Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 104: One hundred and four, Ji Pianran’s heart is about to leap out!_1

Chapter 104: One hundred and four, Ji Pianran’s heart is about to leap out!_1

If the other party has informed the police station.

This would become really troublesome.

More than money, he cared about his own life!

He chuckled with a playful smile.

"Brother, you’ve got good eyes."

After speaking, he calmly took out the nine hundred bucks he had taken from Gu Chen and handed it over with a smirk, saying, "Happy New Year!"

Gu Chen didn’t hesitate to take back his money.

Then he gave a cold, sneering smile with a twist of his lips.

But the light in his eyes wasn’t as friendly as before; it had taken on an edge of severity.

Gu Chen leisurely began counting his money.

Nine hundred bucks, not one missing.

He pocketed the money, his mouth twisting into a sneer as he looked at Ma Huan.

"Anything else?"

Ma Huan’s brow twitched.

Anything else?

What a joke!

His eyes narrowed again, displaying a hint of viciousness that was hard to detect.

Didn’t see it coming, huh? Was this young punk really trying to double-cross him?

He had only taken nine hundred bucks from him, which he had returned in full.

Why was this far from over?

Did he really think Ma Huan was easy to bully?

Pushing him this far, it seemed he really needed to teach him a lesson.

A glint of cold light flashed in his eyes, growing even colder.

It was a bone-chilling kind of cold.

"What else?"

His voice dropped slowly, and his tone became much more serious, sounding somewhat scary.

Ji Pianran was extremely anxious, quickly stepping forward, tugging at Gu Chen’s sleeve, signaling him to drop it.

This guy was clearly not someone to mess with, especially those eyes—terrifyingly cold.

Besides, now that they had gotten the money back, leaving as soon as possible was the sensible thing to do.

After all, safety was the most important.

Gu Chen gently squeezed Ji Pianran’s hand.

"It’s alright, don’t worry."

After saying this, he let go of her and walked towards Ma Huan.

"The woman on the street earlier, you stole from her too, right?"

His meaning was clear—return Li You’e’s money as well, and this matter would be settled.

Ma Huan’s mouth twitched, and he pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

First, he lit one for himself, then slowly offered one to Gu Chen, with an intimidatingly cold look in his eyes.

Even his tone had grown significantly more serious.

"What if I don’t?"

Don’t?

Well, that would make things much easier.

Gu Chen reached out, not taking the cigarette offered, but instead, he firmly grabbed Ma Huan’s hand that was holding out the cigarette, and his other hand wasted no time in reaching for Ma Huan’s shoulder.

"If you don’t, then we’ll have to take a trip to the police station!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a neat takedown move was completed.

But in the end, Gu Chen had underestimated Ma Huan’s ability.

A murderer, and one who was wanted at that.

Indeed, not an ordinary petty thief, and not so easily dealt with.

Ma Huan immediately pulled out a knife from his pocket, enduring the pain as he swung it back at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen quickly dodged, and in that dodge, his grip on Ma Huan loosened.

After all, if he hadn’t let go, it would have been very difficult to avoid the attack.

Ma Huan turned around, giving Gu Chen a smile.

"Kid, you really are a greenhorn not afraid of the tiger, huh?"

Thinking of catching him?

Truly a death-defying fellow!

Gu Chen hadn’t expected the kid to actually pull out a knife.

Definitely not a simple opponent!

Since this was the case, today he had to make him spit out everything he had stolen from so many people!

At this point, Ji Pianran was almost scared to death.

She held Tiantian in her arms, wanting to go up and stop Gu Chen, telling him to hurry home.

But with the man holding a knife, it was okay if she was hurt, but what if the child was harmed?

Ji Pianran was on the verge of going crazy.

She forced herself to calm down. Then, she turned her head to glance at the vegetable stall next to her.

The stall was tended by an old lady with a kind face.

Ji Pianran picked up Tiantian and ran over in just two steps.

"Old lady, could you please look after my child for a moment? There’s a danger to her father, and I need to help him!"

After speaking, she looked at Tiantian’s face again, her expression tense yet serious.

"Daddy is in danger right now, so Mommy is going to help out. Tiantian, you must absolutely not come over, the bad uncle has a knife, understand?"

Ji Pianran rarely spoke to Tiantian with such an expression.

Although the little girl didn’t understand how knives worked, she could tell from her mother’s expression that something very serious was happening, very serious indeed.

She nodded, "Mommy, don’t worry, Tiantian will wait for you to come back."

The old lady selling vegetables, hearing the mother and daughter’s conversation, then looked over to where Gu Chen and Ma Huan were not far away.

She had clearly seen before that the man wearing a hat must have stolen this person’s money!

And the two of them had even started fighting.

She had initially thought it was just a simple matter of catching a thief, but who would have thought that this thief was even carrying a knife?

This was way too audacious!

The old lady nodded her head enthusiastically, "Don’t worry, the child will be absolutely fine with me here."

After speaking, she added, "But I think it’s not safe for you to go over there. Watch this!"

"Everybody, come and see, the thief is trying to kill someone! He’s got a knife! Hurry, come look, someone who has a phone, call the police, huh~"

Indeed, after selling vegetables for more than a decade, the old lady’s call to action was full of force!

Her voice was extremely loud!

With her shouting like this, people shopping at various stalls all looked towards where Gu Chen was.

Some eager ones were already walking over there.

The old lady shouted even more vigorously, her voice clearly much louder than before.

"It’s the one wearing a hat, he’s the thief! Don’t let him run away!"

Watching people gradually come towards him, Ma Huan broke out in a cold sweat all over. He couldn’t have dreamed in a million years that he would be taken down by a vegetable seller.

He knew that there was no way he could take on so many people, even with a knife in hand, it was useless.

The most urgent task was to get away.

With this thought, Ma Huan clenched the dagger in his hand fiercely, gritted his teeth, and started desperately running away.

Gu Chen was not willing to let him go. Seeing him running, he immediately chased after him.

If he could not catch the thief today, then he, Gu Chen, would write his name backward!

Seeing Gu Chen chasing after the thief, Ji Pianran took a deep breath and also rushed forth.

There was only one thought in her mind.

Gu Chen must, absolutely must not come to harm!

The road through the coal washing plant was not paved with asphalt, but with fine coal slag, and it was relatively spacious as well.

Ma Huan was running very fast.

In no time, he had twisted and turned into an alleyway.

Gu Chen was relentless in following him.

While gasping heavily, Ma Huan kept running inward.

In his heart, there was only one belief: he had to shake off Gu Chen.

Because there’s a good chance that those meddlers had called the police by now.

He had to run faster.

Otherwise, it was not just a matter of spending a few years in prison, he was a murderer, and if caught, he would have to pay with his life.

He didn’t want to die.

The alley was narrow and cramped, clearly a back alley.

This was where the backs of houses met, with not a single door; only windows and various items were present.

Things like discarded flowerpots, wooden ladders, and some piles of coal.

In short, it was a chaotic mess.

Ma Huan ran with all his might, thinking that he could get away if he reached the end. He hadn’t expected that this was actually a dead end.

Standing at the end of a house’s backyard, he was in complete despair.

It seemed the only way out was to take down Gu Chen!

That was his only escape route.

Gu Chen managed to catch up after much effort, finding to his surprise that it was a dead end, he planted his hands on his hips, took a few deep breaths, and then suddenly broke into a smile.

An inexplicable memory surfaced of a joke he had seen on Douyin in his past life.

Every cause brings its effect, and your retribution is me.

If he had known this would happen, why did he ever start?

Stealing, one should know clearly that one day they would be caught.

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