MGASC -Chapter 175 You Miss Me?

“You try giving birth yourselves! Hmph, acting all high and mighty, yet still living with us. So noble! Go live in the staff ward if you’re so refined, it’s quiet there. What are you pretending for?”

“They’d love to, but do they even have that luck? I’ve never seen anyone give birth without a man around—probably done something unethical!”

The two of them jabbered on endlessly, and the woman on the bed couldn’t even calm them down.

Especially her husband—he saw the baby crying and shoved their son toward his wife, insisting she soothe him.

He cursed and scowled at Zhang Ling with disdain: “Looks like trash, no wonder any man would want her!”

Zhang Ling was clumsy with words and not good at arguing.

She was almost furious, wanting to grab something and smash it: “What nonsense are you spouting? Keep talking, and I’ll call the doctor!”

“Call if you want! Who’s scared?”

Just then, the door opened.

Jin Quan appeared with a stern face, throwing the huge woven bag in his hands aside and storming toward the jabbering men without a word.

“Damn it, you’ve been running your mouth!”

He grabbed one man by the collar and landed a solid punch.

The man screamed in pain and collapsed. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth; when touched, two teeth had been knocked out.

Jin Quan stood over him, mountain-like, eyes cold as ice.

His sister and wife were about to shout when he barked: “Shut up!”

“Anyone who dares speak tonight, I’ll strangle you!”

Jin Quan didn’t even bother with a second punch—there was no need.

Those two weaklings had no courage to stand up to him, typical cowards who only picked on women.

He glanced at Zhang Ling’s terrified face and snorted: “Look at you, all scared, can’t even argue properly after being bullied. And during the day, you were so keen on messing with me!”

Although Zhang Ling was frightened, she had to admit, Jin Quan’s punch felt satisfying.

Now being teased by him, her face flushed and paled in turns before she managed to mutter: “You finally came back.”

“You…miss me?”

Zhang Ling rolled her eyes at him irritably: “Don’t be silly, I’m too old!”

Jin Quan narrowed his eyes and chuckled.

So predictable—she remembers grudges.

By now, Zhang Qiao was fully awake.

She looked at the messy family opposite her and thought: serves them right!

She hadn’t spoken earlier because she knew Jin Quan would deal with them. Honestly, this family was just asking for trouble.

Zhang Ling was already checking the contents of the bag Jin Quan had brought. “Qiao Qiao, he brought everything, now we’re not missing a thing.”

Zhang Qiao felt reassured. “Thanks, Brother Quan. You’ve worked hard.”

“Should be,” he said.

He added: “The three kids stay with you. I didn’t allow them to come. Lin Xun said he’d take care of his younger brother.”

Zhang Qiao nodded. It was right—they wouldn’t help much even if they came. Fortunately, Lin Xun and Lin Ran were old enough to take care of Lin Jin, so she felt at ease.

“Brother Quan, you must be hungry. Let my sister buy you something to eat.”

Zhang Ling was organizing things and looked up: “There’s food on the table…”

Then she realized it was just leftovers. Although she and Zhang Qiao hadn’t messed with it, it seemed a bit impolite.

“Forget it, I’ll go buy something…”

She got up to leave, but Jin Quan called her back: “Rest. I’ll just grab something quick.”

After all the running around, he was indeed hungry.

He didn’t care about leftovers, just grabbed them and ate.

Zhang Qiao felt a little embarrassed. Zhang Ling wanted to help heat the food, but in the blink of an eye, he had almost finished devouring it. They had never seen anyone eat so fast, so they let it be.

…

The decision to leave early was Lin Tianyue’s. During the day, his eyelid had been twitching uncontrollably, making him anxious and uneasy.

So, despite Gu Yu’s objections, he packed up the goods, canceled the hotel, and rushed home, being scolded the whole way by Gu Yu, who hadn’t had enough fun outside yet.

However, as soon as they left the city, disaster struck.

Lin Tianyue and Gu Yu were ambushed by the local gang leader, Xiong Wu. They had actually been targeted for some time.

The last time Gu Yu had come here, he had a run-in with Xiong Wu, then detoured to escape.

But this time, the gang wouldn’t let them go, knowing their car carried even more valuable goods. They tailed them until the outskirts before making their move.

In this era, money was easy to make, surveillance was sparse, and the law wasn’t perfect. Some desperados took extreme risks for profit.

Xiong Wu was one such man, ruthless and reckless—if there was money to be made, he’d do anything.

Lin Tianyue and Gu Yu were forced out of the car, surrounded by a dozen thugs. Xiong Wu opened the trunk to inspect the cargo.

Although the goods were under a sales contract, Lin Tianyue and Gu Yu wanted to take some back for resale.

This load of electronics could let him, Zhang Qiao, and the kids have a comfortable new year.

But no matter how much they planned, something went wrong here.

Gu Yu and Lin Tianyue crouched on the ground, holding their heads, watching the thugs rummage through the car. Gu Yu ground his teeth: “I knew we shouldn’t have left today. Everything’s screwed here!”

Lin Tianyue hadn’t expected his twitching eyelid to be caused by Xiong Wu.

Though holding his head, his sharp eyes carefully observed the terrain and enemy positions.

Twelve people in total, armed with knives, steel pipes, nunchucks…

“Six each, alright?” he whispered to Gu Yu.

Gu Yu glanced at him but said nothing.

“If it doesn’t work, you two take two, I’ll take eight, you four.”

Gu Yu grumbled silently—who does he think he’s kidding? He’d grown up in a military compound, later served as a top reconnaissance soldier, always winning every fight.

Seeing Gu Yu’s tense cheeks, Lin Tianyue smirked. Easy bait.

As Xiong Wu’s men nearly finished inspecting, Lin Tianyue silently counted: three, two, one…

Qiao Qiao, although I promised you I’d never shed blood again, this time…for you, I’ll make an exception!

The fierce fight almost erupted instantly. Lin Tianyue leapt up from the ground, grabbing one by the neck and kicking another in the chest, taking down two in a flash.

This was a lawless area; not a soul around.

Under Lin Tianyue and Gu Yu’s flurry of fists and kicks, more thugs fell to the ground, screams echoing.

Seizing the moment, Gu Yu leapt onto the car, and Lin Tianyue, after dealing with the last nuisance, also climbed up like a nimble cat.

The truck restarted, but before pressing the accelerator, a new problem appeared.

Xiong Wu had called reinforcements!!!