The old village chief was also exhausted from the beating. He was panting heavily when he put down his sleeves and turned to look at Zhang Cheng, who had remained silent the whole time.
"Ergou, what do you think we should do about this?"
Zhang Cheng exhaled a breath of stale air, leaned on his cane, and walked step by step toward Li Dali with Shi Yangyang's support.
He looked down at the people on the ground, his voice eerily calm.
"How did they make those 'plum blossom' footprints behind my house last night?"
Li Dali kept his eyes closed, only groaning, and completely ignored him.
Zhang Cheng's eyes turned cold, and he suddenly raised his cane, using the hard tip to stab Li Dali hard in the groin!
"ah--!!!"
Li Dali let out a piercing scream, sprang up abruptly, and cursed as his face contorted in pain:
"Zhang Ergou, you fucking insane! How could you be so ruthless! I'll fight you to the death!"
As he spoke, he lunged at Zhang Cheng like a mad tiger.
Zhang Guangtian and the others were shocked and quickly stepped forward to subdue him.
But a beautiful figure was faster than them!
Shi Yangyang, who had been supporting Zhang Cheng, suddenly took a step forward and delivered a clean and decisive side kick!
It hit Li Dali right in the face!
"Bang!"
Blood and teeth flew everywhere!
Li Dali screamed and fell backward, completely still.
The entire room fell silent.
Everyone stared at Shi Yangyang in astonishment, completely unable to believe that the usually gentle and weak Liu Zhiqing had such a terrifying side.
Zhang Cheng was also stunned. He turned his head and looked at his wife, who was panicking and at a loss.
Shi Yangyang lowered her head under his gaze and said softly, her voice trembling with tears, "I...I didn't mean to..."
"Hahaha!"
Zhang Cheng suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with joy and pride.
He pulled his wife into his arms and loudly announced it to all the villagers.
"You all saw it, didn't you! Who said my wife didn't do it on purpose? She did it on purpose!"
"My wife kicked that bastard to protect me!"
"Good kick!"
"Well done, Liu Zhiqing!"
The villagers erupted in enthusiastic cheers.
Li Dali covered his bloodied and mangled face, writhing in agony on the ground.
"Hirota, Keiko, hold him down!"
Zhang Cheng's voice was devoid of any laughter, only chilling coldness remained.
"good!"
The two men stepped forward and held Li Dali down tightly, like controlling livestock.
"Li Dali, it's still the same question."
Zhang Cheng spoke coldly.
“Say it, and I’ll let you leave with dignity.”
"If you don't tell, you won't be leaving tonight!"
"I'll talk! I'll talk!" Li Dali completely broke down, his eyes filled with terror, and he confessed everything in a trembling voice.
“The footprints… were carved from wood used for walking in the mountains… He used to learn stilt walking from the old folks… He walked behind your house on stilts… He also had two longer stilts in his hands, which he used to make handprints…”
"He originally intended to carve weasel footprints, but his skills were so poor that it ended up looking like this..."
I see!
Everyone suddenly realized.
"Ergouzi...Brother Cheng! I surrender, I really surrender! Please spare me!" Li Dali cried and begged for mercy.
“We were forced into this situation! We didn’t get any land when the township allocated it, and we’re bullied every day in Huangdian Village. We couldn’t survive there, so we thought we’d come and scare you. We didn’t mean to kill you!”
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