At this moment, Sister-in-law Chi walked over with a pale face: "The county government said they were here to check the household registration, and I didn't think much of it, so I gave it to them... Who knew they would tear up the household registration book, turn around and call the village chief, saying that we don't have household registration and that we can't live here anymore..."

They were all dressed in official robes; how could she have imagined that they would act so shamelessly?

Sister-in-law Chi was somewhat frightened.

"What? This is too much! They're not trying to give us a way out!"

"Exactly, without a household registration, where can we go? Wouldn't we become unregistered residents?"

The Chi family members were furious, each one more enraged than the last.

But what could the county officials do if they did that?

The feeling of powerlessness was like heavy stones pressing down on their hearts, making it hard for them to breathe.

The village chief said, "You stay here for now, I'll try to get things done for you. Even if Sanhe really did commit murder, you shouldn't be implicated."

The Chi family members, their faces pale, expressed their gratitude.

But before the village chief could even step out of the courtyard, he was stopped by someone who suddenly appeared.

"Oh ho, what are you trying to do? Help the Chi family? Have you thought this through? If you dare to go against the Wang family, aren't you afraid of dying a horrible death and bringing ruin upon your entire village?"

The man who was speaking slapped the village chief's face repeatedly.

It wasn't very forceful, but it was incredibly insulting.

The villagers, who were initially angry, felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing about the Wang family, and no one dared to make a move.

Outside the courtyard, a carriage slowly came to a stop.

The man immediately ran to the front of the carriage, bowing and scraping: "Madam, please get off the carriage slowly."

A woman adorned with jewels slowly stepped down from the carriage, then looked up at the stunned Chi family members and smiled smugly.

"It's been... a long time!"