CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF IN TIMES OF TROUBLE?

Liang Yongcheng, who stormed into the oil and grain store, immediately saw the large oil drum that had been moved aside.

Every hair on his skin visibly stood on end.

He roared directly:

"You can’t find evidence, so now you want to tear my little store apart?"

"Do you know, this little store is the foundation of our survival!!"

"Now we’ve even lost our daughter, and you still want to take away our right to survive?!"

"I won’t let you touch my store!!"

He shouted while trying to rush in.

Officer Ma shouted loudly:

"Stop him!"

This shout was indeed full of confidence!

Of course, he had the confidence now.

The corpse smell found earlier at the breakfast stall came from the bulk cooking oil.

And this oil drum was precisely used for storing bulk oil.

The base of the drum had cement that was obviously out of place compared to the rest of the ground.

The truth was almost self-evident now!

In Officer Ma’s mind, Liang Yongcheng was pretty much identified as the murderer.

Could he still stop them from investigating?!

After all, Liang Yongcheng was alone, and there’s no way he could overpower so many officers.

But now he was in complete panic, desperately trying to grasp any life-saving straw he could.

He turned and rushed out again, tearfully shouting to the growing crowd:

"Fellow villagers!!"

"Save me, Little Liang!!"

"These people have gone mad, they’ve really gone mad!"

"They can’t find evidence, now they want to tear down my store!"

"You all know, my wife and I are jobless, this oil and grain store is our lifeline!"

"They can’t find evidence, so they’re furious and want to destroy our lifeline! How are we supposed to live?!!"

Liang Yongcheng indeed looked very pitiful now!

The onlookers outside were filled with a sense of justice!

Seeing such a scene, how could they stand it?!

They exploded instantly!

"Stop?! Isn’t this bullying honest folks?!"

"To the extent of tearing it down?! Where is the law?!"

"This is too much, way too much! I am taking a video and posting it online to expose you!!"

"You can’t tear it down, absolutely not!"

"You’re supposed to serve the people! How can you bully the citizens?!"

"Everyone, there’s strength in numbers, stop them!!!"

"..."

This scene left Zhang Feng inside was bewildered.

He never expected people in this world to be so united?

Weren’t they just keyboard warriors online?

In reality, they seemed even bolder.

But now, they actually dared?

This made Zhang Feng couldn’t help but sigh a little.

This world was indeed very different from the world before he crossed over!

Officer Ma walked out with a commanding presence.

He even took out the gun from his waist.

Aimed it at the sky.

With a loud "Bang!" a gunshot sounded.

Firing a warning shot, Officer Ma had the authority to do so.

And it had an immediate effect.

Even the frantic Liang Yongcheng was silenced instantly.

Officer Ma’s authoritative voice echoed:

"We are performing our duty! Do you want to obstruct police work?"

"If a body is really found here, believe it or not, I’ll arrest you all as accomplices?!"

Officer Ma’s words did carry a hint of going against regulations.

But there was no other way, given the irrationality of this crowd.

It was just to scare these people.

And again, the effect was as significant as the gunshot.

While people continued to murmur, many started to retreat.

They naturally didn’t want to be implicated because of a neighbor.

If nothing were found, it would be fine, but if a body were discovered, being considered an accomplice would be unbearable.

Seeing this, Zhang Feng also shook his head with a wry smile, thinking to himself:

"Looks like it was just an illusion, the two worlds are quite similar after all!"

Even couples fly apart when disaster strikes.

Let alone just a neighbor.

The only one still hoarsely trying to stop Officer Ma and the others from digging was Liang Yongcheng.

But the effect was very minimal.

The piercing noise of the digging rang out.

And Liang Yongcheng’s voice disappeared entirely.

Not that the noise drowned him out.

But his face was now pale, lips even a bit purple, with a panicked look that clearly didn’t dare to say more.

His wife was the same, with a clear expression of deep despair in her eyes!

However, the clueless onlookers outside still spoke up.

Nothing prevented them from talking!

Many were shouting support for Liang Yongcheng:

"Little Liang, don’t worry! We’re all your witnesses, we’ll help you sue them!"

"Exactly! Little Liang, don’t be afraid, we are your backing!"

"Little Liang, we believe you, destroying your lifeline is like murder, they are the real killers!"

"That’s right, Little Liang, we are here for you!"

"Don’t worry, I’ve recorded the video of their bullying, I’ll post it online, and they won’t keep their hats on!"

"And that kid claiming to be a forensic expert, if you have the guts, tell us your name?!"

But just at that moment!

The clanging noise quieted down.

What followed was an officer’s shouted word:

"Found it!!"

"There’s a young woman’s body down here!!!"

At the moment this shout came out, the outside crowd fell into a dead silence!

They had been cheering for Liang Yongcheng!

Saying they’d help him sue the officers, saying they were his support?

Now, supporting an MF murderer?!

The faces of those who said these things earlier turned rigid, even pale.

As they calculated in their hearts.

It’s over, could they be taken as accomplices?

That bastard Liang Yongcheng! He really committed murder?!

I actually believed him!

No, the officer’s looking at me strangely!

No, I’m not involved in this!

Need to prove my innocence!!

Can’t hesitate anymore!

"What?! Body, there’s really a body?!"

"Oh my god! This Liang Yongcheng actually killed his own daughter?!"

"Even a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs! How could he be so cruel?!"

"Ugh! How disgusting! Being neighbors with such a murderer, I even shopped at his store?"

"I knew it, I trust the officers are righteous, officers serve the people! They won’t let any bad person go!"

"Thank you, officers!"

"..."

The shouts, completely different from before, now resounded throughout.

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