Su Mingyu didn't move either. She just looked at Gan Jiangnan with her eyes. "Gan Jiangnan, what do you have to say?"
"I... I..." Gan Jiangnan's face was extremely gloomy. He clenched his jaw tightly. "I can't say."
"Old Gan! You're being so foolish!" The woman looked at Gan Jiangnan tearfully, her face full of disbelief. "How old is Xiaobao? Do you want Xiaobao to remember for the rest of his life that we were beaten like this?"
"Old Gan!" Seeing that Gan Jiangnan remained unmoved, the woman got a bit anxious.
Gan Jiangnan's face was still gloomy. "No! I can't say. If I do, both Xiaobao and you will lose your lives!"
"Old Gan! Who on earth has cast a spell on you!" The woman was crying so hard that she was almost out of breath. "Can't you think about me and the child?"
Seeing Gan Jiangnan's entangled look, Su Mingyu decided to add fuel to the fire. "Pull open the curtain!"
"No! Don't do it, Old Gan!" The woman was crying so hard that she was on the verge of fainting.
But Gan Jiangnan still pursed his lips and said nothing.
As the curtain was slowly pulled open, Su Mingyu clearly saw the despair on the woman's face and the forbearance on Gan Jiangnan's face.
However, she still didn't show any mercy and resolutely asked someone to pull the curtain open.
A pair of bright big eyes stared at the inside without blinking, full of curiosity.
Su Mingyu stepped aside, exposing the whole child.
Gan Jiangnan lowered his head and didn't dare to look into those clear eyes. The woman also lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.
Su Mingyu crossed her arms and looked at the two of them. She said in a low voice, "If you still don't say anything, I'll have someone bring the child in and let him see with his own eyes how you've become like this."
Gan Jiangnan's face was already as pale as paper. "Su Mingyu! Come at me! Come at me!"
Su Mingyu still remained unmoved. "I've said that as long as you give me what I want, I'll let you go and have someone protect you."
"You're just saying that. Why should I believe you!" Gan Jiangnan took a deep breath. "I'll say it again. I won't say anything!"
Su Mingyu sighed and had someone bring the child in front of the two of them. Then she got up, walked in front of them, and put one hand on the little boy's shoulder. "Kid, do you want to know what your daddy and mommy are doing?"
The child's eyes were bright, looking innocent. "Sister, why are they tied up?"
Under the woman's horrified gaze, Su Mingyu hooked her lips, leaned over gently beside the child's ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Because... they're playing a game. Do you want to play the game too?"
"I... I don't really want to." The little boy was a bit cautious.
Su Mingyu squinted her eyes and smiled beautifully. "If you play the game with sister and win, sister will treat you to the honey - roasted duck from First Fragrance. How about it?"
At the mention of the roasted duck, the little guy's eyes lit up. "What game is it!"
Su Mingyu deliberately showed a scheming smile at Gan Jiangnan, then continued in a low voice, "Later, I'll put you on your mommy's side."
"Then you quickly untie the ropes on your mother. I'll only count to ten. If you can untie them, I'll take you and your mother to eat the sauce - roasted duck from First Fragrance."
"If you can't do it, I'll catch you, and you have to act very scared. Finally, I'll 'kill' you with a toy dagger, and you have to pretend to be dead right away, okay? If you act the part of being dead really well, then I'll reward you with a whole bag of candies that can last you a month. How about that?"
With the promise of the sauce - roasted duck and candies, the little guy was immediately hooked. He immediately nodded. "Okay! I want to do it!"
Seeing this, Su Mingyu hooked her lips. "Then you start. Remember to act well."
As soon as the words were out, the child ran over like the wind. Su Mingyu pretended not to react. After a long while, when the child had already reached the woman, Su Mingyu shouted, "Quickly stop him!"
The woman seemed not to expect that her child would do such a thing. She was stunned at first, then quickly said to the child, "Run outside. Don't worry about me. Run as far as you can."
But the child was only thinking about the game with Su Mingyu and didn't listen to the woman at all. He just focused on untying the ropes for the woman.
The woman was anxious. "I told you to go! Don't worry about me!"
"No! I want to take mommy with me!" The child roared, then continued to untie the ropes.
Just as the child had just untied the ropes and was about to run, Su Mingyu blocked the child, picked him up, and carried him back to her seat. She then casually sat the child on her lap.
"Gan Jiangnan, you're not even as good as a child. Your son at least knows to save his mother. What about you? You only care about your own desires."
As she said this, Su Mingyu gently ran the dagger across the child's neck and whispered to remind the child, "You've been caught by me. What expression should a child caught by a bad guy have?"
The child thought for a while, then burst into tears.
The loud crying shocked everyone in the room.
Gan Jiangnan almost gritted his teeth to pieces. This Su Mingyu really did what she said.
Wasn't everything she had done before indicating that she was a woman who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals?
The woman was already crying and curled into a ball. It seemed that she had no strength left.
Su Mingyu glanced casually at Gan Jiangnan, whose face was extremely ugly, and said, "You still don't want to say? Then I'll cut off his ears first."
As she said this, Su Mingyu gently asked the child in a soft voice, "Do you know where your ears are?"
The child hummed in response and immediately covered his ears.
Seeing the panic on his own Xiaobao's face, Gan Jiangnan couldn't bear it any longer. He gritted his teeth tightly, then exhaled a long breath. Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he said in a deep voice, "I can tell you! But you must guarantee our safety."
Su Mingyu nodded. "Of course, but I have to tell you first that protecting you depends on what kind of evidence you provide."
"I know!" Gan Jiangnan looked at Su Mingyu with annoyance. "I want you to let go of my son first."
"That's not possible." Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "If I let him go, what if you immediately go back on your word and don't tell me anything?"
Hearing Su Mingyu's attitude, Gan Jiangnan knew that she would definitely not let go of his son.
Gan Jiangnan heaved a heavy sigh. "It's all my fault for being soft - hearted and saving that bastard back then. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ended up like this."
Just as he was speaking, a dusty man walked in from outside. He glanced at Tang Yan. After getting Tang Yan's confirmation, he came to Su Mingyu's side, leaned over, and whispered something in her ear. Su Mingyu's face immediately darkened.