"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!"
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