Old Jiang Family?
Jiang Cheng was momentarily dazed.
She hadn’t thought about the original owner’s family for a long time.
Jiang Cheng pushed Director Lu away and walked up to Zhang Dageng.
"How did the Jiang family know I was here?"
Zhang Dageng looked at Jiang Cheng, with none of the previous lust in his eyes.
This woman is too ruthless!
"Last time you came to the Red Flag Team, someone recognized you and went back to tell the Jiang family."
"The Jiang family knew you were working at the food factory and wanted to find you, but you left, and they couldn’t track you down."
After hearing this, Jiang Cheng finally remembered that the Jiang family wasn’t really that far away from here.
There are familial ties between the villages, and visits between relatives can be seen.
"Why did the Jiang family come to you?"
Jiang Cheng asked again, and Zhang Dageng answered truthfully, "My family is looking for a bride for me, offering a high bride price, so the Jiang family came to me, saying as long as...."
Zhang Dageng dared not continue, and Jiang Cheng kicked him directly.
"Speak or not?"
"Ah———I dared not say, afraid you’d hit——ah———"
Jiang Cheng kicked him again.
The surrounding men gasped.
This girl, she hits exactly where it hurts, without a shred of hesitation.
Zhang Dageng howled.
At the moment when Jiang Cheng was about to lift her foot again, he shouted.
"The Jiang family said as long as I slept with you and made it a done deal, you could only marry me, and you even have a city job!"
"I didn’t agree at first, but when I saw you today, I got greedy!"
"Auntie, I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please let me go!"
Zhang Dageng cried, it was unclear if it was from pain or just shame.
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng laughed out of anger.
"You just believe what the Jiang family says, what right do they have to decide for me? Is the head on your shoulders just for show?"
Zhang Dageng was scared and kept rolling backward.
"They are your elders... how can you not listen?"
"The Jiang family said even if you want to sue me, they would say we already had an engagement."
Jiang Cheng thought, indeed, foolish people can be exasperating.
They don’t understand the law; they only believe their own twisted logic.
"This is killing me."
Jiang Cheng laughed, stepped forward, pulled a cane from her hand, and whipped it toward Zhang Dageng.
"Engagement, my foot!"
"Aren’t they supposed to be elders!"
Swish—-
Swish—-
Whizzing sounds of the cane cutting through the air, while Zhang Dageng cried out miserably, rolling and crawling, his face filled with despair.
The onlookers all took a step back.
How terrifying!
After a session of venting her anger through lashings, Jiang Cheng turned her gaze to Director Lian.
"Director Lian, have you written it down?"
"I have."
Director Lian stepped forward with paper and pen, having written down what Zhang Dageng said.
Jiang Cheng read it out loud with complete fairness.
"Comrade Zhang Dageng, do you have any questions?"
Zhang Dageng wouldn’t dare have any questions, he nodded frantically.
"Good, then sign and stamp it."
Zhang Dageng signed his name.
No inkpad for stamping?
Director Lian handed over a kitchen knife without hesitation.
"Here’s a kitchen knife."
"Thank you, Sister Lian."
Jiang Cheng took the kitchen knife and swiftly cut Zhang Dageng’s finger for a fingerprint.
After the fingerprint was imprinted, Jiang Cheng stood up and looked at the team leader.
"Captain, can this person stay in custody here temporarily? Tomorrow I’ll take him to confront the Jiang family. If you’re not busy, could you help me as a witness?"
"Of course! No problem!"
The captain agreed immediately, calling two strong villagers to detain Zhang Dageng.
Jiang Cheng and a few others returned to the captain’s house, where she requested the kerosene lamp, keeping it as evidence.

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