Cheng replied matter-of-factly, "Because money is important! With money comes security, with security comes strength."

"Not only do I want to make my own money, I want to help the country earn money too! Lots of it!"

Uncle Ma listened half believing, half doubting, he didn’t know Jiang Cheng’s accomplishments.

But he could see the self-confidence she exuded.

Under Jiang Cheng’s joking, Uncle Ma gradually let go of his anger and began bantering back and forth with her.

This conversation lasted until evening.

Uncle Ma accompanied Jiang Cheng to see Shen Que.

With Uncle Ma’s confirmation, Shen Que gained permission to start using a wheelchair.

On the third day of Shen Que on the wheelchair, Jiang Cheng took two large sacks, two small bundles, and along with Director Lu and Director Lian, boarded the train to Sea City.

This time, Director Lu also went to great lengths, directly buying a sleeper compartment.

Three people, with large and small packages, squeezed onto the train like they were fleeing, finally finding their compartment.

But... There was someone in the berth.

Jiang Cheng: Aye... Was planning to be a quiet beauty...