Chapter 21 Beating a Dog When It's Drowning

Liu Weiguo broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn't even tell if it was because Jiang Anchao's beating hurt too much or because his calves were trembling with fear.

He suddenly collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Someone kindly stepped forward to offer a reminder, and everyone else chimed in to smooth things over.

"Anchao, today is your wedding day, don't bleed, it's bad luck."

"Yes, the good wine and food have been served, let's take a seat quickly."

Grandma Li gave her son a wink, and Li Zhengyang pressed down on Jiang Anchao's shoulder, shook his head at him, and whispered a reminder: "Don't be impulsive, his whole family are scoundrels, getting involved will only cause trouble."

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and offered it to Liu Weiguo, trying to smooth things over, "Brother Liu, don't stay lying on the ground, come and have a drink and this matter will be over, okay?"

The situation stabilized, and Liu Weiguo confirmed that Jiang Anchao had been stopped and posed no threat to him.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but being someone who always cared about his image, he was unwilling to let it go so easily after losing face so badly at this moment.

Liu Weiguo pushed away the cigarette, sat down on the ground and didn't intend to get up. Instead, he covered his forehead and started howling, "You think you can just get away with hitting someone like this? No way! Ouch, my head!"

He originally intended to get Deng Qiu drunk in a glass of wine laced with aphrodisiacs so he could find an opportunity to make love to her.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Anchao blocked the wine, and he ended up getting beaten up for no reason.

He couldn't swallow this insult and had to take the opportunity to extort a large sum of money from them!

"Commander Jiang, you hit my head and broke it. You have to pay for my medical expenses. I came here to congratulate you out of kindness. How can you treat a guest like this!"

He looked at Jiang Anchao defiantly, his mind racing with calculations.

"Trying to extort money? Is this little injury enough to compensate?" Jiang Anchao coldly watched him put on an act, showing no leniency. "I'll give you some more!!"

He grabbed Liu Weiguo by the collar and kicked him.

"Hey! Old Jiang, don't be impulsive!"

"Stop fighting! If you keep fighting, something serious will happen!"

The comrades who stepped in to mediate the fight also disapproved of Liu Weiguo's actions.

You showed up uninvited, hoping to freeload; it's already a great honor that they didn't kick you out on such a joyous occasion.

You just had to go looking for trouble. Who uses the excuse of making a scene at a wedding to take advantage of the bride?

Isn't this a wedding prank?

No normal grown man would do something so despicable.

Liu Weiguo not only did it, but now he's brazenly demanding compensation from people.

Serves them right! People like that are just wasting air!

Seeing that something was wrong, Grandma Li ran out of the yard to call Liu Qing to come and take her younger brother home.

Li Zhengyang had just grabbed Jiang Anchao, trying to calm things down.

Unexpectedly, Liu Weiguo seized the opportunity to punch Jiang Anchao in the stomach.

Even someone as good-tempered as Li Zhengyang instantly changed his expression and scolded him, "Liu Weiguo, that's enough!"

Jiang Anchao had only drunk a little wine, not enough to get drunk, but when he was punched directly in the stomach, his stomach churned instantly, and his already agitated anger felt even more intense.

He broke free from his friend's obstruction, braced his leg against Liu Weiguo's shoulder, and rained punches down on him.

Having spent so long in the military, he knew all too well where it hurt the most but where the injury wouldn't be visible.

However, Li Zhengyang didn't really intend to stop him. When he let Jiang Anchao take action, he thoughtfully closed the courtyard gate.

Several close friends couldn't stand it and joined in, ostensibly to mediate, but they also restrained Liu Weiguo's hands and feet, preventing him from having another chance to attack.

Li Zhengyang turned a blind eye and, seeing that Liu Weiguo had been beaten to a pulp, offered a few perfunctory words of advice.

"Liu Weiguo, you're usually idle and lazy, but today you had to cause trouble. You'd better watch out in the future. Alright, alright, stop hitting me."

Liu Weiguo looked strong, but he couldn't take more than a few punches and begged for mercy like a grandson.

When Liu Qing burst in, banging on the door, Liu Weiguo was already lying on the floor like a dead fish.

The scene was very chaotic.

Her voice was shrill, "Stop! What are you doing!"

She pushed aside Li Zhengyang, who was blocking the door, and rushed to help her younger brother, shouting, "Why did you hit my brother? Who laid a hand on him?!"

Li Zhengyang was bumped and looked displeased. "Sister-in-law Liu, Weiguo flirted with the bride during the toasting. Brother Jiang drank too much and caused a little conflict. Weiguo is also... ...His nonsense is not only disrupting the wedding banquet, but you should take him back to sober up."

Grandma Li, even more disgusted, stood up and spoke up: "Yes, your brother really needs to be disciplined. How can he directly flirt with the bride and say he wants to consummate the marriage? Doesn't he fear being charged with indecent assault and executed?"

Upon understanding the reason, Liu Qing's expression immediately turned ugly.

"Who hasn't been pranked on their wedding day? It's all for good luck. Being pranked means you're blessed. Why make such a big deal out of it?"

She glared at Deng Qiu with resentment, her tone even more cutting, "You can't blame Weiguo. He's just a big kid, he's never seen a pretty girl before. Your Sister-in-law Jiang has skin as white as tofu and is very beautiful. What's wrong with him making a few jokes? It's not like he'll lose a piece of his flesh!"

The implication was that Deng Qiu looked like a vixen and seduced men.

Deng Qiu clearly understood the insult, and his face turned pale instantly.

She clenched her fingers tightly, and countless grievances from the past welled up in her heart.

Because of her beauty, she suffered a lot of harassment. Even in Sangjiapo, Sang Lao Er forced her to marry him by ruining her reputation.

She never expected to encounter such accusations in the city...

Deng Qiuxin felt as if she were being pricked by fine needles. She dared not look at Jiang Anchao, for fear that he would also misunderstand her.

Unexpectedly, the next second, her hand was tightly enveloped by a large, warm hand.

"What business is it of his if my wife is well or not?!"

Jiang Anchao's chest heaved noticeably; he was furious, and even his expression became more ferocious. "He harassed my wife and it was a joke? Then my playful fight with him was also a joke, Liu Qing... ...You're a bad parent, and your brother is a bad influence. Where do you get the nerve to question me?"

Liu Qing's face instantly turned ugly. She forced a smile and said, "Brother Jiang, aren't you being a bit harsh with your words?"

Jiang Anchao felt hot all over, and only when he held Deng Qiu's hand did he feel a moment of relief.

Feeling upset, he became even more irritable.

"I'm being mean? I think you're even worse at handling things! I'm telling you right now, I hit your brother, and if he tries to extort money from me, I won't give him a single cent. I'll take it to the police station and we'll see who gets shot first, me, the assailant, or him, the criminal convicted of hooliganism!"

He wasn't actually drunk; it's just that the siblings surnamed Liu were going too far.

He couldn't take it anymore, so he simply used being drunk as an excuse to expose all the dirty secrets, so that his kindness wouldn't be taken advantage of every day, and that the whole family would be like leeches, constantly sucking his blood!

"Brother Jiang, we've known each other for so many years, we're practically family. Even if Weiguo did something wrong, he didn't actually lay a hand on her, did he? You beat him up like this, and you're still not satisfied and want to call the police? He's not married yet, you're driving him to the brink..."

She panicked when she heard that the police had been called.

In an era of conservative views on male-female relationships, once someone was convicted of hooliganism, the younger brother could really lose his life.

Liu Qing's face turned pale, and in front of many neighbors, she deliberately pretended to be pitiful.

"For the sake of all the years I've taken care of your child, let's just let this go, okay?"