Jia Lanhua’s expression remained calm as she shook her head.
"I’m fine, let’s go."
She turned and left.
A tear slid down the corner of her eye.
Followed by large, continuous tears rolling down.
Eventually, she couldn’t hold it in any longer and squatted down, leaning against the wall, her hands cupping her face sobbing.
These tears were not for Wu Daming, but for herself.
Her marriage to Wu Daming had no foundation of affection, and the past years not only failed to cultivate any feelings between them but even made her despise this old thing more.
But what had happened, had happened.
Now, with Wu Daming dead, her tears would wash away the past, and henceforth she would be a new Jia Lanhua.
...
Zhang Xiaoshan also returned to White Dragon Village.
When Wu Daming’s body was ferried to the village entrance, nearly everyone from the village had co.
The entry of the village was densely packed with a thousand people.
The Wu family stood separately on one side.
Wu Biao and others wanted to bring Wu Daming’s body in but were blocked by the villagers.
Li Erniu took the lead.
"No way, Wu Daming is a criminal of White Dragon Village, his body is not allowed in the village."
"Right, criminals are not permitted in the village."
"You’re talking bullshit, my uncle is a born and bred resident of White Dragon Village, he’s even the village chief, why shouldn’t his remains be allowed in the village?"
Wu Biao swung a shovel, ready to lash out fiercely.
If it had been in the past, the villagers would have already cowered by now.
But presently, the Wu family’s prestige in the village had dropped significantly.
Imdiately, many elders and fellow villagers in the crowd began to shout out.
"We don’t have such a village chief."
"Right, we don’t recognize him as the village chief of White Dragon Village."
"Bullshit."
Wu Biao was about to start hitting people when soone in the crowd stepped forward with a shotgun raised.
"Wu Biao, if you dare to make a move, believe it or not, I’ll put a few holes in you."
"Damn it, how dare you threaten with a gun?"
"Do you think the Wu family is vegetarian?"
Even though the Wu family had lost power in the village, they still remained the largest clan in White Dragon Village, comprising one-third of the population.
"People of the Wu family, grab your weapons. Today, no matter what, we must carry Daming’s body into the ancestral hall. Whoever dares to stop us, we’ll go all out against them."
The Wu family’s third uncle spoke up, and the Wu family mbers imdiately prepared for confrontation.
mbers of other families also appeared nacing.
A large-scale riot between both parties was on the brink of erupting.
Over the years, the Wu family, under the support of Wu Daming, had acted tyrannically in the village. Compared to other villagers, the Wu family mbers were always above the rest, and the seeds of discord had long been sown. Preventing Wu Daming’s body from entering the village was just an apparent spark.
The main reason was years of pent-up resentnt waiting to explode.
If a fight broke out, it was sure to be chaos, and more likely than not, it would lead to loss of life.
"Damn Li Erniu, I’ll kill you."
Wu Biao, the front-runner of the Wu family, revolved the shovel in his hand and swung it toward Li Erniu, who was at the very front of the obstructing crowd.
If he could subdue the leading Li Erniu, the rest would definitely beco much more subdued.
"Clang."
Suddenly, a small stone flew in, hitting the shovel.
The stone was tiny, but the force was strong enough to knock the shovel from Wu Biao’s hands to the ground.
"No fighting allowed."
Zhang Xiaoshan disembarked from the ferry.
He walked into the center of the crowd.
"Little Shan, don’t stop , today I must kill this damned Li Erniu."
"Your mother, you think I’m scared of you? Let’s do this, let’s see who kills who," Li Erniu defiantly roared back.
"I told you to shut up."
Zhang Xiaoshan looked coldly at both n.
Zhang Xiaoshan’s prestige in the village had now reached its peak. Coupled with the aura of a Qi Transformation Expert, the previously bullish Li Erniu and Wu Biao were instantly cowed.
"Alright, everyone step aside, let Wu Daming’s body be brought into the village."
"What?"
Hearing Zhang Xiaoshan’s words, the opposition’s people imdiately beca upset.
"Little Shan, this won’t do. Wu Daming has hard the children in the village—he deserves to die a thousand deaths, his body absolutely cannot be allowed into the village."
"Exactly, it would be too kind to not throw him into the river to feed the fish. How can we let him enter the village?"
Clearly, everyone had strong feelings against Wu Daming.
Zhang Xiaoshan motioned for everyone to be quiet.
"I know everyone has grievances against Wu Daming, but there’s a saying in the countryside, ’the dead should be respected.’ I’m sure you all understand this principle."
"I know that these years Wu Daming has bullied his way around the village, and everyone has suffered because of him, but we should separate issues accordingly. He’s already dead, and legally speaking, we don’t have the right to prevent his body from being laid to rest peacefully."
"Besides, over these years, the one who suffered the most from Wu Daming should be our Zhang family. When my brother died, he wasn’t even willing to give us a good gravesite. If anyone should hate Wu Daming, it should be , the one who hates him the most."
"He’s dead now; let’s not make a fuss."
"But... but..."
The villagers still had differing opinions.
Zhang Xiaoshan continued.
"Oh, there’s one more thing. I’ve recovered the six million in charity funds."
"Recovered? Really?"
The villagers’ expressions imdiately turned excited, all eyes fixated on Zhang Xiaoshan.
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