Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a System
Chapter 142: He Doesn’t Know
Xiao Qingya glared fiercely at Zhou Shiming whose words were full of disguised threats. She clenched her small fist.
[Ouch, hiss, Host. Don’t pull my fur!] The System protested.
Xiao Qingya jolted and stroked its fur in an attempt to calm the white cat down. Then, her eyes lit up as a sudden idea struck her.
[Xuexue, go bite that bad man!] She ordered, narrowing her eyes at the man wearing the arrogant expression.
Zhou Shiming had his hands folded on his chest, smirking triumphantly as if victory was already in the bag.
The System jumped from Xiao Qingya’s lap. [Host, this uncle of yours is really bad. I will teach him some lessons!]
It trotted toward the three, looking totally harmless with its cute appearance that Zhou Shiming instinctively ignored it.
[Why does he need so much money? At first, he targeted our soy milk recipe. According to Ling Yu, that ugly uncle Sun also made a deal with Chen Huayun.]
[If he could marry my beautiful mother, he would give our fields to them... does he want to bribe his way into an official position?] Xiao Qingya analyzed the possibility.
Then, the System mentioned Zhou Shiming had sold Zhou Wenzhi’s land deeds.
It seems that her analysis is correct!
Xiao Qingya could think like that, naturally Zhou Anran and Xiao Jingran already had their own guesses too.
"Have you decided?" Zhou Shiming gave a malicious smile. "I almost forgot to mention that your son and daughter were being chased by a wild beast. It might come–"
Zhou Shiming suddenly felt a deep searing pain spread from his foot, and he sucked in a deep breath, hissing. He tried to shake whatever it was biting him.
At this moment, taking advantage of his lowered guard, Xiao Jingran took over the situation by grabbing Zhou Shiming’s hands and restraining him.
Zhou Anran ran toward the backyard, picked up something, and then returned. She had received a signal from her son; they already had a tacit understanding of each other for them to act quickly.
In less than a minute, Zhou Shiming was already all tied up.
Xiao Jingran had used a medicine powder to make him temporarily lose consciousness. He pried open Zhou Shiming’s mouth, putting a pill that quickly dissolved in his mouth.
Zhou Shiming gasped as he slowly opened his eyes, and the bitter pill taste made him almost vomit.
"You two are so audacious! Don’t even think about finding the location of your children! I won’t reveal it no matter what you do to me!" Zhou Shiming launched a barrage of words in a fit of rage.
His red eyes glared at them, full of promise for revenge once he finally regained his freedom. Still, he furiously ordered them. "Let go of me or you will receive the consequence!"
Zhou Anran and Xiao Jingran glanced at each other, and the former nodded at her son.
Xiao Jingran forcefully pried open Zhou Shiming’s mouth again, and put another pill there. Seeing Zhou Shiming’s hysterical and mad appearance, they knew he wouldn’t speak.
As such, they could only gamble with another method.
Xiao Yuyan was hugging Xiao Qingya, worried the little one might approach their mother and get hurt by Zhou Shiming’s hysterical burst.
They all witnessed as Zhou Shiming’s struggle and madness gradually eased. His eyes became dazed and lost their focus. Xiao Jingran’s medicine had an effect similar to a drunken person.
Zhou Shiming might reveal the information about the Xiao siblings in this state.
"Tell me, where are my younger siblings?" Xiao Jingran lifted Zhou Shiming’s head, forcing him to look up.
Zhou Shiming still appeared dazed, and he shook his head. All of a sudden, he let out a boisterous laughter.
"Who are you...?" He hiccuped, and then continued to laugh as though he had encountered something incredibly funny. "The siblings... dead."
"Hahaha... they are dead." Only Zhou Shiming’s laughter echoed in the room.
The temperature in the room dropped. Zhou Anran couldn’t resist coming over, and a moment later, a resounding slap became the only sound in the room.
Zhou Shiming merely hissed in pain before he continued to laugh.
[Little Master, the ghost outside says that this wicked person actually doesn’t know the exact location of your older siblings.] Ling Yu suddenly appeared inside the room and talked to Xiao Qingya.
[He only has a general idea... ] Ling Bo trailed off, hesitating over his words. He saw Xiao Jingran looking over in his direction, so he continued his words. [He never intends to let them leave alive.]
Zhou Anran’s heartbeat nearly stopped. She ignored Zhou Shiming who was yelling like a slaughtered pig after she stepped on his toes, and then urged Xiao Jingran to find the Village Head.
Her son nodded, and he left the house.
After Xiao Jingran was far enough, Zhou Anran brought the oil lamp from the kitchen and told her daughters with a voice full of urgency.
"Yan’er, take care of your little sister. No matter what he says later, don’t untie your uncle." She tightened the rope on Zhou Shiming as she said that.
"Mother..." Xiao Yuyan was at a loss.
"I am going to the back mountain to find your brother and sister." Zhou Anran told her. She brought an oil lamp just in case the sky turns dark and she hasn’t found them.
Xiao Yuyan didn’t know what to say. She kept on glancing in the direction where their eldest brother had disappeared into. "But..."
Before she could continue her words, Zhou Anran already took large steps into the back mountain.
"Little Ya," Xiao Yuyan gripped the little one’s hand in panic, for fear she might run and follow after Zhou Anran.
Xiao Qingya struggled a little, but Xiao Yuyan’s grip kept on getting tighter. She said in a pitiful tone, "Let’s go with Mother."
She was truly worried something might happen to Zhou Anran and her elder siblings! She also wanted to find them! There were the Ling siblings around who could help to ask the ghosts in the back mountain.
"No, no..." Xiao Yuyan shook her head and bit her lip. "It’s dangerous, too dangerous."