Chapter 82 I beg you, sir, to do justice for my daughter!
The cabin was the first one in the Hongqiding Brigade. Qin Suisui saw it when she rode her bike over earlier. Not far behind the cabin was a ditch more than two meters wide, which was the upstream of the ditch where they had gone to catch crayfish before.
The rain was still falling, and the sky seemed to be leaking. Qin Suisui wiped the rain off her face as she ran towards the ditch. If she wasn't mistaken, those two heartless bastards probably wanted to drown the child in the ditch.
Sure enough, when they were still a dozen meters away from the ditch, Qin Suisui saw a dark-skinned, thin man grabbing a frail little girl by the back of her collar and dragging her into the river, while a woman watched quietly from a distance.
The little girl looked thin, but seemed to be very strong. Even when the dark-skinned man was carrying her, she struggled desperately, leaving two deep marks on the ground with her dragging feet, and constantly flailing her hands.
After finally managing to drag the girl to the riverbank, the man tried to push her into the water. Perhaps it was the strength he unleashed in his near-death moment, but the girl stubbornly resisted, kicking her legs and refusing to take another step forward.
Seemingly seeing that the young girl was indeed quite skilled, the dark-skinned, thin man became irritated and shouted at the woman behind him, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and come help! If anyone sees us, neither of us will be alive!"
The woman seemed startled by the man's words. After hesitating for a moment, she quickly ran over and helped the man lift the little girl's legs.
The little girl, who had been struggling fiercely, suddenly stopped moving the moment the woman grabbed her legs. As if she had lost all her strength, she let the two of them hold her and push her into the river.
Qin Suisui shouted as she ran, "Stop!"
The two guilty men were startled and immediately looked up at Qin Suisui.
Seeing yet another young girl, a glint of cunning flashed in "Brother Bao's" eyes. Killing one is the same as killing two! Might as well...
However, before he could finish his wicked plan, a golden shadow flashed past him, and sharp claws left several deep, bone-revealing scratches on his hands.
"Brother Bao" felt pain in his hand and instinctively loosened his grip.
The woman was startled by the sudden appearance of the object, screamed, and let go of it.
Qin Suisui rushed over and, taking advantage of the moment when the two were stunned, snatched the little girl from their hands and pulled her towards the main group.
The two behind her realized what was happening and, ignoring the pain in their wounds, scrambled to their feet and gave chase. She was usually a fast runner, but with a little girl pulling her along, her pace slowed down.
The rain had stopped by now, but the ground was damp and muddy. Qin Suisui ran and shouted for help, hoping to attract attention so they could escape danger.
But the heavy rain had just stopped, and there were hardly any people passing by the stream. Seeing that she was about to be caught, Qin Suisui didn't care about the risk of Dahuang being exposed. Just as she was about to throw Dahuang, which she had just secretly put into her space, out again, she suddenly heard someone call her from behind: "Suisui, what's wrong? What happened?"
Qin Suisui looked back and saw Pei Jiuyan and Song Yunlai, whom she had just parted ways with that morning, riding bicycles toward her.
Upon seeing the two, Qin Suisui cried out as if she had seen a savior: "Ayan! Brother Yunlai! Come quick! They're trying to kill someone!"
Upon hearing those two words, Pei Jiuyan's eyes, as cold as a deep pool, immediately turned icy. He jumped off his bicycle and pulled Qin Suisui behind him.
Song Yunlai also jumped off his bicycle and cautiously shielded Qin Suisui behind him.
Seeing that their scheme had been exposed, "Brother Bao" and the woman belatedly became frightened. The woman tried to explain, "No, comrade, you've misunderstood. I was just disciplining my daughter. This little girl is too disobedient."
Qin Suisui didn't listen to her nonsense. She raised her eyebrows and pointed directly at the small wooden house next to her, saying bluntly: "You two were having an affair here just now, and your daughter found out. You begged her to keep it a secret, but she refused, so you and this man tried to kill her to silence her!"
The commotion attracted the attention of the rest of the team. Things had progressed to this point, and it was no longer something that could be explained away with a few words.
Soon the group was taken to the headquarters of the Hongqiding Brigade. The "Brother Bao" was a member of the Hongqiding Brigade, named Li Yaobao. The woman's name was Li Chunmei, and her family was from the Hongqiding Brigade. Later, she married Qian Rencai of the Guangmingding Brigade. Qian Mei was their only daughter.
Interestingly, this Li Yaobao happens to be the brother of Mai Dong's deceased wife, Li Yu, who is also Mai Dong's brother-in-law.
The matter involved two brigades, and besides the parties involved from both sides, even Mai Defu, the captain of the Guangmingding Brigade, came. Mai Dong, who was on leave and hadn't returned to his unit yet, naturally came as well. He was quite surprised to see Qin Suisui, but dealing with the immediate matter was more important, so the two didn't exchange many pleasantries.
When Li Yaobao and Li Chunmei had an affair, the person who was most devastated was Qian Rencai. No one was devastated about Li Yaobao, as he was a widower and had no one else in his family except his mother who cried for him.
Since the matter involved a wide range of people, Pei Jiuyan didn't want Qin Suisui to take the lead, so he had Song Yunlai repeat what Qin Suisui had just said in front of everyone, worried that Qin Suisui would be retaliated against. They also said that the three of them had discovered it together.
Looking at his disheveled wife and his dazed daughter, Qian Rencai, the rough-looking man, couldn't help but shed tears. He pulled Qian Mei to his side, stroked her hair, and asked, "Mei-jie, tell your father, what happened? Did they hit you?"
Qian Mei didn't speak, only looked at Li Chunmei with a desperate expression: "Mom, you gave me my life, you can take it if you want."
Qian Mei said nothing more than this sentence, but this sentence proved a lot.
The room was silent, except for Li Yaobao's low pleading as he held Maidong: "Brother-in-law, my sister is gone. She left to have your child. Now that she's gone, you must take good care of me and our family for her!"
For many years, Lai Yiu-po has used this incident as an excuse to do a lot of things outside under the name of Mai Tung. As long as it's not too outrageous, Mai Tung turns a blind eye to it all.
But this matter not only involved Qin Suisui, but also Mai Dong's beloved Xie Ting! He hadn't forgotten how pale Xie Ting looked after her surgery in the hospital! These past few days, he had been secretly gathering information about Li Yaobao's smuggling and buying and selling public property. Daring to harm Xie Ting, he would make Li Yaobao pay the price!
Of course, this price cannot involve Xie Ting. Xie Ting is too fragile right now. If anything else happens, he might really lose her completely!
He closed his eyes. Now, the fatal blow had finally come to him! Qin Suisui was truly his lucky star!
With a cold face, he ruthlessly removed Li Yaobao's hand from his lap, and simply said, "You reap what you sow!"
The matter involved two brigades, and no matter how angry the two brigade leaders were, they still wanted to handle it within their own brigades. After all, if two people in their brigades were to be caught having affairs and one to be attempted murderers, they would not be eligible for the advanced brigade award in the next few years!
But Qian Rencai was resolute and insisted on calling the police. He could let Li Chunmei off the hook for having an affair, but he knew that his health had been failing him all these years and that Li Chunmei had long since looked down on him, this "sickly man."
But he could not let the adulterous couple kill his daughter no matter what!
Seeing that the two captains still wanted to discuss it with him, he directly pulled Qian Mei to kneel down in front of Mai Dong. Mai Dong was a soldier, as the people in the two villages knew. He didn't know that Pei Jiuyan and Song Yunlai were wearing civilian clothes today; if he had known, he probably would have made all three of them kneel down.
"Please, sir, do justice for my daughter!"
"I ask for nothing else but justice for my daughter! Everyone here is our witness!"
Despite having weathered many storms, Mai Dong was still taken aback by Qian Rencai's sudden kneeling.
In this new society, there's no such thing as kneeling and scraping, especially since Qian Rencai is from his own village and they played together as children. He understood that Qian Rencai's kneeling was to prevent him from favoring Li Yaobao and trying to cover up the matter.
Since Li Yu's death and losing contact with Xie Ting, he has rarely returned to the village. Occasionally, he would come back to hear his mother complain about what Li Yaobao had done, but he had no interest in interfering. However, it was precisely because of his indulgence that Li Yaobao became emboldened, ultimately harming Xie Ting—it was his fault!
He was filled with boundless rage, but he showed no sign of it on the surface. He gave a bitter laugh and said to everyone present, "As you all know, I have been busy with official duties these past few years and have not been home often. If I hadn't heard from you all today, I would never have known that Li Yaobao had done so many bad things in my name. I have been raising a venomous snake without my knowledge! Today, in front of everyone, on behalf of my deceased wife Li Yu, I sever all ties with Li Yaobao and his family!"
He slapped himself, then bent down to help Qian Rencai up: "Ah Cai, get up quickly. Don't worry, this matter will be handled as it should be! I will personally go to the police station later. Besides these two matters, I will also ask the police to thoroughly investigate what Li Yaobao has done over the years! There will be no favoritism!"
His voice was firm and resonant, and it spoke volumes about his attitude.
Li Yaobao squatted on the ground and shouted, "Mai Dong, you ingrate! My sister died giving birth to your child, and now you want to sever ties with us? What right do you have to sever ties with us!"
Seeing that Mai Dong didn't move, a resolute glint flashed in Li Yaobao's eyes, and he suddenly burst into laughter: "Mai Dong, you think I don't know, that woman in the cowshed... ahhhhh!"
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