Zhao Guohua stayed in the room for a whole day and night without coming out. He wrapped himself in the quilt and would tremble with fear whenever he heard any noise outside.

Yes, it was she who reported Li Xiyue.

Ever since he went to the countryside, Li Xiyue has suppressed him in every way, scolding him at best and beating him at worst, treating him like he was not human at all.

Yes, he had a secret relationship with her stepsister, which made her, his fiancée, lose face. But that was an arranged marriage in the old days. Now it's a new society, and with the elimination of the Four Olds, it no longer counts.

It's his freedom to choose who he wants to date; he hasn't wronged Li Xiyue.

The people who injured her were Li Muqing and her brother, not him. Why did Li Xiyue pin a false charge on him?

Even if he was wrong, his mother compensated her, and she even secretly stole all of his family's money. Isn't all of this enough to make up for her?

Why is she still clinging to him?

She prevented him from returning to the city, so of course he wouldn't let her get away with it.

He thought that if he reported her to the Revolutionary Committee, she would be badly injured, if not killed. He never imagined that the entire Xu Family Village would unite to protect her, and even beat up the Revolutionary Committee members for her sake.

For Li Xiyue, they actually dared to offend the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. And coincidentally, at that time, Li Xiyue's military officer boyfriend returned, eventually alarming even the police chief.

In the end, Li Xiyue was unharmed, while the two revolutionaries were arrested and taken to the police station.

With Li Xiyue's military officer partner involved and the police chief personally inquiring, he knew that those two revolutionaries had fallen.

Soon, the police will find him, and he's finished.

He had thought about running away, but when he went to Xu Guoqiang to get a letter of introduction today, Xu Guoqiang disagreed and said he was not allowed to leave the village even a step.

He considered escaping into the mountains, but the thought of Li Muqing's death terrified him.

So he could only hide in the house and couldn't do anything.

He clung to a sliver of hope. He had written an anonymous letter; perhaps the trail wouldn't go anywhere. Perhaps he would be fine. Perhaps he would soon be able to return to the city and live a life of luxury...

A loud bang interrupted his reverie.

The door was kicked open, and a gust of cold wind rushed in.

Zhao Guohua trembled as he lifted the blanket to look out, and saw that the doorway was full of people. His heart sank...

Xu Guoqiang and Xu Yongshun, along with Xu Dawei and Xu Dashan, rushed into the house and dragged Zhao Guohua, who was huddled on the bed, off the bed.

"Captain, Party Secretary, why are you arresting me?" Zhao Guohua was still struggling in his death throes.

Xu Guoqiang snorted coldly, "Don't you know what you've done?"

Yesterday, right after he finished lunch, this kid came to his house, saying he was injured and needed to see a doctor at the commune, and asked him to give him a referral letter.

He initially thought the young man was genuinely just going to see a doctor, so he wrote him a referral letter. Little did he know that the young man's real purpose was to report Dr. Li, not to see a doctor.

"What did I do? I didn't do anything," Zhao Guohua said, feigning ignorance.

Xu Yongshun had dealt with village squabbles for years and had seen many shameless old women act like scoundrels, but this was the first time he had seen someone as brazen as Zhao Guohua, and he immediately felt disgusted.

He pointed at Zhao Guohua's face and cursed, "You're just a rat in the gutter, always doing dirty and despicable things behind people's backs. You're not a man, you dare to do it but not to admit it, you've disgraced all men in the world!"

“Secretary, don’t waste your breath on him. Take him to the police station. The police will have ways to make him confess to what he did,” Xu Dashan said angrily.

That bastard dared to report Dr. Li; his good days are over.

Xu Guoqiang agreed with Xu Dashan, "Yes, there's no need to argue with him. Dawei, Dashan, tie him up and take him to the police station."

The two men agreed, took ropes, tied Zhao Guohua up tightly, and dragged him onto the donkey cart.

Xu Guoqiang hitched up the oxcart and took Xu Yongshun and Xu Daqiang with him to the Public Security Bureau.