Qiao Lan watched as the Luo Nian left. Her eyes were full of haze.

Both the Luo Nian and the Qiao Family had done this time. The former was a robber, while the latter was a human trafficker. No matter who it was, they were both disgusting.

She unconsciously reached out and rubbed the arm that had been grabbed by the Luo Nian. It hurt, and it must have been red.

Seeing Tan Mo suddenly appear here, Qiao Lan was surprised and worried. She turned around and asked him why he suddenly came here. When she lowered her head, she saw that Tan Mo's face was extremely pale.

Tan Mo finally managed to control himself and put his eyes back on Qiao Lan. When he saw her hand covering her arm, his actions were faster than his thoughts. Before he could react, he had already grabbed Qiao Lan's wrist.

"Who is he?"

Qiao Lan lowered her head and looked at Tan Mo's hand that was tightly gripping her wrist. In the end, he didn't pull his hand away.

"He's the prospective son-in-law that my parents found."

Bai Yu was also shocked. She had been happily looking for Qiao Lan to go home, but she didn't expect to run into this.

She really didn't expect that there would be someone who dared to openly kidnap someone at the school gate.

Qiao Lan usually didn't mention her family situation. Bai Yu could only judge from the few words that Qiao Lan didn't have a close relationship with her family. However, she didn't expect it to be to this extent.

The Luo Nian had said very clearly that Qiao Lan's parents and sister had begged him to take Qiao Lan back. Qiao Lan's parents were clearly selling their daughter in exchange for betrothal gifts. It was precisely because of this that the Luo Nian's attitude was so rampant.

How shameless! Did he have any humanity left?

Did he give birth to a daughter to sell for money when she grew up?

Qiao Lan probably couldn't go to her house to play today. Tan Mo and Qiao Lan probably had something to talk about. Moreover, because of what the Luo Nian had done, Bai Yu didn't dare to casually bring Qiao Lan around. Who knew where the Luo Nian would appear again?

Thinking of the Luo Nian, Bai Yu still felt a lingering fear. However, in addition to the lingering fear, she was more worried.

Luo Nian had asked Qiao Lan to wait before he left.

Qiao Lan was just a student. Her family wanted to sell her off and give her away. Luo Nian looked rich and powerful. Who would help her?

If the Luo Nian again, who could help Qiao Lan?

She didn't know why, but she subconsciously turned her head to look at Tan Mo.

In fact, there were many people who liked Qiao Lan. Among them, there was no lack of people like Hao Ying who were also rich and powerful. However, Bai Yu's first reaction was to think of Tan Mo.

Even though Tan Mo couldn't stand up and looked much thinner than Hao Ying, Tan Mo was more reassuring than Hao Ying.

Now that Tan Mo was here, Bai Yu heaved a sigh of relief. She didn't force Qiao Lan to go to her house. She handed Qiao Lan to Tan Mo and turned to leave.

On the way back, Bai Yu finally figured out why she felt that Tan Mo was more reassuring. It was because she felt that Tan Mo's feelings for Qiao Lan were much deeper than Hao Ying's feelings for Qiao Lan.

Although Hao Ying had said directly that she liked Qiao Lan, Tan Mo had never said that he liked Qiao Lan.

But that was what she felt.

It wasn't until Bai Yu was far away that Tan Mo saw his hand grabbing Qiao Lan's wrist. He was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly let go.

In his anger, he didn't know what to do. He could only ask her, "Does it hurt?"

"It's okay. It doesn't hurt." Qiao Lan rubbed her wrist. She didn't want to be surrounded by people, so she turned around and got into the car with Uncle Chen and Tan Mo.

After getting into the car, Qiao Lan told Uncle Chen and Tan Mo what had happened today.

Last week, when Tan Mo came to pick up Qiao Lan, he met the Second Sister of Qiao Lan. Qiao Lan told them about the Second Sister Qiao. At that time, Uncle Chen only thought that Second Sister Qiao could be so shameless as a mistress. He didn't think that she could be so shameless.

However, when he thought about it carefully, Qiao Lan once said that Second Sister Qiao was happy to be a mistress. Instead of being ashamed, her family was proud of it. Now that they had tasted the sweetness, they wanted to drag Qiao Lan down with them.

Tan Mo was hidden in the darkness. He was still holding a bank card tightly in his left hand. His fingers were too strong, and the bank card was shaking as if it would break in the next moment.

What would have happened if he and Uncle Chen had come a little later today?

What would have happened if he had decided not to say goodbye to Qiao Lan and went directly to the United States?

A few weeks or months later, when he finally couldn't help but want to see how Qiao Lan was doing, she might have been dragged into the mud by her disgusting family.

She might have been forced to drop out of school. She might have been locked up at home and forced to be with her so-called son-in-law …

There was a crisp sound. Qiao Lan turned her head in surprise. "What was that sound?"

The bank card in her hand broke into two pieces.

Tan Mo used all his strength to suppress his emotions. "I don't know. Maybe it was the sound from outside the car."

Qiao Lan said, "Oh." Then she turned her head and asked him, "Tan Mo, why did you suddenly come to school? Is there something you need from me?"

There was something.

He was going to say goodbye to Qiao Lan.

He was going to leave soon. He wanted to see her and say goodbye in person.

But now, where was he going? How was he going to leave?

What would happen to Qiao Lan if he left? Who would protect her and help her if he left?

Perhaps Qiao Lan was too optimistic. She always smiled as if she had no worries. She never complained, as if nothing could stop her. That gave Tan Mo an illusion that Qiao Lan was actually living a good life.

But in fact, she wasn't living a good life at all.

How could such a family be living a good life? She was running desperately in front, but there were many people behind her who wanted to see her and pull her back.

Tan Mo let go of his hand. The two halves of the bank card fell into the crack of the car. He was going to say goodbye to her, but he temporarily put it aside. Tan Mo said, "I called your phone, but I couldn't get through."

Qiao Lan took out her phone and said, "Luo Nian got my phone number from somewhere. She calls and texts me every day. I had no choice but to delete the card."

Tan Mo's eyes darkened again. "Go get a new card first."

Uncle Chen's car turned in the direction of a nearby mobile business center.

After getting a new card and returning to Tan Mo's house, everyone was a little quiet. Even Qiao Lan was a little absent-minded during dinner.

She had to think about what to do now.

She had thought that she could at least safely finish high school after collecting enough money, but the Qiao family obviously had no bottom line. They were watching her all the time, ready to sell her out.

There was no use in hiding unless she didn't step out of school for the remaining year and a half. Even so, Qiao Lan didn't think it was feasible.

This Luo Nian dared to arrest people at the school gate today. Who knew what he would do tomorrow?

But what could she do if she didn't hide?

Run home, have a big fight with the Qiao family, and cut ties with them?

How? Her name was still written in the Qiao family's household register. The Qiao family knew that she could pay back the money, so how could they agree to cut ties with her? And Qiao Lan didn't dare to think about whether she could walk out of the Qiao family again if she went back.

Call the police?

She was the daughter of the Qiao family, and the police wouldn't interfere.

Qiao Lan took a deep breath and closed her eyes in annoyance.

She really wished that she was an orphan.

In the room next door, Uncle Chen carefully knocked on Tan Mo's door, walked in, and closed the door.

Tan Mo didn't like Father Tan. Back then, Father Tan had cheated on his secretary when he was young. After his mother divorced Father Tan, she took him to the United States.

Tan Mo didn't have any feelings for his father, but because his feelings were too weak, he didn't have any hatred.

Father Tan had successfully entered the Procuratorate because of Tan Mo's mother. Even now, Father Tan was the executive deputy prosecutor of the provincial Procuratorate, a real cadre at the provincial level, Father Tan had never denied it. If it weren't for Tan Mo's mother's help, he wouldn't be where he was today.

When Father Tan had cheated on his secretary, Tan Mo's mother didn't think twice and immediately divorced him. He was indeed full of guilt toward his ex-wife and son, especially after Tan Mo's mother passed away. That was why he had taken Tan Mo back.

But that was it. Father Tan tried his best to compensate Tan Mo, but Tan Mo's mother's inheritance was too shocking. Even if Father Tan wanted to compensate Tan Mo, he didn't know where to start.

Today, when he received a call from Uncle Chen and was told that Tan Mo was preparing to go back to the United States, Father Tan was surprised and couldn't hide his disappointment. He tried his best to persuade him, but to no avail.

Unexpectedly, at night, Tan Mo personally called him.

Some things could be done with money, but some things required a little power.

Tan Mo called Father Tan.

It wasn't difficult to spend money to investigate Luo Nian's situation clearly.

Luo Nian's real family situation was far more pitiful than his arrogant appearance. In less than two hours, Tan Mo got all the information about Luo Nian and Luo Nian's parents. He even knew all the assets of Luo Nian's parents.

Luo Nian, who seemed arrogant and domineering, had a father who ran a large hot pot restaurant. Luo Nian's father and Second Sister Qiao's husband had jointly invested in another branch of the restaurant, so they had been working together recently.

Luo Nian's parents only had this one son when they were quite old. They spoiled him too much and raised Luo Nian to have a fearless personality.

Father Tan was a little surprised that Tan Mo would take the initiative to look for him and target something very accurately. Tan Mo didn't say it directly. He just asked him to tell the Food and Drug Administration to put more effort into a hot pot restaurant on xx street.

Tan Mo didn't say it out loud, but Tan Mo's father understood what he meant. It was too easy to find trouble with a restaurant. Nowadays, many restaurants were selling fresh ingredients. In fact, there weren't many fresh ingredients. There were many raw materials and seasonings that were mixed with futures.

Many times, when the Food and Drug Administration came for an inspection, the restaurant would be able to prepare in advance. If there was a sudden and strict inspection, then a large number of restaurants would have to close down.

For Father Tan, it was just a matter of a few words. Moreover, it was Tan Mo who asked, so Father Tan naturally had no reason to refuse.

After hanging up, Uncle Chen glanced outside and whispered to Tan Mo, "Then about going abroad …"

Tan Mo had made it clear that he wanted to help Qiao Lan to the end, so he definitely wouldn't go abroad in the near future. And maybe in the future, because he was worried about Qiao Lan, he probably wouldn't leave.

Unexpectedly, Tan Mo said, "After everything here is settled."

"You still want to go?"

Uncle Chen was surprised.

"Go to New York's Special Surgery Hospital." Tan Mo lowered his eyelids. It was the best orthopedic hospital in the world.

After today, Tan Mo realized that he wasn't completely useless to Qiao Lan. He could still protect her.

Qiao Lan needed him.

The doctor said that he had a 98% chance of sitting in a wheelchair forever. But other than this 98%, there was still a 2% chance of him being able to stand up.

Once there was someone in his heart that he wanted to protect, everything seemed to be less scary.

Even though it was only a 2% chance, he was willing to do everything he could for this 2% chance.