1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Looking at Qiao Wanqing's beautiful face, Uncle Xu's eyes gleamed with malice. "Qiao Wanqing, you wretched girl, you're a menace! If it weren't for you, the family wouldn't be in this state. You're so alluring, yet you're always out flirting with other women. Now that the family is in trouble, you should..."

Should I offer myself to Bai Zhengxiong to help my second uncle advance his career?

Uncle Xu's expression changed. "What nonsense are you talking about? You're only acting like this because your own father was arrested..."

"Isn't that right? The Qiao family has always been fine. If no one reported it, how could something suddenly happen? Would someone like Bai Zhengxiong dare to easily propose to the eldest daughter of the Qiao family? Does he even deserve it? Who proposed to him? What are the benefits? If Grandpa and Grandma found out... Oh right, Grandpa is so smart, do you think he could figure out who's behind this?"

"Shut up, stop slandering me!" Uncle Xu was a little exasperated. "You brat, you've always been quick-witted and loved to spread rumors. Your grandfather was bewitched by you, which is why he's always treated you like his own granddaughter."

Qiao Wanqing sneered, "I am his own granddaughter. My mother's daughter is much more useful than your son. With my mother and the others, I can live in a small villa. With you, I won't have that kind of treatment."

Uncle Xu's face immediately turned ashen. "Get out! Get out now! Your parents have been arrested. They're criminals now and don't deserve to live in a house like this. I'll find a way to get them back, and then I, their son, will take care of them here. Now get out!"

Qiao Wanqing curled her lips into a sneer and said disdainfully, "You're the one who should get lost. This is a house the research institute allocated to my father; it has nothing to do with your Xu family. Get out!"

Uncle Xu immediately jumped up and down, "Nonsense! This house was allocated to the Xu family by the state. What right do you have to live here? Get out!"

Growing angrier as he spoke, Uncle Xu rushed forward to slap Qiao Wanqing. Qiao Wanqing caught his hand, twisted it behind his back, turned around, and stretched out her leg to block him, forcefully throwing Uncle Xu to the ground.

"Ah... um..."

The scream was barely out before it was swallowed back completely.

As soon as he landed, Qiao Wanqing dislocated his jaw, grabbed his neck with one hand, and pressed him down with her knee.

"Go ahead and scream! My parents were just arrested. Nobody dares come to my house at this time. You can scream your lungs out, but nobody will come to save you!"

"Oh, by the way, I have plenty of ways to keep you from calling out. Second Uncle trusts my abilities, right?"

As she spoke, a long silver needle appeared in her hand.

Her hands were beautiful, with slender, delicate fingers; they were clearly the hands of a pampered young lady from a wealthy family.

Her face was also very beautiful, stunningly beautiful, with captivating eyes, a truly angelic face.

But at this moment, what she held between her slender fingers was a silver needle that gleamed coldly, and her angelic face was full of a devilish smile.

Uncle Xu's eyes widened in horror. The Xu family had a family tradition of medicine, and his father was a master in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. This girl had been learning medicine from her father since she was a child. One of the reasons why she was more favored than his biological granddaughter, despite being his granddaughter, was that she was willing to learn medicine from the old man and, more importantly, she learned it quite well.

He knew that his father's skill with silver needles was truly capable of killing people without them even knowing how they died.

"Waaaaah..."

Qiao Wanqing was incredibly wicked. She switched to an embroidery needle and transformed into Rong Momo, frantically stabbing at Xu Erjiu. Xu Erjiu's painful whimpers echoed in the living room, but they were very faint and could not be heard outside unless one entered the Qiao family's house.

Finally, after being tortured, Uncle Xu was released and ran faster than a rabbit.

Qiao Wanqing watched his retreating figure, snorted coldly, and rolled her eyes.

She knew what Xu Erjiu was there for. First, he wanted to take over the house. He always believed that the house was allocated to the Xu family by the state, and that her parents only lived in such a nice house because of her maternal grandparents.

Secondly, he wanted to plunder the money the two elders had hidden. The Xu family was a prominent family, and this was the ancestral home of the Xu family. Xu Erjiu did not believe that the two elders did not have any hidden money.

Thirdly, there's her parents' savings.

Her father was a top researcher, earning a monthly salary of over three hundred yuan. He spent most of his time at the research institute and didn't spend much money at all. Her mother was a leader in a large state-owned factory. Because she was fluent in foreign languages, she was in charge of foreign trade and received several thousand yuan in bonuses from foreign exchange orders every year. She was in a cultural troupe, and her brother was in the army. They both received salaries, and their lives couldn't be more comfortable.

My second uncle had been incredibly jealous for a long time.

Ultimately, they naturally wanted to find some so-called "evidence" to substantiate her parents' crimes.

It's just a pity that his fighting skills are too poor; he can't even beat her.

After driving away her second uncle and his daughter, Qiao Wanqing quietly waited for news at home.

Lu Mingzhou and Qiao Yuanhe returned late at night, along with Li Hongjun.

Qiao Wanqing opened the door and smelled a strong odor of alcohol.

"You've been drinking? Have you had dinner yet?"

Qiao Yuanhe looked somewhat puzzled, glanced at Lu Mingzhou, and said to his sister, "I've already eaten."

Qiao Wanqing quickly let the three of them in, "Would you like some hangover soup?"

Lu Mingzhou laughed and said, "No need, we're not drunk."

He looked at Qiao Wanqing with bright eyes, but spoke to Qiao Yuanhe, "It's late, I'm going to sleep. I'll let you know when there are results."

Qiao Yuanhe pursed his lips, about to speak, when Li Hongjun grabbed his shoulder and put his arm around him, saying, "Yeah, yeah, I'm so sleepy, I have to go to work tomorrow, brother, I'll stay at your place tonight. Wow, this is such a beautiful little villa, it's my first time staying in one, take me inside and have a look!"

As he spoke, Li Hongjun pulled Qiao Yuanhe away, winking at Lu Mingzhou.

Qiao Yuanhe didn't want to leave at all. He even wanted to drag Lu Mingzhou away with him. "Wanwan, it's so late, go to sleep. I'll take care of them."

Qiao Wanqing suppressed a laugh and said to her elder brother, "It's alright, I'm not sleepy anymore after a nap. You take Brother Li to rest, I can take care of him."

Qiao Yuanhe: "..."

In the end, Qiao Yuanhe was pulled away by Li Hongjun, and Qiao Wanqing pulled Lu Mingzhou upstairs.