The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 177 Difficult Situation

Chen Ping's answer was a combination of Lu Zixuan's previous analysis.

If she opposed this marriage, Mrs. Lou would definitely feel resentful and doubt her intentions. If she simply agreed, it would seem too flattering and make Mrs. Lou feel disgusted.

It seems like an answer, but it is equivalent to not making a suggestion. The Lou family chose the Xu family in order not to let Lou Xiao'e suffer. As for feelings, no one has ever mentioned it in this era.

Chen Ping secretly rejoiced in her heart, thanks to her careful study of the seemingly useless ladies' diplomacy that Lu Zixuan had popularized.

Otherwise, with He Yuzhu's straightforward masculine personality, the shrewd Mrs. Lou would definitely easily get all his secrets. He also deeply admired the clever tactics used by these wealthy families.

Boss Lou was responsible for dealing with Lao Chen, while Mrs. Lou was responsible for inquiring with the people traveling with him. By comparing the two, they could easily find out the real purpose of this trip.

As the saying goes, three women make a drama, and it is true. The mother and daughter of the Lou family and Chen Ping talked about everything from the daily life in the courtyard to frugality, from dressing and growing flowers to life insights...

The topic did not stop until Lao Chen and Boss Lou came downstairs.

As soon as he entered the door, Boss Lou recognized Chen Ping. After listening to Lao Chen talking about their godparent relationship, he no longer concealed the content of the conversation. He asked everyone to sit down and told them the purpose of Lao Chen and his group.

"Xu Fugui did ask me for help. He said his family was busy arranging the wedding and was short of manpower.

He must have intended to kidnap the child. I just called the people who went to help, and two of them could not be contacted.

This kind of despicable behavior will not be allowed to appear in my Lou family. Yali, send Du Guixiang away later. Xiao'e's marriage will be put on hold for the time being. We can talk about it again when there is some progress..."

After hearing what happened, Lou Xiao'e was furious. She broke free from Mrs. Lou's hold and interrupted, saying:

"Dad, there's no need to make any arrangements. I will never marry, and I will never live under the same roof with someone like Xu Fugui who has no bottom line."

After saying that, he went upstairs with puffed cheeks.

After receiving the hint from Boss Lou, Mrs. Lou comforted Chen Ping with apologetic words, walked out of the living room quickly, found Du Guixiang who seemed busy, who was Xu Damao's mother, and took out some money and threw it on the ground.

"Go home. Our family doesn't need in-laws who commit crimes, nor does it need a vicious aunt. I'll give you one hour to make your Xu Fugui rich. Now, immediately, roll over here."

Mrs. Lou pointed at the door, changed her previous gentle and polite demeanor, turned into a stern hostess, and screamed and scolded Du Guixiang.

Perhaps because she had never seen Mrs. Lou with this attitude before, Du Guixiang shivered twice. She did not dare to ask the reason, and immediately lowered her head and left the Lou family quickly.

At this time, Lu Zixuan was tied to a bare tree, counting the unlucky day he had had.

He got up in the morning, informed Chen Ping, took his camera, and walked along the street towards Zhu Feng's house. As soon as he arrived at the intersection where Guo Tiejun was kidnapped, he was gagged and carried away by two people wearing clothes with patches of unclear colors.

Perhaps they were afraid that Lu Zixuan would recognize the direction or shout out, so after walking only 20 meters, the two of them tacitly tied a cloth rope around his head to tie a rag to his mouth, and then covered his head with a stinky cloth bag.

Lu Zixuan shook his head vigorously and gestured with his tied hands to express that he would not resist or run away, but the two men ignored him and tightened the ropes around his hands again.

Lu Zixuan knew that it was useless to ask for help or plead, so he did not struggle at all. He pretended to be at the mercy of others and listened carefully to the surrounding situation.

But because his head was covered by the cloth bag, he could only hear the friction sound of the bag and could not even distinguish the footsteps of the two people. He could only count down silently in his heart.

When Lu Zixuan counted to 2950, ​​the two of them slowed down their pace obviously. Listening to the "crunching" sound of footsteps breaking dead branches and the sound of kicking weeds, they must have walked into an overgrown area.

When they reached the 3280th position, there was no sound of footsteps and Lu Zixuan was thrown to the ground. The pain in his shoulder made him more sober.

A stinky cloth bag blocked Lu Zixuan's four senses. Only through touch could he identify his current situation. He gently opened his hands behind his back and touched the floor, which should be damp soil.

I pricked up my ears again, hoping to hear the two people talking, but heard nothing.

Lu Zixuan could only sit up with difficulty, making "woooo" sounds in protest and shaking his head hard, trying to get rid of the cloth bag. The reason for doing this was to attract the attention of the two men and make them take other actions.

Sure enough, a man speaking the Shandong dialect said:

"Stop howling, we are just doing the job for money, and your employer has no intention of killing you, he just wants to teach you a lesson.

Let us tell you, little bastard, don't take people for fools and play those little tricks.

As long as you stay here obediently for three days, we will let you go. If you don’t behave, you will suffer.”

Lu Zixuan continued to shake his head and cry "woo woo". Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he sat cross-legged, stood up shakily, turned around, and pointed at his belt with his finger.

"Want to pee? Go ahead and pee in your pants. You little bastard is quite cunning. We're going out now, do as you please. If you dare to run away, I'll break your legs."

After the man finished speaking, there was no movement. Lu Zixuan stood there motionless. He struggled hard with his hands a few times, but to no avail. He then groped along the ground with his feet, moving slowly to the right.

Until his feet encountered an obstacle and he could not move forward, he slowly turned around, touched the large mossy blue bricks on the wall with his hand, slowly sat down, curled up his body, leaned against the wall and began to think of a solution.

Lu Zixuan knew in his heart that the two of them did not leave. He did this only to make them curious and satisfy their desire to play tricks on him. The more embarrassed and confused he was, the happier they were and the easier it would be to satisfy them.

From how cautious these people were, Lu Zixuan knew that they had studied his style and characteristics of doing things. The tantrums and tricks of ordinary children were useless to them, so they could only pretend to be strong on the surface while being panicked inside.

When people encounter danger, they will instinctively want to find something to rely on. It doesn't matter whether it is a person, an object, a wall, or a pillar, as long as they can rely on it.

Lu Zixuan wanted to make them see their own vulnerability and helplessness, which was also a test of the identities of these people.

Generally, people who have a good life don’t like to see others suffer and feel helpless, and will always express their sympathy at the first opportunity.

People who live in poverty prefer to appreciate the powerless struggles of others in order to vent their dissatisfaction with life. It is obvious that these two people are part of the many working people.

Actually, being able to pee in their pants at this time would be the best way to increase their pleasure and give them more capital to brag about in the future, but Lu Zixuan didn't want to embarrass himself...