Chen Xin hugged her and cried for a long time. She was really scared. She was sold to someone else by her own relatives and locked up just for such a small amount of betrothal gift. She was sad and scared.
If she hadn't been smart and blocked the door early, it would be useless even if Xia Jin came now. Moreover, she might have been taken to the man's house and would no longer be here.
At that time, even if Xia Jin came, she wouldn't be able to find her, and would be blamed for looking for trouble. Seeing her coming, she felt relieved. Fortunately...
After she finished crying, she came out of Xia Jin's arms, took out a tissue from her pocket and handed it to him, asking her to wipe the tears from her face.
Then he looked her up and down to see if there were any wounds on her body. After looking, Xia Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Her clothes were just a little dirty and messy, and there was nothing else wrong with her.
After looking her over, she helped her walk out, saying as she walked, "It's okay, it's okay, let's go home first and talk about it when we get home."
"Yeah, you didn't tell my parents, did you? I didn't want them to worry."
"No, I'm not sure if you're really in trouble. How can I tell them? Even if I tell them, I'm an outsider, and they won't believe me no matter what. You tell me, right? So I came to take a look first."
"If nothing happens, that would be great. If there is something wrong, I will take you back first and we can talk about other things later."
"But what are you going to do after that? How are you going to tell them about this, especially your mother."
Chen Xin sighed and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, but I think my mother won't say anything. No matter what my father does, she will always stand by me."
"After all, my grandmother favored boys over girls and wasn't very kind to my mother. If she hadn't found a good partner for herself, she might have been sold to someone else in exchange for a betrothal gift."
"Anyway, I won't let this matter go like this. If it weren't for you, I might have ended up here for the rest of my life."
Xia Jin comforted her and said, "Okay, let's go back and talk slowly."
As they reached the door and were about to go out, they were stopped by someone. Xia Jin raised his head and looked outside. There were more than ten people standing outside, each holding a shovel or something in their hands.
Grandma Chen stood behind them, looking at them with a smug look on her face, as if to say, "You know, so what? But you still can't leave our village, right?"
Anyway, no matter how powerful you are, in the end Chen Xin will still have to stay here and be obedient and marry someone else.
Seeing these people's aggressive expressions, Xie Fanghua said angrily: "What are you doing? Are you going to fight?"
"Do you know what their family has done? You come here to help them like this. Do you know that this is illegal?"
The leader, probably the village chief, looked at them with disdain when he heard them say this and said, "What law are you breaking? This is our village, and we have the final say."
"Besides, even if it's illegal, you still need evidence. Ask the people here if anyone saw us hitting you with something."
Hearing this, Xie Fanghua was a little bit unconvinced. He had never thought that in this day and age, there were still such villagers. It seemed that the saying that unruly people are born in remote and impoverished areas was really true.
It seems that what the village chief says is the law. No matter what mistakes people in their village make, they will not call the police. They will only be punished according to the rules of their village. It is too serious for a village to report the crime together.
"And isn't it illegal for you to break into someone else's house and snatch someone away like this? I just heard what happened before from the Chen family. What's wrong with them finding a husband for their granddaughter?"
Xia Jin, who was supporting Chen Xin, smiled and said, "Uncle, what era are you living in now? Do you know? People out there value free love and free marriage. What you're doing now is illegal."
"After all, you tricked her into coming here. Even though she didn't want to, you forced her to stay imprisoned. If we hadn't arrived early today, who knows what would have happened."
"Do you still think this is the old days, when you were the landlord in the village and your word was law?"
"People like you should be arrested and taught a lesson. Why do you seem to be enjoying being the boss? If that's the case, you should be considered a small organization."
"It's still an organization that's harmful to society. People like you should be arrested and taught a lesson."
A young man behind the village chief stood up and pointed at Xia Jin, saying, "How can you talk like that, little girl? Keep your mouth shut. You are on our territory now, so you must listen to us. Follow our rules, or we'll keep you here."
Xia Jinjin supported Chen Xin while leaning against Gu Jingmo, pretending to be scared and said, "Oh my, brother, I'm so scared. You have to protect me well."
Although he said this, the expression on his face was different. He looked provocative, as if saying, "If you have the guts, come and try it."
Seeing her like this, the angry man wanted to come up and hit her but was stopped by the village chief.
The village chief looked at them going down the well and said fiercely: "Little girl, there are some things you can do and some things you can't do. You should know that."
"So now I advise you to leave your people with us and leave this place immediately, otherwise you will be in trouble."
Seeing these people's stubbornness, Xie Fanghua pulled out a gun from his pocket, fired a shot into the air, and said, "If I hadn't come out to see this, I wouldn't have known there was such a place. I want to see what you can do to us."
When the people around saw that they had guns, they were scared and retreated in a hurry. It was either you stepped on me or I stepped on you. The whole scene was in chaos.
The village chief cursed softly at the sight of this: "Damn it, who on earth did the Chen family offend? How come they even have guns? The whole village is going to be implicated by them."
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