Chapter 148 Contract Loopholes

Sure enough, after hearing Lin Baozhu's words, the old widower's fierce eyes froze for a moment, and then a dark light flashed in his eyes.

"Third cousin, is that Sister Baozhu?"

Lin Sanlang said proudly, "Yes, your sister Baozhu is very capable. With her handling your matter, you can rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Li Dani cautiously glanced at Lin Baozhu. She saw that Lin Baozhu was holding a wood-chopping knife and looking coldly at the people around her. The villagers who had just spoken ill of her and given her a cold look were now looking at her with fear.

Lin Baozhu glanced at Lin Sanlang: "Let's go to Li Family Village in a bit!"

After saying that, she glanced at the old widower who could barely stand, took a rope from the yard and tied him up. The old widower tried to struggle, but she punched him in the face, and his nose bled profusely.

"You better behave, or I'll smash your balls!"

As he spoke, he tied a tight knot in the rope in his hand, then led one end of the rope toward the door...

Seeing this, the villagers rushed forward to stop them: "Hey, hey, you can just take this young man away, why do you have to take him with you?"

“This person is a key figure in human trafficking. If he doesn’t act as a witness, how can my cousin’s family escape their suffering?”

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man at the head glanced to the side, and several other men understood, taking a step forward to block Lin Baozhu and the others' path.

Lin Baozhu stopped in front of the group, pulling the old widower along with her, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "You're not planning to let us leave?"

"You can leave, but he must stay."

What's the difference between taking the old widower away and seizing leverage over their village?

Now is a crucial moment for selecting advanced villages. If a scandal breaks out in the village about using living people for ghost marriages, not only will the village be considered an advanced village, but he, as the brigade leader, will also have to step down.

Lin Baozhu chuckled at the people who were trying to stop her and said, "You still want to protect him?"

"Young comrade, we have already released the man. This old widower is so old, you adults are so magnanimous, why not just let him go?"

Lin Baozhu pulled the rope forward and said, "Let him go? What if he retaliates afterward? Will you take the responsibility? Besides, I took him to Lijiazhuang today so that he would cause trouble for the Li family. As for whether to send him to the police, that depends on his behavior."

Upon hearing this, the man quickly exchanged a glance with the person next to him, then tentatively asked, "You really don't plan to call the police?"

Lin Baozhu raised an eyebrow and chuckled: "Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people. If you don't believe me, you can come with us to Lijiazhuang. Once this matter is resolved, you can take this old guy back with you. I won't interfere."

Man: "Don't wait until we take them away, and then you take people to report to the police. Who are we supposed to complain to then?"

Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Lin Baozhu immediately said, "If you don't believe me, we can sign a confidentiality agreement. Whoever breaks the rules first will compensate the other party."

Seeing how sincere she was, the man thought for a moment, then beckoned to the man next to him and said, "Go get some paper, pen, and inkpad."

After bringing the items over, Lin Baozhu swiped away...

The gist of the statement is that after helping Li Dani's family escape their original family, the widower will not pursue the matter of him buying Li Dani's body for a living sacrifice. However, as victims, the widower cannot take back the compensation they received from the Li family under the pretext of a bride price. Similarly, because the widower has a history of buying a living person for burial, he will be the first suspect if anything happens to Li Dani's family in the future.

This so-called confidentiality agreement is actually a certificate of innocence for the old widower. Once he signs it, the matter of Grandma Dani selling her granddaughter will be settled.

The team leader looked at the contents, his expression more grim than if he were about to cry: "Young man, what you've written is just too much... If we sign this, and then you take it to the police station, then our village..."

Lin Baozhu interrupted directly, saying, "If it's not clearly written down, this agreement will still be effective. And look, I even wrote at the end that if I report this matter, I'm willing to compensate your village with 1,000 yuan. 1,000 yuan. Your village isn't big, so each household can get quite a bit of money."

No matter when, there will always be many greedy people who, upon hearing that the matter has been exposed, are willing to compensate their village with 1,000 yuan, and are not worried about not being reported to the police.

As for whether she will pay compensation, the agreement states that she will report the matter for compensation, but it doesn't specify that she is willing to pay 1,000 yuan if the matter is exposed by others.

This is a contractual trap; a single word can lead to a completely different outcome.

"Captain, the woman said she'd compensate our village a thousand yuan if she reports it to the police. What are you hesitating for?"

"Yes, Captain, let's sign it. Our village is so big, why are we afraid of her fooling us?"

Hearing the urging of the surrounding villagers, the team leader gritted his teeth, picked up a pen, wrote his name on it, and pressed his fingerprint on it.

Lin Baozhu handed one copy of the agreement to the other party, kept one for herself, and then led Li Dani, Lin Sanlang, and the villagers who had come to watch the commotion towards Li Family Village in a grand procession...

*

At this moment, in Li Dani's house in Lijiazhuang, Guo Rongrong was kowtowing to a thin old woman. Her head hit the ground with a loud thud. There was a large gash on her head, and she didn't care that blood was blurring her vision. She kept saying, "Mother, I beg you to bring Dani back. She's only thirteen years old. I'll do anything as long as you bring Dani back."

"Go if you want. If you're so capable, bring her back. I won't interfere then."

Upon hearing this, Guo Rongrong's voice became noticeably sharper: "Fine, I'll go! Mother, about the three hundred yuan dowry you received..."

Before Guo Rongrong could finish speaking, Granny Li immediately kicked out and cursed, "What? You want me to pay to bring back that worthless thing? That money is for Yaozu to get a wife. If you dare to covet that money, I'll sell you to some mountain village to be someone's shared wife."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Li's eldest sister-in-law's lowered eyes, and she could not hide the joy on her face. As long as Li Dani died, no one would know about that matter anymore.

Upon hearing this, Guo Rongrong wiped the blood from her face with her sleeve, and said with a "what's the use" attitude, "If you don't hand over the money, don't blame me for reporting you to the police for child trafficking."

"You two, hold her down. This kind of wicked daughter-in-law who disobeys her mother-in-law needs to be taught a lesson. She doesn't know how many eyes the Emperor has."

Upon hearing this, Li's eldest sister-in-law and her younger sister-in-law slowly stepped forward. Seeing this, Guo Rongrong gritted her teeth, picked up a stick from the ground, and glared fiercely at the people in the yard.

"You bunch of heartless beasts, I'll fight you to the death."

After saying that, she raised the stick and smashed it down on Granny Li. Granny Li screamed and ran to the side, cursing as she ran: "You damned bitch, I am your mother-in-law! Everyone come and see! This wicked daughter-in-law is going to beat her mother-in-law to death!"

As Guo Rongrong chased after her, she cursed, "Go ahead and shout! Call the whole village here and let them all judge this. Grandma and Auntie conspired to sell their granddaughter to a widower in his sixties. Not only will the villagers' spittle drown you, but even the police won't let you human traffickers get away with it."

She said that, but she was actually very flustered. It was already afternoon, and if it were any later, Da Ni would probably have already been violated by that old beast.

Thinking of this, she ran two steps and struck Granny Li on the back with a stick. The intense pain made Granny Li scream and fall forward...