Chapter 261 - Arrested
Chapter 261 – Arrested
Translator: Lonelytree
In the end, Zhang Xiaolan was taken away. The police also took the video, the evidence of Zhang Xiaolan’s crime. When Zhang Xiaolan was arrested, all the villagers, including Xiao Chengcai, were silent.
Zhang Xiaolan had committed a crime.
Although the village’s reputation was important, it was too dangerous to harbor a criminal. No one could guarantee that she wouldn’t repeat her crime.
When Zhang Xiaolan was taken away in handcuffs, she seemed to be on the verge of breaking down. She didn’t think the consequences would be so serious. She didn’t think she would be caught red-handed by Xiao Lingyu.
She cried. When she saw Zhang Chunjiao standing outside the door, she yelled at her, “Zhang Chunjiao, it’s all your fault. If you didn’t say those things, I wouldn’t have thought to set off the fire.”
When everyone heard this, they were stunned. This was related to Zhang Chunjiao?
Then, they got over the surprise. Zhang Xiaolan and Zhang Chunjiao were close. They were always up to no good. They sat around and gossiped about people every day. It was like the world had owed them or something.
Zhang Chunjiao probably instigated Zhang Xiaolan to start the fire. Zhang Xiaolan was an idiot. Everyone in the village knew that Zhang Chunjiao’s family and Xiao Zhengyang’s family were arch-enemies.
Ever since Xiao Zhengyang’s family rented the land to start farming, they would hire villagers to do odd jobs. However, they had never hired anyone from Zhang Chunjiao’s family.
Some villagers secretly said that Xiao Zhengyang’s family was too stingy. They were from the same village. They shouldn’t be so narrow-minded.
People were all like that. As long as the tragedy didn’t befall them, they would treat it with indifference. However, if they were in Xiao Zhengyang’s shoes, they would probably be more narrow-minded than Father Xiao.
However, no one dared to say anything openly. If they still wanted to benefit from the Xiao Family, it was best not to offend them.
Zhang Xiaolan’s end was the best example. Birds of a feather flock together. The group close to Zhang Chunjiao was similar in temperament. They were narrow-minded and vengeful.
Someone said, “Zhang Chunjiao, how could you instigate her to start the fire?”
“What are you talking about?” Zhang Chunjiao was so angry that she stomped her feet and shouted, “I did say a few words about the Xiao Family, but I didn’t tell her to start the fire! Did you see me force her to start the fire? Now that this has happened, you want to blame me? In your dreams!”
Afraid that Zhang Xiaolan would drag her down, Zhang Chunjiao quickly escaped the scene.
However, Zhang Chunjiao did not know that a sharp gaze had been following her.
Zhang Xiaolan watched as Zhang Chunjiao ran away. She was so angry that her gums were about to shatter.
However, in the end, she could only follow the police officers and get into the police car.
After Zhang Xiaolan was taken away, the atmosphere was still a little bad and tense.
Some of the villagers still felt that Xiao Lingyu had gone too far. No matter what, they were all villagers from the same village. The problem should be solved privately. Sending someone to jail was too much.
However, others agreed with Xiao Lingyu. A criminal like Zhang Xiaolan should be dealt by the law.
In short, people started to disperse. Some didn’t think much of it. Others went home with a heavy heart as if they were the next ones to be arrested.
Not long after, there were only a few people left in the Xiao family courtyard.
Xiao Chengcai looked at Xiao Zhengyang’s family with an ashen face. He growled and left.
The village chief was the last to leave. He looked at Father Xiao and reminded him, “Be careful in the future. Xiao Chengcai is normally so quiet and honest. I don’t expect him to be so ruthless. Now that his wife is taken away, he won’t let this matter rest. Lingyu is pregnant, so you need to be very careful.”
“Yes, I understand. Thank you, Village Chief!” Xiao Lingyu nodded.
The village chief left.
Only the Gong family remained in the courtyard. There were old Master Gong, Gong Tianhao, Xiao Wang, Xiao Zheng and Chef Zhao. Old Master Gong began to lecture Xiao Lingyu, “Girl, what were you thinking going after the culprit yourself? Thankfully, nothing happened or else the consequences will be unbearable!”
An accident did almost happen, but Gong Tianhao and Xiao Lingyu didn’t say anything.
Mother Xiao also snapped back to attention. She reprimanded her daughter. “Xiao Lingyu, why were you so rash? Like the old master said, thankfully nothing had happened.”
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, “But I’m fine, right?” That was a close call. “I saw the surveillance video and noticed the culprit was trying to retreat. I wanted to call someone to catch her, but everyone was busy rushing to save the fire. I didn’t want the culprit to escape.”
Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang looked at each other secretly.
They remembered clearly that when they saw Xiao Lingyu, she was pushing and shoving with Zhang Xiaolan. If the eldest young master hadn’t rushed over, something would have happened.
Of course, since the eldest young master didn’t say anything, they didn’t say anything either.
Mother Xiao’s anger was directed at the culprit. “How did we offend Zhang Xiaolan? She came to our land and set fire to our things in the middle of the night. If the fire weren’t discovered quickly, over ten Mu of land would probably have been burned to the ground.” Even so, they had already lost hundreds of thousands.
“Mom, we can’t understand the mentality of some people,” Xiao Lingyu said, “They are jealous since our lives are getting better. Their minds will become more unbalanced. They want to destroy our things so that we’ll lower back to their level.”
“This Zhang Xiaolan…” Mother Xiao was speechless.
People’s heart was incomprehensible.
“Mom, Zhang Xiaolan set fire to our things. Not only will she face imprisonment, but she will also have to compensate for the damage!” Xiao Lingyu said, “Tomorrow, we will have to go to Xiao Chengcai’s house to talk about this.”
“Ah?!”