Many children, many blessings; the story begins with revenge against the beautiful boss.

Liu Xin, pale-faced, looked at her approaching family members and introduced them in a low voice:

"Brother Kun, this is my dad Liu Qiongyou, my mom Wang Cuilan, and my brother Liu Hongjie."

She turned to her family and said, "This is Cao Kun, my... friend."

Liu Qiong sized up Cao Kun, noticing his imposing presence, the bodyguards around him, and the impressive car. She quickly put on a smile and tentatively asked:

"Mr. Cao, what is your relationship with our son, Xinwa?"

Cao Kun smiled but didn't answer directly: "Xin'er works at my company, and I take good care of her."

Liu Hongjie stared at the bodyguards and car behind Cao Kun and muttered, "Sis, your friend seems pretty rich."

Liu Xin lowered her head and remained silent, her face turning even paler.

Liu Qiong suddenly had an idea and wanted to take advantage of Cao Kun.

He stubbornly insisted, "My Xinwa is pregnant. You have to marry her and give her a dowry of 100,000...180,000!"

Cao Kun almost burst out laughing, but pretended to be embarrassed:

"180,000? That's too much! I've already given Xin'er over 200,000, and you want me to pay another 180,000?"

Liu Hongjie persisted, "What you gave to my sister is for my sister, and the bride price is the bride price; these are two separate things!"

"Besides, with so many people and driving luxury cars, you're obviously rich!"

Cao Kun shook his head innocently and said:

"You've misunderstood. These are all friends I met at the gym. Actually, I don't have much money. Could you lower the bride price?"

Liu Hongjie pointed at the Mercedes S400L that the bodyguards had driven in and frowned, saying:

"I see your car is a Mercedes, you can afford a car worth hundreds of thousands, what's an 180,000 yuan dowry?"

Cao Kun was speechless. So this kid only recognized the Mercedes logo.

He explained, "This Mercedes doesn't belong to me; it belongs to our company's general manager. I'm just an employee, and I borrowed it to save face."

Upon hearing this, Su Yue rolled her eyes and remained silent.

Cao Kun then pointed to the Maybach S680 next to him and said, "That's my car."

Liu Hongjie turned his head and was startled by the car's sleek lines. He frowned and said, "This car is so beautiful, it must be very expensive, right?"

"No, no, it's just an ordinary car," Cao Kun quickly waved his hand.

Liu Hongjie stared at the car logo for a long time, still not recognizing it, and asked in confusion, "What kind of car is this?"

Cao Kun suppressed a laugh: "Mitsubishi, look, their logo is a triangle."

Liu Hongjie pondered for a while, then muttered, "Oh, it's Mitsubishi... Alright, I'll lower the bride price a bit, 150,000, that's the lowest I can go!"

Liu Qiong nodded vigorously from the side, and Wang Cuilan echoed her.

Liu Xin watched as her family discussed her as if she were a commodity, her face growing paler and paler, her heart growing colder.

She could tell that her family only saw her as a tool to make money.

At this moment, Cao Kun's bodyguard took a stack of cash and put it on the table.

Cao Kun said calmly, "Just a little bit."

Liu Hongjie eagerly stretched out his hand, spat on his fingers to wet them, and began counting the money.

After a long pause, he raised his head, grinned, and said, "That's right, 150,000, not a penny less."

After saying that, Liu Hongjie grabbed the money and got up to leave.

Liu Qiong wanted to ask about her daughter's situation, but seeing that her son had already gotten up, she didn't want to say anything more and hesitantly followed him.

He only has a primary school education, but his son Liu Hongjie, whom he raised with great difficulty, has a high school education. At home, he listens to his son in everything, big or small.

As for her daughter Liu Xin, although she was admitted to a key university, in Liu Qiong's eyes, what use is a girl?

Wang Cuilan looked at Liu Xin, her eyes filled with worry.

This well-behaved and sensible girl is now pregnant, and she's extremely anxious.

Liu Xin was alone in Zhongjiang, pregnant and giving birth, with her family unable to offer any help.

But she hadn't even finished elementary school, so she didn't know what to say.

She spent her whole life farming in a small mountain village in western Guizhou, and all she knew was how to work.

Her husband beats and scolds her, but she never dares to utter a word; she has no say in the family.

Now that her husband and son were leaving, she could only glance at her daughter with lingering reluctance before silently following them.

Liu Xin watched the three figures leave, her heart breaking.

They left just like that, and not a single one of them even glanced at her again.

This nearly drove Liu Xin to a breakdown, and tears blurred her vision.

Cao Kun gently embraced her, offering her some comfort.

She suddenly looked up, tears streaming down her face, her voice resolute: "Brother Kun, I'm returning all the money to you. I don't want a single penny!"

"Give them the money. Consider it repayment for their kindness in raising me. From now on, I have nothing to do with them anymore. I belong only to you!"

Cao Kun smiled slightly and asked softly, "So, are you willing to have my child now?"

Liu Xin nodded vigorously, tears streaming down her face.

……

Magnificent Garden.

The group gathered again in the meeting room, the atmosphere somewhat heavy.

Over the past few days, the decoy operation has been completely ineffective; the masked man seems to have vanished from the face of the earth.

Linghu frowned and said, "Li Yan's military demeanor is too obvious. You can tell she's bait even from eighteen miles away."

"The masked man is so cautious, he's unlikely to make a move."

Li Yan's acting skills were indeed poor, which greatly reduced the credibility of the bait.

The group looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.

Qian Xining couldn't help but ask, "Could that masked man have run away?"

Yu Zhiqing immediately denied it, saying, "That's unlikely."

As she spoke, she took out a document, "This is a psychological profile of the masked man that we conducted after interviewing many victims."

"The police have obtained a lot of useful information, such as the victim's testimony and the information provided by the girl who was stabbed."

"Through this, we learned that the masked man had been in Nagō City for several months and had not left."

"He is very strong and somewhat mentally unstable. The more a victim resists, the more ruthless he becomes."

"This kind of person won't easily escape unless they create a major case that shocks the whole country."

"So I judge that he definitely hasn't left yet, but recently experts like Donya, Wang Meng, and Li Yan have been patrolling around."

"He doesn't dare to show his face easily in order to avoid the limelight."

"Therefore, I have no choice but to be the bait myself."

Yu Zhiqing supported herself on the sand table with both hands, her eyes resolute.

Qian Xining questioned this, saying, "Wouldn't this masked man suspect it was a trap?"

Yu Zhiqing shook her head firmly and said, "No, he will definitely come."

She opened the file and analyzed, "I've studied his movements over the past few months; the police have the most comprehensive intelligence information."

"He committed crimes almost every two weeks, with a very consistent rhythm, gradually escalating from initial molestation to rape."

"He even attacked women with a knife when they resisted, becoming increasingly deranged."

"But when he was about to commit the crime against Zheng Kexin, he was stopped by Donya."

"In other words, he failed to satisfy his perverted desires."

"According to the psychological analysis of the police profiler, this would cause him great inner torment, and his perverse desires would become increasingly intense."

"The urge to commit crimes will become increasingly uncontrollable. He will only feel satisfied if he commits a shocking crime in Nagano."