Gao Changsheng's superfluous and obnoxious action was like a drop of boiling oil, instantly igniting the already turbulent public sentiment!
"boom!"
The crowd erupted!
"He covered his hands! He really covered his hands!"
"Oh my god! Could... could the murderer really be him?!"
"Wearing the same clothes, and with scratches on their bodies... How could this be fake?!"
Questioning, anger, disdain, disgust... countless gazes, like tangible swords, slashed fiercely at Gao Changsheng's already collapsed psychological defenses!
"No...it wasn't me! It wasn't me!"
Gao Changsheng was terrified by the overwhelming accusations! He shook his head frantically, his face ashen, his body trembling violently. His panicked appearance only confirmed everyone's suspicions!
Young Master Gao, standing to the side, was also deathly pale and his body was ice cold!
It’s over!
It's all over!
He never dreamed that this seemingly weak woman, whom he had completely disregarded, would possess such terrifying power! With just a few words, she had completely overturned the carefully laid plan of the Gao family!
No! We absolutely cannot let her continue talking!
A ruthless glint flashed in Young Master Gao's eyes, and he was about to order his servants to forcibly seize these two "troublemakers"!
However, someone was faster than him!
"Young Master Gao the Second".
A calm yet unsettlingly oppressive voice slowly rang out.
Xiao Che slowly took a step forward, his deep eyes, like two icy pools that had never melted in a thousand years, fixedly on the figure on the bow of the ship who was already completely lost.
He walked slowly and deliberately toward the awning boat, each step seeming to tread on Gao Changsheng's heart!
"You...you stay away!" Gao Changsheng was so frightened by his terrifying aura that he retreated repeatedly, stumbled, and almost fell on his buttocks on the deck.
Xiao Che ignored his taunts, and pressed closer with a calm, almost cold tone:
Why are you covering your hands?
"Are you afraid people... will see the scratches on the back of your hands?"
These words struck Gao-Changsheng's already fragile nerves like a heavy hammer!
"I kill you!"
Overwhelmed by extreme fear and shame, Gao Changsheng's reason completely collapsed! His eyes erupted with a beast-like madness and resentment, and he suddenly drew a decorative yet equally sharp short knife from his waist!
"You dare frame me! I'll take your life!"
He roared like a mad dog, leaping off the bow of the ship, his short knife gleaming coldly, aimed straight for Xiao Che's heart!
"ah!"
A terrified scream erupted from the crowd!
Grandma Liu was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost fainted!
Even Young Master Gao never expected that his good-for-nothing cousin would dare to draw his knife and commit violence in public!
Now, even if the King of Heaven himself came, he wouldn't be able to save him!
The gleaming blade tip was about to pierce Xiao Che's body!
Everyone instinctively closed their eyes, as if they could already foresee the horrific scene of blood splattering everywhere!
However, the expected screams did not come.
Instead, there was a crisp "click" sound, like a bone being dislocated, followed by a short, painful groan!
Everyone quickly opened their eyes, and the next second, they were all stunned by what they saw, their jaws nearly dropping to the ground!
The menacing Gao Changsheng was now being pinned to the ground by one hand in an extremely bizarre position!
Xiao Che twisted his right wrist, the one holding the knife, at an unbelievable angle, and the short knife in his hand had already fallen to the ground with a clang.
Xiao Che remained as calm and collected as ever, as if he had merely swatted a bothersome fly. With one hand, like an iron clamp, he pressed firmly against the back of Gao Changsheng's neck, forcing his face, contorted with pain and humiliation, into intimate contact with the cold, filthy ground!
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Gao Changsheng's face was covered in mud.
quiet!
The entire riverbank was deathly silent!
Everyone seemed frozen in place, staring blankly at the dramatic reversal before them, their minds completely blank!
What... what's going on?!
That seemingly refined and weak "Master Xiao" is actually... actually a hidden martial arts master?!
His movements just now... were fluid and lightning fast! They didn't even see how he made his move before the battle was over!
What an overwhelming display of power!
Lin Wanwan looked at Xiao Che's elegant and skillful movements, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
This guy... is definitely not your average sickly emperor!
Xiao Che ignored the horrified stares of those around him.
Under everyone's gaze, he slowly squatted down, then grabbed Gao Changsheng's twisted right hand and yanked it sharply!
"Sizzle—"
With a sharp tearing sound, Gao Changsheng's flamboyant dark blue brocade sleeves were roughly ripped by Xiao Che from his wrist all the way to his elbow!
The next second, everyone present could see it clearly!
On Gao Changsheng's pale hand, three clear, scabbed scratches, slightly red and swollen from inflammation, were clearly visible!
The length and depth of the scratches matched perfectly with the scars left on a woman in a life-or-death struggle!
The evidence is irrefutable!
The truth has come out!
"A life for a life! A life for a life!"
Someone, I don't know who, was the first to recover from the shock and shouted those words at the top of their lungs!
The pent-up public anger erupted like a volcano the next second!
"A life for a life! Justice must be served for Miss Liu Yu!"
"Punish the murderer severely! Punish the murderer severely!"
The angry shouts, like the tide of the Qiantang River, rose one after another, almost completely overturning this filthy riverbank!
Looking at the scene of such intense emotion before him and hearing the deafening shouts around him, Young Master Gao's face turned ashen, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
He knew it was over!
The Gao family is truly finished this time!
Just then, a rapid gong sounded from afar, and a group of yamen runners, led by Prefect Wang, finally "arrived upon hearing the news."
Prefect Wang originally wanted to continue trying to smooth things over, but when he saw Gao Changsheng pinned to the ground, saw the clear scratches on the back of his hand, and saw the angry crowd around him who were about to overturn the government office, he knew that this attempt to smooth things over could no longer continue!
If he dares to protect the Gao family again, he himself might not be able to escape this angry crowd today!
"Guards! Guards!" Prefect Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and shouted in a trembling voice, "Take...take the culprit Gao Changsheng away on the spot! Take him...take him back to the prison to await interrogation!"
"yes!"
Two constables stepped forward and dragged Gao Changsheng, who was already slumped on the ground like a lump of mud, to his feet.
Seeing this scene of revenge being fulfilled, Granny Liu could no longer hold on. Her legs went weak, and she knelt down, desperately kowtowing towards Xiao Che and Lin Wanwan.
"My benefactors! My wife! You...you are like my second parents! I will never forget your immense kindness!"
Xiao Che did not turn around. He just quietly watched Gao Changsheng, who was being escorted by the yamen runners like a stray dog, and then slowly shifted his gaze to the young master Gao, whose face had already turned deathly pale.
He slowly walked forward and said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"Master Gao."
"Your cousin's 'family rules' seem to be... not very effective."
He paused, and a cold yet infinitely majestic smile curved his lips.
"Shouldn't we talk about...?"
"Is this 'national law'?"
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