Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"Is it crucial for Liu Bei and Ha'er?"

Hearing this, the villagers were all puzzled.

"Secretary, what's going on? Just tell me!"

"Yes. What exactly is going on with Liu Bei and Ha'er?"

"Stop keeping us in suspense! Everyone needs to go to the fields to plant rice seedlings, so just tell us!"

……

Hearing the villagers' urgent voices, Fan Sanyuan raised his hand to quiet them down.

Then he turned and glanced towards the village committee building, "Bring them out!"

"Um?"

As soon as this word comes out,

The villagers were all curious and craned their necks to look.

next moment,

Fan Sanyuan's two sons helped a person out.

The man was covered in blood, had bruises on his face, and what was even more frightening was that one of his hands was bandaged.

"Isn't that Zhao Liuzhi?"

"Yes, that's him. What happened to that kid? What happened to him that looks like that?"

"I don't know. There's so much blood on her body, and her hands are bandaged. What happened?"

……

The villagers were talking about it again.

Fan Sanyuan raised his hand again, silencing the villagers.

"Splash him awake!"

"It's Dad!"

Fan Sanyuan's eldest son immediately ran into the village committee office, brought out a basin of cold water, and splashed it on Zhao Liuzhi's face.

"Ah~"

Soaking in cold water caused Zhao Liuzhi's wound to tear open painfully, instantly waking him up.

"woke up?"

Fan Sanyuan said with a stern face, "It's good that you're awake. Folks, listen up!"

Pointing at Zhao Liuzhi, Fan Sanyuan announced in a clear voice:

"Last night, Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er went fishing at Zhangjia Lake. Everything was going smoothly until, do you know what happened in the end?"

"What happened?"

One of the villagers asked first.

"He, Zhao Liuzhi, for his own selfish gain, went to Zhangjia Village and found Zhang Hu. He said that Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er had captured some kind of mermaid. He then led Zhang Hu and the other villagers of Zhangjia Village to surround Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er!"

"They even pinned Fan Ha'er to the ground on the spot, using her as a hostage to force Liu Bei to hand over the mermaid!"

"Luckily, Liu Bei was clever enough to pretend he had really caught a mermaid and used the mermaid's name to exchange for hostages with Zhang Hu!"

"In the end, we successfully exchanged Fan Ha'er for him. Then we escaped from Zhangjia Village with Fan Ha'er!"

"It was late at night when I got back. Liu Bei came to me and told me the whole story."

"Zhao Liuzhi returned to the village at dawn this morning. I got up early, saw him, and arrested him. After some questioning, it was finally proven that Zhao Liuzhi had indeed betrayed us. He almost caused Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er to not be able to return!"

"Folks, what do you think we should do about this?"

"What? Betrayed Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er? Is there even a question? Of course, they should be severely punished!"

"Yes. He must be severely punished. If he betrays even his own villagers, who knows how long he might go before betraying the entire village? We cannot tolerate such a person in our village!"

"That's right. Drive the village out! We won't tolerate any traitors in our village!"

"Expelling the village is enough? He almost caused Xiao Bei and Ha'er to never be able to come back! He needs to be punished!"

"That's right. They must be punished. Otherwise, anyone will dare to do it again!"

"Punish!"

"Punish!"

"Punish!"

……

In an instant, all the villagers rose up in protest.

"What?"

Seeing the villagers start a commotion, Zhao Liuzhi panicked.

He hurriedly ripped the bandage off his hand and showed it to the villagers, saying, "Folks, I...I know I was wrong. Last night, Zhang Hu chopped off one of my fingers. It still hurts a lot. I've already paid the price for my mistake. Please don't punish me anymore, okay?"

"Whoosh~"

The voice just fell,

Zhao Liuzhi's parents hurriedly squeezed in.

The two old men rushed forward and each slapped Zhao Liuzhi across the face.

Then he turned around and faced all the villagers.

"Folks, my son, Six Fingers, knows he was wrong. He has indeed paid the price. Please give him a chance! I beg you!"

"Yes, let's give him a chance. He's still young!"

……

"No. Mistakes must be severely punished. There's no room for discussion!"

"Yes. If we let him off this time, what if someone else follows his example? We can't just let it go like this!"

"Get out of the village!"

"Get out of the village!"

……

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Liuzhi's parents panicked.

If you are expelled from the village, you will be stigmatized and have no roots left.

They immediately knelt on the ground, pleading, "Please! We've kowtowed to you, isn't that enough?"

"Yes, please, folks! Give him a chance!"

Seeing this, the villagers all fell silent.

They all turned to look at Liu Bei.

this moment,

All eyes were on Liu Bei and Fan Ha'er.

A short while later,

Liu Beicai finally spoke, saying, "Zhao Liuzhi has targeted me more than once or twice. Every time, I've let him off the hook because of the village secretary!"

"But he shouldn't have, absolutely shouldn't have, colluded with people from other villages to get revenge on me and Ha'er."

"This is a major taboo! If this were during wartime, his behavior would be considered traitorous."

"I don't need to explain who a traitor is; I'm sure everyone in the village knows!"

"So, this time, I won't give him another chance. Ha'er, what about you? Are you willing to give him one?"

"Give him a damn thing!" Fan Ha'er pushed through the crowd, strode over to Liu Bei, pointed at Zhao Liuzhi, and yelled, "Zhao Liuzhi, how dare you beg for mercy? So, if you get married, on your wedding night I'll go and sleep with your wife in your place. And if you find out, all I have to do is say I was wrong, I'm sorry, and give you a chance to let it all go, right? If that's the case, then what happened last night, Bei-ge and I can just forget about it!"

"..."

As soon as this word comes out,

The entire hall fell silent instantly.

Everyone was stunned.

"You...you..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Liuzhi became furious.

"Fan Ha'er, what nonsense are you spouting?"

Zhao Liuzhi's parents looked ashen-faced.

But Fan Ha'er seemed not to hear him and continued cursing:

"Of course, if you think sleeping with your wife is wrong, then how about this? I'll sleep with your mother instead. I'll become your godfather, and if your father finds out, I just need to say sorry, 'I'm your godfather now,' and you can give me a chance to stop, let me go, and let me leave. Is that okay? If so, Bei-ge and I can move on from what happened last night!"

"Pfft~"

Upon hearing this, the whole village burst into laughter.

"Cough cough~"

Many people coughed so hard they choked, and as they coughed, tears even came out.

Liu Bei: "..."

Fan Ha'er is a real genius!

No, it's eloquence!

Absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing!

You can't argue with that!

"What are you asking me? Can I sleep with your wife? Can I sleep with your mother and be your godfather? If so, then what happened last night can be forgotten between Brother Bei and me!"

"Damn it! Are you mute? Say something!"

"Fan Ha'er...you...you...pfft...pfft..."

Upon hearing Fan Ha'er's words, Zhao Liuzhi was so enraged that he vomited blood...