It was past ten in the evening.
Lin Fan lay on the sofa in the medical clinic, hearing two police cars siren past outside.
The piercing wail of the sirens startled all the chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs.
The villagers all thought in unison: something must have happened to the Cao family!
Lin Fan tossed and turned, unable to sleep: "Did someone actually die?"
"Who cares, it's just karma catching up, preferably old man Cao Dewang who dies!"
Lin Fan thought it over, but still sat up and stared out the window.
Though he knew in his heart that the police wouldn't investigate so quickly.
And the Cao family wouldn't make the matter public knowledge, it would surely be brushed under the rug.
However, Lin Fan was still uneasy.
Thus, consumed by worry, the sky gradually turned pale.
Lin Fan, with his arms crossed, unconsciously drifted to sleep.
"Wake up, Xiao Fan, wake up!"
It was past six in the morning, the sky not yet fully bright, when Xia Xue and Song Yue ran over to wake him.
He rubbed his eyes and asked, "Sister-in-law, Yueyue Jie, why are you here so early?"
"If I didn't come, would you have pierced a hole in the sky?"
Xia Xue's tone was indignant as she scrutinized him.
He tried to play dumb: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about?"
"Acting? You're still acting with me!" Xia Xue's face was stern. "The whole village knows, something big happened to the Cao family!"
"I heard Cao Dewang is in the hospital fighting for his life, his stomach was stabbed so badly, he probably won't make it."
Song Yue added, "Cao Yun and his wife have been taken to the police station, but I heard they haven't said anything."
"Oh?" Lin Fan continued to feign ignorance: "No wonder I faintly heard police cars last night."
Hearing this, Xia Xue immediately slapped him: "You're still acting!"
"Tell me, was it you who instigated the village loudspeaker last night?"
Lin Fan lowered his head: "Sister-in-law, you have quite an imagination."
"How could I instigate that? It's nonsense."
Xia Xue coughed in anger: "Xiao Fan, do you know that someone died? Someone died!"
She emphasized "someone died" twice.
As the saying goes, life is precious, and if someone dies, it's bound to be a major event.
"That's their father and son's business, what does it have to do with me?"
Lin Fan felt a sliver of worry, but the rest was exhilaration.
Just as he expected, old man Cao Dewang couldn't possibly have defeated the strong and young Cao Yun.
Good riddance if he died, it's all over!
Consider it eliminating a scourge for the people, enacting justice on behalf of heaven!
"Xiao Fan, how could you dare to do such a thing?"
Xia Xue looked horrified: "What will you do if the police come looking for you?"
Lin Fan shrugged: "Why would they look for me?"
"I didn't tell Cao Yun to stab his father."
"You..." Xia Xue stomped her feet in anger: "You're still stubborn, are you trying to make me die of anger!"
After speaking, Xia Xue raised her hand to hit him.
"Sister Xue'er."
Seeing this, Song Yue immediately stopped her and said to Lin Fan, "Xiao Fan, quickly apologize to your sister-in-law."
Lin Fan, helpless, explained, "Sister-in-law, you don't know, Cao Dewang has done countless disgusting things."
"If it weren't for me, that teacher Jiang Hu who came to teach, would probably have been harmed by him too."
As he spoke, Lin Fan had already put on his clothes.
"What?"
"How dare he?"
Xia Xue and Song Yue were greatly shocked.
Afterward, Lin Fan recounted the incident with Jiang Hu Xue to them, omitting the details.
"You think about it, Cao Dewang could even lay hands on his own daughter-in-law. If teacher Jiang Hu fell into his hands, would she be alright?"
Hearing Lin Fan's words, Xia Xue and Song Yue suddenly felt a chill of fear.
If that old scoundrel Cao Dewang had succeeded, and the news spread, Luofeng Village would likely never be able to hold its head up again.
"Bah, it's good that old scoundrel is dead!"
Song Yue spat and cursed.
Lin Fan took a breath and said, "If the police really come looking for me, I'll tell the truth, what's the worst that can happen? A few days in jail."
Xia Xue snorted, "You say it so easily."
She was still angry that Lin Fan was too impulsive.
Song Yue suggested, "Why don't you go hide for a while?"
"Hide from what?" Lin Fan raised his head. "My clinic is open every day. If something happens to the Cao family and I disappear, wouldn't that be telling everyone it was me?"
"Then..." Xia Xue trembled with anxiety. "What should we do?"
Lin Fan looked nonchalant: "We'll just take it easy. As long as Cao Yun still has any sense of shame, this matter won't be easily disclosed."
"Besides, it's uncertain if they'll even be seen in the village in the future."
"You!" Xia Xue poked his forehead with her slender index finger. "You're actually pleased with yourself!"
"Of course, it's my duty to uphold justice and eliminate evil for the people."
Lin Fan quipped.
Song Yue tugged at Xia Xue's arm and persuaded, "Sister Xue'er, Xiao Fan has grown up, don't scold him anymore."
Xia Xue took a deep breath. "Fine."
Her face was cold as she added, "If this continues, you'll cause a big disaster sooner or later!"
"Sister-in-law, don't think too much..."
Lin Fan hadn't finished speaking when he heard his phone ring: "The big windmill turns with a creak and a groan..."
He inwardly cried, "Not good."
Besides Su Yurou, no one else would call him.
Facing the questioning gazes of his sister-in-law and Song Yue, he had no choice but to steel himself, retrieve his phone from under the pillow, and say, "It must be a former patient."
After saying that, he pressed the answer button.
"Xiao Fan, when exactly will you have time?"
As soon as the call connected, Lin Fan heard Su Yurou's impatient voice.
"What?" Lin Fan's mind raced, and he shouted, "Are you sick again?"
"You're sick!"
"Your whole family is sick!"
Su Yurou was already in a bad mood, so his inexplicable words sent her into a rage.
"A follow-up examination, I'm tied up these past couple of days, let me see..."
Lin Fan said this, and Xia Xue tugged at his sleeve, mouthing, "Go."
"This... I'll try my best, I might have time this afternoon."
"That's all, we'll talk later."
Lin Fan finished speaking and hung up the phone.
"It's a patient from the town, perhaps the prescription I gave last time wasn't quite right."
Before Xia Xue could ask, Lin Fan preemptively explained.
"That's perfect, you should go out and lie low for a bit, otherwise, I'll be constantly worried."
Xia Xue seized the opportunity to say.
"That works too."
Lin Fan nodded and said to Song Yue, "Yueyue Jie, you stay and watch the clinic for now, I don't know when I'll be back."
"Don't come back yet, just lay low. If everything is fine, I'll call you back then."
Xia Xue finally felt a little relieved.
Thus, Lin Fan slung his medical bag over his shoulder and left the clinic.
Xia Xue watched his retreating back and sighed, "This troublemaker, what are we going to do?"
"Sister Xue'er, Xiao Fan is capable, I think what he did was right."
Song Yue's eyes sparkled with admiration.
Xia Xue glanced at her, why did she feel something was off?