However, the loud scream did not come from Xiao Leizi.
The deep, rough voice didn't sound like a woman's.
The dog in the yard was startled awake and started barking incessantly.
The dogs of other households in the village also started barking wildly.
Daxia and her younger brother Chuansheng, who lived in the next courtyard, were both woken up by the noise. Chuansheng cried with his eyes closed. Li Ying pulled out the light cord and sat up groggily. "What's wrong? What happened?!"
Hongshui sat up, put on his clothes, and pulled back the curtains to look out into the dark night.
Another scream rang out.
"Go out and see what's going on. Oh, and grab the knife."
Li Ying took out a long knife that had been hidden under the kang mat for many years and handed it to Hong Shui.
The neighbors also came out to check.
Inside the west room of the Yan family's house.
Chen Zaohua's clothes were disheveled, and she leaned tightly against the windowsill, trembling all over. However, she was holding a pair of scissors tightly in her hands, pointing them directly at the person who was screaming and rolling on the ground.
When Chen Zaohua's mother-in-law heard the first scream from the west room, her heart skipped a beat. She then cursed the shameless old man inwardly for making such a commotion...
But then another scream rang out, and she gradually realized that something was wrong.
She hurriedly got up, put on her clothes, and went to the west room to check.
Pulling the light cord by the door, the dim yellow light of the incandescent bulb immediately filled the entire room, and what came into view was splattered bright red blood.
There was also the husband, who was rolling on the ground in pain, covering his eyes, and the daughter-in-law, who was holding a weapon.
Bright red drops of blood fell from the dark blade of the scissors, landing on the blanket and forming a small blood flower.
Chen Zaohua's mother-in-law inexplicably felt a chill rise from the soles of her feet, as if she were frozen solid.
The wails continued to echo, but the gate was bolted and the neighbors couldn't open it. They had to have someone jump over the wall to open the gate from the inside.
A group of people carrying long knives, shovels, and sticks rushed in, but they never expected to see this horrifying scene.
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Yan Guohui lowered his head and smoked, feeling that he might have offended Tai Sui these days, otherwise why would one trouble after another happen!
Yan Guohui's mother sat cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed) and said to her son, "What 'offending Tai Sui'? Isn't it all the fault of Yan Huigang and his wife?"
Then she instructed her son, "My son, don't be so illogical. Don't think that just because we're related to them, you're biased. You're the village secretary, and you should be impartial. Today, you must handle this matter fairly and give Zaohua justice."
Yan Guohui was in a state of turmoil. The county had just been named a National Civilized County and was about to organize a selection of civilized villages for all the villages in the county. Their Quanshui Village was originally a strong contender, but who knew that a violent incident would suddenly occur where a father-in-law forced himself on his daughter-in-law, only to be killed by her in self-defense!
If this matter isn't covered up, it won't be long before the whole county is buzzing with the news.
After all, events that combine scandal, taboo, and violence are the kind of things that people love to talk about during their leisure time.
“Mother, this matter didn’t work out after all, and Yan Huigang was seriously injured. If we really call the police, Zaohua won’t have a good outcome either. Besides, we’re at the crucial stage of the selection process right now… Sigh, how foolish I was, how foolish I was!”
Seeing her son's troubled expression, Yan Guohui's mother sighed, "Go ask Zaohua what she thinks. We still have to listen to her."
After discussing it with his mother, Yan Guohui felt much more at ease.
Under the cover of night, he strode towards Li Ying's house with his wife.
Just now, Yan Huigang was rushed to the hospital, while Chen Zaohua and Xiao Leizi were picked up by Li Yinghong and taken home.
Looking at Chen Zaohua, whose bloodstains had been wiped clean, Yan Guohui sighed before even speaking, "Alas, alas, how could this have happened so suddenly!"
Chen Zaohua held her son tightly, silent and with a blank stare.
“Zao Hua’er, although I also share the surname Yan, I am also the village secretary, and I will never show favoritism to anyone. The deed has already been done, and we need you to come up with a plan for what to do next.”
As he spoke, he explained to her in detail the possible scenarios.
At this time, the concept of self-defense was not very clear, since Yan Huigang did not complete the rape of Chen Zaohua, but rather Chen Zaohua seriously injured Yan Guohui.
If Yan Guohui suddenly changes his mind and denies that he planned to have an affair with his daughter-in-law, there will be no concrete evidence to convict him.
"But you, Zao Hua'er, Guo Sheng just came back and said that Yan Huigang's left eyeball was too badly injured and has been removed. The scissor cut on his leg was also quite severe."
The jurisdiction of public prosecution cases is not so strict now, and many cases are left uninvestigated unless the public files a complaint.
Therefore, if no one from Chen Zaohua and Yan Huigang's family calls the police, this matter can be settled privately.
After Yan Guohui finished speaking, Chen Zaohua finally moved her eyes. In a hoarse voice, she said, word by word, "I—want—to—see—Li—Xiang—Dong."
Li Ying and Hong Shui exchanged a glance, wondering what this had to do with her younger brother.
However, this was a serious matter, so Hong Shui hurriedly rode his bicycle to find his brother-in-law, Li Xiangdong, and recounted the whole story on the way to Quanshui Village.
After saying that, she sighed, "If this gets out, how will Zaohua face people in the future?"
The night wind howled, and Li Xiangdong's face was so dark and cold that it seemed to blend into the darkness. "It's not her fault. What's wrong with Sister-in-law Zaohua?"
Hongshui was stumped by his brother-in-law's question. He thought for a moment, not knowing how to refute it, but he felt that something about what his brother-in-law said was not quite right.
Given Chen Zaohua's current situation, she urgently needs to find a reliable person to discuss things with, but she has no relatives or friends in Huichuan County. The only person she can turn to is Li Xiangdong, who selflessly helped her in the past.
Seeing this tall, upright young man walk in, she felt as if she had found a lifeline. "Brother Xiangdong, I want a divorce. Can you help me?"
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Because of Li Xiangdong's strong intervention, the Yan family, who originally wanted to accuse Chen Zaohua of seducing her father-in-law, obediently put their fingerprints on the settlement agreement.
Chen Zaohua and Yan Guodong got a divorce certificate and moved to Grandma Jiang's house with Xiao Leizi.
With the protection of Old Mrs. Jiang and the extra warnings Yan Guohui gave to Yan Huigang's family, Chen Zaohua and her son were able to get by.
Li Xiangdong's discovery that Chen Zaohua knew how to grow clivia was a complete accident.
Because he accidentally saw that the yellow sage plant he had given to his master had actually bloomed!
That clivia had large flowers and glossy leaves, completely different from the clivias in my house that were dying!
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