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nHer gaze flickered to him, she shot him a reassuring glance before turning to Zhu Qian. ” Brother Zhu, Chi is alone at home can you take care of him while I deal with things that are going on here.”

nZhu Qian nodded as he walked out of the house before Yu Dong turned to look at the Village head Gu and the Village head of Ke Lixin’s village along with his parents with ease and a sort of self-assurance as if she was all set to take charge in the battle. She was so confident to take on the challenges in front of her that Xiao Hua sometimes felt like she was used to fighting battles, there was this air about her that made her more assertive than others.

nPlacing her hand on his shoulder, she patted and asked with concern as she raked her eyes over his body carefully to see if he was hurt by the village elders given what happened to Fang Chi the last time she was gone, her worries weren’t unfounded. ” Did anyone make things difficult for you?”

nWith Yu Dong backing him up, the village head, the elders and everyone else was the least bit of his concerned, he turned to look at Ke Lixin’s parents and tipped his chin at them. ” They said they want to sue me and send me to Yamne for killing their son.” He leaned against Yu Dong and tried to take as much strength as he could. ” I told them that I didn’t kill them but they don’t want to listen to a thing that I have to say.”

nShe turned to look at Ke Lixin’s parents sharply causing them to retreat closely before taking a step back.

nA snort escaped her lips before she turned to look at village head Gu who shifted uncomfortably under Yu Dong’s gaze. ” Did anyone see bring a dead body to the village?”

n” No, If Xiao Hua——-“

n”Xiao Hua didn’t bring an unrelated mer to him to his house and had him killed, what are you talking about? And let us say even if he somehow dragged a mer here why was it that no one saw anything? Our village is pretty active, there is no way that someone dragged a mer as big as the one that I just saw being dragged and not a single person saw it.”

nVillage head Gu cleared her throat and then looked at Yu Dong with a slight smile. “The mer wasn’t completely unrelated to Xiao Hua.”

n” What do you mean?”

n” You should ask Xiao Hua about it.”

nXiao Hua felt her go perfectly still before she turned to look at him with a frown as she slowly asked, ” What is she saying?”

n” That mer came to me a few days ago,” sighing Xiao Hua decided to tell the truth to Yu Dong, he didn’t want to let her know about it since she was already having a hard time with Fang Chi’s advancing pregnancy. ” He said something about staying away from my lover and that I didn’t deserve her——”

n” And then he beat my son up!” shouted Daddy Ke interrupting Xiao Hua who rolled his eyes. ” I was going to tell her that but I don’t think knocking someone out because they were irritating the heck out of you means beating someone up.”

nVillage head Gu licked her lips and gave a haughty sniff. ” You see that mer wasn’t completely unrelated to Xiao Hua and that’s why we have a very good reason to——”

n” And what about the pervert that has been bothering Xiao Hua for so long?” snapped Yu Dong causing everyone to look at village head Gu who flushed red. ” You haven’t even looked into that angle, have you? You just found a dead body and looked for the easiest option to bully and then brought these people here to take advantage of the opportunity making it look like you are doing something. You are the village head, you are supposed to protect the villagers instead of saving your hide!”

nImmediately, Village head Gu bristled. ” Are you trying to insinuate that I don’t care about my villagers? I care about the village just like my family.”

n”Yeah, you only care about them until or unless they are of some benefit to you, I can see how good you treat the villagers all right?” Yu Dong angrily snapped back. ” The mers are of no benefit to you that’s why you have been turning a blind eye to everything that they want! Or about the troubles that they are facing! I told you a month ago that Xiao Hua was being targeted by a pervert but you didn’t care for the sake of not tarnishing your reputation you let the matter go. The mers told you about the gifts that the pervert was sending him but you turned a blind eye to that as well saying that this was what they deserved. Is that how a village head is supposed to act? Mers or not, every villager is your responsibility, you can’t just turn a blind eye to their troubles!”

n” I didn’t see that there was something to be concerned about! They are mers they should be used to such things!”

n” Oh yeah, why not I start sending perverted gifts like these to your son? And let the fun unravel?”

nHorrified, Village head Gu raised her chin. ” Don’t you dare—-“

n” Why? Only your son has the right to take care of his reputation and everyone else are weeds in the wildland?” snarled Yu Dong. ” Xiao Hua was bullied but he should keep his mouth shut and tackle the situation on his own but your son cannot be subjected to the same treatment? Why is he not a mer or is he something special?”

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