The mysterious milk group, hands on hips, is being fought over by five dads who are going crazy over

Qiao Wan was somewhat stunned, and spoke without understanding:

"What's wrong with you all?"

The little rabbit immediately hopped out: "Mother Anning! They're bad guys!"

"It was because they bullied the old lady that the bear took her to the mountain!"

The bear stood to one side, nodding vigorously!

Qiao Wan was still a little unaccustomed to standing next to a bear that was even taller than an adult man. After all, the idea that bears eat people was etched into her mind since she was a child, and she couldn't adapt to the kind bear in front of her so quickly.

Qiao Wan nodded, turned around and rushed into the house, saying:

"Ah Ning, come quick and see what happened!"

Little Aning put her hands on her hips, grumbled, and stood in front of her mother. She looked at the five burly men who were rolling around on the ground, and proudly raised her chin.

"Ah Ning told you before, lying to children can get you into big trouble!"

Why don't you believe me?

"Didn't you promise Aning that you would come and apologize to Grandma?"

"You big liar!"

The man in the headscarf clutched his stomach and groaned in pain, no longer daring to try anything clever, and quickly said:

"My dear little aunt, we really know we were wrong, we'll never lie to you again, please forgive us!"

The others also looked grim and begged for mercy.

"Really, really, we'll never try to outsmart you again, little miss, please forgive us..."

"We promise, we'll apologize to Grandma as soon as our stomachache is gone! We'll do anything Grandma wants us to do!"

Ah Ning crossed her arms and asked suspiciously:

"You guarantee that everything you're saying this time is true?"

The scarred man's stomach and hands ached; this burly man was in unbearable pain from being tormented by a little baby. He was on the verge of tears, saying:

"Little miss, would we dare to deceive you again?"

"I only lied to you once, planning to sneak out of the village and pretend nothing happened. But I'm in so much pain I can't even take a step, how could I dare lie to you again?!"

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning nodded, then nodded with a reluctant pursed lips.

"Alright, since you apologized so sincerely, Aning will let you off this time."

As she spoke, she formed a hand seal and softly chanted, "Release."

As soon as he finished speaking, the five burly men on the ground instantly felt no pain. They scrambled to their feet, still shaken.

Seeing the several burly men being completely subdued by Aning, Qiao Wan found it somewhat amusing.

She coughed lightly twice and asked, "Who sent you?"

Upon hearing this, the turbaned man's eyes flickered, and he said, "Who sent us? We're just a bunch of bandits, robbing people for food and money, just trying to make a living."

"Oh?" Qiao Wan's expression turned cold. She gently patted A Ning's shoulder. "A Ning, it seems like they want to experience the feeling of stomach pain again."

Aning looked up at her mother's cold expression, blinked, and immediately said, "In that case, Aning will cast another restriction to make them continue to have stomach aches!"

"Hey, no, no, no!" The scarred man, not wanting to experience that feeling of insects gnawing at his internal organs again, waved his hands with lingering fear. "Little miss! Spare us! I'll tell you everything!"

Aning's eyes lit up, and she looked up at her mother with a face full of admiration.

Ah Ning never expected that they were acting on someone else's orders to bully the old lady!

Mommy is so amazing!

Qiao Wan's expression remained icy: "Tell me, who's behind this?"

The scarred man sighed softly and said helplessly, "Yes—"

"Big brother! You really mean it?!"

"This goes against our principles for taking orders! How can we expose the employer's identity?!"

The scarred man flew into a rage and cursed twice, "Not talking? Are you waiting to be killed by this little brat?"

He glanced at the people behind him, raised his swollen wrist, and said, "Or is it that any of you are confident you can beat him?"

"Shut up if you don't! Is your life more important, or keeping your employer's secret?!"

After he unleashed his attack, the people behind him fell silent, each remaining quiet.

The scarred man let out a long sigh and slowly recounted, "We were being hunted by our enemies, and when we escaped to the capital, we met a woman..."

"That woman gave us a gold ingot and told us to come to this village and find an old woman. She said that the old woman raised the daughter of the Prime Minister's family. She told us to tie up the old woman and ask the Prime Minister's family for a ransom. We could make a lot of money from this and split the ransom fifty-fifty."

Qiao Wan frowned: "Is it that simple?"

The scarred man glanced at Ah Ning, then simply poured it all out in one go.

"The man also said that he would kill the hostage once he got the ransom."

Ah Ning frowned: "What does 'killing the hostage' mean?"

The scarred man sneered, "It means that once the ransom is paid, we'll kill the old lady."

"!!!"

Ah Ning's eyes widened immediately, her fair face puffed up with anger. "Who is it! Who is trying to harm Grandma!"

The scarred man twisted his wrist: "To be precise, she wants more than just the old lady's life; she wants yours too."

"Who is it?!" Qiao Wan, who was usually very gentle, could no longer maintain her composure upon hearing this and clenched her fists.

The scarred man recalled for a moment and said, "It was a woman, dressed very flamboyantly."

Qiao Wan had a vague guess in her heart, but still asked, "What's your name?"

The scarred man chuckled. "I've confessed so much, you should give me something in return to get me to betray my employer identity, right?"

"What are your conditions? Tell me." Qiao Wan looked at him warily, thinking he was going to make an exorbitant demand.

Unexpectedly, the scarred man gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Make this kid keep his word! We'll apologize to the old lady, then let us go! Don't you dare try anything else to make our stomachs hurt!"

After saying that, he added, "It can't hurt anywhere else either!"

Qiao Wan: "..."

Aning tugged at her sleeve, "Mother, promise him, Aning wants to know who is trying to hurt Grandma!"

Upon hearing this, the scarred man finally breathed a sigh of relief and truthfully replied:

"The person was very cautious. When we met, they wore a veil, so we couldn't see their face at all. They even spoke in a high-pitched voice, so we couldn't hear their voice..."

"but!"

As he spoke, he beckoned to the man in the turban, who immediately understood and tossed him the gold ingot.

The scarred man caught the gold steadily and handed it to Qiao Wan.

"Take a look for yourself, and you'll know who it is."

Qiao Wan took the gold and suspiciously turned it over—

The bottom of the gold ingot is prominently printed with the character "霍" (Huo)!

"..."

Qiao Wan's eyelids twitched.

She could only think of one person who hated Ah Ning so much, someone who seemed cautious yet was full of flaws—

Su Xiaoyin...

The scarred man was laughing so hard he was exhausted, and he helplessly rubbed his forehead.

"Isn't it quite a commotion?"

"Using the prime minister's gold to hire someone to commit murder, isn't that ridiculous?"

"Although I don't know exactly who it is, since you are the Prime Minister's wife, you must know who that person is."

"I've confessed everything I needed to." The scarred man paused, glancing at his brothers behind him.

"Bring some up, everyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, several burly men stepped forward and bowed to the old woman standing behind Aning.

"Sir, I'm so sorry to have disturbed you!"