Me at two years old, a queen!

After Lu Junxing cleaned her up and gave her a good scare, the troublesome girl tearfully promised never to eat anything indiscriminately again, he finally gave her the stolen food.

The group reunited in the study late at night, their faces serious. Even Lu Jing, who usually didn't get along with Lu Junxing on business matters, was quiet this time.

"Let's all speak! This matter isn't a huge issue, but it's not insignificant either!"

"How could a place like that be suitable for bringing a child? You should have let us take the child back to the farm stay and let us do whatever we wanted!"

"Otherwise, we wouldn't have been in such a passive position. You've always made decisive and flawless decisions at the company, so why couldn't you think things through more when you're with An'an?"

Lu Jing hesitated for a moment but ultimately couldn't hold back. Even though he felt some guilt as a father towards Lu Junxing, the bond between grandparents and grandchildren outweighed any guilt in his heart. He had always doted on his child and couldn't bear to watch him fall into danger.

"Alright, what's the point of saying all this? You're more worried about him than you are!"

The old man tapped the table and said impatiently to his agitated son.

"Although he started as a petty thug, he's now a desperate criminal. A man with blood on his hands, if he loses his mind again, won't care how many lives he has on his hands!"

"It's always better to be cautious! Pay attention to safety! Have Qin Feng accompany you, and redeploy security personnel."

Zhao Jingtang came specifically today to remind them, and apologized for involving the Lu family.

They were surprised to learn that Zhao Yuantang, a man who kept a low profile, had actually dared to plot such a major kidnapping and disappearance.

Lu Junxing then realized that the paralyzed person was not Shen Maocai; the real Shen Maocai had been accidentally killed by Shen Maolin.

Shen Maocai didn't respect his elder brother much; instead, he suspected that his unmarried brother was having an affair with Meng Wanyin, especially after the gossip from those around them.

"I don't know what sins the Shen family committed, but a penniless scoundrel married a goddess, while their honest, hardworking, and family-oriented eldest son is still a bachelor at his age."

"If you ask me, this wife should be given to the eldest son of the Shen family. Back then, the Shen family was just a street urchin; where would they get the money to marry a wife? It was all Shen Maolin's money."

"The eldest son of the Shen family paid for the wife, so he should also get a share of the money. If you ask me, Meng Wanyin isn't stupid. Why would she give up her hardworking eldest son and choose that good-for-nothing Shen Maocai?"

"I would never allow it, no matter what. Maybe he's marrying a wife and the two families live together. Otherwise, why would Shen Maolin, a grown man, be chopping firewood for Meng Wanyin every day and helping Shen Yi, a little girl, pay her tuition?"

"I doubt even a real man, a father, would go to such lengths. Besides, isn't it said that the second son of the Shen family has a defect and can't have a son? Who knows when he'll stop being able to have children!"

"This Shen Maocai was a street thug when he was young. Who knows if he was infertile all his life?"

"Sigh~, speaking of which, Shen Yi looks more like Shen Maolin!"

After hearing this while drunk, Shen Maocai began to beat and kick Meng Wanyin, suspecting that his elder brother and wife were having an affair. He demanded money to continue going out and having fun, or he would expose their affair.

Later, to take revenge on Shen Maolin, he conspired with a childhood friend and hoodlum to lure Shen Maolin out and get his well-regarded, honest older brother addicted to gambling.

Meng Wanyin also wanted Shen Maolin to go out and work so he could earn more money and live a more comfortable life like the women in the city, so she also encouraged Shen Maolin to go out.

Just as they had predicted, Shen Maolin had indeed fallen into the gambling addiction he so vehemently hated, but he still managed to restrain himself, even cutting off his little finger when the urge struck.

Shen Maocai saw that he was the only one trapped in the quagmire of gambling, rotting in the mud like straw, while his elder brother was indeed as strong as everyone said, able to overcome even his gambling addiction.

Shen Maocai grew increasingly resentful, and his rage intensified whenever he saw Meng Wanyin and Shen Maolin together. This continued until he got drunk and caused trouble, and someone wanted to kill him.

Whether out of jealousy or a desire to possess Meng Wanyin exclusively, he conspired with his gangster friends and Meng Wanyin to have Shen Maolin take the blame for him, so that Shen Maolin would cease to exist and the Shen family would no longer have its honest and hardworking eldest son.

Unexpectedly, Meng Wanyin pretended to cooperate, but then sent a letter to Shen Maolin, pretending to think, "This matter was caused by Maocai, and he should have resolved it himself. How can we push you out to take the blame?"

“Those are a bunch of lawless thugs. If they push you out there, how will you survive? I really can’t bear to see you suffer. How could Maocai treat his older brother, who raised him since he was a child, like this?”

"Mao Cai is such a scoundrel! Isn't he an ingrate? You've suffered all these years because of your younger brother Mao Cai, not having been able to study and enduring all sorts of scorn, and even paying off his debts!"

"Although I'm Maocai's wife, you've taken care of my daughter and me for so many years, and I have feelings for you too. I really can't bear to watch them push you out to your death!"

Shen Maolin felt increasingly angry and resentful. He had worked so hard for so many years, only to be treated this way by his younger brother. While comforting Meng Wanyin, he secretly plotted something in his mind.

That's how Shen Maocai was switched, stuffed into a sack, and handed over to the local thugs by his thug friends under the pretense of defection. The thugs, as planned, then disappeared for a while with the bounty money.

When his hoodlum friends returned, it happened to be the same day Lu Junxing and his group went up the mountain to the Shen family and Zhao Yuantang's house. That's when he discovered Shen Maolin living in the tin shed.

After being crippled and paralyzed for several days, Shen Maocai was murdered by Shen Maolin. This was because there was a custom in the village that when someone was injured or ill, relatives and friends would visit them with red envelopes and gifts.

After Shen Maocai embarrassed himself in front of everyone, he was dealt with by Shen Maolin.

Knowing that no one would come to see Shen Maocai, a scoundrel, and even if someone did, with his long hair and disheveled appearance, sprawled on the bed, no one would recognize him, he managed to keep it a secret for more than half a year.

The person who stabbed Jiang Jiu was Shen Maolin, and the other thugs Zhao Yuantang called when he was kidnapped were all Shen Maolin's former coworkers in disguise.

When the thug realized that the person he had personally delivered that day was his good brother, he lost his mind and hacked Shen Maolin to death. Zhao Yuantang, in order to protect Meng Wanyin, had his entire right arm severed and his head injured, leaving him in a vegetative state in the city.

Meng Wanyin disappeared with the money. Since the money was temporary cash borrowed by the Zhao family from various sources, the serial numbers on it were untraceable, and Meng Wanyin has not been found yet.

These were the words spoken by Shen Yi, who was hiding under the bed, when she was rescued. She is currently receiving psychological treatment in the hospital. Shen's mother-in-law has also gone insane. It's likely that Shen Yi will be sent to an orphanage afterward.

The thug who committed the attack fled that day and remains at large, now a wanted criminal.

However, the thug initially believed that Lu Junxing and his group were in cahoots with Zhao Yuantang, especially since Zhao Yuantang was Zhao Jingtang's older brother. Now, the thug feared he might seek revenge on them for Shen Maocai.

This is exactly what the old man and his group were worried about! After all, the man had lost his mind and was a lawless thug; they couldn't predict what he might do.