Chapter 66 I really didn't mean to
"I, I, I really didn't mean to. I just acted impulsively. I really didn't do anything to her. I don't know how she died. It wasn't me, it wasn't me..."
"It wasn't you? If it wasn't you, why are you running away! What are you panicking for!" someone shouted!
“I, I…”
"Hurry up and tell me!"
Wang Chengshan broke down, clutching his head: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I was wrong. I just got lustful. I... I was just strolling around, but who knew she was all alone here, with no one else around. I'm so old and still don't have a wife, and she's so beautiful, I couldn't resist..."
"Couldn't hold back, huh? You 'couldn't hold back'? Are you even human?! Do you know what you're doing?!" Someone else couldn't hold back and kicked him. He ruined a perfectly good girl because of his lack of self-control. What kind of person is he?!
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I really didn't mean to. Yes, I didn't mean to kill her, she was struggling and trying to run away, I accidentally, I just accidentally..."
"You're really something! Just wait until you get shot!"
Wang Chengshan's eyes widened in horror: "No, no, I didn't mean to."
"Tie him up!" He's a complete coward!
Just for that one reason, lust at first sight, and he ended up killing her?
How did they end up with something like this?!
"Please let me go, please..." Unfortunately, no one was willing to listen to him anymore.
Lin Guangyi wiped his face and said to Lin Aisheng beside him, "Have you notified the police, as well as the team leader and secretary of Xiaowang Village?"
"I've notified them all," Lin Aisheng replied.
"How did we end up with something like this?!" Lin Guangyi wanted nothing more than to kick him to death!
Lin Aisheng remained silent.
"We're waiting for the police now, and then we'll go to the town to apologize." The incident happened on their side, and although it was people from Xiaowang Village who did the dirty work, their brigade leader and brigade secretary are also culpable.
Lin Aisheng looked at the girl on the ground who wasn't breathing, closed her eyes, and said, "We need to have a good lesson with the team and the educated youth."
They weren't unaware of the conflicts between the educated youth and the team members, but they turned a blind eye. No one expected that this apparent indifference would escalate into such a major incident. Although the conflicts between the educated youth and the team members weren't directly related to this matter, today's events served as a wake-up call for both of them, forcing them to take it seriously!
Moreover, if this had happened to any other commune member, Wang Chengshan wouldn't have dared to do it, even if he had the desire. Everyone in the surrounding area knows what kind of people he is, and they would have to think twice before causing trouble. But the fact that it happened to an educated youth makes it seem like he's being bullied.
It's good that nothing happened, but if something does happen...
"It's also my fault," Lin Aisheng said, blaming herself.
“I also bear responsibility.” Lin Guangyi took a deep breath.
The two waited silently for the police to arrive. As for Wang Chengshan, they didn't intend to interfere unless he was beaten to death. Such a beast was better off dead!
The brigade and brigade secretary of Xiaowang Village arrived quickly. After learning about the situation, their faces turned ashen. They showed no favoritism towards Wang Chengshan and even wished they could kill him with their own hands!
The police arrived quickly. The matter was clear: it was manslaughter and rape. Wang Chengshan's actions had determined that he was definitely not going to survive.
After the police took her away, Lin Guangsheng arranged for people to carry Li Xiu back and asked the people in the brigade to help her wash up and change into her best clothes.
Xiao Juying remained dazed; if someone hadn't been supporting her, she probably would have sat there motionless indefinitely.
Yang Jianbing was extremely irritable and wanted to do something, but he couldn't find a way to vent his anger. The other two educated youths were silent, very silent.
As the brigade leader and brigade secretary, the two made arrangements for Li Xiu's funeral and then went to the commune with the brigade leader and brigade secretary of Xiaowang Village. They then took the commune leaders and went to the town without stopping.
When the two returned, they both looked unwell. Soon, the loudspeaker in Xiaolin Village announced that everyone in the village, regardless of age or gender, should gather at the rice field!
Lin Guangyi and Lin Aisheng stood on the stage, looking down at the team members below.
Everyone had arrived; some were whispering, some were staring at them, and some were discussing angrily…
Lin Guangyi picked up the megaphone: "Quiet down, everyone."
The people below looked towards the stage.
"Just now, something horrifying happened in our team. Someone from another team came to our team and harmed our educated youth, even causing their deaths!"
“What did the educated youth come here for? They came voluntarily to build the countryside! But our team failed to protect her, and she suffered such harm! This is the fault of all our team members!”
“I know you had conflicts before, but from today onwards, the people of Xiaolin Village must treat the educated youth and the team members from our village equally. I don’t want to see anyone treating the educated youth with contempt anymore. Do you all understand?”
"I heard it."
"Now that we've heard it, we must do it! Don't let the higher-ups think we've mistreated our educated youth comrades, and don't let them feel disheartened here!"
...
Much of what he said afterward was simply to avoid conflict with the educated youth, to reiterate that everyone was part of the same family and should work together to build the countryside, and not to form any small collectives. It was the same thing he kept repeating over and over again. Lin Guangyi wanted to make sure everyone remembered that this kind of thing must never happen again!
That day, the entire Xiaolin Village was terrified. They hadn't had any trouble for many years, but unexpectedly, such a hateful thing had happened today.
"That Wang Chengshan deserves to die a thousand times over!" Yin Qing was furious when she got home.
Yin Qing, who was an educated youth, had met Li Xiu. She was such a wonderful girl, but now, her life had stopped at this moment, with no future.
Lin Guangsheng said coldly, "He won't survive."
"It's too good for him to die like this!"
"Go to sleep," Lin Guangsheng sighed.
"I can't sleep."
"Okay, I'll chat with you."
"What's there to talk about? I'm still angry."
"Um."
"I wonder if Little Peach Blossom was frightened today."
“I didn’t let her see it.”
"It's good that you didn't see it."
"Um."
"Guangsheng, I think we need to find some security for Xiaotaohua."
"Um?"
"For example, learning martial arts or something."
Lin Guangsheng thought about it carefully and realized that it was necessary to make arrangements, but they couldn't find Master Wu.
"We'll ask Master Li about this after the New Year and see if he has any suitable candidates." They didn't know any martial arts masters, but Tieguai Li should have connections, right?
"Yeah, it's such a pity about Li Xiu." Yin Qing still couldn't help but feel upset when she thought about Li Xiu. Such a nice kid, he was all smiles and greeting people the day before, and then he was gone the next day.
Therefore, girls still need to have the ability to protect themselves, otherwise they will not be able to escape even if they resist when they are pinned down.
Take Wang Chengshan for example. What is he? He's just a good-for-nothing, but the innate difference in physical strength still makes it impossible for Li Xiu to break free.
(End of this chapter)
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