Chapter 004: Crazy Dog Bites Randomly

The villagers automatically made way, and the village head, Zhou Zecheng, squeezed into the crowd. With him was an uncle in his prime, dressed in dark brocade.

Li Chunhua, who was dazed, finally caught her breath and, upon seeing the village head, began to wail hoarsely in the mud.

"Village head, save me! The idiot had an affair and when it was exposed, he tried to kill me to silence me. I was almost beaten to death. What kind of curse has the Chen family brought upon me..."

The village head knew that the village idiot, Shui Gu, was not only foolish but also timid, and would scare away at the sight of people.

Why would such a timid fool hit someone?

Moreover, Li Chunhua was covered in mud and blood, and the village head could no longer see her face clearly.

Zhou Zecheng furrowed his brow. "Whose wife are you?"

"Village head, I'm Li Chunhua, the wife of Chen Gui."

Seeing the old man in brocade by the village head's side, Li Chunhua, with mud on her fingers, pointed at Yin Tian and wailed even louder, "The idiot had an affair with a wild man, and when it was exposed, he beat me. The villagers can testify. A stepmother is still a mother. The idiot hitting his mother is disloyal and unfilial. She's ruining the reputation of Shui Shui Village. The village head must punish her severely..."

Hitting one's mother is indeed disloyal and unfilial, as Li Chunhua said. A stepmother is still a mother.

The village head was a devoted son and placed great importance on filial piety.

Regardless of whether Li Chunhua had pushed Ye Ran into the lake, the idiot had indeed beaten her to near death.

Seeing the village head's darkening face, the villagers all thought, the idiot was in big trouble now!

However, the old man in brocade by Zhou Zecheng's side, upon hearing Li Chunhua's wailing, furrowed his brow in displeasure.

He suddenly asked the man in the green robe, "Yin Tian, what's going on?"

Yin Tian, who had been silent all along, finally spoke, "Saving someone, the mad dog bites back."

"Zecheng, this is my son, Yin Tian, who has been raised with me in the state capital. He's a well-behaved child."

The distinguished old man, with a stern look, gazed at Li Chunhua. "There seems to be a misunderstanding here."

Who in the village was raised in the state capital?

It was said that the old master of the Yin family at the end of the village, disdaining Li's vulgarity, had taken another wife in the city and had a son with her.

Recently, he had suddenly brought his son, who had grown up in the state capital, back to Shui Shui Village.

Without the mother from the city, the current prosperity of the Yin family would not have been possible. Therefore, the old master of the Yin family valued this son the most, and the family business would be passed down to him in the future.

The Yin family owned a hundred acres of good land, and most of the villagers rented their land.

Offending the young master who would eventually be in charge of the Yin family, was this a wise move?

Thinking that they had just misunderstood the young master of the Yin family, the onlookers were frightened and turned against Yin Tian and Ye Ran.

"Village head, it was Li Chunhua who pushed the idiot into the water!"

"She saved the idiot from drowning, and yet she's being falsely accused!"

"This woman, Li Chunhua, is truly malicious..."

Upon hearing the villagers' chatter, Zhou Zecheng's face darkened, and he sternly shouted, "Li Chunhua, you pushed someone into the water, and the young master Yin saved your idiot. How dare you bite back? The old master Yin has served in the state capital's government office. I'll have the officials arrest you and throw you into the state capital's prison."

What?

The person who saved the idiot was the son of the old master Yin.

Upon hearing that she might go to prison, Li Chunhua was terrified and, despite her injuries, struggled to get up from the mud and fled amidst the mocking laughter of the villagers.

"Mother, mother, something's not right!"

Ye Ran was about to thank Yin Tian for saving her life when a ragged boy emerged from the crowd.