Chapter 10: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 10: Shanggou Village 10

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"This isn't fair, why is this happening, I didn't do anything wrong! If this were ancient times, even if I killed Yang Dafu, I wouldn't be breaking the law!"

Wang Zhanggen found it difficult to accept.

How also not think, things would escalate to this extent.

Where would he get the money to compensate Yang Dafu's medical expenses?

He himself had two children at home, and a pregnant woman; raising them was already hard enough, where would there be any extra money?

Most fatal of all, he actually had to go to prison!

If he really went to prison, then his wife, his children, what would become of them?

At that moment, Wang Zhanggen panicked.

"You also said it was only in ancient times that it wouldn't be a crime; now it's a legal society, the law speaks of law, one matter settled per code. Yang Dafu's attempted rape of your wife will certainly be punished, and you chopping Yang Dafu into serious injury will certainly also be punished."

Guo Fuqiang sighed and explained patiently.

Young men full of vigor like Wang Zhanggen, he had seen many; such young men were not bad in essence, but they suffered from having no culture, understood nothing of the law, and acted without measure.

"Police Comrade, I can't go to prison; my wife and children still need me to support them. I beg you, please help me!"

Wang Zhanggen hurriedly pleaded, he even knelt directly before Guo Fuqiang.

His family circumstances truly meant he could not go to prison.

Guo Fuqiang, however, shook his head and sighed, hurriedly pulling him up:

"Don't kneel to me; kneeling to me is useless. The urgent task now is for you to obtain Yang Dafu's forgiveness. If he forgives you, you might avoid the prison sentence."

Inside the inpatient department of the County People's Hospital.

Yang Dafu lay on the hospital bed; although several knife wounds on his body had already undergone suturing surgery, the unbearable pain from the wounds still constantly stimulated his nerves.

He groaned and wailed in a low voice.

That kind of pain could be described as penetrating to the marrow.

"Yang Dafu, your gall is truly fat. As the Women's Federation Director of Shanggou Village, not helping the village women solve their difficulties is one thing, but you actually dared to act against a woman's will. Do you know your crime?"

Guo Fuqiang arrived at Yang Dafu's bedside and began questioning him.

"I didn't rape Li Xiulan; it was Li Xiulan who seduced me. She saw her husband return, so she deliberately acted out the appearance of me raping her. I am the victim..."

Yang Dafu, in a weak voice, defended himself.

This old fox was very shrewd, because he knew clearly in his heart that if the charge of attempted rape was confirmed, he might not only fail to get compensation but might also have to go to prison.

"What evidence do you have to prove it was Li Xiulan who seduced you?"

Guo Fuqiang frowned; Yang Dafu's statement had a large discrepancy with Wang Zhanggen's testimony.

"Everyone in the village knows Li Xiulan is a promiscuous broken shoe. She not only seduced me, but also seduced Liao Chunhua's husband. If you don't believe me, you can go ask in the village!"

Yang Dafu spoke with righteous confidence.

This made Guo Fuqiang begin to suspect.

Immediately Guo Fuqiang personally led staff to visit Shanggou Village.

Sure enough, the villagers all said Li Xiulan was not proper; even while pregnant she got together with He Dazhu, causing Liao Chunhua to be so angry she directly called Wang Zhanggen.

Some villagers said it must have been Li Xiulan who seduced Yang Dafu; after all, flies don't bite seamless eggs.

Some villagers said Li Xiulan was probably wronged; she and Wang Zhanggen were very loving, she shouldn't do something betraying Wang Zhanggen.

In short, a babble of voices; each side claimed their own reason.

However, from the investigation Guo Fuqiang derived one indisputable fact: all villagers of Shanggou Village had always believed Li Xiulan and He Dazhu had an unclear relationship, and moreover He Dazhu was Li Xiulan's former lover.

On this basis, Guo Fuqiang personally went to question Li Xiulan.

Li Xiulan truthfully recounted the whole story; not only explaining the ins and outs of Yang Dafu's attempted rape of her, but also explaining the ins and outs of the village rumors about her and He Dazhu.

Listening to Li Xiulan's account, looking at this woman's pitifully lovely appearance, Guo Fuqiang couldn't help but sigh inwardly: on this barren rural land, how could such a beautiful and delicate woman be raised?

Although this woman was pregnant, her figure had hardly gone out of shape, and her face actually bore a kind of real-to-the-point-of-shocking beauty.

Since ancient times, beauties bring calamity.

No wonder it would trigger so many incidents.

"I've recorded everything you said; you wait at home for the notice."

Guo Fuqiang put away his notebook and said this one sentence to Li Xiulan.

Li Xiulan hurriedly supported her big belly and stood up:

"Police Comrade, I can swear a poisonous oath: it really was Yang Dafu who raped me; I didn't seduce him. If there's half a sentence of falsehood in what I say, then the child in this belly of mine will be born without an anus!"

Guo Fuqiang, seeing Li Xiulan's serious and solemn appearance, already had the answer in his heart: a rural woman able to swear such a heavy oath proves she truly is innocent.

"I believe you, but even if Yang Dafu attempted to rape you, your husband will probably still find it hard to escape responsibility; after all, he chopped Yang Dafu into serious injury."

Guo Fuqiang spoke thus.

Li Xiulan immediately became frantic with worry:

"Police Comrade, please save my husband; he must not have any trouble. If he goes in, what will become of me and the several children?"

Li Xiulan cried out, hurriedly pleading.

Guo Fuqiang felt somewhat unable to bear it, so he said to her:

"If you want your husband to receive a lighter punishment, I suggest you'd better go find a way to obtain Yang Dafu's letter of forgiveness and agreement."

Having finished this sentence, Guo Fuqiang turned and left.

Only Li Xiulan was left, standing there in a daze.

Her head buzzed, her heart was a mess, utterly helpless.

Because she did not know how she could gain Yang Dafu's forgiveness.

Yang Dafu surely hated her and her husband to death now, so how could he possibly forgive her husband?

"Mama, when is Papa coming back? I want to eat candy!"

Just then, Eldest Brother Wang Dashan came running over with quick little steps.

When Wang Zhanggen was taken away by the police, to avoid the two sons crying and making a fuss, Wang Zhanggen told Wang Dashan he was going to Town to buy candy and would be back very soon.

So now, Wang Dashan asked this question with eyes full of expectation.

The two pitiful children still did not know to this day that their father might be sentenced, might have to go to Prison for reform through labor!

"Dashan be good, Papa will be back very soon!"

Li Xiulan picked up Wang Dashan, tears silently streaming down unstoppably.

"Mama, why are you crying?"

Wang Dashan's two big eyes, carrying innocent puzzlement.

"Nothing, nothing, Mama is just too happy, once Papa comes back Mama won't have to work so hard, wuu wuu wuu..."

Li Xiulan cried even harder.

She felt the road ahead was gray and bleak, she did not know if she could still persist in walking on.