A surge of anger welled up in Liu Junlan's chest.
She truly hadn't expected Zhang Cuihong to be so audacious, resorting to robbery when she couldn't buy people!
Since they were from the same village, Liu Junlan didn't spread the word among the villagers that Zhang Cuihong wanted to buy someone, unlike other gossipy women.
I never imagined her thoughts had become so malicious.
When she first met Lin Wanyue, she just felt sorry for the little girl. Nobody wanted her. If she were to spend the night alone by the roadside, even if she was lucky enough not to be carried off by wolves, she would probably starve and die of thirst.
If Zhang Cuihong had wanted to raise Lin Wanyue back then, Liu Junlan would have praised her for her kindness, so how could she have stopped her?
But now that her family treats Lin Wanyue like their own granddaughter, she's trying to reap the benefits!
"Zhang Cuihong, you shameless bastard!" Liu Junlan was so angry that she kicked Zhang Cuihong on the shoulder while holding Lin Wanyue.
She was tall and strong. With one kick, Zhang Cuihong cried out and was knocked to the ground, rolling around in pain.
But this pain also brought Zhang Cuihong back to her senses.
"You...what are you all doing here? Where's that little brat?" Zhang Cuihong covered her shoulder and felt a chill in her heart when she saw the villagers looking at them with disdain.
Could it be that their affair has already been discovered?
"Little fairy, spare me! Little fairy, spare me! I'll never dare to mess with you again! It's all that damned Zhang Cuihong's fault! She forced me into this! I'll never dare to do it again, please spare me..." Yu Dong continued to kowtow and beg for mercy, his head covered in blood, but he showed no sign of stopping.
Zhang Cuihong was both angry and furious when she heard the man push all the blame onto her, but when she looked up, she saw the even more furious Lin family members.
"No... Sister Liu, let me explain! I didn't do anything, don't listen to their nonsense." Zhang Cuihong ignored her own pain, her face flushed with embarrassment, and still tried to muddy the waters with her sophistry.
The four Lin brothers immediately objected, "You're lying! You're clearly trying to kidnap my sister."
"Shameless! You have a granddaughter but don't raise her properly! You even want to take my sister with you. You're a big bad guy." Lin Zheyun was about the same age as Yu Zhaodi and knew what kind of life Yu Zhaodi was living in the Yu family, so she looked down on Zhang Cuihong's family even more.
"I'll beat you to death!" Lin Ziqiu and Lin Zihan had genuinely believed they had lost their sister, and were filled with self-reproach and sadness. Now, upon encountering Zhang Cuihong, the culprit, they stormed over and stormed off.
Normally, Lin Weiming and Liu Junlan, as adults, would never allow their child to hit someone.
But this time, neither of them spoke.
The four children in the Lin family have always been intelligent. Although their grandmother and father didn't say anything, they implicitly supported it!
The four men rushed up and gave Zhang Cuihong and her husband Yu Dong a severe beating.
However, the four of them were just children. Although they caused some injuries to the two men's faces and bodies, they were only external injuries and were quickly pulled apart by the other villagers.
Before long, the village head was also helped over to uphold justice.
"Old man! You must uphold justice for us! Look what those four boys have done to us!" Zhang Cuihong shouted as soon as she saw the village headman trembling as he approached, attempting to distort the truth.
She pointed to her bruised forehead and the blood on the ground, crying and screaming.
“Grandpa Village Head, don’t listen to her! They’re the bad guys, they’re trying to kidnap my sister!” the four children quickly added.
On his way there, the village head had already heard that Zhang Cuihong and her husband had gone mad, kneeling at the crossroads and kowtowing frantically, and that even their granddaughter, Yu Zhaodi, had become somewhat insane. Lin Wanyue, on the other hand, was there for some unknown reason.
The old man was also a little puzzled.
But now, upon hearing it, the old man immediately understood.
"Good children, don't worry, Grandpa already knows." The village headman looked at the four Lin children with kindness, but he didn't give Zhang Cuihong and Yu Dong, who was still a little out of it, a friendly look.
“How could our village have produced two such immoral people like you for generations? You are so depraved that you actually tried to steal other people’s children! Yu Dong, Zhang Cuihong, you two have utterly ruined the reputation of our Ning’an Village. I’m afraid even our ancestors in the afterlife would come back to punish you two shameless bastards.”
The old man, the village head, slammed his cane into the ground and said emphatically, "Do you know what crime it is to abduct children? If you dare to lay a hand on me, it seems you're prepared to go to jail!"
“…” Zhang Cuihong was stunned for a moment.
"Old man, are you going to send us to jail?"
Zhang Cuihong had also considered what would happen if her theft of Lin Wanyue was discovered.
They were all from the same village. Even if she was discovered, she would at most get a few beatings, or the village would simply not want to see her.
But compared to the wealth and glory that are within easy reach, who would care about the disdainful looks of these few country bumpkins?
It was with this idea in mind that Zhang Cuihong resolutely encouraged Yu Dong to secretly take Lin Wanyue away.
But now the village head is showing absolutely no mercy and is going to send them to jail?
“You’re incredibly audacious, trying to steal our child! Of course we have to send you to jail, otherwise who knows what you’ll do in the future? You can steal our granddaughter today, but if you see someone else’s child in the future, are you planning to sneak away and take it too? If you see someone else’s things, are you planning to steal them as well?” Before the village head could speak, Liu Junlan had already spoken first.
Many villagers gathered at the village entrance to watch the spectacle.
But most people were just watching the show, since it wasn't their daughter who was taken away, and it had little to do with them.
Some people even felt that the village head was being unreasonable, considering they were from the same village and Lin Wanyue hadn't done anything wrong, yet he sent Yu Dong and his wife to jail. Wasn't that a bit too harsh?
But now, after hearing what Liu Junlan said, everyone instantly felt that stealing someone's child should be sent to jail!
Isn't that just a matter of course?
If Liu Junlan's prediction is correct, will their children and belongings still be safe in the future?
Zhang Cuihong was furious and wanted to deny it: "I didn't, I didn't mean to steal anything from other people."
"You say you didn't, and that's it? You never told me you were going to steal my child!" Liu Junlan interrupted her, coldly saying, "Report to the authorities! We must report to the authorities! Not just for my child, but for the sake of our Ning'an Village's peaceful life, we must report to the authorities!"
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