Me! A high-ranking official!

"Pah!!!"

Wang Guihua nearly spat a mouthful of phlegm onto Luo Ming's face. She immediately turned her gun on him, pointing it at his nose and cursing, "Luo Ming, you ungrateful traitor! How dare you stand up and speak?! If it weren't for our Lao Luo helping you out, would you have become the village head? Would you have become the village accountant?! Even your lucrative accounting job at the factory was only because our Lao Luo was kind-hearted! Now that our Lao Luo is down on his luck, you're kicking him while he's down, joining the outsiders in ruining him! Have you lost your conscience?!"

Luo Ming was so ashamed that Wang Guihua exposed his secrets with such a harsh scolding that he blushed deeply. The strange looks from the surrounding villagers made him wish he could disappear into the ground. He couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal and lowered his head deeply.

Zhu Yan was about to speak up when the two women pointed at her and berated her mercilessly, using foul language that was utterly unbearable to hear.

Zhao Jianguo was too lazy to pay attention to these crazy women who were throwing a tantrum. He couldn't reason with such unreasonable people, so he walked past them with a cold face and prepared to push his motorcycle to town.

Just as he brushed past Wang Guihua, she suddenly went crazy. She caught sight of the manila envelope in his hand and instinctively knew that he was going to submit incriminating material against her man!

"You want to report me? No way!"

Wang Guihua screamed and lunged forward, grabbing the file folder and snatching it from Zhao Jianguo's hands with all her might.

She tore open the bag and saw the heading inside: "Regarding Luo Shuishan's violations of discipline and law..." She was instantly enraged, trembling with rage. She tore the document to shreds, threw it into the air, and then viciously clawed at his face: "I'll scratch you to death, you filthy beast!"

Li Gan, who had been on guard the whole time, saw that this crazy woman actually dared to make a move, so how could he let her get away with it!

"You fucking want to die!"

With that, he rushed forward, blocking Zhao Jianguo's path like a wall, raised his large hand, and forcefully shoved Wang Guihua on the shoulder.

Li Gan was incredibly strong. With this angry shove, he sent Wang Guihua staggering back several steps before she landed heavily on the dusty ground.

"Oh my god! Murder!!! The officials are beating up ordinary people!!!"

Wang Guihua was stunned at first, then lay down on the ground, slapped her thighs with both hands, kicked her legs wildly, and immediately used the classic rural woman's trick of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide. She started wailing loudly and wailing. The two women who came with her immediately sat down on the ground on either side of her and joined in the wailing. The scene was extremely ugly.

Not a single villager who was queuing to sign the contract went to help her up. Instead, they all stopped what they were doing, crossed their arms, and pointed at Wang Guihua on the ground with disdain.

"Oh dear, now you know how to cry? When Luo Shuishan was scheming to take our hard-earned money, where was she then?"

"Exactly! They keep saying they've done a good deed, but all they've done is steal meat from our mouths! A whole family of heartless bastards!"

"This kind of scourge deserves to be arrested and imprisoned, he's got what he deserves!"

The villagers' undisguised contempt and gossip reached Wang Guihua's ears. She, who had been howling on the ground, heard these villagers, who used to be so obsequious to her family, now daring to speak ill of her behind her back. She jumped three feet high as if her buttocks were on fire.

He didn't even bother to brush the dirt off his clothes, his hair disheveled as he pointed at the surrounding villagers, spewing a torrent of abuse like a mad dog: "You heartless, poor bastards! Traitorous scum! Ungrateful beasts! We, Old Luo, have been the village chief for so many years, repairing bridges and roads for you, helping you apply for welfare—don't you remember all the good deeds we've done?! Now, someone throws you a couple of bones, and you rush to lick them! You're helping an outsider to bring down one of our own! You deserve to be poor your whole lives! You deserve to be childless!"

Zhao Jianguo looked at Wang Guihua, who was throwing a tantrum, and had no interest in arguing with her. He coldly walked around the scraps of paper on the ground and started to walk out.

When Wang Guihua saw that Zhao Jianguo completely ignored her, she panicked. She sprang to her feet like a mad boar, lunged at him, grabbed his leg tightly, and then threw herself to the ground, wailing like a pig being slaughtered: "Everyone, come quick! The village secretary is beating people! The officials are bullying the common people! Heaven, open your eyes and see! Today we must get justice for my husband, Lao Luo!"

Zhao Jianguo was held tightly to her leg by her clinging grip, unable to break free. His anger flared instantly, his face darkening to a point where it seemed to drip water. He roared, "Wang Guihua! You think no one can handle you, acting like a spoiled brat?!"

He turned to Li Gan beside him and shouted, "Ganzi! Call the police immediately! Get the police from the station to come and take this person who's causing trouble and obstructing official duties away!"

"Alright!" Li Gan had long disliked this woman, and without saying a word, he took out his phone and skillfully dialed 110.

Although Wang Guihua was used to being a bully in the village, she was, at heart, just a rural woman who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. Hearing that he was really going to call the police, and seeing that Li Gan's posture was definitely not just bluffing, she panicked. She released Zhao Jianguo's leg as if electrocuted, leaped to her feet, and bared her teeth, tried to snatch the phone from Li Gan's hand: "You dare call the police! I'll fight you to the death!"

Unlike the villagers, Li Gan didn't spoil her. When he saw her rushing over, he snorted and shoved her forward with his large, fan-like hand. Wang Guihua didn't even touch the edge of her phone before being pushed so hard that she stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

In the brief moment of pushing and shoving, Li Gan had already dialed the phone and shouted into the cell phone, "Hello, 110? We're at the Luojia Village Committee. There are people causing trouble here and they've even attacked village officials..."

When Wang Guihua saw that the call had actually gone through, she turned pale with fright. She was afraid that the police would really come and arrest her in a police car, and if she and her husband were locked up in the station, their family would be truly finished.

"You just wait! This isn't over!" Wang Guihua, outwardly strong but inwardly weak, pointed at Zhao Jianguo and Li Gan and cursed. Then she quickly called to the two women she had brought, who were equally terrified, and they slunk out of the crowd and ran away as if their lives depended on it.

He watched their disheveled retreating figures, gave a cold snort, and turned to Li Gan, instructing, "Ganzi, you stay here and keep an eye on the village committee gate. There will be a lot of people this afternoon, so be careful to maintain order. If those crazy women dare to come back and cause trouble again, don't say anything, just call the police and have them arrested!"