Chapter 1785: Phoenix Village 3

Finally, I had a good sleep.

The next morning, Zirui heard the constant noise outside in a daze; was there another argument?

After he got up and opened the door, he saw Accountant Hao looking furious: "Village Chief, it's all my fault. There were too many things yesterday, so I forgot about this. Your window was smashed too, right?"

Again?

That means he is not the first one.

"Yes, heh heh..."

Before he could ask, Accountant Hao started cursing: "It must be that woman from Old White's family. That vixen specializes in causing trouble. Every time a new Village Chief comes, she comes in the middle of the night to smash windows. But don't be angry, her windows get smashed often too. She's jealous; she just doesn't want the new Village Chief to have an easy time..."

"As long as the new Village Chief can't stand firm, her husband can come back and be the Village Chief again. Everyone knows what kind of intentions that woman has!"

The woman from Old White's family was the woman who had twisted her water-snake waist and shouted at him in the courtyard when Zirui first arrived.

It was also fortunate that Zirui didn't pay attention to her at the time; Accountant Hao had warned him never to pay attention to that woman.

In order to get her husband back as Village Chief, that woman would go against every new Village Chief, and once she even framed a Village Chief for having improper designs on her...

Zirui asked: "You said the one who smashed the window is the woman from Old White's family. Has she been caught?"

Accountant Hao:...

He was left speechless by the question.

Of course she hadn't been caught.

If she had been caught, now would be the time for him to settle scores and seek revenge; why would he be here gossiping with the Village Chief?

Accountant Hao had a grudge against the former Village Chief, Old White.

Years ago, when he was an accountant under Old White, because an account didn't balance, Old White framed him for taking the money home privately. In fact, Old White had embezzled the money himself but pinned the blame on him.

Although it wasn't much money, he had swallowed this unjust grievance, and it had been like a fishbone stuck in his throat ever since.

Now that he had finally waited until Old White fell from power, and Old White still wanted to wait for the storm to pass and start over, how could Accountant Hao let him have his way?

Accountant Hao had been sparing no effort to suppress Old White's family; true or false, it didn't matter, as long as he poured all the dirty water onto the woman from Old White's family.

Seeing him talk so enthusiastically, Zirui noted that after talking for so long, it was still just empty talk. No matter how loudly he shouted, if no one was caught, it was all useless.

Zirui told the accountant to stop shouting and just act as if nothing had happened.

He wanted to gather the villagers for a meeting as soon as possible.

No need to gather them; everyone had already come.

It was all trivial matters, and the clamor gave him a headache.

The one who argued the most fiercely was the woman from Old White's family; she said her own windows were often smashed and demanded that the Village Chief find the culprit!

These were things that happened before Zirui arrived, and there was no surveillance in the village; how was he supposed to investigate?

Everyone knew this was putting him on the spot, but no one stood up to say a fair word for Zirui. Instead, all eyes were fixed on him, watching to see what he would do.

It seemed that whatever he did would be wrong.

If he agreed, it would be impossible to find out the truth.

If he didn't agree, he would appear incompetent, and that woman had already struck a pose ready to curse in the street; if he didn't take a stance now, he feared this matter would never end.

Zirui said: "It's not just your window that was smashed; my window was also smashed in the middle of the night yesterday. It's hard to investigate things from far away, so let's investigate the recent ones first. Whoever can provide clues, I will personally reward them!"

Everyone's eyes turned toward the woman.

"Why are you all looking at me? I'm not the one who smashed the window..." The woman's eyes were flustered, and she hurriedly prepared to clear her name.

"Who said it was you? If you haven't done anything wrong, why are you panicking?"

Old White's woman immediately countered: "You from the Fourth family, stop talking with such sarcasm. It was you who caused trouble in my field. If you weren't talking about me, why were you looking at me?"

The woman called "the one from the Fourth family" did not show any weakness either: "It was you who smashed the Village Chief's window. I saw you sneaking out last night..."

"I'll tear your mouth off, you're full of crap!", and the two women started fighting.

The villagers didn't break up the fight either, just surrounding the two to watch the show.

The meeting couldn't continue, so it had to end like this; the chaos was even worse than Zirui had imagined.

After the meeting, the accountant suggested holding a small meeting for the village committee, but Zirui stood up: "No need, I'm going out for a walk."

Specific problems had to be solved; just sitting in meetings was useless.

Just now, he keenly felt that the villagers didn't care much for Accountant Hao; even when he was speaking, many people curled their lips and turned their faces away, refusing to look at him.

Although Accountant Hao was quite nice to him, and Zirui had a good impression of him, one cannot judge people by appearances, and even less can one listen to only one person's side of the story.

"Village Chief, where are you going? I'll go with you."

"No need."

Zirui smiled and stopped him: "You go ahead and organize the village accounts. I just arrived and don't understand many things; with so many complicated matters, I have to rely on you to help me."

"It's fine, those are small matters. Let me go with you instead..." Accountant Hao didn't want to be separated from the Village Chief; he was afraid that this Village Chief would be like the others—once he left his sight, he would be won over by that woman.

"Fine, since you want to come with me, bring the account books, and we'll do it now."

"I studied accounting when I was in school, so I can learn a trick or two from you."

Accountant Hao:...

He saw that the Village Chief was a bit unhappy, so he didn't force it.

"Village Chief, you should go walk around the village yourself. I just remembered I have something to do; I'll organize the accounts and give them to you."

"Good."

Zirui looked at him with a meaningful gaze.

He couldn't listen to one-sided words; whether it was Accountant Hao or the woman from Old White's family, their words couldn't be fully trusted. He still had to go among the villagers and hear what they had to say.

He went to the villagers' homes one by one for visits; this was an idea his mother had taught him.

Last time, it was only when Shi Youxuan was at a villager's home that she heard the truth; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to clear up the donation fraud so smoothly.

Zirui walked for the whole morning until his feet were sore, but he had gained a lot and heard many useful things.

L Country.

Qi Shishi sat in the Presidential Office, her delicate brows tightly furrowed; she had already locked herself in the office for nearly a day, and there was not a sound from inside.

People dressed in military uniforms tried to barge in several times, but they were all stopped by Black Widow.

"You cannot go in. This is the President's order. Do you intend to defy the order?"

"I am not defying the order; I just want to go in and ask, what has she decided? This is a good thing; I really don't know what there is to consider. In my opinion, she should just agree..."

Black Widow stopped wasting words with him, pointing the pitch-black muzzle of her gun directly at his forehead, and only then did he leave resentfully.

This woman was not to be trifled with; she really would shoot.

The matter that made things difficult for Qi Shishi was indeed very difficult!

Three days ago, Liu Kai suffered a sudden heart attack; if it hadn't been discovered in time, he would already be gone.