Chapter 124 Liu Huo's thick skin prevents him from admitting it

He Guangliang's face was very ugly. He was the director of the brigade, after all. This was a beating right under his nose. Wasn't this a slap in his own face?

In addition, he had a bad impression of Wang Shuo from the day he arrived, thinking that he was just a loud, unreasonable, and ignorant buffalo!

With his hands behind his back, he sternly rebuked, "Comrade Wang Shuo, you came up here and started punching and kicking Comrade Liu Huo. Even if you are an armed soldier from the commune, you can't act like this!"

Wang Shuo wanted to kick Liu Huo again, but several militiamen forcibly pulled him back.

He spat at Liu Huo: "Punch and kick? I'm being lenient by not shooting him! You dog!"

After saying that, he glared fiercely at He Guangliang, showing no mercy: "What do you mean I'm doing wrong? You mean I can do wrong just because I'm a member of the commune's armed militia? What the hell am I doing wrong!"

He Guangliang's face turned ashen, and his facial muscles trembled with anger.

Wang Shuo continued, "Why don't you ask this scoundrel what he did?"

He raised his voice, his anger blazing: "He wants my life!"

Upon hearing this, He Guangliang's expression changed.

Wang Shuo stared at Liu Huo on the ground: "I was on the verge of losing my life on the mountain, and he was here happily sharing wild boar meat with you guys. Did he mention me even once?"

After saying that, he pointed to the wild boar on the board: "This wild boar, which I shot dead with one bullet, did he tell everyone that he shot himself?"

His words left He Guangliang, the old Party Secretary, and several militiamen dumbfounded.

Zhou Shan spoke first, asking, "Instructor, what does this mean? Did you shoot the wild boar to death? Not Company Commander Liu!"

Niu Er asked blankly, "What? Wasn't that Liu Lianchang who was shot to death? He described it so vividly, saying it only took one bullet..."

Liu, lying on the ground, felt extremely guilty.

Wang Shuo scoffed: "Him? A brainless cripple. This wild boar picked me off right away. I shot him dead with one bullet."

Upon hearing this, the old Party Secretary laughed and said, "I also felt something was wrong. So you were the one who brought this wild boar? Why don't you tell everyone in detail what happened? Why did you just say he wanted to kill you?"

Several militiamen had already released their grip on Wang Shuo's arm.

Wang Shuo was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and stared at Liu Huo on the ground: "After I led everyone up the mountain, we saw the tracks of three wild boars. Then this bastard suggested that we split into three teams, with three people in each team responsible for one wild boar."

"So what if I'm just an extra person? It doesn't matter anyway. I can take down a wild boar by myself. Look... this wild boar in front of you is the one I shot down with one shot..."

"Later, I heard that bastard Liu shouting. I rushed over to the sound and saw him climbing a tree like a piece of trash, scared out of his wits. There was an enraged wild boar under the tree, and there it was..."

He pointed to the wild boar that several men had placed on the ground behind him: "This is it, almost two hundred pounds, it's dead now, killed by Ji Xuening with an axe, it's hundreds of times better than this Liu bastard."

To everyone's surprise, it turned out that Ji Xuening had killed the nearly 200-pound wild boar with an axe!

Chen Zhong, who had come with the others to watch the excitement, said with admiration, "Brother Ning is really amazing. Last time, he killed a wild boar weighing 150 or 160 pounds all by himself in the middle of the night at the kiln. This time he killed another one. He's much better than these militiamen."

These words embarrassed the militiamen.

Zhou Shan then shifted the awkwardness to Liu Huo: "Company Commander Liu, didn't you say that if Ji Xuening could do it, so could you? How come it turns out you weren't the one who killed this little wild boar?"

Liu Huo remained lying on the ground without speaking, though he was actually gritting his teeth.

Wang Shuo snorted, "Comparing the two, one is heaven and the other is earth."

At the back of the crowd, Wang Yuqing said with a smile, "Just because you passed by and saved him, he speaks so highly of you? What else happened between you two? That shouldn't be the case."

Ji Xuening replied, "Nothing happened. I've always been this strong."

Wang Yuqing pouted. This man didn't know how to be humble at all, but she was still very proud inside.

Surrounded by the crowd, Wang Shuo continued, "This coward was clinging to the tree, crying and begging me to save him. He said he had elderly parents to take care of. Although I looked down on him from the bottom of my heart and thought he was a good-for-nothing with a lot of bad intentions, it was still a human life, so I decided to save him..."

He recounted the entire scene, excluding his later discussion with the wild boar about becoming sworn brothers.

Everyone looked at Liu Huo on the ground with disgust and anger at his actions.

He clearly wanted Wang Shuo to be bitten to death by wild boar!

Everyone knew he was a bad person from the day he failed to repay the grain he owed Ji Xuening, but no one knew he was so cruel.

On Wednesday, he said, "Isn't this that guy called what? Ungrateful wretch? The instructor kindly saved you, and you intercepted his wild boar, didn't call for help, and even said you hunted the boar yourself."

Niu Er nodded: "That's right, they are ungrateful. When they came down the mountain, they clearly saw us but didn't tell us to go up the mountain to rescue the instructor. They even said they didn't see the instructor and that the instructor had already come back."

Wang Shuo said, "If it weren't for Comrade Ji Xuening's chance encounter with me and his rescue, I would have been bitten to death by wild boars, or at least crippled!"

He questioned Liu Huo: "Liu Huo, I kindly saved you, why are you treating me like this? Not only did you not find someone to save me, but you also tried to steal my credit!"

Seeing that things had escalated so much, He Guangliang couldn't cover it up anymore and asked seriously, "Liu Huo, are you really saying this? Is what Comrade Wang Shuo said true?"

Liu Huo slowly got up, covering his bruised and swollen face, and stubbornly denied it, saying, "Director, that's not how it happened at all. I did shoot the wild boar to death, and I didn't encounter the instructor, much less be attacked by any wild boar..."

He looked completely innocent: "Instructor, what deep-seated grudge do I have against you? Why are you accusing me like this? We haven't seen each other since we were assigned to different teams. What you're saying is more dramatic than a model opera, but it's all nonsense..."

“I was never attacked by that wild boar, I didn’t climb a tree, and I certainly didn’t ask you to save me…”

"And this wild boar, I was the one who shot it to death, so why are you saying you shot it to death?"

After he finished speaking, he sarcastically said, "Comrade Instructor, you don't actually feel particularly ashamed to be attacked by a wild boar and to climb a tree to hide, do you? After all, you usually act like you're fearless, so you made up this whole story because you felt embarrassed, right?"

He then said with a helpless expression, "You came from the commune and kindly trained our militia company. You have done a great job and worked hard. We are extremely grateful. How could we possibly look down on you?"

After saying that, he added sarcastically, "We are all simple people, and we don't look down on others easily. We certainly don't constantly call people trash or anything like that. So you don't need to feel ashamed and make up a lie to slander me..."

"How could I dare to bear the stigma of ingratitude... I don't want to stay in the brigade!"

Wang Shuo was dumbfounded.

This complete distortion of the truth was something he hadn't expected; even at this critical juncture, he could still convincingly explain himself.

Wang Shuo underestimated Liu Huo's shamelessness. The worst part was that this guy even turned around and bit him back, which made him so angry that he was ready to rush up and beat him up until he admitted it!

As a result, He Guangliang stood in front and scolded, "Wang Shuo, stop making trouble!"