Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

When Xiao Chuchu called out, Ming Zhihe was stunned and quickly said, "Chuchu, it's me, your brother He. I have money." Ming Zhihe took out five dollars from his pocket and let Xiao Chuchu take a look.

But Xiao Chuchu remained unmoved and continued shouting.

"Stop shouting." Ming Zhihe thought Xiao Chuchu must be ill. What if someone hears you shouting like this? Nowadays, whoring has no good reputation.

Ming Zhihe wanted to cover Xiao Chuchu's mouth. He knocked Xiao Chuchu down and covered her mouth with one hand. When the cry for help stopped, he just breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open, and twenty or thirty people came into the room. Everyone saw a naked man pressing on a woman, with one hand covering his mouth and the other hand grabbing the woman's chest. They understood what was going on at a glance. It was a clear rape scene.

Led by Zhao Chunyan and Liu Chuncao, a group of old women attacked Ming Zhihe.

After the beating, someone found a rope from Xiao's house and tied Ming Zhihe up.

"Such scum must be sent to the police station," said Zhao Chunyan.

A neighbor asked Xiao Chuchu, "Chuchu, what do you think?" If the neighbor knew about this and called the police, it would not be good for Xiao Chuchu's reputation.

"Report to the authorities," Xiao Chuchu said firmly.

"Send to the police station." Twenty or thirty old women, escorting the naked Ming Zhihe, followed by the disheveled Xiao Chuchu, came to the Hongxing police station.

Zhang Weihua was on duty today. He was drinking water in the duty room when a large group of people rushed into the police station. Zhang Weihua hurried out and saw a naked man tied with ropes, and several burly old women were escorting him from behind. The leader was Zhao Chunyan, the most famous matchmaker in his area.

"Sister Zhao, what's going on?" Zhang Weihua asked.

"Director Zhang, today a few of us were taking a walk on the street after dinner. When we passed by Shijia Hut, we heard someone shouting for help, so we rushed in together. We caught a rapist on the spot and sent him to you. We were all at the scene and saw it," Zhao Chunyan briefly recounted what happened.

"Rape? You are so brave!" Zhang Weihua asked two police officers to arrest Ming Zhihe, and arranged for several people to take statements from Xiao Chuchu and everyone else.

After doing all this, it was already midnight. All the neighbors in Shijia Hutong took their statements and went back home smiling while talking about what happened that day.

Zhao Chunyan and her colleagues started taking statements early, so they went home long ago.

"Director, the incident is too clear. More than 20 people saw it at the same time. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would be impossible for them to say it in such a similar way. No matter how you teach, it won't work," a young man said to Zhang Weihua.

"Has the guy inside confessed?" Zhang Weihua asked.

"He's so stubborn. Even with so many witnesses in front of him, he just refuses to admit it. He keeps saying that others framed him. He never thinks about what value he has that would make him worthy of being framed. He's just a scoundrel with no money and no job, and he has to rely on his wife for support." The young man laughed as he said this.

"I have to confess, let's use some tricks," Zhang Weihua said. In this era, with such witnesses, the result would be the same whether he confessed or not, but Zhang Weihua was a perfectionist and all the procedures had to be closed.

The whips in the interrogation room were waved, and there were corresponding slogans, "Will you tell me? Will you tell me?"

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you..." Ming Zhihe had suffered such torture before, and he couldn't bear it anymore after being beaten for just a few minutes.

But can you say what you want to say? Why didn't you say anything when we asked you? The police also have tempers, okay?

"Will you tell me or not? Will you tell me or not?" The whip continued to whip him.

"I said, I want to say it..., I raped her, I admit it," Ming Zhihe shouted loudly.

"Forget it, finish recording your statement quickly and go back to rest for a while. There have been so many things to do these days," another young man advised.

"Hurry up!" The guy who was beating the man stopped with the whip and the confession was recorded.

By the next day, all the evidence against Ming Zhihe for rape was complete, and he was directly sentenced to ten years in prison. Liu Lan took this opportunity to file for a divorce, which was immediately approved by the neighborhood office. Liu Lan and her two children also severed ties with Ming Zhihe, and the two children also changed their surname to Liu.

After leaving the street office, Liu Lan squatted on the ground and cried loudly, saying goodbye to her past self. Zhang Cuihua waited for her, but did not try to persuade her when she saw her crying. She thought that crying was the best way to let out the pent-up feelings in her heart.

"Sister Hua, thank you." Liu Lan, who had been crying for a long time, stood up and said to Zhang Cuihua who was standing aside.

"Don't call me sister, I can't bear it." Zhang Cuihua said with a smile, "Are you going back to work or home?"

"I'll go home and rest for a day. I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow," Liu Lan said to Zhang Cuihua.

"There's no need to have a meal, we're all family," Zhang Cuihua refused with a smile.

At this time, Li Huaide was answering a phone call from his cousin Wang Xiuqin.

"Sister, is there something wrong?" Li Huaide picked up the phone and recognized it was his cousin's voice.

"Li Huaide, you are really promising. Are you doing this to Xiaofang?" Wang Xiuqin scolded.

"Sister, what's going on?" Li Huaide really didn't know why he was being scolded.

"You are good at pretending to be crazy and stupid, and you have also learned to use tricks and schemes. Don't you know what you arranged Zhang Cuihua and others to do?" Wang Xiuqin continued to scold Li Huaide.

Li Huaide's brain was working rapidly. Did he arrange for Zhang Cuihua to work harder in the Women's Federation? Did someone go to the higher authorities to complain? This was aboveboard. What did it have to do with conspiracy?

"Li Huaide, don't play deaf and dumb. What's going on with Liu Lan? Why was her boyfriend sentenced to ten years in prison? You are capable. You are not a high-ranking official, but you have learned a lot of bad habits. I told you that Liu Lan is divorced, but I want to hear rumors. I will not forgive you." Wang Xiuqin hung up the phone angrily.

Li Huaide understood a little bit. It was Liu Lan's business, but why was Liu Lan's boyfriend sentenced to ten years? She was divorced, and what was her relationship with Zhang Cuihua? He just couldn't figure it out.

"Xiao Zhao, go downstairs and see if Zhang Cuihua is in the office. Ask her to come to my place," Li Huaide shouted outside.

A young man agreed and went downstairs quickly. Of course Zhang Cuihua was not there. She was standing at the door of the street office, watching Liu Lan crying.

When it was almost time for lunch, Zhang Cuihua returned to the office, sat down and drank a sip of water. Qian Ying told her that Deputy Director Li wanted to see her about something.

Zhang Cuihua did not dare to delay, put down the cup and went upstairs.