409 The Wrath of God
If Li An had still been single, he would most likely choose to fight Cao Xing to the death.
However, he still had a wife and two kids.
If he was beaten to death by Cao Xing’s men, it would be a fatal blow to his family.
“Chief, Li An has always been honest and dutiful. Please spare him!”
“That’s right, Chief. You have to give us a way out, right?”
“Chief, some things are in the past. We won’t hold it against you.”
When the Laoshan villagers saw Li An kneel down, they suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.
They chose to team up and put pressure on Village Chief Cao.
However, they did not know Cao Xing’s true thoughts.
Cao Xing was extremely anxious.
“Sigh, these Laoshan villagers have already developed a natural sense of submission towards the position of village chief.”
Chu Ning, who was sitting in the central room, said softly as she watched this scene.
“Big Brother should have already thought of a solution,” Chu Jing said with a frown.
“Li An! I slept with Wang Mei! At that time, I promised to marry her, but she refused. I didn’t expect that she would have the courage to leave this place alone.” At this moment, Cao Xing couldn’t care less. He chose to directly reveal the truth of what had happened more than 20 years ago.
In reality, Cao Xing had done more than these two evil things in his many years as the village chief. These were only the things he had done to bully Li An.
After Cao Xing’s words, a heavy silence fell outside the Chu residence.
Although no one spoke, everyone was experiencing mixed emotions.
Whether they were standing or kneeling, at that moment, almost everyone’s eyes were focused on Cao Xing and Li An.
“Is Cao Xing’s brain damaged?” The Dangshan Village Chief stood at the back of the crowd and watched Cao Xing’s ‘performance’ with a grave expression.
He felt that there was a need to reconsider his daughter’s marriage to Cao Yun.
“Tsk, tsk, Cao Yun, look at your dad, and then look at yourself. Chief was much more of a player than you when he was young!” The young man and Cao Yun had also blended into the dense crowd. They naturally saw and heard the conversation between Cao Xing and Li An.
“Cao Xing, you’ve gone too far!” Li An, who had originally been kneeling, suddenly clenched his fists. He stood up and rushed towards Cao Xing.
Cao Xing was soon beaten black and blue by Li An, and traces of blood seeped out of the already swollen corners of his mouth.
The strange thing was that the group of followers who usually protected him continued to kneel on the ground without reacting. They had their heads lowered, as if turning a blind eye to everything before them.
Cao Xing himself no longer resisted. He only protected his head and allowed Li An’s fists to batter his body.
Chu Yang, on the other hand, looked at everything in front of him calmly.
He was not actually interested in this, but since it was something his big brother Chu Zhe had instructed him to do, he would still do it.
“You animal, you’re not worthy of being a human…” Li An cursed as he beat Cao Xing up. He had already decided to give it his all.
However, to his surprise, Cao Xing’s followers did not take any action.
The one-sided beating lasted for more than ten minutes.
During this process, not a single person stepped forward to stop him.
Cao Yun had long left the place.
He felt that what he had experienced that day was like a dream. It was somewhat surreal.
After walking more than 100 meters from the Chu residence, Cao Yun felt his eyelids getting heavy. The scenery in front of him kept overlapping.
The last scene that flashed before him was pitch blackness.
He fainted by the side of a path covered with grass and wildflowers.
The youth was still watching with great interest. He was very curious about how things would go next.
The Laoshan villagers seemed to have realized what Cao Xing had said.
Cao Xing was begging for their forgiveness.
Thus, they became bolder.
After Li An ended his beating, another villager stood up and looked at the still-kneeling Cao Xing and said, agitated, “Village Chief Cao, you said you wanted me to forgive you, but when you treated me like that, did you ever think that this day would come? In the winter eight years ago, I risked my life to pick wild ginseng in the mountains to brew soup for my wife to recuperate. My wife was weak, you know!”
“But what did you do? Wild ginseng is valuable, so you made up an excuse and sent someone to my house to take it away. You’re not snatching things or money. That’s my wife’s hope for survival! Two years later, she died. It’s all your fault. How can I forgive you? Why should I forgive you?”