Chapter 26

Wen Yiming originally felt somewhat guilty towards Xu Wen, but now he was only angry at being schemed by Xu Wen. With red eyes, he rushed towards Xu Wen and said, "Xu Wen, I treated you sincerely, but you actually teamed up with the police to set up a trap to harm you?"

Ever since Xu Wen slapped Wen Ming in the face, he had been on guard against him attacking him.

Seeing him raise his hand to pinch him, he quickly took a step back to avoid Wen Yiming's attack.

Wen Yiming, however, was relentless and chased after them again, even trying to order his men: "Catch this bastard for me! I want to kill this ignorant and shameless woman!"

The others glanced at the police who were waiting outside the door eagerly and pretended not to hear anything.

Are you kidding?

Speculation is only a minor crime, and they may not even have to go to jail if they are just running errands. But beating someone in front of the police is hard to say what the consequences will be.

Xu Wen knew that he shouldn't say anything to anger Wen Yiming at this moment, but his shameless accusation was really unbearable for Xu Wen.

If Wen Yiming's evil plan succeeded, the principal would certainly be sentenced to a heavier sentence than the accomplice. In addition, Wen Yiming surrendered himself and reported the crime, so he will probably be released after a year or two.

She is the only one who suffers.

Even so, Wen Yiming still has the nerve to say that she is nice to him?

Xu Wen backed away and retorted: "Your sincerity is just to make you your scapegoat? I'm only doing this to prove my innocence. You deserved it. I can't say I harmed you, right? Besides, Wen Yiming, a man with a mean heart who dares to do things but not take responsibility and always wants to hide in the dark and hurt others, no matter how many lives he lives and how old he is, he will still be a loser!"

The three words "useless waste" completely infuriated Wen Yiming.

Wen Yiming roared angrily and rushed towards Xu Wen.

Captain He shouted: "Open the door!"

The police officer in charge of guarding the room quickly took out his keys, but he couldn't find the right one among a large number of keys.

The detention room was not large. Xu Wen took a few steps back to the corner of the wall with nowhere to retreat, and was immediately strangled by Wen Yiming.

"Get out of the way!" Lu Yuanzheng heard the noise, turned around and saw the situation inside the detention room, and shouted in a low voice.

Captain He had fought side by side with him before, so they still had a tacit understanding. His body reacted faster than his brain, and he raised his hand and pulled aside the police officer with the key who had not reacted yet.

Lu Yuanzheng raised his long legs and kicked hard.

The iron bars of the detention room trembled twice, the chain fell to the ground, and the door popped open.

The police officer holding the key picked up the chain that had fallen to the ground and found that the chain, as thick as a baby's finger, had been broken by Lu Yuanzheng's kick. He raised his head and saw Lu Yuanzheng rushing into the detention room.

Wen Yiming's hand finally fell on Xu Wen's neck.

Lu Yuanzheng jumped up and kicked out again out of inertia.

The police officer who was picking up the iron chain finally cried out in surprise.

At the same time, everyone in the small interrogation room heard a crisp sound of bones breaking.

Wen Yiming was kicked against the wall, covering his side and wailing.

The others were simply dumbfounded.

Lu Yuanzheng made sure that Wen Yiming had no ability to fight back before he turned to look at Xu and asked, "Are you okay?"

Xu Wen was like a frightened deer. When he heard his words, he covered his neck with his hands, shook his head with a pale face.

Seeing Xu Wen trembling violently, Lu Yuanzheng knew that she was frightened, so he bent down, picked up her legs, and carried her out.

Captain He pointed at Lu Yuanzheng who was passing by him and yelled, "Fuck! Lu Yuanzheng, you bastard! How am I going to explain to my superiors if you broke someone's ribs?"

Lu Yuanzheng didn't even look at him.

On the battlefield, explanations are something you have to do after you survive. Besides, Captain He was just complaining casually, and he would handle such a small matter.

When Lu Yuanzheng was almost at the gate, he heard Captain He say, "Wait till you get married, and I'll make sure you can't have your wedding night!"

Hearing this, Xu Wen's face finally showed some color, with a mixture of shame and guilt.

She raised her head. From this angle, she could only see the firm lines of Lu Yuanzheng's chin.

"I'm sorry to trouble you."

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his head, and Xu Wen's bright eyes clearly showed her true thoughts.

Before he could say anything, Xu Wen said, "Put me down! I'm fine. Um...are we just leaving like this? Don't we need to go through any other formalities?"

"Well, don't worry, it won't be considered as 'jailbreak'. Lao He will take care of it." Lu Yuanzheng looked up at the bicycle that was close at hand, bent down to put Chen Cha on the ground, and reached out to feel the temperature of the back seat of the bicycle.

It is said that the back seat is just a square hollow iron frame, which sometimes burns your hands when exposed to the sun.

The journey was long and the time was short, so my hands weren't hot, just a little warm.

He turned to ask Xu Wen for his opinion: "Can you hold on? It's a bit far from home and it will be a bit uncomfortable to sit there."

Xu Wen shook his head quickly.

The commune is about forty kilometers away from the city.

It was a long journey. He rode so far in the hot weather to rescue her and she didn't complain about being tired. She didn't even have to exert any effort to ride a bicycle, so there was nothing to be proud of.

Lu Yuanzheng glanced at her, opened the door and rode on the bicycle. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke: "You seem to be afraid of bothering others?"

An interrogative sentence has an affirmative tone.

Xu Wen seems to be as easy to knead as dough, very talkative and has no temper. She smiles and is very friendly to everyone she meets. But when you really get to know her, you find that this girl keeps a distance from others and her friendliness only remains on the surface.

She always keeps a safe distance from everyone, doesn't bother others and doesn't like others bothering her.

During the days when he was leading Xu Wen in class training, he noticed that even with the two female classmates who seemed to have a good relationship with her, Xu Wen would not take advantage of them.

He and Xu Wen were getting married soon, but Xu Wen was still like this, distant and polite, and would refuse any gifts or help he gave her if possible.

Even if they are members of the Xu family, Xu Wen is the same.

She was clearly having a very hard time at home, suffering from insomnia every night, but she never said a word to her family. When she heard that her sister-in-law was pregnant, she immediately wanted to drop out of school and get married, even though she didn't really want to get married.

This girl really is...living in fear too much.

However, even the most gentle person has a temper. I guess he was really angry when he angrily slapped Wen Yiming just now.

Those sentences sound very literary, but they are quite touching when you savor them carefully.

Xu Wen had no way of replying to this question.

You can't say "I'm afraid if I get too close to you guys, I might accidentally tell you my secrets." or "I'm afraid if I get too close to someone, what if I can go back someday, the next person won't be able to adapt."

Facts have proved that the latter is unlikely, but the former is still very likely to happen.

Otherwise she wouldn't have just come out of the detention room.

After thinking for a long time, Xu Wen, who was sitting in the back seat, finally uttered three words in a dry voice: "I'm sorry!"

Lu Yuanzheng chuckled, shook his head and said nothing.

Xu Wen thought about it and felt that he was going too far to travel so far, so he explained, "It's really not because of the money. Wen Yiming told me... that the college entrance examination might be resumed this year, and I was confused and didn't check the notes and books, so he succeeded in his evil plan."

Lu Yuanzheng thought for a moment and understood the reason for Xu Wen's hesitation. He asked her, "What about now? Have you made up your mind? Do you still want to marry me?"

"Yes." Xu Wen nodded, then shook his head, "Are you sure you still want to marry me? Our commune is only the size of a palm, and the news that I was taken away by the police will soon spread throughout the commune. By then, everyone may say some very unpleasant things about me. It may also affect you."

As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss, but the people have an inexplicable awe of the police. In the eyes of the people, the police are not divided into different departments, and those who are taken away by the police are all evil people who commit murders and arson.

Perhaps it is not difficult to imagine that by now the whole commune is filled with “legends” about her.

"Do you think I care?"

Xu Wen thought about it seriously and realized that Lu Yuanzheng really wouldn’t care about these things.

After a while, Xu Wen suddenly thought of a question: "How did you get evidence of Wen Yiming's crime of speculation?"

"I heard what they were talking about when we went to the hotel for dinner. They were reviewing the gains and losses of the previous trip to buy goods from the south, and were planning when to go to the south next time to bring the goods back and where to sell them."

Xu Wen exclaimed, surprised that Lu Yuanzheng's hearing was so good.

After thinking for a while, I asked him, "So that's when you started investigating him?"

Lu Yuanzheng is a man after all. How could a man be so generous as to let his rival repeatedly run to his fiancée and show his courtesy to her?

As a result, it was discovered that the city's speculation office was also collecting evidence of Wen Yiming's crimes.

Lu Yuanzheng had been in the army for many years and had comrades all over the country, so he simply sent a telegram to the comrades in several southern cities mentioned by Wen Yiming and asked them to help investigate.

I just received a reply yesterday, and today Xu Wen got into trouble.

As soon as Xu Wen said that, he guessed that it was related to Wen Yiming, so he brought evidence to the city to find Lao He to find out where Xu Wen was.

Who would have known by such a coincidence that Xu Wen was in Lao He's team.

"Thank you..." Xu Wen thanked him subconsciously, but halfway through she remembered that Lu Yuanzheng had just said that she was too polite, so she quickly changed her words, "Thank you for showing mercy to my brother!"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

Lu Yuanzheng: “???”

Lu Yuanzheng: “What?”

"You can break someone's ribs with one kick. You must have shown mercy to my brother that day. So thank you on behalf of my brother."

Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips. He had just seen Wen Yiming pounce on Xu Wen with a confused mind, and for the first time his body reacted faster than his brain.

That move must have caused Lao He a lot of trouble, but he didn't regret it.

But it was not easy to say this to Xu Wen, so he licked his lips and said, "Don't be afraid, I won't beat my wife!"

Xu asked: "..."

After Xu Wen was taken away, the Xu family did not listen to their grandmother and go to work.

When Xu Wen was captured, his family was extremely anxious, and they were as worried as ants on a hot pot.

After Xu Wen went to find Lu Yuanzheng, the others also went to try to find people to get information.

Xu Qiushi even went to ask for advice from his distant relatives in the county.

Zhu Meizhen took advantage of Lu Yuanzheng's connections to get close to Director Li of the production team and asked her to help inquire at the commune.

But Director Li still had to go to work, and if he wanted to inquire, he could only wait until the people in the commune got off work.

Zhu Meizhen had no choice but to go home in disappointment.

When she got home, Xu Wen had also come back, and he just said that the journey was long and asked her to wait at home.

After a while, Xu Qiushi also came back.

The first thing Xu Qiushi said when he got home was: "If we ask him, we'll probably go to jail!"

After saying that, he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

Grandma swayed and almost fainted.

Zhu Meizhen burst into tears.

Sang Xiaoqing was finally a step away and still had some reason. She asked Xu Qiushi, "Dad, what did I do wrong? Why do I have to go to jail?"

Xu Qiushi shook his head. "My relative just said that if we ask about this kind of situation, we will go to jail if we are taken away. It happened so suddenly that no one knew about it. He told me to come back and wait for news, and he would notify me if there is any news."

Zhu Meizhen reacted quickly at this time and patted Xu Qiushi on the shoulder: "Then why are you still squatting here? You have to go to the production team and wait. What if they call you?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Qiushi quickly stood up and walked out.

Xu Wen stopped Xu Qiushi, "Dad, I'll go! You guys wait at home. Lu Yuanzheng said he knows someone in the city, and he has already gone to the city to look for him. He will let us know if there is any news."

"Then why are you still waiting here? Go wait by the roadside." Grandma took the crutches, asked Zhu Meizhen to support her, and hurried outside.

Sang Xiaoqing wanted to follow, but was stopped by Zhu Meizhen, "You are already exhausted and the sun is scorching outside, you should just stay at home and rest."

Sang Xiaoqing thought that if she went out, her mother-in-law and grandmother would still have to take care of her, so she had to agree. However, she had no mood to rest and was so anxious that she kept pacing around the house.

Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen supported their grandmother and stood at the entrance of the village, looking eagerly at the road leading into the village.

As the sun gradually set in the west and got smaller, people kept coming and going on the road, but there was no sign of Lu Yuanzheng.

The family of three went from being full of anticipation to becoming anxious.

Zhu Meizhen was the most anxious. She cried until her eyes were swollen and she stamped her feet anxiously. "Why hasn't Xiao Zheng come back yet? Is it because he can't do anything about Wen Wen's problem?"

"Don't worry." Xu Qiushi himself was also worried, but he could only bite the bullet and comfort his wife, "It was already past two o'clock when the expedition started. If we really go to the city, which is 70 or 80 kilometers away, it will take several hours to go back and forth. Not to mention that we have to ask people for directions, which will take some time."

"That's right." Zhu Meizhen murmured, but her eyes kept looking at the intersection.

Soon the sun began to set, and the workers came back from work carrying shovels and iron hammers.

Seeing Xu Qiushi and his family of three standing at the intersection, those who were curious ran over to find out what was going on.

"Wenwen's mother, what are you all doing here?" The "gossip-monger" in the team came over and deliberately lowered his voice to ask: "I heard that Wenwen was arrested by the police? Did that girl commit a crime in school?"

"Bah! You are the one who committed the crime!" Zhu Meizhen glared and spat back, "We asked you about assisting in the investigation, not being arrested. Don't talk nonsense!"

The "gossip-monger" smiled awkwardly, "Yes! Yes! Assist in the investigation. Then what are you going to assist in investigating?"

"It's none of your business!" Grandma chimed in, "As a daughter-in-law, why don't you go home to cook after work and come to someone else's door to gossip?"

Grandma spoke in a loud voice, and she was speaking to the members who were looking over here.

The gossipmonger was squeezed out twice in a row, and he pouted, holding the sickle while walking and muttering: "Sooner or later, won't we know? And they are so mysterious that I can't say it. How can the police arrest someone without saying that they are assisting in the investigation? But who can assist in the investigation and come back? In my opinion, ask about this suspense..."

Zhu Meizhen couldn't stand it anymore and chased after the gossiper and pushed him, "Li Honghua, what are you talking about?"

Li Honghua was almost pushed down and became anxious. She turned around and raised her arm towards Zhu Meizhen, but she had a sickle in her hand. If she swung it, Zhu Meizhen would be crippled if not killed.

Zhu Meizhen was dumbfounded.

Xu Qiushi wanted to go over but was still some distance away.

Li Honghua was also dumbfounded, but she could no longer retract her strength, and saw that the sickle was about to hit Zhu Meizhen's face.