The elderly man's neighbors immediately spoke up:
"Old Li is such a good person. When his family used to own land, he lived quite comfortably and always took care of anyone in trouble."
"Exactly, how could Old Man Li, being so kind, steal anything? His family was quite well-off before."
"Alas, it's a pity Old Man Li has no children, and his spouse passed away early. Now, crippled by the Wu family and with his land gone, he's fallen into such poverty and destitution!"
They spoke one after another, recounting the usual words and deeds of Old Man Li.
Clearly, he was a good-hearted person.
Unfortunately, disaster struck from out of the blue. The Wu family bullied him and seized his land, leading to his current dire poverty.
If it weren't for the sporadic support of his neighbors, he might very well have been dead by now. My Virtual Library Empire (*)
Hearing so many people speaking well of Old Man Li and accusing the Wu family of wrongdoing, Wu Mengchong's face grew increasingly ugly.
A chilling aura radiated from Wu Kui.
Murdering one's heart, murdering one's heart, that's exactly what Xu Hao is doing!
He aims to fundamentally dismantle the Wu family's authority in Huadu!
The Wu family cannot exist without the support of these ordinary people; a Wu family that holds all power yet without meaning is futile.
What Wu Kui found even more unimaginable was that his family could commit such unscrupulous acts.
Although Wu Kui was not a saint, he was not a major villain either; he had done his fair share of bad things in his youth but would never stoop to such immorality, earning curses for generations to come.
Yet, Wu Mengchong remained defiant, demanding, "Words alone are not proof! If you can, find the person who wronged you back then, and confront him face to face!"
Old Li snorted coldly, "Humph! You really think I can't find him? That person is the one Xu Hao just brought here!"
Pointing at the redhead youth, he said with immense anger, "It was you, who took over my land!"
Could it really be this redhead youth?
Are you just pointing fingers blindly?
However, when the redhead youth saw Old Li pointing at him, his face instantly changed.
Everyone knew that it was probably true.
Wu Mengchong said coldly, "How could such a coincidence happen? Xu Hao, who gave you the right to forcefully detain our Wu family's people?"
"Call me Grandpa, and don't be so disrespectful!" Xu Hao rebuked coldly.
Wu Mengchong's face was ashen, eager to retort but finding no words to do so.
Xu Hao continued, "The redhead youth just now was bullying the weak and trying to forcibly take an ordinary girl. What's wrong with me teaching him a lesson?"
"Words are not proof. I don't believe he would do such a thing! He's one of our Wu family's people. Given our family's influence, there must be countless women eager to be with him. Does he need to resort to kidnapping a common girl?" Wu Mengchong said incredulously.
With a sneer, Xu Hao raised his hand and pointed, unblocking the redhead youth and his companions' mute acupoints, without releasing their other acupoints.
Seeing he could speak again, and his family elders standing before him, the redhead youth instantly started crying, wailing, "Uncle, grandpa, please save me! Xu Hao is torturing me to death. He used some demon art on me that left me unable to move or speak."
Wu Mengchong asked coldly, "Tell me the truth, did you do what they're accusing you of? Did you really seize Old Li's land? Did you really try to kidnap this woman?"
The redhead youth hastily replied, "No! I don't even know what they're talking about. I'm completely clueless. They're the ones making a fuss here and framing me!"
Seeing the redhead youth trying to deny the accusations, Guo Lan was initially too scared to speak. But after receiving an encouraging glance from Xu Hao, she finally mustered the courage and said, "Young Master Wu, this youth really tried to take advantage of me. As soon as he came over, he tried to take me away without a word, completely ignoring my resistance. If it weren't for Young Master Xu arriving in time, I surely would have fallen victim to them!"
Wu Mengchong looked coldly at the redhead youth, "Is what she's saying true?"
The redhead youth immediately shook his head, as furiously as a rattle-drum, and angrily said, "She's making it all up! How could I possibly do such a thing? She and Xu Hao know each other; they've been in cahoots for a long time."
Xu Hao sneered, "I knew you'd say that. Although Teacher Guo and I did know each other well before, it doesn't give you an excuse to slander us. Anna, play the video."
Anna said with a grin, then took out a portable projector she carried with her and began playing the video.
The video content was precisely the incident that had occurred on the hillside earlier!
Seeing the video, the Wu family's faces didn't look good at all.
The redhead youth was even more shocked and enraged, never expecting Xu Hao to have had the incident recorded on video!
Everything he had said earlier was now captured in the video.