Chapter 718: Fu Mingxue Is a Little Too Capable

Old Song had been planning to go to Li Village to find them.

As it turned out, he hadn’t even left yet when they delivered themselves right to his doorstep.

"You’ve come at just the right time. Were you also involved in the ambush of Comrade Fu Mingxue?"

Father Li was stunned. He quickly denied it. "Officer, we’re just simple, common folk. How could we possibly ambush anyone? This has to be a misunderstanding! Besides, my two sons were just looking for my younger son’s bride-to-be. That’s a family matter. On what grounds did you arrest them?"

Old Song sneered. "Heh, we have freedom of marriage now. And yet you’re still treating it like a business transaction. Don’t you know that’s illegal?"

Father Li was aghast. "What do you mean, a business transaction? We gave Wang Jiaceng the bride price! A full five hundred yuan! That’s more than anyone in the surrounding villages has ever given. How is that illegal?"

"Wang Jiaceng is just Wang Lihong’s paternal uncle. We have freedom of marriage now. An uncle has no right to decide, and even her own parents would have to respect their child’s marital freedom. Since Wang Lihong didn’t consent, what you’re doing is human trafficking."

"Putting that aside for a moment, your sons, Li Jiaca and Li Jiabao, ambushed Comrade Fu Mingxue on the road and tried to force her to hand someone over. The nature of this act is exceptionally vicious. Our station will be cracking down hard on this kind of malicious behavior."

"Furthermore, Wang Jiaceng and his father are implicated in a murder case. You will also be required to assist with the investigation."

The Li father and son: ...?

Old Song didn’t let the father and son go just yet.

They were interrogated for half the day before finally being allowed to return home.

When Mrs. Li saw them return, she rushed over and asked anxiously, "Old man, what about our sons?"

Father Li was completely exhausted.

"Don’t ask. This time, our family’s been screwed over by that bastard Wang Jiaceng. Our boys aren’t getting out for now. You need to hurry. Take our eldest and second daughters-in-law, go to Wang Dacheng’s house, and get that five-hundred-yuan bride price back."

Mrs. Li was utterly stunned.

"What are you standing there gawking for? Wang Jiaceng and his father are murderers! Never mind that Wang Lihong ran off—even if she hadn’t, we would never let our family marry into theirs now."

Father Li’s shout snapped Mrs. Li back to her senses.

The color drained from her face.

’Murder?’

’This is unbelievable.’

’That damn Wang family! Something disastrous had happened to them, yet they still had the gall to come running to our house first thing in the morning, claiming Wang Lihong had been taken and hidden away.’

’They were clearly trying to drag our Li family down with them!’

She immediately summoned her two daughters-in-law, and they all hurried off toward Wang Family Village.

Of course, they took her third son along as well.

After all, to get back such a large bride price, they’d need a son with them.

Fu Mingxue couldn’t be bothered with the messy affairs of the Li or Wang families.

She hadn’t even gone to the police station to give a statement; the entire process had been handled for her by someone else.

There was no need for her to appear in person at all.

However, with such a major incident happening today, Director Geng was still worried.

He insisted she get off work early today so she could drive the car back home at a leisurely pace.

Thus, around five o’clock, Fu Mingxue drove the car back to the family courtyard.

The moment she stepped out of the car—specifically, from the driver’s seat—the women of the family courtyard were absolutely stunned.

Fu Mingxue actually knew how to drive.

’How does she even know how to drive?’

’Wait, where did she get that car? Did the factory let her drive it?’

Wang Xiang happened to be coming out at that exact moment.

And of course, she saw it too.

She was just as shocked as everyone else.

After all, in her experience, very few women could drive, aside from some of the female soldiers in the army.

"Mingxue, this car..."

"The factory is letting me use it for a few days," Fu Mingxue said, not elaborating.

As she said this, all the army wives in the courtyard were straining their ears to listen.

When they heard her, their eyes all went wide.

’What kind of magical factory does Fu Mingxue work for? They even give her a car to drive!’