Chapter 6 requires compensation for Du Shuying's neatly trimmed hair...
Du Shuying had shoulder-length short hair, which was neatly and cleanly styled. At first glance, she seemed like a reasonable person, but her pair of sharp, triangular eyes made it clear that she was not someone to be trifled with.
She immediately said, "Officers, I don't know what you're talking about. Du Hai is my nephew. Although we had some misunderstandings because of what happened in the past, he's still my own nephew. He's the only one I have in my family. How could I possibly harm him? Spreading rumors about him being impotent is just deliberately ruining his marriage. I wouldn't do something like that!"
Mingxi: As expected, they are not easy to deal with.
He immediately washed his hands of the matter as soon as he opened his mouth.
They also subtly smeared Du Hai.
However, the police were not the kind of people who could be fooled by her whims. The old policeman said with a stern face, "Are you sure you didn't do it? Zhou Cuihua and Liang Xiuke both said that you told them."
Du Shuying: "I didn't do it, and that's it. No matter what they say, I just didn't do it!"
She kept a straight face and spoke with righteous indignation, as if Zhou Cuihua and Liang Xiu had wronged her.
Zhou Cuihua and Liang Xiu were furious.
What angered the two even more was that Du Shuying turned the tables and accused them: "I don't know why Zhou Cuihua and Liang Xiu slandered my nephew, but it's not hard to guess. Maybe Wang Hongmei has someone she likes more and doesn't want to marry my nephew. She wants to get rid of him, so she made up lies to slander him. As for Liang Xiu, I have heard of her. At the beginning of the year, my nephew passed the grading exam at the steel mill, but Liang Xiu's son didn't. Maybe that's why she held a grudge and thought of slandering my nephew."
Old policeman: "Then why did they say they were acting on your orders?"
Du Shuying shrugged innocently: "I don't know either. Maybe they think I don't get along with my nephew, so they're putting the blame on me?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhou Cuihua was so angry that her forehead was practically steaming.
She pointed at Du Shuying: "It was you. A few days ago, you stopped me at the entrance of the grocery store, told me you were Aunt Du Hai, told me he wasn't good enough, and also told me..."
Du Shuying: "Did anyone see it? Besides you, can anyone else testify that I told you?"
Zhou Cuihua: "You you you..."
She couldn't speak because Du Shuying had pulled her into the alley and said those words, so no one else had seen it.
Du Shuying shrugged: "Police officer, look..."
Mingxi glanced at Du Shuying, inwardly marveling at her skillful tactics.
Du Shuying had planned this all along, deliberately keeping her from being seen looking for Zhou Cuihua, so that even if something happened, it wouldn't implicate her.
The old policeman was well aware of Du Shuying's methods, but just as Du Shuying said, he had no evidence.
Just when everyone thought Du Shuying was about to escape, Liang Xiu suddenly shouted, "I have evidence!"
Everyone turned to look, and saw Liang Xiu reach into her pocket and rummage for a while before pulling out two large ten-dollar bills. She held up the two "big bills" and said...
"This is twenty yuan that Du Shuying asked me to give you. Du Shuying's name is even written on the money!"
These days, everyone uses paper money. Some people are afraid of losing their money, so they write their names on large denomination banknotes. Coincidentally, Du Shuying had this habit.
She was so used to writing her name that she didn't even notice that she had written it on the money she gave to Liang Xiu.
Even more coincidentally, for all the days that Liang Xiu received the money, she kept it on her person but never spent it.
All the coincidences have come together to form the evidence Liang Xiu used to accuse Du Shuying.
Du Shuying's face darkened immediately when she saw the banknotes Liang Xiu pulled out.
Who would have thought that Liang Xiu had kept this money all this time without spending it!
The old policeman took the two large black ten bills and, sure enough, saw Du Shuying's name written on them in pencil. He looked at Du Shuying, who gritted her teeth and tried to argue.
"No, this money isn't mine, and the name on it isn't mine either. Maybe it was Liang Xiu who wrote it."
Mingxi: "Aunt Du, I advise you to think carefully. Giving a false testimony is a more serious crime."
Seeing that Du Shuying was unconvinced, she calmly said, "Besides, the police can check handwriting."
Du Shuying swallowed the words that were about to come out.
The old policeman glanced at Mingxi more. This little girl was quite good at using the police force to intimidate people.
Yes, the city's Public Security Bureau's forensic department can examine handwriting, but their small police station doesn't have that kind of talent.
However, he did not expose Mingxi.
Du Shuying fell silent, which was tantamount to admitting that she was the one who went to Zhou Cuihua to spread rumors and paid Liang Xiu to spread rumors.
After the fact-checking was completed, the veteran police officer looked at Du Hai and Ming Xi, wanting to see what the two victims planned to do.
To be honest, Du Shuying's behavior does constitute defamation, but the consequences she caused are not serious. Even if Du Shuying were arrested, she would not be sentenced; at most, she would be detained for two days.
Moreover, considering that Du Shuying and Du Hai were related, he wanted to focus on mediation and avoid making a big fuss.
Mingxi felt the police's gaze and said, "Officer, the matter is very clear. This is all a fabrication by Du Shuying."
Old policeman: "Yes, so you want to?"
Mingxi: "I have no other thoughts. I don't want money or compensation. I just want her to bear the punishment she deserves."
She exclaimed, "With just a few words, she almost ruined the reputation of such a fine young man as Comrade Du Hai. Imagine if we hadn't come today to clear up the misunderstanding; Du Hai and Comrade Wang Hongmei's marriage would have been called off. And once this got out, Du Hai might never find a partner again, he might be a bachelor for life, or even end up childless. What a despicable act!"
“Not only Du Hai, but also my mother. Everyone knows that my mother has been a matchmaker for almost twenty years. During this time, she has gone through wind and rain to bring together countless sweet young couples and helped countless single people find their other half. But my mother almost got the blame for being a black-hearted matchmaker and deliberately harming women because of Du Shuying’s rumors.”
“My mom is a matchmaker. If this gets out, not only will all the people who want to arrange marriages with my mom now run away, but I doubt anyone will ever want to arrange marriages with her again. My mom was so angry about this that she ended up in the hospital and is lying in a hospital bed right now.”
Zhou Cuihua: ? ? ?
Wait, didn't Zhao Sulan go to the hospital because she strained her back while fighting with her?
How did it come to the point that he was hospitalized because of Du Shuying's anger?
Zhou Cuihua was filled with questions, but she dared not speak.
She realized that Mingxi was even more dangerous than Zhao Sulan; her mouth could kill.
As for the others, they couldn't help but nod in agreement after hearing Mingxi's words.
They initially thought it was unnecessary for Mingxi to report such a trivial matter to the police.
But upon closer reflection, Du Shuying's move was indeed ruthless!
If Mingxi hadn't brought people to explain things clearly to her face today, Du Hai and Zhao Sulan might have really ended up like Mingxi said: one would remain a bachelor for life, and the other would never have anyone to ask her for a match.
The crowd's eyes immediately turned strange, and some even jeered, urging the police to quickly arrest Du Shuying, that vicious woman.
Du Shuying immediately panicked: "No, you can't arrest me, you can't arrest me!"
She shouted and grabbed Du Hai's arm, pleading earnestly, "Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai, please tell the police that this is all a misunderstanding. Don't let the police arrest me. Please talk to the police."
Du Hai remained silent.
Du Shuying cursed inwardly, but her expression became even more earnest: "Xiao Hai, you're almost getting married. If this kind of thing happens, won't it make you a laughing stock? How about this, can you talk to the police for me? I'll give you two hundred yuan as a wedding gift when you get married."
It's worth noting that the average monthly wage for a worker is only fifty yuan, so two hundred yuan is quite a lot.
Even though Du Shuying's family was well-off, this was still a huge financial burden.
But Du Hai was still not satisfied.
Two hundred yuan is a lot of money, but it's not enough to seriously damage his aunt's health.
His goal this time was to make his aunt truly understand the pain so that she would never dare to provoke him again.
Seeing that Du Hai remained silent, Du Shuying said, "Two hundred is not enough, how about three hundred?"
She carefully considered her words as she looked at Du Hai's expression before calling out her price: "Three hundred isn't enough? Four hundred? Five hundred? Five hundred should be fine, right?"
Du Shuying's face had turned completely black, as black as the bottom of a pot.
Five hundred was already her bottom line.
If Du Hai is still not satisfied, she might as well be arrested by the police.
Du Hai: "Okay, then five hundred it is, thank you, Auntie."
Du Hai pondered that this number was probably the limit before nodding in agreement.
He was a cunning man; his simple "thank you, Auntie" infuriated Du Shuying. Mingxi had no doubt that if the police hadn't been there, she would have pounced on Du Hai and bit him.
However, Du Shuying breathed a sigh of relief after getting rid of Du Hai's troubles.
But as it turns out, she let her guard down too soon.
Du Hai is dealt with, but there's still Ming Xi.
Mingxi approached Du Shuying with a smile, and Du Shuying felt a chill run down her spine as soon as she saw her smiling face.
If it weren't for this brat, she wouldn't have been called in by the police, and Du Hai wouldn't have swindled her out of 500 yuan.
No matter how resentful she felt inside, she dared not show it on her face. She rubbed her arms and asked, "Comrade Ming, what do you mean?"
Mingxi: "I didn't mean anything by it. It's just a misunderstanding between Du Hai and you. But what about my mom? She's in the hospital because of you. She's still lying in bed right now, so pitiful..."
Du Shuying understood that this was an implication for her to contribute money. She gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, yes, Zhao Sulan is pitiful. Here's what we'll do: I'll give you twenty yuan so you can buy some nutritional supplements for Comrade Zhao to help her recover..."
Mingxi looked pleasantly surprised: "Really? Twenty yuan is all for my mom to improve her health? Twenty yuan is quite a lot, the same amount you paid Liang Xiu to talk bad about Du Hai behind his back."
Du Shuying: Damn it!
Can we please not mention that twenty yuan?
It's all because of that damn twenty yuan!
However, Du Shuying understood that Mingxi thought the money was too little. She clenched her fist and said, "No, no, twenty yuan is too little. I'll pay more, another twenty?"
Seeing that Mingxi remained silent, she gritted her teeth and stamped her foot: "I'll put up another fifty!"
Mingxi smiled and said, "Then I'll thank Aunt Du."
A note from the author:
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They changed the cover, hehe [starry eyes]
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