"Ahem, yes, that's true, but I've been so busy lately that I haven't had a chance to tell Teacher Ran yet. Also,"
I didn't know Teacher Ran was coming back to our department tonight; it has nothing to do with me.
When Yan Bugui saw Sha Zhu asking him, he hurriedly clarified that this matter had nothing to do with him.
Yan Bugui didn't dare to look Ran Qiuye in the eye. He sighed, "Why did I have to be so greedy for that little bit of money? What will I do if the other people in the school find out?"
"Pah, Yan Laoxi, you're talking nonsense! You clearly told me that you already said it, but Teacher Ran just hasn't had time,"
Sha Zhu was getting anxious too; why was Yan Bugui saying something different from before?
"No, no, I didn't do that. How could I do such a thing?" Yan Bugui hurriedly denied.
He really hasn't told anyone yet. He was just lying to Shazhu before. He never expected the two of them to meet.
"Teacher Ran, hurry up and tell us! Weren't we having a great chat just now?" Sha Zhu looked at Ran Qiuye with some dissatisfaction.
"You're talking nonsense! I only told you that you're a kind person, and I didn't say anything else." Ran Qiuye was anxious and tried hard to prove herself.
Upon seeing this, Ma Hua suddenly recalled an incident from later generations where a little girl was stopped and searched by security guards while shopping at a supermarket.
Ran Qiuye is now in the process of proving her innocence. How can you possibly prove this? What if someone says you ate two bowls of noodles? There's no solution. The person who wronged you will always know better than you how wronged you are.
But Sha Zhu wasn't wronging anyone; he genuinely had a rather peculiar thought process. He truly believed that Teacher Ran had taken a liking to him and was determined to marry no one but her.
Thinking of this, Ma Hua suddenly said, "Teacher Ran, stop talking. Sha Zhu has been single for so many years and is almost going crazy with longing for a wife. What you say won't make a difference."
Even a female dog passing by would be considered a wife by Sha Zhu. Didn't you just meet him at the Jia family's house? Let Jia Ren recount what happened.
"Let the Jia family members speak separately. If their accounts differ, then someone is lying. Lying in front of the police is perjury, and that will get you locked up."
Upon hearing Ma Hua's words, Qin Huairu was instantly at a loss. She really didn't want to go in. She decided to just tell the truth, and that Zhu Zi would understand.
"Damn it, we didn't do anything! This idiot Zhu just insisted on coming to my house saying he'd help Bang Geng pay his tuition!"
Then Teacher Ran did say something to Sha Zhu.
Then they gave me a receipt and left. I, this old woman, really have no idea what happened between them.
"Officer, you must investigate this thoroughly; you can't wrongly accuse us!"
Jia Zhangshi cried and wailed, saying that she didn't want to be locked up. It was the New Year, and she wanted to stay home and eat meat to her heart's content.
Things have come to this point, and everyone understands what happened.
"That damn idiot Zhu, I knew it! How could Teacher Ran, such a good person, possibly fall for an idiot like Zhu?"
"Yeah, I think so too. Who would want to date a dung-scooping idiot like Sha Zhu?"
"Hehe, you guys just say it. Just wait and see. After what happened with Sha Zhu, will that woman still dare to come to our courtyard alone?"
When MCA saw that everyone was still gossiping, he immediately chuckled.
As soon as Ma Hua said that, everyone immediately realized what he meant. Yes,
Teacher Ran was practically forced into a relationship by them when she came to collect tuition fees. How will her own child ever go on blind dates again?
Their own department's reputation is absolutely terrible.
"Director Zhang, you have to do something about them. We can't let these bad kids live in our courtyard."
"That's right, call the director of the neighborhood committee right now, we have to kick Sha Zhu and his gang out!"
"Yes, we must get them out!"
"He's the most troublesome person in our department. If he weren't here, the award for outstanding employee next year would definitely go to our department."
The crowd was filled with righteous indignation. They had initially been bystanders, but now they realized that their "melon" (the badger) was being watched by the hunter, and had become the "melon" in their hands. They immediately protested.
Now they're embarrassed to say they're from this courtyard house when they go out. With what happened to Sha Zhu, won't the courtyard house's reputation be even worse?
Seeing the commotion, Director Zhang felt a headache coming on; he didn't really know what to say. "Ahem, gentlemen," he said, "this housing negotiation is under the jurisdiction of your steel mill and the street office."
"This has nothing to do with our police station. What we need to handle right now is the matter of Sha Zhu beating Xu Damao."
"Director Zhang, look, they're just joking around. A few words of verbal reprimand will suffice. Do you think that's alright?"
The old lady panicked when she saw Director Zhang's serious expression; she couldn't afford to lose Sha Zhu now.
Sha Zhu is her biggest trump card right now.
"Xu Damao, can you forgive Shazhu? We'll pay for the medical expenses." These days, fights are common in courtyard houses.
The old lady had seen it all; she knew perfectly well that as long as the person who was beaten forgave her, the police wouldn't get involved.
"Ouch, my arm hurts, my thigh hurts! Grandma, it's not that I don't want to forgive Sha Zhu, but..."
"I feel really uncomfortable all over." Xu Damao's eyes darted around, and his hands unconsciously started rubbing together.
This obviously costs money.
"No matter why Zhu Zi hit you, he was still in the wrong. I think we should do this: I'll compensate you with ten yuan."
"What do you think?" The old lady was furious. "You little rascal, you're trying to extort money from me?"
"Ouch, my head hurts," Xu Damao said, grimacing when he heard "ten yuan." He thought, "Trying to fob me off like this? I can extort thousands from the Lou family."
"Twenty," the old lady said coldly.
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