Chapter 165: Defused

Feng Jun was dead, but his foolish younger brother was still alive.

In terms of seniority, Feng Chunhua was Feng Jun’s grandaunt.

With this relationship, it wouldn’t seem strange for her to visit that fool Feng.

She was a woman of action.

She found a photo of Chu Xuan, slipped it into her pocket, grabbed some cheap gifts and a handful of candies, and, leaning on her cane, went to the village entrance to wait for a carriage.

When Old Qi’s carriage arrived, she hired it for herself and headed straight to the fool Feng’s house.

On the way, Old Qi focused on driving the carriage.

Feng Chunhua, bored, started a conversation. “Old Qi, I remember Qi Hong is your granddaughter within five degrees of kinship, right?”

Old Qi snorted coldly. “I don’t have a granddaughter who’s that good at stealing. We’re not family anymore, we’re past five degrees! Don’t mention her to me!”

Here, once you’re past five degrees of kinship, you’re no longer considered relatives.

Feng Chunhua was just making conversation, but ended up offending Old Qi with her first sentence.

Actually, even if she hadn’t spoken, Old Qi didn’t have a good impression of her anyway.

But he needed to earn money driving the carriage, so he endured as best he could.

Finally, after dropping Feng Chunhua off, he was about to leave when she called him back.

She shoved two yuan into his hand.

“I’m hiring your carriage for half a day. Wait here for me.”

Without waiting for his reply, Feng Chunhua picked up her things and hobbled into the fool Feng’s house.

Old Qi glanced at the money in his hand, tied his horse to a tree, and quietly watched Feng Chunhua knock on the door.

“Feng Er, open up! It’s your grandaunt.”

The fool Feng didn’t recognize Feng Chunhua and didn’t open the door.

“I don’t know any grandaunt! My parents told me not to open the door for strangers.”

Feng Chunhua didn’t give up. She knew exactly what treats this fool liked.

She tossed some candies through the door, and the fool Feng quickly grabbed them, ate one, and eagerly opened the door.

Feng Chunhua entered.

She found the fool was home alone.

A golden opportunity.

She called the fool into the main room.

Gave him another handful of candies.

The fool giggled with delight.

Feng Chunhua closed the main room door, pulled out Chu Xuan’s photo from her pocket, and said, “See this chubby girl? Her name is Chu Xuan. She’s the one who indirectly caused your big brother’s death. Want to avenge your brother?”

“Yes!” The fool Feng remembered his big brother well. Others had told him his brother was killed, and now that he knew who the enemy was, he wanted revenge.

Feng Chunhua moved the photo closer to the fool. “Remember her face!”

“Okay, I’ve got it!”

“Good!” Feng Chunhua pointed outside. “There’s a carriage out there. Go steal it, drive to Nanyu Village, and trample Chu Xuan to death with the horse, okay?”

“Okay! But I don’t need to steal—I have a horse at home. I’ll ride my own horse to trample Chu Xuan!”

The fool Feng stuffed another candy in his mouth, put the rest in his pocket, opened the main room door, ran to the backyard, led out his horse, and rode off.

The horse obeyed him well and galloped away at his command.

Feng Chunhua slapped her legs in frustration. Why didn’t this fool do things by the book?

She’d wanted him to steal Old Qi’s carriage so Old Qi would suffer a loss.

Leaning on her cane, Feng Chunhua returned to Old Qi’s carriage, forcing a smile. “I came here out of kindness to check on the fool Feng, but when he saw you had a carriage, he wanted to show off his own horse and rode off. Let’s go back to the village.”

Old Qi felt something was off, but couldn’t put his finger on it.

He’d taken her money, so he’d go wherever she told him.

Ten minutes later, Feng Chunhua returned home, grabbed a few things, and took the carriage to the hospital again...

The fool Feng rode his horse to Nanyu Village, where the first person he met was Mu Chenze.

The fool remembered his parents’ warning: never hit Mu Chenze again, or he’d have to pay compensation, and then he wouldn’t get to eat meat.

After stopping his horse, the fool Feng asked, “Mu Chenze, do you know where Chu Xuan’s house is?”

Mu Chenze frowned. The fool Feng hadn’t known Chu Xuan before, so if he was asking now, someone must have told him something.

“What do you want with Chu Xuan?”

“I don’t want to say!”

Mu Chenze knew this fool loved candy, and happened to have some milk candies in his pocket. He pulled out a handful. “Tell me, and all these milk candies are yours.”

The fool Feng took out his own handful of candies and said proudly, “I have candy already. I don’t care for your milk candies.”

“Who gave them to you?”

“Some old lady. Don’t know her. I think her surname is Feng too.”

“So that old lady sent you to find Chu Xuan.”

“You’re smart! You guessed it. To tell you the truth, I’m going to trample Chu Xuan to death with my horse!”

“Why?”

“Because Chu Xuan killed my big brother.”

“That old lady is lying to you. She has a grudge against Chu Xuan and wants to use you to get rid of her. The person who killed your big brother’s surname is Sheng. If you don’t believe me, go home and ask your parents.”

“I don’t want to ask!”

“How about this: if you go home and ask your parents, I’ll give you a pack of beef jerky.”

“Really?”

“Of course! You can come home with me and get it right now.”

“Okay.”

Just like that, Mu Chenze used a pack of beef jerky to defuse the danger for Chu Xuan.

After sending the fool Feng away, Mu Chenze headed straight for Chu Xuan’s house.

When he arrived, he found the anti-cut clothing was finished.

Chu Xuan told him to try it on in Chu Feng’s room—Chu Feng wasn’t home.

Mu Chenze did as told.

It was a bit tight and a bit warm, but for the sake of safety, he had to wear it.

This outfit would only last for one or two uses; real anti-cut clothing that could be used repeatedly was hard to come by.

Chu Xuan’s own set was also finished. She tried it on and had no special requirements—so long as it fit.

Mu Chenze didn’t take it off, just put his own long-sleeved shirt and pants over it. He needed to get used to it.

In the yard, Chu Xuan urged, “Set the time to catch Liang Shi as soon as possible.”

“No problem. If we can get Feng Chunhua caught up in it too, even better.”

Mu Chenze didn’t mention the incident with the fool Feng.

Chu Xuan nodded in agreement. “That’s what I was thinking too.”

She didn’t mention Liu Zhaodi coming to see her either.

Even if these things weren’t mentioned, Feng Chunhua was already hated enough.

Mu Chenze patted Chu Xuan on the shoulder. “Wait patiently for my news.”

“Okay.”

Chu Xuan watched Mu Chenze leave.

After returning home, Mu Chenze took off the anti-cut clothing, changed into sportswear, and rode his bike to town.

First, he met with Uncle Long to discuss the plan and learned that Liang Shi was still staying at the county guesthouse.

He left his bike at Uncle Long’s place and took the bus to the city.

He arranged a time with Min Yi.

The plan was set for tomorrow afternoon.

After five o’clock, Mu Chenze returned to town, told Uncle Long the time, and rode back to the village.

Just as he entered the village, he heard Feng Chunhua asking the villagers, “Nothing happened in our village today, right?”

The villagers replied, “Nothing happened.”

Feng Chunhua was suspicious. The fool Feng didn’t show up? Impossible. He knew where Nanyu Village was and could remember Chu Xuan’s face.

Mu Chenze stopped his bike and deliberately teased her, “Old Feng, you’re still hobbling around everywhere with your cane? If you want to know what’s happening in the village, just stay here every day! Look at yourself—don’t go out embarrassing us!”

He just wanted to annoy Feng Chunhua.

Feng Chunhua had long disliked Mu Chenze. “You brat, you let Chu Xuan take advantage of you, refused to marry her, and no one else wants you either. You’ll be a bachelor for life!”

“That’s not for you to decide.”

Mu Chenze spotted someone riding a horse toward them—it was the fool Feng.

He picked up his bike and quickly dodged to the side."