Chapter 267: Presenting a Pair of Silver Handcuffs

The villagers were furious, cursing at Bai Cai one after another, and some even spat at him.

Everyone usually sold their vegetables to Bai Wei, all relying on her to make money.

Especially since Bai Wei wanted to invest in building a school in the village, the villagers couldn't have been happier.

If anything were to happen to Bai Wei, the people in the village would lose their way of making money, and even the school would be gone.

Bai Cai was covered in wounds from being scratched by Cang Yun and had even lost an eye; now, surrounded by villagers cursing him, he couldn't even lift his head.

Gossip spread quickly in the village; before dawn, his shameful deeds would reach his own village.

Bai Cai lay on the ground, groaning incessantly.

"It hurts so much..."

"Call an ambulance quickly," Li Hong shouted in a panic. "Bai Cai's eye is ruined, get him to the hospital immediately."

The villagers cursed at Bai Cai for a while before finally calling an ambulance.

If they weren't afraid of causing a death, they wouldn't have called at all.

"Sister Bai, are you okay?" Chen Ming squeezed through and asked with concern.

Bai Wei looked up and saw his face full of nervousness, his hand still tightly gripping a wooden stick, and she couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart.

"A Ming, thank you, I'm fine."

As she spoke, she caught sight of the security guard standing behind the crowd.

The security guard looked as if he had just woken up, rubbing his eyes with a blank expression.

Seeing this, Bai Wei's expression turned cold.

She walked forward and spoke coldly.

"You can leave; there is no need to come to work anymore."

She hired security guards to watch the Farm, not for them to come and play.

Such a huge commotion had occurred in her Farm, yet the security guard was still fast asleep in the guard booth; even Chen Ming had rushed over, and he was only just arriving now.

She did not want such a person.

It was unclear who had called the police, but a police car drove over and stopped at the entrance of the Farm.

Several officers stepped out of the car and shouted sternly.

"Who is it that came to someone else's Farm to steal things?"

The villagers immediately cleared a path, all talking at once.

"It's these people, hurry up and take them away."

Seeing the police arrive, Bai Cai panicked and kept begging Li Hong for help.

"Aunt, I don't want to go to jail, I don't want to go to prison."

As he spoke, he began to wail loudly.

Li Hong was also flustered; she hurriedly reached out to stop the officers and turned her head to shout at Bai Wei.

"Xiao Wei, hurry and tell the officers to leave; this is all a family matter, why make a scene at the Police Station?"

After finishing, she turned back to offer a fawning smile to the officers.

"Officer comrades, this is just the children in the family playing around, it's fine now, you can go back."

Bai Wei felt a wave of disappointment as she watched Li Hong shield Bai Cai like this.

Even now, her mother still couldn't distinguish right from wrong; she was truly muddled.

She ignored Li Hong, looked up, and said firmly to the officers.

"Officer, Bai Cai brought several thugs from the village and broke into my Farm in the middle of the night, trying to force me to hand over antiques."

"They even brought knives and intended to commit violence and harm people."

Bai Wei finished speaking on her own, not caring at all what Li Hong thought.

She had already made up her mind that no matter what, she would send Bai Cai to prison today.

Seeing that Bai Wei was determined to press charges, Li Hong grew anxious and slapped her thigh as she cried out.

"How can you send your own family to prison?"

Bai Wei's attitude was resolute, "Mom, choose between me and Bai Cai. If you continue to protect Bai Cai, you don't need to worry about my affairs anymore."

"You... this..." Li Hong was dumbfounded.

She had never imagined that Bai Wei would be so exceptionally determined about drawing a line with the Bai Family.

At this moment, the villagers also began to shout one after another.

"Officer comrades, the Bai Family has come over to harass Bai Wei time and time again and even tried to seize her Farm; we saw it all clearly."

"That's right, don't listen to Li Hong's nonsense; this woman's mind is muddled, she doesn't even care about her own daughter."

"Hurry and take Bai Cai and his accomplices away; they brought knives, they wanted Bai Wei's life."

The village chief was also furious and lectured Li Hong in public.

"How are you a mother? Your daughter is being bullied like this by the Bai Family, and you're still siding with outsiders?"

"Is it easy for Bai Wei to guard the Farm alone in the village? You don't protect her at all."

Several village aunties nearby also spoke up with sour tones.

"If I had a daughter like Bai Wei, I wouldn't be able to protect her enough."

"Exactly, never seen a mother like this."

"Can't tell right from wrong, and still helping outsiders."

The villagers spoke one after another, making Li Hong's face turn bright red as she lowered her head.

She felt humiliated, yet in her heart, she didn't feel she had done anything wrong.

She was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Bai Family and had to take on responsibilities; clearly, she was doing this for Bai Wei's own good, wanting the Bai Family to be a united, big family, yet her daughter insisted on going against her.

The police officer asked Bai Wei, "Is the situation exactly as the villagers described?"

Bai Wei nodded, "This Farm is mine, everything that happened is completely true, I can guarantee it."

The police officer nodded and waved for people to take away Bai Cai, who was slumped on the ground, along with his three accomplices.

"Clang."

Bai Cai was fitted with a pair of shiny silver handcuffs; he kept one eye closed and screamed in a panic.

"Help, I don't want to go to jail, I don't want to be arrested..."

Seeing Bai Cai being taken to the police car, Li Hong looked anxious.

She wanted to run up to him, but after taking two steps, she stole a glance at Bai Wei; seeing Bai Wei's cold expression, Li Hong had no choice but to stand still, not daring to step forward to intervene.

Ignoring Li Hong, Bai Wei walked up to Professor Ye and spoke sincerely.

"Ye Lao, thank you for coming all the way to the Farm so late at night."

She was truly grateful; Ye Lao was elderly and usually returned to the city to rest at night, so coming over in the middle of the night was a great ordeal.

Professor Ye shook his head, "Actually, it wasn't that I wanted to come, but Zhou Yuchuan called me several times, insisting that I come to check on you, saying he was afraid you were in danger."

"Zhou Yuchuan?" Bai Wei was also stunned, "Didn't he return to Yanjing? How did he know what happened here?"

Professor Ye said meaningfully, "Bai Wei, actually, Zhou cares about you very much. Don't look at his usual cold demeanor; he was very anxious today."

"Is that so?" A mystery sprouted in Bai Wei's heart.

She took out her phone and tried to turn it on.

The phone wouldn't turn on just a moment ago, but now the screen lit up.

As soon as it turned on, over a dozen missed calls popped up on the phone, all from Zhou Yuchuan.

There were also WeChat messages he had sent.

"Bai Wei, why aren't you answering the phone? There is danger tonight, you must be careful."

"Did you turn off your phone? Reply to my message as soon as you turn it on."

"Go to the village and call for people quickly, or call the police; in any case, do not stay in the house alone."

Looking at the string of messages on her phone, Bai Wei felt extremely touched.

Even through the screen, she could feel his anxiety.

However, she was also very suspicious.

Zhou Yuchuan was in Yanjing thousands of miles away, yet he knew she would encounter an attack tonight; could it be that he also possessed the ability of precognition?

What exactly is his relationship with Zhou Yanli of the Daliang Kingdom?