Completely oblivious to the meaning behind that tone, Wei Baoguo foolishly pressed his face against that old man's, asking with a fawning expression:

"What trouble could there be? Big boss, you're riding in the county's top official's car! You're a high-ranking official who can report directly to the city! Do you think those two punks can get out of your clutches?"

The smile on Jin Wanfu's face gradually faded away.

He slowly straightened up, and his small eyes, squeezed into slits by the fat on his face, revealed a chilling coldness, as if he were looking at a dead man.

He looked down at Wei Baoguo, pointed a chubby finger at his own nose, and spoke in a light, airy voice, yet it struck him like a thunderbolt.

"The trouble lies in..."

"I am the one you're talking about, the one who should be shot for five minutes, Jin Wanfu."

The fawning, almost ingratiating smile on Wei Baoguo's face instantly froze.

He stared blankly at the plump, even somewhat amiable face in front of him, his mouth slightly agape, as if a muffled thunderclap had exploded in his mind.

Several seconds passed before a weak, hoarse sound finally escaped his dry throat: "What...what did you say?"

Jin Wanfu's smile didn't fade at all. He raised his hand, tapped his chest twice with his chubby finger, and said, word by word:

"I'm telling you, I'm the 'major cancer' that you've been threatening to drag out and shoot for five minutes."

As soon as these words were spoken, the color drained completely from Wei Baoguo's face.

It wasn't until this moment that he finally realized—the respectful "Boss Jin" that Deputy Director Liu had used when he got out of the car was definitely referring to the man in front of him!

A chill ran down his spine and up to the top of his head. Wei Baoguo's knees buckled, and he collapsed heavily to his knees in the mud with a thud. His hands flailed wildly in the air: "No, no... Boss Jin! There must be some misunderstanding! I had no idea you were Jin Wanfu. If I had known earlier..."

"If you had known who I was, you wouldn't have reported me?"

Jin Wanfu still looked at him with a smile, his tone full of mockery, "That won't do. What about your conscience? What about all those 'righteous indignation' words you shouted earlier? Don't you care about them anymore?"

Wei Baoguo was choked speechless, his whole body trembling like a leaf, unable to utter a single coherent word.

Seeing that things were not going well, Li Cuihua, who was standing next to her, rolled her eyes and, taking advantage of everyone's attention being on Wei Baoguo, bent over and tiptoed towards the back of the jeep.

Before she could even take two steps, the quick-thinking driver and Deputy Director Liu stepped in front of her, blocking her path like two solid walls.

Jin Wanfu turned his head and looked Li Cuihua up and down with a smile:

"Oh my, isn't this Zhao Shanhe's biological mother? Where are you rushing off to?"

"Weren't you just kneeling in the mud, calling me a living Buddha and a just and upright official, crying and begging me to do your bidding? How come now that the just and upright official is right in front of you, the one seeking justice is running away?"

Li Cuihua was stared at intently by Deputy Director Liu, and then subjected to a barrage of sarcasm and ridicule from Jin Wanfu, which startled her so much that she shuddered on the spot.

She forced a dry, awkward smile that looked more like a grimace, her rough hands nervously rubbing her dirty trouser legs, desperately trying to find a way to save face.

"Boss Jin, look at what you're saying... I'm just an old woman from the countryside, I can't read many words, I don't know anything. It was all Wei Baoguo's fault for bringing me here..."

As she spoke, she shrank her neck, took a step back, and glanced around furtively, looking for an excuse to slip away.

"Well, there's still water boiling on the stove at home, and the pigs haven't been fed yet. I need to hurry back to work so as not to delay the leaders from getting their business done..."

Seeing her comical, opportunistic, and elusive behavior, Jin Wanfu raised an eyebrow and asked with a half-smile:

"Not going to tattle?"

Li Cuihua shook her head vigorously, her face plastered with a fake, dry smile, and she followed the offer with extreme smoothness.

"No, no! Mother and son shouldn't hold grudges overnight! Even broken bones are still connected! Shanhe is my flesh and blood, born after ten months of pregnancy. Now that he's successful, I, as his mother, love him dearly. How could I possibly sue him? I was just confused for a moment, blinded by greed, and listened to that old bastard's instigation. There are no parents who are wrong. In a couple of days, I'll go back and get him some good food to appease him. What can he really do to me then? What deep-seated hatred could there be that can't be resolved…"

Before Jin Wanfu could even speak, Deputy Director Liu's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"stop!"

Deputy Director Liu suddenly roared, stepped forward to block her path, and pointed at Li Cuihua's face, cursing loudly:

"What do you think the county government compound is? Your pigsty? You think you can just come and go as you please?"

"When you were rolling around on the ground and splashing dirty water, why didn't you think about the fact that you're my biological child? Now that you see the situation is getting out of hand, and you realize you can't stand still anymore, you try to leave? Let me tell you, it's too late!"

After finishing his tirade, Deputy Director Liu turned and shouted angrily at the security officers on either side of the gate:

"Guards! Detain these two ringleaders! On charges of provoking trouble and blatantly fabricating facts to frame others, lock them up in the security department's solitary confinement room! Let them reflect on their actions and completely cool down!"

The security officers on either side of the gate were already furious with these two rascals who were throwing a tantrum in the mud. At the moment they heard Deputy Director Liu speak, several burly men rushed forward like wolves.

They didn't give the two any chance to explain. They brutally pressed Li Cuihua and Wei Baoguo down into the mud, took out cold handcuffs, and with their arms bent backwards, "snap"ed them firmly.

As soon as the cold iron chains were put on him, Wei Baoguo, who was lying on the ground, shuddered violently.

He had spent his entire life working at the county grain depot, so how could he not know what it meant to be forced to wear this thing in front of so many people?

It’s over.

It's completely over.

Being locked up in the security department's solitary confinement room was just the beginning.

With this incident causing such a stir, news of his public arrest will soon reach his former workplace. The retirement benefits he worked so hard for his entire life will definitely be stripped away because of this accusation of "openly fabricating facts and making false accusations," and his pension, his sole source of livelihood for the rest of his life, will be gone!

Overwhelmed by immense despair and agonizing pain, Wei Baoguo's eyes turned bloodshot. He was forced to lie in the mud, staring intently at Li Cuihua beside him, struggling and cursing like a mad dog.

"You bastard! You despicable slut who deserves to be torn to pieces!"

"If it weren't for you, I'd still be living a comfortable life in the city! No matter what my kids do, they still have to respect and obey me for the sake of my pension!"

"You heartless old bitch! You got a Red Lantern brand radio and a new wooden cabinet to show off, and you even dared to lie to me that your second son was a high-ranking official in the city! You tricked me into getting a marriage certificate with you, saying that as long as we got married, I could control Zhao Shanhe, move into his big brick house, live a life of luxury, and be an emperor emeritus!"

"I was blind to believe your lies, you old hag with no descendants! I've even offended all my children in the city! If it weren't for helping you seize the family fortune and cover up your lies, why would I have bothered writing this damned report? You've ruined my entire life of peace! I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Li Cuihua, having been thoroughly insulted, refused to back down. Like a sow being slaughtered, she thrashed about in the mud, howling and retaliating.

"Bullshit! It's all your own greed, you old bastard! You wanted to live in a big house and hire a free maid to serve you, that's why you came here! This report was all written by you, all your dirty tricks, what does it have to do with me!"

"You heartless, long-suicidal old man, you dragged me here to complain, you've got me killed!"

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