Standing before the stockpile of supplies, Sang Qing merely waved her hand lightly.
In an instant, everything piled up before her vanished without a trace.
Nothing remained except an empty cave.
Lu Qiance finally believed that his wife had single-handedly emptied Sang Qingshan’s dormitory.
But how had she done it?
With just a wave of her hand, everything disappeared?
If it wasn’t a magic trick, then it had to be some kind of supernatural power.
Beyond his shock, an even stronger sense of worry immediately swept over him.
His wife was hiding such an enormous secret. If anyone discovered it, he could already imagine the fate awaiting her.
The thought made his chest tighten painfully.
He absolutely could not let Sang Qing’s special ability be exposed.
He had to find a way to create a believable cover for her.
If one day she accidentally revealed her ability because of one careless moment…
He needed a foolproof way to protect her.
Two o’clock in the afternoon, Hongqi Town Guesthouse
The three members of the Sang family anxiously waited in their room for news.
They had already sent people out at noon, yet there was still no word from town.
Could it be that little bitch Sang Qing had escaped yet again?
Chu Lanhua had already paced around the room countless times. Dizzy from watching her, Sang Yanyan complained,
“Mom, stop walking around already. You’re making my head spin!”
Ever since Sang Qing’s recent actions, people had been pointing fingers at her whenever she went outside.
That was why she’d been staying at the guesthouse.
Chu Lanhua shot her a glare.
“You think I want to? It’s been so long and there’s still no news. How can I not be worried?”
Her eyelid had been twitching nonstop all day, making her feel as if something bad was about to happen.
As long as the matter wasn’t settled, she couldn’t relax.
Sang Qingshan sat there smoking in silence, the drifting smoke hiding his tightly furrowed brows.
“What are you panicking for? If she really got ruined, she’d be too ashamed to show herself. No news is the best news.”
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Sang Yanyan pouted.
“Even if there’s no news from Sang Qing’s side, shouldn’t Wang Qiang or the others have reported back by now? Unless something happened to—”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before she could finish, someone pounded loudly on the guesthouse door.
All three of them froze in shock before hurrying to open it.
“You…”
The moment Sang Qingshan saw the uniformed officers standing outside, his heart sank.
But Sang Yanyan clearly hadn’t realized the seriousness of the situation.
Her mouth moved faster than her brain.
Seeing they were Public Security officers, she blurted out,
“Officer, did something happen to Sang Qing?”
The leading officer’s eyes turned cold.
Instead of answering, he asked sternly,
“You’re Sang Yanyan?”
His icy voice instantly lowered the temperature in the room.
Feeling her scalp tingle under his gaze, Sang Yanyan nodded obediently.
“I… I am.”
The next second, the officer waved his hand without hesitation.
“Arrest her!”
The two younger officers behind him immediately stepped forward, each grabbing one of Sang Yanyan’s arms.
The sharp pain made her scream.
“Ah! What are you doing?! Why are you arresting me?!”
Chu Lanhua was terrified and rushed forward, grabbing the lead officer’s arm.
“Officer! There must be some mistake! Our Yanyan has always been such a good girl. She wouldn’t even step on an ant! How could she possibly commit a crime?”
Sang Qingshan quickly chimed in,
“That’s right! Officer, our Yanyan has always been a good child. Everyone in the neighborhood praises her for being sensible and obedient…”
The officer frowned and shook Chu Lanhua’s hand off.
“Wang Qiang has already confessed everything! It was your daughter, Sang Yanyan, who instigated him to hire people to kidnap Sang Qing and destroy her reputation! We have both witnesses and evidence!”
The three members of the Sang family were stunned.
Hadn’t Wang Qiang promised he would never betray her?
Sang Yanyan’s face instantly turned deathly pale as she screamed,
“He’s lying! I… I was just saying it in anger! Who told him to take it seriously? Wang Qiang acted on his own! What does that have to do with me?!”
Panic and hatred filled her heart.
That useless Wang Qiang had sold her out so quickly!
“Just saying it?” the officer sneered.
“Whether you were ‘just saying it’ or not, you can explain it at the station. Take her away!”
“I won’t go! Mom! Dad! Save me! I don’t want to go to the Public Security Bureau!”
Sang Yanyan desperately struggled backward, tears and snot covering her face.
Chu Lanhua lunged forward again, trying to stop the officers.
“You can’t take her! My Yanyan can’t go to a place like that! You’re sending her to her death!”
The officer warned sharply,
“If you continue obstructing official business, we’ll arrest you too!”
Only then did Sang Qingshan hurriedly pull Chu Lanhua back.
“Enough! Isn’t this mess bad enough already?!”
Although Chu Lanhua still wanted to argue, Sang Qingshan firmly restrained her.
She could only watch helplessly as Sang Yanyan cried and screamed while being taken away.
“Yanyan! My daughter!”
Looking at the now-empty room, Chu Lanhua collapsed onto the floor, sobbing uncontrollably.
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something.
She grabbed Sang Qingshan’s pant leg.
“Honey! That dead girl Sang Qing must’ve gotten into trouble, and that’s why the police traced everything back to Yanyan! She’s trying to drag our daughter down with her!”
“Hurry and find her! Beg her to write a letter of forgiveness! This is just a family matter. As long as she’s willing to let it go, Yanyan will be fine!”
“Honey, you can’t just watch Yanyan get ruined! Wuuuu…”
…
Sang Qingshan frowned deeply.
After listening to Chu Lanhua, he finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
“Fine! I’ll go find her right now!”
The moment Chu Lanhua heard him agree, she scrambled to her feet.
“Honey, I’ll go with you!”
Sang Qingshan merely glanced at her without saying anything.
The couple left the guesthouse one after another.
But just as they reached the street corner, they spotted a familiar figure.
“Sang Qing!”
Chu Lanhua shouted and rushed over to block her path.
Sang Qing frowned as she looked at Sang Qingshan and Chu Lanhua, undisguised disgust filling her eyes.
She had come into town to find Lu Qiance.
She had no time to waste arguing with them.
That look pierced Sang Qingshan like a thorn.
Displeased, he said,
“Qing’er, since you’re here, come with Dad to the Public Security Bureau. Tell them they’ve arrested the wrong person. Your younger sister didn’t have any bad intentions. This has nothing to do with her.”
Sang Qing looked at him coldly, the corners of her lips curling into a faint, mocking smile.
“Sang Yanyan instigated Wang Qiang to hire thugs to ruin my innocence…”
“And you call that ‘not having bad intentions’?”