"This has nothing to do with me," Shen Ximan replied coldly.
At this moment, Old Chen also came out, looking dejected as he defended himself. "Miss Shen, I'm just a rough man without a wife. I happened to pass by and saw you changing clothes in the yard. I just couldn't help myself for a moment."
"Don't blame the Second Young Mistress. I was just asking her for directions. Huazhi Village has changed so much in recent years, and the demolished areas are far from where people live. It's inevitable to get lost."
"Please be magnanimous and forgive me this time!"
"Sure," Shen Shiyu wiped the loose hair sticking to her face. Still seething with anger, she held out her hand. "Compensate me for the mental damage. Five hundred thousand yuan. Not a single cent less."
"F-five hundred thousand yuan?!" Even Village Head Zhong was shocked.
Shen Yuliang crossed his arms and nodded beside them. "That's right. I even think five hundred thousand yuan is too little. If this news gets out, how can my daughter get married in the future? She's still an innocent young girl!"
"Uncle Chen is just a farmer. His annual income is less than two hundred thousand yuan. How can he afford that?" Shen Ximan couldn't stand it anymore and said.
"Do you have the right to speak? You don't even call me father. You're so disrespectful. I really don't know how I raised such a misbehaved child!"
Shen Yuliang immediately launched into a scolding and moralizing session, showing off his authority as a parent. He was extremely complacent.
"I can't afford it," Old Chen was also stubborn and refused to back down.
"Then just wait for the court summons tomorrow," Shen Shiyu sneered. "No wonder your wife died early. If she knew you couldn't even earn two hundred thousand yuan a year, she'd surely climb out of her coffin to argue with you!"
Hearing this, his eyes instantly turned red. If Village Head Zhong hadn't grabbed his waist, they would have started fighting long ago.
"What did you just say? Have the guts to say it again!"
Shen Shiyu made a face at the old man even more provocatively. "Come on, come on. If you have the guts, hit me. If you dare to lay a finger on me, I'll have the lawyer add another year to your sentence!"
"With your poor look, you can't even afford a luxurious coffin when you die."
"Stop talking!"
Shen Ximan was extremely anxious seeing the situation and raised her voice to stop them.
"Do you think you can teach me a lesson? I haven't even settled the score with you yet!" Shen Shiyu shifted her gaze back and said contemptuously.
This woman had stirred up trouble on both sides and didn't seem to think the matter was serious enough.
Seeing the old man break free from Village Head Zhong's grasp, Shen Yuliang didn't even think twice. He took a quick step forward and pushed Shen Ximan out.
Thud!
She was hit squarely on the back of the head with a brick.
"Manman!"
Bo Jingyu and Zhang Caixia were still some distance away from the office when they heard the village head's heart - wrenching cry.
"Oh no, could they have started fighting?" she exclaimed.
When he rushed to the scene, he saw Shen Ximan looking like a butterfly with a wounded wing. She swayed on her feet for a few seconds before her legs gave way.
Thankfully, Bo Jingyu was quick - witted and caught her in time.
"Man'er! Man'er!"
Shen Ximan looked dazedly at the blurry outline in front of her.
"Don't... don't let them fight."
Shen Yuliang was so scared that he grabbed Shen Shiyu's hand and stepped back.
"Ximan was really careless. How could she just rush over like that?"
This statement made Old Chen and the village head both freeze.
"Mr. Shen? What are you talking nonsense about? It was clearly..."
"Oh, my poor Yu'er. You must be so scared," Shen Yuliang deliberately raised his voice to cover up and stroked Shen Shiyu's back repeatedly as if he knew nothing.
Bo Jingyu's heart was pounding violently. He felt a sudden warmth on the back of Shen Ximan's head. When he pulled his hand away, it was covered in blood.
"Quick! Send her to the hospital!"
Zhang Caixia's shrill cry broke the current deadlock.
He picked Shen Ximan up. There was ice in his cold eyes. Just looking at someone for three or four seconds with those eyes could kill.
"If anything happens to Man'er, none of you will get away with it!"
Old Chen watched their departing backs and slumped to the ground. At his feet was the blood - stained brick.
"It's over... it's all over..."
Village Head Zhong stamped his feet in anger. "Old Chen, you're so stupid!"
"It's all his fault! I saw it with my own eyes," Shen Shiyu was so scared that her face turned pale, but she still wanted to testify. "He knocked my sister out with his own hands!"
"You, you girl. How can you tell such a blatant lie? It was clearly Mr. Shen who rushed over and deliberately pushed Manman! Old Chen and I saw it clearly. Don't try to argue!"
Shen Yuliang straightened his back and flatly denied it. "Apart from the four of us here, who saw it? I'm warning you not to slander me!"
Old Chen's head was in a daze, completely muddled.
At Lanshan Hospital.
Su Minghan didn't even have time to take off the clothes he was wearing for the photoshoot before rushing over.
"What happened to Ximan?"
Bo Jingyu looked at him, out of breath. His knitted eyebrows never relaxed. "She just came out of the operating room. She had two stitches."
"Wasn't she with you? How could this happen!" Su Minghan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
He handed him a handkerchief and shook his head in confusion.
"I'm not quite sure either. An aunt from the village ran to the construction site and said that Man'er had an argument with Shen Shiyu and her father. By the time I got there, she had been hit by a brick."
"Again with Shen Shiyu!" Su Minghan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. "The last incident because of her was such a big deal. The news still hasn't died down!"
Bo Jingyu's expression was gloomy. "I don't want her to stay in Yancheng."
He could see what he was thinking. "Don't jump to conclusions in a hurry."
"She's not safe here."
"Can you guarantee that she'll be safe outside?"
Su Minghan put one hand in his pocket and was silent for a few seconds with a serious look on his face. "Or... get her pregnant?"
Bo Jingyu stared at him speechlessly. "Is that all you can come up with? Dumb ideas?"
"Well, I really can't think of any better way. After the incident of pushing Shen Shiyu last time, I didn't even dare to let her stay with me for too long."
What Su Minghan meant was related to Xiao Shujing. He had felt guilty about that incident for a long time.
"It has nothing to do with you. Don't think too much."
"Which one of you is Shen Ximan's family member?"
"I am," Bo Jingyu took the form handed by the nurse, quickly scanned it, and signed his name. "Thank you for taking care of her."
"You're welcome, Second Young Master."
Su Minghan smirked and nudged him with his elbow.
"Looks like it's true love, Mr. Shen Ximan's family member~"
He sighed. "Aren't you leaving yet?"
"I rushed here non - stop as soon as I heard the news. Where else can you find a brother as loyal as me? By the way, here's the invitation."
He handed the thing to Bo Jingyu.
"Agents from well - known companies will all come. Although it may not be the right time to say this, but... you should also go. I'll send more people to take care of Ximan's transfer. You can rest assured."
He hesitated for a long time before nodding.
"Let Qianli go with them to assist your people."