Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

"I just wanted to stop him, who knew he would be so vicious... Now I can't even move. Please take me to the hospital first, otherwise this hand will really be ruined!"

Captain Xu snorted coldly and rebuked him mercilessly: "You dare call yourself a victim? People were kindly going to the police station to report the case and seek justice, and you, without saying a word, started hitting them first—who gave you the guts to be so lawless?"

He abruptly waved his hand, his tone resolute and leaving no room for negotiation: "Cuff him too!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu was terrified, his face streaked with snot and tears. He cried and begged, "Officer, please, have mercy! My hand is in so much pain..."

Meanwhile, the Jia family's mother and daughter-in-law hurriedly retreated into the house the moment the police stepped into the yard, and never dared to show their faces again.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but the police had already swiftly handcuffed his hands, not giving him a chance to say another word.

Captain Xu turned around and looked at the neighbors who were gathered at the door, peeking and looking around. He asked them about the ins and outs of the matter.

Seeing this tense atmosphere, no one dared to hide anything anymore, and they all recounted the events of that day in detail.

The neighbors' testimonies were completely consistent with Chen Wenqi's previous statements, without any discrepancies.

With witnesses and physical evidence readily available, the three stewards of the compound were immediately handcuffed and taken to an open space nearby.

"Wait!"

Just then, a strong, aged voice suddenly rang out. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw an older woman supporting a deaf old lady as they slowly walked out of the backyard, their bodies trembling.

The police officers turned around when they heard the noise, and when they saw that it was a deaf old woman, they couldn't help but frown—everyone had more or less heard about the old woman's status and influence in the community.

The deaf old woman spoke slowly, her voice calm yet carrying a hint of authority: "Officer, in the end, it was indeed Lao Yi and his group who acted inappropriately and did not consider things thoroughly enough."

She shifted her tone slightly, becoming more tactful: "But there might be some misunderstanding here. Could you, for the sake of this old woman, resolve this privately within our compound and not report it to higher authorities?"

As she spoke, her gaze slowly swept over Zhou Shuqin and Chen Wenqi, her eyes carrying a clear intention to reconcile them.

"Daughter-in-law Chen, and young Wenqi, it was indeed Old Yi and the others who were in the wrong today. I'll apologize to you on their behalf."

The deaf old woman spoke slowly to the mother and son, her tone gentle, yet still carrying an undeniable firmness.

She then gently advised, "After all, we see each other all the time, living in the same courtyard, and will run into each other every day from now on. Why don't we just let it go?"

"No!"

Before Zhou Shuqin could even reply, Chen Wenqi stepped forward and firmly refused.

The deaf old lady was clearly not expected him to be so ruthless; her face immediately darkened, and her eyes became stern.

She stared intently at Chen Wenqi, her tone carrying a hint of admonition: "Young man of the Chen family, you should always leave some room for maneuver in your dealings with others, so that you can meet again in the future."

She sighed softly and continued, "We live in the same courtyard, we see each other all the time, why make things so cruel?"

"Leaving room for maneuver?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wenqi let out a cold laugh, his gaze sharp as a knife, meeting the deaf old woman's eyes directly.

"When Yi Zhonghai forced us, a widow and her children, into a corner, did he show us even the slightest mercy or leave us any room to maneuver?"

"Ultimately, they just think we're easy to bully because we don't have a man in our family to back us up!"

He became increasingly agitated and indignant as he spoke, and his voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.

"On the other hand, their aggressive attitude is simply because they're jealous that our family is doing better than theirs, and they're envious that we gritted our teeth and bought those two brand-new bicycles!"

Chen Wenqi turned his head sharply and looked at the deaf old lady again, his tone resolute and unwavering.

"This isn't the first time Yi Zhonghai has caused trouble for our family. If we let him off easily this time, he'll only become more demanding and bully us even more severely next time!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and faced Captain Xu, speaking solemnly.

"Officer, we'd like to trouble you to handle this matter seriously and diligently in accordance with national regulations. We ask for nothing more than to get justice!"

In normal times, for such trivial neighborhood disputes, the police might not necessarily take such drastic measures as arresting people.

But right now is a critical period for the nationwide crackdown, and oppressing the families of martyrs is a key target for severe punishment. Yi Zhonghai and his group are deliberately going against the grain and committing crimes, which is simply courting death.

"take away!"

Captain Xu listened patiently to Chen Wenqi's account and, without the slightest hesitation, immediately waved his hand and gave the order.

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, and Sha Zhu were immediately swarmed and subdued by the police, who twisted their arms and dragged them out of the courtyard.

The deaf old woman stood there, watching this scene unfold, trembling with rage. A cold, sinister glint flashed in her eyes as she stared intently at Chen Wenqi's departing figure.

"You brat from the Chen family, just you wait! You'd better watch yourself from now on!"

After uttering this threatening remark, the deaf old woman, supported by an older woman, quickly left without looking back.

Chen Wenqi completely ignored the warning that contained murderous intent. He simply reached out and held his mother Zhou Shuqin's hand tightly. Then, he called to his younger siblings, and the group turned and walked towards their house.

Meanwhile, in the Jia family's house on the other side, Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were sitting on benches with trepidation.

The two women were filled with anxiety and fear: Jia Dongxu was still serving his sentence in prison, and if they, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were implicated in this matter, their already precarious family would truly collapse completely.

In the open space of the courtyard, the remaining neighbors gathered in twos and threes, whispering about the commotion that had just occurred, each with a different expression on their face.

Meanwhile, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui's home was in complete chaos, with women's sobs and men's complaints mingling together in a cacophony of noise.

An older woman helped the deaf old lady, whose face was full of anger, and quickly walked back to the house in the backyard. As soon as she closed the door, she couldn't help but cover her face and sob softly.

"Grandma, what are we going to do... I warned Lao Yi a long time ago not to provoke that Chen family mother and son, but he wouldn't listen. Now he's caused such a mess, how are we going to clean it up... Waaah..."

"Stop crying!" The deaf old woman suppressed her anger and ordered in a stern voice, "Go to the neighborhood office right now and find Director Wang. Tell him I sent you!"

She was secretly certain that, given her past relationship with Director Wang, he would definitely not stand idly by.

The atmosphere in the police station's interrogation room was so oppressive it was almost suffocating, making it difficult to even breathe.

"Officer, you must investigate this thoroughly! This whole affair was orchestrated and orchestrated by that old bastard Yi Zhonghai from beginning to end!"

"Although I'm nominally the Third Uncle, all the affairs in the courtyard are decided by Yi Zhonghai alone. I have no say at all!"

"Officer, if you're going to arrest someone, you should arrest Yi Zhonghai. He's a wicked man, full of evil intentions!"

"After the men of the Chen family sacrificed their lives, he started eyeing their house. I was firmly against it at the time. If I hadn't stopped him, the mother and her children would have been kicked out and left to wander the streets!"

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong took turns pleading, vying to pin all the blame on Yi Zhonghai, fearing they would be implicated in the matter.

Sha Zhu, standing next to him, remained in his usual dazed and reckless state, shouting at the top of his lungs without a care in the world.

"That Chen kid lives a life of luxury, eating lavishly at home every day, but he never helps Sister Qin's family. How hard it is for Sister Qin to raise three children on her own!"

"Besides, they've already bought two bicycles. What's wrong with letting the neighbors in the compound take turns using them?"

Yi Zhonghai, however, refused to give up and kept trying to justify himself, stubbornly refusing to admit the despicable things he had done.

"Officer, I really had absolutely no intention of taking the Chen family's bicycle!"

"I just meant well by suggesting that they donate their bicycles so that more neighbors in need could benefit!"

"Our courtyard house has always been known far and wide as a model of civility, emphasizing the principles of mutual help, friendship, and harmony among neighbors!"

"Yi Zhonghai, have you no shame?!" A young police officer, enraged by these blatant lies, shouted, "Why should you be the one to dictate who gets to use what other people worked so hard to buy?"

"Why don't you take all the money out of your pocket and share it with your neighbors in the compound? How can you say such a heartless thing?"

"You've always been eyeing people's houses, and now you're plotting to steal their bicycles. At this rate, what are you planning to steal next?"

The police officers in the interrogation room couldn't help but laugh in anger after hearing Yi Zhonghai's shameless remarks. They never imagined that there could be such an unreasonable person in the world.