A moment later.

The village committee's loudspeaker sounded: "Hello, hello!"

The voice echoed throughout the skies of Xiao Lin Village.

Those who were visiting each other's homes, eating peanuts and sunflower seeds and exchanging New Year's greetings, also couldn't help but become curious about what announcement was happening during such a festive time.

"Fellow villagers, this is Li Tao, I am Li Tao."

It was Li Tao, using the keys to his father's village committee loudspeaker to address everyone.

"That's how it is."

Li Tao continued.

"You all know, our village has a shameless person, a filthy person!"

"There's no need for me to mention, everyone knows, it's Yu Xiaolian!"

"She has been engaging in those shameless trades out of town, bringing disgrace upon our entire village! People in the neighboring villages all know about this and they are laughing at us!"

"Everyone also knows, to cover up her actions, she even 'rented' a boyfriend to bring back home."

"This is the absolute height of shamelessness!"

"She brings shame to our village, and that's putting it mildly; we're fellow villagers and it's not convenient to say too much."

"But!"

"Just now!"

"Xiaolian's mother, suddenly came to my house and caused trouble!"

"Relying on her filthy daughter having made some dirty money out of town and 'renting' a boyfriend to come back, she swaggered into my home and even cut off a big chunk of my mother's hair!"

"I want to ask the fellow villagers to judge this matter."

"How can there still be such people!"

"What face do they have to strut around like that!"

"..."

A moment later.

Following Li Tao's declaration through the village loudspeaker.

The whole village started to gradually make their way towards his house to watch the fuss.

True enough.

At the street corner, Lin Meizhen and Li Shurong were caught up in a scuffle.

Lin Meizhen was being firmly pinned down by Li Shurong, unable to move, her eyes filled with fear.

The crowd of onlookers was growing.

Granny Niu and Second Aunt Li, who always liked to join in the commotion, saw Lin Meizhen's pitiful state and mocked, "Meizhen, what did I tell you earlier? I said your daughter was out there selling herself, you didn't believe me, do you believe it now?"

"I don't believe it, you're talking nonsense!" Lin Meizhen yelled, pressed down on the ground.

"Wow, still putting up a tough front?" Granny Niu said, cracking sunflower seeds, "Shurong sister, whenever she stops being tough, that's when you let her go!"

"That's the way to do it!" Second Aunt Li also said, "I can't stand people who pretend to be tough without any real skill, just went out to sell herself as a prostitute and earned some money, look how arrogant she is."

Slap!

Someone from the crowd threw in a rotten cabbage leaf, yelling, "Disgusting!!"

"Yes, disgusting!!"

As the onlookers increased, so did the voices berating her.

"Admit it, your daughter is a prostitute, or I won't get up!" Li Shurong pressed down and demanded.

"No, she isn't!!"

Lin Meizhen shouted back.

"If you won't listen, then let's keep throwing things at her face!"

Li Shurong called out to the crowd.

People immediately started hurling rotten lettuce leaves at Lin Meizhen, cursing as they threw, "Shameless for doing it, shameless for not admitting it, disgraceful!"

"Disgraceful!!"

"Disgraceful!!"

"..."

The crowd cursed one after another.

Granny Niu was now smugly squatting next to her, "Lin Meizhen, feeling disgraced enough now? Just admit that your daughter is a prostitute, and you can leave. Why resist stubbornly? You're delaying everyone's New Year."

"Exactly, if you don't admit it, you're just going to keep losing face right here!" Second Aunt Li also sneered.

"..."

Lin Meizhen's eyes were brimming with tears.

No matter what.

Even if it killed her, she would never admit it!!

…

Elsewhere.

Qin Feng and his two companions took a taxi back home.

The taxi driver, looking at the deserted streets, questioned with suspicion, "What's going on? Why doesn't your village look like it's celebrating the New Year? It's even quieter than usual. I wonder where everyone has gone."

After getting out of the car.

Qin Feng and the others were also puzzled; not a single person was in sight, which was very eerie.

Back at home.

Lin Meizhen was not there.

"Strange, where did Mom go?" Yu Xiaolong muttered.

At that moment.

Seeing a few kids playing with toy guns passing by the door, Yu Xiaolong asked, "Little Yangzi, where is everyone?"

"Oh, they're all at the village chief's door watching the excitement," Little Yangzi replied.

"What excitement?" Yu Xiaolong inquired.

"Your mom's getting beaten up," Little Yangzi informed.

"What?!"

Yu Xiaolong was stunned upon hearing this.

Qin Feng and Xiao Lian, upon hearing the news, frowned and immediately headed toward the village chief's house.

Upon arriving there.

Nearly the entire village was gathered around, watching the spectacle, easily several hundred people!

And there were many others just there to join in on the commotion.

They were still throwing rotten vegetable leaves into the middle.

Yu Xiaolong immediately pushed through the crowd and squeezed in.

When he reached the center.

He saw his mother, Lin Meizhen, pinned down by Li Shurong, her body covered with rotten vegetable leaves and other trash, and he was instantly incensed!

"Motherfucker!!"

He kicked Li Shurong straight in the face.

Li Shurong immediately had a shoeprint on her face from the kick and screamed as she fell to the ground.

Xiao Lian squeezed in at that point, saw Lin Meizhen's state, and immediately helped her up, hugging her and consoling her: "Mom, it's okay, it's okay, we're here..." To support our work, please read on *.

While comforting her, tears were wiped away.

Yu Xiaolong, then fiercely delivered a slap to Li Shurong's face, followed by another kick that sent her tumbling to the ground, crying out in pain.

"Dare to hit my mom, you're looking for death!!"

Yu Xiaolong flew into a rage, ready to hit again.

In that moment.

Li Tao kicked Yu Xiaolong away and, brandishing a stick, began furiously beating him while cursing, "Motherfucker! You've got some nerve, fighting at my doorstep!"

Yu Xiaolong was only a middle school student after all.

Li Tao was over twenty years old and was wielding a weapon, not at all a fair match.

Soon Yu Xiaolong was beaten until he was sore all over.

As Li Tao swung his stick at Yu Xiaolong's head again, Qin Feng stepped in front of Yu Xiaolong, effortlessly caught the stick with his hand, and then delivered a slap that sent Li Tao spinning in the air and crashing painfully onto the ground, wailing in agony!

The crowd went silent.

At this moment.

Xiao Lian helped Lin Meizhen, wanting to move out of the crowd.

But Granny Niu, large and robust, now stood in their way and barked, "Don't you move! You think you can leave without clearing things up? No way!"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Lian asked.

"Hmph! You still have the cheek to ask what's the matter!" Granny Niu coldly said, "You did those shameless things outside, and even if we let it slide that you 'rented' a man to save face when you came back to the village, it's outrageous that your mother caused a scene at the village chief's house and still won't admit to your selling yourself!"

"I didn't!"

Xiao Lian felt very bitter upon being publicly accused of selling herself.

"Not? Ha, you mean to say that all of us in the village are lying?" Granny Niu said with disdain, "I'll tell you, first, you beat up Li Tao and Li Shurong, you have to compensate them, second, you must admit that you were out selling yourself, otherwise our whole village won't welcome you!"