A car accident, our family of three crossed

Fortunately, Wan knew not to go too far. She took the hairpins and hair accessories, which were small items and no one would pay attention to them. But if she took off someone's clothes, it would be too obvious. If this matter were to get out, it would be bad for her.

If this affected the reputation of the county magistrate, then her life as the unpopular wife of the county magistrate would be over. After all, she did this secretly without telling the county magistrate.

"Forget it, give her some dignity!" After Mrs. Wan said this, the servant didn't dare to say anything even if he was greedy.

Soon, Wan left with a few servants. Before leaving, she inserted the hairpin into her hair in front of Mei and said, "How is it? Does this hairpin look better on me than on you?"

Mei just watched Wan and her men leave, and only breathed a sigh of relief after they had gone far away and she could no longer hear their footsteps.

The calmness that he had been maintaining just now collapsed in an instant. He leaned weakly against the wall and slowly sat down on the ground.

No matter how strong she was, she was just a woman. After being thrown into prison, she could not remain calm and fearless. In order to avoid being looked down upon by the Wan family, all her calmness and composure were pretended.

The bailiff who had been sent away earlier came back to lock the door, took a look inside, and sighed, "Alas! It's already difficult for a woman to be imprisoned, and you've provoked someone like that. There's no need to confront him head-on, and you'll save yourself from suffering a loss."

Seeing the person inside sitting there with his head down, without any reaction or response, the bailiff sighed, locked the door and turned around to inspect the cell.

After the bailiff left, Mei slowly raised her head and glanced around the surroundings. It was dark.

There were other prisoners in the surrounding cells whose charges were unknown. Some of them were muttering to themselves, while others had lost all desire to live, as if nothing around them could affect them.

There were also some people, perhaps rare female prisoners, or rare good-looking female prisoners, who shouted at Mei across the cell one by one, using dirty and obscene words.

"Hey! Young lady, what have you done to get locked up here?"

"It's such a pity to have such a beautiful girl locked up in this dirty prison."

"What a pity! The young lady cannot be locked up with us, otherwise, we brothers would be able to take good care of you."

The man deliberately emphasized the word "take care of" so that others would understand what he meant. Immediately, the group of men burst into lewd laughter.

Mei closed her eyes tightly, letting the unbearable words fall into her ears. It would be a lie to say that she was not affected at all.

Even though she was criticized so badly by outsiders because of the Wan family incident, she had never felt as embarrassed as she did at this moment.

The noise attracted the guard who was patrolling the prison. The guard was also a married man and could not bear to see a group of men flirting with a young lady, so he shouted at those who were making trouble: "What are you making so much noise for? Do you want to be beaten? Stay still."

Most of those imprisoned here are small-time hooligans who have committed crimes. They are arrested, imprisoned for a while, and then released.

These people who were locked up together were also arrested not long ago because they lost a lot of money in the casino and then vandalized the casino. The crime was not serious, they just had to be locked up for a while to teach them a lesson before being released.

Although these people were gangsters, they knew how to restrain themselves in front of the officials. They all shut their mouths and went back to their corners.

Mei suddenly felt that the whole world was quiet and she looked at the bailiff with some gratitude.

The bailiff seemed to be worried that the gangsters would cause trouble again, so he simply sat down on the corridor outside and did not leave. He was patrolling the cells in the prison every day anyway, so there was nothing else to patrol.

On the other side, Zhou Huan was furious after receiving the news. He rushed back to the county town from the farm without stopping. It was almost evening by then.

After returning to the county town exhausted, Zhou Huan first went to the county government office. About a quarter of an hour later, the chief constable personally took him to the county jail.

Outside the county jail, Zhou Yin was already waiting there with a food box. As soon as they arrived, he followed them into the jail.

In the cell, Mei couldn't see the sky outside. She didn't know how much time had passed or what time it was. She also didn't know how long she would stay in prison. She was a little worried about her family.

Just as she was daydreaming, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching and the sound of the door chain colliding. Then, the voice of the yamen runner came, "Mei, someone is here to visit you."

Upon hearing this, Mei slowly raised her head and looked outside the wooden door of the cell, and saw a tall and majestic figure walking towards her slowly like a beam of light.

She looked at the man in disbelief as he walked in from outside the cell, came up to her, and looked down at her.

Mei was stunned for a few breaths before she reacted and tried to stand up by holding on to the wall.

But because she had been sitting in one position for a long time, her legs felt numb. When she stood up and leaned forward slightly, her arm was supported by a big hand.

"How is it? Is everything okay?"

Mei was stunned and shook her head.

Perhaps it was this voice that brought her a sense of security. After hearing these caring words, her eyes suddenly became moist. Ever since she was locked up, all the endless panic and fear in her heart disappeared at this moment.

After a long while, she finally found her voice, "Boss Zhou, why are you here?"

"It was Ru'er who sent me a message saying that something happened to you." He didn't continue the rest of the sentence. Instead, he looked around the cell and found it was in a bad condition. So he turned to the constable who came with him and asked, "Can you change her cell to a clean one?"

The captain nodded, then looked at the bailiff guarding the cell and motioned him to make arrangements.

The yamen runner was also very perceptive and quickly said, "Please follow me."

After saying this, he walked out first and led the way for them.

Zhou Huan said to Mei: "Let's go. This place is too dark and too dirty. Let's go to a cleaner place first."

Mei nodded and followed him out.

Soon, the group was taken by the bailiffs to a clean, spacious and bright cell. There were not only couches but also tables and benches. Although it was not as good as the room at home, it was at least many times better than the previous dark cell.

Such cells are actually reserved for those with strong connections. Ordinary people don't have the opportunity to live in such good cells.