Yue Qingqing and Qu Ruorui exchanged glances, understanding Lu Zhu's helplessness.
The alley appeared to be the product of illegal construction, home to all sorts of people from different walks of life, and it was probably an area with little to no oversight. The police surely weren't keen on coming here.
Moreover, it was a family matter, so even if they did come, it wouldn't be much help.
As for help from neighbors, that was even less likely.
According to Lu Zhu, the landlady was quite a decent person, but she rarely showed her face; it wasn't reasonable to expect her to get into trouble over her tenants.
The environment here was simply too terrible. If they had moved to a community with strict security, those people definitely wouldn't have been able to barge in, but here, that clearly wasn't enough to stop Madam Lu and her few.
Qu Ruorui suddenly had an idea, "Didn't we pass by some hooligans in a courtyard on our way here? Why not give them some money to protect Auntie?"
