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Chapter 1017 The Compound is in Chaos (Revised)

The next day, Director Wang woke up. Afterwards, several investigators from the branch bureau learned about the two men's conditions in detail. Yi Zhonghai had a comminuted fracture of his right arm, which is difficult to treat at present and can only be treated conservatively, but it is estimated that traditional Chinese medicine has a way to help him recover.

Director Wang has a broken nose and a broken arm, and the rest of his body has soft tissue contusions. He will recover after some rest.

The two interrogation records were strikingly similar. There should have been four or five people who put the sacks on, but I didn't see them because they were also masked. Judging from their appearance and actions, they should be young people.

This put the deputy director of the Dongcheng branch in a difficult position. How could they possibly find them? They couldn't just go door-to-door asking, could they? That would be too much. The deputy director was a decisive person, so he turned around and went directly to ask Director Wen who she had offended recently and asked her to list them one by one.

When the branch office staff met at the summary meeting, Wang Zhan's name had already appeared on Director Wang's list, but in a list of dozens of people, Wang Zhan's name was not so prominent.

But a few days later, Wang Zhan's name also appeared on Yi Zhonghai's list of those to be retaliated against. Immediately, Wang Zhan became a prime suspect, and the branch bureau's investigation department began to investigate him.

However, the investigation revealed that Wang Zhan had not gone out that day and had no time to commit the crime. On that day, he and Aunt Sun were organizing a gathering for the elderly people living alone in No. 49 Yu'er Hutong. Wang Zhan provided the ingredients and cooked the meal. The whole gathering was to welcome the 15th of the lunar month. Many children from nearby courtyards attended the meal.

It wasn't until late at night that the elderly people reluctantly went home to sleep. At that time, Wang Zhan was still cleaning up the mess with Grandma Sun. The next day, Grandma Sun took her grandchildren to the countryside. Wang Zhan was the one who saw them off at the station, which means that Wang Zhan hadn't slept all night and had been busy all night. When he came back, he went back to his own yard to sleep, and no one disturbed him. Several old men stood guard at the gate of No. 47 Courtyard and wouldn't let anyone knock on the door.

The branch bureau's investigation team reported the findings, and that was the end of the investigation into Wang Zhan. They then analyzed the multiple targets of retaliation against the two individuals. The more they investigated, the more dissatisfied the branch bureau members became with Director Wang's actions, feeling that Director Wang himself had problems. Meanwhile, the routine investigation into Yi Zhonghai also revealed issues with his daily conduct. When the two sides met, they decided to hand the case over to their superiors for resolution.

Time flew by and it was already the end of February. Everyone's focus was still on Yi Zhonghai. They wondered what kind of grudge he had that would lead to such a dirty trick as ambushing someone. It seemed like Sha Zhu had experienced something like that before.

But not long after, the third person to be beaten unconscious appeared. It was Yan Jiefang, the eldest son of Yan Bugui. This boy was also beaten unconscious when he went to the toilet in the middle of the night. Both of his legs were broken. This time, it was much more severe than when Yi Zhonghai was beaten.

Yan Bugui was so anxious he was jumping up and down, but there was nothing he could do. Yan Jiecheng didn't have a single penny in his pocket, so he had to pay for all the expenses. To save money, he didn't pay anyone else in the courtyard. He took his second son and his third son, who was only six years old, to the hospital with him.

The Yan family was busy with their affairs, but few people in the courtyard were helping out. Only a few families in the front yard were taking care of Yan Jiedi. Most people were just watching the excitement, especially the Liu family in the back yard. Every morning, the second uncle would come to the front yard to inquire about Yan Jiecheng's situation, which annoyed Yang Ruihua to no end.

A few days later, Liu Guangtian was beaten in the middle of the ground. This enraged Liu Haizhong, who cursed from the front yard to the back yard, implying that the people in the yard couldn't stand seeing his family doing well and that's why they retaliated by beating Liu Guangtian in the middle of the ground.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, a major surprise finally came out: Sha Zhu was hit hard and sent to the hospital. It is said that he was hit hard and both of his arms were broken. He needs to rest.

The residents of the compound were in an uproar. Who had attacked them with a club, and why were they targeting only the 95th compound? Everyone was on edge. The police officers from the branch office were also conducting their investigations, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find any substantial evidence. However, most people pointed to one person: Xu Damao from the backyard.

Xu Damao had been listening to his father's advice and diligently going to the countryside to show movies and do propaganda during this period. He had no idea what was happening in the courtyard. The problem was that he couldn't control his lower body. When the police from Dongcheng District found him, he was on a widow's kang (a heated brick bed), sleeping with her in his arms.

Xu Damao was really scared this time. The police officers from Dongcheng District laughed when they saw the boy with a small mustache. They said, "How old are you? How come you're playing such tricks? Come on, tell us where you've been these past few days. Don't say anything today, we can be your witnesses."

Xu Damao knew he had made a mistake this time, so he honestly recounted his itinerary for the past two weeks in detail, even specifying which bed he slept in.

Based on Xu Damao's confession, the two investigators from the branch office knew that Xu Damao was not lying. He explained even such private matters, which were not allowed at the moment, clearly indicating that Xu Damao had nothing to do with the beating incident. However, this person had to be taken back, as the charge of having illicit sexual relations would not be so easy to escape.

And so, Xu Damao was imprisoned. When Xu Wude found out about this, he was furious, but after all, he was his son, and there was nothing he could do but try to find someone to pull strings. At that time, there were no fixed rules for sentencing, so there were many ways to be flexible.

Putting aside Xu Damao's matter, the residents of No. 95 courtyard were also eagerly anticipating who was causing trouble and whether it was Xu Damao. This became the top topic of conversation in the courtyard. Later, after the police came to the courtyard to announce the case details and solicit new clues from everyone, the people in the courtyard realized that the beating had nothing to do with Xu Damao.

The deaf old woman in the backyard was restless in the house. Li Cuilan was only taking care of Yi Zhonghai and couldn't pay any attention to him. No one in the yard paid any attention to her either.

There were only a few households in the backyard, and Yang the Cripple couldn't even support himself, so he couldn't take care of the deaf old lady at all. Besides, Yang the Cripple also had a four or five-year-old grandson to raise, who spent his days pasting matchboxes without leaving the house.

Liu Haizhong is now completely focused on living the life of a big shot, running back and forth between the neighborhood office and the factory every day to express his concerns. Unfortunately, Director Wang is hospitalized, and nobody listens to him.

There was no one left in the Xu family, so the deaf old lady sitting in the backyard looked rather frail and old.

The deaf old lady went to the Intermediate People's Court, but no one from the Yi family was there; everyone was at the hospital. Sha Zhu was also hospitalized, so no one was there either. Even Yu Shui didn't come home.

There were only two families left in the Intermediate Court: the Jia family and the Yang Widow's family. Neither of them paid any attention to the deaf old lady. In the end, the old lady had no choice but to go home and cook for herself.

(End of this chapter)