Song Lin and several detectives happened to be patrolling the street and walked over when they heard the noise.
I saw Shen Xu standing aside holding a book, Aunt Tofu was bending over and vomiting, and Yan'er was holding her mother's back to help her breathe.
"This bitch... Ugh..."
Aunt Tofu's face flushed red from vomiting. Seeing the constables approaching, she stood up and pointed at Shen Xu, saying, "Catch her quickly! This lowly woman scratched my throat and is trying to harm us good people."
Song Lin stood in front of Shen Xu and asked quietly, "What's going on?"
"She cursed at me and I tried to shut her up, so I put my hand in her mouth and dug my fingers into her throat, and she vomited."
Song Lin looked at the innocent-looking Shen Xu in shock. What kind of strange woman would think of digging her fingers into someone's throat to make them shut up?
"Constable Song," Shen Xu raised his innocent eyes and asked him softly, "Is it illegal?"
Song Lin replied in a low voice: "It's illegal."
"Huh? I thought it wasn't illegal."
"It's okay as long as no one dies, but don't do this again in the future."
He frowned slightly and said, "What if she bites you? If anyone dares to scold you in the future, just tell your husband and I will slap him in the face for you."
Since Chen Xu was a stranger of unknown origin, when the detectives asked about the cause of the incident, the townspeople all spoke on behalf of Yan'er and her daughter.
The owner of the bookstall also stood up and said, "Constable Song, you have been too busy recently. There is no need to stay up late copying books to make money just to please a woman."
Some enthusiastic citizens even educated Song Lin about anti-fraud and advised him not to indulge in women.
Someone even tried to bring him and Yan'er together on the spot.
"Copying a book?" Song Lin looked at the book in Shen Xu's hand, then his gaze moved to a stack of books on the bookstall. He picked up one and started flipping through it.
The neat and tidy small regular script characters are neatly written on the yellowed paper, every stroke is meticulous and careful.
"Constable Song." Shen Xu gently pulled his hand and whispered, "I'll explain it to you when I get home."
"Detective Song, don't listen to her explanation. She must be a female ghost possessed by a fox spirit. We should arrest her and beat her to death." Aunt Tofu was emboldened when she saw that everyone was speaking for her. She quickly started to clamor for her to be arrested.
Some neighbors joined in the commotion, and some even threw stones at her.
Shen Xu stood indifferently on the street, listening to everyone scolding her without saying a word. It was impossible for her to stick her finger into everyone's mouth to make them shut up.
What if you really get bitten?
Song Lin quickly protected her and shouted at everyone, "Enough! What evidence do you have to slander Xiuxiu? Have you seen her harm anyone?"
His voice was loud, and there was a hint of murderous intent in his anger. The onlookers on the street were frightened by his overflowing murderous aura, and they all shut up, and the noisy street became quiet.
Song Lin said in a sonorous and powerful voice, "Auntie, Xiuxiu even jumped into the water to save your daughter a while ago. It's ok for your family to not know how to repay your kindness, but you actually insulted and slandered her in the street just to get into my Song family!"
"For ungrateful and heartless people like you, the dogs I saved are better than the ones you guys!"
At this time, the lazy Shen couple who were passing by to watch the fun came over. After hearing what Song Lin said, Yu immediately pointed at Shen Xu and retorted: "It was her, this jinx! Who said she didn't hurt anyone? We took her in out of kindness, and she smashed our home and burned our house down!"
Song Lin's sharp eyes swept over the Shen Lanhan couple, "Shen Lanhan, you still have the nerve to show up in town. If you hadn't seen her amnesia and become greedy, would your house have been burned down?"
"Xiu Xiu was so kind as to compensate you with money and let you rebuild your house, but you only wanted to sell her for money and even wanted to sell her to a brothel. What's the difference between you and the human traffickers who force women into prostitution?"
Among the spectators were several neighbors who had lost their loved ones, and they immediately started to make a commotion. "Constable Song is right. It's bad enough that Shen Lanhan extorts money from people every day, but he's also a human trafficker. How shameless! Get out!"
"Yes, yes, I can't ride in their car anymore. What if they kidnap me one day?"
"They should be arrested and human traffickers should be sentenced to death!"
The lazy man Shen and Yu were immediately panicked and quickly fled with the ox cart.
"Don't look, don't look. This is just Constable Song's family affair. Let's all go away." The constables didn't want to make the matter a big deal, so they dispersed the crowd and pushed and persuaded Yan'er and her daughter to leave.
Song Lin pulled Shen Xu into the house and strode into the courtyard door, closing it.
"Detective Song, I'm just sitting around at home with nothing to do, so I'm thinking of finding something to do."
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Xu hurriedly explained: “I was afraid that the boss would not want to accept my things, so I told him that it was you who copied the book.”
"Xiu Xiu, why didn't you tell me? If you feel bored, you can buy a book to read. Copying books is so tiring." Song Lin took out a purse from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Xu.
"Constable Song, what are you doing?" Shen Xu took the purse in confusion.
It was heavy in there, probably containing a lot of silver. She looked up at him in confusion, and her first reaction was that he didn't want her anymore and wanted to send her away.
Song Lin said in a low and gentle voice: "Here are twenty taels, for you."
"Ah." Shen Xu hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Captain Song, are you trying to get rid of me?"
But Song Lin said gently: "Dowry."
"What?"
"Xiu Xiu, I want to marry you. Although I haven't found your parents yet, I don't want to delay even a moment. We live under the same roof and sleep in the same bed every day. We should be husband and wife, a legitimate husband and wife."
"Constable Song, how about—" Shen Xu raised his eyes and was about to return the money to him, but his expression changed. He smiled and hooked his arm around his neck and said, "Okay, Constable Song, when are you going to marry me?"
Song Lin originally thought she would refuse, but she agreed without hesitation. The corners of her pretty lips curled up: "Well... since you can't remember your birth date anyway, let's just find a good day to get married."
"Ah, how can we get married casually!" Shen Xu pouts and hits him lightly. "Besides, you have to allow me to prepare some dowry."
"Don't bother with that. Can you embroider a wedding dress?" Song Lin happily put his arms around her waist and held her in his arms.
"No, but we have to prepare something. We have to have the furniture and quilts that other girls have."
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say." He leaned over and kissed her mouth, tasting her soft and sweet lips with satisfaction.
Shen Xu tightly grasped the bag of money in his hand, feeling Song Lin's warm breath on his face, and a tingling and numb feeling arose in his heart.
His hand rested firmly on his back, giving him a sense of security.
"Thank you for speaking up for me, Constable Song."
She suddenly felt that marrying Constable Song was a good idea.
A light cough interrupted the ambiguous atmosphere in the courtyard, and Aunt Zhang came in with a basket to cook.
The two of them let go of each other with blushing faces. Shen Xu turned and went into the room, while Song Lin pretended to squat down and tease the puppy.
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