Volume 1, Chapter 10: Sisterly Bonds, Split Up, You Handle Su Ming!!!

“Don’t move, stay quiet, hands on your head!”

Yan Rou received the report and hurriedly brought her team over. Upon seeing the group of thugs screaming on the ground, she was momentarily stunned before turning to warn Su Ming atop the bulldozer.

“I’m the victim!”

“They almost harmed my sister and tried to forcibly demolish our house!”

Su Ming jumped down from the bulldozer, immediately surrounded by the enforcers. His expression was calm, his gaze deep and steady as he spoke in a measured tone.

“I can’t take your word alone. Come with me for questioning.”

“Take them all away!”

Yan Rou’s face turned icy as she waved her hand, issuing the order.

Su Ming didn’t resist, allowing himself to be handcuffed and escorted into the police car.

At that moment, Ying Ying appeared, pushing a wheelchair.

“Officer, my brother is innocent. It’s these bad people who want to tear down our home!”

Su Ying Ying nervously watched her brother being taken away, worried he might never return.

“Little one, rest assured, we are law enforcement. We will handle this fairly,” Yan Rou said with a reassuring smile after seeing Ying Ying.

“We won’t wrong the innocent, nor spare a single culprit.”

“Stay home and wait. We’ll gather evidence and investigate thoroughly. If your brother is innocent, he’ll be back tonight.”

With that, Yan Rou and her team left the courtyard in a grand procession.

Only then did the neighbors dare to step out, whispering among themselves.

“Look, Su Ming just came back and now he’s gone again!”

“Yeah, he’s lucky. The Su family has suffered so much— the elderly couple thrown from upstairs, Ying Ying’s leg injured so she can’t stand. If Su Ming had been home then, he might have met a terrible fate too.”

Two women chatted quietly.

“Auntie, I hurt my leg myself, don’t spread rumors,” Ying Ying said solemnly.

“Especially don’t mention it in front of my brother, okay?”

Suddenly, Ying Ying turned to the two women with a serious expression.

“Okay, auntie knows your thoughts. I won’t tell my brother.”

The women instantly understood Ying Ying’s fear that if her brother knew her leg was intentionally injured, he would surely seek revenge and put himself in danger.

Relieved, Ying Ying felt comforted that only she knew the truth about her leg.

However, since her brother returned, she seemed to have improved. She vaguely felt him touching her legs while she slept—gentle, tender touches, though her legs had been numb all along.

At the time, she thought it was just a dream.

But just now, she distinctly sensed a faint return of feeling.

Whether that was good or bad, she couldn’t say.

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Meanwhile, in Longzhou, at the Second Criminal Investigation Unit’s interrogation room.

After questioning, Su Ming’s handcuffs had been removed.

Across from him, Yan Rou set down her documents and looked up.

“Although your actions were self-defense, you used excessive force. Do you realize that out of ten people, three suffered multiple fractures with broken ribs, five had minor injuries, and one remainsI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.