Lin Daowei saw from afar that Shen Qiyuan was thrown out of the Lin residence like a rag doll and crashed heavily to the ground. His heart skipped a beat, realizing that the marriage proposal was off. Hearing Shen Qiyuan's painful screams, Lin Daowei knew that he was also seriously injured.
Lin Daowei sighed helplessly, slowly walked out from the corner, looked at Shen Qiyuan lying on the ground groaning, and felt both angry and annoyed. He couldn't help but curse, "Idiot! What a useless piece of trash!"
But there's no other way right now. With so many people watching, we can't just leave Shen Qiyuan here unattended.
Lin Daowei gritted his teeth, braced himself, stepped forward, helped Shen Qiyuan up, and, supporting his arm, slunk away from the Lin residence in full view of everyone.
"Help! I've gone blind!" Shen Qiyuan wailed and cried all the way, her cries filled with misery. "Waaah... They're so cruel, so heartless! If I had known it would be like this, I would never have come here!"
Lin Daowei was annoyed by his noise and shouted impatiently, "Can you stop yelling? It's just pepper spray. You'll be fine after soaking in water for a while. Your eyes won't go blind!" He thought to himself, "I don't know what that brat was thinking, using pepper spray as poison. It's actually quite effective. It won't kill you, but it will make you suffer a lot."
Lin Daowei dared not accompany Shen Qiyuan to his brother's house, also for fear of angering his eldest niece and being sprayed with pepper spray.
Even after learning that she wouldn't go blind, Shen Qiyuan still cried and screamed, "Third Uncle, you have to stand up for me! Go and demand an explanation from First Uncle! How could their family treat me like this? Waaah, my eyes..."
Lin Daowei snorted coldly, "Hmph, he's the boss, and his kung fu is much better than mine. If I go to him to demand an explanation, wouldn't that be asking for trouble? I'm not that stupid!"
Shen Qiyuan cried and cursed all the way, "Waaah, that wicked woman from the Lin family, that nemesis, she'll never get married."
"Stop cursing, or she'll really go blind if she hears you. Alright, go wash your eyes properly now," Lin Daowei shouted impatiently.
He dragged and pulled Shen Qiyuan to the moat, then threw him into the river like a sack of potatoes.
With a "plop," Shen Qiyuan fell into the icy river water, splashing up a spray of water.
Many onlookers followed curiously and gathered by the river, watching as Constable Lin threw Shen Qiyuan into the moat.
One of the constables asked curiously, "Officer, why didn't you take him to see a doctor? Why did you leave him in the moat?"
Lin Daowei replied with displeasure, "He just got some chili water in his eyes; soaking them in the river for a while will make them better."
"Tsk tsk, they actually used pepper spray to hurt the eyes, what an idea!" the officer muttered in amazement.
Lin Daowei stood guard by the moat, cursing inwardly, "That useless bastard Shen Qiyuan!"
Suddenly someone shouted, "Oh no! He's sinking!"
Lin Daowei hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that Shen Qiyuan had already sunk into the river, with only his hands stretched out on the surface of the river, waving wildly.
Seeing this, Lin Daowei was frantic. Without thinking, he jumped into the river to try and save Shen Qiyuan.
However, the moat was much deeper than he had imagined, and the current was extremely rapid. Lin Daowei struggled for a long time before he finally found Shen Qiyuan's body in the water. He grabbed Shen Qiyuan's collar tightly and swam desperately towards the shore.
After finally swimming to the shore, Lin Daowei first put Shen Qiyuan on the bank before climbing ashore himself, soaking wet, and sitting on the ground, panting heavily.
"Officer, he doesn't seem to be moving," a constable whispered.
Lin Daowei looked down and saw that Shen Qiyuan was motionless. He put his finger under Shen Qiyuan's nose to check and found that he was not breathing. He was so frightened that his hand trembled, and he stared at Shen Qiyuan's corpse!
Lin Daowei was stunned and could not believe what was happening before his eyes.
"He only sank in the water for a moment and he died? How is that possible?!" Lin Daowei said in disbelief.
Upon hearing that Shen Qiyuan was dead, the constable took a step back in shock. "What? He's dead?"
The onlookers gathered around, and they were all shocked and began to discuss what they saw.
"My God, this person actually drowned in the moat!"
How could he have suddenly fallen into the river?
Who is this person?
"I just saw him with this matchmaker..."
The matchmaker watched this scene in horror. Fearing punishment, she hurriedly said, "This man is a cousin of the Lin family surnamed Shen. He took me to propose marriage to Miss Lin, the eldest niece of Constable Lin. But Miss Lin injured Mr. Shen's eyes with chili water, so Constable Lin brought him to the river to wash his eyes."
"how so?"
Why did Miss Lin hurt his eyes?
The murmurs of the crowd made Lin Daowei's face turn extremely ugly. He knew in his heart that if he weren't the head constable of the government office, he would probably be in big trouble by now.
Lin Daowei gave his subordinate a look, signaling him to smooth things over.
The constable quickly told the people around him, "Young Master Shen is ill. It was because of this that the Lin family refused the marriage proposal. Young Master Shen got angry and cursed the Lin family, which is why the eldest son of the Lin family spit in his eyes." As he spoke, he glanced at the matchmaker, signaling her not to talk nonsense and to be careful not to get into trouble.
The matchmaker came to her senses and remembered Lin Daoyan's skill in killing without leaving a trace; how could she dare to offend him?
So she nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right. It was Young Master Shen's own fault. He cursed people after being rejected, and Young Master Lin taught him a lesson."
A woman raised her voice and said, "No matter what, Miss Lin is a jinx to her husbands."
This incident made Lin Yajun's reputation as a "husband-killer" spread to more people.
"Have you heard? Lin Daoyan's daughter is a jinx! Whether it's someone she's engaged to or someone she's betrothed to, anyone who gets involved with her will die a mysterious death!"
"That's terrifying! Who would dare marry a woman like that?"
"It seems she's destined to live out her days alone..."
The sudden death of a strong man in the Shen family was undoubtedly a heavy blow to them. How could they possibly let this go? So, a dozen or so people stormed into the capital, heading straight for the Lin residence, intending to carry Shen Qiyuan's body and demand an explanation from Lin Daoyan.
Upon learning this news, Lin Daowei quickly stepped in to persuade them.
He spoke kindly to the Shen family and offered to pay them 300 taels of silver to quell the disturbance.
Not only that, he also made a solemn promise: "I will definitely find a good job for my second cousin in the capital in the future."
After Lin Daowei's efforts, the Shen family was finally persuaded to accept his compensation and take Shen Qiyuan's body away for burial.
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