Chapter 224 How could he do that?

"Fourth sister! It's my fault! I thought you... would never come back... I thought you had been sold to a place thousands of miles away by human traffickers... Waaah..."

He lay on the ground, his shoulders shaking violently.

Lu Xiuye ​​felt a pang of sadness, her eyes instantly reddening, and an indescribable sense of grievance welled up in her eyes.

She fought back tears and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Silly child, don't cry. Fourth sister is fine, not a single hair is missing. Look, I'm right here, no one can lay a finger on me."

Without saying a word, Li Xiao'e, who was watching the commotion, rushed forward and raised her hand.

"Slap! Slap!"

Two slaps landed mercilessly on Lu Guirun's face.

"You old fool! You still have the nerve to stand here and pretend? This divorce is for real! From now on, you go your way, and I'll go mine! If anyone utters another word, I'll immediately go to the village committee and leave my fingerprints!"

Lu Guirun's son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter all stood silently to the side.

It was a perfectly good family; although they weren't wealthy, they lived a harmonious and happy life.

Because he was greedy for momentary pleasure, he insisted on getting involved with Yang Juanhua.

He did those shady things behind his family's back, which caused a huge uproar.

A home is no longer a home, and people are no longer people.

Now they've completely lost face, and the men, women, and children in the village avoid them whenever they see them.

They walked with their heads down, spoke in hushed tones, and dared not even venture outside the door.

But Lu Guirun still doesn't repent and dares to do such heinous things?

That's utterly shameless! They've dragged themselves and their whole family into a fire pit!

Lu Guirun was so badly beaten that he saw stars and his ears were ringing.

He didn't even dare to lift his hands, he just covered his head and curled up on the ground.

Li Xiao'e didn't let Yang Juanhua, who was cowering to the side, get away with it. She rushed over, pointed at her nose, and cursed, "You old slut! You're practically half-buried, and you're still restless, always trying to seduce men and have affairs! You're tired of living, fine, but you even dare to sell your own granddaughter? Have you no conscience?!"

"If I were you, I would have jumped into a well long ago and ended it all, instead of making a fool of myself here and causing trouble for the neighbors! How dare you even stand here and breathe?"

Yang Juanhua was so frightened that she cried and crawled around on the ground, pleading incessantly, her hair disheveled.

She shrank desperately towards Lu Guirun, as if seeking protection, but only received more disdainful looks in return.

Li Xiao'e was even angrier, her anger making the veins on her forehead throb.

She grabbed the bamboo broom beside her and swung it hard.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

He slapped Yang Juanhua on the back several times, making her scream in pain.

Upon hearing that the police were to be called, Lu Zhonghe and Lu Shuixian's faces turned deathly pale, and their legs went weak on the spot.

"Mom! Mom! No matter how bad I am, I'm still your biological child! You carried me for ten whole months and raised me with love and care! Even if you don't love me, please don't send me to the police station for the sake of our blood ties! I really can't stand life in jail!"

"I really don't want to go to jail! Mom! Muxiang is still waiting for me to marry her! I'm still young, I can't let my life be ruined like this!"

Shen Cuifen raised her foot and kicked him.

"Don't call me Mom! The day you signed the abrogation letter, I stopped calling you my son! From that moment on, we are completely cut off from each other!"

"Those ten months I carried you? Ha, consider it as if a pile of stinking dog shit went down my belly! I suffered for ten months for nothing, only to raise such an ungrateful, treacherous beast who sold his sister for personal gain!"

"Who you marry and what kind of life you live are none of my business. Go and do whatever you want, but don't ever step foot in my house again!"

Lu Zhonghe was truly frightened then, his face turning from white to green.

"Mom! I don't want the money! Really! It's all in my pocket, I haven't touched a single penny! Let me take it out, I'll take it out right now! Please don't call the police! Don't take me to the police station! Please!"

Shen Cuifen gave a cold laugh.

In his past life, this guy sold Lu Guizhen out of everything just to marry Mu Xiang, for that marriage certificate and tens of thousands of dowry.

Sending herself and money to a strange man's house only resulted in a brief wedding.

In this life, she will never let him succeed again.

Shen Cuifen's eyes were red, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back from falling.

“We’re all fine, except… Wenhua took the beating for us.”

Zheng Mingyue waved her hand, feigning ease on her face.

"It's a soldier's duty to protect the people. This little injury is nothing! It's just a superficial wound. It'll heal in a few days. Don't worry about it."

But Shen Cuifen kept her head down, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes.

“If it weren’t for him… if something really happened to Takae, I would never be able to get over it in my life.”

She dared not think about how she would face Zheng Mingyue if something really happened to Zhao Wenhua.

It wasn't just guilt, it was a debt that could never be made up for in a lifetime.

"Stop talking!"

Zheng Mingyue suddenly hugged her tightly, her voice choked with emotion.

"This is my fault! It's because I didn't arrange things properly that you ran into this mess."

She felt incredibly guilty.

The original plan was to go to the Shen family tomorrow to help her settle in and make sure she could stay there comfortably.

But this morning, she insisted on having people stay for lunch.

This meal is what caused the delay.

If she hadn't been left behind, Lu Xiuye ​​wouldn't have almost been abducted.

Wang Qiongying squeezed forward, pointed at the two people being held down on the ground, her brows furrowed, her voice filled with shock.

"Cuifen, you mean... these two human traffickers are Lu Zhonghe and Lu Shuixian?"

Shen Cuifen's eyes turned cold.

She stared at the two people on the ground, her lips trembling slightly.

"Not a human trafficker."

"They're my own brother and sister, and they're going to sell my daughter!"

Everyone was stunned.

The next second, Wang Qiongying exploded, slapping her thigh and raising her voice eight octaves.

"My God! Is this even human?!"

Brothers and sisters, blood relatives, actually harmed their own niece for money.

This is no longer a human being, it's clearly a beast in human skin!

"Worse than animals!"

Shen Cuifen suddenly looked up, her eyes blazing with anger.

She spat a mouthful of saliva hard in their faces, her voice hoarse.

"How dare you claim this place as your home? How dare you stand here?!"

Lu Zhonghe and Lu Shuixian shrank their necks, their faces covered in filth, and dared not wipe it off.

They knelt on the ground, wishing they could disappear into a crack in the earth and never see the light of day again.

Zheng Mingyue quickly tried to smooth things over, her tone hurried.

"Alright, let's stop wasting time here. Xiaomei has already called the police, and Lao Zhao and Zhongshun are still waiting down the mountain. Let's hurry up and leave, so they don't have to worry!"

The crowd then seemed to wake from a dream and began to move.

Several strong men hurriedly dragged Lu Zhonghe and Lu Shuixian up.

More and more villagers gathered to watch, coming from all directions.

When they heard that Lu Zhonghe and Lu Shuixian were going to sell Lu Xiuye ​​to human traffickers for money, they were furious.

"Have you lost your conscience? How could you even harm your own niece?"

"These two are not human! They have human hearts, but they do evil things!"

"They're not even as good as dogs! At least dogs know how to protect their pups, but these people are so shameless, they'd sell their own flesh and blood!"

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The man held a thick document in his hand, his knuckles slightly tightening as he flicked it back and forth, making a soft "snap" sound.