Chapter 104

She was so scared that she sat on the ground and held the policeman’s arm. Her legs were shaking so much that she couldn’t stand up. “Gun, gunshot.”

“That was the sound of gunfire. Did you shoot my Yiping?”

Old Mrs. Luo seemed to be crazy, slapping the young policeman’s arm, “My Yiping is innocent, he is innocent.”

The young policeman didn’t say anything. Everyone who came to the police station said that they were wronged. But whether it was a real or false injustice would only be known once the truth came out.

“I heard gunshots. Did you shoot my Yiping?” Old Mrs. Luo cried with tears and snot, and insisted that the police had shot Luo Yiping.

The young policeman almost couldn’t handle it by himself, but fortunately someone came to help and explained to Mrs. Luo that it was not a real gun, but an air gun that everyone used for training, and the sound was slightly similar.

Old Mrs. Luo was half-believing and half-doubting, and the police had no choice but to let Old Mrs. Luo take a look at the man from a distance before sending him away.

After the people left, several policemen looked at each other and could see the helplessness in each other’s eyes. They would rather catch human traffickers and thieves than to bother with these matters. If some old ladies started making a fuss, there would be no way to resolve it.

When Mrs. Luo saw that her son was not wronged in the police station, she was relieved and dragged Zhao Jiayun to the village. The police said that the matter was very serious.

If no one can prove his innocence, Luo Yiping will be held responsible for the crime. In serious cases, he will be shot. If there is evidence to prove his innocence, he will only have to serve a few years in prison.

Once a person is in jail, his life is ruined, and the Luo family will not be able to hold their heads up in Changxing Village. Old Mrs. Luo was smart all her life, but she came up with a stupid idea.

Ask Zhao Jiayun to testify and prove that Luo Yiping is innocent. Old Mrs. Luo tightly grasped Zhao Jiayun’s hand and looked at her with triangular eyes and drooping eyebrows. “Go and tell her that it was you who introduced this job to Yiping. Go.”

Zhao Jiayun smiled bitterly, “I told him not to go, but he insisted on going. Now he deserves it if he goes in.”

Old Mrs. Luo beat up Zhao Jiayun in front of everyone in the county town. Zhao Jiayun was also a person with a bad temper. Since Luo Yiping was also a incompetent person, she would not serve him anymore.

“Okay, you beat me. If Luo Yiping goes to jail, I will divorce him. Are you satisfied now?”

Zhao Jiayun looked crazy and had regretted being with Luo Yiping a long time ago. Now that he was in prison, she even wished that Luo Yiping would be shot.

In this way, I can leave the Luo family and leave this place of trouble.

After learning that the man was Chu Sangning’s father, Zhao Jiayun’s mentality completely collapsed. She couldn’t figure out why this was the case.

Old Mrs. Luo tried everything to get Zhao Jiayun to give in, but in the blink of an eye, she seemed to have aged ten years. She was not young to begin with, and now her back was hunched.

She suddenly thought of the Jiang family. Jiang Xingyan from the Jiang family was in the army, and Lin Xiuzhi was also a military family member. As long as Lin Xiuzhi was willing to come out to testify, her son would definitely be fine.

Old Mrs. Luo, who was eager to save her son, didn’t care about anything else and hurried back to Changxing Village. It was already evening, and white smoke was coming out of the chimneys of every household. Everyone was cooking at home.

The Jiang family is no exception. When Sang Ning’s father comes, Lin Xiuzhi shows off her skills and cooks a delicious meal by herself to make everyone in the family smarter and more considerate.

Lin Xiuzhi cooked and Pan Wenlan helped to light the fire. The men in the family were not idle either. They talked and drank with Zhou Yongzhuo and Chu Yuanlin. In the winter, drinking some homemade wine could keep them warm.

It was at this time that Old Mrs. Luo came. She walked unsteadily, knocked on the door of the Jiang family, and walked straight towards the kitchen where Lin Xiuzhi was.

Pan Wenlan couldn’t catch up with her from behind, “Aunt Luo, what can I do for you?”

Old Mrs. Luo turned a blind eye. When she saw Lin Xiuzhi, she acted as if she had seen her savior. She stepped forward and grabbed Lin Xiuzhi’s arm. Before she could say anything, her eyes were filled with tears and she was about to cry.

“Jiang family, my Yiping has been arrested, please help me to be a witness.”

The spatula in Lin Xiuzhi’s hand nearly fell into the hot oil pan. She was frying meatballs in her own pan and they were about to get burnt. There was also a clingy old lady named Luo around her, so she had no choice but to urge people to go out and wait.

“Let me talk about it later. Let me take out this pot of meatballs first.”

Pan Wenlan took the spatula from her mother-in-law and continued cooking. Lin Xiuzhi was also a little angry after learning about this from Old Lady Luo.

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch. They’re just young and confused, and you’re already old, why are you confused too?”

Lin Xiuzhi didn’t feel sorry for Luo Yiping, but she felt that Luo Yiping, a bad scoundrel, would ruin the entire Changxing Village. If Luo Yiping really went to jail, the reputation of Changxing Village would also be ruined.

The young boys below can’t find wives from other villages, and the unmarried girls in the village can’t get married. From now on, they will blame the Luo family for this.

Old Mrs. Luo also regretted it and burst into tears. “I was too carried away. We are from the same village. Please help me. You have watched Yiping grow up. He would never do such a thing.”

She raised her son alone and knew what kind of person he was. He was an honest and simple man with no bad intentions and would never do something like selling drugs for others.

Old Mrs. Luo tried to persuade her with both reason and emotion. Lin Xiuzhi was also Luo Yiping’s elder and knew what kind of person he was. She hesitated again and again and said, “I’ll ask for you, but I absolutely cannot testify for you. After all, I can’t lie.”

With Lin Xiuzhi’s assurance, Old Lady Luo somehow felt relieved, and she clasped her hands together and bowed in gratitude: “Okay, OK, your son Xingyan is a promising boy, and you have educated him well. I’ll trouble you with Yiping’s matter.”

After Mrs. Luo left, Lin Xiuzhi told her family about this matter. Pan Wenlan asked, “Mom, do you really want to take care of this matter?”

Lin Xiuzhi’s face was full of helplessness. “I don’t want to care, but I have to think about Pan’an’s future.”

They didn’t care. There were still many children in Changxing Village. If their reputation was affected by Luo Yiping’s affairs, it would be no small matter.

“I won’t go by myself. I’m not stupid.” Seeing the worried look in her daughter-in-law’s eyes, Lin Xiuzhi suddenly smiled and said, “I’ll ask your father to go to the captain’s house and ask what’s going on.”

Zhou Yongzhuo and Chu Yuanlin encountered this kind of thing when they came here for the first time. Lin Xiuzhi was afraid that they would think too much, so when no one was around, she said embarrassedly: “My dear relatives, I’m sorry to make you laugh this time.”

“It’s okay, you guys go ahead and do your work, we just came over to take a look.” Chu Yuanlin replied nonchalantly.