Chapter 458: Since I'm Ruined Anyway, I Have to Drag Someone Down With Me

Liu Jiandong said that he and Ding Zhiqing were courting, that they had come to the melon shed for a date, and he hadn't expected to get carried away.

He could only say it like that; he couldn't very well tell everyone that they had come intending to scheme against someone, only to be schemed against themselves.

Even if he weren't afraid of losing face, probably no one would believe it.

With so many people watching, Ding Surong had no choice but to be pulled forward.

Not long after they arrived at the village committee, the cadres from Huaihua Village showed up.

Village Chief Deng Huaiming looked past them: "Where is Cheng Laizi's family?"

The branch secretary of Huaihua Village glanced at Laizi with an ugly expression: "Shameless thing — not content with shaming your own village, you had to come shame it out here too. Your elder brother was right to stop caring about you."

Hearing this, Cheng Laizi was genuinely a little scared: "Branch Secretary, today's matter — I was set up. It really isn't my fault."

The moment he shouted that, it terrified Ding Surong and Liu Jiandong, afraid he would spill everything in front of so many people.

Before the branch secretary of Huaihua Village could answer, Cheng Laizi hurriedly asked: "Where's my mom? My mom wouldn't just leave me alone, would she?"

The branch secretary of Huaihua Village shot him a look: "Your mom does want to look after you, but your sister-in-law said that if she keeps meddling, she'll have to live with you from now on."

Cheng Laizi had already been beaten badly by Liu Quanwen, and had only just recovered. Hearing that even his mother wouldn't care for him, he went limp on the spot, and two words flashed through his mind: It's over.

When his gaze drifted to Liu Jiandong up ahead, a sudden idea struck him: he had come today intending to pick up a free wife anyway, so what if it was a different one? He'd slept with her either way. Worst came to worst, they'd all go down together.

His family wasn't planning to care for him anymore anyway — might as well gamble once.

After the cadres of the two villages exchanged a few pleasantries, Village Chief Deng Huaiming spoke first: "Cheng Laizi, tell us what happened today."

After all that fuss, his head was clear now too. To protect himself: "It was Liu Jiandong who came to find me to talk, but after he left, I was knocked out."

The people present hadn't expected there to be any connection between them, and all looked toward Liu Jiandong in the corner: "What do you have to say?"

Liu Jiandong naturally dug in his heels and refused to admit it: "Don't listen to his nonsense — who can prove I went looking for him?"

Believe it or not, Liu Jiandong really was lucky — finding Cheng Laizi had genuinely been a chance encounter.

Neither side would admit it, and the matter reached an impasse.

Deng Huaiming irritably fixed his gaze on Liu Shuqin, who was being held in Peng Ailan's arms: "Shuqin, what about you? How did you end up in the woods to the south?"

She naturally didn't dare say what she had done, and could only sob: "I just wanted to look for cicada shells on the trees by the riverbank. I don't know how all this happened."

Finished speaking, she could no longer hold it in and burst into loud wailing: she had only been curious and wanted to sneak over — who could have known it would ruin her.

Suddenly, she thought of something. She had clearly seen Seeing Liu Chuxue go into the woods. Since she herself was ruined, she had to drag someone down with her. She shouted at the top of her voice: "It was Seeing Liu Chuxue — yes, it had to be her."

Hearing this, the branch secretary couldn't help frowning: "Everyone in the village knows you and Chuxue don't get along. What time do you think it is, and you're still trying to harm someone?"

"I didn't — I saw with my own eyes her going into the woods."

Liu's mother in the crowd wouldn't stand for it: "Liu Shuqin, you went and did something shameless yourself, and now you want to drag my family's Chuxue into it — you really are something."

"I'm not making it up. If you don't believe me, ask Liu Cunyi — she definitely came to the woods."