"Village Chief, I admit I had impure thoughts about Educated Youth Fu, but I truly believed she had asked me to meet her. The more she struggled, the more I thought she was faking it and perhaps regretting it. That's why I knocked her out!" Zhang Laosan cried out from his kneeling position, protesting his innocence.
"You're talking nonsense! If she's struggling this much, how could she be faking it?" Most of the men present understood immediately what Zhang Laosan was implying – he clearly wanted to force himself on Educated Youth Fu when she was unwilling!
If she were just faking it for affection, why would she struggle and scream for help? The men present were all experienced; they knew this kind of thing well!
"Everyone here is a man with a wife. Who doesn't know your petty intentions!" The village chief was also enraged, kicking Zhang Laosan twice. Not satisfied, he kicked him a couple more times.
"Earlier, because of your elderly mother, if you hadn't gone too far, I would have swallowed my pride and pleaded with Educated Youth Fu for you. Now, even if Educated Youth Fu pleaded for you, it wouldn't help! The village won't have a peaceful day with a beast like you around!" the village chief said coldly. "You almost harmed Educated Youth Fu last time, fortunately, Lin Feng was there. What about next time? What if you set your sights on a village girl and ruin her? How will I answer to her parents!"
The village chief's words echoed the thoughts of the villagers present. Now, every household had at least four or five children, and who didn't have a daughter? A person like Zhang Laosan was a menace to the village.
He had harmed Educated Youth Fu this time, and thankfully, Lin Feng had rescued her. If Lin Feng hadn't saved her, how would Educated Youth Fu face life now?
Thinking further, if it hadn't been Educated Youth Fu, but their own child, who could accept it? No parent could!
"Send him to the police station! We can't let him go!" an elder sister from the neighborhood gritted her teeth.
Her own daughter had just turned fourteen and was about to be betrothed. With someone like Zhang Laosan around, what if he ruined her daughter one day? He absolutely could not be let off the hook.
"The police are here!" someone shouted from outside the gate. The villagers blocking the entrance immediately made way.
Two policemen in uniform walked in with stern faces. "Who called the police?"
"Comrade Police, I called the police!" The villagers were naturally afraid of officials and retreated to the side upon seeing the police. Fu Wenwen stepped forward and addressed the officers.
"This female comrade, why did you call the police? Who has committed a crime?" Seeing that Fu Wenwen was a woman, the police officer's expression softened slightly. He adjusted his cap and asked seriously.
Fu Wenwen pointed to Zhang Laosan, who was trying to shrink himself into a ball in the corner, and said to the police, "Comrades, I want to accuse this man of theft and hooliganism."
"Please explain in detail." The two officers exchanged a glance and looked at Fu Wenwen, encouraging her to continue.
"First, regarding the theft. I was just about to go to bed when I suddenly heard a noise in the yard. I took a broom and looked out through the gap in the door, and I saw him climbing over the wall and loading a large bag of grain into my storeroom. When he turned his back to me, I rushed out with the broom and hit him. The neighbors nearby heard the commotion and came to help me apprehend him. This bag of grain is the evidence!" Fu Wenwen told the police, her explanation clear and orderly. The officers took notes and nodded.
"And what about the hooliganism?" another police officer asked Fu Wenwen, seeing that she didn't seem like someone who had been bullied.