Long reprint: The Road to Love Exchange Chapter 48

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Chapter Forty-Eight.
I was stunned. In the past, my wife wouldn't have been so indifferent to this kind of thing, even if she didn't threaten suicide. It seemed that her recent experiences had made her much more detached from such matters.

"From now on, if anyone asks you to be their bridesmaid again, I'll kill them first!"

"You know what? I was so brave just now. Those two girls were almost stripped naked, and I yelled and charged at me!"

"And then you got stripped naked." I glared at her.

Our luggage was all left at my aunt's house, and we didn't have any change of clothes in the car.

At this moment, my mother arrived. When she saw her daughter-in-law lying on the back seat of the car, covered in a bed sheet and with disheveled hair, looking like she had just been raped, she panicked. "What happened? What happened? I was only gone for a little while and this happened. Xinyue, are you alright?!" She was almost crying as she spoke.

My wife shook her head. "Mom, I'm fine."

"Mom, I'll take her back first. Want to come with me?"

My mother put on a fierce expression. "You take Xinyue back first. I'm not leaving. I want the Lu family and the Fan family to give my daughter-in-law justice." With that, she strode back.

At this moment, I heard the arguing and cursing in the yard spreading to the front house. Someone was shouting, "This marriage is off! What a load of rubbish! If Xinyue married into your family, wouldn't she be ruined by your bunch of thuggish relatives!"

I didn't want to hear anymore, so I drove my wife back to the Lu family home.

"Honey, Dagang isn't actually a bad person. He's the one who snatched me away, and he's the one who found the bedsheets. He didn't take advantage of me."

I then realized that the disheveled woman Dagang had carried out was my wife.

"I still maintain the same thing: keep your distance from this person. I really don't like him."

"Oh," my wife replied obediently.

Back at the Lu family home, I helped my wife take a bath and change her clothes. She was much calmer by then, though still a little shaken. After all, the trembling she felt when I carried her wasn't an act. Her subsequent attempts to sound relaxed were just to reassure me. I held her and patted her like I would a daughter until she fell asleep.

"Hey, Little Fatty!" I heard someone call me as soon as I stepped out of the room. I turned around and saw Da Gang walking in from outside the courtyard gate.

"Oh, Da Gang," I replied.

Da Gang walked to my side, glanced at our room, and asked, "Is your wife alright?"

I was about to casually say that she was fine, but I held back.

"Hmph, what woman wouldn't be upset after something like this?"

"Yes, yes, yes, the Fan family is awful. They have to pay the price. The two families started arguing after you left, and Xin Yue's two cousins' parents even came. Wow, it was quite a scene! We're calling everyone to the Fan family tomorrow morning to discuss how to handle this."

"What else can we do? Call the police!" Judging from Da Gang's tone, the two families were ready to sit down and talk, which meant a private settlement. Why should they decide how to handle things for my wife who was hurt?

"Little Fatty, don't be so hasty. This isn't your city. Some things are simple in some ways, but not so simple in others. Just listen to me, let's see how things go tomorrow."

I suppressed my anger. "By the way, Da Gang, um, thank you for earlier."

I still didn't have a good impression of him because of the trauma from my childhood, and because of the attitude towards prostitutes he showed me yesterday. But at least for this matter today, I should express my gratitude.

"Hey, we're all family, no need for thanks, hehe. But speaking of which, you're pretty impressive now, aren't you? You took him down so easily, I didn't know your gentle hands were so ruthless, haha." Da Gang said, patting my shoulder.

I smiled faintly and said, "A man's gotta be a man. I believe you'd go crazy protecting Dan Hong if she were bullied, right?"

Da Gang was a little embarrassed, coughed, and said, "Alright, go keep your wife company, I'm leaving now."

He then walked out of the courtyard.

I nodded when he left and turned to do my own thing, but I didn't see Da Gang also glancing towards the side room, his eyes clearly flashing with a complex yet strange look.

The planned banquet the next day was canceled at the last minute and replaced with a mediation meeting. We were gathered at the groom's house for the aftermath mediation, and I appeared as the representative of the aggrieved party.

Because the Lu and Fan families, who were engaged in marriage, belonged to different villages, the mediators were village officials from both villages. The village secretary of the Lu family's village was surnamed Lu and was related to the aunt's family, so it was inconvenient for him to take the lead himself. He sent a subordinate cadre in charge of village justice to mediate. The village secretary of the Fan family's village directly represented them.

This matter could be considered a big deal or a small one. In rural areas, trouble caused by wedding pranks is not a big deal. Many disputes arise from this every year, but almost none of them end up in court. The only exception is said to have occurred four or five years ago in a neighboring village. The victim that time was not the bride or bridesmaid, but the groom. A group of the groom's classmates and friends smeared the groom's entire body with paint, making him look like he was covered in colorful paint. After the pranks were over, the bride insisted on cleaning the paint off the groom.

It turned out that gasoline and turpentine were used for the cleanup. A few people were playfully knocking over candlesticks in the room, resulting in the groom suffering deep burns all over his body, covering more than 90% of his body. Initial treatment cost over 100,000 yuan, followed by hundreds of thousands more to help him through the infection period. A long skin grafting process is also needed, and the total cost will undoubtedly exceed one million yuan.

The groom's family had no choice but to sue everyone who participated in the wedding festivities that night. The court ultimately ruled that all guests who entered the bridal chamber that night were liable for compensation. The fact that

village officials from both villages attended the mediation meeting was already considered a high level of importance, largely because one of the victims was not a local resident. They were afraid we would escalate the situation, so a major part of today's mediation agenda was to appease me.

The two main perpetrators I beat up yesterday did not appear, probably because they were afraid I would lose control and affect the mediation's effectiveness.

The groom's family spoke first, indicating that although there had been some unpleasantness, they still hoped the wedding of the two children would proceed, as the bride was innocent. The bride, Lu Xinyue, was constantly sobbing, while the groom, Fan Chuanxin, stood there dumbfounded, not trying to comfort his new wife, just staring blankly. I shook my head at the sight.

The bride's family's stance was quite firm from the start, demanding 30,000 yuan in compensation for each of the three bridesmaids, to be paid upfront by the groom, who would then pursue the perpetrators for reimbursement. This had actually been agreed upon by the intermediary beforehand. To avoid further trouble and prevent affecting his son's wedding, the groom's family accepted the entire 90,000 yuan compensation offer without any negotiation.

Frankly, I didn't want to settle privately, but my cousin, the bride's father, told me that if I called the police, I would be held responsible for assault. If the two bastards I assaulted happened to be injured, in the worst-case scenario, I could face criminal charges, which would affect my future career. Moreover, being a local, I had some connections with the local police, and the outcome might ultimately be unfavorable for us.

Actually, I wouldn't hesitate to kill someone to protect my wife. But after I've fulfilled my responsibility, I'll accept the punishment I deserve. However, my wife and mother will be plunged into endless sorrow. Isn't that a punishment for them, who have done nothing wrong? Thinking about all the trouble that will follow, I gritted my teeth and endured it.

Seeing that I had no objections, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. But just then, a plump woman in her thirties or forties jumped out, pointed at me, and cursed, "What about the fact that he injured my brother? They got the money, but what about us? I want him to pay for medical expenses, or I'll call the police."

These ungrateful words made the two village officials who were acting as intermediaries turn green with anger. I was furious when I heard this, and before the village officials could speak, I slammed the teacups on the table, knocking them over. "You want to call the police? Fine, I'm afraid you'll call the police! I'm afraid you won't! I beat up that bastard, you go ahead and call the police now. At most, I'll be detained for a few days and pay a few thousand yuan in compensation, but you bunch of bastards who molested women will be in for three to seven years, none of you will escape!"

The two village officials' faces turned pale again. Wasn't this exactly what they were worried about? If I overturned the table now and caused a huge scene, they would suffer as well.

The village secretary of Fanjiacun slammed his fist on the table, his voice no less forceful than mine, and pointed at the fat woman, yelling, "What the hell are you spouting, you girl from the Hu family?! They're only spared your brother's life because they were being kind. We're here to resolve this, not to argue. If you don't want that bastard to go to jail, you'd better sit down!"

The village secretary's words indirectly confirmed that what I said wasn't just a threat. I was persuaded by the Lu family members beside me, and they practically pulled me down to sit. The fat woman seemed frightened by my words, and after being reprimanded by her own village secretary, she understood the situation and, under the persuasion of others, also sat down.

The core issue of this conflict was thus resolved. We would leave tomorrow with 30,000 yuan, and that matter would be dropped. Then, both sides began a tug-of-war of bargaining over other things, including whether the groom's dowry and bride's betrothal gifts would change because of this, and whether the banquet should still be held, etc.—none of which concerned me.

I looked at the people present with disgust. In their eyes, everything was commodifiable. I had no desire to listen anymore and left the Fan family without a word.

I came with the Lu family in a large vehicle today, so I didn't drive. Fortunately, the two families were only two or three kilometers apart as the crow flies, and it would only take about half an hour to walk there. With my mother accompanying my wife at the Lu family's house, I wasn't worried. I walked while lost in my own thoughts.

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