Chapter 28 What’s happening?

“What’s going on? What’s going on?” At this moment, Grandpa Cui slowly walked to the front, pointed with his broad hand, and astonishingly said, “This person, with a knife, wanted to cut me.”

Ming Leyao: “?????”
Grandma Cui: “?????”
Has our old man become so capable? He’s actually learned to report someone?

Pang Jianyuan: “?????” He gasped. Grandpa, are you serious? You do know that stabbing the mayor is a serious crime, right?

Then he thought again, since Ming Shi came with a knife today, even if it wasn’t to harm Grandpa Cui, it was probably to deal with Ming Leyao. Whoever he intended to hurt, it was unforgivable.

Ming Shi: “……” Damn it, I came with a knife mainly to pry open the door latch, what nonsense about stabbing someone? But since he’s in pain and can’t speak, this accusation stuck firmly on his head.

“Uncle Cui, do you think… should we notify Chief Cui?”

“Notify? Someone held a knife to my old man, and he doesn’t come out to handle it, what else can he do?”

Ming Shi: “???” What chief? What old man? Why is there an old guy here? It’s all Ming Shi’s fault. Recently, he’s been busy making connections and rarely comes home. Plus, the Ming family is extremely arrogant, thinking an old man is nothing, and they didn’t take seriously the ‘trash’ Ming Leyao picked up. Now, it directly backfired on Ming Shi.

Pang Jianyuan had Ming Shi taken away and locked up, then asked Ming Leyao and Grandpa Cui if they were hurt before leaving.

Early the next morning, guessing Cui Ying had gone to work, the phone was called to the public security bureau chief’s office.

When Cui Ying received the call, he was stunned. His dad was nearly stabbed??? Who was crazy enough to try to stab his old man? Not very smart but quite bold.

Because it was his own dad, Cui Ying was anxious and hurriedly gathered all police officers on duty and rushed to the Shangjiaqiao team. Outsiders might have thought they were going to catch some ruthless criminal.

When Cui Ying arrived, Ming Leyao and the others had just finished breakfast. Ming Fourth Aunt felt unusually energetic today and got busy early in the morning, while Ming Xiaoxue teased her mom, saying it was probably because after the family split, her mood and health had improved a lot.

Only Ming Leyao knew her fourth aunt’s good health was due to drinking Jinlianchi water, but she kept it a secret, quietly taking credit.

“Dad? Mom? Are you okay? Huh? Are you okay?”

“Look at you, over thirty years old and still so fidgety,” Grandma Cui chided, then went to the kitchen and brought a basin of hot water mixed with cold water for him to wash up.

“Ah, Mom, it’s because I heard my dad was almost stabbed, I got scared.”

“Your dad is fine. That person was Leyao’s eldest uncle. Your dad also wanted to settle this once and for all.”

“I knew it… who would be so crazy as to try to stab my dad?” Cui Ying felt it was natural to think so. He never considered that aside from the team leader’s family and Ming Leyao, no one else on the Shangjiaqiao team knew his dad’s identity — even Ming Fourth Aunt was still clueless.

“Brother Cui? Brother Cui? Hurry… hurry and ask those police to step back a bit,” Pang Jianyuan, out of breath, ran into Ming Leyao’s home and went straight to Cui Ying.

“What’s wrong?”

“Goodness, when have the villagers ever seen so many police? They all think something happened at Shangjiaqiao team and got scared, hiding aside, not earning any work points.”

“Sorry, my fault, I heard your news and didn’t think much before coming here.”

“It’s okay, normal. But can some of them step back now?”

“Alright, alright, wait here, I’ll arrange it.”

The two came and went quickly, leaving only a few people in the yard.

At the team office… Cui Ying personally led several police officers to bring Ming Shi out of one of the rooms.

Hearing the explanation from the team leader, the villagers grew curious and crowded around, pointing fingers at Ming Shi.

“How dare Ming Shi do that?”
“Yeah, I heard yesterday he went to Ming Leyao’s house with a kitchen knife.”
“Good thing someone was home, otherwise, it would have been dangerous for little Leyao alone.”
“Exactly, Ming Shi is so despicable. He pretended to be a good guy but was so cruel behind the scenes.”
“That’s normal, right? Ming Yuehe can do such sneaky things, so what good can her own father Ming Shi be?”

Everyone agreed: it’s all about teaching by example. If Ming Shi were a decent man, his daughter wouldn’t be so bad.

“Alright, alright, we’ve wasted the whole morning. No work points today, okay? Let’s get back to work.”

When the team leader said that, everyone dispersed quickly. Watching the drama was fun, but earning work points was more important—they knew which was heavier.

“Wow, your leadership skills are strong.”
“Hey, Brother Cui, you’re joking, I can’t compare to you.”
“By the way… why do you call me Brother? You’re older than me, aren’t you? Trying to take advantage?”

Pang Jianyuan: “…..”

He had called Cui Ying ‘Brother’ before because Cui Ying was in that position, and he didn’t like being called chief. So he tried ‘Brother’—formal yet close. But now he’s being challenged, how should he reply?

“Alright, alright, next time just call me Brother Cui.”
“Alright, Brother Cui.”
Cui Ying: “……” Somehow, he still felt taken advantage of.

Ming Shi was taken away, and naturally, Ming Leyao and Grandpa Cui, as parties involved, had to follow to the police station.

Riding in the police car into the county town, the gray walls and earthen tiles, the sunken cheeks, the hurried passersby—before, it didn’t feel like much. Today suddenly it seemed the grayness was clearing in her eyes, like moving from shadow into light… a stronger sense of belonging.

Maybe because Ming Shi was arrested, the lingering resentment tied to her previous life vanished, letting her fit better into this era?

Ming Leyao couldn’t understand or explain. But she had one advantage—once here, she accepted it. People live where they live, as long as they live…

At the station, naturally, they interrogated Ming Shi. He wasn’t tough; once seated, he confessed everything.

“I really just wanted to scare Ming Leyao, nothing else. Officers, you have to believe me.”

Cui Ying sat opposite Ming Shi, taking his words seriously. Such a coward couldn’t possibly have done anything earth-shattering.