Zhang Guochen was slightly taken aback. He glanced through the gaps in the crowd and saw a bright red handprint on the left cheek of the woman who was crying, which had not yet faded.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guochen and Xu Qingyi clenched their fists.

What the two of them couldn't stand the most was a coward who hit women.

Both of them were straightforward, and Lin Yifeng quickly pulled them back to prevent them from causing any trouble.

He was used to this kind of thing. In the 1990s, when culture was not widespread, there were many people in the village who were bullies at home. Such things are commonplace now.

This has led to a severe generational divide, with many people who have moved to the city to start families paying little attention to their elderly fathers back home.

Lin Yifeng frowned and continued to ask questions.

"Seriously? They're just openly beating people up in the street like this?"

The man shrank back, a hint of disgust in his voice.

"Oh, page, otherwise what?"

"If a wife doesn't listen to you, shouldn't you beat her?"

"But a coward like him can only bully sick people."

"If it were someone in good health, they would have stabbed him with a knife long ago."

"What do you do? Why are you asking these questions?"

Lin Yifeng's conversation with the man also attracted the attention of another middle-aged woman nearby.

The older woman looked at Lin Yifeng and his group and immediately sensed that they were no ordinary people, so she hurriedly explained from the side.

You're too late!

"Didn't you see the other day, that cowardly man beat up his daughter?"

"His arm is broken!"

"Yin Hong earned some money in two days and wanted to settle the medical bills at the clinic, but her husband took the money and gambled it away again."

"Poor Yin Hong, sigh..."

This sigh tells a story in itself.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guochen's eyes widened in anger as he stared intently at the two people who had just been talking beside him.

"What?!"

This scene startled the two of them.

Zhang Guochen himself came from the military, and his aura of ruthlessness was unique. Even Xu Qingyi, standing next to him, felt as if Zhang Guochen could devour Yin Hong's husband alive.

Lin Yifeng frowned, looked at the woman at the breakfast stall in front of him, and sighed helplessly.

This is both easy and difficult to handle.

The main problem is that this kind of thing happens all the time these days, so the police station is probably used to it.

Unless someone dies, the police station generally cannot intervene normally; at most, they can only mediate disputes.

Let alone in this era, even twenty years from now, family conflicts will still be a major headache for the police.

You can't really take his man back and lock him up for a few days.

The problem is that after a few days of confinement, without divorce or resolution, things remain the same, and there's no way to address the root cause.

"Auntie, do you know where she lives?"

“We belong to the community.”

"I'd like to know more about the situation."

Lin Yifeng made an excuse to ask for the other party's address.

The old lady's face lit up with surprise upon hearing this.

"I know, I know, I'll take a few leaders with me."

On the way, Lin Yifeng also learned a little about Wu Ruixue's family situation.

Besides his bastard father, his brother is no better.

They brought all sorts of thugs home every day, and his father even called these people brothers. The neighbors basically didn't dare to mess with this family.

In the old lady's words, it was Wu Ruixue and her brother who suffered.

Her mother was remarried, and her eldest brother was not her biological son. In order for Wu Ruixue's younger brother to be able to study properly, she had no choice but to live with other people.

And this bastard man kept his promise and didn't interfere with her brother's studies.

As for Wu Ruixue, according to the old lady, this girl was a good student when she was young, but unfortunately she didn't continue her studies after finishing primary school in order to help support her family.

Hearing this on the way, Zhang Guochen could no longer suppress the murderous aura emanating from him.

The elderly woman sitting in the car would occasionally and cautiously ask Lin Yifeng and his group who they were.

Lin Yifeng smiled slightly.

"We bring warmth to the community."

"I'm just here to get a feel for the situation."

Seeing this, the older woman didn't ask any more questions.

When they arrived at Wu Ruixue's door, Lin Yifeng and his companions couldn't help but gasp.

Wu Ruixue's family lived in the kind of mud house that is most common in the central and southern regions, surrounded by individual small courtyards.

This is basically land allocated to farmers by the township or county government so they can farm here to make a living. However, judging from the rusty farm tools in front of Wu Ruixue's house, she probably hasn't been to the fields for several years.

Moreover, judging from his family's basic situation, it's likely that when they were working in the fields before, it was mostly Wu Ruixue's mother who did the work.

"Minor Snow!"

"Xiaoxue?"

Someone has come to see you!

The old woman called out twice from the doorway.

Behind the dilapidated wooden door, a series of sparse footsteps could be heard from inside the house.

"Aunt Ma, what brings you here?"

"You came to see me?"

Who will come to see me?

As the latch behind the door was pried open, Wu Ruixue, dressed in tattered clothes, quickly appeared, with a bruise on the corner of her mouth and a bandage around her neck.

His eyes now held a hint of timidity.

Upon seeing Wu Ruixue's right hand bound with a wooden board, Lin Yifeng and the other two gasped. Although they had prepared themselves mentally before coming, seeing Wu Ruixue's current appearance still brought a slight pang of sadness to their noses.

After all, this is a young girl in the prime of her life, but looking like this now, you could easily mistake her for a little beggar.

Wu Ruixue was completely stunned when she saw Zhang Guochen.

She glanced at Lin Yifeng, then at Xu Qingyi beside her.

"Brother, what brings you here?"

Upon hearing this, the old woman seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally protecting Wu Ruixue.

"Xiaoxue, do you know them?"

Wu Ruixue quickly nodded, trying to comfort the elderly woman beside her.

"Aunt Ma, this is someone I know."

"Brother, you guys didn't call me because of the bonus, did you?"

Wu Ruixue looked at Lin Yifeng and the others with great panic.

Clearly, she is more worried about whether the prize money for the doubles tournament will be paid out smoothly than about her current situation.

Without even a second thought, it's clear that the prize money will be used to pay for her brother's tuition.