The old woman seemed encouraged and reached out, wanting to hit Xu Ting again.
"Don't hit my mother."
Duoduo suddenly appeared out of nowhere and rushed towards the old woman like a small cannonball, knocking her back several steps. Her fingertips grazed Xu Ting's face.
Immediately, a spurt of blood gushed out.
The old woman's two sons, seeing her stumble backward from the impact, rushed forward and each steadied her on one side.
The man on the left reached out and grabbed Duoduo's hair, preparing to throw her against the shop door.
Xu Ting screamed anxiously as she watched Duo Duo being lifted high into the air.
'Click~~~'
The sound of bones breaking came from the air. The man's hand, which was holding Duoduo's hair, suddenly bent outwards in a strange way, and a scream came from his mouth.
Duoduo also fell to the spot.
Only one more pebble was missing from Lin Li's feet.
"Who? Who hurt my son?"
Hearing the man's screams and seeing his arm twisted grotesquely, the old woman's face turned pale, and her voice became increasingly shrill.
"What happened?"
Just as the old woman was about to start cursing again, she saw Lin Laosan leading the police through the crowd.
The police officer in charge looked at Duoduo, who had fallen to the ground, Xu Ting, whose face was covered in blood, and the man whose arm was bent and who was screaming in pain. He looked at everyone seriously.
"Officer, this girl stole clothes from my store. I just wanted her to pay back the money. But she turned around and accused us of wrongdoing."
Then he pointed to the old woman and the two men.
“When her mother and brother arrived, they wouldn’t listen to our explanation at all, and said that we had wronged her daughter.”
He pointed to Xu Ting and Duo Duo.
"This is my shop assistant, and she seems to be the old man's daughter-in-law. She was explaining to the old man that this girl did steal my clothes, but she was slapped in the face."
“That sister-in-law is the daughter of my shop assistant. When she saw the old lady about to hit her mother, she rushed over and hugged the old lady, but her son picked her up and tried to throw the little child against the shop door.”
...
The police listened to Lin Li recount the whole story, while looking at the crowd around them nodding in agreement.
"Officer, don't listen to her nonsense. They're all in cahoots to frame my Xiuer."
When the old woman saw the policeman's serious, cold eyes, she hurriedly explained to him.
Seeing the disbelieving look in the police officer's eyes, she immediately continued.
“My second son was a martyr who rescued state property; it’s impossible for me to wrongly accuse someone…”
Upon hearing this, the police officer's eyes showed shock. After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at Lin Li.
"Is there some misunderstanding here?"
Just as Lin Li was about to speak, Xu Ting, who was standing in front of the shop, hurriedly spoke up.
“Officer, her son who sacrificed his life was my man. I can testify that the clothes in the store did indeed fall from Xiuer’s body.”
Everyone nodded in unison.
Upon hearing Xu Ting's words, the old woman became furious and stepped forward to hit her again. However, Xu Ting, holding Duo Duo's hand, hid behind the police.
Lin Li nodded after seeing Xu Ting's expression; she wasn't stupid enough to stand there and continue being beaten.
"Officer, you see! They keep threatening people like this, making everyone afraid to tell the truth."
The onlookers nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing Lin Li's words, Xu Ting's eyes reddened, and tears immediately streamed down her face. She was terrified that they would use her man's name to commit all sorts of misdeeds.
After hearing Lin Li's words, the police officer in charge nodded and said, "Don't worry, we won't let anyone tarnish the reputation of our good comrade."
Upon hearing the policeman's words, the old woman immediately shouted at her other son.
"Go to your workplace quickly and tell them to send someone over and say that someone is bullying us."
Upon hearing this, the man immediately ran towards his workplace.
? ? ?
Everyone stared at the disappearing figure, speechless.
"Hmph, just you wait, when the unit leaders arrive, you'll be in for a world of hurt!"
Seeing that everyone had shut up, the old woman's smug expression grew even stronger. She was determined to have the leaders teach these arrogant people a lesson later.
Lin Li took the commendation certificate issued to her by the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau out of her spatial storage and put it in the warehouse at the back, hoping that the certificate would be of some use.
Not long after, the man arrived with a group of people.
"Comrade, they're the ones who ganged up on us."
The leader, who had walked into the crowd, looked at the police officers standing inside and sternly questioned them.
"What happened? How could someone bully the family of a martyr?"
Just as the police were about to speak, Xu Ting, whose face was still injured, stepped forward.
“Director Qu, I am Comrade Luo Jie’s wife, my name is Xu Ting. No one is bullying them, it’s my mother-in-law and her family…”
Xu Ting recounted the incident to Director Qu again.
Director Qu looked at the injuries on her face, pointed at the old woman, and asked, "Did she hit you?"
Xu Ting nodded.
"Director Qu, don't listen to her nonsense. She works at this store now, so of course she'll speak up for them."
The old woman anxiously explained to Director Qu.
"You work here? Don't you work at the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Director Qu knew Xu Ting; he was beside Roger when Roger sacrificed his life.
Before Roger closed his eyes, he kept telling him to take good care of his lover Xu Ting and daughter Luo Duoduo.
Upon hearing Political Commissar Qu's words, Xu Ting's tears flowed even more freely.
“They said I was a jinx and kicked me out. I had no choice but to sell my job at the supply and marketing cooperative and then rent a place nearby.”
She quickly wiped away her tears and smiled, "If it weren't for Boss Lin and the others giving me this job, Duoduo and I might have starved to death on the streets."
Director Qu looked at Xu Ting with disbelief upon hearing her words.
"Did Comrade Roger receive a pension of 3,300 yuan? How could he have almost starved to death?"
Upon hearing Director Qu's words, Xu Ting pointed to the four members of the Luo family who were bowing their heads.
"They took all the compensation money and made my daughter and me leave with nothing, not allowing us to take a single thing with us!"
Hearing Xu Ting's accusations, Director Qu was so angry that he trembled all over.
So that's how it is. When Roger was dying, he didn't mention his family at all, but only told Roger to take good care of his wife and daughter.
It turns out that his mother, brother, and sisters were like that.
"Okay, I understand! Don't worry, we'll handle this."
Director Qu walked coldly to the four members of the Luo family and asked, "Is everything Xu Ting said true?"
"Hehe! Director Qu, I'm Roger's biological mother, she's just a..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was stopped by Political Commissar Qu's angry glare.
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