"Brother Han, Zhang Haisheng was indeed in the wrong. Today I'll stand up for them. Let's discuss how to resolve this!"

Village Chief Zhang was utterly humiliated standing in the courtyard. How could his village produce such a scoundrel? If word got out, it would ruin the reputation of the entire Zhangjia Village.

In his heart, Village Chief Zhang wished he could drag Zhang Haisheng out and give him a good beating.

This young man usually seems so kind and gentle to everyone, how come he's such a scumbag and scoundrel in private?

"Zhang Haisheng was just in the yard when we discovered the truth about how our daughter was murdered, and that's why we rushed away!"

"I urge Village Chief Zhang to send someone to bring my heartless son-in-law back. We must resolve this matter on the spot!"

Han's mother was helped to sit on a long bench by her children, while Lin Xue was lifted back onto a door panel. Since the weather wasn't cold, they simply placed her in the yard so that everyone could see her.

Sister-in-law Han led several of her sisters-in-law to the kitchen to make some chicken soup for Lin Xue and Daya.

Anyway, the person was beaten by his family, so what's wrong with drinking some of his chicken soup?

Aside from the injury on her leg, Da Ya was a little dizzy from hunger, but otherwise she was fine.

At this moment, it was like a little chick, nestled in Han Si Sao's arms, not daring to show its head.

Upon hearing that they were looking for Zhang Haisheng, the villagers actively helped in the search, and soon they brought Zhang Haisheng out from his neighbor's house.

The neighbor next door disliked the Zhang family the most. If it weren't for their status as neighbors, he wouldn't have let Zhang Haisheng hide in his house.

Sure enough, someone secretly leaked the news that Zhang Haisheng was hiding in his house, and soon someone escorted Zhang Haisheng back to Old Zhang's house.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brothers and sisters-in-law!"

Zhang Haisheng's face was extremely pale at this moment. He finally remembered that the Han family was not a small or insignificant family; there were quite a few brothers and sisters in the family.

At this moment, the Han brothers were already itching to beat Zhang Haisheng up.

However, Han's mother stopped her. She had her own plans. If Zhang Haisheng didn't agree to a divorce, then if they injured someone now, they wouldn't have much of a reason to stand up to her.

She would absolutely not allow her youngest daughter to remain in the Zhang family and be tormented by others.

"Zhang family brat, I married my perfectly good daughter to you, and this is how you treat her?"

Han's mother glanced at Zhang Haisheng, her eyes filled with a fierce venom.

Although she spoke very calmly, anyone who saw her extremely angry face would not think that this old lady was easy to talk to.

"Mother-in-law, I...this..."

Zhang Haisheng stammered and couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Stop with this and that. Today I'm giving you a choice: divorce my daughter right now and give her custody of Daya."

"Otherwise, I'll have your four older brothers break your arms and legs, and then send you to the police station!"

"This is murder. At the very least, you'll be in jail for seven or eight months. With your arms and legs broken, I don't know if you'll even be able to get out alive!"

Han's mother spoke the harshest words in the gentlest tone, which frightened Zhang Haisheng so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Haisheng, you spent a lot of money to formally marry Han Xiaoxue, so why do you treat her like this after you've married her?"

"Sister-in-law Han's request is not unreasonable. According to our country's laws, your case is considered serious and cannot be resolved with just seven or eight months in jail. It will be at least two years!"

"Besides, you almost beat someone's daughter to death. The brother wants to avenge his sister, and we villagers shouldn't interfere. After all, this is just a family matter between your in-laws!"

Village Chief Zhang knew that if he couldn't satisfy the Han family today, the young men of his Zhangjia Village would never be able to get married again.

The Han family definitely has the ability to smear Zhangjia Village so badly that it has no chance of recovery. After all, Zhang Haisheng is from Zhangjia Village. If they just add a little fuel to the fire, it will be enough to make Zhangjia Village suffer.

Moreover, the village chief of Hanjiacun has also arrived, so it's impossible to let this matter go unpunished.

If this matter escalates to the police station, he'll lose all face.

Zhang Haisheng knew that the village chief wouldn't speak up for him at this moment, and cold sweat poured down his face.

At this moment, he finally felt regret. It was all Han Xiaoxue's fault. She never fought back when he hit her, which made it easier and more enjoyable for him to hit her.

Doesn't this kind of fighting eventually become a habit?

The fact that things have turned out this way is all because this woman is useless.

If he had resisted even a little bit back then, I wouldn't have beaten him so recklessly.

Zhang Haisheng was filled with regret, regretting that he hadn't swelled her mouth so she couldn't make a sound, and his mother-in-law and the eldest brother of the Han family wouldn't have discovered his family's secret.

"Zhang Haisheng, say something! Are you going to get a divorce or not?"

After waiting for a while, seeing that Zhang Haisheng didn't intend to speak, Han's mother slapped her thigh and stood up, as if she could rush up and scratch Zhang Haisheng's face at any moment.

"Leave, leave, leave, I want to leave! I want to leave!"

Startled by Han's mother, Zhang Haisheng immediately relented.

"Since you have agreed to the divorce, then we would like to ask the two village chiefs to witness and provide a divorce certificate!"

In those days, marriage and divorce procedures were not so complicated. All you needed was a certificate from both village chiefs and the signatures of both the man and woman to go directly to the bureau to collect the documents.

Even if the person cannot be present, it can still be processed.

The divorce procedure is the same; all that's needed is for the village chiefs on both sides to issue a certificate, and that's basically it.

Immediately, the two village chiefs found paper and pen and wrote a certificate agreeing to the divorce.

Both certificates were placed in the hands of Village Chief Han, who would have to go to the township to handle the matter later.

After receiving the divorce papers, Han's mother brought up the issue of compensation again.

"Look at my daughter before she came to your house, she was a capable person who was hard to find in the surrounding villages. Now she has been tormented into this state by your Zhang family. If your family can just give us 200 yuan for medical expenses and follow-up care, we can call it even!"

"Otherwise, I'll have my four sons beat you up to look exactly like my daughter. As long as I beat you up to look like my daughter, we can call it even!"

When Han's mother spoke, everyone agreed that she was right. They felt that since the girl had been beaten so badly, it was only right for her to retaliate.

What's more, they've given you a chance to buy your life with money.

Although everyone now knows that Han Xiaoxue is not dead, judging from how little she is breathing, she might not be able to hold on for more than a couple of days.

No one would sympathize with Zhang Haisheng at this time, since whether this matter could be resolved perfectly also concerned the marriage of their children.

That's how rural people are; when their interests align, people from the same village can blindly protect each other.

But when interests conflict, they choose to stand on the side of reason.