Chapter 1044

Back home, Zhu Shunyao heard the news and immediately said, "I’m going to the police station. If anyone dares to lay a hand on my wife and daughter, I’ll beat them until they don’t even recognize their own ancestors."

"Father, I’m going with you!" Zhu Zhibin jumped up. "If they dare to bully Mother and Sister, I’ll beat them to death."

"You two stay here," Zhu Yanyi said firmly. "I’ve already asked Brother Pei to handle it. We should get results soon. Then we’ll see who is really pulling the strings behind this."

"You mean there’s someone else behind this?" Zhu Shunyao’s face turned green with anger. Who dared to target the Zhu family like this?

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "I suspect so, but I have no proof yet, so I can’t say much. But I think Brother Pei will have answers when she returns."

Pei Tiandu returned three hours later. By then, everyone had finished lunch. He quickly ate a bowl of rice and explained, "The man is a thug from a casino in Yundu, in the south. He came here with Zhu Xiangyao to recruit girls to work as hostesses there."

"Zhu Xiangyao, you bastard!" Zhu Shunyao’s face turned pale with rage.

Zhu Yanyi asked directly, "Why did she attack my mother today?"

Pei Tiandu explained seriously, "According to his confession, he originally planned to lure your aunt to a secluded place. He knew you would chase after her. Then, they would knock you out, drag you into a car, and transport you south."

Zhu Shunyao shot up from his seat. "Zhu Xiangyao, you son of a bitch! I’ll kill you!" He rushed out the door.

"Brother Li, Brother Luo, follow him quickly!" Zhu Yanyi called out urgently. "Brother Zhao, go to Great-Grandfather Enfu’s house. This is a serious matter. We need to call people. Even if we have to fight, we must stand on the moral high ground."

"Understood." Zhao Cong left immediately to find Zhu Enfu. Zhu Yanyi stayed behind with Pei Tiandu, keeping the others inside, and headed toward the third branch, Zhu Guifu’s house.

Zhu Shunyao’s anger boiled over as he realized Zhu Xiangyao was behind it all. Bursting into the fourth branch’s home, he saw Zhu Xiangyao. Without a word, he threw a punch straight at Zhu Xiangyao’s face. Caught off guard, Zhu Xiangyao fell to the ground.

Gan Juhua screamed, "Eldest Brother! What are you doing? Are you here to go crazy?"

"Eldest Brother, even though you aren’t born of the fourth branch, you were raised here. Is this how a brother should treat his sibling? Coming in and beating him?" Zhu Guifu said angrily.

Zhu Shunyao sneered. "With a brother who constantly plots against my wife and children, I must have committed great sins in a past life."

She glared at Zhu Xiangyao, her face twisted with rage. "Zhu Xiangyao, I don’t care what you do in the south, nor do I ask. Making money is your skill, and showing off is your choice. We live in separate households, so I didn’t mind. But I never expected you to target my wife and daughter! Today, if most people in the market hadn’t recognized my wife, would your thug, Abiao, have taken them south? What grudge do I hold against you that you’d go to such lengths to destroy my family and scatter my loved ones?"