Chapter 160: Chapter 160

“Jianing, how can you still be so calm? Something big has happened!”

“There’s no time to explain right now. Just stop them first.”

At this moment, Bao Shanyan was so furious she could have killed Wen Zhuqing. Her head throbbed with pain, and waves of violent anger surged in her chest.

“Just you wait.”

So, when those people arrived at the Bao family’s house, Bao Shanyan stood in their way, refusing to let them search.

Seeing her daughter like this, Bao Yingzi also stood firmly by her side, blocking the way as well.

“We even searched the Gu family, and now you’re stopping us? What, are you afraid we’ll find something?” Having come up empty-handed at the Gu family, these people were already in a foul mood.

After all, in the past, whenever they acted, they always got what they wanted.

Now, the Bao family dared to block them, which only fueled their anger.

“Move aside, or you’ll be charged with obstructing official business. We’ll arrest you all!”

But Bao Shanyan refused to budge. When they tried to push past, she stepped forward to stop them.

Bao Yingzi and her daughter might be women, but their strength was their backbone.

Don’t be fooled by the fact there were only two of them, and both women at that—the others really couldn’t get past them.

With the mother and daughter blocking the way, the group simply couldn’t get in.

The villagers hadn’t expected Bao Yingzi and her daughter, who were usually so overbearing, to stand up to these people so fiercely. They couldn’t help but feel a grudging respect.

Of course, whether that respect was positive or negative, who could say.

Meanwhile, seeing everyone’s attention focused at the front, Wen Zhuqing tried to sneak around from another direction to get into the Bao house.

He needed to get inside first and see if anything was really hidden there.

“Comrade Wen, where are you going?”

“That’s right, Comrade Wen, this matter involves you. You’d better stay here and watch.”

Just as Wen Zhuqing was about to leave, Gu Yunnan and Gu Yunzhou blocked him, one in front and one behind, making it clear they wouldn’t let him go.

Wen Zhuqing gritted his teeth, but could only stand there, unable to leave.

“It was you two, wasn’t it?” Wen Zhuqing asked in a low, angry voice.

Gu Yunzhou put on an innocent face. “Comrade Wen, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

Wen Zhuqing snorted coldly.

His gaze fell on Bao Yingzi and her daughter up ahead. Now, his only hope was that Bao Shanyan could hold these people off and make them leave.

Just then, a loud gunshot suddenly rang out, and in an instant, all the noise around them fell silent.

Bao Shanyan froze on the spot, her face turning pale, her body trembling.

Bao Yingzi, standing in front of her, was shaking as well.

Neither of them had ever imagined these people would actually have guns!

At that moment, the still-smoking, black muzzle was pointed right at them.

“Well? Are you still going to block us?”

“Believe it or not, the next bullet won’t be fired into the air—it’ll be fired at you.”

Bao Yingzi and her daughter trembled in silence.

The villagers around them were also terrified, and all the murmuring stopped.

“Hmph. Go in and search.”

This time, there was no more resistance. The group surged into the Bao house and began searching everywhere.

Seeing them go in, Wen Zhuqing had only one thought: “It’s over.”

His mind raced, trying to think of a way out, but nothing came to him.

Until someone shouted, “Found it!”

Wen Zhuqing nearly fainted…

“Hmph, no wonder you tried so hard to stop us. So you really were hiding something.”

“Come on, take all three of them away!”

Bao Yingzi, Bao Shanyan, and Wen Zhuqing were taken away, and no one dared object.

But something else happened along the way.

As the three of them were about to be taken out of Huaihua Village, two rabid dogs suddenly charged out of nowhere.

The dogs lunged straight at Wen Zhuqing, knocking him down and biting him viciously.

…

“If that person hadn’t shot and killed those two rabid dogs in the end, Wen Zhuqing might have been bitten to death.” On the phone, Gu Yunzhou was describing yesterday’s events to Gu Jianing.

Just hearing about it made Gu Jianing’s heart race.

But her expression was still grim.

Her brothers had said that the packet of powder was something Wen Zhuqing intended to use on her sister-in-law.

However, her brothers had swapped out the powder beforehand.

Yesterday, Wen Zhuqing deliberately bumped into Yang Manman and sprinkled the “powder” on her.

Afterwards, her eldest brother Gu Yunting used the commotion as an excuse to hit Wen Zhuqing and returned the real powder to him.

In the end, Wen Zhuqing’s evil plans came back to bite him.

“…I heard that although Wen Zhuqing was taken to the hospital and his life was saved, his face was mauled by the dogs and is now disfigured.” Gu Yunzhou felt that Wen Zhuqing got off too lightly.

If they hadn’t acted in advance, those two rabid dogs would have targeted their pregnant sister-in-law. The consequences would have been unimaginable.

Wen Zhuqing had been after the lives of both their sister-in-law and nephew.

“They’ve been arrested and locked up now. We don’t know the final outcome yet, but they’ll definitely be paraded through the streets.” Gu Yunzhou said.

“Okay. Let me know when there’s news.”

“Will do.”

After hanging up, Gu Jianing finally breathed a real sigh of relief. Wen Zhuqing’s scheming against her family had finally come to an end.

As for what would happen to Wen Zhuqing, Gu Jianing figured it wouldn’t be anything good.

She thought, Liu Yuan’s parents would definitely get involved.

After Wen Zhuqing almost deceived their only daughter, they surely hadn’t forgotten. They were probably waiting for a chance to take him down.

Even if they didn’t have any dirt on him, they’d find a way to trip him up.

And now, Wen Zhuqing had handed them a huge piece of evidence himself.

Privately possessing banned books—this crime could be big or small.

But with Liu Yuan’s parents’ hatred for Wen Zhuqing, he was probably bound for prison this time.

As for Bao Shanyan…

Even though she knew Bao Shanyan was pregnant, Gu Jianing didn’t feel much sympathy for her.

Bao Shanyan was no innocent, and certainly not a good person.

Otherwise, in her past life, that poor little educated youth at the commune wouldn’t have been beaten to death by Bao Shanyan.

This time, Bao Shanyan would be implicated as well. If she could leave Huaihua Village or be punished, that would be just fine.

In fact, that’s exactly what happened. As soon as Liu Ruzhi and Dujuan heard about Wen Zhuqing, they exchanged a glance and immediately took action.

After hanging up, Gu Jianing was about to see her next patient when, unexpectedly, Jiang Baihe came in, heavily pregnant.

As soon as she saw Gu Jianing, she rushed over anxiously. “Jianing, something terrible has happened!”

“Sis-in-law, slow down, be careful with your belly. What’s going on?” Seeing her running with her big belly wobbling, Gu Jianing was startled.

Jiang Baihe quickly cradled her belly, grabbed Gu Jianing’s hand, and said, “Jianing, how can you still be so calm? Something big has happened!”"