Chapter 383

Wan Ping'an arrived at the Qin family.

"You say Zhang Laizi spread the rumors?"

Qin's father was very surprised.

"Could you be mistaken?"

"Our family and Zhang Laizi's family have a pretty good relationship; he knows you are Huairu's partner, so why would he spread rumors about you?"

Qin's father didn't believe it.

"Uncle, I have an accurate source of information; it's him!"

Liu Mazi investigated very thoroughly and had witnesses.

The person spreading the rumors wasn't necessarily Zhang Laizi, but in Qin Village, the first one to spread the rumors was Zhang Laizi; he might have been instigated by someone.

Qin's father took his two sons and went to the Zhang family with Wan Ping'an.

He didn't let the two women go.

"Old Qin, why did you come to my house?"

Zhang Laizi was very surprised.

Ping'an looked over Zhang Laizi's house; life wasn't going very well, much worse than the Qin family's.

Zhang Laizi was all alone.

Liu Mazi had introduced the situation of Zhang Laizi's family: he had a son and a daughter who were both married, his old wife had died early, and now he lived alone.

"Laizi, I haven't offended you in any way, have I?"

Qin's father asked.

"Old Qin, look at what you're saying."

"Is it not that you've done something to make me angry?"

Zhang Laizi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: Old Qin was angry and had come to hold him accountable; his expression became a bit unnatural.

"I haven't offended you, so why did you trick me?"

"Do you know who he is?"

Qin's father pointed at Wan Ping'an.

"He's not from our village, how would I know him?"

Zhang Laizi shook his head.

"My name is Wan Ping'an; have you remembered now?"

Wan Ping'an asked coldly.

Zhang Laizi's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously took two steps back.

Wan Ping'an was certain: it was him; he was guilty, he was scared!

"I seem to have heard people talk about it; I remember now, recently many people in our village have been talking about you."

"A spirited young man, not like the ugly monster the rumors say."

Zhang Laizi reacted quickly.

He was covering up his previous loss of composure.

"Zhang Laizi, why did you spread rumors about me?"

"Don't try to deny it; I came to your door because I have evidence, because I've identified you."

Wan Ping'an stared at Zhang Laizi.

"I didn't, you can't splash dirty water on me."

"Old Qin, our two families have a very good relationship; even if he is your son-in-law, you can't let him splash dirty water on me, right?"

Zhang Laizi looked very aggrieved.

"I don't have time to waste with you!"

"I'll give you one more chance: tell me why you spread rumors about me; if you don't tell me, I'll choke you to death!"

Wan Ping'an sneered, stepped forward, and clamped his right hand onto Zhang Laizi's throat.

"Wan Ping'an, you—you—you can't do this."

"You're still young; if you kill me, you'll have to eat a bullet—a life for a life; I'm an old man, and if I trade for your young life, you're the one who loses!"

Zhang Laizi panicked.

"That's something for after you die."

"You're already dead, why do you care if I live or die?"

Wan Ping'an said, exerting force with his right hand, lifting Zhang Laizi up with one hand clamped on his throat.

Zhang Laizi suffocated on the spot.

He twisted Wan Ping'an's right arm, trying to break free, but Wan Ping'an's right arm was like it was cast from steel; it didn't move at all, and he couldn't break free.

"Ping'an, don't do anything stupid."

Qin's father was also scared.

Qin Dayong and Qin Xiaoyong were even paler.

"I know what I'm doing!"

Wan Ping'an was very calm.

Soon.

Zhang Laizi felt a wave of dizziness, his eyes began to roll back, his two hands hung down, and his consciousness was about to fall into darkness.

Wan Ping'an relaxed his right hand slightly.

Zhang Laizi could catch a breath.

"Now, are you willing to talk?"

"If you don't talk, I'll send you on your way now."

Wan Ping'an stared coldly at Zhang Laizi.

Zhang Laizi's pants were wet.

He was scared to the point of wetting himself!

"Don't—don't—I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?"

Zhang Laizi was truly scared.

The feeling of being near death just now was the most terrifying experience of his life.

He didn't dare to gamble with Wan Ping'an; what if Wan Ping'an was a hot-headed youth who really choked him to death?

"It was a person named Yi Zhonghai who asked me to do it!"

Wan Ping'an let go.

Zhang Laizi shrank into the corner.

Staring at Wan Ping'an in terror, shivering!

"How could you know him?"

Wan Ping'an was very surprised.

"I don't know him."

"I have a distant relative who works at the rolling mill; half a month ago, one day, my relative came to find me and gave me twenty yuan to spread rumors."

"He said it was entrusted by a person named Yi Zhonghai."

Zhang Laizi didn't dare to hide anything.

"Ping'an, Yi Zhonghai is the First Elder of your courtyard, right?"