Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Hearing Ye Dapeng ask these three questions, a thought suddenly occurred to him: Could these four police officers have been brought by Sha Zhu?

He was the only one in the entire courtyard who could possibly report the problems with the house.

But even though he had already shown the rental agreement to Sha Zhu, why did he still report it?

Yi Zhonghai couldn't figure it out for a while.

There's no time to think about that right now; the first thing to do is to extricate myself from the situation.

My monthly salary is over 60. What will I do if something goes wrong?

He said blankly, "I know. Jia Dongxu told me that he had already made arrangements with Qian Datong, and Qian Datong would rent that house to him. Everyone in the courtyard knows about this."

“Yes, we all know that,” Liu Haizhong interjected.

“Jia Dongxu even showed me the rental contract,” Xu Wude said.

Others also spoke up to corroborate the story, showing the rental contract that Jia Dongxu had obtained.

Ye Dapeng said, "How can you be sure that the rental contract is genuine? We have already gone to the prison to question Qian Datong, and he claims that he did not rent the house to Jia Dongxu."

"What? How could this happen?"

"No way?"

"Could the rental contract that Jia Dongxu has be fake?"

Ye Dapeng said, "We don't know if it's true or not yet. Why don't you bring Jia Dongxu out of the house for a confrontation?"

In fact, when Ye Dapeng mentioned that he had consulted Qian Datong, many people already believed that Jia Dongxu had lied to them.

After all, the police officers wouldn't lie and frame Jia Dongxu in such a matter.

The neighbors gathered around and whispered amongst themselves, some of them already quietly backing away.

After nearly three years of contact, all the ordinary residents still have a great deal of trust in the police officers.

After all, things have come to this point. If we continue to surround the police officers and prevent them from arresting Jia Dongxu, it would feel like a mob causing trouble.

Ye Dapeng said, "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, we should take this woman's nonsense seriously and get her away quickly, or we should handcuff her and take her away too."

Today is Jia Dongxu's wedding day, and it would be unreasonable to take the groom away like this, so the enforcement today will be much more lenient.

After all, this is just a property dispute, not a heinous crime.

Yi Zhonghai was in a dilemma. He turned around and went to the door to persuade Granny Zhang, but Granny Zhang wouldn't listen because she knew in her heart that her son hadn't paid the rent at all and that the house had been forcibly occupied.

They shouted, "Can't we just not rent it anymore? We can just give the house back to him!"

In his view, it was just taking up his house for a few days; anyway, his daughter-in-law had already been married and they had obtained their marriage certificate.

She's just a country girl; she shouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

Now that the wedding ceremony has been completed and the couple has entered the bridal chamber, it's just time for the police to come and move all their belongings out of the house.

As for the son, he doesn't need to come out; I'll take care of that myself.

"Officer, please don't let my son out. I'll take charge and bring the things back right away."

Then he took the key off his belt and handed it to Xu Wude, who was standing next to him.

"Go open the door quickly and move everything out of the house. We're not renting this house anymore. We're returning it to that bastard Datong today."

Then he said to Ye Dapeng, "Is this alright, officer?"

Xu Fugui looked somewhat embarrassed, but he didn't say much and called a few young men to go to the front yard.

As the youngest of the three elders in charge of the courtyard, it was best for him not to get involved in the Jia family's affairs.

Yi Zhonghai also pleaded, "Comrade Ye, look, now that they've returned the house, shouldn't this matter end here?"

"After all, no one lives in Qian Datong's house normally. They only borrowed it temporarily for their wedding. It's not a big mistake, is it?"

"This matter has alarmed the leaders of the Military Control Commission, and it's not something I can decide on my own. You should ask Jia Dongxu to come out. If there's anything, you should talk about it at the police station."

"this..."

Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything more, Ye Dapeng was already getting impatient.

He waved his hand and said, "You've given them enough time. Go inside and take them away."

Chapter 86 Cuffed away

Granny Zhang was initially stunned, then plopped down in front of the door and started yelling, trying to stop the police officers from entering the house.

The two police officers who followed were carrying guns; they were already quite experienced in dealing with this kind of resistance to arrest.

The two men stepped forward, restrained Jia Zhangshi, and then carried her aside.

They went back inside, handcuffed Jia Dongxu, who was dressed as a groom, and then brought him out.

Jia Dongxu's face flushed red, then turned pale, then blue, then purple.

With a variety of colors taking turns on display, I felt like the ground would crack open so I could jump right in.

Today should have been the happiest day of my life; I finally married Qin Huairu, the woman I had my eye on.

He knew that night was approaching and they would be able to enter the bridal chamber, where his wife would warm his bed.

No sooner had he offered a toast than the police officers came in to arrest him.

When the cold handcuffs pressed against his wrists, Jia Dongxu knew his life was over.

He was arrested by the police on his wedding day, and it didn't take long; the news spread throughout Beijing in just two or three days.

The name Jia Dongxu has become extremely famous.

Suddenly, Jia Dongxu spotted Sha Zhu in the crowd, and a thought flashed through his dazed mind.

If we're talking about the person in the courtyard who's most likely to report you, it's Sha Zhu.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was correct; only a fool like Zhu would do such a thing.

He glared at Sha Zhu and said fiercely, "Did you report me?"

He Yuzhu was stunned: "Are you crazy? Didn't you say you had already made arrangements with Qian Datong?"

"Stop pretending. I knew it was you. Only a fool like you would do something so bad. You're a despicable person."

He Yuzhu retorted, "You forcibly occupied someone else's house. How are you any different from the bandits of the past? And you still have the nerve to talk about me like that?"

"You..." Jia Dongxu was so angry that he couldn't speak.

At this point, Granny Zhang also realized that her son was right; everything that happened today was the work of Sha Zhu.

He got up from the ground, ignoring the mud that covered his brand-new clothes, stretched out his arms, and charged at He Yuzhu with bared teeth and claws.

"You idiot Zhu, you'll die a horrible death! I knew you were the one who reported our Dongxu, you bastard! I'll beat you to death, you bad guy!"

Yi Zhonghai and Aunt Yi were the closest people and originally had a chance to stop the madwoman Zhang.

However, both of them had their own ulterior motives. They thought that if Granny Zhang scratched Sha Zhu's face, they could dig a few times and get some satisfaction out of it.

Neither of them stopped the angry old woman, Zhang.

"Be careful."

Tie Dan reminded He Yuzhu, but the others were too far away to stop him in time.

The neighbors in the courtyard were all just watching the show and had no intention of intervening. They didn't care because it was none of their business and didn't want to incur Zhang Pozi's wrath.

There were only a few steps between Granny Zhang and He Yuzhu, and everyone thought that He Yuzhu would be ambushed.

He Yuzhu reacted incredibly quickly. Before anyone could even see what was happening, He Yuzhu had already launched a flying kick. Zhang Pozi cried out in pain and was sent flying into the air. She then retreated at an even faster speed, crashing directly into Aunt Yi. The two of them ended up rolling on the ground like tumbleweeds.

Yi Zhonghai immediately jumped out and said, "Shazhu, how could you beat an old man for no reason? Do you even know what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young?"

He Yuzhu was so angry he laughed. He said, "Yi Zhonghai, are you blind? Didn't you see that it was Granny Zhang rushing over to hit me?"

"You're so blind."

Ignoring the fact that Sha Zhu called his name directly, Yi Zhonghai took two steps forward and shouted, "Sister Zhang is just being impatient. You could have just dodged him. Why did you kick him?"

He Yuzhu didn't reply, but took a step forward. The two were already very close when He Yuzhu suddenly reached out and slapped Yi Zhonghai across the face.

Yi Zhonghai didn't even have time to react to these amounts.

"Snapped."

After being slapped across the face, Yi Zhonghai instinctively covered his face and angrily said, "Why...why did you hit me?"

He Yuzhu said, "To use your own words, I was also caught in a fit of anger. When you're anxious, you lose your composure. You can just dodge it."

"But...but you slapped me?"

Yi Zhonghai was furious and wanted to beat up Sha Zhu, but he knew he was no match for Sha Zhu and would only be asking for trouble.

He Yuzhu said, "You said it yourself, just dodge it. Why didn't you dodge it?"

"You..." Yi Zhonghai didn't know what to say.

Ye Dapeng suppressed a laugh and tried to smooth things over, saying, "Alright, Master Yi, don't hold a grudge against a child."

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Jia Dongxu, who was handcuffed, and sighed. Now was not the time to argue with Sha Zhu; the priority was to find a way to exonerate Jia Dongxu.

Rubbing his aching cheek, Yi Zhonghai temporarily put aside his grievances and spoke a few words to Ye Dapeng, emphasizing that no major harm had been caused and that he would definitely return Qian Datong's house today, hoping to reduce Jia Dongxu's punishment.