After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

Chapter 284: Want to climb the wall, eat melon seeds and watch the fun

"Brother-in-law, why are you so nervous? You don't let me search this basin. Did you really hide the money in it?" Liu Quan said sarcastically while searching.

Liu Quan's words ignited Zhou Jinxia's anger once again. His eyes widened as he roared back, "I already said it wasn't me! If you want to turn it over, go ahead! I want to see what you can come up with!"

Liu Quan ignored him, mainly because he was unsure. There were only two pieces of clothing left. If they were not here, could it be that his brother-in-law had given the money to someone else to hide?

With this thought in mind, Liu Quan casually shook the last piece of clothing. With a "bang", a piece of something fell out of his pocket, making a slight sound on the ground.

Liu Quan's eyes lit up, and he quickly bent down to pick it up. Zhou Jinxia was stunned. He clearly remembered checking his pockets when he changed his clothes, but there was nothing inside. Could it be that he forgot to check this particular piece of clothing?

Liu Quan picked up the thing and opened it. It was money! He immediately shouted outside, "Found it! Found it!"

Then he took the wad of money and limped out of the house, shouting, "Public Security Comrades! I found it! He hid the money in his dirty clothes!"

When Zhou Jinxia heard this, his face turned pale instantly. He hurriedly reached out to grab Liu Quan, but only caught nothing.

He stared at the empty basin on the ground in disbelief. He had never seen this money before, let alone hidden it! Moreover, the most important thing was that his mother was in charge of the family's money. It was impossible for him to have any money on him!

But now, Liu Quan had shaken out a wad of money from his clothes, and even insisted that he had hidden it. How could he explain this? How could he prove his innocence?

Liu Quan ran to Wu Yong with the money and said excitedly, "Public Security Comrade! Look, I found this in my brother-in-law's clothes! He was the one who beat us up last night!"

As Liu Quan spoke, he handed the money in his hand to Wu Yong, with a smug look on his face, as if he had already convicted Zhou Jinxia.

Wu Yong took the money, frowning. He carefully counted the amount and then looked at Liu Juanniang: "How much money was robbed from you?"

After Liu Juanniang said a number, Wu Yong's brows frowned even more tightly.

Seeing his expression, Shen Nian couldn't help but turn to Gu Yanqing and said, "Look at him. The amount Liu Juan's mother said must match the money he has!"

Gu Yanqing's eyes were deep and he remained silent, but he thought to himself: It must be the same, he put the money there himself.

"The amount of money found in your house is the same as the amount of money your mother-in-law reported as being robbed. Now, do you have anything else to say?" Wu Yong stared at Zhou Jinxia and asked in a deep voice.

Zhou Jinxia was sweating profusely from anxiety, her voice trembling uncontrollably. "Comrade Public Security, I... I really don't know how this money got into my clothes! I've never seen this money before! You must believe me!"

"We also wanted to give you a chance, and gave you the chance to admit it yourself! But you kept denying it and insisted on having people search your house! Now that we've found the money in your clothes, how do you want us to believe you?" Wu Yong said seriously.

Qin Yichen, who was standing aside, glanced at Shen Nian and Gu Yanqing from time to time. He noticed that Gu Yanqing was embarrassed to reach out to take the melon seeds handed to him by Shen Nian at the beginning, but later he actually took the initiative to reach out to Shen Nian to ask for melon seeds.

This subtle change made Qin Yichen secretly laugh in his heart. He couldn't help but secretly glare at Wu Yong. He also wanted to climb over the wall to eat melon seeds and watch the fun!

Zhou Jinxia squatted on the ground weakly, holding her head tightly with both hands, full of confusion.

He really couldn't understand how Liu Quan had found the money in his house. He hadn't beaten the man, nor had he taken the money, but he couldn't explain it clearly.

When the Zhou family saw Liu Quanzhen had found the money in Zhou Jinxia's room, their eyes widened. Especially Zhou Jinchun, who initially suspected that Zhou Jinxia was dishonest and had hidden the money herself.

But when Wu Yong said that the amount of money was the same as the amount that Liu Juanniang was robbed of, he began to doubt in his heart: Could it be that the second brother really ran out secretly last night and beat up his father-in-law's family?

Zhou Jinqiu, who shared the same idea, stared at Zhou Jinxia intently. He had just been defending his second brother! It turned out that his second brother had really done this!

"Comrades from the Public Security Bureau, the money has been found in his house! You have to stand up for our family!" Liu Juan burst into tears again, cursing as she cried.

"He's absolutely heartless! How could there be a son-in-law who treats his father-in-law's family like this?"

"You want to kill us! Look at the injuries of your brother-in-law and your father! Pay us! Pay us quickly! If you don't pay, you will go to jail!" she shouted hysterically.

Zhou Jinxia's eyes immediately turned red when he heard that he was going to have to pay money and go to jail. He didn't have the money, and since they all said he beat them, and they wanted to send him to jail, then he would have to prove the crime of beating them!

Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up and rushed towards Liu Juanniang without hesitation.

In full view of the crowd, even under the attention of the police, Zhou Jinxia swung his fist and hit Liu Juanniang in the face without showing any mercy.

By the time everyone reacted and tried to pull her away, Liu Juanniang had already been hit hard by two punches. She opened her mouth and a front tooth mixed with blood fell to the ground.

"He beat someone up! He beat someone up! Zhou Jinxia beat someone up in front of the police!"

Liu Quan shouted at the top of his voice, and when he saw that his mother had also lost one of her front teeth, he even felt a little gloating.

The last time Wu Yong tried to hold Zhou Jinxia back, he was also knocked to the ground by a punch. Then, Zhou Jinxia began to attack indiscriminately, shouting as she hit him, "Didn't you say you were beaten by me? Then I'll beat you up!"

Zhou Jinchun and Zhou Jinqiu just stood aside and watched him beat people without going up to stop him. They now suspected that the Liu family was beaten by Zhou Jinxia.

The two remained indifferent, but Zhou Zhi was terrified. He didn't dare to go up and pull his father away, and could only cry out: "Dad! Stop hitting grandpa! Stop hitting my uncle!"

However, Zhou Jinxia was so angry that he didn't even hear Zhou Zhi's voice. Even if he did, he wouldn't stop now. He found an inexplicable pleasure in the process of beating people.

Liu Quan, who had just been yelling at him, was now being beaten by Zhou Jinxia until he cried for his parents.

In the end, Qin Yichen had to call out a few villagers from the crowd of onlookers before he could barely pull the excited Zhou Jinxia back.

Public Security Officer Wu Yong, who was a little embarrassed after being punched, still wanted to show off in front of Qin Yichen.

So when Qin Yichen tentatively asked, "Brother Wu, how about we just forget about it today and come back for the trial tomorrow?"

Wu Yong rubbed the cheek that Zhou Jinxia had hit him on, a sinister look flashing in his eyes. He straightened up and glanced at Qin Yichen: "Xiao Qin, we are police officers. We are investigating a case now, not playing house."

Qin Yichen scratched his head and pretended to be asking for advice: "Then Brother Wu, what should we do now? We can't just arrest them all and lock them up in the police station for two days, right?"

"Why not?"

Wu Yong asked, pointing at Zhou Jinxia, then glancing at the Liu family and continuing, "The Liu family was beaten in the middle of the night, and there's physical evidence. He beat them in front of the police and even assaulted them. Take them all back to the police station first, and we'll talk later."

Wu Yong's words were very firm, and Qin Yichen immediately nodded repeatedly, looking like he was learning something.

At this moment, Zhou Zhi suddenly ran over, grabbed Wu Yong's clothes, and said in a tearful voice, "Uncle Public Security, my dad...he didn't mean to hit my grandparents. He's not like this usually. Can you please let him go this time?"

Wu Yong looked down at Zhou Zhi, gently shook off his hand, and said impatiently: "Little comrade, look at your uncle's face. It was your father who beat him. Your father is going to jail."

After Zhou Zhi's hand was shaken off, tears welled up in his eyes, but he didn't dare to act recklessly. When he heard Wu Yong's voice, "Your father is going to jail," he was so frightened that he burst into tears.

Wu Yong turned a deaf ear to his crying and turned away.

Qin Yichen saw this and felt a little sorry. He patted Zhou Zhi on the head and comforted him, "Don't worry, as long as your father admits his mistakes and has a good attitude, he will be back in a few days."

Zhou Zhi raised his head, looked at Qin Yichen with tears in his eyes, and asked with sobs: "Really...really? Can my father really come back?"

Qin Yichen nodded: "Really, as long as your father recognizes his mistakes and promises not to make them again in the future, we will deal with them leniently according to the circumstances."

After hearing what Qin Yichen said, Zhou Zhi, although still a little worried, at least stopped crying. He wiped his tears and asked softly, "Then where's my mom? Why hasn't she come back yet?"

"Xiao Qin, let's go back to the station!" Wu Yong shouted to Qin Yichen.

"Yes, right away." Qin Yichen responded, and then said to Zhou Zhi, "Your mother will be back in a few days, you wait at home."

After saying that, he turned around and led the Liu family and Zhou Jinxia away with Wu Yong. Zhou Jinxia had calmed down by now, and he no longer struggled, silently following behind Wu Yong.

Shen Nian never expected that the quarrel would end like this.

"Let's go, let's go back!" She said to Gu Yanqing, and then she was the first to get down from the wall, ready to go find Aunt Zhang to continue chatting.

Gu Yanqing climbed down the wall, watched her back disappear around the corner, shook his head helplessly, picked up the ladder and left.

At this moment, Zhou Jinqiu suddenly remembered the two people sitting on the wall of his house. He was about to curse, but when he looked up, there was no one on the wall.

……

Shen Nian, Ye Jiaojiao, and Zhao Gaoxuan were busy picking eggs in the woods. As Shen Nian was picking, he felt as if he had forgotten something.

Ye Jiaojiao handed the basket full of eggs to Zhao Gaoxuan and asked him to take it back to the chicken coop and come back later.

"Sister Nian, let's continue picking mushrooms in the mountains tomorrow!" Ye Jiaojiao suggested.

Shen Nian turned around to look at her and agreed with a smile: "Okay, you and Zhao Gaoxuan should get up early tomorrow and we will go earlier."

"Okay, Sister Nian!" Ye Jiaojiao responded readily.

Suddenly, Ye Jiaojiao remembered something: "Oh, Sister Nian, Shi Shengxia came back last night."

Hearing the name Shi Shengxia, Shen Nian finally remembered what she had forgotten! She had forgotten to settle the score with Shi Shengxia!

When Shi Shengxia and Zhou Jindong fell off the cliff, Shi Shengxia asked her to take the blame, and Liu Juan and the Zhou brothers came to her house to make trouble, all of which were caused by Shi Shengxia.

During this period, she had not met Shi Shengxia in the team, which made her forget the important matter of settling accounts with her.

"It's good that Shengxia comes back now, so that I can settle the score with her." Shen Nian said gritting his teeth.

Ye Jiaojiao looked at Shen Nian's angry expression and asked curiously, "Sister Nian, how are you going to settle the score with her? Beat her up? Break her arms and legs?"

Shen Nian choked at Ye Jiaojiao's words. Ye Jiaojiao was right. That was indeed her plan. Now we live in a society ruled by law. Shi Shengxia's behavior of shifting the blame was immoral, but not illegal. Besides beating her up, what else could she do to her?

However, Shen Nian suddenly thought that Shi Shengxia had a system on him!

Then, when she hit Shi Shengxia, would Shi Shengxia use the system to rebound? Wouldn't the pain she inflicted on Shi Shengxia be transferred to her own body? Wouldn't it be her own arm that would bear the brunt of the pain?

When she thought of this, Shen Nian couldn't help but shudder. She couldn't think about it, because the thought of Shi Shengxia having a system made her feel terrified.

"Sister Nian, what's wrong with you? Why are you in a daze?" Ye Jiaojiao waved her hand in front of Shen Nian.

Shen Nian finally came to his senses and shook his head, saying, "I was wondering, Shi Shengxia just came back yesterday, so what has she been doing all this time? Has she been taking care of Zhou Jindong in the hospital?"

"Who knows? She rarely talks to the educated youths in the Youth House. After she came back yesterday, no one even came to see her."

Ye Jiaojiao paused for a moment before continuing, "Sister Nian, I remember now! It's not like she's completely alone. Zhu Jiajun went to see her."

"Zhu Jiajun?" Shen Nian raised his eyebrows slightly, looking a little surprised.

Ye Jiaojiao nodded affirmatively: "Yes, it's Zhu Jiajun. He had gone to see Shi Shengxia before, but Shi Shengxia not only wouldn't let him in, she even said some unpleasant things and scolded him away. But yesterday, Shi Shengxia actually let Zhu Jiajun in! But I didn't hear what they said after they entered the house."

"So from what you said, they didn't quarrel this time? And Zhu Jiajun wasn't scolded?" Shen Nian asked.

Ye Jiaojiao nodded again: "No, if Zhu Jiajun is scolded away by her again, I will not forget that he went to find Shi Shengxia."

After hearing this, Shen Nian couldn't help feeling a little regretful. It didn't feel good to only eat half of the melon... She really wanted to pry open Shi Shengxia's mouth and let her finish telling her the rest of the half.

Shaking his head, Shen Nian shook off the unrealistic thoughts in his head and said, "I don't care whether Zhu Jiajun goes to find Shi Shengxia or not. When I get back later, I will go to settle the score with her."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jiaojiao suggested with some concern: "Sister Nian, why don't we pick another time to go?"

This question confused Shen Nian. She asked in confusion, "Do you need to choose a day to beat someone up?"

"What if Zhu Jiajun helps her?" Ye Jiaojiao asked.

Shen Nian, however, seemed unconcerned: "Hitting one is also beating, hitting two is also beating, so let's hit them together!"