Chapter 052: She’s Also Very Capable!

Chapter 052: She's Also Very Capable!

"What did you say?"

The man was slightly taken aback, looking at the pale and frail woman in front of him, thinking he had misheard.

Is this woman challenging me?

Fan Qingyi calmly repeated her words.

The man chuckled coldly.

"Mom, tell him that if it doesn't work, we'll go to the military base and find his superior. Let's see if he's afraid then!"

Fan Qingyi paused, pursed her lips, and looked up at the man. "Or I can go to the military base myself and ask your superior why you're falsely accusing someone, breaking the heart of a soldier who serves the country and its people."

"Everyone knows that false accusations can ruin a person's life. If these words get out, how will my husband continue in the military? How can I live in this village?"

"Nonsense! If he didn't do anything, why would he be afraid of what others say? I think the two of you are just guilty!" The man sneered.

Fan Qingyi lowered her eyes. "Then there's nothing more to say."

"A Li, Zhuzhu, come here."

She waved her hand, calling her twin daughters over and whispered something in their ears.

Li Liuli bit her lip. "Mom, what about you and my sister?"

"I'll stay here with your sister."

Fan Qingyi nodded slightly at her daughters. "They have no evidence; they're just trying to harm your father. They must retract those words, or your father will have no future. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Li Liuli wiped away her tears hastily and pulled Li Zhenzhu, who was full of tears, toward the door.

The third man standing guard at the door tried to stop them, but Li Liuli jumped and bit his arm.

Li Zhenzhu burst through the door like a cannonball and ran outside.

By the time the man shook off Li Liuli in pain and tried to chase after them, they were already gone.

The man's face turned livid as he glared at Fan Qingyi. "I underestimated you! They say birds of a feather flock together, and you and Li Wenfeng are indeed cut from the same cloth."

Both equally troublesome!

Fan Qingyi smiled at him. "Do you want me to shout to everyone outside that you're trying to kill us because you couldn't force a confession? Or should I yell that you have ulterior motives and are trying to molest me?"

The man's eyes widened in disbelief, then he burst into mocking laughter. "You're just as shameless as your husband."

"You're the one being shameless today. I'm only responding out of necessity," Fan Qingyi corrected him calmly.

The man sneered. "Do you really think we need to hear your confession? Coming here was enough."

The implications in his words sent chills down Fan Qingyi's spine.

"You!"

"Leave!"

The man waved his hand, and the other two men turned to leave.

"Mom, don't let them go!"

Li Liuli reacted faster than Fan Qingyi, grabbing the lead man's leg. The other two men walked out, turned back, and tried to pry Li Liuli off.

Suddenly, loud voices erupted outside.

The man's face turned cold, and he raised his foot to kick Li Liuli. Fan Qingyi shouted, "You dare!"

Her voice cracked, and the man's foot froze mid-air. As he tried to kick again, people rushed into the courtyard.

"Retract those slanderous words against my husband, or you won't step out of this door alive..."

Fan Qingyi clenched her teeth, her mind racing for a way to make the man reconsider harming Wenfeng.

"...either I'll crash into the wall and commit suicide, or I'll tear my clothes and pretend to be humiliated by you and end my life!"

She couldn't afford to be complacent about Wenfeng's reputation.

"If your superior knew what you did in Shanhe Village, would he protect you despite his own reputation, or... abandon you to save himself?!"

Fan Qingyi's body tensed, her expression fierce. "Think about it in three seconds. If you can't, I'll choose for you. One!"

The two men who had left tried to come back in, but Fan Qingyi shouted, "If they come in, I'll tear now."

"Don't come in!" the man growled.

"Two!"

The man glared at Fan Qingyi, his face turning green with anger, his lips trembling.

He sneered viciously.

"Fine, fine! You're playing this game with me, huh? You truly are a perfect match for Li Wenfeng!"

"Three!"

Fan Qingyi knelt on the bed, grabbing her blouse and about to tear it.

"Stop!"

The man saw her determined expression and felt a sharp tremor in his heart.

This woman!

This woman is crazy!

Doesn't she care about her reputation?

If he falls, she will be disgraced too.

Their gazes locked, neither yielding an inch.

Cold sweat began to bead on the man's forehead. The people who had entered the courtyard had already seen him; two more steps and they would see Fan Qingyi.

He closed his eyes and reluctantly looked away, "I concede."

"Mama."

Li Liuli got up from the ground and rushed over to cover Fan Qingyi with a blanket.

Just as she finished covering her, Aunt Song burst in first.

"Wenfeng's wife, are you alright?"

Fan Qingyi shook her head, but her eyes never left the man.

That gaze was like that of prey being stared down by a hawk, filled with ferocity.

The man's heart trembled, but he showed no sign of it, only saying calmly, "Li Wenfeng's wife, we're just here to inquire about who Comrade Feng met and what he said that day. It's routine questioning; there's no need for you to be so nervous."

Fan Qingyi nodded.

"I've told you everything I know. My husband received a mission, and Comrade Feng and Commander Xu came to escort him. They went to town together, saying they were going on a mission. As for when Comrade Feng got out of the car, why he appeared at the train station, and how he was killed, we have no idea."

She spoke in one breath, each sentence hitting the key points, and her logic was flawless. This surprised Aunt Song, who knew her temperament, causing her to give her a few extra glances.

The man nodded, turned to leave, but Fan Qingyi stopped him, "Did you forget to say something?"

The man, "...I apologize for my earlier attitude; I scared you."

"I retract what I said before. Li Wenfeng is indeed a rare talent."

Fan Qingyi smiled and reminded him, "The notebook."

The man called over the person taking notes, took the notebook, and tossed it onto the bed. Fan Qingyi reached out to retrieve it, glanced at its contents, and then nodded at the man.

The man held back his anger and strode away.

The other two exchanged a glance and quickly followed.

Outside the Li family courtyard, the three of them noticed that more people were still heading towards the Li family.

"Isn't Li Wenfeng just a village thug? How could a kid gather so many people?"

"Probably because villagers are wary of outsiders."

After a few complaints, they asked the leader, "Commander Zhang, since we didn't get the testimony from Li Wenfeng's family, what do we do now?"

What to do, he wondered himself!

In the Li family courtyard, after confirming that the three had left the village, Fan Qingyi collapsed on the bed, exhausted.

Her palms were bloody, and Aunt Song exclaimed, flipping her hand over, "Child, why did you pinch your palm again? So much blood..."

It didn't hurt before, but now it was piercingly painful.

Fan Qingyi smiled at her.

"Who were those three people? Zhuzhu didn't explain clearly. I sent my grandson to call people from the fields, and he gathered some along the way. You seemed to be arguing earlier. Weren't they supposed to take you to the military base?"

Fan Qingyi shook her head, "Auntie, Comrade Feng was murdered. They said Brother Wenfeng and Commander Xu are missing..."