Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Seeking to Quell the Situation Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Seeking to Quell the Situation Watching Luo Qiao walk away, the brigade mander sighed, “I simply couldn’t bring myself to say those words.”
Accountant Sun Guichang lowered his head and said, “It’s indeed a bit too much to ask. I wouldn’t be able to say it either.”
The women’s director asked when she heard them talking, “What are you all talking about?”
The side security chief said, “The Zhang Family’s old master has been here and mentioned that he wants us to pressure Luo Qiao into dropping her pursuit of Zhang Qiaoyan’s responsibility. Otherwise, she shouldn’t expect an easy time in the village.”
The women’s director suddenly laughed, “He thinks this is still the old society. Not to mention that Luo Qiao isn’t at fault in the slightest, even if she were, does he really think Luo Qiao is easy to bully? If she gets angry, I’m afraid we might end up being the ones who can’t handle the consequences.”
The accountant agreed, “Luo Qiao’s young uncle looked like no pushover, and as for what Old Master Zhang was suggesting, that might intimidate the locals here, but Luo Qiao is about to go to the city for high school. She’s beyond our control.”
Just then, the Zhang Family’s people came over again. Before they even entered, a voice was heard, “Has Luo Qiao returned?”
The women’s director said, “She has, but she’s been seriously injured and has gone home to rest. Let’s talk about it tomorrow if there are any issues.”
Entering was Zhang Dezheng’s clan uncle, Zhang Yinwen, who looked around the room and said, “This is after all our village affair, you can’t turn your backs on us. If that orphan girl doesn’t listen to us, she won’t be able to stand her ground in the village.”
Zhang Yinwen, seeing that no one responded to his words, continued, “What’s the matter? It’s not like she’s lost an arm or a leg. She’s been to the hospital, what more does she want? Besides, it was just Qiaoyan acting foolishly for a moment.
We’re all from the same village, we’ve watched that girl grow up. You can’t just sit back and let her get into trouble. Say something, will you?”
The brigade mander looked up and said, “Uncle Yinwen, you should go back first. This matter has already been reported to the public security authorities; it’s out of our hands now.”
Zhang Yinwen implored, “That’s why I’m anxious. We need to get Luo Qiao to retract her statement quickly, so I rushed over as soon as I heard she had returned. You can’t ignore this matter.”
The brigade mander replied, “Uncle Yinwen, the young girl has just experienced such a fright. The hospital wanted her to stay for observation, but she felt her injuries weren’t severe enough to warrant wasting money, so she insisted on going home to recuperate.
Instead of your Zhang Family offering to bring her some nourishing gifts or visiting her, you want us to join you in pressuring her. That’s not right. As a brigade cadre, I can’t be a part of this.
We should wait for the secretary to return to discuss this further. Let Luo Qiao have some peace today. Whatever is done under heaven, heaven is watching. You’re older and should know better than to need advice from someone younger like myself.”
Zhang Yinwen, feeling indignant, said, “To get things done, you need to strike while the iron is hot. This matter can’t be delayed.”
Everyone in the room fell silent, finding it impossible to reason with this man. It was apparent that he was intent on bullying others.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhang Yinwen wanted to say more but was tugged on by his grandson, Zhang Yuewen, “Grandpa, let’s go home. The brigade mander is right. We should wait for my Uncle Dezheng to e back to discuss this.
It’s not appropriate for us to interfere without Uncle Dezheng’s oversight. If we manage to offend everyone in the end, even though we all share the Zhang surname, that doesn’t mean we can step in for others, and it might not end well.
This is ultimately Uncle Dezheng’s family matter. If Luo Qiao ends up suing the village cadres and our family, what then? Uncle Dezheng might blame us for meddling.”
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