Chapter 426

Mei Yueqin coldly laughed: "Still... still really dares to say anything, says it quite well."

She thought: if Chen Gui hadn't caused this mess, then the village head position might really have been prearranged.

This is too unfair!

Over these years in the Wu family, she has seen how Father busied himself in the village.

Sometimes she even resented Father for treating village affairs as more important than his own; the villagers all said that after Old Village Chief Shen retires, Father should succeed him.

And Chen Gui?

Over these years, what substantive work has Chen Gui done in the village?

Not mentioning big matters, just mediating neighbor disputes—Chen Gui never stepped up; it's always Wu Yingwei doing this thankless, laborious work.

If in the end Chen Gui became the village head.

Just thinking about it makes me furious!

Good thing something happened; otherwise...

It's too frightening.

Wu An asked with interest: "Didn't the village chief stop him?"

"The village chief was almost dying of anger, trembling and wanting to get up to hit Chen Gui, but as soon as he sat up he sank back down, couldn't catch his breath, truly fainted from rage—if it weren't for your father rushing to press his philtrum, he wouldn't have regained consciousness."

Upon hearing this.

If there weren't many people present, plus the Shen surname, he would have loved to clap and cheer.

Good.

Excellent.

Going through the back door, pulling strings, right?

Set off a big bomb, blow everything sky-high.

Old Village Chief Shen surely never imagined that after a lifetime of work, at the very end of his term he'd still capsize; he dares say that at that moment, the one who most wanted to strangle Chen Gui was none other than the village chief himself.

Could the village chief possibly have been angered to death?

He thought to himself, feeling not a bit of sympathy for the village chief.

In his previous life.

Father probably also knew about the dirty dealings in this.

Father didn't speak of it, nor write anything in his notebook, still diligently doing his work—but could he not think about it in his heart?

After suffering such a grievance, could he still be fine?

Father ended up depressed and died.

Chen Gui, Old Village Chief Shen—both are murderers!

Originally he also considered whether detonating the scandal of Lin Hu wearing a green hat would involve too many people, causing consequences beyond his expectation and control.

But counting the affected parties—Lin Hu, Lin Bin, Wen Feilv, Chen Gui, and even now Old Village Chief Shen implicated due to Chen Gui's folly...

Who then is innocent?

None!

Now no matter what fate they meet, how miserable, how sorry, Wu An feels not the slightest guilt, only feeling immensely satisfied.

He only regrets that after doing all this, he cannot tell Father, cannot share this joy of "scheming to the end, great revenge repaid, painful yet delightful."

He asked: "Is the village chief alright?"

Duan Dajie pursed her lips: "What could be wrong? The village chief is a sly old fox; one look and you know he's faking it, just wanting to interrupt Chen Gui's speech."

"As a result, Chen Gui didn't care whether he lived or died, and kept speaking."

"What comes next is even more exciting."

Wu An smiled: "Alright, go on."

Duan Dajie coughed twice: "To say the two clerks are also funny—they were happily eating melon seeds, but when they heard there was foul play in the village head election, they couldn't stay seated."

"Such a big matter, they also know they can't cover it up, nor dare to go higher; who knows how many people are involved—maybe even a senior leader."

"So they just set down their teacups and hurriedly got up to leave."

"Guess what Chen Gui did?"

"How?"

"He stopped them, wouldn't let the two clerks leave, kept shouting, and said many things about your father's motive to frame him with a USB drive."

"You haven't even said it yet, but Chen Gui's memory is really good."

"The bad deeds he did several years ago he remembers crystal clear, and he even said them outright in front of the clerks and all of us."

Wu An sat up straight: "What did he say?"

"I'm about to say it—don't interrupt me; the bad things Chen Gui said are all aimed at your father."

"Chen Gui's work at the village committee is actually just these seven or eight years; from the start he was aiming to succeed as village head, so your father naturally became his thorn in the eye, a splinter in the flesh."

"Tsk tsk, on the surface he calls your father brother, but secretly he's constantly plotting how to mess with your father."

"Listen, I'll teach you."

"Chen Gui said it like this."

"That year, Old Man San Water and Old Jiang quarreled over the paddy field boundaries; I secretly instigated, causing Old Man San Water to grab a hoe to smash Old Jiang; I predicted your father would surely rush forward, and indeed Old Jiang dodged quickly, unharmed, while your father took a hoe blow to the shoulder."

"And also that time..."

"Including..."

"Oh, right—Wu An that kid taking out a high-interest loan was also something I secretly facilitated..."

"I give gifts to people; those Wu Yingwei surely all know, they hate me to death, so they used a USB drive to frame me!"

"Good heavens, you have no idea how dumbstruck we were back then."

"Who could have thought that Chen Gui, that Lao Dongxi, really isn't human, damn it, all these years he actually harmed your dad so many times!"

"Your dad was also stunned then, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses."

"A Qing carried a teacup and walked out of the Courtyard, shouting with righteous indignation: 'If Uncle hadn't stopped me, I would have given Chen Gui a few kicks back then.'"

"Wu An took the teacup, and Duan Dajie, whose mouth was dry, thought Wu An was handing it to her, was about to say thank you, but Wu An gulped the tea down in one breath—glug glug glug."

"Duan Dajie could only swallow, and even if she were dying of thirst, she couldn't be silenced; she continued: 'Chen Gui also forced your dad to quickly admit, to give him a clean slate.'"

"\"Tell me, is this funny or not? \""

"\"He's blackened to his core, yet still wants innocence. \""

"Mei Yueqin couldn't help but curse twice."

"That time Wu Yingwei was injured, it was truly very dangerous—he was just a hair's breadth from being hit in the head, and the blow to his shoulder also caused a severe injury, leaving a deep wound."

"It hurts even on windy, rainy days."

"Even Wu An's usurious loan was Chen Gui's doing; Mei Yueqin immediately threw the blame for Wu An's earlier misdeeds onto Chen Gui, angrily saying: 'I asked why you suddenly turned bad back then, and it turns out it was Chen Gui's doing.'"

"Duan Dajie was stunned for a moment, then shouted along: 'Yes, yes, yes, it must be Chen Gui!'"

"The others also chimed in."

"Wu An touched his nose and said, 'If you have to put it that way, it's not impossible.'"

"Now, the blemish in his life will probably be cleared, which can be counted as an unexpected joy."

"Hehe."

"He asked, 'After Chen Gui finished speaking, what happened next?'"

"Duan Dajie said, 'After Chen Gui finished, he forced your dad to admit.'"

"\"Your dad was furious, almost giving Chen Gui two slaps. \""

"\"Finally, your dad called the militia and restrained Chen Gui. \""

"Wu An laughed, 'What a pity I didn't see it with my own eyes.'"

"\"Exactly, it's not as exciting as a TV drama. \""

"\"When someone passed by us, we didn't even know who it was, gave Chen Gui a kick; someone else also kicked Chen Gui, and there were slaps. By the time Chen Gui was locked in the room, he was already bruised and battered, hahaha. \""

"\"And so Chen Gui, even from behind the Door, shouted that he was wronged. \""

"A Qing chuckled mischievously."

"That first kick was his."

"Wu An finally asked curiously, 'I heard A Qing say someone was taken to the hospital; who was it?'"