“That’s right, the injuries we four sustained yesterday were from a fall on the mountain. Uncle Tietou and I were gathering firewood when, because it was getting dark, we didn’t see the path clearly and accidentally fell down the slope, which is why we’re covered in injuries,” Jiang Dayong hurriedly added.

They can't let the villagers suspect them. If it turns out they were the ones who did the bad thing last night, they might be expelled from the village.

Aunt Li stared at Jiang Dayong and his three companions with a strange expression. "Dayong, you said you went up the mountain to gather firewood yesterday? But I saw you wandering around the village all day yesterday."

"I...we're going to gather firewood in the middle of the night, that's not allowed!" Jiang Daniu glared at Li Da Niang and said fiercely.

"So, you got these injuries from falling down the slope while gathering firewood in the middle of the night?" Jiang Wanwan asked, arms crossed, with a half-smile.

"Yes, yes. What's wrong? Is it not allowed?" Jiang Tietou glared at Jiang Wanwan and said irritably.

If it weren't for that brat Jiang Wanwan, he wouldn't have gotten this beating.

It's all her fault!

"Oh—" Jiang Wanwan drawled, nodded, and chuckled softly, "Of course."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tietou and his three companions breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew, they finally got away with it. Jiang Tietou and the other three wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves.

This brat is really hard to fool!

“However,” Jiang Wanwan changed the subject, pointing to her face and the corner of her mouth, blinking her eyes innocently, and asked, “Grandpa Tietou, why do your injuries look so fresh? They don’t look like they were sustained last night.”

It was Uncle Dali, Uncle Dayong, and Brother Da Niu who had injuries that looked like they were sustained yesterday.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the villagers' eyes were on Jiang Tietou and his face.

They looked at Jiang Tietou, then at the injuries on the faces of Jiang Dali and Jiang Dayong, and suddenly realized, "Hey, that's really it. Tietou's injuries look just like the ones he was injured earlier."

The villagers looked at Jiang Tietou and his group with suspicion in their eyes.

Seeing this, Jiang Tietou and the other three looked rather grim.

If the village chief finds out, they will definitely be severely punished.

The secret recipe for mosquito coils is...

No, I can't let this beating go unpunished.

Jiang Tietou gave his wife a wink, and Zhang Cuihua immediately understood. She stepped out from the crowd, hands on her hips, eyes glaring, and said arrogantly, "My old man says the injury was sustained last night, so it was sustained last night. What, can you provide evidence to prove it wasn't sustained last night?"

Although she didn't understand where her old man's injuries came from, she found them very comforting.

Jiang Wanwan shook her head and shrugged, "I really can't come up with it. But..."

She stepped forward, closing in on Zhang Cuihua. A cold glint flashed in her eyes as she coldly surveyed Zhang Cuihua and the others. "If any more thieves break into our house, I guarantee they'll come in upright and leave horizontally!"

Seeing Jiang Wanwan's deep, unfathomable eyes, Zhang Cuihua and the others took a few steps back in fear.

Seeing the fear on the faces of Jiang Tietou and his group, Jiang Wanwan stopped.

Once a seed of doubt is planted, it can grow into a towering tree.

The villagers of Dashui Village weren't all fools. Judging from the guilty looks and fearful expressions on Jiang Tietou and his companions' faces, they could easily guess what was going on.

The three thieves were clearly insiders, and they were Jiang Tietou and his two companions.

The problem is that there is no evidence to prove that it was them who did it!