Chapter 421: Chapter 418: Five Hundred Yuan
Hearing from his mom that his dad had been drinking, Zhang Hao wasn’t surprised at all, given that today was a day of great joy.
They had traveled from far off to celebrate, and if they hadn’t had a single drop of alcohol, it would have seemed a bit unreasonable.
However, Zhang Hao knew very well that when his dad had too much to drink, he’d just lie down and sleep.
He never did anything inappropriate when drunk, so it wasn’t unforgivable for him to drive them back home.
At least driving was much more bearable than staying there any longer.
If they didn’t leave soon, Zhang Hao really felt that they would be in danger.
Perhaps agreeing to let He Qianhui be a bridesmaid had been a mistake from the start.
The village where the groom was from might have people who were rough but straightforward.
This wasn’t the first time Zhang Hao had felt a gaze, a malicious gaze fleeting across him.
After another thirty or forty minutes, Zhang Hao helped his father up, while He Qianhui assisted her aunt, and the four of them walked towards the car.
Having just settled the two elders, He Qianhui hurriedly got into the car.
Suddenly remembering she had forgotten her phone charger, she rushed back out in a hurry.
Seeing this, Zhang Hao promptly asked, "Where are you going?"
"I forgot to take my charger, I’ll go get it, wait for me," said He Qianhui.
It was such a trivial matter, He Qianhui felt there was no need for Zhang Hao to make an extra trip.
It was just as well for him to start the car and wait for her here, there was no difference.
Zhang Hao was ready to get out of the car and help her, but He Qianhui insisted on going herself.
This made Zhang Hao a bit worried, but on second thought, there were still so many people in the yard eating.
There wouldn’t be anyone foolish enough to choose this moment to cause trouble, would there?
That’s what Zhang Hao thought, so he didn’t worry too much.
He Qianhui ran all the way back to the yard.
She didn’t have time to pay attention to the villagers who were still eating.
She went straight to a small room and saw her phone charger there.
Just as she unplugged the charger and started to wrap up the cable,
Suddenly, a pair of dark arms wrapped around He Qianhui’s waist.
"Ah, I finally got to hold a girl from the big city. She smells so much better than our country lasses."
He Qianhui hadn’t expected such an encounter and was scared out of her wits, screaming nonstop.
"Who is it? Who is it? Let go of me, let go of me!"
He Qianhui struggled frantically and finally managed to break free from the man’s embrace.
Turning around, she saw it was a man in his forties or fifties.
He Qianhui, in her panic and nervousness, breathed so heavily that her chest heaved prominently, making the shapes there all the more apparent.
"Now I’ve got a story to tell, living for half my life, and I’ve held a city girl, I haven’t lived in vain."
Upon hearing this, He Qianhui raised her hand and slapped the man.
"Keep your mouth clean."
After getting slapped, the man held his face, looking at He Qianhui in disbelief.
"You dared to hit me, you stinking wench! I hugged you because I liked you; can’t you see that?"
He Qianhui angrily said, "What does your liking me have to do with me? I just wanted you to know, to keep your mouth clean."
"And to behave with more respect, I’m not one of the foolish girls you usually come across."
Hearing this, the man’s interest piqued again: "Is that so? But now, there’s only you and me here."
"Look at the clothes you’re wearing. You tell me, dressed like this, if I tell others you seduced me, who do you think they’ll believe?"
The man said as he stepped closer and closer to He Qianhui, and He Qianhui backed away step by step.
She was also looking for an opportunity to escape the place.
Suddenly, someone wrapped their arms around her waist, which startled He Qianhui. She quickly glanced sideways and realized it was Zhang Hao.
Just as He Qianhui was surprised why Zhang Hao would suddenly appear,
she heard the man scream in pain.
It wouldn’t take more than ten minutes to get a charger, but He Qianhui had been there for a full twenty minutes and still hadn’t returned.
Zhang Hao knew something must have gone wrong.
If it had been women from the village stopping her to chat, it wouldn’t have been anything serious.
But if it had been men stopping her to ask questions, that would be a bad sign.
Bracing for the worst, he had come looking for her, and indeed he had inadvertently walked right into the situation.
"You old fool, what kind of nonsense are you spouting? Don’t you have children? Don’t you have a daughter?"
"Today I’m going to teach you a lesson, to show you there are some things you shouldn’t say and shouldn’t do."
Fists rained down on the man like droplets, Zhang Hao was hitting with all his might.
However, he was precise about where his hands landed; after all, being medically trained, he knew exactly where to hit to cause pain without endangering vital parts.
The man’s screams of agony finally drew other people’s attention, and someone immediately burst in and pulled the two men apart.
"What’s going on? What’s happening? Why are you fighting on such a joyous occasion?"
Zhang Hao, a young man full of strength, was much stronger than that old wretch.
"You ask him what he did, what he said, thinking I wasn’t around, he dared to harass my girlfriend."
That old thing was clutching his face and rubbing his chest, sitting on the ground and groaning as if he was close to death.
"You keep yelling, keep yelling, believe it or not, I’ll send you straight to the hospital."
Actually, living in the same village, everyone knew each other’s temperaments.
At this critical moment, immediately someone stepped forward to mediate.
"Old Wang, really, on such a day of celebration, how can you not control yourself? They’re from the city after all."
"We all turn a blind eye when you bully young girls from the village on ordinary days because you never did anything too out of line."
"But this time, you’ve really gone too far, and you deserve the beating you’ve received."
Old Wang looked up at the person who was speaking with furrowed brows.
"Look at this woman, showing off her arms and legs, what kind of decent girl dresses like that?"
"When I worked outside the village, I saw women dressing like her, and they were all for sale, I paid five hundred yuan myself."
"That woman was all over me, hugging and kissing, so what’s wrong with me holding her? If not, later I can go to where she works and just pay for it."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao couldn’t control his rage any longer and struck the old man with two more punches.
Even He Qianhui was finding it hard to bear; although she knew she was beautiful with a good figure,
being mistaken for someone in that kind of business would be unbearable for anyone.
She too went up and gave two fierce kicks to the old thing.
As a result, the old thing clutched his belly and rolled on the ground in agony.
"Today, if I don’t send you to the station, I can be considered kind, but today, I don’t want to be kind."
Ten minutes later, a police car stopped at the entrance of the yard, and two officers got out of the car.
