Gao Zhuzi's mother lunged at Xing Zhaozhao, yelling, "If you dare lay a finger on my son, I'll never forgive you!"
Xing Zhaozhao raised her hand to stop Gao Zhuzi's mother's head from hitting her chest and pushed it back: "I only said I wanted to make sure Gao Zhuzi is half-dead right now. As long as what you're saying is true, of course I won't lay a finger on Gao Zhuzi. What's your rush?"
Not knowing how long it had been since Gao Zhuzi's mother had washed her hair, Xing Zhaozhao, with her hand covered in hair oil, quickly wiped it on Gao Zhuzi's wife next to her.
Gao Zhuzi's wife: "??!!"
Someone nearby chimed in, "Mingcheng's wife is right, Zhuzi's mom. Anyway, we've already got the money. What's wrong with letting them check it? What's the rush? Are you really trying to scam people? That would be really immoral of you. We're all from the same village, and you're trying to scheme against Captain Gao."
"To be honest, Captain Gao has always done a pretty good job. Besides, he never said he was going to favor his own grandson. It's really inappropriate to put such a big accusation on him like this."
"By the way, Zhuzi's mom, I remember that a couple of years ago your father-in-law was always trying to compete with Captain Gao for the position of captain. Could it be that he's trying to take this opportunity to get Captain Gao removed from his post?"
The surroundings immediately fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Gao Zhuzi's mother.
Gao Zhuzi's mother panicked a little, her eyes flickering: "I don't know what you're talking about. My Zhuzi was beaten like this, I just want to get justice for him."
Among Gao Zhuzi's family members, a gaunt old man who had been hiding quietly saw that something was wrong and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, turned around and was about to leave.
Someone with sharp eyes spotted it and shouted, "That bastard Gao Dafeng is trying to run away!"
The skinny old man stumbled and almost fell. "Who are you calling a bastard? Your whole family are bastards!"
Captain Gao watched the gaunt old man leave, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked loudly, "Why is Dafeng in such a hurry to leave? Why don't you stay and discuss this properly? What exactly is going on, and how do you plan to resolve it?"
The gaunt old man didn't even turn his head, waving his hand and saying, "Anyway, you're the captain, you're in charge, what's there to discuss?" After saying that, he quickly ran off and disappeared.
Gao Zhuzi's family was dumbfounded. Was this how a human being acted? And this was his own father, after all.
Gao Zhuzi's mother quickly took the money out of her pocket, wanting to return it to Xing Zhaozhao: "Here, take this money back, and let's just forget about it. We'll just consider ourselves unlucky and won't hold it against you."
They came all this way not only to extort money, but also to take this opportunity to give their father-in-law a chance. They never expected that the old scoundrel would run away. So what are they still doing here? Are they really going to let her son risk his life for 500 yuan?
Xing Zhaozhao put her hands behind her back, refusing to accept the money: "Why should you just let it go as you please? Since you've already taken the money, this matter can't just be left like this."
Gao Zhuzi's mother was so anxious she almost cried: "Didn't I just return the money to you?"
"I don't want to," Xing Zhaozhao said.
Gao Zhuzi's mother: "..."
Gao Zhuzi's mother burst into tears. It was the first time she had ever felt such a burning sensation when she received this money.
"So what do you want?" Gao Zhuzi's mother looked at Xing Zhaozhao pitifully.
"What else could I want? It's the half-life we agreed on before." Xing Zhaozhao said, casually flipping over the plank where Gao Zhuzi was lying.
Startled, Gao Zhuzi's mother immediately rushed over, crying out, "Zhuzi..."
Gao Zhuzi originally wanted to continue pretending to be dead. He was still thinking about the 500 yuan Xing Zhaozhao had given him. He had never saved more than 50 yuan in his entire life, even after getting married. If he could just pretend to be half dead and endure it, he could get 500 yuan for free. Why not?
Unexpectedly, his carefully laid plans were all ruined by his mother.
When Gao Zhuzi's mother saw her son fall, she tried to rush over to protect him, but she missed and lost her balance, falling forward and landing right on top of Gao Zhuzi.
Gao Zhuzi just had a fight with Gao Qingshan.
Aside from a cut on his forehead, Gao Qingshan had no other injuries.
Gao Zhuzi fared much worse. Not only was he beaten black and blue, but his body was also almost entirely covered in sores. He'd even been knocked unconscious by a punch, and his head was still spinning. Suddenly, he was thrown to the ground, hitting his injured area. He couldn't bear the pain and instantly howled, sitting up abruptly: "Ouch..."
The surroundings fell silent again.
Aside from Gao Zhuzi's family, everyone stared intently at him. He was shouting with such vigor, did he really look half-dead? It was all a lie, after all.
Captain Gao and Gao Qingshan already knew what was going on, so they weren't surprised. Aunt Gao was furious, panting heavily, almost getting ripped off for 500 yuan. She was so angry.
Xing Zhaozhao walked up to Gao Zhuzi with a smile.
Looking at Xing Zhaozhao's smiling face, Gao Zhuzi and his mother couldn't help but shudder when they thought of Xing Zhaozhao's past "great achievements".
Gao Zhuzi immediately knelt down in front of Xing Zhaozhao with a "thud": "I'm sorry, Aunt Xing, I was wrong."
Unexpectedly, Gao Zhuzi admitted his mistake so cleanly and decisively. Not to mention Xing Zhaozhao, even the people around him, and even Gao Zhuzi's own family members, couldn't help but be surprised.
Xing Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow and asked, "Oh? What's wrong?"
"I shouldn't have pretended to be dead just to swindle Gao Qingshan out of 500 yuan," Gao Zhuzi said without thinking.
"Is this all?" Xing Zhaozhao asked.
Gao Zhuzi: "??"
Gao Zhuzi looked at Xing Zhaozhao, completely bewildered. What else?
"Why did you fight with Qingshan?" Xing Zhaozhao asked.
Gao Zhuzi understood, but didn't think he was wrong: "That's what everyone says."
"Everyone says you can eat shit, so are you going to eat shit?" Xing Zhaozhao asked.
Gao Zhuzi: "...YUE" was disgusted.
“Xiao Lan was found by me, Qingshan, Uncle Dahan and I in Qingxi Town. We know the situation best. Every family has one or two daughters. Just because of a few rumors, people are maliciously insulting and slandering our girl. If I hadn’t found out, I would have let it go. But if I had, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
As Xing Zhaozhao spoke, her chilling gaze slowly swept over Gao Zhuzi, and then over everyone else in the crowd. No one was spared, and everyone who saw her felt a chill run down their spines. They were so frightened that they instinctively shut their mouths. They couldn't afford to offend her, so they decided to stay away.
Gao Zhuzi shuddered involuntarily and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, I know I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again, Aunt Xing."
Xing Zhaozhao spread her hands at Gao Zhuzi: "Give me 100 yuan as compensation for emotional distress."
Gao Zhuzi was dumbfounded: "What...what loss?"
“You slandered that girl and caused her harm. Shouldn’t you offer some compensation?” Xing Zhaozhao said righteously.
“You don’t need 100 yuan! Why don’t you just rob someone?” Gao Zhuzi’s mother shouted.
Xing Zhaozhao glanced at them coolly: "You all dare to ask for 500 yuan, but I only asked for 100 yuan. How is that too much?"
Gao Zhuzi's mother was speechless for a moment, and could only look to Captain Gao for help. 100 yuan was really too much.
Aunt Gao tugged at Captain Gao's sleeve, displeased, not wanting him to interfere.
Captain Gao hesitated for a moment, looked at Xing Zhaozhao, and said, "100 yuan is too much, just give me 50 yuan."
Xing Zhaozhao gave Captain Gao face and nodded in agreement: "Okay, we'll follow this standard from now on."
Those around instinctively clutched their wallets tighter. They vowed never to speak carelessly again, lest they offend this troublesome person and lose money.
Since the price had already been halved, Gao Zhuzi's mother reluctantly nodded in agreement.
"Then this 500 yuan..." She held the 500 yuan, wanting to return it to Xing Zhaozhao, but it was too hot to handle, so she quickly took it back.
Xing Zhaozhao glanced at it with disdain and quickly turned her head away: "No."
Gao Zhuzi trembled as he clung to his mother. Was he going to be beaten half to death?
“You’ve already licked it,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
Gao Zhuzi's mother: "..." Where do all these problems come from?
In the end, it was Captain Gao who went to Accountant Zhao to exchange a stack of ten-yuan notes for her, and Xing Zhaozhao reluctantly accepted them.
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