Chapter 149: Forced Marriage (5)
Chapter 149: Forced Marriage (5)
Just then, before he had even finished his breakfast, someone came running to his house in a hurry to tell him something, asking him to go to Liu Dazhi's house immediately to take a look, as if he didn't go, something bad might happen.
When Liu Zheng heard this, he couldn't wait any longer, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks and hurried over with the man.
Now, Liu Baolian and Wang Mazi each insisted on their own opinions and kept yelling endlessly, as if they were determined to fight to the death. Their noisy voices almost pierced Liu Zheng's eardrums, and the anger that he had been suppressing in his heart was rising up.
I saw his dark eyeballs raised and his gaze moved around for a few moments.
He first looked at Liu Baolian, who was crying and her disgust for Wang Mazi was almost flowing out of her eyes. Then he looked at Wang Mazi, who was deeply in love with Liu Baolian and seemed to be deeply hurt by her.
Suddenly, the corners of his mouth twitched and his face was full of black lines.
It seems that Liu Baolian is really not interested in Wang Mazi anymore, while Wang Mazi seems to have determined on her. Even though he is a little bit overwhelmed by the crowd at this moment, he still insists that Liu Baolian and he are having an affair.
If the two people's genders were swapped, or if the Liu family was the kind of family that put face above everything else, Wang Mazi's fuss might actually work, but that's not the case with the Liu family.
Liu Zheng was speechless, secretly complaining: What's important is that you two are having an affair? What's important is that she doesn't want to marry you at all!
Judging from your attitude of forcing someone to kiss you, even if what you said is true, you are being too unkind. It's already very good that the other person didn't chop you with a kitchen knife!
If you really want to marry the girl, you should go to her house and propose in a proper manner, express your sincerity to her elders and please her, instead of frivolously ruining her reputation and then making such a big show with drums and gongs!
Thinking of this, Liu Zheng couldn't help but want to hold his forehead.
If that were the case, why would it become such a mess now...
Hey--
Seeing that the two sides were arguing further and further, and that they were about to fight, Liu Zheng immediately gathered his chaotic thoughts and shouted angrily at the people who were arguing, "Enough!"
Liu Zheng had been the village chief for so many years, so he still had some authority. So when he saw that both parties had temporarily stopped talking, he said solemnly:
"I asked you to explain the reasons. Didn't I ask you to quarrel and quarrel until something blooms? Look at what you said. Do you think it's reasonable? Do you have any sense of propriety, righteousness, and shame? If you keep going on like this, not only will your reputation be ruined, but our village will also suffer!"
"But he has been pestering me. Do I deserve to let him slander my innocence..." Liu Baolian glared at Wang Mazi and retorted with red eyes.
"Then why don't you just treat him as if he was farting? Weren't you quite capable before?" Liu Zheng glanced at her coldly and said unhappily.
Perhaps these words touched some people's funny bones. As soon as he finished speaking, a very suppressed sneer came from behind him.
"Pfft... That's right, she once tried to use this trick to kill her stepbrother..."
"Yes, yes, I was there watching when Ling Chuan helped Ze Ge'er..."
"I also saw..."
The crowd, who had been quiet for a while, began to whisper to each other again, glancing at Liu Baolian with disdain.
After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he realized something was wrong, so he turned his eyes and faced the people who were whispering around the gate, and said with a stern face:
"What are you laughing at? Is it funny? You are the same. You have nothing to do after eating, so you go and dig some more land! Don't think that you can talk as you please just because it has nothing to do with you. Do you have to ruin the reputation of our village before you are satisfied?"
In fact, it is no wonder that Liu Zheng is so angry. After all, since he took over the position of village chief from his father, he has been working diligently and conscientiously every day for decades, trying to do his best in all the big and small matters in the village.
Especially the atmosphere and image of Liujia Village, to him, is like the result of his labor built brick by brick.
What was the result? The peace he had worked so hard to build for most of his life was almost destroyed by the shocking events one after another recently.
This feeling of having worked so hard for so many years and almost having it all turned into dust is not a pleasant one for anyone.
However, the poor old village chief didn't know at this moment that there was an even bigger show waiting for him. Of course, this all happened later.
At that moment, when the people who were whispering saw the village chief suddenly get angry at them, they all fell silent. Even Liu Baolian and others who were ready to make a move shut up.
Looking at the villagers with different expressions, Liu Zheng sighed silently again, and then said earnestly: "Since you all remember what happened to Ze Ge'er, why didn't you learn from it? Do you still think that this incident can't affect you? No, you are totally wrong! Liujia Village is everyone's home, it is everyone's root!"
After saying that, he withdrew his gaze and turned his sharp eyes as a knife to Liu Baolian's family.
"I will let Ze'er's matter go by, but after what happened, I believe you know better than anyone else how powerful these rumors are. I hope you and everyone else can realize what to say and what not to say!"
As soon as Liu Zheng finished speaking, Liu Dazhi's angry expression froze on his face, and the next moment it turned visibly red to the color of liver.
Liu Baolian forgot to cry under the piercing gazes. Her face turned pale and her eyes stared with red eyes. The feeling of having it all her own fault made her look very funny.
In addition to them, Yu and Li also changed their expressions.
However, despite this, what flashed in their eyes was not regret or guilt, but embarrassment and resentment of being humiliated in public.
In the crowd, Yingying took in every detail of the expressions of these people. She pursed her red lips and slightly narrowed her amber eyes. A cold dark light flickered in her eyes.
"That matter...I was the one who let my brother down, wuwu..." Liu Baolian lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, her eyelashes wet with tears blocking the hatred in her eyes.
Liu Zheng looked at her for a while before he said helplessly, "It is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them, but... since you two have severed your relationship, don't call Ze Ge'er brother anymore."
Actually, Liu Zheng didn't want to say much, but after thinking about it, the Liu family, young and old, are not easy to deal with. If he mentioned it, he would prevent them from becoming greedy in the future and going to Ze Ge'er's house to cry and make a fuss.
After hearing what Liu Zheng said, Liu Dazhi and the others all turned pale, especially Liu Baolian. She began to suspect that Liu Zheng came not to give her justice, but to vent his anger for that little bitch Ze Ge'er and to offend them.
But what Liu Zheng said was all true, and under the scorching gazes of the crowd, they had no way of denying it, and in the end they could only grit their teeth and swallow their anger.
After all, they still need this person to help them get justice, clear their Bao Lian's name, and drive Wang Mazi, the scabby dog, out of their home!
Seeing this, Yingying's eyebrows twitched slightly, and the coldness in his eyes gradually faded. He seemed to understand why his master did not keep the recipe for making malt sugar privately.
As for Wang Mazi, he had remained silent ever since Liu Zheng interrupted them, silently trying to figure out what Liu Zheng meant.
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