Chapter 66: Look What This Is

Bang!

As soon as Chen Dabao finished speaking, the villagers exchanged glances in utter astonishment. Goodness gracious, they had merely come to watch a fight, only to stumble upon such explosive gossip.

Upon hearing this, Liu Fugui felt the world go dark before his eyes, as if struck by a sudden bolt of lightning.

Liu Xiaowu was actually not his biological son?

"Is what Dabao said true or false?"

"I've never heard of Deng Hongyan having anything going on with Li Youcai!"

"That's true, but now that Dabao mentions it, when Li Youcai was younger, Liu Xiaowu really does look a bit like him!"

"A couple of years ago, I actually saw Deng Hongyan and Li Youcai coming out of the cornfield together. Oh my, they must have been hooking up out in the open!"

The villagers broke into a lively chatter, and various rumors of dubious authenticity began to circulate.

These stories might not all be true, but the fact that Liu Xiaowu and Li Youcai shared a striking resemblance in their youth was as solid as iron.

"Chen Dabao, are you telling the truth?"

Liu Dafu's eyes were bloodshot, and he clenched his fists so tightly they trembled, glaring at Chen Dabao like an enraged bull.

"Liu Fugui, just look at whether Liu Xiaowu looks like Li Youcai or not!" Chen Dabao said with a chuckle.

He looked like him!

Damn it, the more he thought about it, the more they looked alike.

No wonder he used to notice Li Youcai casting unusual glances at Deng Hongyan. He hadn't paid it any mind back then, but looking at it now, the two of them had clearly been entangled for a long time.

"Li Youcai, I'm going to kill you!"

With a roar, Liu Fugui lunged at Li Youcai and landed a punch squarely on his eye socket.

Li Youcai let out a miserable scream and crashed to the ground from the blow.

Following that, Liu Fugui subjected him to a flurry of kicks and beatings, eliciting endless wails of agony.

Chen Dabao crossed his arms, wearing the expression of a spectator enjoying a fine show.

Not a single villager in Taohua Village stepped in to stop the fight; instead, they gathered around the courtyard to watch the commotion.

That old bastard Liu Fugui was no good, and Li Youcai was merely his lackey. With these two dogs biting each other, the villagers were more than happy to see them tear each other apart.

"Brother, I'm innocent! It's just that punk Chen Dabao talking nonsense, don't believe his ghost stories!" With a broken leg, Li Youcai was completely unable to fight back. He could only curl up, protect his head, and frantically try to talk his way out of it.

After beating him for a while, Liu Fugui was left panting heavily.

"Then tell me, why does Xiaowu look like you?"

Liu Fugui demanded, glaring fiercely.

"What's the use of asking that? Because he's Liu Xiaowu's biological father, naturally!" Chen Dabao chimed in immediately.

Liu Fugui shot Chen Dabao a vicious glare, his look murderous, but Chen Dabao merely gave a disdainful laugh, paying no heed to the murderous look whatsoever.

"Brother, don't listen to Chen Dabao's nonsense. Liu Xiaowu looks a bit like me because we're relatives! You're my older cousin, aren't you? Our mothers were own sisters, so we share blood ties. What's so strange about family members resembling each other? A nephew often takes after his uncle!" Li Youcai blurted out in a rush.

"That makes sense. Li Youcai is Liu Fugui's own cousin, after all. They do share blood ties!"

"Heh, nothing tastes better than dumplings, and no fun compares to another man's wife!"

"It's really hard to say for sure about this kind of thing."

"Hmph, I bet Liu Fugui got himself cuckolded for sure!"

The villagers murmured amongst themselves. Since it was pitch black outside, they deliberately lowered their voices, not afraid of Liu Fugui finding out who was speaking.

Some villagers felt that Li Youcai's explanation made some sense.

Others remained convinced that Li Youcai definitely had an affair with Deng Hongyan.

"Are you telling the truth?"

With a shifting expression, Liu Fugui asked in a cold voice.

"It's absolute truth, Brother! I swear to heaven, if I'm lying to you, let me be struck by lightning and die a horrible death!" Li Youcai raised a hand and solemnly swore a vicious oath.

"Li Youcai, you're really going all out. But with a person like you, words are worth as much as a fart. I certainly don't believe it!" Chen Dabao sneered, continuing to fan the flames.

Tonight's spectacle was entirely engineered by Chen Dabao on purpose. With this stunt, Li Youcai and Deng Hongyan were bound to be ruined. Once Liu Fugui learned the truth, he would no longer force Xiaolian into a relationship with Liu Xiaowu.

Besides, it wasn't like he was making things up; Li Youcai and Deng Hongyan genuinely had a secret affair.

Judging by the circumstances, there was a high probability that Liu Xiaowu was indeed Li Youcai's spawn.

He was hardly talking nonsense out of thin air.

Liu Fugui's expression shifted. Just as he was starting to waver, he once again felt that Li Youcai could not be trusted. What was the worth of a mere oath? How many people in this day and age took oaths seriously?

A man's mouth was nothing more than a lying ghost.

Just at that moment, a shrill howl suddenly echoed from outside the courtyard.

"Oh my, which murderous bastard is framing me? Fugui, you have to believe me! I'm innocent! I, Deng Hongyan, have lived an upright life and never had a second man in my entire existence! Which heartless bastard is framing me!"

Wailing at the top of her lungs, Deng Hongyan rushed into the yard, while the villagers watching the spectacle hastily stepped aside to let her through.

"Deng Hongyan, you are a ruthless piece of work!"

The moment Liu Fugui saw Deng Hongyan, he ground his teeth in pure hatred.

"Fugui, what do you mean by that? You believe outsiders instead of me? Let me tell you, I, Deng Hongyan, have never done a single thing to wrong you!" Her expression changing, Deng Hongyan stopped wailing and shouted with unyielding certainty.

"Really?"

Hesitating, Liu Fugui was half-convinced and half-doubtful. He adored Liu Xiaowu the most; whenever it came to his two sons, he always favored Liu Xiaowu and simply could not accept that the boy was not his own flesh and blood.

"Of course it's fake! Liu Fugui, you actually believe such ghost stories? You might as well go buy a turtle shell and wear it on your back!" Chen Dabao said with utter contempt.

Hahahahaha!

A burst of loud laughter erupted among the onlookers.

"Chen Dabao, shut your mouth! How dare you frame me? I'll fight you to the death, you bastard!"

Deng Hongyan suddenly shrieked and lunged viciously toward Chen Dabao, reaching out to claw at his face. With a cold sneer, Chen Dabao had no intention of showing her any courtesy. He swung his arm in a wide arc and delivered a fierce slap across Deng Hongyan's face.

"Smack!"

"Ah!"

With a miserable shriek, Deng Hongyan was sent flying three or four meters away by the sheer force of the slap, rolling over several times before finally coming to a stop.

"Chen Dabao, you have some nerve! How dare you hit my wife? Have you completely lost your mind?"

Shocked and furious, Liu Fugui glared daggers at Chen Dabao, yet he did not dare to make a move.

He knew all too well how formidable Chen Dabao was. If he really dared to strike, that heavy slap would undoubtedly land on his own face.

"Brother, don't listen to Chen Dabao! He's just deliberately splashing dirty water onto me and Sister-in-law! If you don't believe what I'm saying, just take Xiaowu for a paternity test to prove our innocence!"

Seizing the moment, Li Youcai shouted with an air of righteous fortitude.

Seeing Li Youcai speak with such unshakeable conviction, even offering to undergo a paternity test, many of the villagers began to suspect that he might truly have been wronged.

Perhaps Chen Dabao was simply spreading malicious rumors on purpose.

Even Liu Fugui felt as though he had swallowed a pill of absolute reassurance; if Li Youcai dared to propose a paternity test, then Liu Xiaowu surely could not be his seed.

"Youcai, Brother believes you. You've been wronged!"

Convinced that Chen Dabao was up to no good, Liu Fugui's expression darkened as he prepared to walk over and help Li Youcai to his feet. However, Chen Dabao pulled out his mobile phone instead and spoke with utter disdain.

"Liu Fugui, take a look at this!"

Chen Dabao tapped the screen to turn on the speakerphone and played a video. Instantly, a burst of intense, passionate cries rang out in the air.