Tian Jing smiled and looked at her ‘left and right arms’.
The hands on her ‘left and right arms’ let go.
It was the owner of those hands who, without a trace of shame, rushed towards Li Zhengguo behind her.
“Brother-in-law~”
“Brother-in-law~”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Ah~”
“Ah~”
Following these two sounds of objects hitting the ground and screams, Li Zhengguo’s cold voice rang out, “Does the security team not want their jobs anymore?”
The security team members quickly brought out fourteen members, who each grabbed one person and escorted them out of the village.
It wasn’t satisfying enough.
Why did Village Chief Li resolve this so cleanly and efficiently? It had been years since they had seen such a spectacular drama!
They had been too civilized for too long.
They missed the old days.
No, no, don’t misunderstand.
They missed Squad Leader Tian’s sharp words.
Not the endless curses from the previous villagers, like fishwives fighting in the street.
…
After dealing with Chen Yaoming’s family of seven, Tian Jing looked at Xiao Wei. “That year, I said that after you made your choice, your remaining life would be yours alone to command.”
“Now, why have you come?”
Xiao Wei was somewhat dazed. That year, this woman in front of her had told her she was willing to support her and the child she was carrying…
“I, I came to see my father.”
She didn’t even mention the child.
Tian Jing sneered inwardly. If Grandpa Xiao’s health hadn’t been so robust, providing comfort rather than a burden, this woman probably wouldn’t even remember she had a father.
In these eleven years, she had never visited Grandpa Xiao, nor had she ever written a letter of greeting.
“Your father is doing very well. After you left, he lived a life of ease and freedom, his spirit exceptionally rich.”
“For so many years, you’ve ignored him. Now you suddenly come to see him. Have you ever asked him if he needs your visit?”
“Have you ever thought that your arrival might cause him trouble? And have you ever considered whether he is still alive in this world?”
Xiao Wei was stunned. “My father he?”
Tian Jing sneered, “Heh, how old are you? Do you even remember your father’s age? How many eleven-year periods has he waited for you to remember him?”
“For the first two years, he tried his best to integrate here, to forget his troublesome daughter.”
“He finally found himself, and now you come here for what?”
Xiao Wei: “…” What did she come for?
Her husband had been missing for nearly five years.
Her father-in-law said her husband went missing after going to find her eldest daughter.
But, could she ask? Could she ask this woman who harbored endless hatred towards her?
Seeing his daughter-in-law stumped, Chen Guangfu spoke up. “I brought her to find her husband and her two children.”
Tian Jing turned to look at the thin old man who spoke. “Who are you?”
The old man replied, “I am Chen Guangfu, your granduncle.”
Tian Jing shook her head. “I have no granduncle with the surname Chen, at most a maternal granduncle. Don’t try to falsely claim kinship with me.”
“You say you brought her to find her husband and children, then go find them. Don’t bother me.”
Seeing Tian Jing turn to leave, Chen Guangfu spoke directly. “Five years ago, Chen Yaoshi brought the two children and came here to look for you, didn’t he?”
Tian Jing turned back. “Yes.”
“Then where is he?”
Another cold person who didn’t ask about the two children.
Tian Jing sneered. “Heh, he’s a living person, with two legs that can walk anywhere. You’re asking me?”
“Chen Jing!”
Chen Guangfu stomped his way to Tian Jing. “After he came to find you, he never appeared again. He went missing.”
Tian Jing’s face showed feigned surprise. “Missing? Did you call the police? It’s been five years, and you’re only coming to look for him now? That’s too suspicious. Are there any traps in what you’re saying?”
“You’d better not ask. Hurry and call the police. I refuse to answer any of your questions. You are not qualified to question me.”
With that, Tian Jing turned to ask Xiao Wei, “The person he’s talking about, is that your husband?”
The disdain in Tian Jing’s eyes was too obvious. Xiao Wei took a step back. “I, as you know, I don’t have the ability to support myself.”
Tian Jing waved her hand. “You don’t need to explain to me.”
“And I, from beginning to end, have only ever been Tian Jing, not anyone’s daughter, nor a ball kicked around by others.”
“From now on, if we meet, we will act as if we don’t know each other.”
Tian Jing turned and walked away, her back straight.
Li Zhengguo waved to the security captain and hurried to catch up.
Staring at the cold receding figure, Xiao Wei was lost in thought. Act as if they didn’t know each other?
With such an awkward identity, she didn’t want to meet either.
…
Back home, Li Zhengguo pulled his wife into the west room. “Chen Guangfu seems very certain.”
Tian Jing shook her head. “Even the most certain guess is not evidence. I don’t know what he’s up to. It’s taken him five years to come. I thought he would stay hidden forever.”
Li Zhengguo was still uneasy. “It’s better to be careful.”
Tian Jing retorted, “How careful? We can’t do anything extra now. We just need to stick to our story.”
…
The next morning, several people appeared at the Li family’s home, people carrying luggage bags.
Tian Jing frowned. They all came? Do they plan to catch them all at once?
“Mr. Xiao, you’ve come to the wrong place. Old Master Xiao San is at the courtyard house at the village entrance.”
Xiao Xueqi and Xiao Xueping exchanged glances, and Xiao Xueqi spoke. “Jingjing, we’ve come to find you.”
Tian Jing waved at him. “Please call me Ms. Tian. I am not familiar with you.”
“Ms. Tian.”
Xiao Xueqi followed Tian Jing’s request. “Back then, the reason we wanted to buy that courtyard house was because there was a secret room underneath…”
“And we have reason to suspect that you have already taken the things from the secret room.”
“Are you sick?”
Tian Jing pointed outside. “If you’re sick, go get treated. Don’t delay, or it will become an incurable disease.”
Xiao Xueping suddenly interjected, “You’re being guilty.”
“Heh.”
Tian Jing sneered. “I’m driving you away, so I’m guilty? Then what would not be guilty? Accepting your fantasies and guesses, that would not be guilty?”
“You haven’t been in the country for decades. I lived there for a month or two, and now I’m suspected.”
“What about the previous residents? Grandma Xu and Xiao Shuyuan? Ah Guang? No one is suspected, only I am?”
“Is it because I know martial arts? Because I know martial arts, that’s the reason for your suspicion?”
“From Xiao Wei and Chen Guangfu the day before yesterday, to Chen Yaoming’s family yesterday, and now to you today. I have reason to suspect that you are all colluding to try and kill me.”
“Therefore, you are also suspects. Can I righteously preach to you and tell you to give up colluding with outsiders?”
Xiao Xueping nodded. “Your knowledge of martial arts is indeed a reason for our suspicion.”
“Back then, you tricked us into going to the provincial capital. When we confronted Chen Yaoshi, we realized you had deceived us.”
“However, the situation at the time was not very clear, and we didn’t dare to speak too openly. So we returned overseas.”
“When we returned again, Chen Yaoshi went missing after coming to find you. All of this is enough to show that you are ruthless and poisonous.”
Tian Jing shook her head. “You are not the police, so don’t make hasty conclusions about me. Otherwise, I will sue you for slander.”
“And tell me, how did I trick you that year?”
“Wasn’t the person who handed over to Grandma Xu Guo Xiaoli’s brother, Guo Xiaofeng? Didn’t Chen Yaoshi appear at your Xiao family?”