Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 303: Killing With a Borrowed Knife

Zhou Guizhi saw this and quickly said to Tian Jinhua, "Keep the kids at home to play, take care of the grandparents, Xiao Wu and I will go over there and have a look."

It’s the weekend, Jiang Xingbing also came back, "I’ll go too."

Once they left the courtyard, Jiang Xingye asked, "Was it He Yuzhen who fell? How did she fall?"

Xu Qinghuan explained what happened, "Nobody knows how high the cliff is. If there’s not water or soft mud at the bottom, then the chances for survival aren’t good."

At the bottom of the cliff is a small stream, only about half a meter wide, clear enough to see the small fish swimming by, and among the pebbles, you can occasionally see snails growing.

The white pebbles are clean and beautiful, paving the bottom of the cliff.

He Yuzhen fell on it, face down, with blood gushing from her forehead, dyeing the pebbles red. The blood seeped into the stream, flowing downstream in winding trails.

By the time everyone found her, she was already not breathing.

The police arrived quickly, investigated the scene, examined the body, took statements from witnesses, and then took away Zhang Wenyan, who had kicked He Yuzhen off the cliff.

Zhang Wenyan cried bitterly, but there’s no medicine for regret. She viciously accused Dong Mantang, "You did it on purpose, you set me up, you did it on purpose, Dong Mantang, you’re not human."

Nobody could understand what she was saying.

Dong Mantang stood there with his head down, tears flowing, like a fool.

His two children were crying, looking incredibly pitiful.

Every member of the Shangjiang Team who saw this couldn’t help but say, "Tragic," as what was once a good family disintegrated.

The Shangjiang Team sent her body back to the He Family, who not only refused to accept it but also demanded money from the Jiang Family, saying they would report it to the police station.

"You can report, however you like," Jiang Baohua said as he walked away, hands behind his back.

The people who came with him, however, were stopped by the locals who pressed them for details about what happened. The story spread quickly, but as it spread, it changed, lacking the completeness of first-hand information.

"Report for what? If she hadn’t died, the Jiang Family would have reported Yuzhen, for bringing their precious grandson to the cliff to push him off; is she still considered human?"

"Exactly! I’m telling you, this family is no good. In the future, even if my son ends up a bachelor, he won’t marry a girl from their family. The Jiang Family marrying He Yuzhen was the worst luck ever."

"Who wouldn’t agree, those dowries they demanded back then weren’t cheap. After getting married, she even cheated! My God, you have no idea what kind of reputation the He Family Team has now because of this!"

"Really? No wonder. Recently, my second uncle’s aunt’s nephew’s third child was planning to meet someone after the harvest, but when the matchmaker came, they said they didn’t want girls from the He Family Team."

"Oh my goodness, what does the He Family’s business have to do with us? Aren’t they dragging all the girls down?"

A male member overheard, "These things aren’t connected at all. The Shangjiang Team developed a threshing machine, and it works really fast; they’ll rent it to any other team except ours."

"It’s really ruining lives!"

Soon after, the members started to gather around He Yuzhen’s home to curse. People coming and going either spit at her house, threw clods of dirt, or even dumped rotten leaves, making the He Family dare not open their door.

Inside, Li Cuixia and Xie Chunxiang, two sisters-in-law, had no mercy for the old woman, practically wishing the old widow would die.

"Raising a daughter with no usefulness at all. Other families’ daughters know how to bring benefits to their family, but what can she do? All she knows is how to harm the family."

The "she" they referred to was He Yuzhen.

"Even in death, she harms the family."

That night, He Yuzhen’s two brothers wrapped her in a tattered straw mat, brought her up the mountain, and buried her to settle the matter.

The entire Shangjiang Team discussed Zhang Wenyan, feeling genuinely sorry for her.

When everyone left, Dong Mantang returned home; though others said nothing, his father picked up a hoe and swung it at Dong Mantang, "Bastard, if not for you, would Wenyan end up like this!"

All these years, Zhang Wenyan had held the family together.

Dong Mantang was incompetent, needing Zhang Wenyan’s help with everything, from getting benefits from his uncle Dong Xinmin down to what the family had for a meal, she worried about everything.

Now that Zhang Wenyan was gone, the family was without a backbone.

Dong Mantang ran quickly, avoiding his father’s blows. His father, leaning on the hoe, cried to the neighbors who came to watch, "Who doesn’t know my daughter-in-law is capable, a hundred times more than my son; without her, what would this family be?"

"I’d rather it was Dong Mantang, that useless bastard, taken away by the police, than her!"

Qiao Xinyu watched the spectacle, and also felt a deep pity. On the way back, she saw a familiar figure flit past the back door of Widow Du’s house.

She was bold, so she sneaked over to eavesdrop in the dark of the night.

"You heartless ghost, Wenyan just got taken away, and you come here. Honestly, if someone saw this, what would they say about me seducing you?"

"If you weren’t trying to seduce me, how could I be here?"

Ever since he and He Yuzhen got taken away, a lot of time had passed, and now that there was a chance, how could he possibly wait?

The indecent sounds started coming, and Qiao Xinyu dared not listen further, heading back fuzzily; during the meal, she shared what she’d seen and heard. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Aside from Xu Qinghuan, the other three looked at Jiang Xingye, waiting for him to clarify.

Jiang Xingye looked puzzled, "I don’t know what’s going on either."

Qiao Xinyu clutched her chopsticks, "When Zhang Wenyan was taken by the police, she kept shouting that Dong Mantang did it on purpose. At the cliff, even if Dong Mantang took sides, does that warrant such hatred? What’s really going on?"

Xu Qinghuan said, "When at the cliff, Zhang Wenyan pushed He Yuzhen, it was Dong Mantang’s doing."

"What?"

Even Jiang Xingye was amazed, looking at Xu Qinghuan’s bright black eyes full of questions.

"Dong Mantang shouldn’t be underestimated." Xu Qinghuan analyzed, "When He Yuzhen and Zhang Wenyan were fighting, he stepped in to pull them apart, appearing to drag Zhang Wenyan back, but she couldn’t use her hands, only her feet, struggling forward; all the while, he was pushing Zhang Wenyan ahead."

"As he pushed forward, he was forcing He Yuzhen closer to the cliff’s edge."

"Why would he do that? Was He Yuzhen entangled with him? Even exposed, what worries would he have?" Yu Xiaomin found it equally bewildering.

"He didn’t want He Yuzhen dead. He was using a borrowed knife to kill, his target was getting rid of Zhang Wenyan." Xu Qinghuan explained, "So, he kept restraining Zhang Wenyan, who grew angrier and lost control. As her struggles intensified, Dong Mantang suddenly let go; her lunge out had great momentum, ultimately causing her to slam He Yuzhen off the cliff."