This superpower is unreliable.

"Shake?"

As soon as Huang Chiyao suggested trying to reconcile with Huang Guojian, Lin Jinluo's expression immediately became complicated.

However, Huang Chiyao did not explain anything to her. He just smiled at her, blinked his eyes, and then turned to ask the police again: "Is this okay?"

The police officer answered calmly: "According to the procedure, we should bring Huang Guojian back for questioning immediately, but if you want to reconcile, we will still respect your wishes."

In fact, in a small town like this, knocking out his wife and daughter and tying them up in a pigsty can be considered a big deal or a small deal. In the most serious sense, it is kidnapping and assault, but in the most minor sense, it can be just a family dispute. It can even be dismissed as a small matter. Moreover, according to traditional concepts, after all, they are father and daughter, so reconciliation is the best solution.

"Okay, thank you." Huang Chi shook his head and nodded, then went on to say, "But I have another request."

"You said."

"Although I want to reconcile, I'm still a little afraid that my father will be angry because we came to report the case on our own, so I would like to ask you to send someone to go home with me, okay?"

"Of course." The police officer did not refuse, "We still need to find your father to understand the actual situation."

Before leaving, Huang Chiyao walked towards Lin Jinluo, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Mom, do you think this is weird?"

Lin Qinluo sighed, and at first it looked like she was relieved out of habit, but then she was replaced by worry. "I thought you didn't intend to forgive your father."

"No." Huang Chiyao raised his eyes gently, looked into Lin Qinluo's eyes and said firmly, "I just want him to be willing."

"So...what do you want to do? You want him to apologize?"

Huang Chiyao remained noncommittal.

"Mom, I can go home by myself later. You don't have to come with me. Let's go to grandpa and grandma's house now." She lowered her eyes and whispered, "Find any excuse, just treat it as New Year's greetings, saying that the three of us were delayed by something and will rush over later. Anyway, don't tell them what happened here first. After tomorrow, I will inform you of the next course of action."

"No!" Lin Qinluo seriously rejected Huang Chiyao's arrangement, "How can I let you go home alone?"

"It's okay. I have my plans, and the police are here, nothing will happen to me."

"Yaoyao, what do you want to do?" Lin Qinluo frowned, "Do you really want to reconcile with your father?"

Huang Chiyao smiled and did not answer the question. Instead, he turned the focus back to Lin Qinluo, "Mom, your most important task now is to look clearly into your heart and think clearly about what you really want. But time is running out. You only have two days at most to think carefully, so when I'm not with you, you must also complete this homework seriously."

"Yaoyao has grown up." Lin Qinluo's frowning brows turned into a helpless smile. "Mom knows, you don't have to worry about me, I now know what is most important. Just do whatever you decide to do, but the premise is that you must ensure your own safety, understand? If someone dares to hurt you again..."

When she said this, her expression became stern, "No! I won't let go of anyone who wants to hurt you!"

"He won't have this opportunity." Huang Chiyao said meaningfully, "Don't worry."

When Lin Qinluo saw her expression at the moment, she was stunned, "Yaoyao seems... a little different from before."

Huang Chi shook her head and let out a long “hmm”. “Is it because I smell like pig shit?” She wrinkled her nose and fanned her hands at Lin Jinluo, then laughed. “Well, the police officer has been waiting for me for a long time.”

She went forward to hug Lin Qinluo, buried her head in her mother's neck, and rubbed it left and right, like a cub who didn't want to leave her mother's arms. But after a few rubs, she quickly let go and turned around and left the police station with the accompanying police officer, "I'm leaving."

If she said a few more words, she was afraid that she might lose control and tell her mother all her grievances.

Without even turning her head, she waved silently at Lin Qinluo behind her.

I just hope they can complete their respective tasks well in different places.

On the way home, Huang Chiyao clasped his hands together and looked at the police officer beside him.

"Uncle police, can I ask you for one more favor?"

The accompanying police officer was a serious man, "You speak first."

"When you are in front of my father later, can you please not reveal your identity as a police officer? Just pretend that you are a mediator or social worker."

"Classmate, what do you want to do?"

Huang Chiyao said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid my dad will be so angry when he sees me bringing a policeman home that he won't want to talk to me. Don't worry, just don't be the first to speak at the beginning, let me talk to my dad first, please!"

It was harmless to meet Huang Chiyao's request. After a few seconds of silence, the accompanying police officer replied, "Okay." Then he said righteously, "I must be present throughout the process. If there is any emergency, I will perform my duties according to the law."

"Of course."

Huang Chiyao thought to herself that the police must be present throughout the process. If the police were not present, everything she was going to do next would be in vain.

When I arrived at the door of my house, I saw that it was tightly closed. Apart from the red confetti on the ground left by the firecrackers that night and the brand new red couplets on both sides, there seemed to be no extra New Year atmosphere in this house.

Huang Chiyao had neither keys nor a cell phone on him, so he could only bang on the door and quickly ring the doorbell.

He didn't say a word the whole time, just waved his hands with all his might.

Seeing this, the accompanying police officer handed his cell phone to Huang Chiyao and said, "Can you make a phone call and ask?"

"Need not."

For some reason, she felt that Huang Guojian must be at home at this time.

Sure enough, there was the sound of "dong dong dong" of footsteps running down the stairs.

"Squeak--" The door made an urgent and impatient scream. Just as it was opened a crack, Huang Chiyao caught a glimpse of the fierce eyes that were filled with a bit of excitement and determination to win.

The person who appeared in front of him looked around first, and when he saw that there were no neighbors nearby, he spoke.

"Humph, who is this wild man? Was he the one who let you out?" Huang Guojian squinted his eyes and looked down at Huang Chiyao, like a beast staring at a prey that overestimated its own strength but was easily bitten by it. He sneered, "I thought you would not dare to come back after escaping."

Huang Chiyao said expressionlessly: "He is the social worker who helps me."

"I don't care who he is! Where's your mom? Why doesn't she come back?"

"Dad, do you regret it?" Huang Chiyao didn't have much patience to answer the question. She just wanted to know if he had ever reflected on it.

"Regret? What did I do wrong?" Huang Guojian laughed as if he had heard a joke. Finally, he shouted fiercely, "What I regret most is that I didn't tie you three up at home to let you know what it means to be the head of the family and what the rules are!"

Huang Chiyao felt his heart sink to the bottom.

She couldn't help but think of the problems she hadn't been able to figure out when she was under house arrest in her room.

Why are she and her mother both seemingly imprisoned by invisible shackles, unable to ever overcome or rebel against their father?

Now she finally figured it out.

Because of rules and ethics.

Because of what they have been taught and what they have always adhered to.

Eventually they were imprisoned in turn.

No, these things have been holding them captive.

"Dad, if I behave myself well in the future, will you not hurt us again?" Huang Chiyao slowly raised his eyes and looked up at Huang Guojian.

"Tomorrow is the second day of the Chinese New Year, right?" She said word by word, "I will go on a blind date."