This woman really had no shame.
Wu Rongguang heard Su Xiaoman and Da Bao calling her “big sister” and “mother” and immediately realized that the boss’s earlier observation was correct.
“Well, well… you really are working together.”
He stared at Su Manman in disbelief. What kind of woman lets her own son and younger brother pretend to be beggars?
“You actually let your own children and brother dress up as beggars?”
Su Manman was already annoyed by Gu Tianye’s disdainful look earlier. Now seeing Wu Rongguang’s contempt, she felt even more irritated.
Who willingly becomes a beggar if it’s not absolutely necessary?
Especially when someone with a plain, uninspiring face like Wu Rongguang dares to look down on her.
Heh—handsome men giving you attitude is tolerable.
Ugly men doing the same? Unforgivable.
“What pretending? We’re already miserable enough!
If we weren’t out of options, who would beg?
We’re not forcing anyone to help us.
It’s just that kind-hearted people see the kids and give voluntarily.
Does that bother you?
If you’re so concerned with others’ business, why not give some silver too—consider it a good deed.
You’ll get merit for it as well.”
With that, Su Manman extended her hand.
The three little ones held out their bowls, faces full of expectant innocence.
Wu Rongguang thought he had seen shameless people before—but never like this. He was about to snap.
“Take them away.”
Hearing the boss’s voice, Wu Rongguang wasted no time. He signaled his men to grab them and take them back.
Su Manman panicked slightly.
A woman with three children, facing a group of tall, strong men trained in combat? She had no chance of winning.
“By what right do you take us?” she shouted.
Wu Rongguang scoffed. “Heh, I’ve seen your type before. Today, you meet us—don’t think you can harm another child in the future.”
Hearing that they thought she was a kidnapper, Su Manman hurriedly explained:
“Misunderstanding! I’m not a trafficker!
Show me a trafficker who brings their own family out to kidnap!”
Wu Rongguang snorted. “I’ve never seen a parent make their own children pretend to be beggars either.”
Patienty spent, he took a few steps forward.
In a rush, Su Manman picked up a staff and held it in front of her.
“Don’t come any closer. One more step and don’t blame me for being rude.
This staff has no eyes—I won’t care who it hits.”
Wu Rongguang smirked. He had thought she was a weak woman.
He hadn’t noticed the staff in her hand—clearly a mistake on his part.
Actually, she had pulled it from the space hidden in her pack in a moment of desperation.
Gu Tianye, standing nearby, saw the arm-length staff appear in her hands and his eyes flickered.
He was certain she hadn’t had it before.
It couldn’t shrink or hide in a bag.
Where did it come from? This woman was full of mysteries. She had to be brought in for strict questioning.
Gu Tianye whispered to Wu Rongguang, who nodded and hardened his expression.
“We are the Black Armored Unit of the Annan Army. You are suspected of being involved with a trafficker ring.
We are taking you in for investigation.
Resist and you will be killed.”
Su Manman froze. The Black Armored Unit… she knew that name.
The male lead was part of it.
According to the author, the Black Armored Unit was like the elite special forces of Lanshi, the cream of the crop.
The male lead would eventually lead the whole unit.
Even if he hadn’t reached that rank yet, he was at least second or third in command.
No matter what, anyone in the Black Armored Unit would know his name.
“You say you’re from the Black Armored Unit… so you are?”
“Do you have any proof of your identity?”
Wu Rongguang became even more suspicious—if she were a simple peasant woman, she would have been terrified, not questioning him.
Su Manman smiled faintly inside, thinking: if he had watched a couple of police movies, he wouldn’t be thinking like that.
The Black Armored Unit was always by the book. He immediately produced his token.
“See clearly. This is the Black Armored Unit’s token.
I am Captain Wu Rongguang.”
Su Manman looked at it. The book had described this: a plain black plaque with a begonia in the upper left corner. The unit was also called the Begonia Army.
Seeing the token, she believed his identity.
No one in the original story ever impersonated the Black Armored Unit.
Wu Rongguang’s name rang a bell too—he was the male lead Gu Tianye’s trusted aide, described as ordinary-looking, medium height, with a mole near his eyebrow.
“Ah, Brother Wu, looks like a flood washed over the Dragon King Temple and now we don’t recognize each other,” she joked, calling him brother publicly.
Wu Rongguang’s face darkened. “I’m not your brother.
Don’t think claiming kinship washes away your crimes.”
Su Manman knew her sudden friendliness might raise suspicion.
But what choice did she have? Seeing the handsome man before her, she didn’t want to reveal she had a man in her life… but the situation left her no choice.
If she didn’t invoke the male lead, she and the kids would be in deep trouble today.
Was she destined to have no luck with men for two lifetimes?
Finally seeing a gem, and he’s a colleague of the male lead…
The pain was almost like losing that one million yuan.
Forget it—better to survive.
In an instant, her mind raced.
“Don’t misunderstand, though it’s a coincidence…
You may well be a brother I haven’t met.”
Wu Rongguang was about to lose patience—Su Manman still trying to get an advantage—but she continued:
“Oh, more precisely, you might be a brother of my husband.
He’s also in the Annan Army. His name is Gu Tianye. Don’t you know him?”
She was sure Wu Rongguang recognized Gu Tianye, but she couldn’t reveal her full identity—she might be treated as a spy.
Being in the same army, saying “brother” wasn’t wrong.
Once she mentioned Gu Tianye, Wu Rongguang and the men around him all became serious.
Su Manman smiled inwardly. The male lead’s name really worked.
Wu Rongguang turned to the man behind him—the real Gu Tianye.
Before Su Manman could react, a sharp pain shot up her neck, and darkness swallowed her.
Damn, caught off guard…
Su Xiaoman, Da Bao, and Xiao Bao saw Su Manman knocked out and started to scream.
Wu Rongguang and his men quickly covered their mouths and lifted her up.
In no time, she vanished from sight.