Chapter 221: Who Exactly Are You?

They stopped only after reaching a cave in the back mountain, throwing the people down heavily onto the ground.

One of them took a porcelain bottle from his pocket, waved it under their noses, and only then did the two slowly regain consciousness.

Ge Pozi was the first to notice something was wrong: "Where is this? What has happened to me?"

The old man Liu woke up feeling pain all over his body; after seeing the two standing in the cave, he asked with a trembling voice: "Who are you, and what do you want?"

One of them spoke coldly: "We brought you here for a reason, but my temper is bad and I have little patience; if you answer poorly later, do not blame me for sending you into Shenshan to feed the wolves."

At these words, not only Ge Pozi but even the old man Liu stiffened in fright; yet he had some affection for his old wife and shielded her behind him; "Who exactly are you?"

"Who we are, you need not know; I ask you, did you see the jade tablet on that child forty-one years ago?"

This statement terrified the old couple of the Liu family; their hearts raced wildly, and the old man Liu forced calmness as he said: "What does this mean?"

That man truly had a bad temper; hearing the old man Liu try to play tricks on him, he immediately kicked him.

The old man Liu, unprepared, fell to the ground along with Ge Pozi behind him.

The man warned again: "If you wish to see tomorrow's sun, answer my questions honestly."

Saying this, he kicked again.

Ge Pozi, fearing the old man Liu would be beaten to death or worse, cried out: "Stop hitting us, we will speak, we will speak."

"Just cooperate obediently from the start, why force me to act? You truly have cheap bones; speak now, answer the question I just asked."

The old man Liu also realized that what they had done earlier was likely already discovered; he just did not know for what reason that person had not exposed them yet; with a trembling voice he said: "We truly have never seen any jade tablet."

Ge Pozi, ignoring the pain in her body, chimed in: "Comrades, we swear to heaven that we truly did not see the jade tablet you speak of; if we speak falsehoods, may we die a miserable death."

Ge Pozi thought: Since they truly had not seen it, they had no fear of swearing such a vicious oath.

Those two had been watching the expressions of the old couple of the Liu family; seeing that they did not seem to be lying, they felt restless.

If they still could not find that jade tablet, that woman would likely scold them as useless again; if that woman did not hold leverage over him, he would never obey her orders.

Seeing that they could not extract anything from the old couple of the Liu family, and not wanting to truly kill them—after all, who knows if one day that woman might turn the tables on him; he would not do such a foolish thing again.

Restlessly, he took a cigarette from his pants pocket, lit it, and kicked the old man Liu, who was closest to him, with bad temper: "You truly have bold guts; accepting someone's benefits, you still dared to swap their child for your own, letting your child enjoy fortune while treating their child poorly; you truly are born evil seeds."

After finishing one cigarette, he kicked the two several more times: "Dare to make a sound, and I will kill you two old things."

The man kicked and cursed; though he was not a good person, he despised these hypocrites who forgot righteousness for profit.

The old man Liu could not endure it any longer and fainted directly.

Ge Pozi was terrified: "Old man, what is wrong with you? Do not frighten me."

Seeing that they could not extract anything else, those two ignored how the couple would return and turned to walk aside.

The other person asked: "What now?"