Xu Hongxia seemed to have lost her mind. Not seeing the result she wanted, she sat on the ground cursing everyone.

He was still throwing dirt around in his hands, otherwise he wouldn't dare get even a fraction of a distance from her.

Since things have already come to this, I might as well just give up and let things fall apart; it'll make me feel better.

Sitting on the ground, Xu Hongxia remembered that she still had the drugs she had given those people on her body. Taking advantage of the opportunity to grab at the open ground, she took out the remaining drugs.

Song Yining saw everything clearly and knew that he was up to no good again, watching her closely to see what she was thinking.

You brought this upon yourself, so the rest of your days will be filled with immense suffering, and you won't even be able to find the reason why.

Xu Hongxia suddenly stood up and walked towards Song Yining. When Song Yining saw her coming, she had already taken out a pill from her spatial storage that made her feel uncomfortable all over, and she couldn't find the cause.

Seeing Xu Hongxia approaching him menacingly, he swiftly shoved the medicine into her mouth, where it instantly melted.

Before anyone could react, Song Yining kicked them away, leaving everyone stunned.

Mr. and Mrs. Shen were terrified when they saw that their daughter had almost been attacked by that woman.

The quick-thinking villagers immediately grabbed her and tied Xu Hongxia up with ropes.

This way, we won't be afraid of what she's doing; we can wait for the police to arrive before making a decision.

Looking at the white powder scattered on the ground, Song Yining shone her flashlight on it and exclaimed, "What is this? It looks like what she was just about to give me."

Everyone looked at the scattered medicinal powder on the ground, and Song Yining quickly told everyone to disperse.

I went back to my room to get a piece of paper and quickly collected the remaining powder that had fallen on the floor; these were all evidence of the crime.

They also found that the paper from which the medicine powder was packaged still contained medicine powder in Xu Hongxia's pocket.

We'll have the police come over later to see what these things are.

Now that everyone in the village is watching, he can't muster any enthusiasm.

Xu Hongxia's maternal home and Da Zhuang's home in Xujia Village had been burned down and were inaccessible. Upon seeing this, they hurriedly called the police.

The villagers could only watch from the sidelines to make sure the fire didn't spread; no one inside was calling out, and they didn't know what was going on.

The village chief outside remembered that they could only wait until the fire subsided before making any moves; they could only watch helplessly and had no way to go in.

Everyone was sighing, "How could both families be burned down at the same time? Who had a deep-seated grudge against them? They were burned to ashes! What a tragedy!"

At the same time, Yangjia Village and Xujia Village received the report one after the other. Yangjia Village arrived first and explained the situation. When the people from Xujia Village who reported the case arrived, they said, "Our Xujia Village is the husband's and wife's family of the person suspected in the case reported by Yangjia Village."

The police officers who were being interrogated split into two groups and headed towards the two villages.

The commune police station was left with only the old man who guarded the empty station.

On the way, they learned the whole story and the relationship between the two families, and they understood the situation instantly.

No one went home to sleep. The girls in the educated youth settlement heard the noise outside but didn't dare to go out. After all, they were girls and it was better not to go out and cause trouble.

The male educated youths all gathered in the courtyard, watching to see who could help. Everyone had their own judgment, even though Song, the educated youth, seemed quite kind.

However, the soldiers staying in his yard during this period were all of similar strength, and they had no intention of provoking him.

They pretended not to see the delicious food being prepared by the other party, because judging from their parents' appearance, although they were very thin, their demeanor was that of extraordinary people.

When the police arrived, the villagers who had been watching immediately made way for them. Even though it was already past midnight, everyone's excitement for the spectacle remained high.

Seeing the police officers approaching, Xu Hongxia showed no fear, adopting a "what's the use" attitude.

She figured that if she was discovered, Xujia Village would be discovered soon too. Anyway, she didn't have much time left to live. She was just about to speak.

Suddenly, she felt inexplicably sad, and the pain was unbearable.

Everyone was stunned to see Xu Hongxia's distorted and distressed face. None of them had hit her; it was only Song Zhiqing who had kicked her.

Seeing Xu Hongxia in excruciating pain, everyone said in unison, "He caused trouble here yesterday, and her current husband beat her. We all saw it with our own eyes. We didn't touch her."

Just now, when he was about to feed Song Zhiqing some powder, Song Zhiqing kicked him. A girl doesn't have much strength; it must have been her man who hit her.

Everyone was talking at once, and they all spoke eloquently, but Song Yining didn't say a word.

When the police came to question them, everyone answered truthfully, since they were witnesses to the events of the past two days.

After learning the whole story, Song Yining gave all the medicine powder that Xu Hongxia had given her to the police officers.

Things are complicated here. There was no loss at home. They'll interrogate us when we get back. It's getting late, everyone should hurry back and get some more sleep.

Both the Yang family and Song Yining's family need to go to the Public Security Bureau to give statements. They will go to the police station together with the people who are taking Xu Hongxia into custody.

When they arrived at Xujia Village, the fire was still burning and there were no cries for help from inside.

Village Chief Xu also told the police what they had seen, and learned that Xu Hongxia from Yangjia Village was going to burn down Village Chief Yang's house.

The villagers were all in an uproar. They hadn't realized Xu Hongxia was so ruthless; she had been driven to desperation and had done something like this.

Everyone's talking about these families, wondering what deep-seated grudge they have, since he seemed to be living a very comfortable life there for those few years.

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