"Big brother..."

As soon as Bai Shihai entered, Bai Shiqing pouted.

"Alright, your brother has already avenged you."

Bai Shihai placed the blood-stained shovel in the yard. Bai Shiqing assumed that Bai Shihai had beaten up Zhu Shengping for her, and she was deeply moved.

After the initial fear subsided, Bai Shiqing's only thought was how to tear Zhu Shengping to pieces.

Bai Shihai continued Bai Jiaojiao's words, "You'll be looking for a partner in the future. If another man has a watch that you gave him, it will make him feel uncomfortable."

Although no one said it outright, everyone assumed that Bai Shiqing would definitely break up with Zhu Shengping.

Bai Jiaojiao was thinking about something else: "If the Zhu family goes around saying that you took their cloth coupons and meat coupons and didn't return them, can our family go around explaining to everyone that you returned a watch to them? We not only have to settle the accounts, but we also have to let everyone know."

Bai Shiqing immediately regained some of her senses.

“You’re right. Shiqing, count all the things he’s sent you over the years, and your brother will come to your door tomorrow to ask for that watch back.”

"Brother, no need to calculate, I've kept all the accounts."

Bai Shiqing didn't want to take advantage of Zhu Shengping, and she never did.

She got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and took out a neatly folded piece of paper: "Brother, these are the things."

Apart from a can of malted milk powder and two cans of food, everything else was in tickets, making it difficult to accurately calculate their value.

Bai Shihai frowned. Normally, he would rather give more, but he didn't want to suffer this loss for Zhu Shengping.

Shen Heng caught a glimpse of Bai Shiqing's accounting records out of the corner of his eye, and thought that his sister-in-law was quite interesting.

Even when dating someone, you still keep track of small expenses.

No wonder when Bai Jiaojiao first came to his house, she said she would pay for a sickle for her older brother; she was more calculating than anyone else.

Birds of a feather flock together.

"Brother, if you want to find someone to exchange your ticket, I'll figure something out for you."

Bai Shihai then remembered that Shen Heng knew many people, and looked embarrassed: "Wouldn't this be troubling you?"

"It's nothing."

Bai Shihai then gave Bai Shiqing's bill to Shen Heng, who took it and saw that it was indeed quite a lot.

The whole afternoon was chaotic, and everyone was still hungry.

Deng Min went to the kitchen and asked Bai Jiaojiao and Shen Heng to stay for dinner. Bai Jiaojiao said, "Sister-in-law, no need. We already have food on the table at home."

"Alright then, I won't take you guys."

Seeing that Bai Shiqing's fear had subsided and only lingering anger remained on her face, Bai Jiaojiao knew that anger wouldn't kill her, so she relaxed and planned to go back with Shen Heng for lunch, since Shen Heng had to go to work in the afternoon.

They had just reached the door when Captain Zheng Xu came towards them.

"Captain."

Bai Jiaojiao called out.

Seeing that Zheng Xu's face wasn't entirely filled with anger, Bai Jiaojiao knew he wasn't there to cause trouble.

Shen Heng felt Bai Jiaojiao tug at his sleeve, and when he looked down, he saw that Bai Jiaojiao was giving him a wink.

Okay, I'm not going home.

The two followed Zheng Xu into the house. When Zheng Xu saw Bai Shiqing, his first words were, "I'm sorry."

"Zhu Shengping's file is with me. He had several conflicts with his comrades in the army and also disobeyed orders. Later, it was said that he had some kind of manic-depressive disorder, which was a mental problem. I had never heard of such a disease, and Zhu Shengping did not seem to have a mental illness. I thought he was just a bit short-tempered because he had been in the army for a long time."

After Zheng Xu finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Heng, the one with the worst temper in Shili Village.

Nothing happened to this guy.

Chen Heng: ......

Bai Shiqing's emotions have stabilized now, but her voice is a little hoarse: "What is bipolar disorder?"

Zheng Xu had no idea, let alone people like them who rarely even leave their villages.

Zheng Xu couldn't explain it clearly, so Bai Jiaojiao explained:

"When this disease flares up, people lose control and become violent towards those around them. The onset may be triggered or it may happen without any warning. I had only heard of it before, but I had never seen it before."

Zheng Xu's words confirmed Bai Jiaojiao's guess. Shen Heng's information was also correct. Psychological illness is also an illness, and those who cannot obey orders cannot stay in the army.

Bai Shiqing cursed, "This is really bad luck. He wasn't like this before."

Seeing that Bai Shiqing still felt a little regretful, Bai Jiaojiao said coolly, "Now we've found out why their family is in such a hurry to marry you, Second Sister."

Bai Shiqing was struck dumb.

Zhu Shengping is trying to lure her into his home as soon as possible.

If she hadn't provoked Zhu Shengping to have an attack today and had gone along with his wishes, wouldn't she have been beaten by Zhu Shengping for the rest of her life?

Once you're married, it won't be so easy to completely extricate yourself from the relationship.

Bai Shiqing suddenly felt a sense of lingering fear.

"That Zhu Shengping is a scoundrel, and the entire Zhu family is no good!"

Bai Shihai slammed his fist on the table.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xu became even more embarrassed: "It's all my fault for not taking this seriously. Actually, I initially felt obligated to keep this a secret for him, because I was afraid the villagers would gossip about him. Who knew it would cause you harm?"

Bai Shihai hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Captain, you meant well at first. There's a cause for every wrong, and we only hate the man surnamed Zhu. It has nothing to do with you."

If Zheng Xu doesn't say anything, no one can blame him.

It was already quite remarkable that he came over to apologize. Even if Bai Shihai harbored resentment towards him, he couldn't say anything.

Zheng Xu said, "Since I have a responsibility for this, I can't just sit idly by. I'll clean up your mess today, so you don't need to worry about it."

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