Chapter 89: Chapter 89 Nature
Amid their noisy quarreling, the village head arrived. Along the way, he had heard the villagers’ discussions and felt very angry. As soon as he entered, he berated Mo Xiaoqiang, saying he was way out of line as a father, that nowhere in the world should a father treat his daughter like this.
Mo Xiaoqiang naturally denied everything, claiming that he and his wife had simply been trying to introduce a nice family to Xuexue in kindness, and it was Xuexue, the ungrateful girl, who had attacked them.
“Is that really so?” The village head looked at him skeptically.
Already feeling guilty, Mo Xiaoqiang felt a tingling on his scalp under the village head’s gaze, afraid his deceit would be seen through. He feigned innocence and said, “Yes, it is! If you don’t believe , ask my wife.”
Before the village head could ask, Auntie Sun had already started wailing loudly, “Yes, village head, I had good intentions in finding a nice match for that wretched girl. It was enough that she didn’t appreciate it, but look, she even injured seriously. My husband only blas and won’t get a doctor. How bitter my life is, wooo…!”
At that mont, Auntie Sun wasn’t pretending. Her arm truly hurt. Initially, when she was struck, the pain was unbearable, but it subsided after a while. Now, however, the pain was excruciating, probably because the wound had been left unattended for too long and was becoming inflad.
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“Serves you right,” muttered a young man nearby under his breath.
Seeing that Auntie Sun seed genuinely injured, the village head felt a twinge of sympathy and turned to Mo Xiaoqiang, “Hurry up and take her to Doctor Xu’s place to get treated first.”
“Okay, okay,” Mo Xiaoqiang couldn’t have been more eager for the village head to suggest this. It was a way to divert the attention from Xuexue’s issue.
“Why go so far and trouble ourselves? Just ask Doctor Xu to co over,” moaned Auntie Sun, sweating from the pain and not willing to go that distance in the dark to suffer more.
“You realize it’s troubleso, yet what if Doctor Xu, at his old age, has an accident? Would your conscience allow for that?” retorted the young man disdainfully.
“Right, right, we shouldn’t bother Doctor Xu, let’s go ourselves,” Mo Xiaoqiang glanced at the village head and quickly flashed a forced smile.
Judging by the village head’s deanor, he likely wouldn’t pursue matters further that night. Mo Xiaoqiang decided to take Auntie Sun and slip away as soon as possible.
“Ow! Husband, what are you doing? Slow down. You’re hurting ,” Auntie Sun complained irritably, shaking off Mo Xiaoqiang’s grasp as her arm was already in pain and his pulling only made it worse.
“We should hurry. Doctor Yu must be resting by now. It would be embarrassing to have to wake him, right?” Mo Xiaoqiang said nervously, glancing at the village head before turning back to Auntie Sun.
“Are you an idiot?” Auntie Sun glared at him while carefully cradling her injured arm.
“How am I an idiot if I’m concerned about you and taking you to see a doctor?” he protested.
“With no money, how will we see the doctor? Wait for a mont; I’ll be right back,” said Auntie Sun, and without waiting for Mo Xiaoqiang to respond, she turned and left, presumably to fetch so silvers from her room.
Left behind, Mo Xiaoqiang, who had wanted to escape but failed, stood there offering an awkward smile to the village head.
The village head called out with a stern face, “Xiaoqiang.”
“Ah?” Sure enough, his worst fears were coming to pass.
“Regardless of the truth about tonight’s incident, from now on, you’re not allowed to target Madam Xie and her daughters anymore.”
“As a father, I am also concerned about my daughter’s future.” Mo Xiaoqiang reasoned that since the village head didn’t have anything solid against him, he stubbornly persisted.
“Caring for your daughter is one thing, but using such despicable ans against your own flesh and blood goes against morality. If word gets out, it will disgrace the reputation of Mo Family Village.”
As he walked toward the commotion, the village head heard several villagers speaking about what Mo Xiaoqiang and his wife, Auntie Sun, had done to Xuexue and grew increasingly angry.
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