In the moment when Cheng Yuyao caught Guo Zhuanghuai off guard, she seized his wrist, attempting to knock the dagger from his hand. However, the cunning Guo Zhuanghuai performed a backflip, leaping onto the table and flinging the dagger towards Guo Zhiqian's face. Guo Zhiqian ducked just in time, and the knife struck the wall behind him. Guo Zhuanghuai lunged at Guo Zhiqian. At that moment, Guo Zhiqian had just managed to untie Zhou Junsheng's ropes. He rolled away to evade Guo Zhuanghuai, who turned around to retrieve the dagger from the wall and pressed it against Zhou Junsheng's neck.
Guo Zhuanghuai threatened, "If you take another step forward, I'll kill him!"
The Cheng Sisters and Guo Zhiqian dared not move recklessly.
Zhou Junsheng's mouth was gagged, and he struggled to make a sound but couldn't. He was forced by Guo Zhuanghuai to crawl out of the cellar. The Cheng Sisters and Guo Zhiqian hurriedly followed.
As Guo Zhuanghuai coerced Zhou Junsheng out of the cellar, he accidentally spat out the rag from his mouth.
Zhou Junsheng shouted, "Guo Zhuanghuai, I have endured humiliation in the cellar; just kill me!"
Zhou Junsheng thrust his neck forward, but Guo Zhuanghuai quickly yanked his head back. "If you want to die, you still need to tell us what we want to know!"
Guo Zhuanghuai punched Zhou Junsheng unconscious.
Guo Zhiqian and the Cheng Sisters chased out of the cellar.
Cheng Yuwan called out, "Guo Zhuanghuai, you have no way out!"
Guo Zhuanghuai threw Zhou Junsheng to the ground; he was completely enraged.
"Just you three?"
With the dagger in hand, Guo Zhuanghuai shouted and charged at the Cheng Sisters. In this spacious area, he unleashed all his skills to such an extent that even the combined efforts of the Cheng Sisters and Guo Zhiqian could not withstand his fierce assault.
Finally, Guo Zhuanghuai scattered them apart, kicking Guo Zhiqian away and landing a punch on Cheng Yuyao's abdomen, sending her flying over ten meters. Then, he delivered several kicks that forced Cheng Yuwan to retreat repeatedly...
Just as Guo Zhuanghuai leaped up with his dagger aimed at Cheng Yuwan's head, a loud bang echoed as he fell to the ground.
The shooter is Guo Zhiqian. He has taken a thug's rifle and is aiming it at Guo Zhuanghuai.
Guo Zhiqian shouts heartbreakingly at Guo Zhuanghuai, "Don't force me to shoot again—"
Guo Zhuanghuai covers his bullet-wounded abdomen with his hand, looking at Guo Zhiqian in disbelief, "You are my son."
With tears streaming down his face, Guo Zhiqian mournfully replies, "I don't want my father to continue making mistakes."
The two stand off against each other, and finally, Guo Zhuanghuai turns around, clutching his injured abdomen as he walks away.
Cheng Yuwan gets up and chases after him, shouting, "Don't let him get away!"
Guo Zhiqian steps forward to stop her, saying, "Let's spare him this time!"
Cheng Yuyao stands up and wipes the blood from the corner of her mouth. She adds, "None of us can match Guo Zhuanghuai. Right now, we need to get Zhou Junsheng back before his drug addiction kicks in."
At that moment, the Cheng sisters support the unconscious Zhou Junsheng and help him along with Guo Zhiqian towards the Zhou family home, ultimately leaving Zhou Junsheng in the courtyard of the Zhou residence.
When Zhou Junsheng gradually regains consciousness, it coincides with the onset of his drug cravings.
Zhou Junsheng goes wild in the Zhou family's courtyard, shouting and causing chaos, waking many servants and maids. However, upon seeing Zhou Junsheng in such a state, the servants and maids all shy away and do not dare to approach. Eventually, a maid from the Zhou family finds the Cheng family in the middle of the night and wakes Cheng Shuping.
Seeing Cheng Shuping come out of his room, the maid cries out, "Master Cheng, our master has been left in the courtyard; he’s gone mad and is shouting and running around in the middle of the night."
"Enough! Lead the way!"
Cheng Shuping grabs two servants and hurriedly gets dressed while rushing to drive straight to the Zhou family.
When Cheng Shuping arrives at the Zhou residence, he finds Zhou Junsheng frantically running around due to his drug cravings; the entire backyard is in disarray because of him. Many servants surround the courtyard but do not dare to step forward to intervene.
Zhou Junsheng saw Cheng Shuping and hurriedly climbed to his feet, tugging at his pant leg, pleading desperately, "Cheng... Cheng Shuping, you have to let the servants buy some opium... otherwise... otherwise, people will die! People will die!"
Seeing Zhou Junsheng's condition, Cheng Shuping immediately understood.
Cheng Shuping instructed the Zhou family's servants, "Your master is having an opium withdrawal. Hurry up and find a rope to tie him up!"
The servants looked around uncertainly.
Cheng Shuping grew anxious and shouted, "What are you looking at? Go find a rope and tie him up!"
"I dare you to do that to me!" Zhou Junsheng yelled at the servants and then clung to Cheng Shuping's thigh, crying, "Cheng Shuping, we are family! I'm dying! I'm dying..."
The servants rushed forward and pinned Zhou Junsheng to the ground. Zhou Junsheng struggled and screamed, "Ah... you don't dare tie me up; I'm your master! You shouldn't listen to an outsider... Cheng Shuping, you're not my uncle; I don't have an uncle like you... you're a bastard... a bastard..."
Cheng Shuping picked up a wooden stick from the ground, walked over to Zhou Junsheng, and shoved the stick into his mouth, forcing him to bite down hard.
Cheng Shuping ordered the servants, "Tie this wooden stick in his mouth with a rope, then bind him to the pillar in the main hall. Make sure he doesn't spit out this stick!"
Following Cheng Shuping's instructions, the servants dragged Zhou Junsheng to the stone pillar at the entrance and forcefully pressed him against it.
Zhou Junsheng's heart-wrenching screams continued to echo.
After rescuing Zhou Junsheng, the Cheng sisters returned home and informed Cheng Shuhua of Zhou Junsheng's current condition. Upon hearing this, Cheng Shuhua was brought to tears: "He has never suffered like this before; I don't know how he has endured it all."
A moment of sorrow spread among the three women. Cheng Yuyao spoke again, "Mom, why don't we just go home? With us there, Dad will at least have someone to look after him."
"Don't I want to go back?" After expressing her feelings, Cheng Shuhua changed the subject. "Let's not dwell on that. Was there any danger when you rescued your dad?"
To avoid worrying their mother too much, Cheng Yuyao replied, "No."
"Where isn't there?" Cheng Yuwan hurriedly interjected.
Cheng Yuyao nudged Cheng Yuwan with her shoulder, signaling her to stop, but Cheng Yuwan continued, "If it weren't for Guo Zhiqian shooting and injuring Guo Zhuanghuai, neither my sister nor I would have made it back alive!"
Cheng Shuhua asked, "What exactly happened?"
Cheng Yuyao replied calmly, "It's nothing much. Our skills were vastly inferior to Guo Zhuanghuai's. With Guo Zhiqian's help, we were able to successfully rescue my dad."
Cheng Shuhua inquired again, "Where is Guo Zhiqian?"
"He has already gone back."
"Oh." Cheng Shuhua seemed thoughtful. "If he comes to the café again, bring him along. I want to thank him in person."
Seeing the significant change in Cheng Shuhua's attitude towards Guo Zhiqian, Cheng Yuwan looked at Cheng Yuyao with delight, and Cheng Yuyao's joy was difficult to put into words.
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