The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 32 Tian Laowu’s Mockery_1

Li Qing, already unable to contain his anger, sprang out in an instant.

"What the hell?!"

He bellowed, stepping forward to yank the man tearing at Tian Yue’e off her.

When Tian Yue’e mentioned it was her fifth uncle, Li Qing hadn’t immediately realized who it was.

Now, seeing the man’s face, he finally put the pieces together.

A notorious bachelor among the village elders, Tian Laowu.

Tian Laowu was only as tall as Li Qing’s shoulder, and his mismatched eyes were full of lewdness.

Enraged that someone had interrupted his wicked intent, this old man, grasping a wine bottle, charged again, "I thought some loose woman’s brat had burst out, turns out it’s the dead sprout from the Li family!"

"Get your ass home and cling to your father’s spirit tablet, and don’t meddle in the Tian family’s affairs! It’s none of your goddamn business how I discipline my kin!"

Li Qing’s eyes instantly turned cold, and he delivered a fierce slap across Tian Laowu’s wrinkled face.

The Li family was already isolated and vulnerable in this village, long the target of bullying by the more influential families.

Tian Laowu’s taunt about embracing his father’s spirit tablet completely crossed Li Qing’s bottom line.

With eyes red with rage and a countenance dark as water, his fists and feet relentlessly sought out Tian Laowu.

At first, the shameless old wretch kept cursing, but eventually, all that was left were his whimpers begging for mercy.

"Qingzi, that’s enough, please stop!" Tian Yue’e, her clothes slightly disheveled, ran over frightened and hurriedly pulled Li Qing away.

Li Qing looked down to see Tian Laowu’s face covered in blood and felt he might have gone too far, so he stopped as she said.

"I’m going to call the police, I’m going to call the police!"

Clutching his head, Tian Laowu stood up and shouted loudly.

Li Qing’s barrage of blows seemed to have knocked the drunkenness out of him, as his speech was no longer slurred.

"Get the fuck out, still call the police? To have them arrest your old ass for free meals?" Li Qing said coldly, "Breaking into someone’s home in the dead of night with the intent to commit lewd acts, suspected of robbery, what I did was act righteously!"

"Go ahead and call, if you don’t, I’ll do it for you, maybe I’ll even get a commendation banner!"

Li Qing’s words made Tian Laowu instantly lose his nerve. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"I, I had my reasons," he exclaimed feebly.

"Nonsensical reasons, I heard everything when I just arrived, digging up ancient history, and you don’t even have a debt note, yet you have the gall to demand money? You must be out of your damn mind!" Li Qing cursed angrily, taking out his phone and pretending to make a call.

"You, you, wait a minute, I’m leaving, I’m going," seeing this, Tian Laowu no longer dared to be defiant.

Li Qing, while pressing his phone, shouted after him, "Come on, don’t go, you shameful, shameless old wretch, I’ll make sure you have a meal in jail today."

"Cursed couple, do you think I’m a fool!" Tian Laowu cast a venomous glance at Li Qing and took off running.

He didn’t even care for the wine bottle he dropped on the ground, and disappeared into the night in a puff of smoke.

Li Qing put away his phone, looking towards Tian Yue’e, who was clutching her chest tightly with both hands, "He’ll probably come back, this old wretch has no idea what shame is anymore."

"I know, I just didn’t expect him to actually dare to lay a hand on me this time," Tian Yue’e said solemnly, "Though he is despicable, I’ve always treated him as an elder and given him due respect."

"What I mean is, he will come back," Li Qing emphasized.

From the previous conversation, Li Qing had already picked up on this.

Tian Laowu, that old thing, had his eyes on Tian Yue’e for a long time.

The rumors about Tian Yue’e working outside seemed to give him an excuse.

Tian Yue’e chuckled lightly, "It’s okay, I’ll be careful next time, and he won’t be able to take advantage of me so easily. If he pushes me too far, even if he’s my elder, I’ll send him to prison!"

Li Qing nodded, "Just be careful. Also, about the money..."

"Don’t listen to his nonsense," Tian Yue’e interrupted Li Qing, "Actually, it was he who owed my dad money. My dad told me about it, and since they were cousins, they didn’t make a loan paper."

"It was a full thousand yuan, which was no small sum back then. He borrowed it under the pretense of getting a wife, went out once, didn’t bring back a wife, and the money was gone too."

So that was the situation.

Li Qing was still thinking that if Tian Yue’e really owed Tian Laowu money, she should pay it back quickly.

He had a small savings, which could help out Tian Yue’e a bit.

Tian Laowu was the kind of person who was like a sticky plaster, tenacious as a dead dog, difficult to shake off once attached.

If there really was a matter of money, better to get it over with early on, and give him one less reason to cling on.

But now that it turned out Tian Laowu was the one who had borrowed the money, the matter needed to be reconsidered.

"Qingzi," Tian Yue’e suddenly called softly.

"Hm?" Li Qing looked up.

"That... would you despise me?" Tian Yue’e asked hesitantly.

Li Qing asked in surprise, "Despise you for what?"

"Despise me for having been a prostitute..." Tian Yue’e mumbled, nearly burying her head into that unfathomably deep cleavage.

Li Qing was taken aback for a moment, "Did you really do that... in the past?"

After he spoke, he immediately regretted it.

Asking that question to her face seemed a bit disrespectful to her dignity.

"No!" Tian Yue’e suddenly looked up, saying very decisively, "That’s a rumor!"

"Well, that settles it," Li Qing chuckled, "Since you never did that, what do you think I’d despise you for?"

Tian Yue’e looked troubled and spoke haltingly, "But the rumors in the village make it seem almost true."

"You are my sister-in-law’s good friend, I trust her, and I trust my own eyes as well," Li Qing said.

Tian Yue’e smiled faintly, a hint of reminiscence in her expression, "Actually, I was working in a factory for those years, the factory made clothes, and I also tried wholesaling on my own, but didn’t make any money."

Li Qing nodded, not pressing Tian Yue’e on why she suddenly returned to the village.

Everyone has their own choices, and maybe, there was something in the village that she longed for.

"Looks like there’s no chance today, so I’ll head back first," Li Qing said somewhat regretfully.

Tian Yue’e grinned, tugging at Li Qing’s sleeve, "Come here, you."

"Hm?"

Tian Yue’e led Li Qing into a dark doorway, releasing the arms she had been clutching tightly across her chest, "Have you ever tried ripping a woman’s clothes?"

"Ah?" Li Qing stared at the torn shirt and the glimpses of snow-white skin beneath, momentarily dumbfounded.