In less than half a day, Ye Qiu and Huang Zhentian, along with others, arrived in Xinhai County. After grabbing a quick bite, they continued on their journey to Tianbei Village in Dongwu Town.

Meanwhile, inside the county magistrate's office in Xinhai County.

County Magistrate Sun hung up the phone, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, with sweat on his forehead dripping like rain.

This was definitely the most terrifying day of his entire tenure as county magistrate!

It was as if he had fallen into Hell!

Half an hour!

In just half an hour, he received nearly twenty calls!

From the city...

From the province...

Even from big shots in the Capital City!

If it were the past, receiving so many calls from important people, County Magistrate Sun would undoubtedly be too thrilled to close his mouth.

But this time, he was scared out of his wits!

Because, all of these nearly twenty calls were warning him not to provoke someone who had just arrived in Xinhai County!

"Oh my God..." County Magistrate Sun lamented, a pained expression on his face, mumbling, "Dongwu Town's Tianbei Village—isn't it just a poor village? Who exactly is this terrifying figure that has arrived there?"

"To be safe, I'd better hurry and pay a visit to this grand figure myself..."

Tianbei Village.

On the bumpy dirt road, two Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars were slowly driving along, the shiny vehicles immediately attracting the attention of the villagers on both sides of the road.

"Oh my, these two cars are really handsome! The car emblem almost blinded me. They're even better than the ones the village's richest family owns. Who is coming?"

"I don't know, but my son showed me a picture of this car before. I think it's something called a Mercedes-something or other, super impressive, someone without tens of millions couldn't possibly afford it."

"Look, look, we've farmed all our lives without ever seeing such a big boss, let's hurry and follow them to see what they're like."

The villagers chatted, both old and young alike, all followed to join the excitement.

The number of people grew larger and larger.

Within five minutes, nearly the entire village had followed.

The cars arrived at the destination and came to a stop.

The car doors opened, and seven men dressed in sharp suits stepped out in unison, each emanating a formidable authority, causing the villagers around to involuntarily shrink back in apprehension.

"Wow, look at those outfits, they really are big bosses, much more imposing than what's shown on TV."

"That's one thing, but what are they doing at Erniu's house?"

"What? This is Erniu's house? Oh my, how did I just realize, now something trouble is brewing."

"Shh, keep your voice down."

Realizing they were at Erniu's house, the villagers immediately fell silent, fearfully watching the lineup of seven men.

"Hmm?" Ye Qiu couldn't help but frown, knowing Erniu was the nickname for Madman. Initially, Ye Qiu didn't pay much heed to the villagers' chatter, but the shift in their attitude afterwards made him feel something was off.

And looking around at the state of the Madman's surroundings, Ye Qiu found it even stranger.

Although it was a poor village, the conditions were too dire!

The entrance was relatively clean, yet the main gate was in shambles, the lock was broken and hadn't been fixed. Even the walls of the courtyard were collapsed in several places.

Considering Madman used to send back most of the bonuses he got from completing high-level tasks, and there was also a sum of condolence money after his sacrifice, the total amount wasn't small.

Even if Madman's wife was famously frugal, it shouldn't be so bad that the gate lock wasn't fixed, right?

"Is this really Madman's home?"

"How could it be like this?"

Huang Zhentian and the others were dumbfounded, unable to react for a long time.

"Waa—waa—"

While everyone was puzzled, suddenly, the cries of a child came from inside, and faintly, Ye Qiu could hear a woman sobbing.

"Quickly, get inside!"

Sensing something might be wrong, Ye Qiu rushed into the courtyard without a second thought.

Inside the dilapidated house.

A woman holding a child, along with an elderly person, huddled in a corner, looking fearfully at the six or seven gangsters in front of them.

The woman wasn't very old, only about 26 or 27, but she looked much older than women of her age, even with a few strands of gray hair, and her eyes were swollen from crying numerous times.

She was Madman's wife, Jiang Yuelan.

The elderly person cuddled up next to her was Madman's mother, who looked about seventy or eighty years old, with a frail body, a sunken face, dull eyes, and a spirit that was at the lowest point.

"Heh heh!" Suddenly, the lead gangster sneered twice, then shouted at Jiang Yuelan, "Stupid woman, I'll give you one last chance, hurry up and bring out all that money, or I'll kill your child!"

"No, absolutely not!" Jiang Yuelan shook her head vigorously, firmly saying, "That's Erniu's condolence money, I cannot give it to you!"

"No?" the head gangster sneered, his expression menacing, "You don't have to give it. I'll just kill your child right in front of you. No outsider would witness it, and even if you speak out, no one would believe you!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a gleaming dagger, slowly approaching Jiang Yuelan.

"You beast! I'll beat you to death!"

At this moment, a woman's angry shout came from behind, and a young girl rushed out from the bedroom wielding a rolling pin, heading straight for the lead gangster!

The lead gangster reacted swiftly, immediately turning around and kicking the young girl to the ground, then perversely laughed, "I wondered who it was, turns out it's Erniu's sister-in-law, pretty gutsy, daring to sneak up on me?"

"Hahaha, silly woman, if you're gonna sneak attack, don't call out. Even a fool could figure it out once you shout!"

"Idiot, Erniu's family is really a bunch of idiots!"

"Laughs got me, just using a rolling pin to take us on? Dream on!"

The other gangsters laughed uproariously, mockingly looking at the young girl!

"A bunch of beasts!" The young girl curled up on the ground, clutching her stomach, trying hard to suppress the pain, angrily crying out, "All of Erniu's money was given to you people, what more do you want!

Just because your father is the town mayor, you think you can run amok here? If Erniu were still alive, let's see if you'd still dare to act like this!"

"Erniu?" The head gangster, Wolf Brother, sneered disdainfully, taunting, "Screw Erniu, just a piece of trash, what could he have done when he was alive? When did you ever dare tell him what I was doing?"

"Let me tell you, even if Heaven's God himself came today, he couldn't do a thing to me, because my dad is the town mayor! I'm gonna kill Erniu's kid and then have some fun with you two women with my brothers!"

Wolf Brother got more excited the more he spoke, becoming utterly arrogant, and as he spoke, he lunged forward in front of Jiang Yuelan, reaching to snatch the child.

"Ah! Help, help!" Jiang Yuelan screamed in despair!

The young girl was so anxious that she was about to cry, trying to rush over to help, but was watched too closely by a few gangsters to move.

However, at that moment, a voice as cold as ice rang out!

"You seem to think you're tough."

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