Lu Dahai rushed over and looked Chen Feng up and down when he saw him.
"What happened? You've been beaten like this? Are you alright?" Lu Dahai asked, staring wide-eyed at the mess in the yard.
"It's nothing, I smashed them all, what could possibly happen to me?" Chen Feng said nonchalantly.
In fact, he had already considered the consequences the moment he struck. Despite the heavy blow of the shovel, he was actually aiming for Old Wang's wife's buttocks.
Even if these people can't hold him back or hurt him badly, he'll just be in pain for a few days.
If we don't turn Old Wang's family upside down this time, Old Wang's wife will definitely continue to spread rumors about us behind our backs.
He must maintain his "good-for-nothing" persona to avoid a lot of trouble.
Moreover, Chen Feng was genuinely angry, and he really enjoyed smoking.
He knew that even if the police came, he would only have to stay in jail for a few days and pay some medical expenses and glass damages, which wouldn't be a big deal.
So he wasn't afraid, but the village chief's attitude left him somewhat uncertain.
If he really wanted to help himself, he could have simply called the police and told them not to come, since they hadn't arrived yet; the village chief could handle things in the village.
But he didn't say that, yet he acted very angry.
If he doesn't want to get involved, he can simply pretend to be dead and not come, and pretend he doesn't know anything.
Chen Feng crossed his arms, his mind filled with thoughts, and decided to wait and see what happened.
"Old Lu, go get me a bag of bread, I'm hungry," Chen Feng said, turning to Lu Dahai.
The villagers nearby were astonished upon hearing this. "Goodness, the police are coming, aren't you afraid at all? You've got some nerve!"
Moreover, after slapping Old Wang's wife for half a day, her face was swollen but she didn't complain of being hungry, yet you're hungry.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all that fighting and working, even a pig would be hungry by now.
"What's wrong? Tired from breaking the glass?" Lu Dahai chuckled.
"Nonsense, a bunch of people were holding me back. Do you think that glass is so easy to break? It's just that Old Wang's wife is lucky. I couldn't reach her. If I could, I would have torn her mouth apart and made her talk about me behind my back every day. Damn it."
As Chen Feng spoke, he looked around with a fierce expression.
The women who had been with Old Wang's wife earlier all lowered their heads when they saw Chen Feng looking over, not daring to meet his gaze. Some were even so frightened that they went home, fearing that Chen Feng would come after them.
"Okay, wait for me to get you some bread." Lu Dahai ran home and returned a few minutes later with a bag of bread and a bag of milk.
"Here you go, eat up. I heard they don't provide meals in the cell."
Lu Dahai thought he was afraid there would be nothing to eat inside, so he took out two sausages from his pocket and whispered to Chen Feng.
"Get lost, what are you talking about?"
Chen Feng rolled his eyes at him, took the food, sat on the tractor in Old Wang's yard, and started eating.
When Chen Feng was halfway through his meal, the police arrived in a patrol car and, guided by the villagers, came to Old Wang's courtyard.
When Old Wang's wife saw the police arrive, she became agitated. Just as she was about to shout for help and complain to the police, Old Wang pulled her aside and gave her a look.
Seeing this, Old Wang's wife glanced at the village chief and also quieted down.
"Who called the police?" Two police officers came down and walked into the yard to ask.
"I signed up," Old Wang said, raising his hand.
"What's wrong? What's going on?" the police officer asked, looking at the scene in the yard.
Old Wang first glanced at the village chief, and only after seeing that he didn't react did he organize his thoughts and begin to speak.
The police quickly understood what was going on.
"Who hit your wife? Where is she?" the police officer asked.
"Here it is," Chen Feng said, jumping off the tractor with a sausage in his left hand and a milk in his right.
The police officer looked Chen Feng up and down, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.
In all my years of police work, I've never seen such a calm suspect.
You're getting food and drink, so what, you've done something good?
"Do you agree with what he said?" the police officer asked.
"I mostly agree, but he provoked me first and insulted me first. I only attacked him in a fit of passion," Chen Feng replied.
"So you know about crimes of passion? You know a thing or two about the law?" the policeman said, raising an eyebrow slightly.
"It's alright, I learned a little bit when I was in college," Chen Feng said with a smile.
"You went to university?" the police officer asked upon hearing this.
In this village, many people Chen Feng's age drop out of junior high school, so college students are quite a rare sight.
"I went to a regular key university, nothing special," Chen Feng waved his hand and said.
Upon hearing this, the police officer scrutinized Chen Feng from head to toe again. A top-tier university is no ordinary institution; it's not as easy to get into as Chen Feng claimed.
This person is indeed quite talented.
"You know the law, yet you still resort to violence? You think it's not illegal for a college student to hit someone?" the police officer lectured.
"No, it's just that her insults were too awful. She spreads rumors about me every day. You know how gossipy women are in the village," Chen Feng explained.
"I didn't, you!"
Old Wang's wife wanted to deny it when she heard this, but the village chief glared at her and shouted, "Shut up!"
This immediately made Old Wang's wife swallow her next words and not say them.
The county police are very familiar with the situation in the village. Sometimes they can get reports of which family's women got into a fight.
The reasons are all very simple; they all stem from that lousy mouth.
"Officer, how should a case like Chen Feng's be handled normally?" the village chief asked as he stepped forward.
The policeman recognized Ma Liang, the village chief, and after thinking for a moment, he said.
"We will try to reach a settlement if possible; if we cannot, this young comrade will inevitably have to come with us."
"If the injury isn't serious, they'll have to pay for medical expenses and be locked up for a few days as punishment."
"If it's serious, you'll have to go to the hospital and get a medical assessment of the injury."
The police are giving conflicting advice; it could be a big deal or a small deal, you decide.
"Why close it? It's just some minor squabbles among the villagers, a few things got smashed."
"Okay, officers, you can get in the car first. I'll try to mediate," Ma Liang suggested.
"Okay, then you can mediate first, and call us when you're done." The police officer didn't say anything more and went back to his car.
After the police left, the village chief called Chen Feng and Old Wang's family together.
"First of all, it was definitely wrong of Chen Feng to hit someone, especially since he hit Old Wang's wife so badly that her face was swollen. Are you going to pay for her medical expenses?" the village chief said to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng didn't speak, but nodded.
"Then there's the cost of the glass. I just checked, and four pieces of glass only cost two hundred yuan."
"Your face, just put some ointment on it, it'll be fine in a few days, it's nothing serious."
"How about three hundred yuan in total? Do you agree?" The village chief looked at Old Wang's wife.
"Only three hundred? I got beaten up like this and only got three hundred?" Old Wang's wife immediately objected.
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