Ye Weiwei frowned and looked at Huo Xiao: "Why did you come out without crutches? Didn't I tell you that you can't put weight on your legs yet?"

Huo Xiao's eyes flickered. "I was too anxious just now and forgot. But don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I didn't put any weight on that leg when I was running."

Ye Weiwei was still worried, so she squatted down to check Huo Xiao's leg and only felt relieved after confirming that he was indeed alright.

"Uncle, here you go." Xiao Chun squeezed through the crowd and handed the cane to Huo Xiao.

Ye Weiwei patted Xiaochun's head. "Thank you, Xiaochun."

Xiaochun waved her hand shyly, "No, you're welcome."

Huo Xiao leaned on his cane and looked coldly at Granny Sun. "Aunt Sun, you just said you wanted my boyfriend to pay you a hundred yuan?"

Grandma Sun shrank back in fright at Huo Xiao, and stammered, "We've been neighbors for so many years, it doesn't have to be a hundred yuan, just fifty... no, twenty yuan will do!"

Ye Weiwei was almost amused and exasperated by Granny Sun's outrageous actions.

Her gaze swept over Wu Xiaojing's face, who had been staring at Huo Xiao without blinking since he appeared. She sneered inwardly. This mother and daughter, one a scoundrel and the other daring to covet her man, what audacity!

Huo Xiao said in a deep voice, "My partner did nothing wrong, and I won't compensate you a single penny!"

Granny Sun immediately objected, "You just arrived and don't know anything, how can you say Ye Weiwei didn't do anything wrong? Young man Huo, you need evidence to speak! I've already given you a break because we've been neighbors for so many years, don't be ungrateful!"

Wu Xiaojing looked at Huo Xiao with a resentful expression, "Third Brother Huo, don't be fooled by Ye Weiwei. She has such a bad temper and hits people at the slightest disagreement. She even hits my mother, who is an elderly person. She is too wicked."

Huo Xiao sneered, "You want evidence? Then I'll give you evidence!"

Huo Xiao looked at Granny Sun and said, "You're saying that Weiwei hit you because you almost splashed dirty water on her?"

Granny Sun felt guilty, her eyes darting around; she was genuinely afraid of Huo's third son.

What others don't know is that her youngest son, Wu Dayou, has always admired Huo Laosan. Whenever Huo Laosan came back to visit his family while he was in the army, Wu Dayou would eagerly gather around to listen to Huo Laosan talk about his experiences in the army.

Once, she had an argument with Liu Guilan. Her youngest son advised her to avoid provoking Liu Guilan in the future, saying that Huo Xiao had killed people when he was in the army, and definitely more than one!

But she spent most of the day rolling around in the mud, and she didn't ask Ye Weiwei for a hundred yuan, only twenty yuan. Isn't that a bit much?

Thinking of this, Granny Sun started yelling, "Yes! It was Ye Weiwei who hit me! Ouch! I'm so old, how could she do that! It hurts so much! Young man Huo, you'd better keep an eye on your girlfriend, or she might hit your mother one day!"

Ignoring Granny Sun's provocations, Huo Xiao continued, "Then tell me, where was Weiwei standing when she hit you? Did she use her hands or her feet? And where on your body did she hit you?"

Granny Sun was dumbfounded. This... this is how it is to hit someone, why ask so many questions?

But this didn't stump her!

She's a master at making up lies!

Besides, since only she and Ye Weiwei were present at the time, what she said was law.

And no one is there to testify for Ye Weiwei!

Then Granny Sun pointed to her door and said, "Right there! Ye Weiwei rushed to my door, grabbed my hair, dragged me here, and started punching and kicking me. Poor old woman like me, how could I withstand the strength of a young woman like her? She pinned me to the ground and beat me for a while! Ouch, my whole body aches now..."

Huo Xiao asked with a dark expression, "Are you telling the truth?"

Granny Sun retorted, "Of course it's true! I'm so old, why would I lie to you!"

Wu Xiaojing quickly added fuel to the fire: "Third Brother Huo, you know how strong Ye Zhiqing is. He can knock out two teeth with one slap!"

Huo Xiao ignored the mother and daughter and turned to Ye Weiwei, "What do you plan to do?"

Ye Weiwei blinked her big eyes, "I'll do whatever you say!"

Grandma Sun thought Huo Xiao was about to accept the situation, and she couldn't help but regret asking for too little money at the beginning. She adopted a magnanimous tone: "Young Huo, I'm only asking for twenty yuan to give you face. With anyone else, it would be a hundred yuan, not a penny less! You need to keep a close eye on your wife. Make her behave herself from now on. You can't spoil a woman like that; she needs to be disciplined. You can't beat a disobedient wife..."

Huo Xiao glared at Granny Sun, "When did I say I would compensate you? I'll say it again, my boyfriend did nothing wrong, and we won't give you a single penny! Not only will we not give you any money, but I'm also going to ask the village chief to judge the matter and give my boyfriend justice!"

"Young Huo! What do you mean?"

"Third Brother Huo, how could you do this?"

Granny Sun and Wu Xiaojing both looked at Huo Xiao with dissatisfaction.

Huo Xiao pointed to the muddy water under Granny Sun, then to Ye Weiwei's shoes, and said, "Weiwei's shoes are clean!"

Everyone suddenly realized!

"That old hag is shameless! She slandered Ye Zhiqing with her bare mouth and white teeth, making all the people of Daqingshan Village lose face!" "I came out to see what was going on when I heard the noise. I can testify that Ye Zhiqing has been standing here the whole time without moving."

"That old hag's scheme has failed! She thought she could extort money from us? Dream on!"

"If it weren't for Ye Zhiqing's kindness in saving her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Wu Dayou would be a bachelor now! That old hag repays kindness with enmity, she's shameless!"

"What do you know! This old hag is just holding a grudge against Ye Zhiqing for saving Zhao Yue'e and her daughter. I saw it all clearly that day. This old hag kept saying that Ye Zhiqing killed her eldest grandson and her daughter-in-law, and that she wanted Ye Zhiqing to pay her back!"

"So this is how they tried to extort money from someone again after failing to do so the other day!"

"Ye Zhiqing is really unlucky; he saved someone but ended up making an enemy!"

Seeing her scheme fail, Granny Sun decided to give up entirely. She got up from the ground and pointed at those who were speaking up for Ye Weiwei, yelling, "What do you know! If it weren't for Ye Weiwei meddling, would my Dayou have separated from me and lived separately? It was all her doing! She's ruined this old woman's life, so what if I make her pay some money? What business is it of yours! Ye Weiwei, you have to pay me today, or you'll be sorry!"

Just as Ye Weiwei was about to speak, a deep, cold voice rang out: "I'd like to see how you can make her look bad!"

Ye Weiwei turned her head and looked in surprise at the man in military uniform who was walking towards her step by step.

Zhang Changnian walked over to Ye Weiwei, looked at his silly-looking niece, and ruffled her hair in an annoyed tone. "What's wrong? Don't you recognize your little uncle?"