Chapter 31: Going to the Police Station Together

They were all sitting in Fang’s courtyard. Bai Ruojiao saw the person next to the auntie and stood up in confusion.

The policeman’s attitude was good. “You are Comrade Bai Ruojiao, right? The police station is investigating a case and needs your cooperation to record a statement. Please come with us.”

Everyone’s faces changed, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

What did this mean?

Bai Ruojiao also frowned in confusion, “Can I ask what it’s about?”

The policeman told her the truth.

It turned out that Zhao Pozi had caused a commotion at the police station. She claimed that Bai Ruojiao had deliberately given her son drugged wine and harmed him. She also accused Bai Ruojiao of poisoning her son in the past.

In short, she wanted to blame Bai Ruojiao for her son’s hooliganism.

Of course, no one believed her words.

The police officers also thought she was making things up.

But since she said so, they had to send someone to question Bai Ruojiao.

Everyone was shocked.

Aunt Fang immediately started cursing, then quickly explained to the policeman, “Comrade, Bai Zhiqing is kind-hearted. How could she do such a thing? It’s always the Zhao family who doesn’t treat her like a human being and bullies her. Everyone in our brigade can testify to this!

Zhao Pozi is a scoundrel, and Zhao Lao San is a chip off the old block. He’s always flirting with girls and causing trouble.

Besides, Zhao Pozi treats him like the apple of her eye. She’s so old, but she still refuses to find him a wife. It’s not impossible that he would vent his frustration on a pig.”

The people who had come to watch the show also nodded in agreement.

“Exactly, you police officers should deal with him properly. Now he’s harming pigs. Who knows what he’ll do to people next? This dangerous element with bad thoughts and behavior should not be allowed to stay in our Nanyang Brigade.”

An auntie who lived next to Bai Ruojiao also shouted, “Police officers, that wine wasn’t given by Bai Zhiqing. I saw Zhao Pozi searching Bai Zhiqing’s house that day, and I saw that bottle of wine in there.”

“Yes, I saw Zhao Lao San drunk and harassing women passing by at noon yesterday. If the wine was poisoned, why did it take effect until midnight?”

Everyone chimed in, getting more excited and angrier.

Bai Zhiqing is so unlucky to have such a mother-in-law.

The police officers indirectly obtained evidence from the crowd. They listened carefully and took notes before saying, “Comrades, don’t worry. We’re just asking Bai Zhiqing for information. The police will handle things fairly and justly.”

Bai Ruojiao also bowed slightly to the crowd in gratitude, “Thank you all for testifying for me. I also believe in the fairness and justice of the police.”

She then looked at the police officer, “Comrade, let’s go.”

The police officer had a better impression of Bai Ruojiao. He nodded and took her away.

But after they left, the village exploded.

The news spread quickly to all the brigades.

Now everyone knew that there was a lazy bum in Nanyang Brigade who got drunk at night and molested a pig.

It disgusted everyone who heard about it.

The team leaders of all the production teams also called in some notorious lazy bums and troublemakers in their teams to warn them.

In Qingshan Village, as the Zhao family’s in-laws, the Liu family was so embarrassed that they couldn’t even work. They all ran home.

As soon as they got home, the old lady grabbed a broom and beat Zhao Dani.

“You stupid thing! What kind of disgusting people are you Zhao family? I shouldn’t have married you into this family. Now you’ve ruined our whole family. Why don’t you just die?”

Zhao Dani was beaten and cried out in pain. She could only cry and beg for mercy, but no one paid attention to her.

Her father-in-law, Liu Quan, sat on the doorstep, sullenly smoking his pipe.

Her husband, Liu Dazhu, was also red-eyed with anger. He glared fiercely at Zhao Dani, looking like he wanted to hit her himself.

Liu Lan was also crying her heart out, covering her face.

She had been looking for a husband recently. Now that this news had spread, who would dare to marry her?

After beating Zhao Dani, the old lady told her son to immediately take Zhao Dani to the brigade to get a divorce.

No matter how much Zhao Dani cried and begged, it was almost as if Liu Dazhu dragged her to the brigade courtyard.

Zhao Erni’s situation was better.

After Zhao Pozi married Zhao Erni to a widower in exchange for a dowry, she basically cut off ties with her natal family.

Zhao Pozi went to her house to take advantage of them, but she and her mother-in-law scolded her back.

So, everyone in the village knew that Zhao Erni and the Zhao family were not on good terms.

Now that this had happened, there were some who mocked her, but there were also many who spoke up for her.

Moreover, Zhao Erni’s mother-in-law was not someone to be trifled with, and she was very good to Zhao Erni.

Therefore, the commotion subsided after a while.

Speaking of the police station.

As soon as Bai Ruojiao entered, Zhao Pozi let out a howl and lunged at her.

Fortunately, Zhao Sihai was quick and pulled her to his side.

The policeman who brought him here instinctively moved two steps to the side, but Zhao Pozi pounced on him.

The next moment, he let out a pained gasp, pushed Zhao Pozi away, and reached out to touch his face.

As he touched it, both sides of his cheeks and neck burned with pain, and his palm was covered in blood.

Everyone saw that he had five bloody scratches on each side of his jawbone and neck.

The skin was literally ripped off, showing how hard Zhao Pozi had hit him.

Everyone could see clearly that the old woman was aiming for the woman behind him.

According to the police officer’s description of the wound location, if it had been on the woman, it would have been a direct hit to her eyes.

Some of the police officers who were already annoyed with Zhao Pozi’s behavior now had cold expressions.

This was assault in a public place, at the police station.

Immediately, a clerk stepped forward to grab Zhao Pozi.

Zhao Pozi realized she had grabbed the wrong person and felt a pang of fear.

But when her eyes fell on Bai Ruojiao, who was hiding behind Zhao Sihai, and saw her clear, sharp eyes, the same eyes she had used to threaten her before, her anger surged again. She struggled to break free from the clerk who was holding her.

“It’s all your fault! You’re a bitch! You’ve been nothing but trouble since you entered my house. You harmed my son yesterday, and now you’re trying to harm me. I’ll kill you!”

She struggled even harder.

The clerk was accidentally scratched and unconsciously loosened his grip. She managed to break free.

She lunged forward to hit Bai Ruojiao.

When she couldn’t hit her, she scratched Zhao Sihai fiercely.

“You too, you heartless thing! Even a dog knows to protect its master. You only know how to protect this vixen. Zhao Sihai, I’m telling you, if anything happens to San’er, I’ll make your whole family pay!”

Even Brigade Leader Cheng Xiangjun, who had come to help pull her away, was scratched.

The police were furious. They immediately stepped forward, twisted her arms behind her back, and shouted, “This is the police station. You can’t act like this!”

Zhao Pozi, however, was like a woman possessed. She attacked anyone she saw.

“You police officers are no good either. You’re all in cahoots. Did Bai Ruojiao, that bitch, seduce you to harm my son? I’ll fight you!”

Now she had offended the entire police station.

Zhao Gensheng couldn’t believe that his wife had gone crazy like this. His face turned pale.

He saw the police officers around him with grim expressions. He wanted to step forward to stop her, but he was afraid of being hit.

In the end, Zhao Pozi was arrested for assault and slander of public officials. She was handcuffed and taken to the detention center with her son.

After they were dragged away, everyone looked at Bai Ruojiao, who was being held in Zhao Sihai’s arms. Her face was pale with fear.