10: Chapter 10 Spatial Expansion, Victims' Families Come Knocking
Yang Yi looked at Mu Nianxue with an apologetic gaze and said softly, "Nianxue, I know it's wrong of me to do this to you, but I'm at this age now. Please, I'm begging you!"
"Heh~" Mu Nianxue sneered, "Sister Yi, do you really think it's possible for you to just say a few light words and have me take your place?!"
Yang Yi glanced at Xu Que and Lin Yutong beside the table, took a deep breath, and looked back at Mu Nianxue, "Nianxue, since that's the case, why don't we let fate decide!"
"We'll toss a phone. If it lands face up, I'll do it. If it lands face down, you do it. How does that sound?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Nianxue's expression softened slightly, and she nodded gently, "I agree."
"So, should I toss it, or will you?"
"You do it!"
Yang Yi gripped the phone tightly, took a deep breath, and flicked her right hand upward.
The phone was instantly tossed high into the air.
The veins on the backs of their hands, which were clutching the summer quilt, stood out, and their tense gazes followed the phone as it descended.
"Bang~" The phone bounced twice on the mattress before coming to a rest.
A hint of a smile appeared on Mu Nianxue's face as she looked up and smiled at the stunned Yang Yi.
"Sister Yi, cheer up!"
"Then I'll leave it to you!"
"I can't just snatch it."
After saying this, Mu Nianxue rolled off the bed, walked to the table, and looked nervously at Xu Que, "Um, Xu... Xu Que, Sister Yi and I have discussed it; it's Sister Yi. Can you let me leave now? I promise I won't say anything when I get back."
Xu Que set down the milk in his hand, looked up at the expectant yet nervous Mu Nianxue, paused, and said, "Nianxue, when did I ever say I was going to let the other one of you go?"
"Since Yang Yi has been chosen, you can stay and help me look after the two of them!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Nianxue's expression changed.
If she had to take care of both of them, wouldn't she just become a servant for the Xu Family? How unreasonable! It was simply bullying a young woman...
Although she was angry inside, she dared not resist in front of Xu Que, so she could only walk back to the bedside helplessly, sit on the edge of the bed, and sulk by herself.
Yang Yi also slumped on the mattress, her eyes losing focus, feeling despair at the dark life ahead!
After a simple breakfast, Xu Que stood up and looked at Yang Yi and Mu Nianxue, "You two come over and eat breakfast. After you're done, come help me plant melons, fruits, and vegetables."
"Tongtong, you just get some good rest!"
After saying this, he picked up two buckets, walked to the Spirit Spring Pool, filled them with water, and headed toward the seed planting area at the edge.
"Huh, how did these seeds end up here? Did they move them?"
"No... I remember clearly that last time I planted them two or three meters from the edge, but now the distance from the edge is at least twelve or thirteen meters!"
"The space actually expanded?!"
"Could it be that it expanded because the mission was completed?!"
Looking at the space barrier that had extended outward by about another ten meters, Xu Que felt joyous.
He immediately hummed a little tune, crouched down, and began digging holes.
...
Flower City, Old District, Happiness Garden, Building 6, Room 702, Dining Room.
Xu Jianguo, Li Ping, and Xu Yue were sitting at the dining table eating dinner in silence.
Mother Xu, Li Ping, was constantly wiping away tears.
"Yueyue, how could Que'er do such things? You were close to him before; did you notice anything unusual about him?" Xu Jianguo suddenly looked up and asked his daughter.
"That's right, Yueyue, Que'er was such a sensible child, how could he suddenly take a liking to kidnapping people?"
Xu Yue put down her chopsticks and looked at her parents, "Dad, Mom, Little Queque was always very normal before, and I don't know why he suddenly took a liking to kidnapping female celebrities."
"However, today he added the celebrity he kidnapped, named Lin Yutong, into the family group and even said that she would be part of our family from now on. I suspect that maybe Little Queque likes her, and because he couldn't have her, he thought of kidnapping her."
"Then why did he kidnap two other young women? As my son, Xu Jianguo, does he want to have multiple wives and concubines?"
"Wuwuwu, my son is already wanted now, what's the use of saying all this? What are we going to do in the future!"
"Wuwuwu..."
Xu Yue looked at her grieving mother, not knowing how to comfort her for a moment.
Sigh, Little Queque, why would you do such an illegal thing?
What kind of unspeakable hardship could you possibly have?
Where are you now?
Do you know that your sister misses you very much!
Thinking of her younger brother, whom she grew up with, having to spend his future in prison, Xu Yue's heart felt like it was being pricked by needles, a piercing pain.
"Knock, knock, knock~" A series of knocks suddenly rang out.
Xu Jianguo, Xu Yue, and Li Ping were all stunned and looked toward the door.
Could it be the fans of those female celebrities again?! Sigh!
"Dad, Mom, don't move, I'll go check."
Xu Yue stood up, walked to the door, and looked through the peephole.
Four figures entered her line of sight.
Two men and two women, aged around fifty.
Xu Yue frowned but still opened the door.
"May I ask, who are you?"
Among the four, a burly man said in a deep voice, "Yang Yi is my daughter, and the two beside us are Mu Nianxue's parents."
"Uncle, Auntie, I... my younger brother is not home; he hasn't been home for three months!"
Just as Xu Yue finished speaking, Xu Jianguo also walked to the door.
"The four of you, please come in and talk!"
Yang Yi's father, mother, and Mu Nianxue's father and mother walked into the Xu Family living room.
Then they sat down one by one.
"Are you Xu Que's father, Xu Jianguo?" Yang Yi's father asked first.
Once a member of the Longxia police, although retired, he still retained an imposing aura.
Xu Jianguo replied instinctively, "It is me, I am Xu Que's father."
After saying this, he quickly added, "Regarding the matter of my son kidnapping your daughters, I am also very, very angry. If he were in front of me right now, I would definitely break his legs, let him stay at home for the rest of his life, and save him from going out to harm people. However, I am truly sorry, we cannot contact him at the moment. But please rest assured, if we do contact him, I will certainly persuade him to release your daughters."
"How do you discipline your son? We only have one daughter in our family. If anything happens to her, how are we supposed to live! Wuwuwu..." Mu Nianxue's mother said, crying.
Yang Yi's mother also couldn't help but weep in sorrow.
Mu Nianxue's father also spoke up, "Our purpose in coming here is that when your son contacts you, please let us know immediately. We want to speak with your son."
Upon hearing this, Xu Jianguo nodded quickly and said sincerely, "Please rest assured, if my son contacts us, I will definitely notify you immediately."
"Good, we will stay at the hotel next to this residential complex. If Xu Que contacts you, please tell us immediately."
Subsequently, after Yang Yi's parents and Mu Nianxue's parents added Xu Jianguo on WeChat, they left the Xu Family home.
"The bastard, causing so much trouble, hiding away and living carefree while making me clean up his mess at home. When he comes back, I'll break his legs."
As soon as the four of them left, Xu Jianguo couldn't help but roar, slamming his hand on the table with a loud bang.
"Dad, please calm down. It's not like you don't know Little Queque; since he said he had unspeakable hardships, there must be a reason. When he contacts us next time, we'll ask him properly."
"What kind of hardship could he have! Why couldn't he do anything else, instead of kidnapping people and doing illegal things? Does he want to spend his whole life in prison!"
...
Spirit Spring Space.
Taking advantage of breakfast time, Yang Yi and Mu Nianxue carefully observed the entire space and discovered a clue.
This place... doesn't seem like a sinkhole!
There is no sun, no moon!
But there is night and there is light.
The light seems to shine straight down from overhead, going from weak to strong, then back to weak.
It's very irrational, everything is very irrational!
Furthermore, the water in the central pool is also extraordinary!
Everything here seems to prove that this place does not belong to Tianlan Shulan Star.