His struggles were in vain, the attacks never stopped until he was beaten to the brink of death, and only then did the attacker seem satisfied and leave.
Liu Zihua fainted from the pain.
When he woke up again, dawn was breaking. Villagers heading out to work saw something moving in the grass by the small path. Frightened, they quickly ran home to get their weapons, only to discover it was a sack that was moving.
"What's that?" a villager raised an eyebrow and slowly approached.
Hearing someone, Liu Zihua immediately struggled to attract attention.
"Mmm-hmm!" His throat hurt, preventing him from speaking, so he could only make muffled sounds.
"Ah! It's a person!" The villager quickly dropped his weapon and ran over, opening the sack to see Liu Zihua, his face beaten into a pulp. "Oh my! Isn't this Liu Zhiqing! How did he get bagged like this?"
"Quick, someone! Liu Zhiqing has been beaten into a pig's head!!" the villager shouted with a laugh.
"Oh? What happened? Who did Liu Zhiqing offend? Hahahaha..." Villagers from nearby quickly rushed over, enjoying the spectacle and not caring about the severity. Seeing Liu Zihua, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, they laughed even louder.
"Hurry and call the village chief! Hahahaha... Oh my, I'm dying of laughter, my stomach hurts." a villager guffawed.
The kind-hearted villager, laughing all the way, ran to the village chief's house.
"Village chief, come quickly! Hahahaha... Liu... Liu Zhiqing was bagged and beaten into a pig's head... Hahahaha..." the villager said, still laughing.
Upon hearing that Liu Zihua had been bagged and beaten into a pig's head, the village chief's eyes lit up. "Ahem, really? Where, let's go see!"
Suppressing his laughter, the village chief arrived at the small path and saw Liu Zihua sitting in the middle, being gawked at like a spectacle. Upon seeing his face, the village chief's stomach ached from holding back his laughter.
To maintain his image as the village chief, he quickly coughed heavily to cover it up.
"The village chief is here!" Hearing the familiar cough, the villagers quickly made way for the village chief to approach.
"How did he get beaten like this? Do you know who did it?" The village chief looked at Liu Zihua and asked with a serious, suppressed smile.
Liu Zihua shook his head in pain. He wanted to touch his face, but it hurt wherever he touched, so he dared not move.
"Aya owa yi uh..." Liu Zihua moaned in pain, unable to even speak.
"What is he saying? Hahahaha... Who understands?" The villagers burst into laughter.
"He probably wants us to find a doctor, right?" Someone seemed to have caught the phonetic resemblance, and Liu Zihua immediately became agitated.
"Come, come... you two take him to the health clinic! Hahahaha..." The villagers couldn't help but laugh whenever they saw Liu Zihua.
Two kind-hearted villagers helped Liu Zihua up and, still laughing, took him to the health clinic.
"Ahem! Whoever knows what happened, stay and tell me. The rest of you, hurry up and get to work!" The village chief urged them.
"Village chief, I saw him first! I came out to work this morning and saw something moving in the grass. I thought it was a wild boar, so I grabbed my tool and went to check. I saw a sack moving, and when I heard movement, it sounded like people, so I quickly opened the sack and found it was Liu Zhiqing. Then everyone else came over," the villager replied, suppressing a laugh.
"Should we report this to the public security bureau?" a villager asked.
"Report it? We don't even know who it was! Why should we make the comrades at public security waste their time! Go, go, go, hurry up and get to work!" The village chief waved his hand. Report it to public security? There's no perpetrator, and no one saw who did it. What's the point of calling public security?
The villagers thought about it and agreed. They then hurried off to work.
When no one was around, the village chief returned home with a stern face. Aunt Liu came forward curiously, wanting to ask something, and then saw the village chief suddenly burst into mad laughter.
"Pfft! Hahahaha..."
The laughter continued for a long time.
Aunt Liu watched the village chief looking so happy. Although she didn't know what he was laughing about, she hadn't seen him this happy in a long time.
"What's going on? What's making you so happy?" Aunt Liu asked with a smile.
"Nothing!" The village chief immediately put away his smile and said with a smile, "Where is your daughter?"
"She's staying quietly in her room!" Aunt Liu replied.
"Then Liu Zhiqing was bagged and beaten into a pig's head," the village chief whispered to Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu was shocked. "No way? Do we have such bold people in our village?"
"Oh, no, who did Liu Zhiqing offend to get beaten like this?" Aunt Liu finally understood why the village chief was laughing so hard. He was gloating.
Old pervert.
"Who knows! This just proves he's not a good person. Otherwise, why would someone beat him for no reason? Don't you think so?" The village chief felt his reasoning was sound and looked at Aunt Liu. "Let me tell you, that Liu Zihua is not a good thing! He and that Su Zhiqing already broke their vows!"
"No way?" Aunt Liu paused. "Don't just spout nonsense because you don't like Liu Zhiqing. Even if Su Zhiqing is bad, she's still a woman!"
Aunt Liu hated the defamation of character the most and spoke with a serious expression.
How could the village chief not know Aunt Liu's sensitivities? He quickly explained, "Fu Zhiqing herself told me! Can it be false? She was foolish before and didn't know what kind of person Liu Zihua was, which is why she chased him for so many years. Now that she's sobered up, she naturally realizes it."
"This can't be right?" Aunt Liu looked at Liu Zihua's face; he didn't seem like that kind of person!
But since Fu Wenwen said it, Aunt Liu hesitated. She had met Fu Wenwen so many times and had dealings with her. This person didn't seem like someone who would make things up. She must have some evidence.
Aunt Liu was in a state of confusion.
She originally thought her husband was just a father-in-law who disliked his son-in-law, hence his constant criticism and negative opinion of Liu Zihua.
She was actually quite happy for Zhu Xi to be with Liu Zihua. After all, he was handsome and sensible. Those times he came to deliver letters, he knew how to make her happy.
But now, she was not sure.
If Liu Zihua was truly involved in promiscuous relationships and was still stringing their Zhu Xi along, how could she be happy?
Letting her good daughter be ruined by him?
"Why would I lie to you! If you don't believe me, just wait and see. Su Zhiqing will be back soon!" The village chief glanced at Aunt Liu. "I know you want a good son-in-law, and he has good conditions, but when marrying off a daughter, you shouldn't just look at the groom's conditions; you need to see if he's worthy of entrusting your daughter to!"
"Exactly!" Aunt Liu sighed melancholically. But her daughter's heart was entirely set on Liu Zihua. If this were true and she still refused to turn back, what would happen?
"Instead of sighing here, you might as well advise your daughter to be a bit more sensible. She really didn't inherit anything from you or me!" The village chief said with disdain. This daughter, when did he realize she was so stubborn?
There were plenty of good men in the world, but she had to hang herself on this crooked tree! She's not like him at all! Humph!
His eldest and second sons took after him, honest and capable. This youngest daughter must take after her maternal grandmother's side!