Chapter 67 Borrowing Money

Liu Fugui looked closely, and the scandalous scene in the video was unmistakably his wife Deng Hongyan and Li Youcai.

Deng Hongyan was actually having an affair with Li Youcai.

Did there need to be any question about whose seed Liu Xiaowu actually was?

"Deng Hongyan, I'll—ugh!"

Furious with his eyes bulging in rage, Liu Fugui lunged fiercely toward Deng Hongyan, but after taking only two steps, he vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed limply.

"The village chief has been angered to death!"

"Liu Xiaowu isn't the village chief's flesh and blood!"

"Liu Fugui has become a cuckold!"

"Hurry, call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!"

The courtyard instantly descended into chaos. Most of the villagers gloated with schadenfreude, while a small handful of clansmen from the Liu family frantically made phone calls and rallied people to rush Liu Fugui to the town hospital.

Realizing the situation had turned for the worse, Deng Hongyan and Li Youcai quietly slipped away and hid.

Ma Jinlian's eyes rolled as she quickly scrambled to her feet, hurrying into the house to gather all the cash, gold, silver jewelry, and valuables she could find.

"Bah, serves you right!"

Chen Dabao sneered coldly. Having accomplished his mission, he turned and walked away.

Liu Fugui deserved every bit of this wretched fate; a man who committed countless misdeeds deserved nothing less than such an end.

Now that this sordid mess had been exposed, Xiaolian was finally safe.

"Dabao, what happened in the village?"

In the courtyard of the small western-style villa, the faint moonlight cascaded down, bathing Xiaoxiaoxue in a silvery glow. She wore a sheer silk nightgown, her graceful and alluring figure faintly discernible beneath the thin fabric.

One strap of the nightgown slipped from her shoulder, revealing a smooth, milky-white curve that possessed a breathtaking allure.

Gulp!

Chen Dabao swallowed hard and quickly averted his gaze.

"Sister Xiaoxue, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Keeping his head down, Chen Dabao hurried toward his own room. Ever since Xiaoxiaoxue had been living here, her clothes seemed to grow skimpier by the day.

"I couldn't sleep alone at night!" Xiaoxiaoxue murmured softly.

"Ahem, well, you see, something major happened at the village chief's house. Sister Xiaoxue, I've got things to do tomorrow, so I'm heading to bed first!"

Rushing into his room, Chen Dabao slammed the door shut and threw the deadbolt, finally letting out a breath of relief.

"Could it be that Dabao has problems in *that* department?"

Xiaoxiaoxue pulled the slipped strap back up onto her shoulder, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion. Yet, back when she used to help him bathe, Chen Dabao had clearly been fiercely vigorous.

Not only was he completely free of any problems down there, but he was also exceptionally powerful.

She felt that instead of Dabao, which meant "Big Treasure," he should be called Chen the Stallion.

So what on earth was going on now?

With a puzzled expression, Xiaoxiaoxue wondered if her charm simply wasn't enough.

Yet in Taohua Village, she was already widely recognized as a top-tier beauty.

Helpless, Xiaoxiaoxue had no choice but to return to her room to rest. It seemed she would have to devise another plan.

Since chasing a man only took a thin layer of gauze, she simply didn't believe she couldn't break through Chen Dabao's defenses.

Early the next morning, Chen Dabao rose at dawn and first took a patrol tour around the strawberry patch. Given the massive upheaval in Ma Jinlian's household, she probably wouldn't have the stomach to come steal strawberries anytime soon.

Afterward, Chen Dabao straddled his motorcycle and headed into town, planning to first check on Bai Yu's mother before dropping by Wuhu Restaurant to see if Chen Ya had returned yet.

"Dabao is here! Come sit down. Dear, ladle out a bowl of noodles! This is Xiaoyu's friend and our family's benefactor, Chen Dabao!"

Bai Yu's mother, Liang Guifen, was busy ladling broth when she saw Chen Dabao approaching, and she immediately greeted him warmly.

Bai Yu was absent, undoubtedly off working in the city.

"Dabao, thank you! Thank you so much!"

Bai Yu's father was a stooped, honest-looking middle-aged man with graying hair. The heavy burdens of life had bent his spine, but his hands moved nimbly as he prepared a large bowl of noodles for Chen Dabao.

Liang Guifen poured half a ladle of beef offal over the top, burying the noodles beneath a generous heap of meat.

At a nearby table, a regular customer teased them, asking jokingly if the Bai family's son-in-law had finally come to call.

After chatting with Liang Guifen for a moment and briefly examining her to confirm she was recovering well, Chen Dabao had just sat down to eat his noodles when a man with dark circles under his eyes and greasy, unkempt hair walked over.

"Boss, get me a large bowl of noodles!"

"Four yuan!"

Liang Guifen quickly prepared the bowl. In Qingshan Town, plain noodles cost four yuan, while beef or offal noodles cost ten yuan. The noodles came in unlimited portions, though the meat was sparse.

"Big sister, um... I forgot my money. Can I pay you tomorrow?" the man hesitated, asking with a trace of awkwardness.

"Alright, go ahead and eat!" Liang Guifen hesitated for a second before agreeing.

They ran a small business and generally didn't offer credit, but if someone couldn't even cough up four yuan, they must be facing genuine hardship, and a bowl of noodles wasn't the end of the world.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!"

The man looked immensely grateful, quickly taking the bowl and devouring the food ravenously.

"Auntie, I'll pay for his meal together with mine!"

Chen Dabao pulled out his phone, scanned the QR code, and paid twenty yuan for both.

"Dabao, you really shouldn't! You didn't charge me a dime for treating my illness, how could I take your money?" Liang Guifen protested helplessly.

"Auntie, if you won't let me pay, how will I have the face to come back again?" Chen Dabao chuckled.

"Dabao, you truly are a good child," Liang Guifen murmured softly.

If Bai Yu really was dating Chen Dabao, they would be more than happy to see it happen.

"Brother Liu, where are you off to?"

Chen Dabao stepped forward to block a man holding a bowl of noodles who was trying to slip away. It was none other than Liu Tianjie, whose hair was as messy as if it hadn't been washed in days.

Chen Dabao guessed he hadn't been home in two or three days; if he were home, Xiaolian would never let him look like this.

"Dabao? What a coincidence!"

Liu Tianjie looked awkward, seemingly wishing Chen Dabao hadn't recognized him.

"Brother Liu, how did you end up looking like this?" Chen Dabao asked, looking at him in bewilderment. Things were practically turning upside down at home, yet Liu Tianjie wasn't returning, and God knew what he was up to.

"I've been a bit busy with work these past couple of days and didn't have time to go back for a wash!" Liu Tianjie awkwardly covered for himself, hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "Dabao, could you lend me some money? I'm a bit tight on cash lately."

"Lending money? Brother Liu, how much do you need?" Chen Dabao asked.

He didn't actually have much of a personal friendship with Liu Tianjie, but his relations with Xiaolian were decent, and besides, Liu Tianjie had once thought of asking Chen Dabao to help farm his land.

Helping out with a small favor was no trouble at all.

"Two hundred—no, two thousand. Can you lend me two thousand? I'll pay you interest!" Liu Tianjie hesitated, asking cautiously.

"Forget the interest, I'll transfer it to you."

Without prying further, Chen Dabao figured Liu Tianjie must have hit a real crisis; otherwise, he would never have lowered himself to ask.

"Thank you, Dabao! Thank you, thank you!" Liu Tianjie hurriedly pulled out his phone. Chen Dabao scanned it and transferred two thousand yuan right over. Once the payment was received, Liu Tianjie said hesitatingly, "Dabao, I won't hide it from you—Xiaolian and I... I'm afraid she's going to end up with someone else."

"You mean with your younger brother, Liu Xiaowu, right?" Chen Dabao smiled.

"How did you know? Did Xiaolian tell you?" Liu Tianjie asked in utter shock, never expecting Chen Dabao to be aware of this.

"I guessed it. But I reckon it won't happen anyway, Brother Liu. If you have time, you should go home and take a look; I think your mother and father are about to get a divorce."

Having finished his noodles, Chen Dabao didn't elaborate further. He patted Liu Tianjie on the shoulder, mounted his motorcycle, and rode toward Wuhu Restaurant.