Xiao Liu learned what happened from other people, and everyone spoke their minds impartially.
Indeed, it all started with Aunt Pan's gossipy talk, and it gradually escalated to this point.
Xiao Liu listened with a dark expression and took notes, which is why he let Xu Qingqing pour cold water on him again and again, so that he could clear his mind and see what he had said.
The person lying on the ground had a lisp and tried to explain to Xiao Liu, babbling on and on, but Xiao Liu couldn't understand. Afterwards, apart from the Pan family, everyone else went to pay their own medical expenses.
Seeing that these people had been dealt with, Xu Qingqing pointed to a few households and said, "Officer Liu, there are still a few people hiding at home who haven't been dealt with. These people have physically attacked me and caused me serious psychological trauma. I demand that they compensate me."
Xiao Liu hesitated, "Comrade Xu, this is already the best solution. The other requests are a bit difficult to fulfill."
The implication was that Xu Qingqing should know when to stop, otherwise things would be difficult for her.
"No, what if I can't handle this and commit suicide, self-harm, or even go so far as to attack people in the street..."
"Stop, stop, stop—"
Xiao Liu couldn't stand it anymore and began to regret why he had switched places with another colleague and stayed in the office. Otherwise, he would be working outside with Brother Qin now, and he wouldn't be in such a dilemma.
Xu Qingqing stood there stubbornly, making her stance clear: she would make these people bleed so they would remember that some things shouldn't be said lightly, and that once spoken, they must bear the consequences.
"Officer Liu, if this incident doesn't teach them a serious lesson, they'll become even less aware of their mistakes and will become even more aggressive in verbally abusing other women. You know, rumors can kill people. Who cares whether this is true or not? Even if you can prove the rumor is false, the damage has already been done."
People tend to assume from the outset that if someone is innocent, then why would anyone be so bored as to slander them? There must be something wrong with them.
"To give an example, Xiao Hong is a woman who is about to get married. Everyone praises her for being beautiful and capable. Xiao Lan is attracted to Xiao Hong's beauty and secretly spreads rumors that he and Xiao Hong have consummated their marriage. This matter gets bigger and bigger and becomes known to everyone. People who don't know Xiao Hong despise her from the start and find her indecent."
Xiao Hong desperately tried to explain to others that she didn't know Xiao Lan, but no one believed her. Why did this only spread among Xiao Hong, while other women didn't? Later, her fiancé's family came and broke off the engagement with Xiao Hong, saying that they didn't want someone of questionable character in their family.
Soon, news of Xiao Hong's annulment spread, further confirming the rumor's authenticity. Xiao Hong was unable to defend herself, and even her closest family members began to doubt her. At this time, Xiao Lan stepped forward, went to Xiao Hong's house to propose marriage, and told her that he believed she wasn't that kind of person. In the end, he successfully married Xiao Hong without spending any money and often boasted about this method to his brothers and friends in private.
When those people found out, they imitated Xiao Lan's actions and successively obtained the people they wanted.
Xu Qingqing paused, then added sarcastically, "But guess what? Xiao Hong eventually found out what Xiao Lan did. Unable to bear the fact that he was the culprit, Xiao Hong couldn't take the blow and ended up committing suicide by taking poison. In the end, the matter was left unresolved. At first, people sighed and refused to admit their own mistakes, but in the end, they blamed Xiao Hong for being beautiful, making her bear such a crime until her death. Meanwhile, Xiao Lan remarried and lived to die with children."
"So, Officer Liu, do you still think this kind of thing doesn't deserve attention?"
Everyone fell silent, slowly processing Xu Qingqing's words. Xiao Liu immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and changed his previous attitude, ordering that these people be sent to the police station for a few days, and that compensation and education be decided by higher authorities.
The entire Pan family was taken inside, except for Granny Pan, who was unable to move and needed to be taken to the hospital; the others were all taken along.
Aunt Pan struggled and lay on the ground making a scene, but was forcibly taken away. Her voice was hoarse from shouting, but no one paid any attention to her. She was so angry that she was like a pufferfish.
Those who were hiding at home thought they had escaped this calamity and were secretly rejoicing when Xiao Liu came knocking on their door, arrested them all, and took them away. Their families were terrified. After finding out what had happened, they took a stick from their house and gave him a severe scolding. Afterwards, they told Xiao Liu to make sure he taught them a lesson and not to release them until they realized the seriousness of their problems.
The incident came to a complete head the next day. When Xu Qingqing went out, she saw people on the street speeding away from her like mice seeing a cat, leaving her completely bewildered and unable to figure it out even while sitting at her desk.
What kind of monster is she that makes them so afraid?
Huang Yao carefully placed a pile of documents on her desk: "These are the materials for this month's publicity campaign. We need to draw them out and paste them on the publicity posters."
"Okay, you can put it there."
He gave a casual reply, picked up the document, and flipped through it one by one, highlighting the key points.
Huang Yao returned to her seat, slowly exhaled, and her tense mood finally calmed down. Her gaze shifted to Fang Xiaomei's seat on the other side, and her heart tightened again. She bit her lip and glanced at her cryptically.
During this time, Fang Xiaomei was recuperating at home due to her broken wrist. Her mother-in-law knew that she had broken her wrist because she was trying to help her niece from her maternal family get a job. She gave her a cold shoulder all day long and didn't care about Fang Xiaomei's injury when cooking for her.
Once again, she saw that there was very little meat left on the table, which Li Jianjun had brought back from the factory the night before. The last few pieces of meat had been snatched away by her sister-in-law, who complained to her mother-in-law in front of her that there was not enough meat, and then looked at her with a smug look on her face.
Fang Xiaomei was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, and lungs ached: "Li Fang! This meat was specially brought for me by your older brother, not for you to eat!"
"You're hilarious! Why can't I eat the meat my brother brought back? I'll eat it, so what? From now on, I'll eat everything my brother brings back, just to annoy you, hehehe—"
Li Fang stuck her tongue out at her, then stuffed the last piece of meat into her mother's mouth. Li's mother, suddenly given a piece of meat by her youngest daughter, patted her head, ignoring her eldest daughter-in-law's anger, and was very touched that her youngest daughter had given her meat. She scolded her, saying:
"Why are you feeding Mom? You're still young and need to nourish your body. Don't do this again next time."
Seeing the loving mother and filial daughter in front of her, Fang Xiaomei could no longer bear it. She waved her hand and knocked the plates off the table, making several shattering sounds.
Li Fang quickly pulled her mother aside to prevent her from being cut by the shards, and said angrily, "You, Fang Xiaomei! My mother is your mother-in-law, how can you be such a daughter-in-law? My brother is really unlucky to have married you."
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