This time, Xu Kuo was truly enraged. Even a clay figure has some temper, let alone him! These two women were simply taking advantage of his kindness and refusing to listen to reason!
His chest heaved violently, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he abruptly turned to look at Ren Hongmei, who had been standing helplessly to the side, her face full of anxiety.
"Mother! Look closely! This is your good daughter-in-law! This is your eldest and second brother's family! They're unreasonable, throwing tantrums, and now they even dare to smash things! Are you still going to protect these 'relatives'?!"
Ren Hongmei felt helpless, knowing that they had brought all these things upon themselves.
So Ren Hongmei waved her hand, letting Xu Kuo handle it himself.
Xu Kuo stopped looking at her and directly ordered Jiang Xiuying beside him, "Xiuying, go! Go and call the security team! Tell them that some people have broken into a private residence, caused a disturbance, and smashed property! Let them handle it!"
Jiang Xiuying glanced at Xu Kuo's resolute profile, then at Liu Xueli, who was throwing a tantrum on the ground, and Zhang Cuifen, whose face had turned pale with fright. After hesitating for a moment, she still whispered her advice.
"We're all family, so... how about we just let it go? Just kick them out and call the security team. Making a scene won't be good for anyone..."
"A family?" Xu Kuo's voice was icy. "I, Xu Kuo, cannot afford to have family members who only hold me back, cause trouble, and come looking for problems! I said, go and call for help!"
Jiang Xiuying saw the unprecedented determination in her husband's eyes and knew he was truly angry; further persuasion would be futile.
She sighed, said no more, turned and quickly walked out of the courtyard gate.
"Sister-in-law! She...she really went! Let's go!" Zhang Cuifen was terrified when she saw that Jiang Xiuying had really gone to find someone, and she grabbed Liu Xueli and tried to run away.
"Why are you running away! What are you afraid of!"
Liu Xueli grabbed Zhang Cuifen tightly, her neck stiff, and shouted fiercely but weakly, "I don't believe they dare to arrest us! Just wait! When the security team comes, we'll let them judge! Let the whole village see whether Xu Kuo is heartless or we've been wronged!"
She was actually a little apprehensive, but now that things had come to this, she was in a bind and had no choice but to persevere.
She refused to believe that the security team could actually arrest a daughter-in-law who was visiting her mother-in-law!
Not long after, a series of hurried and powerful footsteps came from outside the courtyard gate.
Soon, several uniformed security guards followed Jiang Xiuying in, their expressions serious.
Xu Kuo stepped forward, pointed at Liu Xueli and Zhang Cuifen, and spoke succinctly.
"Comrades, thank you for making this trip. These two people broke into my house without permission, causing a disturbance, and just now they deliberately overturned the table and broke things. Please ask them to leave."
The lead security guard glanced at the mess on the ground, then at Liu Xueli, whose face was full of anger, and Zhang Cuifen, who was trembling with fear. He frowned and shouted sternly, "You two, what's going on? Get out of here right now! Do you hear me?!"
"Why should we!" Liu Xueli shouted, her voice rising even louder as she saw the security team arrive, as if she had found a talisman. "This is my mother-in-law's house! It's only natural for me to come and see my mother! It was Xu Kuo who wouldn't let us in and even insulted us! If you're going to arrest anyone, arrest him!"
The security guards were clearly not there to listen to her rambling on about trivial matters. Seeing her arguing and being unreasonable, their patience wore thin: "Stop talking nonsense! We received a report that you're causing trouble here. You're ordered to leave immediately! Come with us!"
As he spoke, one of the team members stepped forward and reached out to grab Liu Xueli's arm.
"I'm not leaving! What right do you have to arrest me!" Liu Xueli screamed, backing away and grabbing tightly onto the leg of a nearby table. "This is my home!"
Xu Kuo sneered at her comical clinging to the table leg: "Ha, it's just a broken table. It's bad luck that someone like you has hugged it! I don't want it anymore! Comrades, if you can't move her, just drag her and the table out and throw them away!"
"Xu Kuo! You bastard! You're not human! You're heartless! You'll die a horrible death!"
Liu Xueli was trembling with rage, cursing and spewing out all sorts of vicious curses like they were free. "I'm telling you, this isn't over! You just wait! I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"
The security guards didn't care about any of that. Seeing her resisting, the two men exchanged a glance, increased their strength, and were about to forcibly drag her out, table leg and all.
Just then, Xu Kuo suddenly spoke up: "Wait!"
The guards paused, looking at Xu Kuo with a puzzled expression.
Everyone watching the play in the courtyard was stunned, including Liu Xueli, who was struggling.
Liu Xueli thought that Xu Kuo was ultimately afraid of making things worse and being retaliated against, and she immediately felt smug, revealing an arrogant expression of a victor on her face.
She stopped struggling, panting heavily, and glanced sideways at Xu Kuo, coldly snorting, "What? Scared? Know you were wrong? Hmph! Now you know you regret it? Too late! Let me tell you, you can let me go! Immediately send your men to release Jianguo and Jianjun! Apologize to us sisters, and give us... give us three hundred yuan! Compensate us for our emotional distress! Otherwise, this isn't over!"
She made an outrageous demand, thinking she had Xu Kuo's weakness in her grasp.
However, Xu Kuo's next words plunged her into an icy abyss.
Xu Kuo didn't even look at her; instead, he turned to the two guards, his face questioning, and asked curiously.
"Comrade, I have a question. In cases like theirs, where they trespass on private property, incite disturbances, cause trouble, vandalize property, and openly insult others, according to our local public security regulations, could they... also be locked up for a few days of education?"
What? !
Liu Xueli's smug expression froze instantly, turning into utter shock and disbelief!
She never imagined that Xu Kuo's call to stop them wasn't to let them go, but rather... to imprison them as well?!
"No! You...you dare!" Liu Xueli's voice was shrill and filled with fear, her previous arrogance completely gone.
"Xu Kuo! You heartless bastard! You're insane! You're not human! I'm your sister-in-law! How could you do this to me! Let me go! I won't go! Help! Murder! The guards are arresting people! There's no justice—!"
The leading security guard looked troubled, his brows furrowed in worry.
He glanced at Xu Kuo, then at Liu Xueli, who was rolling around on the ground in a fit of rage but was now frozen in fear, and spoke with some hesitation.
"Comrade, well... according to our commune's public security regulations, for behavior like theirs, the main punishment is criticism and education, or a few days of mandatory labor. Locking them up directly... I'm afraid the reasons aren't sufficient."
After all, it was a domestic dispute. Although it turned ugly, classifying it as a crime that requires imprisonment is indeed a stretch, unless there is a more serious reason.
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