Deputy Director Liu's good intentions to seek justice for her were shattered by this sudden attack, and his face turned ashen.
"You, you, you are simply making trouble!" He was so angry that he could hardly utter complete sentences. He stomped his feet on the ground, looking extremely dissatisfied.
Director Chen glared at Deputy Director Liu in dissatisfaction upon seeing this, then turned to the village chief and asked inquiringly, "Village Chief Tian, what on earth is going on? Explain it to us clearly."
The village chief sighed deeply and looked at Xu Qinghe with complicated eyes, his eyes full of helplessness and pity.
"How about this, Xu Qinghe, you take her back first, and I will explain the actual situation of your family in detail to several leaders." Xu Qinghe knew that it was not appropriate to let Sun Youfang continue to talk nonsense at this time, so he nodded slightly, walked forward, and tried to pull Sun Youfang away.
However, Sun Youfang was not willing to give up. She struggled desperately, muttering to herself.
Seeing this, Xu Qinghe's eyes turned cold, and his voice was low and powerful: "If you keep making trouble like this, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as going home. You will have to go to jail with your son."
These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head. Sun Youfang was shocked and his expression suddenly changed. He instantly calmed down and stopped resisting. He just followed Xu Qinghe slowly and woodenly as he left.
Everyone present was stunned by this scene and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Taking advantage of this gap, the village chief began to detail the Xu family's recent experiences.
"That's what happened. The child was kind-hearted. Considering Sun Youfang's age and injuries, she didn't pursue the matter further. She simply asked me to help sever the ties between our two families. I've watched her grow up step by step. It's been a difficult journey for her to get to where she is today, so I agreed to her request."
Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Liu gave a sarcastic smile. "Village Chief Tian, your idea is too naive. What era is this? How can you just break off a relationship so easily? The law won't just ignore it with the simple statement 'severing ties'."
There was a hint of sarcasm in his words, but he also inadvertently revealed his sympathy for Sun Youfang's situation.
"But then again, that woman is really miserable. Her leg injury hasn't healed yet, and she's suffered such a great blow. Her son is still in prison. She's all alone and helpless. How is she going to live in the future?"
Deputy Director Liu pretended to be compassionate and tried to point the finger at the village chief, accusing him of aiding and abetting the evil and helping Xu Qinghe to oppress the widow.
However, would this group of experienced cadres be so easily led by the nose?
After hearing Deputy Director Liu's words, they were not affected by his emotions. Instead, they looked at him with interest. One of them even said jokingly, "Old Liu, I didn't expect you to be so kind-hearted. I never noticed that before."
Another person chimed in, "I think the young woman has done her best. Even though she's already married, she still cares about her elderly grandmother. Even when faced with emotional entanglements, she chose to use a letter of severance to let go of the past rather than push her former loved ones into the abyss of despair. This tolerance and rationality can be considered her last act of tenderness and mercy towards her former love."
"If this woman is really as upright as she says, why would she choose this critical moment to cause trouble? Her intentions are obvious. She has clearly seized the opportunity to harm the little girl and use our sense of justice as her weapon. She is really cunning." The tone of the person who spoke revealed deep dissatisfaction and contempt for Sun Youfang's behavior.
Seeing that most villagers tended to support Xu Qinghe, the village chief's frown gradually relaxed, and a heavy stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
He then added, "I noticed that Sun Youfang's tearful outburst just now sounded more like a carefully rehearsed performance. You know, a few days ago, a few new educated youth arrived in the village. They didn't want to live in the dormitory, so they came to Sun Youfang's house to stay. But she asked for an exorbitant rent of three yuan per person per month, which is quite a lot in our village."
Upon hearing this, Team Leader Chen and others shook their heads and sighed. If this was true, Sun Youfang's behavior was indeed outrageous!
By doing this, she not only hurt the innocent Xu Qinghe, but also likely destroyed the cooperation project that the village had just negotiated, directly affecting the villagers' economic sources. It was really despicable.
Deputy Team Leader Liu seemed unwilling to accept the situation and tried to defend Sun Youfang, but his tone was already somewhat powerless: "We can't just listen to Village Chief Tian's one-sided statement on this matter. After all..."
Upon hearing this, Team Leader Chen and the others glared at him unhappily, a hint of sneer on their lips: "So, Deputy Team Leader Liu is still interested in solving the case. Since you don't believe it, then you can investigate slowly. We have more important matters to deal with, so we'll go ahead."
After saying that, the group turned around without hesitation, strode towards the village entrance, quickly got into the car and left, with no intention of waiting for Deputy Team Leader Liu.
The village chief and deputy team leader Liu were left looking at each other, and the scene was a little awkward.
The village chief had long been tired of Deputy Group Leader Liu's constant troublemaking. He forced a smile and tried to get out of the situation. "I have urgent matters to attend to, so I won't stay with you any longer. Please feel free to do as you please, Deputy Group Leader Liu."
As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief felt relieved and left with light steps, which was completely different from the staggering look when he was supported by Xu Qinghe before.
Deputy Team Leader Liu was filled with resentment and felt extremely dissatisfied with being abandoned by everyone.
However, he quickly adjusted his mindset and thought to himself: Since it has come to this, I might as well take this opportunity to thoroughly investigate Xu Qinghe's problem. As long as I can report it successfully, my promotion may be just around the corner.
Thinking of this, he resolutely decided to return to the village and began to search for information about Sun Youfang.
At the same time, Xu Qinghe held Sun Youfang tightly and walked quickly towards the Xu family. Her steps were firm and fast, and she completely ignored Sun Youfang's legs which were inconvenient due to old age.
"Oh, little girl, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?" Sun Youfang finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily.
Xu Qinghe suddenly stopped in his tracks. Without hesitation, he grabbed Sun Youfang's hair. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he warned her word by word, "Sun Youfang, I've already given you enough face! I originally only wanted your son to pay for his mistakes with a few years in prison as a lesson, but you insisted on pushing it further. So don't blame me for being ruthless."
Xu Qinghe already had a plan in mind. If he wanted to add charges to Xu Jianguo's crime, he only needed to find his former friends, such as Brother Lin and others, and set a trap to catch them all.
Once they confess, Xu Jianguo will have nowhere to hide.
As far as she knew, those people had a long history of bad deeds, and any one of the charges was enough to make them face severe punishment. Xu Jianguo would probably have to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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