Upon hearing the "smack" sound, everyone on the bus turned their attention to He Shuqi.

Suddenly, He Shuqi yelled, "Pervert!!!"

He Dazhu was completely stunned when he saw this scene. He never expected He Shuqi to be so brave.

The eyes of everyone on the bus immediately turned to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's name was Zhao Zhongqian, a bachelor in his forties from a nearby village.

When Zhao Zhongqian heard He Shuqi yell that he was a pervert, he did not panic and remained calm and composed.

"A young girl can eat whatever she wants, but she can't say whatever she wants, can she?"

"I'm over forty years old, why would I care about your little bit of flesh?"

"And you've got such an itchy hand, how dare you hit me."

Zhao Zhongqian's imposing presence was in no way inferior to He Shuqi's, and even overshadowed He Shuqi's.

The people on the bus started talking about it.

"I saw a story before about a woman on the subway who wrongly accused an old man."

"Women in today's society are not necessarily good people."

An older woman pouted and discussed with another older woman next to her.

Upon hearing what the older woman said, the people around her immediately joined in, unjustifiably criticizing He Shuqi.

Faced with the unwarranted accusations from the people on the bus, He Shuqi suddenly felt an inexplicable and immense psychological pressure.

"Exactly, who knows if this woman is the same one the old lady was talking about?"

“They deliberately framed me just because I’m a farmer.” Zhao Zhongqian added fuel to the fire, exaggerating the situation.

"Little girl, you should know that I'm not someone to be trifled with. You actually hit me."

"Then I will definitely slap you back."

He Shuqi immediately felt extremely wronged and said with a pitiful look, "This uncle really did that kind of thing to me. I didn't frame him."

Zhao Zhongqian had done this kind of thing more than once or twice; taking advantage of crowded buses to fish in troubled waters had become his habit.

What surprised him today was that this woman actually dared to say it.

If it were a normal woman, she would just have to let him rub her until the bus arrived at its stop.

"Young lady, you're not going to say that you wouldn't joke about your innocence, are you?"

"With your beauty, you probably don't have any innocent left."

With the support of the crowd, Zhao Zhongqian made inappropriate jokes to He Shuqi.

"How do you explain this slap today?"

"I'm not going to let this slap go unpunished. Here's what we'll do: I don't want much, just give me a thousand yuan and we'll call it even."

"Otherwise, I'll slap you back," Zhao Zhongqian said viciously.

The onlookers sided with Zhao Zhongqian, perhaps because whoever had the loudest voice was considered right.

"What? Are you going to give me money, or are you going to give me face?"

Zhao Zhongqian slowly approached He Shuqi with a lewd look on his face.

He Shuqi was so frightened that she was forced against the glass window. Her eyes were filled with tears.

Snap—

Suddenly, another slap landed directly on Zhao Zhongqian's face, sending him staggering back several steps and bumping into several people.

The people who were hit looked at Zhao Zhongqian with disgust.

Zhao Zhongqian shouted fiercely, "Who is so reckless as to dare to hit me?"

Snap—

Another resounding slap sent Zhao Zhongqian crashing into the railing, raising a large bump on his head.

This time, Zhao Zhongqian was not so arrogant. He looked closely and saw that the person who hit him was He Dazhu.

He Dazhu, carrying a basket on his back and wearing tattered clothes, stood in front of He Shuqi, his eyes fixed on Zhao Zhongqian.

"I hit you."

Do you have any objections?

"If you have any objections, then I'll just have to slap you again until you have no objections."

Everyone on the bus was shocked.

Everyone stared at He Dazhu, looking at him with surprise.

How could Zhao Zhongqian be willing to be slapped three times for no reason?

Zhao Zhongqian stood up and shouted, "Your girlfriend slapped me for no reason, and you think you're in the right?"

When Zhao Zhongqian saw He Dazhu stand up for He Shuqi, he naturally assumed that He Dazhu was He Shuqi's boyfriend.

In an instant, Zhao Zhongqian's hand was grabbed tightly by He Dazhu and pressed against the glass window, which startled the passenger so much that he jumped back.

"You should know very well what you did with that disgusting hand, right?" He Dazhu looked coldly at Zhao Zhongqian.

Zhao Zhongqian tried to break free from He Dazhu's grasp, but was shocked to find that He Dazhu was surprisingly strong.

No matter how hard Zhongqian tried, he couldn't break free.

"I don't know what you're talking about. All I know is that it's wrong of you to hit someone," Zhao Zhongqian said, feigning a pitiful expression.

He Dazhu tightened his grip once more, pressing Zhao Zhongqian's hand down firmly.

"If you've forgotten, would you like to use the bus's security camera to help you remember?"

As he spoke, He Dazhu pointed with his mouth to the surveillance camera on the bus.

"If I've really wronged you, then I'll give you a thousand yuan. But if you did something shameful with your hand, then you'll have to give me back your hand, how about that?"

Zhao Zhongqian looked up and saw a small camera, which was indeed pointing directly at the car.

If they really accessed the camera recordings, they'd be in deep trouble.

Zhao Zhongqian immediately cowered and begged for mercy, "Grandpa, I know I was wrong. I won't do it again next time."

"Please spare me this time."

He Dazhu said coldly, "Do you think she deserved to slap me?"

"Serves you right!" Zhao Zhongqian said, sweating profusely.

Upon hearing Zhao Zhongqian's words, the middle-aged woman who had just spoken ill of He Shuqi immediately hid behind the car, head down, not daring to utter a single word.

Upon hearing Zhao Zhongqian's words, the people on the bus immediately understood and began to accuse him of being a perverted and lewd man.

Some people even started cursing at the older woman who had already hidden in the back.

Because this was a bus from the town to the county seat, and the stops were far apart, Zhao Zhongqian and the old lady were scolded by the people on the bus for quite a while.

Zhao Zhongqian and the elderly woman had no choice but to get off at the second stop.

Suddenly, He Dazhu felt a punch to his stomach.

"You big idiot, you're so mean! You knew there were so many people on the bus, yet you stayed so far away from me."

"It made me a target of that perverted man."

"You rude guy, I kindly saved you, and instead of thanking me, you punched me."

"I should have called that pervert back."

He Shuqi clenched a cute little fist and gestured in front of He Dazhu, saying, "You dare!"

"Fine, fine, I'm scared of you."

"Isn't it enough that it's my fault?"

Helpless, He Dazhu could only bow his head and admit his mistake.

The bus drove past a lake and a gas station before stopping at the old bus station in Xijing County.