Sold into a ghost marriage? Four-year-old and his thuggish father go on a killing spree.

The next morning, as soon as the promotion station opened, trouble began.

A deafening wail came from the doorway, instantly attracting the attention of half the village.

"Ouch! My back! It's going to break!"

"That damned Gu Yanqiu! Someone tripped on the steps in front of your house! How am I, this old woman, supposed to live the rest of my life?!"

There, I saw my aunt, Sun Xiufen, lying sprawled out at the entrance of the promotion station, her hands clutching her waist, her face contorted in pain, rolling around on the ground, her voice shrill and mournful.

Gu Yanqiu ran out upon hearing the noise, and upon seeing this scene, his brows instantly furrowed into a knot.

Touch porcelain!

Moreover, it was such a blatant and utterly unskilled attempt at staged accidents!

He just rejected Gu Yanchun yesterday, and today Sun Xiufen put on this show. It's obvious she's here to extort money!

The villagers gathered in a circle, pointing and whispering among themselves.

"What happened? Why did Sun Xiufen fall down at the entrance of the promotion station?"

"I heard he tripped on the steps; it looks like he fell pretty hard."

"Yanqiu is in big trouble now..."

Gu Yanqiu stepped forward, suppressing his anger, and asked in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

"What happened to me?" Sun Xiufen cried even louder when she saw him, pointing to her waist and sobbing uncontrollably, "I just wanted to say a few words to you, but who knew your threshold was so high and the steps weren't even level? I tripped over it! My back... it must be broken! Gu Yanqiu, you have to take responsibility! You have to pay my medical bills!"

"How much do you want?" Gu Yanqiu asked coldly.

Sun Xiufen rolled her eyes and held out a hand.

"Fifty dollars! If it's a penny less, I'm lying here and refusing to leave!"

"hiss--"

A collective gasp rippled through the crowd.

Fifty dollars!

These days, a strong laborer can only earn this many work points after working hard all year!

This isn't just paying medical expenses, this is outright robbery!

Gu Yanqiu was so angry that she trembled all over.

He knew it was extortion, but the other party was, after all, his sister-in-law. Lying like that in front of a government office would have a terrible impact.

If he really doesn't care, it will get out that Gu Yanqiu is heartless and refuses to help someone in distress.

But if we give them this money, their house will become an ATM, and these scoundrels will become even more brazen, and we'll never have a peaceful day again!

Suddenly, he was forced into a dilemma.

Just then, a small figure squeezed out from behind him.

Gu Niannian walked to Sun Xiufen's side and squatted down.

She didn't help her up, nor did she say anything. She just stared at Sun Xiufen, who was rolling on the ground, with her big, clear eyes.

Sun Xiufen felt a little uneasy under her gaze, but she still had to play her part, so she howled even more enthusiastically.

"You little rascal... Little Niannian, please tell your dad to save your aunt! She's in so much pain!"

Gu Niannian watched for a while, then suddenly stood up, her clear voice resounding throughout the room:

"Aunt, please don't cry."

"I'm asking you, you said you tripped on the steps to the left of the door, right?"

Sun Xiufen was taken aback, then nodded subconsciously: "Yes...yes! It's that broken rock!"

"But," Gu Niannian pointed her little finger to where Sun Xiufen was lying, "after you fell, you were lying on the right side of the promotion station's main entrance, and I saw it very clearly just now, your right buttock and arm landed first."

She paused, her voice not loud, but every word was clearly audible to everyone present.

"Our physics teacher taught us that when a person trips over something, they will fall in the direction they were tripped due to inertia."

"You tripped on the left-hand step; you should have fallen to the left. How did you end up flying over the doorway, which is more than a meter wide, and landing on the right?"

The little girl tilted her head innocently, as if she were genuinely asking a profound scientific question.

"Unless... Aunt, you walked to the right side of the door by yourself, and then lay down facing right."

"I was just cleaning the windows inside the house, and I could see everything clearly from inside."

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

Then, with a "pfft," someone couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Immediately afterwards, laughter swept across the entire courtyard like a tidal wave!

"Haha! This girl has a point!"

"Yeah, if you tripped on the left, how did you end up on the right? Did it turn a corner?"

"A child prodigy is a child prodigy! That brain of his is incredible!"

Sun Xiufen's expression froze instantly.

The pain on her face instantly turned into panic, then into a flush of anger and embarrassment—a color shift more dramatic than a face-changing act on stage.

She never dreamed that her flawless performance would be exposed by a six-year-old girl with a few incomprehensible "physics" terms!

"You...you little bastard! You're talking nonsense!"

Feeling utterly ashamed and indignant, Sun Xiufen stopped pretending and scrambled to her feet, pointing at Gu Niannian's nose and launching into a tirade of abuse.

"You motherless bastard, how dare you talk nonsense about your aunt! I'll tear your mouth apart today!"

As she spoke, she lunged at Gu Niannian with her claws outstretched!

"stop!"

A thunderous roar exploded from outside the crowd!

Cheng Tiezhu, his face dark, strode in and witnessed the scene.

He grabbed Sun Xiufen's arm and, like lifting a chick, tossed her aside.

"Sun Xiufen!"

Cheng Tiezhu pointed at her nose, furious.

"You have the nerve to insult a six-year-old child! And then you hit them? Where's your sense of shame?!"

"And another thing! You threw a tantrum in public, came to the government's agricultural extension station to stage an accident, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to disrupt production, or do you want to be arrested and thrown in jail?"

"The 'extortion promotion station' is a government agency. Aren't you afraid of getting arrested?"

Upon hearing the words "public institution" and "squatting under the fence," Sun Xiufen shrank her neck in fright.

No matter how shameless she is, she knows what the consequences will be if she goes against the "public."

She looked around for help, only to find that all the villagers were looking at her with disdain and ridicule.

Those gazes were like red-hot needles, piercing her body until she was completely wounded.

She knew that she had completely embarrassed herself today.

Sun Xiufen couldn't stand it any longer. She glared fiercely at Gu Niannian, her eyes filled with such venom that it seemed she wanted to devour her alive.

Then, covering her face, amidst the laughter of the whole village, she tucked her tail between her legs and slunk away.

Watching Sun Xiufen's resentful back, Gu Niannian's small hands unconsciously clenched.

She knew that this public humiliation would only fuel the hatred of her uncle's family.

If their attempt to stage an accident fails, they'll only think they weren't ruthless enough or cruel enough.

What even more outrageous and unscrupulous methods will they use next time they strike?

Will this family ever have a day of peace?