"Heavens above! Open your eyes! The high-ranking officials in the city are bullying us! They've come all the way to this poor mountain village to slander honest people! We can't live like this anymore!"
Lei Yuhua had never seen a country woman throw a tantrum like this before. She was stunned by Li Guixiang's reckless and shrewish behavior and subconsciously took a step back, looking at her father for help.
Political Commissar Lei's face was ashen, and his brows were furrowed tightly.
He stepped forward, shielding Zhou Shuhua even tighter, and said in a deep voice, "Yuhua, don't panic. It's okay if she doesn't admit it."
His sharp gaze swept over Li Guixiang, who was rolling on the ground.
"Before we arrived, Huaichuan had already contacted the local police and explained the situation. The person should be here soon."
Before the words were even finished, an even bigger cloud of dust rose up on the dirt road at the village entrance.
A jeep painted with blue and white stripes and equipped with red and blue police lights on its roof bumped along and came to a steady stop next to Shen Huaichuan and his group's car.
The car door opened, and four or five police officers in olive green uniforms jumped out.
They are all from the county public security bureau.
The middle-aged policeman in the lead clearly recognized Shen Huaichuan and Political Commissar Lei. He looked somewhat nervous, quickly stepped forward, and snapped to attention, saluting.
"Commendations, we arrived as soon as we received the notification, and we have a general understanding of the situation."
He then turned to Li Guixiang, who was still howling on the ground, his face darkening, his voice booming:
"Stop howling! Stand up and talk properly! You're selling things on the black market, that's speculation, that's illegal! Do you know the consequences? You'll go to jail! Quickly explain where the jade pendant came from!"
Li Guixiang was so frightened by the police officer's uniform and stern tone that she stopped howling, but her stubbornness hadn't subsided.
She stiffened her neck, her eyes darting around, and screamed:
"What 'selling'? What 'jail'? Officers, you can't listen to their nonsense! We didn't sell them! Why are you arresting me? You can't take me away! I... I'm telling you, my daughter-in-law is no ordinary person!"
Speaking of her daughter-in-law, she straightened her back a bit, and her words flew as she spoke:
“My daughter-in-law is a legitimate military doctor at the military hospital! Her family is rich and powerful, with wide connections! My son is also successful; he's now doing big business in Huacheng and is a big boss! You dare to mess with me? My son and daughter-in-law won't let you get away with this!”
That's the source of her confidence in refusing to admit anything and throwing a tantrum earlier.
In her narrow-minded view, getting into Lin Yao's family, who "had connections," was equivalent to having a talisman.
The police officers looked at each other in bewilderment at her unreasonable and irrational behavior.
The lead policeman frowned: "You said your daughter-in-law is a military doctor?"
Their initial understanding was that they were there to assist the leader in finding the origin of the jade pendant.
However, if both sides are military personnel, they do need to be more cautious in handling the situation.
"Of course!!"
Li Guixiang's sense of pride surged up again.
She scrambled to her feet, hastily brushing the dirt off her body. Ignoring the snot and tears still streaming down her face, she raised her chin and, raising her voice even louder, rattled off everything Xu Shu had said to her when he asked for money:
"Absolutely! My daughter-in-law, Lin Yao, is truly skilled! The military hospital! What kind of place is that? It's where high-ranking officers are treated! She can be a doctor there, she can't be just anyone, can she?"
She became more and more animated as she spoke, her triangular eyes sweeping over the villagers watching the spectacle, as if she wanted to regain the face she had just lost in front of them, deliberately boasting loudly:
"Do you know what? Those fingers of his are as thin as scallions, those are the hands that hold scalpels! The clothes he wears are made of such slippery material that even a fly would slip on them! The food and drink he eats and drinks are all the finest! And those bills, stacks and stacks of them!"
She gestured with her hand to indicate the thickness, her face displaying an exaggerated sense of pride and satisfaction, as if all those good things belonged to her.
“Our Shu’er is capable enough to marry her; it’s like his ancestors’ graves were emitting auspicious smoke! With her family around, you think you can mess with my Xu family? Not a chance! One note from my daughter-in-law and you’ll be in deep trouble! Humph!”
Upon hearing this, the villagers present all changed their expressions.
They originally thought that Zhou Qiqi had become successful and become the wife of a high-ranking official.
But unexpectedly, Xu Shu also found a military doctor, and judging from Li Guixiang's smug look, he's probably not much worse than Zhou Qiqi.
The villagers' expressions were complicated for a moment.
Just then, Lei Yuhua couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.
"Pshaw! Military doctor? You mean Lin Yao? She doesn't deserve that title!"
She made no attempt to hide her disdain.
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