"What? This man is Zhou Jinbei's father?"
"Then he's Zhou Jinxiu's father too. This..."
Jiang Nan Fang understood.
"I'll find a way to stabilize the situation. Hurry up."
Hanging up the phone, she returned to the doorway. The screams inside continued.
This wasn't a solution. After a slight hesitation, Jiang Nan Fang boldly knocked on the door.
Father Zhou was furious inside. He was suddenly startled by the knocking.
First, he paused, then sneered.
"Someone's here. You said you had nothing to do with that man, huh? You're here to save her."
"Alright Fang Yuan, I didn't realize you had some skills. Wait, when he comes in, see how I'll kill you two dogs together today."
After speaking, he tied Fang Yuan to a stool with a rope, taped her mouth, and walked to the door.
"Who?"
"Hello sir, from the neighborhood office. Checking temporary residence permits. Please open the door."
It was a woman.
Father Zhou looked through the peephole and saw that she was single and looked like a delicate woman.
He removed the chain, opened the door a crack, and looked at Jiang Nan Fang with a cold face.
"Why are you checking temporary residence permits so early? Are you alone? Let me see your work ID."
"We check permits with a mobile app now."
Jiang Nan Fang smiled and waved her phone at him.
"My ID is on my phone, sir. Don't worry, I'm not a scammer."
As she said this, she leaned closer to Father Zhou and slid her phone open, randomly tapping on an app, pretending to show him.
Father Zhou, not understanding, lowered his guard slightly and extended an arm, preparing to inspect her phone.
It happened in an instant.
As his arm reached out, Jiang Nan Fang shoved her phone into her pocket, grabbed his arm, and yanked him outwards with force.
Then, she placed his arm over her shoulder and executed a shoulder throw, sending him crashing to the ground.
Her knee pressed against his back, and with her left hand twisting his arm behind him, Jiang Nan Fang said,
"We received a report from a neighbor about unusual noises from your room, suspected of abnormal circumstances. I need to enter for an inspection."
"If you don't resist, I won't hurt you. If you resist, I'll break your arm! Get up and come in with me!"
Father Zhou was stunned by the sudden fall.
He paused for a few seconds, then turned back in fury.
"Who are you? What are you doing? Who reported me? Are you Fang Yuan's rescuer?"
"Keep your voice down. I'm not anyone's rescuer, and I don't want to embarrass you. I just want to come in and take a look."
Jiang Nan Fang twisted his arm to help him up.
"Don't shout."
The two entered the room.
After just one night, Fang Yuan, who was still radiant yesterday, was now disheveled, gaunt, and looked half-crazy.
Seeing her tied to a chair, bruised and swollen, Jiang Nan Fang was greatly shocked.
This old man, her former lover.
How could he be so vicious!
"Sit down, don't move."
Jiang Nan Fang pushed Father Zhou onto the sofa.
"You've already made a serious mistake. To prevent you from making further mistakes, I'm going to let her out now."
"Don't get excited, we won't blow this out of proportion. Let's talk things through, okay?"
After speaking, she looked at Fang Yuan, "Can you untie yourself?"
Fang Yuan couldn't speak. Her hands behind her back, she struggled a few times.
She clearly couldn't untie the ropes.
Jiang Nan Fang picked up a baseball bat from the table.
Pointing at Father Zhou, she backed away behind Fang Yuan.
"As long as you let Fang Yuan go, nothing will happen today. Don't move."
Saying this, she moved behind Fang Yuan.
Jiang Nan Fang held the baseball bat in one hand and untied Fang Yuan's ropes with the other.
However, the ropes were tied too tightly, and she couldn't untie them with one hand.
Seeing Father Zhou sitting on the sofa with his hands raised, showing no intention of resisting,
Jiang Nan Fang thought for a moment, then slowly lowered the bat.
Clearly, he had underestimated the explosive power of an old man whose dignity had been challenged.
Seeing her put down the bat, Father Zhou instantly sprang up from the sofa.
Then, in a flash, a glass ashtray flew towards Fang Yuan.
Before she could even dodge, her forehead was grazed.
The next second, Fang Yuan's head lolled to the side, and she lost consciousness.
Jiang Nan Fang quickly tried to pick up the bat beside her to confront Father Zhou.
However, he was prepared. With a swift movement, he pulled out a gleaming boning knife from under the coffee table.
"Don't move. If you dare move, I'll cut you both in half."
"Throw the bat over here. You, sit on the sofa."
Zhan Bei Jue drove at breakneck speed and quickly arrived at the address A Zhong had sent.
But he didn't know which floor it was on, so he had to knock on doors one by one to find it.
When he reached the fifth floor, he saw a room with its door open. There were clear signs of a struggle inside.
But he couldn't find anyone.
He could only call his uncle.
At this time, his uncle had tied up the unconscious Jiang Nan Fang and Fang Yuan together and thrown them into the trunk of his car, driving towards the mountains in the suburbs.
His phone rang. Glancing at it, he saw it was Zhan Bei Jue.
He had no mood to answer. He immediately hung up.
Damn it.
Zhan Bei Jue cursed under his breath, realizing something was wrong. While rushing downstairs, he called Jiang Nan Fang again.
However, the phone rang and rang, but no one answered.
It seemed she was in trouble too. He sternly called Zhou Jinbei.
"Send me your father's phone location. Don't come here, he's already been moved."
Zhou Jinbei hadn't expected that, despite all his caution, things had escalated to this point.
Fortunately, he had secretly located his father's phone earlier. He quickly shared it with Zhan Bei Jue.
Zhan Bei Jue got into his car and sent the location to A Cheng.
"All units, mobilize! Whether by flight or any other means, you must find him within ten minutes. Go!"
Along the way, Zhou Jinbei and Zhan Bei Jue took turns constantly calling Father Zhou.
However, no matter how they called, no one answered.
She couldn't imagine what her uncle was planning.
She couldn't imagine what Jiang Nan Fang was enduring.
Zhan Bei Jue pushed the accelerator to the floor, vowing in his heart.
If he dared to lay a single finger on Jiang Nan Fang, when he found him, he wouldn't care if he was his uncle, he would chop off one of his hands!
The older he gets, the more outrageous his actions become. What a ludicrous situation!
The car rumbled as it hit a heavy object and stopped.
Jiang Nan Fang's head hit the metal, and she finally regained consciousness.
Opening her eyes, she found herself in darkness. She tried to move but realized she was tied up.
Recalling what happened before she fainted and feeling Fang Yuan beside her, she knew she was in trouble.
Jiang Nan Fang regretted meddling while also cursing her own incompetence.
She couldn't even defeat an old man.
If he had gone mad, what should she do to escape?
As she frowned in thought, a familiar voice came from outside the car.
"Uncle, it's Zhan Bei Jue."
"I know everything about you. Let's talk things through properly if you come down. Don't do anything foolish. Open the door."