Chapter 286: 284: Shameless Old Man Li, Soft-hearted Land Officer

“Of course it’s true but, however, I’ve only heard it from others, and it’s not necessarily true.”

Di Yelei said gravely: “Old Man Li is really vicious, even capable of laying hands on such a woman! He’s simply a beast! Tomorrow, I will take her to the government office, and I must ask the Lord County Magistrate to investigate thoroughly.”

Liu Sisi sat for a while, but soon could no longer sit still.

“I’ll go see if she’s woken up. The soup medicine should be cool by now, and it’s time to feed her.”

As she spoke, Liu Sisi entered the inner room.

At the moment, Liu Zhi’er was staying in the separate room partitioned off by YingEr and was still lying in her original position with her brows tightly furrowed, showing no signs of waking up.

She reached out and touched Liu Zhi’er’s body, finding it scorching hot, obviously having a fever.

With the soup medicine cooler, Liu Sisi forced open her mouth with chopsticks and poured the medicine down.

After a lot of effort, her fever slowly subsided.

Meanwhile, Elderly Mr. Di and the two children couldn’t wait and had already gone to bed.

Since there were not enough beds, Di Xuan and Elderly Mr. Di had to squeeze together, while YingEr went to Di Xuan’s room.

After carefully wiping her hands clean, Liu Sisi stood up from the chair.

With determination on her face, she said: “Let’s go to the Land Officer’s house again! I want to ask him personally what Old Man Li’s heart is made of!”

Di Yelei silently nodded his head and turned around to prepare without saying anything.

The snow outside was falling heavily. As soon as the two left the courtyard, they were immediately blinded by the wind and snow blowing towards them, making it difficult to take a step forward.

“How do you feel? Why don’t you go back! I’ll just go and take a look.”

Di Yelei hugged Liu Sisi tightly in his arms, using his body to block the raging snowstorm.

The violent snowstorm blew his words into fragments, with only broken pieces reaching Liu Sisi’s ears.

“No! I must go and ask him myself!” She shouted against the wind and snow.

Liu Sisi’s hands tightly grasped Di Yelei’s arm, burying her head into his chest as she took three slippery steps forward.

With feet stepping on the icy ground, they moved numbly, sliding three steps forward in the direction of the Land Officer’s home.

In a moment of carelessness, the two slipped and Di Yelei instinctively jerked upwards, trying to steady himself. Unbeknownst to him, the ice-covered earthen slope was slippery, and the momentum of the two sent them sliding forward. As a result, they both tumbled down the narrow slope and landed on the lower ledge.

“Uh… Sisi, are you okay?”

Fortunately, the ledge was not too high, and although they fell, they were unharmed.

“I’m fine, cough cough…”

Liu Sisi coughed, her tears almost falling.

When they rolled down just now, Di Yelei used his body to protect her. She was not injured, but her nose hit his chest, and it hurt terribly.

“Are you sure you’re all right?”

Di Yelei took quite a tumble, and it took him a while to struggle up from the ground. He paid no attention to his own body but quickly checked Liu Sisi all over to make sure she wasn’t injured before his mind was put at ease.

“I’m really fine. Did you get hurt?”

Leaning on Di Yelei’s arm, Liu Sisi had just stood up when she nearly stumbled and fell to the ground again.

“Be careful. Let’s go up from this side. We can see some wild grass here, so it should be easier to walk.”

As Di Yelei spoke, he helped Liu Sisi climb up the slope.

In the cellar of the Land Officer’s home.

The Land Officer glared at Old Man Li, his face full of frustration and disappointment.

Old Man Li was tied to a pillar on the side, crying with tears and snot all over his face, looking utterly pathetic.

“Mr. Land Officer! If you don’t save me, I’m as good as dead this time, Mr. Land Officer…”

The Land Officer was so angry that he glared and puffed out his cheeks: “Now you think of me? Where were you earlier? Doing such a shameful thing, I think you’re really looking for death!”

“Mr. Land Officer, I just won’t let go of my pride! Without my wife (Da )

..This…this life, there’s no meaning for me to stay alive. I, boo hoo…”

As Old Man Li talked, he grew sadder and couldn’t help but wail loudly, recounting his misfortunes as he sobbed pitifully.

After Old Man Li’s crying, even Mr. Land Officer’s anger softened, and he couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

“Alas! There’s really nothing to be done now. When you get to the county government, you’d better beg the Lord County Magistrate for mercy, maybe they’ll only detain you for three or five months, and you’ll be let go, huh?”

Mr. Land Officer tried his best to convince Old Man Li with kind words.

“I, Old Man Li, am already this old, can I still go to jail? If I really went in, would I still have a life left? Mr. Land Officer, please have pity on me and let me go! Even if I have to work as your cattle or horse in the next life, I will definitely repay you for your kindness today!”

Old Man Li wailed loudly again, the cunning light in his old eyes occasionally flashing as he scrutinized Mr. Land Officer’s expression.

Mr. Land Officer’s heart was also restless, and he couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

“Old Man Li! Today, let me tell you something from the heart. Liu Sisi is not an ordinary woman! Let alone that the third son of the Di family has become a constable now, even her identity as a female tutor to Miss Gan Family is not something I, a humble Land Officer, can mess with.”

“But Mr. Land Officer, you’re the big shot in Upper Village, how could you be afraid of a small Di Family? Or are you afraid of an ignorant woman like Liu Sisi? Mr. Land Officer, just think about it, since Liu Sisi married into the Di family, how many troubles has she caused? How much trouble has she caused you? She even ruined me, an old fellow, like this, Mr. Land Officer. Liu Sisi is just a disaster!”

Old Man Li was doing his best to smear Liu Sisi’s name while wailing non-stop.

“Enough, no more nonsense. Di Yelei and Liu Sisi are both good people, not as you say.”

Mr. Land Officer waved his hand to cut off his words.

As he spoke, he picked up the cooked dishes on the side and walked over to Old Man Li: “According to them, you should go hungry tonight. Considering that we’ve known each other since we were kids, I’ll let you eat your fill. Here, let me feed you…”

As Mr. Land Officer spoke, he fed Old Man Li the food with chopsticks.

Old Man Li was famished, so with food in front of him, he forgot to cry and happily ate the food fed to him by Mr. Land Officer.

It wasn’t until he had finished the large bowl of food that Old Man Li belched contentedly and begged Mr. Land Officer for water to drink.