Yang Zhanqi didn’t speak; he just quietly watched Village Chief Yang.
Village Chief Yang spoke earnestly and at length until his mouth was dry and his tongue was parched before he stopped.
Seeing that Yang Zhanqi had no reaction, he said angrily, "I’m only thinking about your best interests. If you’re unwilling, let’s just drop it and pretend I didn’t say anything."
Yang Zhanqi saw his anger and sneered inwardly, but his face showed a fawning expression.
He pulled Village Chief Yang aside, while his fingers stealthily slid into his pocket.
Looking at Village Chief Yang, he forced a smile and said, "Old Yang, I know you mean well. How long have we known each other?
Twenty years, right? I’ve known you since I was seventeen or eighteen.
Back then, you weren’t the village chief yet. My mother was blind, and my father was a gambler.
You were the only one who was good to me, and it was then that I wholeheartedly helped you with your work.
You even went so far as to murder your own brother to become the village chief, you haven’t forgotten that, have you?"
Village Chief Yang’s face turned pale as soon as he heard this, and he feigned ignorance, "Zhanqi, what are you talking about? I don’t understand a word."
Yang Zhanqi noted the change in Village Chief Yang’s expression and felt a shock inside. His voice turned icy as he whispered, "Old Yang, there’s no one here; why are you still hiding things?
In these years you became the village chief, got a wife, and even had children.
Unlike me, without a child or a wife, what’s the point in my living?
Now, after I’ve helped you with such a big favor, you turn your back on me as if we never spoke.
Those brothers are still waiting for me to reimburse their medical expenses; if you don’t give me the money, you’re pushing me into a corner.
We’ll both go down, and I’ll go to the public security office to report you for murdering your brother."
Village Chief Yang’s face turned even paler at these words, "Stop spouting nonsense, what evidence do you have that I murdered my brother?"
Village Chief Yang may have denied it verbally, but the scene flashed through his mind, and a hint of guilt passed through his eyes.
"Of course, I saw it. How else would I know about it?
I saw with my own eyes where you buried your brother. Let’s go and check it now if you want."
Hearing this, Village Chief Yang’s face turned ashen.
A sinister look flashed across his face as he looked at Yang Zhanqi.
But it quickly vanished.
Looking at Yang Zhanqi, Village Chief Yang’s face took on a pleasing tone, "Zhanqi, we are brothers who’ve been through life and death together, why are you holding onto this?
It’s just medical expenses, wait, and I’ll get them for you later."
Yang Zhanqi sneered, nodded, and Village Chief Yang immediately turned to go back home.
As Yang Zhanqi watched Village Chief Yang leave, he was even more shocked inside; Village Chief Yang was so ruthless, he’d murdered his own brother.
No wonder his disappearance years ago was so mysterious, and he’d claimed his brother left to do business.
Thinking about all this, Yang Zhanqi couldn’t help but shudder. He had been as close as brothers with a man like that for so many years.
Yang Zhanqi couldn’t hold back and went straight to report it to the police, and handed the recorder to them as well.
It was exactly as that person had predicted; by the time Yang Zhanqi arrived with the police, Village Chief Yang was not home.
"My man left the house as soon as he came back; I don’t know where he went!
Mr. Public Security, what do you want with my husband? Is it about the Xu Family?" Village Chief Yang’s wife asked curiously, looking at the police officer.
Village Chief Yang’s son was even more excited; his mom had said that his dad went to settle accounts with the Xu Family so he could take another daughter of the Xu Family as his wife.
Thinking about how pretty that girl was, and her nice figure, Village Chief Yang’s son was over the moon.
Don’t think he didn’t know that people in the village scorned him, talking behind his back about how he couldn’t get a wife.
If he could marry a girl from the Xu Family, so beautiful and educated, everybody would be envious of him to death.
The more Village Chief Yang’s son thought about it, the more excited he became, wishing he could marry her right now.
"Mr. Public Security, those people are too bad. You must punish them well; they’ve beaten up our villagers," said Village Chief Yang’s son.
However, Mr. Public Security frowned, "I’m here this time to investigate the incident of Village Chief Yang plotting against his own brother."
As soon as Mr. Public Security said this, the wife and son of Village Chief Yang were stunned.
"What are you saying, murdering his brother, how is that possible?" Their Old Yang Family had been the only child for several generations!
How could his father have a brother?
Village Chief Yang’s wife was also shocked, "Mr. Public Security, could there be some mistake?
My husband did have a brother before, but that brother was disobedient and insisted on going out to do business.
He even ran abroad, and now we don’t even know if he’s dead or alive.
He probably died long ago. What does that have to do with my husband?"
"We received a report that your husband murdered his own brother.
And we already have evidence. We’re here to arrest him now for further investigation and interrogation," Mr. Public Security said solemnly.
Village Chief Yang’s wife turned pale with fear, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Her life partner of many decades was actually a murderer, and what’s more, had plotted against his own brother—that takes such a cruel heart.
Village Chief Yang’s son was even more furious; his father had actually killed his own brother.
If that were the case, wouldn’t he end up in jail, have a record, and with a father who was a murderer, his life would be ruined.
"Since he’s not at home, let’s go and search for him elsewhere."
Everyone immediately began to spread out and search for Village Chief Yang.
Yang Zhanqi, following the location Huo Chen had mentioned, was the first to find Village Chief Yang: "Old Yang, what are you doing?"
When Village Chief Yang saw him coming, a flash of surprise crossed his face, but soon he smiled and said, "Nothing much. I had hidden some stuff here before, and I just wanted to retrieve it today."
Yang Zhanqi, full of curiosity, moved a bit closer and peered at the spot he was digging, his body tensing up ready to attack.
Village Chief Yang watched him come close, gripping the shovel in his hands a bit tighter.
He suddenly lifted his head and attempted to strike with the shovel.
But he was one step too slow and got pushed by Yang Zhanqi into the deep pit he had just dug.
Village Chief Yang’s face contorted with rage.
Yet, Yang Zhanqi had a face full of sheer fright; the old man had actually tried to ambush him.
Luckily, he had acted faster than Old Yang; otherwise, he might have lost his life here today.
"Zhan Qi, what are you doing!" Village Chief Yang was instantly panicked, desperately trying to crawl up.
Watching Old Yang, Yang Zhanqi scoffed coldly, seizing the moment Village Chief Yang tried to climb up, he quickly pulled the shovel over from the side.
With a ruthless heart, he stabbed down at Village Chief Yang’s hands.
Accompanied by the miserable cries of Village Chief Yang that ripped through the sky, Mr. Public Security immediately had a clue.
"Yang Zhanqi, I’ll kill you!" Village Chief Yang was in so much pain that tears came out, shouting angrily at Yang Zhanqi.
Yang Zhanqi looked at Village Chief Yang and then, acting out a scene, he struck himself until his body bore signs of a struggle. Only then did he cry out, "Murder! Mr. Public Security, come quickly!
Yang Village Chief is here, he’s destroying evidence, and he attacked me when I saw it. Ah, murder!"
The Mr. Public Security who came to arrest Village Chief Yang heard the shouts and hurriedly followed the sound toward Yang Zhanqi.