Chapter 290: Cannot Just Let It Rest

Mei Yueqin sighed and said, "He probably doesn't want you to worry."

Wu An took out his phone, intending to call Lao Fu Tou, but after thinking, he didn't make the call.

Lao Fu Tou not telling him surely has his own considerations.

He said, "Sister-in-law, call Aunt and ask me to clarify the situation."

Mei Yueqin nodded, went back inside to fetch the phone.

She dialed.

Not long after, the call connected, and Mei Donghai's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Yueqin."

The old couple only have one phone.

It's an old-person's phone.

They're old and can't handle smartphones, so they keep it at home as a landline.

"Dad, is Mom home?" Mei Yueqin paused, then said, "I want to ask Fu's father about last night's window-smashing incident—do you know what happened?"

Mei Donghai said, "I know, I know—now the whole village is gossiping that it's the Chen family taking revenge."

"Your mom was just muttering whether the Chen family might also retaliate against you."

Mei Yueqin: "Anything else?"

Mei Donghai retorted, "What else could there be?"

Wu An said, "Did they only smash the glass? Does Lao Fu have any other losses?"

"Everyone says it's the Chen family taking revenge—any evidence or witnesses?"

Mei Donghai said, "I don't know."

"Or I could go ask around?"

"But I'd guess nine out of ten, whoever did this surely bears a deep grudge."

"Lao Fu has always been easygoing in the village, except for his recent fierce feud with the Chen family."

Wu An said, "Forget it."

"I'll just ask Lao Fu directly."

Just as she was about to hang up, she heard the old woman's voice from the receiver: "Is everything alright at your place?"

Mei Yueqin said, "Mom, don't worry, we're fine."

"A An installed surveillance at the front gate."

"If someone clueless tries to cause trouble, we'll catch them red-handed."

"Good, good, good." The old woman breathed a sigh of relief and praised, "A An's thinking is quite thorough."

Mei Yueqin laughed, "Indeed, he's not the same as before."

"He's said several times he wants to follow me home to visit relatives."

"I'm thinking of waiting until my older brother and sister-in-law are home before heading back."

"Good, good, good, it's been a long time since you came." The old woman shouted, "What's there to wait for? Let A An come over anytime to have fun."

"All right." Wu An replied.

Then he got up, walked to the side, and called Lao Fu Tou.

Not long after.

Lao Fu Tou answered.

"You home yet?" Wu An greeted, then got straight to the point: "Besides the broken glass yesterday, any other damage?"

On the other end, Lao Fu Tou sat on the bed eating peanuts and drinking a little liquor, wryly smiling: "It spread to your ears that fast."

"If I hadn't heard, were you not planning to tell me?"

"Eh, nothing to say." Lao Fu Tou spoke, took a sip of wine, gave a hiccup, and continued: "By the time I got home it was already like that, and I couldn't find anything."

"Let the Chen family vent their anger, just forget it."

"That too must be investigated." Wu An paused, then said, "We can't just let it go like that."

Lao Fu Tou stared: "Huh?"

"First, report to the police."

"But..."

"If we just let it go, it'll only encourage them to push further."

"I..."

Lao Fu Tou's words suddenly trailed off.

Immediately after, Wu An heard a click, then a bang, and hurriedly asked, "Lao Fu, what's wrong?"

After a moment, Lao Fu Tou said, "Another brick flew into the house."

"This time it's fine—besides the window glass, nothing else was hit."

He couldn't help feeling relieved, fortunate that he had brought the medicinal wine left outside inside last night.

Otherwise, the spot where the brick just fell would surely have soaked the medicinal wine.

Wu An said, "We must report to the police."

Lao Fu Tou readily agreed this time: "Okay."

The facts proved Wu An right—he had wanted to let it go, but someone wasn't willing.

Actually he didn't intend to pursue it, nor did he plan to call the police—not only because he thought nothing could be found, but also because he knew the one who smashed his glass was surely the Chen family.

Not only does he know, the whole village knows.

But that does no good!

"I'll call Officer Yu, you stay home." Wu An paused, then said, "You shouldn't be alone at home either."

Go find a place with lots of people.

On rainy days many people don't go out to work; there should be a mahjong parlor, so find a mahjong parlor to stay in.

The other party dares to throw bricks repeatedly, and even does it in broad daylight; who knows if they'll do something even more extreme.

"Okay, I got it." Lao Fu Tou said: "You also need to be careful."

"I don't even know if this will implicate you."

Actually, when he encountered this, he wasn't panicked at all.

He's a five-guarantees household; one person eating enough keeps the whole family from hunger, so the other side doesn't dare really do anything to him, nor dare to push him to the edge.

So, last night having his windows smashed was fine; letting the Chen family vent their anger was enough.

But the result was, they had no intention of letting it go.

This is no longer something that can be settled by him taking a loss; therefore he's very worried it might implicate Wu An.

Chen Lao Da is very sharp; he'll surely find out it's Wu An helping him behind the scenes.

Wu An and the Chen family already had conflicts; this will definitely escalate the conflict because of him.

Thinking this, Lao Fu Tou felt uneasy.

Wu An said: "Don't worry about me."

"Do you believe me?"

"If you believe me, leave the rest to me to handle."

Lao Fu Tou acknowledged.

Wu An felt that the Chen family doing this wasn't just to vent anger; it also carried a warning.

It wasn't a warning to Lao Fu Tou.

It was a warning to him.

Maybe next time it'll be his turn.

He didn't say more.

He hung up, then called Yu Kai Lang again.

Yu Kai Lang listened, still indignant; this is simply lawless.

Liu Long stood beside, listening, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

He hung up.

Yu Kai Lang then said: "Master, this matter..."

"What else is there to say? We're dressed like this, we should just get it done; these are the things we ought to do in this attire." Liu Long picked up the car keys on the table, urging: "Don't dilly-dally, hurry up—speed is essential in warfare, you get that?"

Yu Kai Lang froze; he said this is a case, but after all he's also doing it to help Wu An, the master surely knows.

Outside it's still pouring rain; how can he be even more enthusiastic than him?

……

Wu An put down his phone, pondering what to do next.

Mei Yueqin finished her call, walked over and asked: "Did you call the police?"

Wu An nodded.

"It's the Chen family, right?"

"Lao Fu Tou's meaning is the Chen family."

Mei Yueqin snorted and said: "The Chen family really won't take a loss; they demand to regain face no matter what."

"I reckon calling the police won't help."

"Don't get your hopes up; it's night and raining, even if there's surveillance, who knows if it'll catch anything."

"I guess the Chen family only dares to pull this kind of shady trick."

"After a while it'll just blow over, nothing will happen."

Wu An didn't speak.

But this matter, he won't just let it blow over!