Chapter 17: Lin Sanquan was also a father
Shen Lingning said coldly: "You owe my mother this slap. It's you who made me lose my mother! And my father too!"
As she spoke, her eyes turned red and she held back her tears.
He slapped Lin Sanquan on the other side of the face: "This slap is for my grandparents! Even if they look down on you, they still provide you with food and drink. But you see the opportunity to report to the Yue family and try to have them brought down."
"But you've forgotten that during the war, they gave away all their wealth to support the cause, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they even gave away fertile land. You heartless people have no right to judge patriotic entrepreneurs!"
Then he slapped Lin Sanquan in the face with all his might: "I slapped myself in this slap. To avenge my grandparents, you took advantage of their chaotic escape and kidnapped me back to my hometown in southern Shanxi. You even sold me to a 50-year-old bachelor for money. You tried to destroy me!"
"From now on, we are no longer related. I don't have a father as bad as a beast like you!"
Lin Sanquan lost a tooth due to the slap, and blood foam oozed out from the corner of his mouth.
With a frightened expression, she begged for mercy from Shen Lingning: "Nannan, please let Dad go. He is your only relative now. Can you bear to watch Dad get shot?"
Shen Lingning hid his right hand, which was numb from the beating, behind his back and sneered, “Yes!”
After saying this, she turned around and went back to Aunt Wang, hugged Aunt Wang and Fubao, and wiped away her tears.
Seeing this, Ma Zhenshan slammed his crutch for the third and last time!
The voice was like a bell, carrying the final word of majesty and overwhelming anger:
"Lin Sanquan! He murdered his wife for money! He stole family heirlooms to pay off gambling debts! He extorted military families! The evidence is overwhelming, the case is irrefutable! His crimes are heinous!
The law of the country cannot tolerate this! Tie up his entire family!
Escort him immediately to the town, county organizing committee, and public security bureau!
I, Ma Zhenshan, personally wrote the report! I request strict punishment!
"Tied him up!"
Li Tiezhu and several militiamen who were already filled with righteous indignation took out the hemp ropes they had prepared and rushed forward.
Lin Sanquan collapsed completely on the ground like a puddle of mud, with feces and urine flowing out. He could no longer make any sound, and was only trembling like a sieve.
The scene was in chaos!
Lin Sanquan's wife, Zhang Fangqin, saw her husband being held down like a dead dog and her son being beaten to the ground.
The shrew's ferocity suddenly erupted, like an old hen whose neck was stepped on.
She howled like a pig being slaughtered: "God damn it! You are bullying me! Let go of my man! Let go of my son! I will fight you to the death!!"
She was about to pounce on the militia with her teeth bared and claws to tear them apart.
"Behave yourself, bitch!"
The militiaman closest to her had long disliked her, and with his backhand he slapped her hard in the face, giving her a loud and crisp slap!
The force was so great that it made her spin half a circle on the spot, and she saw stars.
The remaining half of the howl was stuck in his throat, blood seeped from the corners of his mouth, and he was completely stunned. He slumped to the ground, leaving only unconscious humming.
And Lin Sanquan's son, Lin Youcai, is a gangster.
He usually hangs around the streets relying on Lin Sanquan's arrogance, but now that his parents are in trouble, his ferocity is aroused and he sticks his neck out.
Like a wild donkey that refuses to be disciplined, he struggled and wanted to resist: "Fuck! You dare to hit me?! I'll kill you..."
Before he could finish his harsh words, a few sturdy young men nearby, who had been holding back their anger, punched with their fists as big as casseroles, making a sound like wind.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Behave yourself!"
A few heavy punches hit his soft abdomen and waist mercilessly!
“Ugh—!”
Lin Youcai let out a shrill howl, and instantly became like a mangy dog with its spine pulled out.
His face turned pale with pain, his body curled up like a cooked shrimp, his face covered with snot and tears, he could no longer utter a harsh word, only moaning in pain.
Two militiamen deftly tied his hands behind his back with a thick hemp rope, tied him tightly, and threw him next to his mother like a dead dog.
Shen Lingning looked at her with disgust, without any pity in her heart. It was this stepmother who instigated Lin Sanquan to sell her to the old bachelor in the village.
As soon as she was kidnapped and taken back to southern Shanxi, Zhang Fangqin stripped her of her dress and jewelry, saying that she was born a cheap person and was not worthy of wearing such fine things in the future.
Shen Lingning's eyes swept over Zhang Fangqin's son, Lin Youcai. This burly stepbrother had been glaring at her from the moment he saw her. If she hadn't been quick-witted and on guard against him, she couldn't imagine the consequences...
They deserve all this!
The militiamen's hands were like iron clamps, pressing down on Lin Sanquan's shoulders and arms, and the rough hemp rope had been tied around his wrists.
Lin Sanquan's eyes were bloodshot, and his unwillingness and fear made him burst out with his last bit of brute force.
Like a fish out of water, he twisted and struggled frantically, a beast-like "ho ho" growl came from his throat, and his bloodshot eyes glared at Shen Lingning with resentment.
In this chaotic situation, when Lin Sanquan was on the verge of complete madness——
Shen Lingning's voice clearly penetrated all the noise and roars.
The voice was not loud, and even had a deliberately suppressed, barely perceptible tremor, piercing into Lin Sanquan's frantic heart:
"dad--"
She uttered this long-lost name, which sounded extremely ironic to Lin Sanquan.
Lin Sanquan's body suddenly stiffened while he was struggling!
This word split his confused consciousness like a bolt of lightning.
Shen Lingning took a step forward, his eyes fixed on Lin Sanquan's face, which was distorted by struggle and fear. His voice was filled with a sadness and determination that penetrated time:
"This is the last time I'll call you Dad."
Her eyes seemed to see through the hideous and ugly face in front of her and see the distant and vague past:
"I remember... when I was five, I had a high fever and was completely delirious. Mom was so worried she kept crying. It was you...
It was you who carried me on your back, braved the pouring rain, ran to Jishitang, and knocked on Mr. Chen's door.
Her voice was soft, but it reached everyone's ears clearly, painting a picture that was completely different from the demon before them.
“Your back is so broad and warm… The rain is so cold, but lying on it, I feel safe.
At that time... in my heart, you were a good father who could protect me from the wind and rain and stand tall and firm... "
Lin Sanquan was completely frozen!
The struggling movement stopped abruptly!
In those eyes filled with resentment and fear, there suddenly emerged a sense of confusion and... an indescribable shock that had been buried for who knows how long!
Five years old…fever…rainy night…Jishidang…Mr. Chen…
Those fragments of memories that he had long since forgotten, devoured by greed and resentment, now surfaced like dregs...
Shen Lingning's gentle yet extremely heavy words dug it out from the mud of memory!
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