Chapter 211

What right did she have to divide the fruits of others' labor?

Just because she was old?

Patrol Officer Liu would not intentionally mistreat her, but he would certainly strictly follow procedure to let Deaf Old Lady know that there is a price to pay for acting recklessly.

She would not be exempt from punishment just because of her age.

A trace of resentment flashed in Deaf Old Lady's eyes, directed at the two officers, but even more so at Wan Ping'an—if Wan Ping'an hadn't called the police, would she have been arrested?

By the time they reached the police station, it was very late.

Patrol Officer Liu sent Deaf Old Lady directly into the detention cell, following standard procedures; he had the right to temporarily detain her and have her cooperate with the investigation.

Patrol Officer Liu left.

Deaf Old Lady frowned; the smell in the detention cell was too pungent.

Even the women's detention cell was filled with various odors, mixed together, making it hard to distinguish whether it was the stench of sweat, body odor, or foot odor.

"You, get up!"

"I am so old, don't you know how to respect your elders?"

"I want to sleep in this bed!"

Deaf Old Lady picked the bed she was most satisfied with.

There was someone on the bed.

She didn't show any courtesy at all, and regardless of the fact that the person was already asleep, she went over and pushed the person's head.

"You damn old hag, are you looking for death?"

The woman who was pushed awake was a pockmarked woman; she had been sleeping soundly when she was pushed awake, and she glared at Deaf Old Lady with a face full of resentment.

"You little brat, don't you know how to respect your elders?"

"Why don't you get lost?"

Being called a damn old hag, Deaf Old Lady also got angry.

She still thought she was in the Sihe Academy, where everyone let her have her way.

Boom!

The pockmarked woman laughed and kicked Deaf Old Lady over to the wall.

"You damn old hag, it's already generous of me not to beat you up; how dare you come and provoke me?"

"If it weren't for your age, I'd make you drink urine. Don't sleep tonight; kneel by the wall for the whole night for me."

The pockmarked woman grabbed Deaf Old Lady and threw her against the wall.

The others were also woken up, and one by one they watched the commotion with smiles, none of them wanting to help Deaf Old Lady.

"You..."

Deaf Old Lady's anger grew even greater.

Slap!

The pockmarked woman swung her hand and delivered a slap.

Immediately after, it was a storm of blows.

"Stop hitting me, I submit, won't I just listen to you?"

Deaf Old Lady was beaten into a daze.

Like Jia Zhangshi, she was essentially a person who bullied the weak and feared the strong; away from the Sihe Academy, with no one to indulge her, she became sensible.

Deaf Old Lady knelt facing the wall for the whole night.

By the second half of the night.

She was truly exhausted and couldn't stay kneeling, so she lay at the base of the wall for the rest of the night.

When she got up in the morning, her waist was stiff!

She couldn't even stand up for a long time!

"That heaven-killing Wan Ping'an, it was him who sent me in here; when I get out, I will definitely kill him!"

Deaf Old Lady used all her strength to crawl up.

But her waist wouldn't straighten.

She could only walk hunched over!

Hahaha!

The pockmarked woman and the others kept mocking her.

She didn't dare to retort a single word, fearing that she would anger the pockmarked woman and get beaten again.

Near noon.

Yi Zhonghai came to visit Deaf Old Lady.

"Zhonghai, you've finally come!"

As soon as Deaf Old Lady saw Yi Zhonghai, her eyes turned red, and tears streamed down.

"Old Lady, are, are you alright?"

Yi Zhonghai almost didn't recognize her.

Only one night had passed, and the change in Deaf Old Lady was too great.

Her haggard face looked as if she had aged ten years overnight, and her eyes had lost their luster.

"It's too bitter in here!"

"They wouldn't let me sleep and made me kneel against the wall all night."

"They even snatched my breakfast; it was just a bowl of thin porridge, and they drank it all, I didn't get a single drop."

"And I have to be responsible for cleaning and tidying up."

Deaf Old Lady felt aggrieved.

"Old Lady, you've suffered!"

Yi Zhonghai broke out in a cold sweat.

He secretly rejoiced in his heart that he had been rational enough to kowtow and beg Wan Ping'an for forgiveness.

Otherwise.

He would have been arrested along with Deaf Old Lady, and he wouldn't have been able to avoid what she had gone through!

"Zhonghai, I can't stay here for another minute."

"Think of a way, find someone to help me get out; if I stay here for two more days, I'll surely be tortured to death by the pockmarked woman and her lot."

Deaf Old Lady cried out.

She regretted it deeply; if she hadn't snatched the pockmarked woman's bed, the woman wouldn't have targeted her, and she wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state.

In the end, she brought it on herself!

"Old Lady, don't worry, I will definitely find a way."

"Just stay inside with peace of mind for now!"

Yi Zhonghai comforted her.

"Peace of mind? How can I have peace of mind?"

Deaf Old Lady was furious; suffering and enduring hardship in here, how could she possibly have peace of mind?

When Yi Zhonghai left, Deaf Old Lady shouted at his retreating back, telling him to find a way as soon as possible to save her!

On the way back to the Sihe Academy, Yi Zhonghai was very worried.

Deaf Old Lady was very useful and had to be saved, but how?

Just as he returned to the Sihe Academy, he ran into Wan Ping'an.

Seeing Wan Ping'an's beaming smile, Yi Zhonghai felt a surge of anger.

"Wan Ping'an, you sent Deaf Old Lady to jail to suffer; now that she's been arrested, are you satisfied?"

Yi Zhonghai blocked Wan Ping'an's path.

He thought of a way.

If he could get Wan Ping'an to drop the case and stop pursuing Deaf Old Lady's responsibility, she could be released.

"She wouldn't let me farm and wanted to starve me; being arrested is just retribution!"

"Suffering in there is her own doing!"

"Move aside, a good dog doesn't block the road!"

Wan Ping'an walked straight forward, shoulder-checking Yi Zhonghai and knocking him aside.

Yi Zhonghai stumbled back three steps, his back hitting the door frame, his head knocking against it, and he saw stars, his vision blurring.