Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Checking the Water Meter, Open Up

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. The sound of someone at the door.

"You all don’t believe me, huh? I’ll call my family right now!"

As Brother Zhu was speaking, a loud knock came from the door. "Hello, checking the water meter."

"Checking the water meter"?! Isn’t that code for a police raid?

The person above has amazing reading comprehension! Thumbs up!

So the streamer called the cops just now? Holy shit! That was fast! I was just about to report him!

Don’t call her ’streamer,’ call her Doctor Wen! Be careful, if Doctor Wen isn’t satisfied with you, she might just give you a ’check-up’!

Brother Zhu picked up another phone, but before he could call his family, he heard the knock and grew annoyed.

But when he saw the follower count on his account shooting up, that little bit of annoyance vanished.

"Let Brother Zhu open the door and talk to the community staff first, then I’ll be back to expose this fraudulent streamer!"

Not forgetting to explain to the camera, Brother Zhu pulled the door open.

But what he saw were grim-faced, uniformed officers who rushed him with vigilant eyes and seized both of his arms.

The entire scene played out live on the stream’s screen.

"You’ve got the wrong person, officers! It’s a misunderstanding! I’m a law-abiding citizen!"

The moment he was arrested, Brother Zhu’s first thought wasn’t that his crimes had been discovered. It was that with tens of thousands of people watching this happen live, he would never be able to make a comeback.

Shameless to the end. Officers, send him inside to do hard time for the rest of his life!

Will they be able to save the girl who was the victim?

The viewers in the stream were in a heated discussion. Many had already started posting about the incident online, spreading it across short-video apps and other popular platforms.

Doctor Wen, can you tell us what will happen to the young woman?

Doctor Wen is just a doctor. Shouldn’t you be asking the police about something like this?

The person above must be new here, right?

Wen Ying looked at the comments in the chat. "When I reported it, I also sent the young woman’s location to the police. Based on my deductions, the officers are already on their way. Now we just need to wait for the official police announcement. Don’t worry, the criminals won’t get tipped off and destroy the evidence."

That’s terrifying when you think about it! I was just afraid someone on their end would see the stream and destroy the evidence. Now that Doctor Wen has said that, I feel relieved.

I totally second what the person above said.

Doctor Wen is seriously incredible! If you count them up, of the three viewers she’s connected with live, every single one has had something major happen to them!

Now that you mention it, I remember too. I’m really looking forward to the next person she connects with~ *sips tea while enjoying the drama*

「Meanwhile.」 In a remote mountain village, a filthy and unkempt Zhang Xiaohua was bound by iron chains.

Her clothes were in tatters, revealing numerous marks from being beaten.

Standing before her was an emaciated old woman with a ferocious glare. In her hand, she held a whip meant for the family’s mule. "You little bitch! If you just behaved and gave my son a big, healthy boy, you wouldn’t have to suffer like this! I think you’re just trash. If you were some clean, decent girl, would you have come back with my son? You won’t learn without a beating! Still thinking of running? Dream on! The next time I catch you trying to send a message to someone, I’ll break your damn legs, you whore!" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Zhang Xiaohua sat motionless on the ground, her eyes vacant. She had clearly sunk from despair into numbness.

On the ground in front of her was a chipped food bowl containing a grimy steamed bun and some foul-smelling pickled vegetables.

She had thought of killing herself, but this family watched her too closely. There were no sharp objects, and they had even driven tall wooden stakes into the room to chain her up.

From the courtyard, she could hear them discussing whose family had an iron cage.

’So they’re going to lock me in a cage, like an animal?’