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Unbeknownst to Sun Ergou and Ma Laizi, the pile of broken copper and scrap iron and the pile of empty wine bottles were smashed to pieces on the ground.

"Oh no! An ambush!"

The loud noise scared the two of them out of their wits. They were already feeling guilty and somewhat afraid of Guan Hongying, and this sudden noise made them jump up in fright.

However, Sun Ergou had only just turned around and hadn't run far when he seemed to have stepped on something again.

*Click!*

A crisp metallic clang rang out, and at the same time, a wail echoed through the sky.

"Aww—!! My dear maternal uncle's great-aunt!!!!"

Sun Ergou let out a bloodcurdling scream and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Then, clutching his right ankle, which was tightly gripped by the animal trap, he writhed wildly on the ground in pain!

Startled by the commotion, Ma Laizi soiled himself and scrambled towards the top of the wall.

In his panic, he tripped over another wire and fell flat on his face, plunging headfirst into a muddy puddle that hadn't quite dried yet!

With a loud bang, the door to the main house was kicked open.

Guan Hongying, wearing a coat, carrying a blazing torch in one hand and a gleaming pig-slaughtering knife in the other, charged out like a god of death.

Immediately afterwards, the doors of several rooms next door were also opened.

Daya rushed out, holding a wooden stick, Sanya a machete, and Siya, Liuya, and Qiya, each with a skinning knife.

Lin Chuan, on the other hand, smiled and carried a basin of ice-cold well water that had just been drawn from the well!

The family instantly surrounded the two thieves on the ground!

"Splash~"

Lin Chuan unceremoniously poured the basin of cold water directly onto their hands. It was already early winter, and the temperature at night was quite low.

In just a moment, the two of them began to shiver from the cold.

Lin Chuan squatted down, looking at Sun Ergou whose face was covered in snot and tears from the pain, and chuckled as he reached out to pat his face. "Sun Ergou, you didn't get enough of a beating during the day, so you're rushing to have some extra fun tonight, huh?"

"Misunderstanding... Young Master Lin, Sister Guan! It's really a misunderstanding!" Sun Ergou gasped in pain, staring at the gleaming butcher knife in Guan Hongying's hand, nearly wetting himself in fear. "I... I was sleepwalking! Yes! I sleepwalked here!"

"You sleepwalked into my house and started smashing bricks? Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!"

Guan Hongying narrowed her eyes and sneered, then stepped directly on Sun Ergou's chest, pressing the tip of her knife against his neck.

"Tell me! Who sent you? If you don't tell the truth, I'll castrate you like a pig today!"

Feeling the cold blade against his neck and seemingly smelling the blood, Sun Ergou's mental defenses crumbled instantly.

"I'll talk! I'll talk! It was Captain He! It was He Youcai who sent us!" Sun Ergou cried and betrayed He Youcai completely.

"He said that if we smashed your bricks, he'd give us full work points! Sister Guan, have mercy! It really wasn't my choice to come! I swear to God!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Laizi, who was standing to the side, nodded repeatedly with a pale face, and he didn't even dare to look up at Guan Hongying from beginning to end.

Upon hearing that He Youcai was behind it, the family's faces darkened.

"Well, Lin Chuan guessed right! The bet isn't even over yet, and he's already resorting to dirty tricks tonight!" Guan Siya gritted her teeth in anger!

Upon hearing this, Guan Daya became so angry that she was about to strike him with a stick.

"Big sister, don't get your hands dirty."

Lin Chuan stopped Guan Daya, and finally a sinister smile appeared on his lips.

"Xiao Chuan, what should we do with these two bastards? Should we take them to the commune police station?" Guan Hongying turned to look at Lin Chuan. Over the past few days, they had noticed that although Lin Chuan looked thin and weak, he was very intelligent.

"Sending them to the police station is too lenient on them, and besides, He Youcai definitely won't admit to anything!"

Lin Chuan stood up, looked at the two people on the ground, clapped his hands, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"What are we going to do?! We can't just do nothing, can we?" Guan Xiaoliu was furious and kicked one of them.

She grew up doing manual labor, so she's quite strong.

However, the two of them didn't even dare to raise their heads now. They gritted their teeth and endured it, not daring to utter a single word.

"Big sister, could you please get two of the thickest hemp ropes and hang them upside down from that old, crooked tree outside the yard? Hang them there all night!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoliu clapped his hands immediately, "This is good, this is good!"

Lin Chuan smiled, "Tomorrow at dawn, when the whole village goes to work, we'll beat drums and gongs and let everyone come and see these two brick thieves. By the way, we should also go to Broken Stone Ridge and prepare a big surprise for Captain He!"

Guan Sanya looked at Lin Chuan's shrewd, confident, and cunning demeanor, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.

This fair-skinned little brother seems to be... becoming more and more impressive.

The two men were initially terrified when they heard "police station," but then they breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when he heard that Lin Chuan was going to hang the two of them up all night, his face turned ashen.

It's so cold at night now, if I were really hung up all night, I'd be an ice pop tomorrow!

but……

Sun Ergou and Ma Laizi exchanged a glance; both of them were seasoned veterans.

It's just being tied up with ropes, isn't it?

Once they leave, the two of them will naturally find a way to untie the rope!

The cold wind howled, and the night was as cool as water.

On the old crooked tree outside the Guan family compound, Sun Ergou and Ma Laizi, like two pieces of dried bacon, were hanging upside down in mid-air by a thick hemp rope, swaying back and forth in the cold wind.

"Ouch... my ankle is about to break... I'm freezing to death."

Sun Ergou cried and screamed, his face covered in snot and tears, and the blood rushing to his face made it look like a purple eggplant!

Ma Laizi, standing next to him, didn't even have the strength to cry anymore; all he could do was whine and whimper.

The two of them had a sliver of hope, but Lin Chuan arranged for them to be far away, giving them no chance to even see each other.

They didn't even know what kind of knot the eldest daughter of the Guan family had tied, because for most of the day, the two of them couldn't budge the knot at all!

Helpless, the two could only spend the whole night in the cold winter in despair, filled with regret.

I should have known that the women of the Guan family and that little devil from the Lin family were so ruthless!

Even if you beat them to death, they wouldn't dare risk this for a few handfuls of cornmeal!

woo woo woo...

"Help! Help!"

Sun Ergou cried out in the dead of night, hoping that someone would find them in the middle of the night.