Chapter 13: Crazy Isn’t an Insult, She’s Really Crazy

“Don’t hide, come out, apologize to your parents and ask for their forgiveness, otherwise, we’ll have to take you away.”

He flashed the handcuffs.

Ye Zhengguo’s family was beaming with pride.

Ye Xiaozhen still pretended to be scared and hid behind Xie Lin’an, refusing to come out.

They were a family, and she was the daughter of the victim. Usually, when the police encountered conflicts within the same family, their approach was to minimize the matter, to settle it amicably, and to persuade them.

So at first, they patiently persuaded them, using threats and inducements, hoping to resolve the conflict through an apology.

Otherwise, they would have to write a lot of reports if they detained her for a few days.

Of course, the most important thing was that they felt it was a family matter, there was no need to make a big deal out of it.

But they didn’t expect that the girl would hide after they talked for so long.

The police officer had to say again, “It’s no use being afraid, you’re an adult, you have to stand up and face it.”

Many villagers had come to watch the show, and some of them disagreed, “Your own daughter, you really went to the police? I’m saying, Ye Zhengguo, you’re going a bit too far.”

“That’s right, it’s not a big deal, forget it.”

Ye Zhengguo said, “It’s not like you’re the one who got hit, you say forget it, and it’s forgotten? The police officer said that when you encounter such a thing, you should bravely say no, you can’t just let it go because it’s family, that will only encourage bad behavior.”

The police officer twitched his mouth, thinking that he had to say these things.

It was definitely wrong for a daughter to hit her parents, but it was a family matter after all, they still hoped to settle it amicably.

But Ye Xiaozhen still wouldn’t come out.

Xie Lin’an watched the show with amusement, arms crossed, looking at the family.

This made the police officers feel strange.

But they didn’t ask any further, after all, the one who hit people was the one behind him.

At this time, Sun Qing stood up and said, “Just pull her out, she doesn’t understand, she won’t come out.”

Huh?

What does she mean she doesn’t understand?

The police officer thought this was a sarcastic remark, implying that she was being deliberate.

So he patiently said again, “Ye Xiaozhen, please be brave, stand up and solve the problem. You’re all family, it’s not a big deal, apologize to your parents and try to get their forgiveness.”

His tone was already quite bad.

Ye Xiaozhen was scared and her eyes welled up with tears.

Xie Lin’an had wanted to watch the show for a while, but when he saw that she was about to cry, he quickly hugged her and comforted her, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

Then he turned to the police officers and said, “Just talk to me, I’m her guardian now.”

Guardian?

Usually, the term guardian is used for minors and the elderly, isn’t this girl twenty-two?

Ye Zhengguo also said, “It’s the same if you talk to him, he’s my son-in-law, my daughter suddenly hit us, maybe he instigated her.”

Xie Lin’an glared at him, “Don’t slander me in front of the police officer, when did I instigate her to hit people?”

“Hey, I’m not wronging you, my Xiaozhen was always obedient and filial, she never hit anyone. She just married you a day ago, and she’s already hitting her father with a stick, if it wasn’t you who instigated her, who else could it be?”

Xie Lin’an rolled up his sleeves, he was tall and strong, and he looked intimidating.

Ye Zhengguo shrank his neck and hid behind the police officer in fear.

The police officer stood between them, “What are you doing?”

Xie Lin’an said, “I’m not doing anything, they’re slandering me in front of me. They say I instigated her, do you have any evidence?”

“I… I don’t have any evidence, but I guess it must have been you who instigated her.”

The police officers: “…”

“You can’t talk nonsense without evidence, slander is also a crime.”

Hearing this, Ye Zhengguo remained silent.

“What about Ye Xiaozhen…”

Xie Lin’an said, “She’s really not right, it’s useless to ask her, she can’t speak.”

Police officer: “Is she mute?”

“No.”

“Then why can’t she speak?”

Xie Lin’an smiled and looked at Ye Zhengguo’s family, “Aren’t you her parents? Why don’t you tell us why she can’t speak.”

Sun Qing said, “Because she’s crazy.”

She excitedly said to the police officer, “I’ve been saying she’s crazy, you wouldn’t believe me, look, can a normal person act like her? She beat me and her father so badly. Police officer, we want them to pay for medical expenses. Don’t keep asking Ye Xiaozhen to solve it, she can’t solve it, just talk to her husband, let her husband pay.”

The police officers were dumbfounded.

It turns out that the “crazy” they were yelling about was actually a real crazy person, not just an insult.

No wonder they used the term “guardian,” no wonder they said she was instigated to hit people.

“This… crazy means she’s mentally ill?”

Xie Lin’an said, “Yes, my wife is a mental patient, she has a certificate.”

He took Ye Xiaozhen’s disability certificate out of his pants pocket and showed it to them.

After the four of them passed it around, they were completely dumbfounded.

This family came to report a case, they cried and made a fuss, saying they were beaten by a crazy person.

After asking for a long time, they said they were beaten by their daughter, they were so indignant.

Especially the stepmother, she said that she raised her stepdaughter, her own child was born prematurely and didn’t get a good life, and she was still beaten by her stepdaughter.

They said it was so serious, they even brought handcuffs, and now it’s like this?

The police officers couldn’t help but laugh, they returned the disability certificate to Xie Lin’an, turned to Ye Zhengguo’s family and said, “Since your daughter is mentally ill, why did you report it to the police?”

The Ye family was a little confused.

Sun Qing said, “What? Can’t a mentally ill person report a case?”

“You can, but we can’t detain her. I see her condition… it’s not serious enough to require hospitalization, we can only ask her family to help with treatment and management. You are her parents, you are also her family, take her to the hospital for a check-up. If it’s serious, treat her actively, don’t be stingy with money.”

What?

They came to ask for money, they didn’t get the money, and now they have to spend money to treat her?

They were going crazy.

Ye Xiaoqiang said, “My sister is already married, these two are her family, we’re not.”

The police officer frowned at him, “Who told you your sister is married, and your parents are not her family?”

“What? She’s still considered family even though she’s married?”

“Of course, family members are all family, including spouses, parents, and children.”

“But she doesn’t have the same household registration as us, she doesn’t live with us.”

Not only Ye Xiaoqiang had this question, but everyone present had this question.

So the police officer gave them a good lesson in public.

They learned that in the eyes of the law, children are equal, it’s not that the son is family after he gets married, but the daughter is not family after she gets married.

Yes, the law doesn’t care about marriage, regardless of gender, it’s all marriage.

“Okay, stop talking about these useless things, I’ll just ask you how you want to solve this.”

Sun Qing said, “Don’t let her go to jail, but she has to pay.”

At this time, Ye Xiaozhen timidly said, “Xiaozhen has no money.”