The door was opened by Deng Youwei's wife. She glanced at Li Qin, who was standing next to the police officer, and said with a smile, "He went to the village to help his aunt with chores. He left after he finished eating."
"Are you aware that he injured someone?"
“My husband didn’t do it on purpose. We were discussing our son’s marriage in the yard when the Li boy suddenly grabbed a carrying pole and started hitting us without saying a word. My husband had just returned from helping his aunt with some work. He hadn’t even had time to put down his sickle when the boy tried to block the blow, and that’s how he ended up injuring him.”
"We really didn't do this on purpose. How about this: we'll pay them twenty yuan and give them twenty eggs, and that'll settle the matter."
Li Qin was furious when she heard the old woman's words: "My Xiao Liang said that Deng Youwei did it on purpose. I don't want your twenty yuan. Keep those eggs for yourself! Deng Youwei must be arrested, or this matter will not be over."
Seeing that Li Qin was emotional, the young police officer quickly calmed her down, saying, "Don't worry, I'll investigate and find out the truth."
"Officer, you must bring Deng Youwei to justice. I'm worried he might have escaped! He just attacked someone; he shouldn't be so calm as to go back to work."
Upon hearing Li Qin's words, Deng Youwei's wife's eyes flickered with a hint of guilt.
The young police officer also felt something was amiss. No matter if it was his fault or not, a normal person wouldn't have the mind to help others after committing a stabbing.
He turned to Deng Youwei's wife and said, "Do you know which village his aunt lives in? Take us there to see her."
Before she could speak, Li Qin said first, "Officer, I know, I'll take you there."
When the two rushed to Deng Youwei's aunt's house, there was no sign of him at all.
After the young policeman brought Li Qin back, he said to her, "You go back first. I'll go back and ask our captain to arrange for people to intercept people at various train stations and docks. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."
Li Qin knew there was no better way, so she composed herself and rushed to the hospital.
After they stayed in the hospital for half a month, the doctor suggested that they could go home to recuperate.
Since things are already like this in the hospital, there's no point in staying any longer.
The three of them packed up, and Li Qin found a tricycle in the county to take Li Liang back.
After returning home, rumors about her spread everywhere within a few days.
Li Fang went to buy pork bones to make some bone broth for her younger brother to nourish him, but she was constantly being pointed at and gossiped about along the way.
"Hey, did you see that? That's the Li family's daughter. I heard she was quite promiscuous when she was in school."
"You wouldn't believe it, back then their family, relying on their wealth, forced Deng Fangyuan's family to propose marriage to her. Imagine, how could a college graduate possibly be interested in her? But the Deng family's circumstances were indeed poor. After the proposal, guess what happened?"
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