Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

Xu Manman came out of the woodshed, and the militiaman shook his head at Li Botao, indicating that Xu Manman was fine.

As for Li Wu, he stood among the militiamen, like a deputy who had come to help, and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Li Wu is indeed smarter than Li Bin.

Li Bin was too arrogant, and his whistleblower letter was just a hasty draft without any evidence chain, which is why the Armed Forces Department was able to easily find a handle against him.

Li Wu was different; he arranged for witnesses to go and find Li Botao.

As the militia captain, Li Botao's decision to come and investigate after receiving a report from the public was entirely reasonable.

As for Li Wu, he didn't even need to lift a finger; he could use someone else to do his dirty work.

Xu Manman came out and stood next to Fei Huainan.

Outside the Fei family's courtyard, villagers had gathered in droves.

With such a large militia force, everyone thought something had happened, but it turned out to be Fei Huainan's family again.

Wu Laizi said that Fei Huainan was hiding contraband. Everyone knew that the Fei family used to be landlords, but by the time of Fei Huainan's grandfather, the family fortune had been gambled away.

Back then, before the landlords were denounced, people often made fun of Fei Huainan's grandfather.

Not long after, the landlords were all overthrown, but the Fei family escaped unscathed.

Whether the Fei family has hidden something valuable is really unclear to everyone.

Among the crowd, Uncle Fei also watched the excitement, feeling fortunate that he hadn't taken the old house but had moved out and built a new one himself.

Otherwise, if we get searched every few days, we won't be able to hide any good stuff!

The Liu family was also relieved that they had broken off their engagement with Fei Huainan back then. Look at him, he hasn't had a moment's peace even after getting married.

If something is found out later, Xu Manman might end up a widow.

Liu Minhua looked at Xu Manman. Last time, it was because of Xu Manman that Cai Xin abandoned her and left.

When she got back, her mother even beat her twice.

Liu Minhua hated Xu Manman to death, and now seeing her being bullied made her extremely happy.

Some people who had just arrived were quite surprised to see Fei Huainan stand up.

"Has Fei's son's leg healed?"

The villagers who arrived early explained, "No, he has a leg injury and is disabled, but his leg is not broken. Of course he can walk, it's just that he walks unnaturally."

It's like having one leg longer than the other, causing you to walk with an up-and-down gait.

The man said "Oh," and then said regretfully, "What a pity."

The topic was quickly dropped, and everyone shifted their focus to whether Fei Huainan had hidden anything.

Fei Huainan and Xu Manman knew that a search was inevitable today, but they couldn't let them do it for nothing.

Xu Manman spoke.

"Since someone reported it, you have the right to search. But what if you don't find anything?"

Li Botao seemed confident and spoke directly upon hearing Xu Manman's words.

"Once the charge of harboring a criminal has been established, regardless of Fei Huainan's previous identity, he will be dragged out for criticism and struggle sessions."

"The same goes for Wu Laizi. If he lies, he'll be dragged out and criticized."

Wu Laizi couldn't help but glance at Xu Manman, and just as he was about to stare at her for a moment, he met Fei Huainan's gloomy eyes.

Wu Laizi shivered and looked away.

This fiend is just as terrifying as before.

He felt uneasy, regretting accepting the five yuan from Li Wu and becoming the whistleblower.

However, Li Wu assured me there would be no problem, so I suppose everything should be fine.

Hearing Li Botao's words, Xu Manman stepped aside to make way: "Fine, since Captain Li won't let those who make baseless accusations get away with it, then let's search!"

"But be slow during the search. Don't be like those people from the Revolutionary Committee, who act like bandits, smashing things as soon as they walk in."

Li Botao didn't bother arguing with Xu Manman over such a trivial matter. He figured Xu Manman would shut up once the items were found.

Xu Manman helped Fei Huainan to the side. Fei Huainan wasn't too worried about his own fate, but he was worried about Xu Manman.

If he's not around, how will Xu Manman, a girl with little strength and a timid nature, live in Xinghua Village?

What should she do if those bachelors in the village, or hooligans like Wu Laizi, bully her?

Xu Manman can't stay here any longer, so she has to go home. But what if her stepmother doesn't like her and tries to sell her to another man for a dowry?

In that moment, in those few short minutes, Fei Huainan thought about Xu Manman for her entire life.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that she was like a little cabbage in the field, and without his protection, she would only have a hard life ahead of her.

A dark glint flashed in Fei Huainan's eyes, and the murderous intent in his heart overflowed uncontrollably.

Xu Manman felt a chill. She turned around and met a pair of violent, crazed eyes filled with murderous intent.

what happened? ? ?

Why is he suddenly turning evil?

Fei Huainan's eyes now looked exactly like the crazed, destructive look he had when he took her to slit his own throat.

No, no.

She didn't want to die!

Xu Manman did not expect that the Li family would provoke him so much, so easily provoking Fei Huainan to the point of turning evil.

What is she going to do?

Xu Manman looked left and right, hardened her heart, and pinched Fei Huainan's waist hard.

Fei Huainan grunted and turned to look at Xu Manman, not understanding why his wife had suddenly pinched him!

Xu Manman clenched her hands and gave a dry laugh: "It's nothing, I just suddenly felt like pinching something."

Fei Huainan felt heavy-hearted, thinking about the things he had always wanted to do but hadn't done yet. He couldn't help but reach out and pinch Xu Manman's face.

Plump and soft.

Although Xu Manman is a bit chubby, the flesh on her face is still tender and smooth to the touch.

Xu Manman looked up and glared at him.

Fei Huainan cleared his throat and said, "I suddenly felt like making something."

Xu Manman: "..."

The militia searched for two hours but found nothing.

Upon hearing this, Li Wu, who had been standing in the crowd without making a move, immediately became anxious.

How could there not be? He put that thing in there himself.

The items inside are priceless. It's no longer a matter of what will happen to Fei Huainan, but rather that these items were borrowed from a powerful figure and must not be lost.

Liu Botao personally led the search and indeed found no contraband.

It seemed that Fei Huainan and Xu Manman were indeed having a hard time. They didn't have much food, but they had plenty of wild vegetables and mushrooms at home.

Now that it's autumn harvest time, everyone is having a good meal, and even meat can be cut into a small piece to taste.

Ke Fei's family in Huainan ate wild vegetables and mushrooms every day; their life was truly hard.

Li Wu had no idea what Li Botao was thinking, so he went down into the cellar himself to find him.

He had placed the box of gems at the very back, but when Li Wu reached in to touch it, it was empty!

How can it be empty?!

Li Wu went mad: "No, it's impossible, it must be hidden somewhere else."

He wanted to use his profession to deduce who had taken the item.

However, the floor and walls were covered with footprints and signs of inspection, so even if someone came in and took the box, the traces were covered up.

Li Wu almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

His jewels, so many jewels, how can he ever repay them?