Chapter 67 Proving Your Innocence
Chen Wenjun took the initiative to give her three yuan, "I know Aqiang is not a good person. If you really have no other choice, you wouldn't come to me. It's just that I just used the money this morning to buy a bunch of materials. This is the only spare money I have."
Zhou Meili held the money in her hand, tears falling from her eyes. She forced a smile and mustered up the courage to speak, "I came here today and found that no one was at your house. There was blood on the fishing boat, and I was worried that something had happened to you."
"Hey! It's okay! There was just a thief on the boat. It happened once before. My house was turned upside down. Later we put some traps inside. We were robbed again yesterday, but the damn thief didn't get away with it. These bloodstains should be from the thief. It will be fine if we just brush it off when it rains in a few days."
Chen Wenjun spoke casually, but Zhou Meili's mind exploded.
She didn't even know how she got home. It was late at night and there was still no sign of Zheng Aqiang. She had no way to vent the resentment and desolation in her heart, so she could only cry secretly. The more she cried, the sadder she became, from the initial sobbing to the final wailing.
The noise was so loud that all the surrounding fishing boats heard it, but no one came out to take a look.
Zheng Aqiang was out for two days. When he returned home with a gloomy face, he found that Zhou Meili was not there. He was so angry that he cursed and went to ask the nearby boat people for information.
Everyone shook their heads in response.
Zheng Aqiang thought Zhou Meili had gone back to her parents' home, so he didn't care. His mind was full of thoughts about losing money. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He kicked his legs and overturned the small table.
After the fight, he was hungry. He searched the house but couldn't find anything to eat. He thought of Chen Wenjun again, and his eyes suddenly became fierce. "You bastard, you dare to plot against me! Let me kill you!"
He remembered seeing a little girl at Chen Wenjun's house that day. She should be a healthy child and could be sold for a lot of money, but he had to go eat something first and then come back to snatch the girl away.
Zheng Aqiang made up his mind, smiled evilly, and left home again.
It was late at night and even the city was quiet, with only street lights on both sides of the road. He walked into a nearby village as if he knew the route well, and was discovered just as he was about to take action.
"Who is it? Someone, catch the thief!"
This shout frightened Zheng Aqiang so much that he panicked and used all his strength to escape from the village. Just as he successfully escaped, he felt itchy again and wanted to try again.
It took Chen Wenjun almost five days to complete the cement slab on the second floor.
Once the cement slab is poured, it will take about another three days before we can continue laying the brick walls.
Lin Yi looked at the house in front of him and smiled, "Great! This house can finally be lived in. I don't have to live in a plastic shed every day!"
Although plastic sheds can shelter from wind and rain, they are not proper roofs after all. If a typhoon hits, it would be fatal.
Now that the first floor is ready, they can live however they want without worrying about wind or rain.
Chen Wenjun was also excited. He paid the workers' wages and gave each of Zhang Yongquan and the others a bag of fish and snails.
Just sent them to the edge of Nanxi.
A group of people came towards Chen Wenjun's fishing boat with sticks in their hands.
Without saying a word, they rushed up and surrounded Chen Wenjun.
"What are you doing?" Chen Wenjun looked at the people in front of him in panic, making sure that he had never provoked these thugs. Could it be that they were targeting him because he was selling fish?
Just when Chen Wenjun was puzzled, Gao Lei's younger brother hit Chen Wenjun with a stick without saying anything and cursed, "It is only natural to pay back debts, and you are still playing dumb with us!"
Chen Wenjun was in pain, his eyes were red with anger, "I didn't borrow money from you, why should I pay you back?"
Gao Lei showed a wicked smile and squatted down. "Zheng Aqiang said that you owed him one thousand yuan and he owed us five hundred yuan. Now he can't pay, so we will collect the debt for him! Hurry up and pay the money, and you can suffer less. Otherwise, my brothers will hit you hard, and it will be no fun then."
Chen Wenjun was so angry that his veins popped out, and he yelled with all his strength, "I don't owe him money, he owes me money!"
Gao Lei's face darkened, and he took out a piece of paper from his younger brother, "Look carefully, this is your IOU!"
Chen Wenjun sat up and took a closer look. He felt as if his breath was stuck in his chest, unable to move up or down. "He fooled you. I can't read. I can't even write my name properly. I just started to recognize my own name recently. This is not my handwriting. I can't recognize it."
"It's not your handwriting?" Gao Lei's eyes widened in anger, but he didn't believe Chen Wenjun immediately.
He stood up and kicked the younger brother beside him, "Why don't you get off and get me some paper and pen!"
At this time, Gao Lei was on the verge of going berserk, and his younger brothers were all silent as a cicada, not daring to breathe.
The paper and pen were a little slow to come, and the younger brother got kicked in the butt again. He looked aggrieved, "Brother, I have tried very hard. There is not even a small store nearby. If I hadn't robbed the child's schoolbag, I would not have found paper and pen."
Gao Lei: “.”
"Who told you to snatch the child? You bastard!" Gao Lei cursed, and a few more big guys started fighting.
I didn't dare to resist even when I was beaten.
When the paper and pen were placed in front of Chen Wenjun, Gao Lei took the IOU and said condescendingly, "Write! Write your name!"
Chen Wenjun shivered for a moment, but still picked up the pen and wrote his name stroke by stroke.
A group of thugs gathered in a circle, watching Chen Wenjun write while comparing it with the signature on the IOU.
By the time Chen Wenjun finished writing, Gao Lei's face had completely turned black.
The younger brother said weakly, "Big big brother, this handwriting really doesn't look like it! You've been fooled by Zheng Aqiang."
Gao Lei was very concerned about his reputation. He was so angry that he jumped up and down, and screamed to the sky, "Zheng Aqiang, you are dead!"
A group of people got off the boat aggressively. Chen Wenjun was breathing heavily after surviving the disaster. Seeing that they were almost gone, he also ran off the boat and chased after them, "Wait a minute."
Gao Lei and his group stopped and looked at Chen Wenjun strangely with frowns on their faces, "What are you doing?"
Chen Wenjun swallowed hard and said boldly, "Are you going to find Zheng Aqiang to settle the score? Can you take me with you? I want to ask him why he hurt me so much!"
Gao Lei changed his mind and agreed.
He also wanted to know whether the IOU was real or not, if it was really Zheng Aqiang who was fooling him.
At the same time, Zheng Aqiang was also anxiously waiting for Gao Lei's news. In his opinion, Chen Wenjun was timid and Gao Lei had a bad temper. As long as Gao Lei took action and made a few threats, Chen Wenjun would take out some money to pay back even if he did not have that much money.
Later, even when Chen Wenjun called the police, he was not afraid. After all, he was a bachelor. At most, he would be arrested and imprisoned for a few years. As long as he had food and drink, he would not die. He decided to avoid this disaster first.
Just as he was comforting himself, Gao Lei came back.
Zheng Aqiang stood up suddenly, and just as he was about to speak, he found that Chen Wenjun had also come. His legs went weak and he knelt down.
(End of this chapter)
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