Chapter 752

On the surface, Qiao Guanqing asked back in a rage, but in reality, his heart skipped a few beats.

How could he have guessed it right away?

Qiao Muting had originally held a sliver of expectation, thinking that Qiao Guanqing might still count as a person, might still count as a father.

He had thought too much.

A dog cannot change its habit of eating excrement.

Qiao Muting had his answer, "It seems you were the one who instigated it."

Qiao Guanqing's expression changed abruptly, somewhat surprised by Qiao Muting's decisiveness, "What nonsense are you spouting? Why aren't you resting properly at home at night instead of coming here to talk gibberish? If there's nothing else, leave."

"I'll go rest first," Hua Qian said with difficulty, not wanting to clash with Qiao Muting at this moment.

The fact that Qiao Muting asked like that just now meant he had already guessed that it was they who had people kidnap Shu Xia.

Right now, the people on that side hadn't responded, and they couldn't be reached either.

She felt uneasy and a bit panicked.

"You plotted to kidnap my wife, and you still have the audacity to think about resting tonight?" Qiao Muting's voice was cold and sharp, like icicles in the dead of winter, piercing straight into the heart.

Startled, Qiao Guanqing jumped up, "What are you talking about!"

Hua Qian's face turned somewhat pale; his tone didn't sound like he was coming to question them, but rather like he was holding evidence and coming to settle the score.

Evidence...

Could the people who couldn't be reached just now have run into trouble?

The Qiao Muting before them was no longer the youth who only knew how to be stubborn and go against his father; with just a few simple words and a few glances, he could make people tremble with fear.

Qiao Muting swept a glance at Hua Qian.

This glance caused all the blood to drain from Hua Qian's face.

But Hua Qian dared not speak carelessly at this time, fearing that saying too much would expose even more.

This matter absolutely could not be brought out into the open.

For some reason, Hua Qian suddenly thought of Li Yuan, who had called Qiao Guanqing earlier.

Could it be that Li Yuan had found something out?

Or perhaps he had told Qiao Muting that they had sought him out?

A layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, and as she gradually calmed down, she realized that looking back on this matter now, it seemed they had acted a bit too hastily.

If they had waited a while longer, until things were truly calm, to make a move, perhaps Qiao Muting would never have come to their door; in the end, they had underestimated the weight Shu Xia held in Qiao Muting's heart, and they had also underestimated Shu Xia.

To think that a little girl from the countryside could actually know Li Yuan.

"I'll give you two choices: first, I'll have a few people brought over, set up dozens of cameras here, and have Hua Qian and those men act out a scene for me—the movements must be intense. Second, you husband and wife can share the blessings and the hardships together, go to the police station to confess, and be the top trending headline for a week straight." Qiao Muting took a cigarette out of the cigarette case and, as he lit it, stated his demands.

"What did you say?!"

The husband and wife spoke almost in unison.

A sliver of disgusted coldness stained Qiao Muting's eyes as he stared at Qiao Guanqing and said, "You can join the scene if you want; I'd like to see how you betrayed and provoked my mother back then."

Qiao Guanqing was so embarrassed he became angry, his body trembling, "You're crazy! Qiao Muting, look at who I am—I am your father! What kind of madness are you spouting here today? Are you going to turn against your own father for a woman from the countryside? Has your brain gone rotten?!"

Hua Qian nearly failed to stand steady.

She looked at Qiao Muting with a terrified gaze.