Yan Bugui was genuinely angered, and at the same time, he took this opportunity to shut up Yi Zhonghai.
After all, Jia Dongxu was fined three months' salary and demoted, so the Jia family must be having a hard time. Who knows when Yi Zhonghai might organize a grain donation drive.
Yi Zhonghai also did not expect that Jia Zhangshi would be so bold as to not only snatch the evidence in front of so many people, but also tear it up directly.
Faced with Yan Bugui's words, Yi Zhonghai was at a loss for words.
However, based on his understanding of Jia Zhangshi, he was almost certain that Banggeng was the thief in the recent theft at Xu Damao's house.
Jia Zhangshi didn't think she had done anything wrong at all and kept shouting: "Why should you say this is evidence? What can a rag prove? You can't pin the blame on my Banggeng."
"That's right, my mom is right. You can't just assume my son Banggeng stole something based on footprints alone."
Jia Dongxu chimed in, already knowing that Xu Damao had lost about two hundred yuan. He was overjoyed; if it really was Bang Geng who stole it, it would completely make up for the loss of his demotion and fine.
The neighbors were so disgusted by the shameless behavior of the Jia family that they almost vomited, and they discussed it amongst themselves.
"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to what I have to say."
Having just been confronted by Liu Haizhong, Yi Zhonghai felt he should stand up and say a few words to show his authority in the compound. "First of all, I think Jia's sister-in-law's behavior was very inappropriate. She should never destroy the evidence given by the thief before the matter has been investigated."
"But as you all saw, Jia's sister-in-law's emotions fluctuated too much just now, and her behavior seemed out of control. Since it concerns her own child, I hope everyone can be more understanding."
Yi Zhonghai wanted to continue speaking, but Xu Damao interrupted him.
"Yi Zhonghai, what are you saying? You don't even deserve to be called a big shot. Listen to what Liu Haizhong is saying, and then look at what you're saying. Anyone can tell you're biased towards the Jia family."
Xu Damao was furious. His house had been ransacked, and in his eyes, whoever could catch the thief was now his boss. "I think you should quit being the boss. If you keep doing this, Jia Banggeng will be the emperor in this compound soon."
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's stunned expression after being rebuked, Liu Haizhong was incredibly excited.
Liu Guangtian clenched his fists secretly; Xu Damao really dared to speak his mind.
Yi Zhonghai's face turned ashen: "Xu Damao, do you even have any respect for the laws of the country? I am an old man appointed by the street office. If you are not satisfied, you can go to the street office to complain, but you are insulting the street office's appointment by questioning me here."
Xu Damao was desperate, his eyes bloodshot: "Damn it, Yi Zhonghai, you're trying to make a big deal out of this with me, huh? Then I'll call the police and let them handle this."
"No way, I'd like to see who dares to report this to the police."
Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said, "The compound's problems should be resolved by the compound itself. That's the rule. We can't let your one problem affect the twenty-odd households in the compound. If we don't get recognized as an advanced compound at the end of the year, are you going to give everyone prizes?!"
Seeing that Xu Damao was so angry with Yi Zhonghai that he was about to explode on the spot, Wang Dabao pushed through the crowd and stepped forward.
"Da Mao, since you said you picked it up from the bedding, surely there must have been more than just this one footprint on it, right?"
Holy crap!
Xu Damao slapped his forehead, "Damn it, I almost forgot because of these idiots."
As he spoke, Xu Damao reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out another piece of cloth, carefully unfolded it, and handed it to Wang Dabao.
Upon hearing Xu Damao call him an idiot, Yi Zhonghai's face darkened even more.
Seeing that the other party still had evidence, Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu became uneasy.
"Jia Zhangshi, what are you trying to do?"
Just as Wang Dabao took the piece of cloth, he heard Liu Haizhong shout loudly from the side. He looked up and saw Jia Zhangshi rushing towards him.
Wang Dabao dodged aside, causing Jia Zhangshi to miss her target. Then, Wang Dabao swayed and bumped into Jia Zhangshi's shoulder, causing her to fall towards the wall.
"mom......"
Jia Dongxu tried to step forward to stop him, but it was clearly too late.
With a "thud," Jia Zhangshi's face made intimate contact with the outer wall of Xu Damao's house, and then she was bounced back and fell backward to the ground.
Even though Wang Dabao deliberately used the force of the impact to bump into her, in everyone's eyes it looked more like Wang Dabao couldn't dodge in time and lost his balance, which is why he bumped into Jia Zhangshi.
Jia Dongxu quickly ran over and helped Jia Zhangshi sit up.
Seeing that Jia Zhangshi's face was covered in blood, Jia Dongxu instantly flew into a rage. He opened his mouth to curse Wang Dabao, but when he turned his head and met Wang Dabao's gaze, he swallowed the curse words that were about to come out.
"Wang Dabao, you did this on purpose, didn't you? Look what you've done to my mom!"
"Jia Dongxu, you son of a bitch, how dare you slander me like this?"
Xu Damao took a few steps to Jia Dongxu and was about to make a move when he was stopped by Yi Zhonghai, who was quick-witted and agile. "How come you didn't kill your mother? You still have the nerve to frame Da Bao? Are you blind? Or did your mother see things through her ass when she gave birth to you? Can't you see what your mother, that old hag, is trying to do?"
Xu Damao turned his gun on Yi Zhonghai: "What do you mean by stopping me? Why didn't you stop Jia Zhangshi when she tried to seize the evidence? Even your bias isn't this blatant!"
Wang Dabao walked over and removed Yi Zhonghai's hand from Xu Damao's side.
"Old Yi, look around. Most of the residents in this compound are watching. If Da Mao slaps you again, will you still have the face to live in this compound?"
"Wang Dabao, you..."
Yi Zhonghai's pupils suddenly contracted, and he unconsciously looked at Xu Damao's arm.
Wang Dabao still had a smile on his face: "I was just using an analogy. Now let's talk about it. Do you think Bang Geng is the thief who stole money from Xu Damao's house and damaged the furniture inside?"
Before Yi Zhonghai could answer, Sha Zhu squeezed in, arms wrapped around his waist.
"Hey, what are you two young people doing, this old man? You're so old!"
"What's wrong with you two? Haven't you heard the saying 'catch the thief red-handed'? Since you didn't catch him in the act, what makes you think you can accuse Bang Geng of being a thief?!"
Sha Zhu still had bruises on his face from being beaten by Jia Dongxu last night, and now he was speaking in favor of the Jia family, which even Jia Dongxu on the ground couldn't understand.
How do you know no one saw Bang Geng stealing?
Seeing Sha Zhu's appearance, Wang Dabao immediately felt that it might be related to Sha Zhu. "With such a loud commotion, how could no one have heard it!"
"Impossible, there was no one in the backyard at the time."
Sha Zhu chuckled and said, "Wang Dabao, you don't need to make such a fuss..."
Before Sha Zhu could continue, Wang Dabao interrupted, "You said there was no one in the backyard at the time. Does 'at the time' refer to the time the thief committed the theft? Also, how did you know there was no one in the backyard at that time?"
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