Chapter 47 Where is everyone?

"Then drug her anyway. Since that cheap woman’s heart is no longer with us, we’ll take a loss and compensate ourselves with Chen Dabao’s house!" Liu Dafu said with flickering, shifty eyes.

"Dad, but if that punk Chen Dabao really ends up behind bars, won't I get the raw end of the deal?" Liu Qiang still seemed somewhat reluctant.

Xia Xiaoxue was his wife, after all; wouldn't doing this be making a cuckold out of himself?

"As long as we can get Chen Dabao’s house back, that twenty thousand yuan will be yours!"

Liu Dafu cast a sidelong glance at him. Liu Qiang was his own flesh and blood, and before the brat even raised his tail, Liu Dafu already knew what he was plotting.

"Dad, you said it yourself!"

Liu Qiang’s eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly.

As night fell, darkness enveloped the village.

Chen Dabao was organizing the gifts Zhang Wei had sent, planning to arrange the strawberry deliveries tomorrow before heading deep into the mountains to forage for herbs, seeing if he could gather all the ingredients needed for the Return of the Spirit Decoction.

"The two ginseng roots sent by Boss Zhang are quite good; I won't need to buy any ginseng. However, I'm still missing quite a few other herbs, and most importantly, the vital catalyst—the Blood Ganoderma!"

Chen Dabao muttered to himself, just about to go make dinner, when his phone suddenly chimed with a notification.

Chen Dabao picked up his phone and saw a message from Xia Xiaoxue.

"Dabao, come over here for a moment!"

Chen Dabao looked out at the pitch-black sky. Why would Xia Xiaoxue want him to come over at this time of night?

"Sister Xiaoxue, is something the matter?"

Chen Dabao replied, but after waiting for a long time, Xia Xiaoxue didn't reply.

Hesitating for a moment when he still received no answer, Chen Dabao called Xia Xiaoxue, but the phone rang twice before being abruptly hung up. She didn't answer.

"Could Sister Xiaoxue be in danger?"

Growing somewhat worried, Chen Dabao quickly grabbed his phone and walked toward Xia Xiaoxue's house.

Xia Xiaoxue had previously gone back to her parents' home, and she was probably brought back just recently.

These days, let alone in the countryside, getting a divorce even in the city wasn't all that easy. Most people just muddled through their days together.

"Why is it pitch black?"

When Chen Dabao arrived outside Liu Dafu’s house, he saw that the interior was completely dark, with the door half-open. Hesitating briefly, he stepped inside.

The old two-story house belonging to Liu Dafu's family had a rather small courtyard, far inferior to the two-story villa-style house Chen Dabao's family owned. No wonder Liu Dafu was obsessed with getting his hands on Chen Dabao's property.

"Sob, sob, sob!"

Just as Chen Dabao stepped into the courtyard, a low moan echoed from the silent house. Startled, he quickly rushed toward the direction of the sound.

Could Sister Xiaoxue really be in danger?

"Dad, he went in!"

Outside the courtyard, Liu Qiang held a hoe with an excited expression.

Hiding nearby were Liu Dafu, Liu Fugui, and Liu Xiaowu, along with seven or eight young clansmen from the Liu family that Liu Fugui had called over, each gripping a weapon.

Only Liu Fugui held his phone high, ready to record video.

"What are you panicking for? If we go in too early, all our efforts will go to waste. We have to catch them red-handed in bed!" Liu Fugui whispered sternly. Besides, this was Liu Qiang’s wife, not his own, so he wasn't afraid of taking any losses.

"Exactly, Qiangzi, what's the rush? A woman is a woman, sleeping with anyone is the same, and a night in bed doesn't make her lose any pieces!" Liu Xiaowu said with a mocking, sarcastic tone.

The few Liu family clansmen wore bizarre, eager expressions. Waiting a bit longer until Chen Dabao stripped Xia Xiaoxue bare would be even better; that way, they could feast their eyes as well.

If they rushed in right now and saw nothing, they would be missing out.

Liu Qiang’s face was unsightly, and the longer he waited, the more anxious he became. He was terrified that if the two of them actually went through with it and Chen Dabao turned out to be a fast finisher, Xia Xiaoxue might end up pregnant, leaving him clueless about whose seed it actually was.

He certainly couldn't afford to take such a massive loss.

Meanwhile, inside the pitch-black two-story house:

The moment Chen Dabao pushed the door open and rushed in, a soft, burning figure lunged forward, throwing herself straight into his arms.

Chen Dabao looked closely, and who else could it be but Xia Xiaoxue?

"Sister Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you?"

Looking closer, Chen Dabao noticed that Xia Xiaoxue's state was somewhat abnormal. Her pretty face was flushed crimson, her entire body radiating immense heat, and she gazed at him with a seductive, bewitching look.

Before Chen Dabao could figure out what was going on, Xia Xiaoxue suddenly stood on tiptoe and pressed her lips against his.

Startled into a shudder, Chen Dabao hurriedly jerked his head back and pushed her away.

"Sister Xiaoxue, what on earth is wrong with you?"

Chen Dabao retreated in a rush, feeling a sudden surge of heat radiating through his own body.

Good grief, the "tigers" down here in the village were truly terrifying, each and every one of them baring bloody fangs and trying to devour people.

"Dabao!"

In a hazy, intoxicated daze, Xia Xiaoxue gave a seductive cry and lunged forward once more. Chen Dabao sidestepped in panic, dodging cleanly, which left Xia Xiaoxue spinning around in frantic frustration when she failed to catch him.

She actually began tearing blindly at her own clothes.

As she ripped at her garments, a slick, snowy patch of her shoulder was exposed.

"Sister Xiaoxue, stop!"

Chen Dabao rushed forward and grabbed her wrists. The moment his fingers touched her pulse, he instantly understood what had happened.

"Sister Xiaoxue, were you drugged?!"

Chen Dabao was deeply shocked. Xia Xiaoxue's condition clearly indicated she had been given an aphrodisiac; the raging fire within her had overwhelmed her self-control, leaving her desperately craving a man.

Yet she was right here in her own home—who could have possibly drugged her?

"Hurry up everyone, don't let Chen Dabao escape! Chen Dabao is raping my wife, help me catch him and drag him to the police station!" At that moment, a shout suddenly rang out from the courtyard.

Liu Qiang led his group charging inside.

"Oh no!"

Chen Dabao’s expression shifted drastically as realization dawned upon him. This was a trap—the very trap Li Youcai had warned him about earlier.

Scanning the room, Chen Dabao spotted the cup Xia Xiaoxue had used for drinking water. There was likely still some of the drug left inside. If he were caught right now, the blame for drugging her would undoubtedly fall entirely on him.

Liu Fugui, that damned bastard—his methods were truly vicious.

Seeing the crowd about to burst through the door, Chen Dabao took a swift stride forward, slammed the door shut with a loud bang, and threw the deadbolt.

*Click, click!*

Just as the lock slid into place, Liu Qiang rushed up and rattled the handle, only to find it bolted from the inside.

"Dad, the door is locked from the inside!" Liu Qiang yelled anxiously.

"Quick, find the key!"

Liu Dafu was frantic as well. They needed to capture the evidence right away, or else his daughter-in-law's sacrifice would have been for nothing.

"Find my ass, get out of the way!"

Roaring angrily, an impatient Liu Xiaowu shoved Liu Qiang aside and delivered a savage kick to the bedroom door. With a loud *bang*, the door shuddered violently, but held firm.

The bedroom door in Liu Dafu’s house happened to be sturdily built.

"Damn it!"

Liu Xiaowu’s expression darkened, feeling a bit humiliated. "All of you back up so I have room to work!"

The young Liu clansmen holding weapons stepped back, not daring to utter a sound.

"Xiaowu, be careful not to hurt your leg. There are security bars on the window of this room, that brat can't run away!"

Holding his phone aloft, Liu Fugui was filled with utter confidence. Today they would definitely catch Chen Dabao red-handed in bed; they had thoroughly planned and studied this specific room beforehand.

*Bang!*

Gathering all his strength, Liu Xiaowu finally kicked the door wide open.

Yet when the door swung open, the entire mob stood frozen in utter bewilderment.

"Where is he?!"