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“Father! Father, what’s wrong with you?”
“Old man, wake up!”
Lu Yao and Cuihua failed to catch Lu properly, and he fell hard to the ground.
It was a direct injury on top of an injury!
Lu Yao desperately shook Lu’s shoulders while Cuihua held him and cried.
Wen Qian watched as Lu’s head was shaken like a rattle, unable to suppress her laughter.
Lu Zheng and Lu Chen looked at her in confusion, and Wen Qian shot Lu Zheng a glare before adjusting her expression.
Zhang Yan had already collapsed to the ground when Lu Yao mentioned that incident.
Only when the cries of Lu Yao and Cuihua reached her did she slowly turn her head to look.
Her gaze focused, she wiped away her tears and stumbled over to them.
Zhang Yan pushed Lu Yao aside, who was still shaking Lu’s head, her voice hoarse.
“If you keep shaking him like that, you’re going to shake him to death!”
Lu Yao quickly let go, causing Lu’s head to bump against the ground again.
Wen Qian felt a headache coming on; she truly felt happy for Lu.
Having such a son was indeed a blessing.
Zhang Yan raised her hand and pinched Lu’s philtrum. She remembered the doctor saying during his visit that one must pinch hard.
With gritted teeth, Zhang Yan applied pressure, and soon Lu’s philtrum turned purple. Lu Yao cried out in fear and instinctively stepped back.
Cuihua frowned and was about to push Zhang Yan away. “What are you doing? You’re going to kill your father!”
Zhang Yan shouted back at her, “If you don’t understand, don’t say anything! I’m doing this because the doctor said it would work!”
Wen Qian watched the commotion unfold and nudged Lu Zheng beside her. “Aren’t you going to do something?”
Lu Zheng shook his head. “I’m not getting involved; I have nothing to do with them anymore.”
Wen Qian noticed that Lu Zheng’s face was slightly flushed, and she could see the outline of a handprint on his cheek.
When the police left earlier, they hadn’t closed the courtyard gate in time, so everyone outside had seen Lu spitting blood and fainting, as well as learned that Lu Yao couldn’t have children.
Moreover, there were indeed human traffickers around.
With her thoughts racing, she quickly ran toward the village entrance.
“Hey! Lu Yao, why aren’t you taking your father to the hospital? Letting your wife act like this is going to cost your father his life!”
Lu Yao's expression froze for a moment as he looked toward the door, only to find it packed with people.
Everyone knew about his embarrassing incident!
Why didn’t anyone close the door?
He glared resentfully at Lu Zheng, blaming him for not shutting the door; if he had, the villagers wouldn’t have found out.
He pushed Zhang Yan aside and bent down to pick Lu up, but his face turned red as he realized Lu was still lying on the ground, completely unmoving.
Sitting on the floor, he gasped for breath and glared at Lu Zheng. "Lu Zheng, aren’t you going to do anything? Hurry up and take Dad to the hospital!"
Lu Zheng remained silent, calmly watching him lose his temper without making a move.
"You bastard," Lu Yao shouted. "Dad was right; you’re a cold-blooded animal, an ungrateful wretch without a heart. No wonder no one wants you. If Dad hadn’t taken pity on you and saved you, you’d be dead by now!"
Lu Yao completely lost it, speaking recklessly until he suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha!"
Cuihua watched as Lu Yao continued to rant and quickly covered his mouth to silence him. Zhang Yan moved to pinch Lu’s acupoint.
Suddenly, Lu coughed violently, and she collapsed to the ground as if all her strength had been drained away.
She shouted, "He’s awake! He’s awake! Dad is awake!"
Cuihua rushed over and hugged Lu, crying, "Old man, you’re awake! You scared me to death! I can’t live without you!"
"Dad! You’re awake! Call the police! Xiaowen and Xiaofeng are still waiting for us to save them!"
Lu bore the weight of two people and felt himself about to roll his eyes back in his head before fainting again. Zhang Yan quickly pushed them away from him.
What a mess; how could she be so unlucky to have married such a fool like Lu Yao?
Zhang Yan had forgotten that it was precisely Lu Yao’s foolishness that had attracted her in the first place. She thought that with his stupidity, she would surely be in charge of their household after marriage; life would be easy.
Lu coughed up blood and phlegm from his throat, his voice raspy and weak as if it had been scraped with sandpaper.
"Call the police! Call the police! I’ll do it right now!"
In a panic, Lu Yao scrambled to his feet and rushed toward the door, only to see the crowd outside parting to make way for him as everyone turned their attention outward.
"Make way! Make way!"
The moment Lu Yao saw the police, he quickly ran over and grabbed the first male officer.
"Officer, I need to report something! I need to report something!"
The officer was startled by Lu Yao's appearance; his face was covered in blood, mixed with tears, leaving two clear streaks on his cheeks.
"Please let go of my hand," the officer said, pushing Lu Yao away. "Calm down and explain what you want to report."
"Officer, my sons are missing! Both of my sons have been taken by human traffickers!"
The officer stepped into the courtyard, looking at him seriously. "How can you be sure they were taken by traffickers? Have you searched the village?"
"And didn't you just say they were at their grandmother's house in Zhangjia Village? Why are you now saying they were taken by traffickers? Please clarify."
Meanwhile, another officer stood nearby taking notes, while two others approached Lu Zheng, Wen Qian, and the trio of Lu and Cuihua, and Zhang Yan.
Lu Yao stood there at a loss for words, his mouth opening and closing without uttering a single word.
The officer looked at him, sensing something was off. He pressed on with his questioning. "Please clarify."
"I... I... I must have remembered wrong. Yes, I remembered wrong. They weren't at their grandmother's house; that was yesterday. They came back today."
After saying this, Lu Yao let out a deep breath and smiled at the officer.
"Have you searched the village?"
"We have searched! We have searched!"
"Is that true?"
"Yes!"
Someone from the village couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Lu Yao, who are you trying to fool? Your family hasn't even left the house; how can you say you've searched the village?"
Lu Yao retorted quickly, "How would you know whether we searched or not?"
"Hah! How could I not know? I've been wandering around the village all day. If you had searched, I would have seen you!"
"What? You dare to skip work? I'll report you to the captain later!"
The environment was too noisy; villagers outside were chattering away as the officer frowned at them.
Wen Qian and Lu Zheng watched as the officer approached them. The officer spoke up, "We need to ask you some questions according to protocol."
Lu Zheng stood up first to position Wen Qian behind him but was directly rejected by her.
She confidently stepped forward to face the officer, locking eyes with him for a moment before a hint of sadness crossed her face, accompanied by a faint bitter smile.
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