Xia Lei was also baffled. He frowned as he watched the farce unfold, his gaze shifting to Zhou Mingli.
He walked with the militiamen, and the brigade leader was also by his side.
Upon seeing Xia Lei and Er Zhuang, the captain waved to them and called them over.
The captain, his face dark, said to the four men, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
“When we patrolled to the grove, Zhao Wei said he had a stomachache and needed to use the restroom. Since the restroom at the threshing ground was a bit far, they decided to go to the grove,” Xia Lei said casually. “Zhou Mingli went with him.”
The captain turned to Zhou Mingli and asked, "You have a stomachache too?"
Zhou Mingli: "My stomach doesn't hurt."
"Then why did you go with them?" the captain asked suspiciously.
At this moment, a militiaman stepped forward and said, "He helped me across. I had such bad diarrhea that I could barely walk, and he helped me across."
The militiaman was a little embarrassed as he said this, "After we went in, I started to pull, and this Comrade Zhou was helping me nearby. I had just pulled up my pants when I heard some noise."
The militiamen, full of energy, were no longer hesitant or afraid to gossip. "Captain," one said, "it's not about who raped whom or who seduced whom. These two are just here for a secret rendezvous!"
"Comrade Zhou and I both heard it!"
Zhou Mingli nodded expressionlessly, "She wronged me."
The captain's face darkened further. "I understand. Everyone can see who is acting recklessly. I won't wrongly accuse anyone."
Xia Lei arrived too late and didn't know exactly what had happened, but he could glean some details from the militiamen's words.
It seems that Widow Wang and Zhao Wei tried to trick Zhou Mingli, but their scheme backfired and they ended up getting themselves into trouble.
Xia Lei asked the militiaman, "It's so dark, how did you know Zhou Lao Er was with you the whole time?"
The militiaman was taken aback, scratched his head, and said, "I...I can't see clearly...but he is definitely with me."
The captain's gaze fell on Zhou Mingli.
But Zhou Mingli gave a cold laugh, "You weren't there, how do you know I wasn't with him?"
Xia Lei's expression turned ugly for a moment. "If that's how you put it, there's nothing I can do."
Zhou Mingli didn't give him any face, "If you can't do it, then shut up. What good is it for you to keep talking except to interfere with other people's judgment and distort the truth of the scene?"
Xia Lei retorted angrily, "You! Zhou Lao Er, don't I even have the right to question?!"
Zhou Mingli said coldly, "Who makes the decision, you or the captain? Who are you to question me?"
"Alright! Stop arguing!" the captain shouted angrily. "I'll figure out what really happened myself! You all go about your own business!"
The captain glanced at Xia Lei unhappily, feeling that his question was unnecessary.
Why did Widow Wang come to the grove in the middle of the night? Why did she have an affair with Zhao Wei? Why did she accuse Zhou Mingli of molesting her? These are questions that need to be asked of the parties involved. Xia Lei could get the answers with just a few words.
How is that possible!
The captain was in a bad mood, so he turned and left!
The topic was quickly dropped.
Xia Lei's face was quite ugly. His cold gaze swept over Zhou Mingli, but Zhou Mingli's icy pupils were cold and unsettling, and there was an indescribable sense of oppression about him.
Xia Lei's heart clenched slightly, and he thought he had seen wrong for a moment. But when he looked more closely, Zhou Mingli had already helped the militiaman away and did not stay in the same place at all.
The affair between Widow Wang and Zhao Wei was definitely not over, but Zhou Mingli didn't have time to think about it.
He appeared quite calm and composed, but in reality, he was extremely anxious.
I wonder how things are going with Jiangci.
Lost in thought, he returned to the threshing ground, only to see a boy running towards him from the direction of his house, shouting, "Stop thief! Stop thief! We've caught the thief!!"
Zhou Mingli looked closely and realized that it was Dazhu!
Zhou Mingli was startled and immediately ran over, shouting, "Where is she?!"
Dazhu, panting, said, "Uncle, it's at your house!"
At this moment, a large crowd had gathered in the threshing ground. Da Zhu's shouting attracted the attention of many people present. They turned their heads and saw Zhou Mingli running towards his home.
In the blink of an eye, the person disappeared.
At this moment, the seriously injured Widow Wang, Zhao Wei, and Old Man Qian were all sent to the infirmary, and the matter there could not be resolved for the time being.
The captain glanced at the threshing ground and said, "Those responsible for patrolling today, continue patrolling! The more chaotic the situation, the more likely people are to take advantage of the chaos to loot! If even a single grain of wheat is missing from the threshing ground, I won't stand for it!"
The captain's shout calmed the anxieties of some of the restless men. He then spoke a few more words to the militiamen on duty before hurrying off to Zhou Mingli's house.
Zhou Mingli ran as fast as he could, his mind buzzing, but he remained unusually calm as he asked Dazhu beside him, "Is your aunt alright?"
"No...it's nothing!" Dazhu said, sounding quite excited. "Uncle, you don't know, Aunt Jiang is incredibly fierce!"
Zhou Mingli kept a straight face, thinking to himself that she was indeed very fierce when she used to get angry and hit people.
But facing two burly men, how could Jiang Ci possibly win?
His tense mood urged Zhou Mingli to hurry home.
Both the Yu family's and his family's houses had their lights on, and there were several people standing at the door of his house, including Aunt Lian, the brigade leader's wife.
A group of middle-aged women were pointing and talking about something in his yard.
"They deserve it!"
"Exactly! It's all thanks to Jiang Zhiqing's skill, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to handle those two!"
Zhou Mingli pushed aside the aunties and grandmas with a blank expression and squeezed into the house.
Two burly men, their faces and bodies covered in blood, lay on the ground. In front of them stood a woman holding a stick and two little kids with their mouths pouting in anger.
"Zhou Lao Er is back."
When the two children heard someone say that, they turned around, saw their father, and immediately ran over to him.
Zhou Miao looked up and called out, "Dad, you're back!"
Zhou Yang danced with joy, shouting, "We and Mom defeated the bad guys!"
Zhou Mingli reached out and patted the two children's heads before looking at Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci looked exactly the same as when they parted; she was calm and composed, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.
Zhou Mingli's tense heart finally relaxed, and his expression became calm. He glanced at the two people lying on the ground.
Just as he and Jiang Ci had predicted.
Zhou Laoda, Li Hu.
These two are so easy to understand; you can guess their thoughts with ease.
They didn't even need to finish their work to solve the problem before they came rushing over to their doom.
Zhou Mingli looked at Zhou Laoda and Li Hu, a cold glint in his eyes. "You did it?"
Jiang Ci raised her eyebrows and said cheerfully, "No, this is the result of their fight."
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