Chapter 44 - Expulsion
Chapter 44 Expulsion
Zhou Lin’s affectionate “confession” was clearly heard by Yun Lian, who had been hiding behind the door, but not a single word of those heartfelt words reached Yun Xi’s ears.
Was Yun Xi not curious about what the youngest son of the Zhou family had said to her grandfather?
Of course not!
Yun Xi and Zhou Mo went to bring the lecher who wanted to molest her to the village chief. Given the village chief’s position, he must have his sources of information and a clever mind.
Long before these two people came to his house, the village chief had roughly known the ins and outs of the matter. He had always followed the orders of his superiors to build a beautiful village. Naturally, he also deeply detested gambling addicts and drunkards like Zhao Qiang.
Nevertheless, the position of the village chief was not a permanent one. It needed to be elected by the people. Therefore, the village chief himself would not do anything to offend the people.
Hence, the village chief turned a blind eye to the existence of a scoundrel like Zhao Qiang in the village. He would not be bothered if he did not see anything.
This time, the village chief finally caught hold of something on Zhao Qiang. Moreover, this matter involved the Zhou family.
The village chief also knew the status and identity of the Zhou family. Since he could use this matter to get rid of the thorn in his flesh and also do a favor for the Zhou family, why not?
In the end, the matter was dealt with such that Zhao Qiang was expelled from the village for wanting to rape a woman. His homestead in the village was also confiscated.
Zhao Qiang did not have any savings, to begin with. A room on the homestead in the village was his only property. At this time, the village chief still wanted to confiscate his last property. He simply did not have a place to shelter himself from the wind and rain anymore.
In the future, he would not be allowed to return to this village. He could only go to other villages to be bullied and become a beggar on the streets.
Despite that, thinking of his previous actions and his wife who had died an innocent death, Zhao Qiang had brought this upon himself. No one in the village pitied him. If anyone pitied him, it was probably Liu Fang, the eldest son Yun Gang’s wife. Since things had developed to this point, it could be considered a satisfactory result.
On the way home, Zhou Mo looked at Yun Xi with a proud face, thinking that he had accomplished something big this time.
He did not know how childish his expression was to Yun Xi. It had been a long time since she had returned to this era, so she had gradually forgotten why he had fallen in love with this man and how it felt.
The two of them soon arrived at the main entrance of the Yun family. At this moment, there were two people waiting for them at the main entrance of the Yun family.
One was Zhou Lin, and the other was Yun Lian.
These four people were tacitly divided into two groups. The men and women walked to a hidden corner of the Yun family to discuss matters.
“This is for you.”
Zhou Lin once again took out the old red box and placed it in Yun Xi’s hand.
The box still had the warmth of Zhou Lin’s body on it. Yun Xi did not know why, but she felt that her hands had become hot as well.
When she opened it and saw that it was an emerald bracelet, she was so shocked that she almost broke the box.
“This is for me?!”
Yun Xi’s eyes sparkled. In the modern era, the price of emerald was sky-high. Now that it was actually in her hands, she could not help but feel excited.
“This can be considered a keepsake.”
“Good, good.”
Not to mention being considered a keepsake, even if it was an extraterrestrial item, Yun Xi still wanted this treasure to belong to her. She did not expect Zhou Lin to have hidden it so well.
“There’s one more condition.” Seeing the little girl in front of him being so greedy, Zhou Lin came up with a little idea to tease her in the future. “You must return to the Zhou family’s old residence with me. Only then can this bracelet truly belong to you.”
“That’s not too good, right? Our old master won’t agree either.”
Hearing that she had to go to the Zhou family’s old residence, Yun Xi admitted that she was a little cowardly.
This was because she was pretending to be ignorant at the moment. She knew the true meaning of this bracelet. It was just that she had yet to know what she really wanted, so she had been evading everything vaguely. “Don’t worry, I’ve spoken to your old master. He has agreed to let you go to the Zhou family’s old residence.”
‘He agreed!
That said, this was also within expectations. For some reason, Yun Xi was somewhat looking forward to it!