Zhang Qiang was stunned for a few seconds after being hit, and then he panicked.
He had finally managed to clear his name, but if Feng Qiushi were to recant his testimony and reveal his own involvement, all his previous efforts would be in vain, and he might even face a harsher sentence!
"Qiushi, don't talk nonsense!" Zhang Qiang hurriedly spoke up, his tone tinged with panic. "I had no choice! If I hadn't said that, the military would definitely not have let me off the hook! Don't worry, you go in first, I'll wait for you outside! When you come out, we'll get married, and I'll definitely treat you well!"
As he spoke, he tried to put on a sentimental expression in hopes of calming Feng Qiushi down.
But Feng Qiushi had long seen through his true colors and would never believe his lies.
Looking at Zhang Qiang's hypocritical face, she felt disgusted and spat in his face. "Pah! You dog! Do you think I'll still believe you? Even if I get out, I'll never have anything to do with a selfish person like you again! Just wait to go to jail with Xu Mingli!"
Zhang Qiang was spat on in the face by Feng Qiushi, the saliva dripping down his chin, sticky and dirty.
A surge of anger instantly ignited within him, and his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
If he hadn't been afraid of Jiang Linchuan and Lian Xiao next to him, he would have really wanted to rush up and beat Feng Qiushi severely.
But then she thought, now is not the time to turn against her. If she angered Feng Qiushi further, who knows what even more hurtful things she might say. So she could only forcefully suppress her anger, forcing a pitiful look, her eyes slightly red, "Qiushi, how could you say that to me? Don't you know how I feel about you? I'm doing this for our future..."
"Stop playing the victim!" Feng Qiushi saw through his act immediately, his eyes full of mockery. "Who has a future with you? Today I'm going to show everyone your true colors!"
She turned sharply to Jiang Linchuan, “Commander Jiang! You have to stand up for me! Zhang Qiang wasn’t forced at all. He did Xu Mingli’s work voluntarily! And… and he even raped me!”
Everyone present was stunned by these words.
Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, Zhang Qiang instantly bristled, pointing his finger at Feng Qiushi's nose and shouting, "You're talking nonsense! When did I force myself on you? It was clearly your choice! You were the one who initiated the relationship with me! And now you're turning around and slandering me!"
She admitted that she did it voluntarily at first, but now she's trying to drag Zhang Qiang down with her, so how could she possibly admit it?
“I’m not lying! You took advantage of my bad mood after being beaten and scolded by Xu Mingli, and when I was injured, you forcibly laid hands on me! I told you that it was wrong, but you wouldn’t listen. I’m a woman and I’m not strong enough to fight back... Commander Jiang, look at this old injury on my arm, it was caused by you pushing me back then!”
As she spoke, she deliberately rolled up her sleeve, revealing a shallow scar on her arm that had long since healed.
That was actually from when she was accidentally cut by firewood.
"You're utterly slanderous!" Zhang Qiang was furious and, no longer bothering to feign grievance, he cursed at Feng Qiushi, "Do you think they'll believe you just because you say that? Who was it that cooked for me every day? Who was it that voluntarily crawled into my bed at night? You're saying all this now, you've lost all your conscience!"
"I was coerced by you!" Feng Qiushi retorted, not to be outdone. "Do you think I wanted to be with someone as selfish as you? If you hadn't threatened me with Xu Mingli, why would I have forced myself to be with you!"
The two of them started hurling insults at each other, spittle flying everywhere, saying all sorts of nasty things and bringing up all their unpleasant past grievances. There was no trace of their former deep affection between them.
Seeing this scene, Xu Mingli's previously despairing eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of pleasure, and he couldn't help but cheer, "Good! Well said! Zhang Qiang, you bastard, how dare you cheat on me! I've wanted to teach you a lesson for a long time! I also have something to say! Zhang Qiang not only raped Feng Qiushi, but also threatened me not to tell anyone, and even hit me! Many things that happened afterward were not my decision at all; Zhang Qiang was the one who instigated them behind the scenes. He is the real mastermind! If you don't believe me, go home and see for yourselves; he's even living in our big house!"
Xu Mingli had long disliked Zhang Qiang.
She initially chose Zhang Qiang as her stand-in because she thought he was honest and easy to control, but she never expected him to dare to hook up with Feng Qiushi and cheat on her.
If he didn't need Zhang Qiang's help to conceal his identity, he would have killed Zhang Qiang long ago.
Now that he sees the other party is about to suffer, how could he not add fuel to the fire? It would be best if Zhang Qiang took all the blame, so that he might have a way out.
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Qiang turned to Xu Mingli and roared, "You're the one who made me do it! You forced me to play the role of Chen An! And now you're trying to shift the blame onto me! Xu Mingli, you heartless bastard!"
"You're the one who's heartless!" Xu Mingli retorted. "If you hadn't been greedy for the benefits I offered you, would you have worked for me? Don't think I don't know you've been wanting to kick me aside and keep all the benefits for yourself!"
In an instant, the courtyard was in complete chaos.
Xu Mingli, Feng Qiushi, and Zhang Qiang accused and insulted each other, pushing all the shameful and bad things onto the other, as if afraid of taking more responsibility. It was a farce of dogs fighting each other.
Jiang Linchuan frowned, looking at the three people in front of him who had revealed their ugly side, his eyes full of disgust.
Lian Xiao kicked a nearby stone impatiently and shouted, "Shut up, all of you! What's all the noise about! We'll talk in the military interrogation room! Take them away now!"
The henchmen immediately stepped forward, forcibly gagged the three men, and forced them into the jeep.
Xu Mingli was still struggling desperately, while Feng Qiushi looked at Zhang Qiang with a smug expression. Zhang Qiang was so angry that he was trembling all over, but he could only let others do as they pleased.
The jeep slowly drove away, and the yard finally returned to silence.
The space inside the car was already cramped, and with three people inside, it felt even more crowded.
Jiang Linchuan drove, Xu Xinghe sat in the passenger seat, and Lian Xiao and Xu Mingli, whose hands were tied behind his back, squeezed into the back.
Because there wasn't enough space, Feng Qiushi had to sit on Xu Mingli's lap for the time being.
Feng Qiushi was stiff all over, trying her best to distance herself from Xu Mingli, but the space in the back row was so small that she had nowhere to avoid him. She could only grit her teeth and endure it, her heart filled with disgust for Xu Mingli.
If it weren't for this man, she wouldn't be in this situation today.
Xu Mingli didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, after starting the car, he quietly observed the situation inside.
He glanced at the front row out of the corner of his eye and found that there were only Jiang Linchuan and Xu Xinghe. In the back row, there was only Lian Xiao, a member of the military. The old black henchman who had been guarding them was not with them.
This discovery instantly ignited a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Perhaps he still has a chance to escape!
Without making a sound, he gently nudged Feng Qiushi's waist with his knee. Seeing that Feng Qiushi did not react, he secretly bit her neck with his teeth.
Feng Qiushi shuddered, turned his head and glared at him fiercely, lowering his voice to curse, "What are you doing?"
Xu Mingli ignored her anger, instead winking at her and deliberately clearing his throat, coughing twice.
Zhang Qiang, who was sitting next to them, was already restless. When he heard the noise, he subconsciously turned his head to look at them.
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