Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 107

This remark made all three of them burst into laughter!

All of them were laughing heartily!

The two of them had been busy all afternoon and finally managed to seal the mouth of the well, leaving a small opening. The babbling stream bubbling out from below the well’s mouth, although not large in volume, was clean and sweet – it’s virtue was its clarity and sweetness.

After Zuo Xingyu and the others had thoroughly investigated and questioned everyone in Upper Village, they set off back to the small town.

Along the way, they were discussing in detail their findings.

They left Upper Village through the village road, crossed a small river, took a few turns around the bay, waded through a small stream, and arrived on the main road. It just so happened that they ran headlong into a few people who were hurriedly coming their way.

Zuo Xingyu sharply refocused his gaze: “It’s you!”

“It’s you!”

The other party also shouted out!

The person coming was none other than Zhang Shixin, who had hurriedly made his way from the Zhang family’s mansion.

Today, from the moment he stepped out of his house, every single thing had gone wrong!

He inadvertently stepped into a pond, and while sitting down for breakfast, he was dragged into a brawl by idle men, which left his forehead all bruised up. After finally managing to leave the clinic, he was hit by the tail end of a horse whip belonging to a galloping horse. This had not only marked his freshly changed clothes with a muddy stain, but also left a painful welt where the whip had landed!

It truly was a saying that, when a person has bad luck, even drinking cold water can cause a toothache!

What god of fortune did Zhang Shixin offend today?

He did suspect that lowly person of some foul play, but upon careful consideration, he dropped the idea. He was sure that the lowly person wouldn’t dare to sabotage him behind his back!

But he had underestimated a woman’s jealousy.

At the moment, his usual handsome appearance looked like a dog who had lost its home, completely disheveled. As his gaze met Zuo Xingyu’s, he shouted out.

“It’s you! What are you doing here?”

Zuo Xingyu’s eyes lingered deeply on him, then raised the corner of his mouth slightly in a smile that did not quite reach his eyes. He said, “Businessman Zhang, it’s strange you ask me this. I, Zuo, am here to investigate a case, naturally. I wonder, what brings Businessman Zhang here?”

“I…I, I am here to collect rent, of course!”

Zhang Shixin was showing signs of nerves, his gaze flickering.

“And you? What are you doing in the Upper Village? Zuo, don’t forget your initial promise!”

The surrounding temperature abruptly dropped, and it felt as if even the air was frozen.

Zuo Xingyu’s gaze suddenly darkened, eyes as deep as two vast black ponds. They seemed capable of sucking someone in whole, causing instinctive shivering.

“The words I’ve spoken, I, Zuo, naturally remember!”

Zuo Xingyu took two steps forward, whispering in his ear, “Let me remind you, Businessman Zhang! Don’t treat everyone else as fools! Since you’ve already given her up and allowed her to marry someone else. If I, Zuo, find out you’re up to anything underhanded, I might not dare to do much, but I could still have you eat prison food for a few days, free of charge!”