Chapter 465: Meddling and Entanglement

His legs hurt terribly now; he feared his legs, which had just started to heal, might break again, and that he would truly become a cripple.

Liu Chuxue naturally knew the eldest branch could not produce money, did not want her son to be beaten, and could not possibly agree to hand the person over for public handling, yet she deliberately forced them.

Only this way would they think of other tricks; as for what tricks, naturally they would pin everything on Ding Surong.

Since they dared to scheme against her, naturally she could not let her have an easy time.

Of course, the main point was to force her to find the person who had designed her; she wanted to see who it was.

With matters having reached this point, if the two pairs did not want to lose their reputation and be sent for criticism, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree to the marriage, and even Ding Surong was no exception.

As for compensation, the Liu family naturally could not produce money; Liu Jiandong avoided people, pulled Ding Surong aside, and said, "You know my family's situation, and today, to protect your reputation, I did not reveal a single word outwardly and bore everything myself, so you must bear this compensation money."

Ding Surong was greatly angered by today's unexpected turn of events; she also understood that something must have gone wrong in the middle, but she had no clue yet as to which link had failed.

Hearing Liu Jiandong's words, she did not hysterically blame him, but her expression and attitude were truly far from good: "You are truly incapable of achieving anything and only good at ruining things."

She was too lazy to say anything else: "I have only a little over two hundred yuan; I have no more, so keep that in mind."

The two thought their words, spoken away from people, would not be known, but Liu Chuxue was no ordinary person; naturally, she heard their conversation clearly: Do not demand too much; how will you force out the person behind you?

Liu Jiandong now had confidence in his heart, so he moved back to his original position.

He did not expect that, as soon as he arrived, he would hear Liu Chuxue say: "Liu Jiandong, the mastermind, five hundred yuan; Cheng Laizi, three hundred yuan; Liu Shuqin, two hundred yuan; if even one yuan is missing, I will send them to the Revolutionary Committee."

Liu Shuqin glared at Liu Chuxue with red eyes, looking as if she intended to smash the jar and let it go to ruin: "If you are going to say this, Liu Cunyi is also an accomplice; must he not pay a share too?"

She now only wanted to muddy the waters; if she could not have a good time, no one else could either; since the two families were close, she would make them clash.

She simply did not expect that, before Liu Chuxue could utter a word, Aunt Liangzi pushed through the crowd and spoke: "Regarding your schemes, my Cunyi indeed knew nothing, but who could blame him for being simple-minded and being used by you, a shameless person? If not for Liu Chuxue's good fortune, they might truly have schemed against us; Cunyi deserves punishment; let us see if he dares to trust people recklessly again."

After speaking, she turned and searched the crowd; upon seeing her own husband, she said: "Liangzi, go home and fetch one hundred yuan; your son acted foolishly and must learn a lesson."

Liu Chuxue had just started to speak but was stopped by a look from Aunt Liangzi.

At this moment, Cheng Laizi's mother came running, stumbling: "Son."

Seeing her son beaten until his face was bruised and swollen, she touched his face with aching heart, then turned with a face full of accusation: "You were too ruthless; look what you did to my son. Unless you give me an explanation, this matter is not over."

The secretary of Huaihua Village's face was full of disgust: "Do you think this is Huaihua Village, where everyone would yield to you out of consideration for being fellow villagers? What your Laizi did today is enough to warrant a bullet. If you do not want him to have a good life, then continue making a scene."

Liu Chuxue did not want to waste any more time and looked at the village cadres.

Tomorrow they must go to work, and the secretary naturally did not want to stay here: "Very well, state your position. If you agree, then bring the money before noon tomorrow; if you do not agree, then do not blame Liu Chuxue for reporting you. By then, what you did today will likely not be concealable; bear the consequences yourselves."