Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

31. Annulment of engagement (4)

“I disagree, I won’t back down,” Zeng Jianming said, his eyes red.

"I came out today to make my stance clear: no matter what you think, I'm going to call off the engagement. Regardless of whether there's any proof or not, we have no legal relationship whatsoever, and we can both find other people."

Seeing Zeng Jianming's ferocious expression, Su Jinyu was somewhat frightened and lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

She regretted not listening to her older sister and insisted on coming out to explain things to Zeng Jianming.

The older sister had told her many stories of how, after being dumped, some scumbags would arrange a final meeting, only to be retaliated against, hurt, or even killed by them.

So when Zeng Jianming invited her to his house to talk, she didn't dare to go, nor did she dare to go to secluded places with few people, such as the grove behind the village.

She arranged to meet at the village's threshing ground, a spacious and open area in the middle of the village, where people living nearby could hear her shouts.

"This is the last time we meet. Don't ask anyone else to meet me again. I will never meet with you alone again."

As Su Jinyu spoke, she tried to run away, but Zeng Jianming grabbed her hand.

“Ayu, I really like you. You liked me before too. Your family wants a bride price, right? I'll give you a bride price, three hundred yuan. I'll give it to you.”

Zeng Jianming made up a story without warning. Not only did his family not have three hundred yuan, but even if they did, he wouldn't be willing to give it to her as a bride price. He was trying to keep her in check with lies.

Su Jinyu struggled: "Let me go, don't do this. It's not about the bride price between us. I don't like you, I've never liked you. I was ignorant before and thought I liked you too. That wasn't liking, it was liking that arose from being liked."

"If you like someone, you like them. What kind of nonsense and twisted logic is this? It's your older sister who instilled these twisted logics in you, isn't it? She's not happy herself, and she doesn't want you to be happy either, you silly girl."

As Zeng Jianming spoke, he tried to hug Su Jinyu and kiss her face, but Su Jinyu dodged him, so he hugged her even tighter.

He tried to kiss her again, but suddenly someone punched him hard in the back.

"Zeng Jianming, what are you doing? Trying to be a thug?"

Zeng Jianming was stunned for a moment, and Su Jinyu broke free from his embrace.

Zeng Jianming turned around and realized that two militiamen and Su Jinru were standing behind him.

Su Jinyu, trembling, threw herself into her older sister's arms and burst into tears.

A militiaman shouted at him.

“Zeng Jianming, are you being a hooligan? We have to take you to the village office and lock you in a dark room.”

Zeng Jianming said, looking aggrieved, "Su Jinyu and I were engaged. How can this be considered indecent behavior?"

Su Jinru: "Zeng Jianming, you two have already broken off your engagement. Even if you hadn't, your behavior is still considered thuggish if the other party is unwilling. What's the point of locking him up in a dark room? His attitude of admitting guilt is not good. He should be sent to the police station."

"You dare? Aren't you afraid I'll tell you that Su Jinyu and I have already slept together? Let's see who will dare to marry her in the future."

Su Jinru went up and slapped Zeng Jianming hard across the face.

"Believe it or not, if you dare to slander my third sister and ruin her reputation, I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life in jail."

As she spoke, Su Jinru, still furious, slapped Zeng Jianming hard across the face again.

Zeng Jianming jumped up to fight back, but was stopped by two militiamen who twisted his arm.

He shouted defiantly, "Why didn't you stop her when she hit me?"

"Because you deserve to be hit."

Since the day the locusts passed through, which terrified everyone, Su Jinru was the first to speak up and warn everyone. She not only saved the grain on one mu of land, but also caught many locusts. The people of the third production team admired and were grateful to Su Jinru.

Moreover, Su Jinru is now the points recorder, which is also considered a village cadre. She records everyone's daily work points. If she doesn't do it right, you'll get less than you deserve, and you'll have no recourse but to suffer in silence.

Therefore, the militia naturally sided with Su Jinru at this time.

These two militiamen were also called by Su Jinru. She knew Zeng Jianming; he was definitely unwilling to accept being jilted and had repeatedly asked to meet with Su Jinyu. He was probably up to something bad!

The two militiamen witnessed Zeng Jianming not only behaving improperly but also slandering the girl's innocence. Therefore, Su Jinru hit him, and the militiamen did not stop her, thinking that he deserved to be beaten.

"Let's go, take him to the village office and lock him up for a few days, then send him to the police station tomorrow morning. The team's food supplies are almost gone these days, so having one less person eating in the team will save some food!"

When Zeng Jianming heard that he was really going to be sent to a dark room and then to the police station, he panicked.

Once he was in the police station, his life was over.

“I was wrong, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have laid a hand on Comrade Su Jinyu, and I shouldn’t have slandered her. I agree to annul the engagement.”

The two militiamen who were holding Zeng Jianming's arms looked at Su Jinru.

Su Jinru: "A person like you has no value with your mouth. Go to the dark room and write a self-criticism and a guarantee all night. If you do well, write a certificate of annulment of the engagement in front of all the village officials tomorrow. If you don't write a good self-criticism tonight, send it directly to the police station tomorrow."

Upon hearing Su Jinru's words, the militia immediately dragged Zeng Jianming towards the village office.

Zeng Jianming shouted, "How can I write a self-criticism in this dark room? Besides, I don't know how to write it! I can't even read."

Su Jinru: "Is not being able to write a self-criticism your way of avoiding problems? If you don't submit a thorough self-criticism by tomorrow, it means you have a bad attitude towards admitting your mistakes. Go to the police station and let the police officers educate you."

Su Jinyu calmed down after watching Zeng Jianming being taken away by the militia.

"Big sister, I was wrong. I shouldn't have disobeyed you and come to meet Zeng Jianming."

Su Jinru sighed. In her previous life, she lived to be ninety-two years old and had seen and heard about the evil in human nature. All meetings after a breakup were not only meaningless, but also gave malicious people another opportunity to hurt her.

However, her sister was skeptical of what she said. She knew Zeng Jianming was no good, but she didn't expect him to be this bad. She even felt guilty towards Zeng Jianming for breaking off the engagement.

To make her sister give up completely and see Zeng Jianming's true colors, she agreed to let her sister see Zeng Jianming one last time.

Su Jinru was naturally worried about her sister meeting with Zeng Jianming, so she secretly followed her and watched them from a distance.

When Su Jinru saw Zeng Jianming pulling at his sister, she happened to see two militiamen patrolling nearby. She quickly called them over, which stopped Zeng Jianming's despicable behavior.

Zeng Jianming's purpose in meeting with Su Jinyu was to persuade her to give up the idea of ​​breaking off the engagement. If she wouldn't listen to his advice, he would ruin her reputation and force her to marry him.

Unexpectedly, Su Jinyu did not choose the meeting place he specified, but instead arranged to meet at the threshing ground, a very conspicuous place.