"Jiang Ci! Tell me what exactly happened!" The captain's voice was almost a suppressed roar.
They'd only been quiet for a few days, and now they're causing trouble again!
Despite the captain's angry gaze, Jiang Ci remained remarkably calm.
"Captain, you ask me what happened? I'd like to ask Li Hu, what exactly is he trying to do?"
Jiang Ci approached Li Hu and spoke logically, “I came out of Sister Yu’s house with my child and saw Li Hu loitering around my house. The incident a few days ago when he pushed me and hit my head is over, and I didn’t take it to heart. But this guy keeps wandering around my house. I don’t know what bad things he’s up to. I just wanted to ask him what he was doing at my house.”
"He questioned me first about whether I went up the mountain today," Jiang Ci sneered. "What's our relationship? Do I need to report to Li Hu where I go?"
"For some reason, he was convinced that I went up the mountain. He came up and tried to choke me. If my husband hadn't come over, I don't know if I would still be able to stand here and talk to you right now!"
“Li Hu was harassing me during the interrogation, and he even choked me. What else could it be but an attempt to kill me? I could have kicked him and broken his neck, and he would have deserved it!”
After hearing Jiang Ci's words, Sister-in-law Yu immediately said, "That's right, Captain. Jiang Ci came to my house to talk to me after she came back!"
Sister-in-law Yu and Jiang Ci tacitly avoided mentioning the rabbit.
Upon hearing Jiang Ci's words, the crowd began to murmur among themselves, "Jiang, the educated youth, is right. What she does has nothing to do with Li, the educated youth. Why is he meddling so much?"
"They might still be holding a grudge against Jiang, the educated youth, and are looking for a reason to take revenge!"
"Cuffing someone's neck, that's murder! Jiang Ci's kick was truly deserved!"
Listening to the surrounding villagers' chatter, Li Hu clutched his genitals and weakly said to his sister-in-law, "What's it to you... You and Jiang Ci are birds of a feather..."
Hearing this, Sister-in-law Yu was furious. She pointed at Li Hu and started cursing, "Hey, you bastard! It's my business who I speak for, who you have to talk to! You're no better than anyone else, all you know how to do is lick a woman's boots!"
"You wretched brat, if you ask me, Xiao Ci didn't kick you hard enough! If it were me, I'd slap you to death!"
Sister-in-law Yu was incredibly talkative, and Li Hu was no match for her, his emotions churning with anger.
That damn old woman!
He forced himself to stand up and raised his arm to hit Sister-in-law Yu.
Before the captain could speak, Brother Yu stepped forward and kicked Li Hu again!
"Li Zhiqing, you dare to lay a finger on my wife?"
Brother Yu is a tough guy. He's bullying his wife so much that he's even bullying him. How could he be happy about that?
Sister-in-law Yu never expected that Li Hu would dare to hit her. Her anger flared even more, and she raised her hand to scratch Li Hu!
"You shameless bastard, you dare hit me! I'll beat you to death!"
The neighbors were all watching the commotion. The team leader, his face dark, yelled, "Xiao Yu! Stop your wife right now!"
"Guihua! That's enough! Stop hitting her!"
Jiang Ci, standing to the side, was utterly dumbfounded.
She had never seen real country women fight before. Sister-in-law Yu looked at this straightforward and energetic woman and never expected her to have such a fierce side!
She always tries to persuade people with reason, and if reason fails, she'll use money to win them over; fighting is never an option for her.
Jiang Ci scratched her head, and for some reason, felt that she had learned something.
Zhou Mingli appeared quite calm.
In his opinion, these were all minor incidents. However, since it was Yu's sister-in-law and brother-in-law who had caused the conflict, Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli quickly stepped forward and each pulled one of them away from the Yu couple.
Jiang Ci patted Sister-in-law Yu's hand gratefully, then turned to the brigade leader, "Brigade leader, if you don't believe me, just ask Li Hu why he asked me if I had been to the mountain today. Is this mountain his? Can't other people go in?"
The captain, his face dark, looked at Li Hu and asked, "Tell me, is what Jiang Ci said true?"
How could Li Hu dare to tell the truth?
Was he out of his mind or did he find the outside world too free, which is why he revealed that he went into the mountains to smuggle cultural relics from the archaeological team?
Li Hu's mouth tasted bitter; he was filled with anger and hatred—hatred for Jiang Ci, hatred for Zhou Mingli, and hatred for the Yu family.
But he didn't dare tell the truth. He had impulsively tried to strangle Jiang Ci, but failed. Now, if Jiang Ci were to expose his business of buying and selling ceramic bowls on the black market, he would be left with no way out.
Li Hu looked up and stared intently at Jiang Ci, only to see her standing not far away, looking up at him with a calm expression.
He was like a grasshopper in Jiang Ci's hand; if Jiang Ci wanted to, she could easily squeeze him and he would be finished.
At this moment, Li Hu's mind became sharp. Jiang Ci did not bring up the matter of the pottery bowl, which meant that as long as he did not reveal what had just happened, Jiang Ci would not speak up.
Li Hu felt incredibly nauseous; his manhood had almost been kicked off, and he could only swallow his bitterness.
His voice was weak, and he gritted his teeth, saying each word slowly and deliberately, "It's all... a misunderstanding... it's all a misunderstanding..."
The captain shouted, "Misunderstanding! You've made such a fuss because of a misunderstanding!"
Li Hu was reprimanded, but he insisted it was a misunderstanding and refused to say anything more.
Seeing this, the villagers who were watching the commotion pointed and whispered about him.
The captain berated Li Hu for a while, and only let him go when he saw Li Hu clutching his genitals and turning pale.
Jiang Ci, who was watching from the side, suddenly asked, "Li Hu, do you still want me to pay for the medical expenses?"
You bitch, why don't you just die!
Li Hu wanted to bite Jiang Ci to death in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. His smile was more like a grimace. "No, no need, you don't need to pay for the medical expenses."
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