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"You... you are slandering us!" I trembled with anger.
"Whether it's slander or not, you'll find out soon enough!" Wang Jianmin sneered, waving his hand. "Search! Find that scoundrel!"
The thugs immediately rushed towards the house.
"Stop!" I blocked the doorway. "Who dares to barge in! Where is the law?"
"The law? Here, I am the law!" Wang Jianguo shouted arrogantly. "Today, I will make sure you pay for your sins!"
It looked like a fight was about to break out!
At that critical moment, a clear and furious voice rang out, "Stop! What are you doing!"
It was Shen Junyan! I didn't know when he had arrived. Seeing the scene in the courtyard, especially my father injured, he immediately understood what was happening and his face turned pale with anger.
"Oh! The scoundrel has come to deliver himself!" Wang Jianguo was even more excited upon seeing Shen Junyan. He grabbed a stick and charged at him. "You shameless couple! Let's beat you both to death today!"
"I dare you!" Although Shen Junyan was a frail scholar, he showed no fear at that moment. He stood protectively behind me, glaring at Wang Jianguo. "In broad daylight, under the clear sky! You gather a mob to cause trouble and injure people! Do you have any respect for Party Discipline and National Law?"
His words were powerful and righteous, causing the thugs to hesitate for a moment.
However, Wang Jianmin was undeterred and snarled, "Party Discipline and National Law? Today, I am here to clean house! You scoundrel have tarnished my reputation; let's see if I don't kill you!"
With that, he picked up a pole and charged at Shen Junyan alongside Wang Jianguo!
Although Shen Junyan knew some self-defense, he was still a weak scholar and could not match these two seasoned ruffians. As their weapons were about to strike him!
In a moment of desperation, I grabbed a handful of lime powder from the corner of the wall and threw it into Wang Jianmin's and Wang Jianguo's eyes!
"Ah! My eyes!" The two were caught off guard, blinded by the lime powder, screaming as they covered their eyes. Their weapons fell to the ground!
Seizing this opportunity, I pulled Shen Junyan close, helped my father up, shielded my mother, and shouted loudly, "Villagers! The Wang brothers have come to attack us! They want to kill!"
My cries alarmed the neighbors. Soon enough, the courtyard was filled with villagers drawn by the commotion.
Qian Guifen and Zhao Chunyan also "came rushing over." Upon seeing her son injured, Qian Guifen immediately threw herself on the ground, wailing dramatically while pointing at me and calling me a "harbinger of doom" and a "poisonous woman"!
Zhao Chunyan stood by offering "kind" advice while secretly fanning the flames, insinuating that my relationship with Shen Junyan was inappropriate and damaging to the village's reputation.
The scene instantly turned chaotic!
I knew this couldn't go on! I had to cut through the confusion quickly!
I broke free from the crowd and ran to the village entrance. Grabbing the copper gong hanging under the old locust tree used for summoning villagers for meetings, I began banging it loudly!
The loud sound of the gong shattered the night sky, quickly alarming the entire village, prompting even the village officials and militia to rush over.
Upon seeing Village Head Zhao Laonian and the Militia Captain arrive, the Wang Family and the thugs immediately lost their bravado.
"What’s going on? Why are you banging a gong in the middle of the night?" Zhao Laonian asked with a frown. Noticing the chaos at the scene and his Daughter caught up in it, he already had a good idea of what had transpired.
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