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Chapter 542: Chapter 532 That Person is Pretending
Shen Yunfang looked at Li Hongqi and snorted coldly in her heart. Pretending, he really knows how to put on an act, she thought. She herself had stuck out her foot, how could she not know the extent of his injury? Now he’s putting on a show like he’s at death’s door. He’s trying to swindle us.
"That won’t do. Son, you lie down properly. I’ll go talk to her. She beat you up like this; she has to take responsibility. Have we no laws anymore?"
"Mom, let it go. She’s my sister-in-law. Even if we don’t do it for her sake, we should do it for my brother’s dignity," Li Hongqi said, still stirring the pot even at this moment.
"What nonsense! After the way this shameless woman has behaved, I’ll have your brother divorce her as soon as he gets back. Our family can’t accept such a dishonorable daughter-in-law. Hmph, I always said, ’A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.’ Her cousin dared to sneak into the cornfields with a man before they were married. It’s no surprise she turned out bad as well."
Shen Yunfang frowned, sighing to herself about the importance of a family’s reputation. At this critical moment, Shen Yunxiu, the black sheep of the family, had managed to drag her name through the mud as well.
"Whether your son divorces me isn’t up to you. But today, you walked into the house and attacked me with so many witnesses around. And you keep slandering me, claiming I’ve been unfaithful. You’ve seriously damaged my reputation. If you don’t publicly apologize today and restore my reputation, then we’re not finished," Shen Yunfang said, crossing her arms as she looked at her.
"Humph, us teachers from Agricultural University aren’t just anyone you can slander or attack. Now that you’ve caused this scene, there’s no way you’re leaving," Teacher Cai said from behind the students. He had been watching coldly and now felt a silent cheer for Shen Yunfang, who had given these ruffians the retribution they deserved. Enemies should be swept away like fallen leaves in the cold wind.
Although the old lady who had attacked Shen Yunfang claimed to be her mother-in-law, Teacher Cai’s belief was that not even a mother-in-law had the right to physically assault her daughter-in-law. This was a new society, not the dark old days.
"Ah, your arrival is timely. These people just caused a commotion in my classroom and injured the student teacher. Quickly take them away and inform the police. Such persecutors must be severely punished," Teacher Cai said as he saw the security department personnel at the doorway, promptly instructing them to take control of Qiu Shuping and the others.
"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you arresting me? I haven’t broken any laws." Qiu Shuping began to shout when she was seized. Unsophisticated as she was, she mistook the security staff for police officers. She was appalled that the authorities had come yet were arresting her instead of Shen Yunfang, and she began to shout in fear and protest.
"Shut up! What’s all the shouting for? Keep it up, and I’ll shock you with this stun gun," the head of the security department said, brandishing the stun gun in front of Qiu Shuping and the others, clearly intending to intimidate them.
And they were indeed frightened, the sparks crackling from the stun gun were audible. If it were to connect with someone, it wouldn’t be a joke.
"What are you doing? Is there no law anymore? Hongqi has been beaten up like this, and you’re arresting us? If anyone should be arrested, it should be her," Zheng Guilin’s mother protested, still having a bit more courage than the others. Seeing the menacing demeanor of the security personnel as they prepared to take them away, she was worried about what might happen if they were taken to some dark room where their cries for help would go unheard.
"Exactly. My Hongqi is in so much pain he can’t even move. Maybe you could bring a stretcher over here," Zheng Guilin said, feeling sorry for her husband.
The head of the security department turned with an inquisitive look to Teacher Cai. Though he might appear gruff and speak harshly, he was actually a good man who never indulged in unlawful actions.
Before Teacher Cai could speak, Shen Yunfang interjected, "He’s faking it."
"Oh, so this is an attempt to stage an accident for a scam," the security staff said, suddenly realizing. "When did we start having idlers in society trying to get something for nothing? Staging accidents isn’t a term exclusive to the 21st century."
"Who’s faking it? Just look at how much pain Hongqi is in," Zheng Guilin said boldly.
"Exactly, look at my son, his face covered in cold sweat. Can someone fake that? If we’re not careful, my son could have been kicked so bad, who knows which bone might be broken." Qiu Shuping wasn’t bluffing; she truly believed that since her son got kicked and fell to the ground, having been in such pain for over ten minutes meant the pain must be intense for him to not have recovered by now.
Shen Yunfang snorted through her nose and turned to pick up a thin, long steel needle from the experiment table, walking step by step towards Li Hongqi.
"What, what are you going to do?" Zheng Guilin was terrified when she saw the steel needle in her hand.
"Ah, what are you doing? You’re going to kill someone! Someone help us!" Qiu Shuping also saw the weapon in her daughter-in-law’s hand. She was a coward; the moment she saw danger, she’d panic, and now she turned to the police officers who had just been about to arrest them, seeking help.
"It’s nothing, I just want him to wake up," Shen Yunfang said calmly as she walked over, seeing that no one dared to stop her, which saved her a lot of trouble. She laughed at the sight of Li Hongqi’s trembling body, "You’ve lasted a while, haven’t you? This won’t kill you, but it might just clear your head a bit. Think carefully about what’s really going on here, whether I actually broke your bone, and whether you can stand up." Saying this, she took the steel needle and aimed it at Li Hongqi’s waist and abdomen, thrusting it down.
Just as the needle was a hair’s breadth from his skin, Li Hongqi sprang up from the ground agilely.
"I’m fine, after resting for so long, I can stand up now," Li Hongqi said, his face slightly red as he stood up straight, keeping a distance from his sister-in-law’s steel needle.
Aside from Shen Yunfang, everyone else at the scene was startled for a moment, then they all mentally exclaimed in realization: So he was really faking it, and he did a convincing job too! If it weren’t for Shen Yunfang’s test, they might have been fooled by him.
"Hongqi, you’re really okay?" Zheng Guilin asked in disbelief, as she hadn’t realized her own man was pretending.
Li Hongqi, somewhat embarrassed and angry, had sprung up from the ground, which was a huge hit to his pride. Xiaolan asking this didn’t that put him in an awkward position in front of so many people?
But he still had to smooth things over, "Just now I was in unbearable pain, look at all this sweat, it can’t be fake. But the pain subsided quite a bit after that peak."
"Enough, stop talking about it. Now that you can walk, come on and go with us," the head of the security department urged them to leave now that they saw the person could walk.
"Dear security brother, we came here looking for someone, not to cause trouble. That’s my sister-in-law; we had a misunderstanding over some matters. Right, sister-in-law? Surely you aren’t so heartless as to not recognize your own mother?" Li Hongqi, who had attended university, knew they weren’t police but staff from the school’s security department. He also knew that sometimes these people could be even worse than the police, capable of handling people with even less restraint. He had witnessed it himself, so at that moment, he really didn’t want to go with them.
