Chapter 3

"Little one, do you live in East Ridge Villa?"

"Yes, Uncle."

"Oh, I see. Hehe."

The taxi driver's eyes narrowed slightly.

East Ridge Villa was a luxury neighborhood.

Only the rich and powerful lived there!

He glanced in the rearview mirror, meeting Qin Yaoyao's innocent little face.

A calculating look flashed in this eyes.

Such a good opportunity couldn't be missed!

This look was caught by Qin Yaoyao sitting in the back seat.

The corner of her lips slowly curved upward.

"Uncle, did you take a wrong turn?"

"No this way is closer."

Qin Yaoyao let out an "Oh" and said nothing more.

The whole journey was exceptionally quiet.

This was, of course, to the driver's liking.

He drove the car directly back to his own home.

"Uncle, where are you taking me?"

"To Uncle's house. I just called your father, and he said he'll come pick you up later."

"Oh, I see. Alright then, Uncle, do you have toys at your house?"

"Yes, I do."

"That's great!"

Seeing Qin Yaoyao's innocent and adorable smile, the driver inwardly laughed.

Children were indeed so easy to fool!

But a few minutes later, he wished he could slap himself to death!

Heavens above, why was he so stupid to bring a wolf into his home?

This little pipsqueak had been pretending all along!

At soon as they entered the house, she revealed her brutal nature.

Using the excuse of being tired, she asked him to carry her, but in the blink of an eye, she somehow produced a fruit knife from nowhere, pointed it at his throat, and forced him to hand over his phone, bank card, and PIN. She even made him tie himself up!

Who the hell was the kidnapper here?!

Qin Yaoyao rummaged through drawers and cabinets, found a thicker strip of cloth, tied the driver's hands in a tight knot, and fastened him to the bathroom's water pipe.

She then casually grabbed a smelly rag and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mmph... mmph ... mmph..."

The driver widened his eyes trying to get Qin Yaoyao to release him.

Qin Yaoyao leaned against the doorframe, wagging her little finger.

"No can do. If you do bad things, you must ve punished. Stay here like a good boy. If you've lucky, you'll just starve to death. If you've unlucky, you'll get bitten in a few days, and then you'll be completely free. Isn't that exciting?"

Qin Yaoyao squinted her eyes and smiled, her innocent smile somehow looking utterly evil.

The drive racked his brains for a while but still couldn't figure out what she meant.

Then he heard a "bang" as the bathroom door closed.

Qin Yaoyao came to the living room, sat on the sofa, abd took out the driver's phone. She opened the Meituan app on it.

She had often seen the housekeeper at home order takeout before and had learned how to do it long ago.

She found several stores specializing in children's nutritional meals and ordered thirty sets each meal from them.

All in all, it totaled 1,500 meals.

Then, she ordered a hundred family- sized buckets of fried chicken, a hundred roast ducks and a hundred steaks.

She also ordered various Sichuan dishes like boiled sliced pork, mapo tufo, spicy fish, and kung pao chicken, five portions of each.

There were also some breakfast items like steamed buns, mantou, youtiao, and soy milk, with at least a hundred of each.

She wanted to buy more, but the screen showed insufficient balance.

All the money this driver had amounted to only about 100,00 yuan.

While waiting for the food, Qin Yaoyao lazily scanned the entire house, and then the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

The TV, gone!

The coffee table, gone!

The wardrobe, gone!

...

In less than half an hour, except for some stinky socks, smelly clothes, and the sofa, everything else had been looted clean by Qin Yaoyao.

She had just sat down to rest for a moment when there was a knock at the door.

The takeout had arrived!

Two hours later.

Qin Yaoyao put the last sofa into her space before finally stepping out with her short legs leisurely closing the door behind her.

She hailed another taxi.

This time, without incident, she safely returned, she saw the housekeeper Zhang Fen lying comfortably in the sofa with her phone in hand.

Sounds of "One Bamboo, Two String, Kong, Kong on Flower" could be heard from the phone.

Although Qin Shaokai and Jiang Rui didn't care much for Qin Yaoyao, they weren't short on money and had hired a housekeeper to take care of her.

However, that was the extent of it.

Their neglect and frequent absences from home had made the housekeeper's attitude increasingly arrogant.

Sometimes she wouldn't even cook, just giving the young Qin Yaoyao instant noodles to eat.

Qin Yaoyao's frail physique was half due to this housekeeper's efforts'.

Meanwhile, she treated the villa as her own home, sleeping in as late as she wanted, then spending her day nestled on the sofa playing mahjong on her phone.

Sometimes when Qin Yaoyao disturbed or annoyed her, she would scold and punished her angrily.

But she was clever and never left any evidence.

"You little brat, where did you run off to last night?"

Seeing Qin Yaoyao, she sprang up from the sofa, walked over in few steps, and grabbed Qin Yaoyao's ear.

"Ow, ow, ow, please don't hit me, I won't dare to do it again, wuwuwu~ It hurts so much ~"

Qin Yaoyao cried and shouted as if she was being severely beaten.

Zhang Fen frowned and let go of her hand.

She hadn't used much force at all, and in the past when she pulled her ear like this, Qin Yaoyao didn't make a sound.

What was going on now?

She gave Qin Yaoyao a strange look

"Ding dong~"

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Zhang Fen went to open the door and was instantly shocked.

Three police officers were standing at the door!

"Officers, who are you looking for?" she asked, dumfounded.

"Hello, we received a report of child abuse at this address."

Child abuse?

Zhang Fen was stunned. Who?

Suddenly, she realized something and turned to look at Qin Yaoyao.

She saw that Qin Yaoyao, who had been fine just moments ago, now had her big round eyes brimming with tears, on the verge of falling, looking extremely pitiful.

One of the female officers, her maternal instincts kicking in, quickly walked over with a tissue to wipe her tears.

"Little one, don't cry. Who bullied you? Tell auntie, and I'll arrest them."

"Wuwuwu~"

Qin Yaoyao suddenly burst into loud sobs, pointing her little finger at Zhang Fen.

"Police auntie, she hit me, it hurts so much wuwuwu~"

Zhang Fen:!!

She panicked immediately and hurriedly denied it.

"Eh, officers, I've never hit her before. She's just making things up. How can you believe what a child says?"

"Why can't we believe what a child says? Haven't you heard that children speak the truth? Be honest, did you abuse her or not?"

"I really didn't."

As soon as Zhang Fen finished speaking, Qin Yaoyao pitifully held out the back of her hand to the female officers.

There was a black bruise on it.

This was actually from when she accidentally hurt herself while dismantling a light from the supermarket wall.

When the female officers saw it, she became furious.

"You still say it wasn't you? Look at what you've done to this child! Such an adorable little girl, how could you bear to hurt her!"

"No, it really wasn't me..."

Zhang Fen was at a loss for words, her brows knotted tightly.

"What's this?"

Suddenly, another officers bent down and picked up a small silver object from the ground.

"Doesn't this look like a voice recorder?"

"Quick, let's hear what's on it."

Soon, Qin Yaoyao's pitiful cries of pain were heard from the device.

Zhang Fen: !!!

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