Chapter 64: Breaking the Law

Zeng Xiaofan carefully checked every inch, making sure there were no more leeches. His face, however, was as red as a tomato.

“Sister Xian… it’s all clean. Really, I can’t see a single leech left…”

Only then did Li Bixian let out a slight sigh of relief. Suddenly, she snapped back to her senses.

“Ah!” Li Bixian cried out in embarrassment, quickly pulling up her pants and scolding him, “You!”

“How dare you look at me like that!”

Zeng Xiaofan scratched his head awkwardly, helplessly replying, “But… Sister Xian… you told me to check carefully, didn’t you?”

“You told me to look…”

“I don’t care what I said!” she huffed, though a faint smile lingered on her lips, amused despite herself.

“So… you’ve seen everything then?” Li Bixian shot him a resentful, half-accusing glance.

Zeng Xiaofan chuckled sheepishly, scratching his head. “What else did you expect? I checked every corner.”

“You—!” Li Bixian’s cheeks flushed scarlet. Suddenly, she bit her lower lip and lunged at him. “No, this isn’t fair! You’ve seen everything of mine!”

“Now I want to see yours!” she declared, reaching out to tug at his pants.

Zeng Xiaofan jolted, startled through and through. “Sister Xian… what are you doing…”

“Please, don’t… what if someone sees us…”

Li Bixian bit her lip, imitating the villain’s laugh from television. “Ha ha ha! Scream all you want!”

“We’re in the middle of nowhere. Scream till your voice breaks—no one will come to save you!”

“Pfft!” Zeng Xiaofan burst out laughing, but in his distraction, Li Bixian actually managed to grab the waistband of his pants.

“Ah—Sister Xian, please, stop messing around—”

“Are you afraid I’ll see something that would scare me?”

“Huh?” Li Bixian paused, puzzled. “Scare me? What do you mean?”

Zeng Xiaofan’s handsome face flushed. “I’m not the same as I used to be. It’s terrifying now, hideous even… I’m worried you might be startled.”

“Ah…” Li Bixian gasped, her gaze growing soft and entranced.

“No matter how terrifying or hideous it is, I can accept it,” she murmured. “As long as it’s you… I love it all!”

With that, she tried again to pull down Zeng Xiaofan’s pants. Just then, the sound of a car horn echoed from the other side of the valley.

Li Bixian quickly let go of his waistband, hurriedly smoothed her hair, and resumed her usual composed, elegant demeanor.

Zeng Xiaofan frowned and looked up, only to see an old Mercedes slowly approaching.

“Isn’t that the village chief’s car?”

“What’s that old scoundrel doing here?”

At the sight of Jin Youcai’s car, Li Bixian instantly tensed up, unconsciously hiding behind Zeng Xiaofan.

Zeng Xiaofan’s brow furrowed too, but he exuded a bold, protective air. “Don’t worry, Sister Xian. I’m here.”

“If he so much as lays a finger on you, I’ll skin him alive!”

Li Bixian let out a stifled laugh at his words. “How does someone bully with a hair… you’re talking nonsense…”

Though she said this, her heart was warmed, and she pressed herself even closer to Zeng Xiaofan.

His body stiffened as her front pressed against his back, sending tingles up his spine. Li Bixian smiled shyly at his reaction, but made no move to separate; on the contrary, she pressed even closer.

“Ah…” Zeng Xiaofan let out a muffled groan, which only made Li Bixian cover her mouth and giggle more.

While Zeng Xiaofan was still dizzy from her softness and warmth, Jin Youcai strode over with several men in shirts, each with a badge pinned to their chests.

“Zeng Xiaofan!”

“Li Bixian!”

“You pair of shameless lovers—do you realize your crime?” Jin Youcai called out before even reaching them, his face brimming with self-righteousness.

Zeng Xiaofan snorted coldly. “Watch your mouth, Jin! You must be itching for trouble this early in the morning.”

“Want me to help you scratch that itch?”

As he spoke, his overwhelming aura swept the scene. Jin Youcai shrank back a little, but quickly straightened up and sneered, “Zeng Xiaofan! How dare you act tough with me!”

“You’re in serious trouble today, do you know that?”

“You’ll be crying soon enough!”

Zeng Xiaofan sneered. “Sorry, but in my eyes, you’re not even worth worrying about.”

At these words, the village chief and his entourage were all taken aback. Clearly, they hadn’t expected such arrogance from Zeng Xiaofan.

Ordinary villagers would have been stammering and sweating at the sight of this official inspection team.

Seeing that his intimidation had failed, Jin Youcai only raised his voice louder.

“Zeng Xiaofan, stop acting so cocky!”

“What happened yesterday between us was a personal dispute. I was magnanimous enough to let it go!”

“But today is different—today you’ve broken the law!”

“Just wait to face justice! Ha ha ha!”

Li Bixian’s brows knitted at his words. She scoffed, “Jin Youcai, don’t you dare frame an innocent man!”

“Xiaofan has always been a law-abiding young man. How could he break the law?”

“You’re talking nonsense—this is nothing but personal revenge!”

Jin Youcai leered. “You little slut, still defending your lover, are you?”

“Damn it, your pants are stained red. Looks like he made you bleed before we got here, didn’t he?!”

“You filthy whore!”

“Harlot!”

“You belong in the cangue!”

The sight of blood on Li Bixian’s pants sent Jin Youcai into a rage. The thought that this fine girl, whom he’d fancied for himself, had been taken by Zeng Xiaofan filled him with murderous hatred.

Realizing what Jin Youcai meant, Li Bixian looked down and saw the blood left by the leech bite at her crotch. She blushed furiously and hid behind Zeng Xiaofan, shouting in anger, “Jin Youcai, you’re full of it! Nothing happened between me and Xiaofan!”

“It was… it was a leech bite!”

“Heh heh… a leech, you say? Not any ordinary leech, I bet—one that left you so happy you could fly?!”

“This leech sure knew how to pick its spot—right at your most precious place, huh?!”

“You think we’re all idiots?!”

“You filthy slut!”

“Come quietly and submit to the law! You’re not getting away this time!”

Jin Youcai ground his teeth in fury.

“Villagers Zeng Xiaofan and Li Bixian, both blinded by greed, have maliciously destroyed protected farmland!”

“You’ve seriously endangered the nation’s grain security, harboring ill intent—you must be foreign spies!”

“As an official representative, I hereby sentence you!”

“Come with us at once!” Jin Youcai snarled, “Otherwise, you’re resisting law enforcement!”

“That’s contempt for authority—treason! You’ll be shot!”