Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Moral Decay, the Terrifying Nature of Humanity

“Auntie, is something wrong with Sister Luo Ning?” Gu Qinghuan probed carefully.

“What could possibly be wrong? She’s perfectly fine! Why are you jinxing her with your nonsense, girl?” Mrs. Xu snapped, turning her irritation on Gu Qinghuan.

But Gu Qinghuan didn’t miss the flicker of guilt and unease in Mrs. Xu’s eyes.

Thinking of the injury on Youran’s hand, a sense of foreboding grew in her heart.

Something was definitely wrong—and the answer was somewhere in this house.

At that moment, the usually unresponsive Youran suddenly broke free from He Qiang and rushed over, hugging Gu Qinghuan’s leg, looking up at her in panic.

“Mama! Mama!”

The child’s voice was urgent and frantic, as if trying to say something.

People nearby shook their heads.

“This kid really is slow—can’t even recognize her own mother.”

“No wonder Mrs. Xu won’t let her out.”

…

“Come on, let’s go home with Grandma. Mama will be back soon,” Mrs. Xu said, annoyed by the crowd’s gossip. She yanked Xu Youran toward the door, thinking this foolish child was making a spectacle of herself today.

Youran was clearly afraid of Mrs. Xu. She struggled, pushing hard but unable to break free. In her panic, she looked back at Gu Qinghuan, shouting, “Mama! Mama!”

Suddenly, Gu Qinghuan understood—Youran wasn’t calling her “Mama.” She was asking Gu Qinghuan to help her mother, or rather, to save her mother.

She just couldn’t express it clearly.

Youran must have heard her mention her mother’s name and realized she knew her, so she was seeking help.

Something must have happened to Sister Luo Ning!

No matter how dangerous the Xu house was today, Gu Qinghuan knew she had to go in.

She glanced around, thinking quickly.

The police obviously wouldn’t break into a private home just because of her vague suspicions. They were already preparing to leave.

The crowd was also starting to disperse.

Now or never! She had to act!

Gu Qinghuan seized the moment. As Mrs. Xu opened the door, she suddenly shoved it wide and dashed inside, catching everyone off guard.

Mrs. Xu shrieked in panic, “Help! Someone’s broken into my house!”

The crowd buzzed with excitement again—there was drama to watch today.

The two police officers, seeing the commotion, hurried back.

He Qiang, who was a righteous sort, had already sensed something was off from the brief exchange between Gu Qinghuan and Mrs. Xu.

Given her impression of Gu Qinghuan as a kind person, she decided to help.

As the police ran over, He Qiang blocked their way, clutching his arm. “Officer, can you take a look at my arm? It really hurts! Did I break a bone when I caught that kid just now? I was doing a good deed—if my arm’s broken, who’s going to take responsibility?” He wiped away imaginary tears.

The officers, unable to get past him, could only smile wryly. They’d sensed something was wrong too, but preferred to avoid getting involved in family disputes—they weren’t here to mediate domestic issues.

But seeing Gu Qinghuan risk trespassing to get to the bottom of things, they didn’t want to make things too hard for her.

So they played along with He Qiang, pretending to be held up, giving Gu Qinghuan time.

“Where does it hurt? Here?”

“No, not there.”

“Here, then?”

“Still not there.”

“Then where?”

…

After a minute or two of this back-and-forth, He Qiang finally let the officers go in to apprehend the “intruder.”

That should be enough time for Gu Qinghuan to find the answer.

After all, the house wasn’t that big.

Now, it was in fate’s hands.

As soon as she entered, Gu Qinghuan quickly found the stairs and rushed up to the second floor—the room where the child had fallen from.

She decided to start searching the most likely place for trouble.

Mrs. Xu couldn’t keep up with her, watching helplessly as Gu Qinghuan took the stairs three at a time.

The moment Gu Qinghuan opened the door, a surge of fury shot straight to her head, nearly making her faint.

Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Her cousin Luo Ning was tied up, bound tightly to a chair with ropes, even her mouth sealed shut.

The window beside her was wide open. It wasn’t hard to imagine—just moments ago, Luo Ning had watched helplessly as her own daughter fell from that window.

For a mother, what kind of despair was that…

At this moment, Luo Ning looked half-crazed, shaking her head and struggling desperately. Looking closer, there was a fresh pool of blood under the chair’s backrest.

She must have tried to break free, the ropes cutting into her wrists until they bled.

She must have fought with all her strength to stop her daughter from falling, but the ropes were too thick—she couldn’t break free…

Gu Qinghuan’s heart clenched with pain—for her cousin, for this pitiful mother.

What kind of inhuman torment had she endured?

And yet, Gu Qinghuan didn’t know—this was only the beginning.

Just then, Mrs. Xu arrived, and was shocked by what she saw!

What was going on? She’d only locked Luo Ning and Xu Youran in the room—she hadn’t tied her up!

What now? If the police saw this, they’d be finished!

The commotion at the door woke someone sleeping in the bed.

A drowsy voice grumbled, “Who is it? Get out!” It was Xu Jianguo.

As he spoke, he reached out and squeezed the woman beside him, not even opening his eyes.

“Jianguo, you’re so naughty, don’t touch me!” a coquettish female voice suddenly rang out.

Mrs. Xu was so shocked she nearly fainted. “Ah! Xu Jianguo, are you trying to get yourself killed?” He’d actually brought another woman home and was fooling around in their own bed!

Gu Qinghuan was furious—so angry she wanted to kill Xu Jianguo herself.

She’d been so focused on her bound cousin at the door that she hadn’t noticed the rest of the room.

It was a scene of utter debauchery—clothes scattered everywhere, men’s and women’s underwear tossed about, the chaos and mess leaving no doubt about what had happened the night before.

Xu Jianguo had not only cheated, but brought his mistress home to sleep with her in his wife’s bed.

Even more horrifying, Gu Qinghuan noticed that Luo Ning had been tied up facing the bed.

That meant Xu Jianguo had deliberately tied Luo Ning up in front of the bed, forcing her to watch as he spent the night with another woman.

And their daughter, little Youran, had also witnessed it all.

For a mother, this was a torment worse than death—forcing her child to see such filth.

From the scene, Gu Qinghuan pieced together what her cousin had endured the previous night, and her heart sank to the depths.

She feared Luo Ning wouldn’t be able to take it, feared she’d go mad. What could she do to save her?

All of this happened in just an instant.

Mrs. Xu’s scream startled the pair in bed awake. They sat up, completely naked.

The two police officers, hearing the commotion, rushed upstairs—only to witness the depraved scene firsthand.

As seasoned officers, they could quickly deduce what had happened.

But the reality was even more horrifying than they’d imagined. What kind of people could do such things?"