The brigade leader of Zhongjiawan led a group of strong men and hurriedly came from the fields.
"Who's causing trouble here? Do they think we're all alone in Zhongjiawan?"
Zhong Shuqing roughly learned what had happened on the way. He didn't like Lu Jingzhi and his grandson very much, but he disliked the Xie family who came to cause trouble even more.
"If you have any objections to the Party's verdict, you can go to the security team, or go to the county town to find the police. If that doesn't work, have your Xie family's captain or clan head come forward to find the organization. What do you mean by coming to Zhongjiawan to make trouble?"
"Do you think we're easy to bully? You think we're so easy to take advantage of?"
"Everyone disperse, disperse. If you keep making a scene, don't blame me for being impolite and bringing the security team to Xie Laifu's door."
"I'd like to ask Xie Qunfu, what objections does your Xie family have to the laws of the country!"
Huang Baohua and Xie Dapeng, the couple, glared at the menacing members of Zhongjiawan commune, and with a string of curses, pulled their two children away.
Lu Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. "Captain, thank you."
Zhong Shuqing nodded coldly, "What they said is right. Usually, we should stay at home obediently when we have nothing to do."
"What is a young woman doing running around like this so early in the morning?"
"When something like this happens, people come all the way to the village to make a scene. Those who don't know the situation might think something terrible has happened to our Zhongjiawan girl..."
Lu Jingzhi felt a lump in his throat, unable to breathe properly, and felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Captain, according to you, I, Linfang, am wrong in this matter? Are you implying that the Communist Party's rule is worse than feudal society? That there are lawless thieves everywhere, making it so that respectable children can't even go out easily?"
Zhong Shuqing had a cold face; this old woman was really being unreasonable.
By the time the security team arrived after receiving the message, Huang Baohua and her family had already left.
Lu Jingzhi looked furious. "You clearly promised to protect the privacy of the witnesses."
"I trusted you, that's why I let Linfang go with you, and what happened?"
"What are you going to do with Linfang now?"
Faced with Lü Jingzhi's anger, the security team members also looked grim.
It's unlikely that the police will tell anyone.
When Shi Guang harmed Zhong Linfang, no one except Liu Siqing had ever seen Zhong Linfang.
Su Qingci and Song Jingzhou exchanged a glance, simultaneously recalling the encounter with Xie Dapeng and his wife when they went to the hospital to identify the criminal that day.
Although Zhou Sui quickly covered Zhong Linfang's face, if Xie Dapeng and his wife had seen them elsewhere that day, they could easily tell who the witnesses were.
Su Qingci thought about their route for the day: state-run restaurant, road, bus, Peach Blossom Town.
Therefore, Xie Dapeng and his wife must have encountered them again that day without their knowledge?
"Grandma, I'm sorry, we have let you down."
"I can assure you that our security team and the Public Security Bureau have absolutely not leaked Sister Linfang's information."
“I remember that the police officers took Sister Linfang to the hospital to identify the suspect that day. We ran into Xie Dapeng and his wife in the corridor at that time, but the police officers immediately covered Sister Linfang with their police uniforms.”
"They probably remembered what Sister Linfang was wearing, and then they saw us without our knowledge, so they guessed it."
"I'm telling you this not to shirk responsibility."
"It's true that we didn't handle this matter well, which put Sister Linfang in such a difficult situation."
"Don't worry, we'll go to the Xie family's place soon and ask them to publicly apologize to Sister Linfang."
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Lu Jingzhi didn't give the security guards a friendly look. She knew she was taking her anger out on them, but where could she vent her anger?
The security guard is innocent, but her granddaughter is not?
All she can do now is pray to God to calm this storm down so as not to affect her granddaughter's happy occasion next month.
When Su Qingci and her companions came out of Zhongjiawan, they saw a group of women with their children whispering among themselves at the village entrance.
Upon closer listening, those words were all unfavorable to Zhong Linfang.
As for Huang Baohua's claim that Zhong Linfang seduced her son-in-law after getting engaged and ruined the relationship between her son-in-law and daughter, they told the story in great detail, as if they had witnessed it with their own eyes.
Su Qingci felt extremely heavy-hearted.
Let's not talk about the present era.
Even in the 21st century, in civilized society, people need evidence to accuse a thief, but they don't need any evidence to accuse a girl of being a mistress; a few ambiguous words are enough.
On a noisy street, beating a girl and stripping her clothes off, as long as you say she's a mistress, will become a righteous act that pleases the public.
If a bad guy wants to kidnap a girl in public, all he has to do is say she's a mistress, and the onlookers will not only not call the police, but will also applaud and cheer.
The spectators didn't seem to care about the truth or falsehood; they blindly followed the trend, indulging in the pleasure of criticizing bad women and enjoying the halo of morality and justice.
And the most deadly thing to do to ruin a girl like Zhong Linfang is to spread rumors about sex.
This is also the moral shackle that the world has imposed on women for thousands of years.
Su Qingci stared blankly at the group of middle-aged women who were talking animatedly. They had made a huge contribution to ruining the living environment for women.
She stepped forward and loudly reprimanded the women, telling them that Zhong Linfang was not that kind of person and that she was an innocent victim.
The older women seemed even more excited, asking, "Then why didn't that bad guy target someone else? Why did he only target her? Isn't Linfang partly to blame?"
Su Qingci was extremely annoyed; she realized that she couldn't explain herself to this group of ignorant women at all.
The only thing we can do now is to find Xie Dapeng and his wife to come forward as soon as possible; we can't wait a moment longer.
But when they arrived at the Xie family home, they found no one there; Xie Dapeng and his family of four were not there.
No one expected that Huang Baohua and her family would go to the Bai family, Zhong Linfang's fiancé, right after leaving Zhongjiawan.
The message was clear: the Bai family should keep a close eye on their daughter-in-law and prevent her from flirting with other men or doing anything immoral.
Congratulations to the Bai family for getting married next month—to a "broken shoe," a secondhand item used by someone else.
The elderly Bai couple were both old-fashioned, and they were so enraged by the string of foul language that they nearly had a stroke and fainted on the spot.
When Bai Hao arrived after receiving the news, the old master of the Bai family was already lying down. As his son entered, he stammered, "Announcing the engagement! Announcing the engagement!" He said that if Bai Hao dared to marry him, he would kill himself by smashing his head against the ancestral tablets.
Grandma Bai was furious, wiping away her tears and saying with relief, "My son, it's fortunate that this has come to light now. If it had happened after we married into the family, how could our family ever hold our heads up?"
"So many villagers were watching at the door today, and someone came to my door and pointed at my face and cursed me. I have never been insulted like this in my life."
"It's like they've ripped off all their face and trampled it on the ground."
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