The tycoon's wicked wife from the era of literature has been reborn.

"Xiao He, you're awake!"

Qi Lianxin was about to speak to ease the awkward atmosphere when Gao Qinghe interrupted her with a light cough.

Looking at the crowd of people crammed into the kitchen, Gao Qinghe's forehead veins throbbed violently.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Is it some special day today? Why is everyone here?"

Qi Lao Er tried to fool him, but Qi Lianxin tugged at his hand.

With a sorrowful expression, she secretly glanced at Gao Qinghe and said, "Xiaohe knows."

After saying that, he lowered his head, looking as if he was waiting for a verdict.

Immediately, Qi Lao Er could no longer utter his bluffing words, and could only smile awkwardly.

Qi Laosan tugged at his wife, who stepped forward and, before she could speak, tears streamed down her face as she choked out the details of what had happened.

Looking at this family of good-for-nothings in front of her, Gao Qinghe was truly puzzled.

With such a tiny bit of courage, how dare you become the head of the village?
I wanted to call someone an idiot, but the words were already on the tip of my tongue. Now that things have come to this, saying them would be a waste of breath.

A brief silence fell between the two sides.

After a while, Gao Qinghe was about to ask if anyone knew that they had run away.

Suddenly, a tractor stopped outside the gate.

A large group of people, carrying hoes, sickles, clubs, and any other readily available weapons, jumped off the front of the tractor.

"Is this the place?"

"There's only one coal mine owner in Zhao Family Village, so this room is definitely the most impressive!"

Upon hearing the voices coming from outside, the Qi family members in the kitchen changed their expressions drastically.

"Oh my god, how did they know we were at my eldest sister's house?" the second son's wife exclaimed in panic.

The two brothers, Qi the Second and Qi the Third, were heartbroken, while Qi the Third's wife wished she could just kill herself.

But she couldn't bear to abandon her two young children.

The two families trembled in the kitchen, completely at a loss for what to do.

Qi Lianxin stared at her younger brother and sister-in-law in despair. How could anyone cause such a disaster!

The place wasn't very big to begin with, and with so many people crowding around the table, a bowl was broken.

There were still some suspicious people outside the courtyard gate. Hearing the noise, they immediately shouted:
"Qi Laosan! Are you hiding inside?!"

No one responded; they were clearly feeling guilty.

Immediately, the large iron gate was pushed open with a loud bang.

A large group of people banged on the door and roared, "Qi Laosan, hand over your wife!"

A large group of people behind him, their eyes red with anger, echoed, "Give us our money back! Give us our money back! If you can't pay it back, you'll pay with your life!"

Some people even said, "We know your nephew is rich, so don't try to avoid paying us. If you don't pay, we'll smash up your nephew's house!"

The little black dog barked loudly, its fierce appearance startling the person knocking on the door for a moment.

But soon, even more intense banging on the door followed.

The metal gate, three meters high, was topped with inverted spikes and had openwork patterns that served as steps for climbing. Someone was preparing to climb over the gate and capture the Qi brothers.

Little Black suddenly jumped up, its sharp fangs almost biting the neck of the person climbing over the door, scaring the man so much that he fell down on his backside.

Such a commotion and the villagers' crazy behavior really frightened Qi Lao Er and Qi Lao San.

The children, glared at by the adults, didn't dare to cry and just trembled.

Gao Qinghe heard the system Dongdong ranting and raving in her mind.

[I told you to do the mission, but you wouldn't. Now look what happened, you've gone down a dangerous path again!]

The system calculated that the road was perfectly smooth; if you had listened to me earlier, this wouldn't have happened.

Forcibly altering the fates of characters in the plot will create a chain reaction. In the original story, Qi Lianxin committed suicide by taking poison around this time. It kept babbling on and on, and Gao Qinghe, unable to bear it any longer, shouted angrily, "Get out!"

After accidentally letting out the words, Qi Lianxin and her two siblings in the kitchen felt even more ashamed.

"Go to the main hall!" Gao Qinghe ordered.

The group quickly moved to the lobby and closed the door.

Gao Qinghe told them to block the back door with all the tables, chairs, and benches they could find, and then picked up the phone and dialed Jiang Baohai's number first.

The call was answered quickly, and a man's cheerful voice came through: "Missing your husband already after just waking up?"

Gao Qinghe was speechless for a moment, then, hearing the fierce barking of the dogs outside, she shouted:

"Jiang Baohai, if you don't bring people home soon, our house is going to be demolished!"

Jiang Baohai immediately sensed something was wrong, his smile vanished, and he asked with suspicion:
"What's wrong? Why is Xiao Hei barking? Are you alright?"

"Everything's fine now, but if you hadn't come soon, things would have been bad!"

Gao Qinghe urged, "Your mother and your two uncles are in trouble. You need to bring as many people as possible!"

After saying that, he immediately hung up the phone and dialed the town's public security bureau number that Jiang Baohai had previously left at his home to report the crime.

After finishing the call, I heard Uncle Jiang roaring outside the door.

"What are you all doing? Don't you know that trespassing is illegal?!"

There were also warnings from Uncle Jiang Er and Uncle Jiang San.

"Where did you guys come from? This is Zhao Village, it's not your place to yell and shout here!"

Gao Qinghe came to the window in surprise and saw Uncle Jiang Si leading a large group of people from Zhao Family Village, driving the villagers who were demanding money at the door onto the main road.

Several elders and able-bodied men from Zhao Village stood guard outside her house, confronting the outsiders.

Two heads popped out from the wall of the neighboring courtyard; they were Ren Lijuan and Qian Qiaolan.

The two scanned the yard but saw no one, only the howling Little Black. They exchanged a tense glance.

Qian Qiaolan took a deep breath and shouted into the courtyard:
"Are you alright, sister-in-law?"

Qi Lianxin was extremely excited and wanted to respond, but he was so excited that he couldn't breathe and his throat was blocked. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Gao Qinghe composed herself and replied, "It's alright, I've already called the police and brought Jiang Baohai back!"

Qian Qiaolan patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ren Lijuan anxiously urged, "Don't panic, especially Qinghe, you're pregnant. Don't get upset, we're here for you!"

Seeing that the person was safely hiding inside the house, the two climbed down from the wall and ran out to tell Uncle Jiang and the others that Jiang Baohai would be back soon.

Uncle Jiang said to the villagers of Zhao Village, "Xiao Hai will be back soon. His wife has also called the police, and the police will be here soon!"

It seemed like he was speaking to the people of Zhao Village, but in reality, he was warning the villagers who were collecting debts not to cause any trouble.

However, Uncle Jiang underestimated the villagers.

They had invested almost all their savings in gambling, and now that they couldn't get their money back, their entire family would be unable to make ends meet.

Others are greedy, thinking that the more capital they have, the more interest they will receive, and secretly borrow a lot of money at high interest rates.

Once the money supply here stopped, the days spent being chased by debt collectors were absolutely bleak.

They were all at their wits' end, and now they pinned their only hope on Qi Laosan and his wife.

Only in this way can they shift the blame for the mistakes they made due to their greed.

So when they heard that the police were coming, they were worried that Qi Laosan and his wife would run away, and then it would be too late to recover any of their losses.

They looked at each other, then raised their weapons, ready to charge.

In fact, they had an even more sinister idea in their hearts—it wouldn't hurt for the Qi brothers' nephew to pay off the money they owed.

Look at this grand gate and courtyard; there must be many valuable things inside. (End of Chapter)