Chapter 1345: Chapter 1345: Confirming Hou Jinhua Is Not the Mastermind

After dropping Qiao Jiasen off at school, Qiao Yin went to her grandmother’s house and then headed to the clinic with her grandma.

Shen Yujun had already learned about Jiasen’s abduction from her the night before, and upon seeing her, she asked, “Is the child alright?”

Qiao Yin shook her head, “He’s fine, it was just a false alarm. It was Qiao Haidong who colluded with others to stage a play, forcing me to treat someone.”

“Qiao Haidong is becoming more and more despicable!”

Shen Yujun couldn’t help cursing him, “His mind is filled with nothing but crooked schemes. He had disguised himself so well, deceiving everyone!”

Qiao Yin knew that her grandmother actually detested him for deceiving her mother, leading to a situation where she still had to clean up the various messes Qiao Haidong left behind.

In the past, Qiao Yin also resented and loathed him, but now those feelings weren’t as intense because it was precisely because of Qiao Haidong that she had a brother like Qiao Jiasen.

If there were a next life, she hoped to still be siblings with Qiao Jiasen.

However, since she was the older sister, she couldn’t let her brother take on risks that he shouldn’t have to bear.

She had to completely resolve the matters with Hou Jinhua and Gu Ranmo!

So, after she had taken her grandmother to the clinic, she asked Lu Lingche for a leave of absence and went straight to Hou Jinhua.

Hou Jinhua, wearing prison garb, was handcuffed, her hair messy and unkempt, having lost weight all around.

Upon seeing Qiao Yin, her face twisted slightly, “Why did you come to see me? To gloat? Do you believe that even if I’m incarcerated, I can still kill you!”

Of course, Qiao Yin didn’t believe her, as Hou Jinhua was in jail, and even her family members had been implicated, almost all of them arrested and convicted.

Apart from Gu Jing, Hou Jinhua no longer had any help on the outside.

Therefore, Qiao Yin was also very doubtful about the mastermind behind the abduction. Qiao Haidong never spoke a truth, and if he said he was collaborating with Hou Jinhua, then it was very likely not her.

She came here just to confirm this.

So, she suddenly asked Hou Jinhua, “Is kidnapping fun?”

“What?”

Hou Jinhua hesitated for a moment but quickly nodded, “It’s fun, of course it is! If you don’t treat my daughter’s face properly, I will kidnap your brother again in the future!”

The abduction, Gu Ranmo had come to discuss it with her overnight yesterday, so she knew the details.

Qiao Yin didn’t miss the hesitation on her face and continued to probe, “How do you contact the outside? Who are you working with?”

Hou Jinhua looked at her with disdain, “Why should I tell you that? Anyway, I’m about to die soon, it’s a good deal to take someone down with me!”

“You know you’re about to die, yet you still say you’ll kidnap my brother in the future? Don’t you find your words contradictory?”

“It’s true that I’m about to die, but the people I’ve arranged on the outside are always there!”

Qiao Yin looked at her indifferently, “I guess, the mastermind behind this kidnapping case isn’t you, right? The real planner is your daughter, Gu Ranmo.”

Hou Jinhua hadn’t expected her to directly guess the right answer!

She was stunned again but then immediately denied it, “How could it be my daughter? She knows nothing! Of course, the mastermind is me!”

Seeing her expression, Qiao Yin already knew she had guessed correctly.

She said somewhat mockingly, “Hou Jinhua, do you know how I figured out you weren’t the mastermind?”

Hou Jinhua was curious about how she had guessed, but she couldn’t ask, much less continue the conversation; otherwise, she would expose herself.

She was already condemned to death for crimes as heinous as the sea, and an additional kidnapping charge made no difference to her. But it was different for her daughter; an extra kidnapping charge, whether true or staged, would ruin her entire life.

So no matter what, she would insist that she was the one who did it.

However, after Qiao Yin asked this question and saw Hou Jinhua’s silence, she decided not to continue and turned to leave.

Hou Jinhua, feeling stifled and furious, shouted, “Qiao Yin, come back here! Who taught you to walk away in the middle of a conversation?! You little wench, it was me who arranged the kidnapping! It was all me!”