The police deliberately waited for him to finish before reacting and pulling him away.
Liu Hang’s face had been slapped and punched, swollen like a pig’s head. Furious, he shouted, “Sis, when is Lin Miaomiao coming over?”
His face hurt terribly, and one of his teeth had loosened, throbbing with pain at the slightest touch. But in front of so many people, he, a grown man, couldn’t bring himself to cry out in agony.
It infuriated him!
Liu Huihui, torn between pity for her brother and her own anger, snapped, “Dahai, what does your sister mean? Does she not want to come?”
Lin Hai’s expression darkened. “How should I know? It’s your fault for not keeping your brother in check!”
Liu Huihui was seething. “I already said my brother didn’t harass her. He just slept in her room, that’s all.”
At these words, Lin Hai’s face grew even more grim.
As dusk gradually fell, Lin Miaomiao finally appeared at the police station.
Catching her breath, she said, “Officer, I’m sorry. My son was frightened, so I took him home first to rest. I didn’t expect it would take so long.”
“No problem, no problem,” the officer replied understandingly.
“Miaomiao, I’m sorry you had to go through this,” Lin Hai said, his voice filled with shame.
Seeing the exhaustion on his face, Lin Miaomiao felt a pang of sadness, but she suppressed it and said, “Brother, I never expected he would dare to lay hands on me in broad daylight.”
“I don’t want to make things too ugly, especially since he’s your wife’s brother, but I really can’t live under the same roof with someone so dangerous.”
“I also hope the police can teach him a lesson so he doesn’t think women are easy to bully and goes on to harass other innocent women.”
The officer immediately said sternly, “He wouldn’t dare! He must be detained for re-education!”
Lin Miaomiao looked at him with admiration. “With your word, officer, I feel at ease.”
The young officer blushed with embarrassment at her praise, his sense of justice growing even stronger.
“What? Detain him? On what grounds? He didn’t even touch Lin Miaomiao!” Liu Huihui shrieked.
“Lin Miaomiao, you’re going too far. I know it was wrong to let my brother sleep in your room, but you can’t just have him thrown in jail. He’s a teacher! Do you want to ruin the rest of his life? How can you be so vicious?”
Lin Miaomiao fearfully hid behind the officer.
“Stop making a scene! If you keep shouting, I’ll charge you with obstructing official duties and detain you along with your brother!”
After reprimanding Liu Huihui, the officer turned to comfort Lin Miaomiao, speaking gently, “Comrade, don’t worry. With us police here, we will absolutely not let you face any threats!”
Lin Miaomiao shed tears of gratitude. “If it weren’t for you, I really wouldn’t know what to do.”
The sight of the beautiful woman in tears broke the young officer’s heart, and he glared at Liu Hang and Liu Huihui as if they were enemies.
Liu Huihui was so angry her nose twisted. That vixen!
Seeing his sister so helpless, too afraid to seek his help while being insulted by his wife and hiding behind the police, Lin Hai’s eyes reddened with shame.
Liu Hang was detained on the spot. Although he hadn’t actually committed any physical assault, sleeping in Lin Miaomiao’s bed and attempting to grab her in broad daylight had been witnessed by others. Even though he hadn’t touched her, this was a period of strict crackdowns—better to punish wrongly than to let anyone go.
Seeing her brother taken into custody, Liu Huihui truly broke down, tears and snot flying everywhere.
She never expected that Lin Miaomiao, who had always been obedient and easy to bully, would suddenly become so tough. Before, no matter what happened, as long as Lin Hai apologized, Lin Miaomiao would drop the matter.
As a result, Liu Huihui looked down on Lin Miaomiao and indulged her brother, never imagining she could be so terrifying when provoked.
Her brother had been sent here at her family’s request, yet on just the second day, he ended up in jail.
How was she going to explain this to her family?
The more Liu Huihui thought about it, the more frightened she became, until she suddenly passed out, collapsing in a dead faint.
Although Lin Hai was furious, his wife’s sudden collapse also scared him, and he hurriedly took her to the hospital.
Lin Miaomiao hadn’t expected Liu Huihui to be such a sore loser and found it rather ridiculous.
But she didn’t regret it. She had always been someone with clear boundaries.
This time, Liu Huihui had crossed her line.
There was no way she would back down.
She didn’t go to the hospital either—after all, it wasn’t life-threatening.
Seeing how late it was, the young officer offered to escort her home.
Just then, another officer ran over: “Defa, still working this late? Want to grab a drink?”
“No, no, I have to escort this young lady home!” Wang Defa said with a stern, upright expression.
Shen Bing was momentarily stunned when he saw Lin Miaomiao, thinking she looked familiar.
But he couldn’t quite remember where he had seen her before.
Lin Miaomiao glanced at him and suddenly shrank back in fear.
“What’s wrong, miss?” Wang Defa immediately asked, concerned.
Lin Miaomiao said, “He looks like that crazy guy with mental problems at our village entrance.”
Shen Bing: “?”
“He does look a bit fierce, but don’t worry, he’s actually a decent person. Since you’re scared, I’ll hurry and take you home. It’s too late to be out alone.”
With that, he led Lin Miaomiao away.
Shen Bing stared at Lin Miaomiao’s retreating figure for a moment before it suddenly clicked.
Damn!
It’s her!
Lin Miaomiao!
He paused, his face flushing red: “So she was actually insulting me just now!”
Shen Bing had gone to the countryside a few times to visit his friend Lu Yanzhou, though not often.
He had only seen Lin Miaomiao once or twice.
The second time he went, the Lu family had asked him to help persuade Lu Yanzhou to return to the city.
Back then, educated youth were returning to the city in large numbers. He went to deliver the good news, but Lu Yanzhou refused.
That was when he found out that Lu Yanzhou had secretly married the village chief’s daughter.
That alone was surprising enough, but he had seen the woman twice—she was indeed beautiful.
She was a decent match for him, except she was illiterate and came from a poor family.
Even if the Lu family didn’t approve, Lu Yanzhou had the means to bring her back to the city for a better life.
But the good news: his good friend was married.
The bad news: his good friend’s wife ran off with someone from the city…
Because of this, Lin Miaomiao, who had abandoned her husband and run away, left a deep impression on him.
After all, who was Lu Yanzhou? A prodigy famous in their residential compound since childhood, countless families vying to arrange a marriage with him, and as he grew up, the women who liked him could circle the residential compound several times over.
Yet he hadn’t taken a liking to any of them.
Then he went to the countryside and got picked by a country girl.
And he insisted on having her.
Shen Bing even wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.
He even asked Shen Bing to send over a pile of books, saying he wanted to teach her to read and write?
The guy who was never interested in anything actually went to such lengths.
Shen Bing was itching with curiosity, determined to meet the woman who had dragged his good friend down from his pedestal.
But by the time he rushed over, she was already gone.
All that remained was his friend, deceived in both body and heart.