The burly man's henchmen and Qiao Shi's exclamations came at the same time. When Qiao Shi came to her senses, she ran towards the burly man and said, "What are you all standing there for? Your eldest brother has been beaten up like this by her. Hurry up and go teach her a lesson."

After Qiao shouted, the men who came with the big man rushed towards Song Zhili with wooden sticks in their hands. Song Zhili hit each of them with an electric baton, but there were about seven or eight of them. Song Zhili was outnumbered and quickly found herself at a disadvantage.

Taking advantage of Song Zhili's inattention, one of the henchmen came up behind her, raised a wooden stick, and was about to smash it down on Song Zhili's head. "You bitch, how dare you hit my boss, die!"

By the time Song Zhili heard the commotion and turned around, it was too late. She wanted to use the stun gun to shock him, but at that crucial moment, the stun gun suddenly lost power.

Damn it, the power went out at this crucial moment, we're doomed.

Seeing that the henchman had already raised the wooden stick to strike, Song Zhili had no time to dodge. She closed her eyes and waited for the stick to come down, but after waiting for a long time, Song Zhili did not feel any pain. Instead, she heard the henchman cry out in pain.

She opened her eyes in confusion and saw a familiar figure standing in front of her. She looked closely and exclaimed in surprise, "He Chengjing, what are you doing here?"

He Chengjing turned around when he heard the sound and saw Song Zhili's surprised expression. A smile involuntarily appeared on his lips. "I just happened to be passing by and saw them beating you up, so I came over. Are you alright?"

He Chengjing stepped forward and helped Song Zhili up from the ground.

Song Zhili glanced at the underlings lying haphazardly on the ground and shook her head. "I'm fine. It's good that you came in time, otherwise I probably would have gotten a beating."

He Chengjing carefully examined her for a few moments, and only felt relieved when he saw that she was indeed unharmed. Then he turned around and glared fiercely at the people on the ground. "Get lost. If I find out that you're coming to cause trouble for them again, don't blame me for being ruthless with my blade."

He Chengjing stood there, emanating an aura of authority. The look in his eyes told his underlings that he was not someone to be trifled with. They helped each other up and then, ignoring the unconscious man on the ground, they ran away.

When Qiao saw that they were ignoring her and running away, she wanted to run with them, but before she could get up from the ground, Song Zhili walked up to her, looked down at her, and stretched out her hand, "You brought so many people here, I was scared by you. You have to compensate me with silver, not much, just five taels of silver."

When Qiao heard that Song Zhili wanted five taels of silver, she was about to get up and start cursing, but when she saw He Chengjing's eyes next to her, her anger instantly subsided. "Where would I get five taels of silver right now? Can you give me a couple of days? I will definitely deliver five taels of silver to you personally in two days."

Qiao thought that if she agreed, she could just sell the house again and run away. She didn't believe that they could find her after she ran away.

Song Zhili seemed to be able to see through her thoughts, "Then how about this, I don't want the money, just give me back the house you took earlier."

Upon hearing Song Zhili's words, Qiao collapsed helplessly to the ground. She had been planning to run away with the money, but now that Song Zhili wanted the land deed for the house, she would have nothing left.

It's over, it's over, it's all over.

"Hey, I don't have much patience left. If you don't go get it soon, I can't guarantee what I'll do. Look how quiet it is at the foot of the mountain. Even with all this commotion, no villagers have come to watch. Tell me, if I kill you and dump you in the back of the mountain, who would know?"

Song Zhili's words made Qiao Shi tremble. She no longer dared to play any tricks. She quickly got up from the ground and ran towards the village as if her life depended on it, not caring about the life or death of the big man on the ground.

"Hey, your woman's all gone, stop pretending. If you keep pretending, I'll give you another shock."

As Song Zhili spoke, she pretended to take the stun gun and strike the big man again.

Upon hearing Song Zhili's words, the burly man on the ground jumped up and disappeared in no time. Song Zhili ignored him and looked at He Chengjing instead, saying, "Let's go, come with me to get the property deed."

He Chengjing didn't say anything, and just followed Song Zhili into the village.

Song Zhili took a few steps and saw a carriage parked not far away. She turned her head in surprise and asked, "You came here by carriage?"

"Ah."

"Have you finished your business? Can you come back with us in a couple of days?"

Song Zhili was thinking that once He Chengjing finished his business, she wanted to hitch a ride back with him in his carriage. Riding in that oxcart was too uncomfortable; it was so bumpy. At least the carriage wasn't so bumpy.

"Okay, it's all done. When are you going back?"

"It should be soon, within the next two days."

Song Zhili wasn't used to living here either. Besides, after what happened today, she couldn't guarantee that if they went back, those people wouldn't come looking for trouble with Wu Xiu'e again.

The two chatted for a while and soon arrived at Qiao's house. As soon as Song Zhili arrived, she saw Qiao carrying a bundle and trying to sneak away. When he saw Song Zhili, he gave an awkward laugh.

"Hehe, you've arrived. The land deed is here; take it."

Qiao respectfully took out the land deed. Song Zhili took it and glanced at it. Seeing that it was real and that she wasn't being fooled, she folded the land deed and put it in her bosom. "Alright, let's just leave it at that. But if I find out that you're going to cause trouble for my uncle or my maternal grandmother's family again, don't blame me for being impolite."

As Song Zhili spoke, she clenched her fist, making a cracking sound as she did so.

Qiao hesitated for a moment, then quickly replied, "No, no, I won't dare again."

Song Zhili and He Chengjing exchanged a glance and left the room together. After they left, Qiao wanted to run away with her bundle on her back, but before she could take two steps, her arm was grabbed.

"You wretched woman, it's all your fault that I'm in such a sorry state. Where do you think you're going with your bag? You think you can run away? Don't even think about it."

The burly man who caught Qiao had just run back. He hid when he saw Song Zhili and the others go inside. Only after they left did he dare to come out. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the woman carrying a bundle and trying to run away.

He was furious. If it weren't for that woman's terrible idea, he wouldn't have been beaten so badly.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the harder he hit her. Before long, Qiao was beaten to the point of near death.

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