Li Jin lit his pipe and tapped it on the octagonal table. He first defined the nature of the matter: "Li Song and Shi Fengfeng broke up this afternoon due to relationship problems. When Li Song was discussing marriage with Chunhua tonight, Shi Longlong broke into a private residence in the middle of the night and injured Li Song without cause. Injuring someone without cause means he will be sent to the commune police station and will be sentenced to at least three to five years in prison."
First, Li Jin intimidated Shi Longlong, then softened his tone, "Of course, there were some misunderstandings after all, and our two families almost became in-laws. We wouldn't be so heartless as to ask you for a hundred or two hundred yuan in compensation for emotional distress first, and then send you to jail for three to five years."
"Squatting on the fence" is a local dialect term that means "going to jail."
After beating and slapping Shi Longlong, Li Jin felt a little relieved when he saw the dejected look on Shi Longlong's face.
Li Jin took another drag of his cigarette, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and looked sharply at the dejected Shi Longlong. "Although this matter is not pleasant to talk about, we are the victims. Today, I will not pursue the matter for the sake of our past relationship. I also hope that you can keep your mouth shut and pretend that this never happened. If I hear even a whisper of this outside, I will not hesitate to call the police."
Shi Longlong looked at Li Jin, who was almost going to become his father-in-law, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Regardless of the reason, he assaulted someone, and it was a government official. He was afraid of going to jail and also afraid of paying compensation. In this era, ordinary people still have a kind of inexplicable awe towards government officials.
"Shi Fengfeng, you are a smart girl. You know why this happened today. It's not an exaggeration to say that this matter was caused by you! In the future, you and Li Song will marry each other and have nothing to do with each other. You should know what to say when others ask about it in the future."
Li Jin's tone was stern, even somewhat disdainful; she was a woman who liked to fawn over the powerful and belittle the weak.
"No! Big brother..."
Shi Fengfeng slumped to the ground, unable to comprehend how things had escalated to this point.
The events of today kept flashing through her mind in a dizzying array. She had only entertained a fleeting thought; she hadn't actually done anything!
"Li Song, Brother Song, you're truly the only one in my heart! I haven't done anything to wrong you!"
Shi Fengfeng knew that as long as Li Song softened his heart, there was still a chance for their relationship to turn around. Without getting up, she climbed directly to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), grabbed Li Song, and tearfully explained.
"Li Song, you and Chunhua..."
Seeing Shi Fengfeng's pretty face with tears in her eyes, Li Jin was afraid that his younger brother would be overcome by lust again and agree to Shi Fengfeng's request, so he quickly reminded him.
"Brother, Chunhua and I are getting married. Let Mother find a good day for us, the sooner the better." Li Song's voice was weak and listless.
"At least you're not completely muddle-headed." Li Jin nodded with satisfaction.
"My son, how could you marry a widow!"
Hearing her two sons arrange Li Song's wife in just a few words and want the marriage to happen as soon as possible, Li Wanshi's eyes widened in shock. She cried out and quickly tried to stop them.
She was too shocked to notice the hateful look in Aunt Chunhua's eyes.
"Mother, don't say anymore, it's settled then."
Li Song closed his eyes, not wanting to see or hear anything.
Old Man Li, who hadn't said a word the whole time, finally spoke up, "Mother, let's listen to our eldest and third sons."
Seeing that his mother still wanted to say something, Li Jin quickly coughed a few times and gave her a stern look.
Li Wanshi was used to the admiring and dependent gazes of her son, but she had never been looked at with such a stern look. For a moment, her throat tightened, and a thousand words were stuck in her throat, unable to be uttered.
Seeing his mother's expression, Li Jin knew she was momentarily frightened, so he quickly and gently comforted Aunt Chunhua, "Chunhua, you've had a hard day too. Go home and get ready. We'll come to you tomorrow to discuss the wedding."
Before his mother could speak again, or even throw a tantrum, Li Jin quickly sent everyone out the door.
Li Xiangdong gave his father a thumbs up, surprised that his father could resolve the matter so quickly and efficiently.
Her father didn't leave Shi Fengfeng any room for maneuver just now, directly facilitating the marriage between Li Song and Chunhua. He probably also harbored the idea that he didn't want his daughter to marry Shi Longlong.
This father wasn't completely scumbag.
That's right. Both Li Xiangdong in his previous life and Li Xiangdong before this moment believed that his father was a scumbag father who was blindly filial, profit-driven, and disregarded his children.
The brother and sister Shi Longlong and Shi Fengfeng left Lijiapo in a daze. On their way home, Shi Longlong thought of his wife, who was like a cooked duck that had just been about to be eaten but had inexplicably flown away. He felt a surge of anger and turned around to slap his sister hard.
Shi Fengfeng was standing there blankly, as if in a dream, when suddenly a slap that whistled through the air landed on her face. She was instantly enraged and reached out to scratch Shi Longlong.
The two fought as they walked, and when they got home, Shi Longlong had several bloody marks on his face, and Shi Fengfeng's cheeks were swollen and her hair was disheveled. Both of them looked like they had been robbed by bandits.
Shi's mother hadn't slept all night, pacing anxiously around the room like a donkey pulling a millstone in a production team. When she saw her two children, who looked like they had been robbed, she was stunned and it took her a while to react, "What happened to you two?"
"It's all that little hussy's fault for being unfaithful! She was about to get married and she actually cheated on her with a stranger!"
Shi Longlong touched his face and cried out in pain. His face was already in bad shape, first it was covered in bruises from being beaten, and now it was covered in bloody scratches from Chunhua and his sister.
"My son, what happened? Didn't we agree at home that you and your siblings would go to Lijiapo to explain things properly and apologize? How did you end up with your face like this!" When Shi's mother saw the injury on her son's face, she rushed over with heartache, wanting to reach out and touch the wound, but she was afraid of hurting her son and dared not touch it.
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