CHAPTER 576: 433 DRANK RAT POISON

Hu Xiulan was talking nonsense; the villagers aren’t foolish.

How normal Su Peng was now was clear to everyone. The possibility of Su Peng acting foolishly again should be nonexistent.

But with this incident, Xiaofeng and the fat lady were also at the scene, and they weren’t in a hurry either. Let’s see how they handle it themselves.

"Pah," He Ximei listened to Hu Xiulan’s words and found them ridiculous, "Hu Xiulan, stop spouting nonsense here. My son is perfectly sane; there’s absolutely nothing wrong with him. You must have used some trick to lure my son over here."

"That’s really funny. He’s big and tall; how could I possibly deceive him to come here? Besides, I had just left the house. I wasn’t even home; many people saw me leave. Luckily I came back, otherwise who knows what could have happened at home." Of course, Hu Xiulan couldn’t admit anything.

Xiaofeng looked at her, then at Su Xiaotao.

Su Xiaotao sat on the bed giggling to herself, seemingly oblivious to what was happening outside.

Xiaofeng lifted her head, "I won’t say why my brother is here for now, I just want to ask how you expect us to handle this matter."

If someone had brought the older brother here, there had to be a reason.

Hu Xiulan certainly wasn’t going to reveal her intentions right away; she snorted, "My daughter Taozi was just starting to get better, and this scare might have worsened her condition again. Su Peng caused this; tell me, how should we deal with this?"

Whether to pay money or to marry Taozi, a choice had to be made.

"Or pay money?" Xiaofeng’s eyebrows rose slightly, "Given the current situation, it is obvious my older brother was set up. Even if I wanted to pay you, I couldn’t find a reason to."

Xiaofeng’s tone was filled with helplessness.

"It’s clear he was drunk and wanted to take liberties with my Taozi. I didn’t set him up," Hu Xiulan argued, "Look, your older brother is of an age to be married; he definitely had that on his mind. He must have seen that I was not at home, so he got bold and sneaked into our house. As for why he suddenly passed out, who knows? Maybe he’s never had a woman before and got too excited, and that’s why he passed out."

"Come on, Su Peng is about twenty-five by now, people his age have children who are school-age, yet he now doesn’t even have a wife. Yes, my Taozi might be a bit simple-minded now, but her looks are still there. Who can guarantee Su Peng didn’t have ulterior motives, so he took the opportunity while I was not home to enter my house."

"That’s hardly likely; today Guaizi’s home was hosting a feast, Su Peng wouldn’t have time to think about this," Village A felt it was unlikely.

"How is it not possible? Otherwise, with him being so tall and hefty, had I brought him here, wouldn’t you have noticed?" Hu Xiulan scoffed coldly.

"So, how much are you thinking of compensating?" Xiaofeng was too tired to argue with her, she just wanted to know the other’s purpose.

"Pah, money makes you arrogant, does it? Do you think this is about money? We are all here, and I want everyone to judge. Under normal circumstances, in this kind of situation, it is usually the man who ends up needing to get married, not just settle things with money," Taozi said, marriage to Pengzi would be best, if not, then they could talk about money.

Xiaofeng’s mouth twitched, "So, you actually want my brother to marry Taozi. I must say, you’ve planned this out well. My brother is so capable now; if Taozi married my brother, she’d definitely not worry about food and drink in the future."

Hu Xiulan’s face became unnatural, "I was just making an example; if it were any other family in this situation, it would definitely be the man’s responsibility to marry the woman. Since everyone is here today, let everyone say, under these circumstances, shouldn’t the man marry the woman?"

"Nothing really happened," Sandu’s aunt took a look, "Pengzi was sleeping; nothing happened. To make the man marry just like that, wouldn’t it be too much of a loss?"

"What did you want to happen?" As soon as Hu Xiulan heard this, she got angry, "One word, Su Peng bullied my Taozi, and I can report this to the police."

Xiaofeng nodded, "Indeed, it’s hard to justify this kind of situation. Go ahead, report it to the police; I agree. I’d also like the police to investigate how my older brother could have passed out like that. Could someone have done something to him, or tricked him into ingesting something?"

Xiaofeng turned to He Ximei, "Mom, if the aunt doesn’t report it, we should do it ourselves. This is about my older brother’s reputation and future; it must not be dealt with carelessly. If it’s mishandled, and someone takes advantage of us, that would be serious."