Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

"No, he won't!" Lin Wanqiu shook her head. "Yuehe, have you forgotten what he said before he left? He said he'd be fine, and he definitely will. I believe him. Don't scare yourself. We'll just wait for him to come back here. Don't listen to what others say! Let them say what they want!"

"But my heart is still uneasy!" Even so, Su Yuehe was still worried.

"I'll go to the police station and check!" Zhao Chunyan suddenly said. "You keep an eye on Yuehe and make sure she doesn't run around! I'll be right back!"

"Okay!" Although Lin Wanqiu and Zhao Chunyan often bickered in private, they were working together very well at this moment. "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things here. Nothing will happen!"

"Okay! I'm leaving!"

Zhao Chunyan hurriedly pushed through the crowd, about to leave.

Just then, a familiar face came into her view.

Even if that face were reduced to ashes, she would still recognize it.

"Is it Liu Bei?"

"He's back?"

"Is Director Zhou still with him?"

"Could it be—"

Startled for a moment, Zhao Chunyan ran over quickly.

"Pfft~"

In an instant, she threw herself into Liu Bei's strong and broad chest.

She hugged Liu Bei tightly.

"You heartless bastard! So you finally decided to come back?"

"You know what? We were all so worried about you if you didn't come back soon!"

Feeling the softness emanating from Zhao Chunyan, Liu Bei felt extremely comfortable.

"Cough cough~"

He coughed a few times. "Chunyan, where is Zhou?"

"what?"

Zhao Chunyan realized at this moment that she had lost her composure and quickly pulled away from Liu Bei's embrace.

Zhou Suo looked a bit awkward.

"Director Zhou, I... I've made a fool of myself in front of you!"

"It's alright!" Zhou Jianguo waved his hand. "Were you getting impatient? Come on, let's go over there!"

"Where are we going?" Zhao Chunyan immediately shielded Liu Bei behind her. "Chief Zhou, you...you're not going to take Liu Bei to prison, are you?"

"Prison?" Zhou smiled and shook his head. "Of course not. You'll find out soon enough. Let's go!"

"Thank goodness it's not! Thank goodness it's not! I was almost scared to death!" Zhao Chunyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, took Liu Bei's arm, and walked towards the stall with a smile.

"Uh, isn't that Chief Zhou from the police station? What's he doing here?"

"Oh yeah, what's he doing here?"

"Look, isn't that the murderer who just killed someone?"

"Yes, that's him. That's strange. Why did he come back with Director Zhou?"

"That's pretty strange!"

……

Seeing Zhou Jianguo and Liu Bei appear together,

The onlookers and factory workers were all surprised, puzzled, and confused.

"Liu Bei, you're back!"

Su Yuehe was the first to rush forward, "Are you... alright?"

"No! Did I make you worry?" Liu Bei smiled slightly.

"You...it's good that you're alright!" Su Yuehe lowered her head and felt relieved.

"Late Autumn, I'm back!" Liu Bei looked over.

"Yes. I saw it! It's good that you're back!" Lin Wanqiu didn't move, but just smiled slightly at Liu Bei.

"Haha~"

The middle-aged man selling steamed cakes suddenly sneered, "Fat woman, did you see that? Chief Zhou from the police station came in person. He even brought that kid along. What does that mean? It means that kid's definitely going to jail. You still say he won't get any bad luck?"

"I--"

Looking at Zhou Jianguo's face, the fat woman didn't know how to refute him for a moment.

Just then, Zhou Jianguo came up to Lin Wanqiu and looked at the grasshopper sauce, salt and pepper grasshoppers, and fried grasshoppers on the stall. He deliberately leaned over to smell them, and they smelled very fragrant.

"Comrade Lin Wanqiu, may I try them all?"

"sure!"

Lin Wanqiu immediately caught a few grasshoppers and handed them over.

After tasting each one, Zhou Jianguo's eyes shone brighter with each bite.

Standing there, I slowly closed my eyes, as if savoring the moment.

The more he does this,

The people around him couldn't understand it at all.

I have no idea what he's up to.

For a moment, no one dared to disturb Zhou Jianguo, for fear of interrupting his enjoyment of tasting grasshoppers.

Suddenly, an eerie silence fell over the scene.

It was so quiet that only the sound of people breathing could be heard.

A full five minutes passed.

Zhou Jianguo slowly opened his eyes and uttered a single word, "Delicious!"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this word, everyone was slightly taken aback.

They couldn't understand Zhou Jianguo's intentions at all.

But at this moment,

Zhou Jianguo pointed at Liu Bei and said in a clear voice,

Let me introduce it to you.

"This is Comrade Liu Bei! The three women beside him are all his ex-wives!"

"A murder occurred in that dead-end alley across the street a little over an hour ago!"

Having said that,

Everyone knew that Zhou Jianguo was finally getting to the point.

In an instant, all eyes were focused on Liu Bei, awaiting Zhou Jianguo's verdict.

Su Yuehe's heart was pounding in her chest.

Zhao Chunyan frowned slightly, but Lin Wanqiu remained unchanged.

The middle-aged man selling steamed cakes was extremely excited, silently chanting in his mind, "Catch him, catch him, catch him."

A look of worry appeared on the fat woman's face.

"We've investigated the case!" Zhou Jianguo continued, "Comrade Liu Bei finalized a business deal with a colleague from the machinery factory. No sooner had that colleague left than the man with the broken leg grabbed a knife and attempted to stab Comrade Liu Bei from behind!"

"Fortunately, Comrade Liu Bei was quick-witted and reacted promptly. After a struggle, he severed the man's legs and turned the tide!"

"Otherwise, what you see now wouldn't be Comrade Liu Bei standing, but lying down!"

"Our investigation has revealed that the person was acting under orders. We cannot disclose who exactly was involved at this time. We will release further information once the case is resolved!"

"What? From what you're saying, Director Zhou... Liu Bei is a victim?"

"Yes. He's a victim!"

"Oh, I see. So we wronged him!"

"Zhou Suo himself said he's the victim, he must be innocent!"

"Comrade Liu Bei, we're so sorry. We were wrong!"

"Yes, we were wrong!"

"Comrade Liu Bei, I apologize to you!"

……

With Zhou Jianguo's testimony, the tide turned immediately.

The fat woman laughed.

Her round face broke into a smile, revealing two very deep dimples.

Suddenly, his gaze fell upon the middle-aged man selling steamed rice cakes.

"Didn't you say he was a murderer? Now what do you have to say?"

"I..." The middle-aged man selling steamed cakes was dumbfounded and didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

"Didn't you say I'd be cursed with bad luck? Now, what are you saying?"

"I……"

"A skinny guy like you with no taste dares to even think about hitting on me? You think you're worthy?"

After a roar, the fat woman slapped him three times across the face.

The slap made the middle-aged man selling steamed cakes bleed from his mouth.

"Director Zhou...Director Zhou, she...she hit me! You have to stand up for me..."

The middle-aged man selling steamed cakes hurriedly reached out his hand to Zhou Jianguo for help.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jianguo slowly turned around.

Just then, the fat woman immediately lay down on the ground and placed the middle-aged man selling steamed cakes on her stomach.

Then she burst into tears, "Director Zhou, he... he was lusting after my beauty and tried to violate me. I... I was trying to save myself..."