"Lamei! What happened to you?!"
Wang Fenfang’s scream broke the colorful images in Yu Jingting’s mind.
Lun Lamei was carried and placed on the ground, seemingly unconscious and injured.
Wang Fenfang pushed through the crowd and yelled at Yu Jingting:
"You hit my daughter!"
"Are you blind?" Yu Jingting redirected his gaze from Suizi’s chest.
"Village chief! You have to help me!" Wang Fenfang sat on the ground and sobbed, "The Yu family is too bullying! They’re smashing glass, asking for dowry, not even sparing my chicken...and now my girl is harmed like this!"
"In your heart, does Lamei rank lower than a chicken?" Suizi cut her off.
"Chen Hansui, you jinx! Why don’t you go die— Ah!" Wang Fenfang was interrupted mid-sentence, feeling a chill on her neck.
Yu Jingting held his ax against her neck, a cold look on his face.
"What good is it just to bark? It only counts if you can bite us."
Wang Fenfang went quiet, fearing that Yu Jingting might accidentally cut her neck.
Suizi touched Yu Jingting’s arm, after which he put down the ax.
The crowd fell silent.
"Every single person here, I ignored your gossip, but my family is off-limits. If I hear a single word against them - don’t say I didn’t warn you!"
With a firm grip, Yu Jingting swung his ax, causing a swift gust of wind against Wang Fenfang’s head, followed by a dull thud.
The ax was lodged into a tree trunk next to them.
Everyone was scared, except for Suizi, whose heartbeat accelerated.
Never had anyone stood up for her like this before. Only he, when others called her a jinx, unflinchingly stood in front of her.
Yu Jingting’s profile was sharply defined, his slight smile emitting a trace of slyness, but his eyes had the depth of the night sky.
This young man, barely twenty, was protecting his family in his own way.
"Tiegen, what happened?" The village chief finally dared to speak.
"This one," Yu Jingting pointed his toe at Yan Changgui who was hog-tied on the ground, "tried to kill Lamei. My brother and I happened to be passing by, so we saved her."
"Why did he want to kill Lamei?" The village chief voiced everyone’s question.
"You’ll have to wait for him to confess at the police station."
Suizi’s eyes gleamed as she watched Yu Jingting’s every move, seeing him through rosy lenses.
He must have wanted to protect the privacy of the victimized girls. What a great man! Suizi looked at him admiringly.
I need to take a couple of sips when I get home, from top to bottom! Yu Jingting thought as he looked at Suizi, raising an eyebrow suggestively.
Suizi pulled the village chief aside and whispered a few words, his face darkening.
"Is what you said true?"
"Send him to the station, and you’ll know."
The village chief knew this was a big deal and couldn’t delay. He ordered a horse-drawn cart and hoisted the bound Yan Changgui onto it.
Just as Yu Jingting was about to return home, the village chief stopped him.
"Tiegen, come with me."
Yu Jingting looked upset, but Suizi squeezed his hand comforting him.
"Jiaojiao and I will accompany you. We’ll stay in town tonight and stroll around tomorrow before we return."
Considering the seriousness of the incident, testimonies need to be given, and they need to be signed. Yu Jingting, as a key witness, can’t be absent.
Do the young ladies want to change the scene? Yu Jingting believed this was a good idea.
As it happened, Wang Cuihua also came to enjoy the spectacle. Suizi quickly explained the situation to her, and Wang Cuihua laughed until her eyes were invisible.
She held a tambourine and jumped around Yan Changgui, murmuring about the great misfortune that was about to befall him.
Taking the chance to kick him a few times, she hadn’t forgotten that this guy had designs on her maiden.
When Li Youcai heard the news and hurried over, Yu Jingting and Suizi had already left in a horsecar.
Wang Fenfang was dumbfounded, and Lun Lamei had also been taken on the horsecar to report the case in the city. Seeing Li Youcai, Wang Fenfang hurried to her feet.
"Son-in-law, Lamei was beaten by Yan Changgui. What should we do now?"
Wang Cuihua held her shaman-specific tambourine and jumped around Wang Fenfang, speaking assertively.
"Doing too many bad things brings retribution~"
"Where is Suizi?" Li Youcai didn’t care whether Lun Lamei was dead or alive, it would be better if she were dead.
On his way here, he had heard that Yu Jingting actually caught Yan Changgui. The completely different turn of events compared to his past life left Li Youcai dumbfounded.
"My maiden got beaten up, why are you still concerned about the vixen from the Yu family?" Wang Fenfang was furious.
"Who are you calling a vixen? I think you’re the one who’s like a wild boar, you look just like a pig!" Wang Cuihua couldn’t stand others speaking ill of her daughter-in-law.
Her daughter-in-law was a blessing from heaven. What a beautiful job of catching the thief, everyone in the village is now boasting about her son Tiegen. When had the Yu family ever received such treatment?!
"I predict you guys, who are always coveting things that are not yours, are going to be horribly unlucky!"
Wang Cuihua with her tambourine, round and round Li Youcai’s head, bumped it up and down, trying to knock this bastard to death, the one who covets her daughter-in-law!
Li Youcai’s head was buzzing from her hitting, and he had only one thought in his mind:
Why has it turned out like this?
In the horsecar, the village chief asked Suizi.
"Suizi, did you break in to hijack the broadcast for this?"
Suizi nodded.
"Seeing Yan Changgui with a fierce weapon and a murderous face reminded my Jingting to help out. Although Lun Lamei is not a good person, our Jingting is always deeply principled — saving people from danger. We don’t make a name out of doing good things, we only think about our village."
The corner of the village chief’s mouth twitched. Since marrying into the Yu family, Suizi has started to act more and more like a member of the Yu family. Tiegen never seeks recognition for good deeds?
The whole village knew about the gongs and drums! He wishes that everyone would come to see it.
"We don’t need gifts from Lun Lamei, and we don’t want any extra work points. but there is one thing―" For every sentence Suizi spoke, the village chief’s heart would skip a beat.
The village’s funds are limited, they can’t afford any decent rewards. Thinking of the Yu family’s characteristic of wanting to benefit from every opportunity, the village chief’s back broke out in a cold sweat.
"Lun Lamei should come to my husband’s door to thank him. The broadcast should continuously publicize my husband’s bravery in catching the thief for seven days. The village should make a banner for us, elementary school compositions should be about my husband’s heroic rescue. Just like a tree needs bark, people need face. We don’t eat steamed buns for the sake of face," says Suizi forcefully.
Yu Jingting has been bearing the reputation of a troublemaker for too long. His actions today are enough to shake off this bad name.
He defended her with his actions, and she wouldn’t allow others to speak ill of him.
"Of course, we can also give your family the title of ’Five good Families’ in the village," the village chief breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it doesn’t involve money, he’s fine with giving some honor!
"Sister-in-law, I admire you." Jiaojiao said with starry eyes.
Suizi reached out, affectionately ruffling her hair.
"Silly girl, as I’ve said before, knowledge is power."
Yu Jingting squinted, Suizi’s look at his sister was full of calculation.
"What are you plotting, lass?"