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"Take care of yourself. This trip tonight was in vain."

After saying that, he hurried back without looking back.

Lai Xi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and followed Xiao Minghu.

The next day, the village seemed unusually quiet.

Everyone craned their necks to see how the workshop would handle the matter.

But I didn't expect that the people in the workshop acted as if nothing had happened and just continued to do what they were doing.

This made the village chief and his family very anxious.

Zhou Paopi paced back and forth in the house. He knew something had happened because his son and nephew had gone to set a fire last night and did not come back until the fire was out.

I thought to myself that the person must have been detained, but when I went to look for him, I couldn't find a suitable reason.

He could only go around and gather the Liu clan members, pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth, saying that his son and nephew went to put out the fire and disappeared, and asked the workshop to give an explanation.

The Liu clan members were instigated by him and followed him mindlessly.

Carpenter Tan was holding back his anger, and when he saw the village chief being so rude, he almost couldn't hold back his anger.

Fortunately, Liu Fugui pulled him back in time, and he calmed down his anger.

"It's really strange that the village chief came to me to ask for someone. The workshop caught fire last night and I was so busy that I didn't have time to take care of your son."

The village chief knew that it was not easy to get this person, but he still had to try hard to get him.

"My son and nephew went missing while helping you put out a fire in your workshop. You need an explanation."

"What a joke! Did I invite him to come, or did I beg him to come?"

Seeing that Carpenter Tan was on the verge of going berserk, Liu Fugui immediately spoke up to smooth things over.

"Village Chief, you were here last night too. You saw what was going on in the workshop. Many people came to help, and Manager Tan remembered them all."

"As for your son and nephew, we really didn't notice them. Why don't we ask around in the village and see who they came with last night? Who in the village has seen them, or who they were with to fetch water and put out the fire? There must be someone who remembers them."

The village chief was pushed back by this nail that was neither hard nor soft, and felt annoyed and resentful.

But what Liu Fugui said made sense, so he had to pretend to ask the villagers.

After a round of searching, only two people with the same surname as Zhou Paopi said they had seen them. When asked further, they began to stammer and could not explain clearly.

At this time, someone immediately refuted.

"I saw Da Zhuang last night. I was busy fetching water and saw him peeking around, but I never saw Boss Zhou and Zhou Suo."

The other person also seemed impressed.

"I saw Xiao Zhu and asked him to help me carry water, but he gave me a cold look."

"Yes, I have seen him, but I have never seen Boss Zhou and Zhou Suo."

"There are so many people in the village. Since they are here, they should have some impression of each other. Why has no one seen them?"

"This is a bit weird!"

When the village chief saw everyone talking, he became even more panicked.

The two confidants who had been arranged in advance already showed guilty expressions on their faces.

If we let them continue talking, they will be exposed.

He gritted his teeth angrily.

"Shut up, all of you. Don't think I don't know what's going on in your mind. You just want to take advantage of a workshop that's opened in the village, right?"

"My son and my nephew were the first to rush here when they saw the fire. You didn't see it because you arrived too late."

Everyone was a little scared when they saw the village chief getting angry.

Liu Fugui took a step forward and slapped his head as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Oh, now that the village chief mentioned that, it reminds me of something. The fire last night was so strange. The boss and Zhou Suo were the first to arrive. Could it be that they ran into the arsonist and were caught by someone?"

The village chief's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, knowing that this was a warning from Liu Fugui.

But it's still a specious excuse.

"What are you talking about? Who has nothing to eat and comes here to set fire?"

At this time, someone stood up in the crowd and said, "I remember this incident too. I seemed to hear someone shouting, 'Catch the thief...'"

"Hey, I seemed to hear a voice too..."

Liu Fugui's words successfully guided the direction of public opinion, like a fire that ignited everyone's curiosity.

Everyone started talking about the arson.

The village chief was horrified when he heard that it was his son and nephew who set the fire.

As everyone was discussing and getting closer to the truth, I became so angry that I could no longer control my temper and lost my temper on the spot.

"I'm just talking about the disappearance of my son and nephew, and you're talking nonsense to me."

"Yes, let's talk business."

The village chief took a look and found that the only people who agreed with him were those Zhou members who were well taken care of by him.

The others all looked like they were enjoying a good show.

I knew in my heart that this person would not leave today.

He couldn't help but glare at Liu Fugui fiercely.

If it weren't for his few words, Carpenter Tan, who only cared about working, would have been no match for him.

With a sigh, he had to leave with his people in disappointment.

The moment Wang saw the fire, she was completely thrown into disarray.

Without Liu Siyu, she felt like she had lost her backbone.

In a panic, when I saw Lai Xi coming, I still held on to a glimmer of hope in my heart.

Thinking that if Lai Xi dealt with the person at home and apologized to Liu Siyu properly, the two of them could still live their lives.

But just as hope was rising in her heart, she heard Xiao Minghu say this.

"The Tian family is already preparing to divorce Siyu. How come I haven't heard of such a big thing?"

Wang didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.

Shocked, he asked, "You, how did you know that?"

Before Xiao Minghu could speak, Lai Xi said, "Uncle Xiao, this is a matter between our two families. I will explain it to my mother-in-law."

But Xiao Minghu pushed him away.

"What's the point of explaining? Your whole family has already planned to divorce Siyu, and you still want to pretend to be a good person here. I think you have made a wrong calculation."

Wang looked at Xiao Minghu and then at Lai Xi.

"Is what he said true? Have you really figured it out?"

Lai Xi didn't know how to explain to Wang for a moment.

But his silence made Wang feel disheartened.

Xiao Minghu came up with another great assist.

"If you don't believe me, you can go to his house and see for yourself. The girl has been living there. Lai Xi told me in front of him to ask the girl's parents to come and discuss the marriage."

The little hope in Wang's heart was completely shattered.

Thinking about how Lai Xi quickly got bored with the old and fell in love with the new, I suddenly felt angry.

He raised his hand and slapped Lai Xi in the face, and seemed still not satisfied. He kicked and hit him, tears streaming down his face.

"You are such a heartless person. Siyu didn't mind that your family was poor and married you wholeheartedly, but it's only been half a year and you treat her like this. Your conscience has been eaten by dogs..."

Xiao Minghu saw that Wang was beating and scolding like crazy, and as a grown man he couldn't go up to stop her.

I had no choice but to knock on Zheng’s door.

Although Wang calmed down after being persuaded by Zheng, she could not calm down her worries.

Early in the morning, he entrusted the housework to Xiaohua and hurried to the town.