After the beating, the two male teachers' anger almost subsided. They happily put away their hands and feet, stood aside, and gave the space to Jiang Sui.

Jiang Sui squatted down, groped for the back of Xiang Shunqiang's neck on the sack, and chopped him unconscious with a knife.

Then he stood up, looked around, picked up a big wooden stick from the side, and hit him hard on the leg.

There was a cracking sound and Ma Fengcheng let out a long sigh. With this blow of the stick, Xiang Shunqiang's leg would probably be broken.

After Jiang Sui beat the man, he took out a bag of cigarettes from his pocket and distributed them to the remaining three people. The four of them stood together to take a breath, then tacitly worked together to take down the sack, and then left in four different directions.

Two hours later, Xiang Shunqiang, who had fainted on the ground, was finally found.

Someone called the town to maintain order because the noise was a bit too loud and attracted people from far away who were going to the market to come and watch the fun.

Among those who came to watch the fun were people from Xiangjia Village.

Soon, some villagers recognized Xiang Shunqiang's identity.

In the fields of Xiangjia Village.

A group of people were working, when suddenly someone came running towards them on a bicycle from afar. When they got closer, they realized that the person was looking for Xiang Shunqiang's mother.

Xiang Baiwei looked at him curiously and continued to do her work. After a while, Chi Kunli, who had just finished watching the excitement, came over and said, "I heard that it was his son Xiang Shunqiang. He was beaten in town and was just taken back to the village on a cart. He was beaten so badly that only his face was recognizable. His body was covered in bruises and one of his legs was so limp that I don't know if he can walk."

"Who beat him so hard?" Xiang Baiwei added.

Chi Kunli shook her head and continued to dig the ground with the hoe. "Who knows? He is idle all day long and offends people everywhere. There are so many people who want to beat him up behind his back. Who knows who will beat him up this time?"

Xiang Baiwei, who was working with her head down, listened silently, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Now that Xiang Shunqiang was beaten, he wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

At dinner time in the evening, Xiang Baiwei looked at Jiang Sui, who was humming a tune happily while cooking. Somehow, she remembered what Chi Kunli had said to her during the day.

"Have you heard?" Xiang Baiwei leaned against the kitchen door, looking at Jiang Sui who was cutting vegetables inside. "Xiang Shunqiang seemed to have been beaten up today. It was a terrible beating."

Of course I know. I was the one who started the beating.

Jiang Sui thought to himself, his expression indifferent: "I don't know which kind-hearted person came to help. There are so many people in the village who don't like this bastard. I don't know how many people are secretly happy that he got beaten up."

Xiang Baiwei, who had the same thought, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It is true. Xiang Shunqiang’s reputation in several nearby villages has spread throughout the entire street.

Now that he has been beaten, those people who were disgusted by him before must be applauding in secret.

And at this time.

Xiang Shunqiang was lying on the bed, screaming in agony.

The doctor at the clinic was also worried: "Our facilities are limited. Since he was found in the town, why not send him to the clinic in the town? Or you can hire a car and send him to the county town overnight. I can only treat his abrasions and so on. I can't reattach his broken leg!"

Because his injuries were too severe, Xiang Shunqiang was on the verge of coma.

After his mother forced the doctor in the clinic to put a board on his legs, she stayed beside him and whispered in his ear: "Do you remember who beat you? Tell me and I will seek justice for you."

Who beat me? Xiang Shunqiang thought in a daze, it seemed that there was more than one person beating him, and their movements seemed to be those of men.

Could the man who beat me be that person?

It’s all Liu Mei’s fault. It was her who came up with the bad idea. If it weren’t for her, how could I have offended Jiang Sui?

Liumei, Liumei, I've made note of this.

Xiang Shunqiang's eldest brother came in with a bowl of porridge. Seeing his mother guarding his brother's mouth, he was a little confused: "What is he talking about?"

"He was talking about someone's name," Shunqiang's mother said with a strange expression, "It's the name of a female teacher in a school in the south, the pretty one named Mei."

The villagers who were watching the excitement at the door heard this and quickly spoke up: "Are you talking about the girl named Liu Mei? Shunqiang, that brat, has been chasing Liu Mei a lot. Was he beaten up by Liu Mei?"

"That shouldn't be the case." Another villager who was watching the fun retorted, "I saw these two talking together a while ago. Shunqiang must have been in too much pain. He didn't hear what his mother said at all. When he read this name... maybe there is something going on between these two."

After saying this, the villager smiled ambiguously, and the other people in the yard heard this and gathered together to whisper.

Rumors always spread the fastest.

Before it even got dark, the rumor that Xiang Shunqiang and Liu Mei had some relationship reached Liu Mei's ears.

Zhang Wangming found Liu Mei in the school office, who was preparing for class. "Even after something like this happened, you can still sit here and prepare for class. Your concentration is really amazing. I admire you more and more."

Liu Mei raised her head and looked at him in confusion: "What are you crazy about?"

"Xiang Shunqiang was beaten so badly that even one of his legs was broken. Did you know about this?" Zhang Wangming pulled over a chair and sat down opposite Liu Mei. "I remember that you seemed to be flirting with Xiang Shunqiang last week. Were you discovered?"

"What are you talking about!" Liu Mei was so angry that her face changed immediately. "Who is gossiping here? Tell me and I will confront him."

Zhang Wangming looked at her with a half-smile: "What a coincidence, this rumor was first spread by Xiang Shunqiang. Xiang Shunqiang was beaten up, and before he passed out, he was still mumbling your name. Everyone in the yard who was watching the excitement heard it. It was so lively."

Liu Mei's face looked ugly, like an opera mask with the colors melted and mixed together by the heat.

Zhang Wangming stared at her for a long time: "Don't tell me you really don't know? But I saw it clearly last week. You secretly followed Xiang Shunqiang to a hidden place. This is true!"

"I…"

(End of this chapter)