Watching Shen Lu retreat step by step, Quan Jiu let out a burst of laughter, "Look at how scared you are. Don't worry, I won't make a move. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
She took out another ribbon and tied it behind Shen Lu's back.
Shen Lu screamed in fear and turned around, "What are you doing? You said you wouldn't make a move."
"I won't make a move," Quan Jiu promised, while tying the ribbon over Shen Lu's eyes and binding her wrists. Then she stood up and said towards the direction of the bushes by the road, "Come out."
He Miao, who had been hiding in the bushes, looked somewhat pale.
She came to Shen Lu's front and saw the disfigured Shen Lu, her fear replaced by schadenfreude.
It was this woman. If she hadn't deliberately caused trouble and dragged herself down with her, how could she have lost her virginity to a foul man back then?
Thinking of this, He Miao gritted her teeth in hatred.
She took the fruit knife from Quan Jiu's hand. Her hands trembled, but her expression was ferocious and terrifying.
Shen Lu's eyes were covered, but she clearly felt another person arrive. She trembled uncontrollably and stuttered,
"Who is it? What are you going to do? Aren't you afraid the Shen family will cause you trouble? Do you think I won't know who you are just because my eyes are covered? Huh? Quan Jiu, if you dare to treat me like this, I know everything about you. I won't let you go."
She screamed with all her might, trying to attract the attention of others. But she seemed to have forgotten one thing: this road had been arranged by her. Not only were the roadside surveillance cameras turned off, but the roads ahead and behind had also been blocked with barriers when Quan Jiu entered this section. At this time, all the vehicles on the road thought it was under repair and no one entered.
He Miao looked at the terrified Shen Lu, took a few deep breaths, then gathered all her strength and hatred, and slashed Shen Lu's left cheek with the knife.
Her strength was ultimately no match for Quan Jiu's. She only managed to make a five-centimeter cut, but she was satisfied. She smiled at Quan Jiu, as if to say: I've avenged myself, I've done it.
Shen Lu's screams started again. Her hands were tied behind her back, and her face hurt terribly. She could only roll on the ground desperately, struggling.
"My face, I'll kill you all, I will definitely kill you all."
Looking at the almost frenzied Shen Lu, He Miao finally felt a little scared. Her hands trembled as she dropped the knife. She looked at the bloodstains on her feet, then looked at Quan Jiu helplessly.
Quan Jiu, however, went to the bushes by the road, found the five cameras hidden by He Miao, and took out their memory cards.
"Phone," she said expressionlessly, walking up to He Miao.
He Miao hurriedly took out her phone, but didn't speak. Instead, she gestured with her hands, indicating that she hadn't recorded anything.
Quan Jiu checked, then searched He Miao's body. Only when she was sure there were no extra cameras did she feel satisfied.
Holding the five memory cards, she threatened, "You're in this footage too. I believe you know what to do."
He Miao nodded nervously, her eyes indicating: I won't talk nonsense.
"Alright, let's go. There's still a group of escaped fish to deal with."
The escaped group's cars all had dashcams. Although they didn't have footage of her dealing with Shen Lu, they should have recorded the footage of her fighting back against those thugs. This had to be dealt with.
Shen Lu was still convulsing and crying on the ground. Hearing them about to leave, she was overjoyed, her crying even subsided. She focused on listening to the sounds around her.
First, she heard the sound of the knife falling, which scared her into curling up, begging for mercy as if reciting a mantra. Only after the footsteps faded did she relax a little.
Then she heard the sound of a car door opening. She guessed they were going to get the dashcam, so she couldn't help but say fiercely, "Scared now? You think I can't get revenge without the dashcam? You're too naive. I remember you, Quan Jiu. You can't escape."
Quan Jiu removed the dashcam, while He Miao backed away, wiping away her footprints at the scene, including the traces of the cameras in the bushes. After finishing everything, she left alone along the planned route.
After He Miao left, Quan Jiu finally removed Shen Lu's blindfold and untied her.
"You thought I covered your eyes because I was afraid? You're wrong. I just wanted to bring her onto the boat. Only then..." Quan Jiu spread her palm, revealing the five memory cards, and said with a smile, "She wouldn't dare to mess around."
Shen Lu glared at Quan Jiu as if she were a monster, "You are a devil. Your heart is more vicious than a demon's."
Quan Jiu chuckled, looking puzzled, "If I didn't know self-defense, our positions would be reversed. You would be standing where I am, looking at me disfigured or even half-dead. Would you think I'm a devil? If so, then I admit it. I'm no different from you. We're both devils, six of one, half a dozen of the other. Who is cleaner than whom?"
She squatted down and gently stroked Shen Lu's hair, "This is called, the winner takes all."
Shen Lu turned her face away tremblingly, not daring to look into those eyes again.
Quan Jiu stood up and kindly reminded her, "Remember to prepare a story for your encounter before the ambulance arrives."
Shen Lu glared at Quan Jiu resentfully as she left. Only then did her tensed nerves relax, and she quickly called her family. Before long, a Shen family car arrived and picked her up.
And after Shen Lu left, another car drove out from the darkness.
Chu Rong looked at the bloodstains left on the ground, as well as the various tire tracks, and remained silent without making a move.
"Ring ring~" The phone suddenly rang.
Chu Rong answered without even looking.
The voice of the butler, Old Li, came from the other end of the phone, "Young master, those people have been dealt with. The cars have all been scrapped, and the people have been 'sent' abroad, ensuring they'll never return."
"Mm," Chu Rong said faintly, "And clean up the scene."
Old Li agreed and quickly dispatched people to the scene of the incident.
Chu Rong hung up the phone and looked at the dark road, his eyes revealing his sorrow.
It wasn't until Old Li arrived at the scene with the cleanup crew that Chu Rong drove away. On the way back, he called Wang Xiao.
"Investigate the Shen family's businesses and swallow them up at all costs."
...
While Quan Jiu was being cornered by the thugs, He Miao didn't just wait around. She took the opportunity when no one was paying attention and, according to Quan Jiu's prior arrangement, installed tracking devices under six cars.
At that time, Quan Jiu was tracking the fleeing thugs using the GPS locator on her phone, but she didn't expect to be led to a废旧车场 (feijiu chechang - abandoned car yard).
Seeing that there were still lights in the yard, Quan Jiu walked in and called out, "Is anyone there?"
Soon, a duty guard, an old man, came out and asked, "Do you have more cars to scrap?"
Quan Jiu was suspicious and shook her head, "I left a necklace in an old car. I came to ask if the car has been scrapped yet."
The old man said, "Oh," "If you sent it last week, it's already been scrapped."
Quan Jiu was pleasantly surprised, "I just sent it last weekend. Maybe it hasn't been scrapped yet. That necklace is very important to me. Can I go in and look for it?"
The old man, seeing her kind face and noble attire, assumed it was something valuable and agreed. He led Quan Jiu to the area that had not yet been scrapped.
Quan Jiu looked around and said with disappointment, "No, it might have really been scrapped. Uncle, could you please show me the license plate numbers of the scrapped cars? I want to confirm again."
The old man looked displeased, "It's already twelve o'clock. I need to sleep. Hurry up."
Despite his words, he still led Quan Jiu to a place where license plates of recently scrapped cars were processed.
Quan Jiu immediately saw a license plate placed at the top, which belonged to the thugs' car. She then flipped through a few more, and all six cars had been scrapped.
"Uncle, are these license plates from scrapped cars?"
"Mm," the old man yawned.
Quan Jiu flipped through a few more, and finally saw a license plate. She sighed, "It's already been scrapped. Thank you, Uncle. Some things are just meant to be lost."
After leaving the car yard, Quan Jiu was very confused. Why would those people scrap their cars so quickly? Were they afraid of being caught? But for those people, changing a license plate should be easy, so why would they even scrap the car?
Quan Jiu thought about it but couldn't figure it out. However, since the cars were already scrapped, it was difficult to inquire about the dashcams. She could only give up for now and wait and see.
She returned home, and it was already half past twelve at night.
Quan Jiu expected the house to be dark, but as soon as she opened the door, not only did she see the lights on, but when she entered the living room, she saw a tall figure sitting on the sofa.
"Have you eaten?" Chu Rong asked gently.