Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

Village Chief Zhou watched the farce unfold, and his face remained grim.

When Xu Rui arrived at his doorstep with Village Chief Hu, Mei Yan, and Zhao Laosan from the neighboring village, looking menacing, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

After understanding the cause and effect of the matter, he was mostly convinced, but he still felt something was strange.

If Mei Yan was really pregnant with Fang Wei's child, why was she kicked out of Fang Wei's house after causing a scene there last time? And why didn't she report it to the police after being kicked out?

Village Chief Zhou must have some ability to become the village chief.

So even though Xu Rui repeatedly told Mei Yan that she just wanted to seek justice and not make a big fuss, he still had his son notify the other villagers.

If Mei Yan is indeed pregnant with Fang Wei's child, then whether Fang Wei is arrested and executed or divorces Wu Shaoli and then marries Mei Yan, that is their own business.

But if things really are strange, he still hopes that Fang Wei is safe and sound right now.

Village Chief Zhou knows what Fang Wei has been doing these past few days. Putting aside the relationship between the two families, if Fang Wei can really get the old forest farm up and running, the village committee can receive two hundred yuan in contracting fees every year.

Moreover, that old forest farm is so large that Fang Wei's family alone definitely couldn't manage it.

Fang Wei would find it easier to recruit workers from the village. He could also put in a good word for some of the poorer families in the village, which would help ease the burden on the village.

Village Chief Zhou glanced around coldly, already having a clear understanding of the situation.

Every time Xu Rui comes to Laotang Village, he uses his status as a street office cadre to intimidate people, which has made him very unhappy.

He had been holding back his anger simply because he didn't want to provoke the town officials.

The whole village has witnessed this incident, and if he doesn't speak up for Fang Wei, he'll be undermining his own prestige.

Moreover, Fang Wei wasn't joking when he said that.

This kid isn't even afraid of the police station. If things really escalate to higher authorities, he, as the village chief, won't be able to escape responsibility either!

"That's enough!"

Village Chief Zhou suddenly roared, "Zhao Laosan! You bastard! What does this have to do with you that you need to stand up for someone else?!"

Laotang Village and Xiatian Village are next to each other, and with Village Chief Hu nearby, he couldn't say anything to Mei Yan, so he could only speak to Zhao Laosan.

"I'm telling you this now! If you dare to cause trouble in the village again and harm your neighbors, I'll go directly to the town's police station and have them arrest you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Laosan's legs began to tremble.

He's a gambling addict, and when he's broke, he'll definitely do some petty theft, but since we're all from the same village, the other villagers usually put up with it.

If Village Chief Zhou really goes to the police station to report the case, he will definitely be arrested!

Seeing the way Village Chief Hu was staring at her, Mei Yan didn't dare to say a word.

Village Chief Zhou snorted coldly and looked at Xu Rui again.

At this moment, Xu Rui's face was as ugly as it could possibly be.

"Officer Xu! What you did today is absolutely outrageous!"

Although Village Chief Zhou's tone was slightly more polite than when he spoke to Zhao Laosan, everyone could understand the meaning behind his words.

"You're a cadre from the neighborhood committee, how could you so easily believe the lies of a local thug and come to a villager's house shouting threats of violence!"

"You're tarnishing the reputation of us grassroots cadres!"

Upon hearing that last accusation, Xu Rui's face turned completely pale.

Damn it! Those two idiots, Zhao Laosan and Mei Yan, definitely didn't tell him the truth!

If the child in Mei Yan's belly really was Fang Wei's, why would Fang Wei voluntarily suggest going to the police station and getting a blood type test? Wouldn't that be courting death?

Unless this child isn't Fang Wei's at all!

Thinking about this, Xu Rui's back began to break out in a cold sweat.

Although he was an officer in the subdistrict office, he was ultimately just a low-level cadre with very little power.

If this matter blows up today, and it goes to the police station or the town government, and it turns out that he colluded with local thugs to extort money from ordinary people...

That's not just about losing your job; you might even end up in jail yourself!

"Zhao Laosan! You bastard!"

Xu Rui suddenly turned around and yelled, "You actually dared to deceive government officials? You've got some nerve!"

Zhao Laosan was stunned by the scolding, and said with his mouth half open, "...Xu, Officer Xu? What are you...?"

"Shut up!"

Xu Rui didn't give him a chance to speak and yelled at Mei Yan again.

"Anita Mui! You're shameless too! You know perfectly well what you've done!"

"How dare you frame an innocent person with such baseless accusations? Do you know what crime this is? This is false accusation! It's a crime punishable by imprisonment!"

Seeing Xu Rui suddenly turn against them, Mei Yan forgot all about crying and cried out in a panic, "Officer Xu?! How could you say that? Didn't you say—"

"What did I say?!"

Xu Rui abruptly interrupted her, afraid that she would reveal what they had been discussing in the office.

"As an officer of the subdistrict office, I came down here specifically to investigate the situation after hearing your report, out of a sense of responsibility to the people!"

"But I never expected that you two heartless bastards would team up to deceive me!"

Xu Rui became increasingly agitated as he spoke, shouting, "Fellow villagers! I, Xu, have also been deceived by these two people today!"

"I acted entirely out of public interest; I wanted to seek justice for the women who had been bullied!"

"Who knew these two were actually plotting to extort money from each other!"

He then put on a deeply regretful expression, saying, "I'm a victim in today's situation too!"

Fang Wei watched Xu Rui's performance with a cold eye, inwardly sneering.

That bastard's temper changes just as fast as his!

However, he was too lazy to expose them now; dealing with those two bastards, Zhao Laosan and Mei Yan, was the important thing right now!

As for Xu Rui, we'll figure out how to deal with him later!

Mei Yan was completely panicked at this point.

She was all bark and no bite; she usually flaunted her looks in front of men, but when faced with real trouble, she had no idea what to do.

Upon hearing the word "jail," only one thought remained in her mind.

Absolutely do not go in!

If she goes to jail, how will she force that man to divorce his wife? How will she live a good life then?!

"It wasn't me! It wasn't my idea!"

Mei Yan suddenly rushed to Zhao Laosan, grabbed his clothes, and started howling.

"It's all Zhao Laosan's fault! It was all Zhao Laosan's instigation!"

"It was him! He got jealous of Fang Wei's wealth and came up with this underhanded trick to extort money!"

"He said as long as I insist I'm pregnant with Fang Wei's child, Fang Wei can't do anything to me! He also said that Officer Xu will definitely help us!!"

Although she was scared, she still retained a sliver of clarity in her mind and didn't dare to say that she was really pregnant.