Chapter 347: Pushing Bangeng Out to Take the Blame

Bangeng was completely dumbfounded; he forgot to struggle, his mind filled with just one thought—he had been holding things steady, how did it suddenly turn into abandoning the task?

Those who had feared causing a commotion not only lost their reservations, but also shouted out loudly without restraint.

They gathered a group to listen to Xu Daming's wall, and this matter was exposed.

The ones who lost face are these people.

Why aren't they afraid?

Do they have any reliance?

Just as Bangeng was still pondering the reason for Shazhu's shout, something even more unexpected happened.

Yan Fugui, who cared most about face and worried most about Bangeng making a noise, at this moment no longer worried about causing a commotion, and hurriedly shouted out.

"I got up at night, just stepped out of the gate, suddenly saw a black shadow jump from the central courtyard to the rear courtyard, thought it was a thief, hurriedly followed after it, after a fuss, it turned out to be Bangeng."

Yan Fugui's heart.

Set at ease.

With Bangeng taking the blame, their group listening to Xu Daming's wall won't be exposed.

Not worried that Bangeng will speak the truth.

Given Bangeng's misdeeds of stealing all over the Siheyuan, even if he told the truth, the neighbors wouldn't believe him.

A notorious thief saint.

Can't stir up much of a wave.

Shazhu, Liu Guangtian, and Yan Fugui share the same idea; they want to use Bangeng's notorious thief saint reputation to clear themselves.

After all, the matter of lingering by the wall.

Not very glorious.

Especially since Shazhu and the three others formed a group to linger by the wall, considering their ages, they fully achieved the combination of old, middle, and young generations, playing the roles of helping, leading, and supporting.

Following Yan Fugui's lead.

Each began to speak.

"San Daye, you almost scared me to death; I just started seeing a little black shadow, I stepped forward to chase it, then footsteps sounded behind me, I thought the thief had an accomplice, I was hesitating whether to call for help, Liu Guangtian from the Second Elder's household heard the commotion, jumped out from inside the house, and caught Bangeng."

"Shazhu bro, I also happened to be preparing to get up at night, heard your shout, rushed out, caught the person eavesdropping on Xu Daming's wall, San Daye, run slowly, it's dark, watch out for falling."

While the three were speaking.

All households in the courtyard turned on their lights.

Taking the opportunity while they were getting dressed.

Liu Guangtian, Shazhu, and Yan Fugui quickly unified their story, not saying they themselves lingered by the wall, but saying they came out to catch Bangeng who was lingering by the wall.

This is still with the three harboring good intentions.

Didn't frame Bangeng with false accusation.

Otherwise, relying on Bangeng's nickname "Thief Saint", the three would pin the charge of opportunistic theft on Bangeng, and the neighbors would believe it.

Bangeng is not stupid; by listening to the three's words, he realizes these guys want to push him out as a scapegoat to take the blame for them.

You guys formed a group to listen to Xu Daming's wall, and still pushed the blame onto the Young Master's head.

Nice work, you guys.

As the direct descendant of the Jia Zhangshi lineage, Bangeng learned many of the Jia Family's secret techniques, and also self-awakened talents such as lock-picking, theft, and lingering by the wall.

Naturally, he won't sit and wait for death.

He won't let Shazhu and the three push the blame for lingering by the wall onto him.

On the contrary.

Bangeng also wants to, in front of the neighbors, expose the hypocrisy and pretense of Yan Fugui and the others, letting people know that Yan Fugui, Shazhu, and Liu Guangtian are all hypocrites who appear righteous but are actually villains, staying up late not sleeping, together lingering by Xu Daming's wall, and still pushing Bangeng out to take the bullet.

This is shameless.

Obviously not a match.

Must resort to underhanded tactics.

Bangeng opened his mouth and fiercely bit the right hand of Liu Guangtian, who was grabbing his collar, as if he hadn't gnawed a pig's trotter in a long time; this bite was indeed somewhat fierce, causing Liu Guangtian to shout in pain on the spot; his right hand, which was tugging at Bangeng's collar, feeling the pain, instinctively loosened.

Bangeng's body slipped to the ground, and he scrambled away rolling to the side.

Liu Guangtian, angry at having suffered a secret loss, at the instant Bangeng rolled his body to the side, kicked out, fiercely kicking Bangeng's buttocks.

Although his right foot accurately kicked Bangeng's buttocks, because Bangeng was a bit far away, this kick was also hastily thrown out in a rush.

Thus it didn't have much force.

Bangeng, who had taken Liu Guangtian's kick, was kicked flying away, but quickly got up from the ground, while rubbing his buttocks, he also shouted harsh words at Liu Guangtian.

"Liu Guangtian, I'll make you die of anger, I, Bangeng, am fine, my butt doesn't hurt at all."

"Bangeng, you wait for me."

Liu Guangtian, gritting his teeth, threatened Bangeng.

With his left hand, he firmly pressed his right hand that Bangeng had bitten, thinking that when he had time, he would definitely beat Bangeng up badly, then hang a pair of broken shoes on Bangeng's neck to repay today's grudge.

What he actually resents is not Bangeng.

But he resents Bangeng for making him lose face in front of Shazhu.

It was a rare opportunity to gain Shazhu's favor, but because of Bangeng's fierce bite, it became like flowing river water, slipping away before his eyes.

"Guangtian, are you okay?"

"Shazhu bro, I'm fine, just got bitten by this little brat." Liu Guangtian, not forgetting his duty, put on a calm front and said to Shazhu, then began to put a hat on Bangeng's head, saying: "This guy, at such a young age, already knows how to linger by the wall; if a few more years pass, won't he end up going in?"

"San Daye, you should raise a suggestion with your school; look at Bangeng, what has he learned? Stealing the neighbor's watermelon, taking the west family's sweet potato, now also eavesdropping on Xu Daming's wall; this isn't Liu Guangtian alarmist, but he's highly likely to end up going in."

Shazhu was filled with righteous indignation.

An appearance of a gentleman of integrity.

I don't know if Bangeng will go in or not, but I know you three might have to go inside for a trip.

Xu Daming's voice.

It rang beside the three people's ears.

In his words.

with a trace of strong anger.

Outsiders may not know the inside story.

Xu Daming, who had known Shazhu and Yan Fugui for many years, saw the change in their expressions, especially Yan Fugui giving Shazhu a look after he came out, and realized these two were trying to hide something obvious.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to shout so loudly.

The pitch is still set this high.

Obviously telling everyone.

We have a problem.

Looking around.

Yan Fugui, holding his great-grandson, turned his head aside; Shazhu, about to have a second child, lowered his head to look at the ground; Liu Guangtian, who had just entered the factory and not yet been made permanent, looked guilty, as if he had done something good.

Damn bastard.

Afraid of what, yet that's exactly what comes.

Mistakenly thinking Yan Fugui is too old to do something like squatting by the wall; mistakenly thinking Shazhu, as the canteen head, would never lower himself to do such a petty friend thing.

As it turned out, it really was those two.

Squatting by the wall, let it be squatting by the wall.

You damn still form a team to eavesdrop on the wall.

Fortunately, just now Xu Daming and Qin Jingru were talking about the Jia Family and Qin Huairu, not doing anything shameful; otherwise Xu Daming's face would really be embarrassed.

He stretched out a hand.

Gritting his teeth, he pointed at Shazhu and Yan Fugui, who looked innocent.

If it weren't for worrying about Qin Jingru following behind him and also coming into the courtyard, and seeing the neighbors in nice clothes also appearing around.

Xu Daming might really burst out scolding.

Really a buddy.

Petty friend.

"San Daye, Shazhu, Liu Guangtian, I, Xu Daming, really thank you three."

"No need to thank, we're just neighbors." Shazhu covered his face with both hands, and a few words popped out from between his teeth: "This is what we should do."

Fortunately, it's a good thing.

I thank you!

"San Daye, are you alright?"

"No problem." Yan Fugui gave a bright smile, looking guilty of having been caught doing something bad, "Just now when chasing Bangeng, I didn't watch the road and twisted my ankle."

"Liu Guangtian, how about you?"

"Brother Mao, I'm even fine, just when I helped Shazhu and San Daye catch Bangeng, Bangeng bit me, but I can endure it."

"Bangeng, at your young age, you don't learn good, you learn to squat by the wall from others—is that how your mother and grandmother taught you?"

Qin Jingru doesn't have as many thoughts as Xu Daming.

They thought that Yan Fugui, Shazhu, and the three of them really helped catch Bangeng.

As soon as he opened his mouth.

There were no good words.

Thinking of the disgusting things Xu Daming told her about the Jia Zhangshi, the scandalous things of Qin Huairu, and hearing Bangeng's reputation as a thief saint, she felt that Bangeng really, as Shazhu et al said, came to eavesdrop on her wall.

I am your aunt.

You listen to your aunt's wall.

How lacking in sense a child must be to do such an immoral thing.

Anger wells up from nowhere.

Toward Bangeng, he unleashed a torrent of filial scolding.

"Can't you, at such a young age, learn something good?"

Qin Huairu rushed to the scene, saw Qin Jingru pointing at Bangeng and loudly scolding, and felt a sense of imbalance.

She thought: You Qin Jingru, not married into the Siheyuan, begging me, respecting me, Bangeng is your nephew. This damn thing became Xu Daming's wife, and immediately she didn't put me, her paternal aunt, in her heart, and in front of the neighbors, blamed my son Bangeng.

Qin Huairu mistakenly thought Qin Jingru was pointing at mulberry to curse locust, openly scolding Bangeng but secretly vilifying her paternal aunt.

Having done no guilty deeds in life, one fears no ghost knocking at midnight.

Qin Huairu had done something sorry to Qin Jingru, causing Qin Jingru to only marry into the Siheyuan now, and thought Qin Jingru was venting her dissatisfaction with Qin Huairu.

Then she stepped forward.

"Bangeng, hurry and apologize to your aunt; today is your aunt and uncle's big happy day, why are you making your aunt angry? Tell your aunt and uncle you're sorry."

Bangeng stubbornly looked at Qin Huairu.

He had not the slightest thought of listening to Qin Huairu's words to apologize to Qin Jingru.

Having been educated by the Jia Zhangshi for so many years, Bangeng had only one thought: Qin Huairu brought the Jia Family's work and remarried to Anjia, and the job that Bangeng was supposed to take over might now belong to the Anjia family.

He already harbored resentment in his heart.

Furthermore, Bangeng believed he was in the right.

I have no mistake.

What right do you have to make me apologize?

The ones who should apologize are them, they are the ones who slandered Bangeng's reputation.

"Hmph!"

Bangeng gave a cold snort.

He turned his head to the side.

Seeing Bangeng not giving her face, Qin Huairu secretly bit her teeth; she had lost so much face that even her son had trampled Qin Huairu's face in the mud.

"Bangeng, listen, apologize to your uncle-in-law and aunt, say you did something wrong."

Qin Huairu unnaturally intensified her tone.

Jia Zhangshi, who had arrived late, couldn't stand Qin Huairu's expression; she, who always came first in protecting her grandson, spoke up.

"Huairu, even if you are Bangeng's mother, you must clarify the facts; if Bangeng really was wrong, let him apologize, I, the old woman, have no objections, but if Bangeng didn't do wrong, making him apologize is just giving him grief."

Everyone thought it was strange.

This is the unreasonable, shrewish Jia Zhangshi.

When did she learn to reason?

In their impression, Jia Zhangshi wouldn't calmly lay out reasoning like this; she'd start scolding right away.

Their gaze fell on Qin Jingru.

They figured out the reason for Jia Zhangshi's change.

They guessed that Jia Zhangshi wanted to leave a good impression in front of Qin Jingru, using Qin Jingru to suck the Xu family's blood.

"Grandma, I don't like my mom, I hate her."

Seeing his supporter Jia Zhangshi arrive, Bangeng's heart finally settled; as the Jia family's super filial son, he staged a scene of maternal kindness and filial piety before the neighbors.

Qin Jingru was completely dumbfounded.

No wonder Xu Daming repeatedly warned her to be extra careful about Bangeng, to guard against him in all aspects.

With such filial talk, if it were in the village, parents would have already slapped you; they raised you with hard work, yet you despise your parents.

"Grandson, Grandma will make the decision for you."

"It wasn't me eavesdropping on the aunt's wall; it was Shazhu, Yan Fugui, and Liu Guangtian teaming up to eavesdrop on the aunt's wall; I discovered them, and then they put a chamber pot on my head, saying I was eavesdropping on the aunt's wall, they came to arrest me, I bit Liu Guangtian, and I broke free."

The atmosphere on site.

Instantly it became tense.

The neighbors focused their gazes on Shazhu and the others.

One was the steward of the Siheyuan.

One was the canteen director of the Yagangchang.

You say they brought Liu Guangtian to lurk by Xu Daming's wall.

How could that be possible.

If it were someone else.

Saying that.

The neighbors might not believe.

The problem is that the person now accusing Shazhu and the others is the Siheyuan-famous Holy Thief Bangeng, who has been a chicken-stealing, dog-snatching troublemaker since childhood.

His words.

Can it be believed?

On one hand, Bangeng's persona is deeply ingrained.

On the other hand, they dare not offend Shazhu.

Who has a screw loose, going head-to-head with the Yagangchang's second-in-chief.

Even if it were true that Shazhu and Yan Fugui lurked by Xu Daming's wall, what does that have to do with these neighbors? Everyone in the Siheyuan knows Shazhu, Yan Fugui, and Xu Daming are close friends.

Not to mention the neighbors.

Even Jia Zhangshi.

At this moment, she also doesn't believe Bangeng.

Because before bed, Jia Zhangshi inadvertently muttered a few complaints about Qin Jingru and Xu Daming, saying Qin Jingru married into a wealthy family and no longer acknowledges these poor relatives of the Jia family; she invited them to eat pork and cabbage dumplings tomorrow night, but they weren't very happy about it.

Bangeng then apparently muttered to Jia Zhangshi, saying he would give Qin Jingru and Xu Daming a heavy lesson so they would look down on the Jia family again.

Jia Zhangshi also praised Bangeng's ability, saying the Jia family would have successors; after Bangeng grows up in a few years, she would help Bangeng raise his children, etc.