This time, when Old Two from the Liao Hu family built a house, the facade of the house actually encroached upon the Li Minghua family's homestead land, which is utterly unacceptable in the countryside. However, the Liao Hu family resorted to using fists to resolve the issue. Li Minghua would not tolerate this and directly called the police. The police came to mediate, and left after the mediation was done.

Liao Hu, this guy, couldn't accept it and immediately took a few brothers to retaliate against Li Minghua's family.

A round of brutal beating left Li Minghua paralyzed from the waist down, unable to move. Later, after a hospital diagnosis, it was found that his lumbar spine was fractured and he was paralyzed from the lower half of his body, meaning he would probably have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, with no other hope.

As soon as the news broke out, the entire Li Minghua family was in tears.

Liao Hu knew something serious had happened, and the very night he packed up some valuables and left Zhouzhuang.

When Lin Chuan arrived at Zhouzhuang, Luo Guoqing was waiting at the entrance of the village.

"What's the situation?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Ah, big trouble." Luo Guoqing took a drag of his cigarette and said, "Come on, I'll tell you about it as we walk."

Along the way, Luo Guoqing recounted the situation to Lin Chuan.

"What? Paralyzed from the waist down?" Lin Chuan was shocked upon hearing this.

"Yes!" Luo Guoqing took another drag of his cigarette and said, "What to do now? Li Minghua's family also includes a seventy-year-old mother, and a child in junior high school. He was the main support of the family, and now, such a thing has happened. What should we do?"

Lin Chuan asked, "Where is the perpetrator?"

"Ran away." Luo Guoqing replied.

"His family is still here!" Lin Chuan responded.

"Hmph, with the Liao family being so domineering, the Li family wouldn't dare to trouble them," Luo Guoqing said with a sneer. "The police have already been notified, and an investigation has started. However, we can't count on the police to resolve this matter quickly."

"You mean?" Lin Chuan looked at Luo Guoqing.

"We can only figure out a solution ourselves!" Luo Guoqing gritted his teeth and said, "These people are too bullying."

"What do you plan to do?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.

"You have a wide network of contacts," Luo Guoqing looked at Lin Chuan seriously and said, "Get some connections, find a way to track down Liao Hu, and make sure he faces legal punishment. Li Minghua was in his thirties, at the prime of his life and the mainstay of the family, but now he has been reduced to a paraplegic. Who would want to end up like this?"

Lin Chuan nodded and said, "Okay, I got it."

Luo Guoqing was right, the law exists to protect citizens' rights from being violated. For the Liao family to flout the law and maliciously injure someone, causing disability, they must face legal punishment. Lin Chuan didn't immediately call Zhou Kai and Zhao Zhonghai, but decided to first see the situation at Li Minghua's home for himself.

Walking into the village from the entrance, he quickly arrived at Li Minghua's doorstep.

Li Minghua's house is a three-story concrete building, located at the most conspicuous spot at the entrance of the village. Next to it, the foundation of the homestead land has been dug, and that piece of land is the new homestead land applied for by the Liao family. Originally, the new homestead land applied for by the Liao Hu family was behind Li Minghua's house, but this family, not content with that, secretly altered the applied homestead land and directly started construction on Li Minghua's land.

Obviously, Li Minghua's family did not agree, which led to the subsequent events.

Scattered bricks and rust-streaked rebar created a desolate scene.

Just twenty meters away is the courtyard of the Liao Hu family, a five-story building with glazed tiles and walls clad in emerald-green tiles. It seemed particularly imposing.

"There, that's Liao Hu's house." Luo Guoqing took another drag of his cigarette, standing beside.

"Rich, huh." Lin Chuan scoffed.

"The few brothers in the family do have some success outside, and indeed they have saved up some money." Luo Guoqing nodded.

"Then it should be easier to handle," Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Let's go, first let's talk to their family."

"Don't bother, it will only result in a beating," Luo Guoqing said with a sneer.

The Li family was in tears, and Li Minghua's wife was more distressed than ever. With the family's mainstay down, what was to become of the home in the future? No one knew what to do. Li Minghua's elderly mother sat hopelessly at the doorstep, her face ashen. The child, still in his teens, had taken temporary leave from school to stay at home.

Li Minghua's wife, upon learning that Lin Chuan was Li Minghua's colleague, quickly got up to pour him tea.

"The Liao family is too wicked, they beat my husband to this state, I will never let them off," the woman said with determination, resolved to hold the Liao Hu family accountable.

"Don't worry," Lin Chuan said solemnly, "I will help you."

"Thank you!" The woman nodded.

After learning some specifics of the situation at Li Minghua's home, Lin Chuan, accompanied by Luo Guoqing, went to Liao Hu's house, which was just twenty meters away. The gate of the Liao family was tightly closed, with two huge stone lions in front, exuding a sense of dominance and might.

Thud, thud, thud...

Lin Chuan walked forward and knocked on the door.

"Who's there?" At this moment, a sharp scream came from inside the house.

"Open the door," Lin Chuan demanded.

Soon after, a woman in red opened the door, holding a child in her arms. She poked her head out and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Looking for Liao Hu," Lin Chuan pushed the door open and walked in.

"He's not here. What do you want with him?" The woman eyed Lin Chuan and Luo Guoqing with suspicion; neither man looked familiar, clearly not from the village. With Liao Hu in trouble, she had to be extremely cautious of strangers showing up.

"Hmm, after crippling someone, one should face legal punishment, right?" Lin Chuan snorted coldly.

"I... I don't know what you're talking about," the woman glanced at Lin Chuan.

"Call out Liao Hu," Lin Chuan replied.

The woman's eyes darted around, and before she could speak, she suddenly sat down, placing the child on the ground, and tore her clothes to reveal her shoulder and plump chest, crying and wailing: "Big men bullying a woman, help... someone help... come quick..."

This ridiculous scene left Lin Chuan speechless. Luo Guoqing was equally dumbfounded.

"What... what's going on here?" Lin Chuan was taken aback.

"I have no idea!" Luo Guoqing quickly shook his head.

Just as they were about to step forward to help the woman up, a crowd of people surged down from upstairs, including several of Liao Hu's brothers, all brandishing sticks and shouting angrily, "Motherfuckers, you dare to bully a woman? Have you no shame?"

"Catch those two," the muscular, hulking man leading them roared.

At this point, Lin Chuan realized what was happening. This coordinated charade was a ploy to shift the focus, preferably pinning a fabricated crime on him. With this thought, an insidious smile involuntarily curled at Lin Chuan's lips.

A group had already encircled Lin Chuan and Luo Guoqing, believing in the power of numbers which the village certainly had; as a certain great man once said, "the more people, the greater the strength."

"You deserve death," bellowed the muscular man: "You break into our home, and now you dare to insult my sister-in-law."

"Don't talk nonsense," Lin Chuan retorted with a cold laugh: "I'm here for Liao Hu."

"Hmph, enough with your excuses," the muscular man said angrily. "Fellows, take these two intruders down and drag them to the police station."

Whoosh...

As the crowd prepared to move in, Luo Guoqing quickly said, "Wait, don't misunderstand. We're here for justice for Li Minghua. You beat him to that state; do you really think you can escape the law's punishment?"

"Li Minghua had it coming," the muscular man shouted back: "Moreover, he started it, so he got what he deserved. Now that he's crippled, my brother has to suffer."

The muscular man speaking was Liao Hu's brother, Liao Long. Born in the year of the tiger and the year of the dragon, the two brothers were known for their belligerence and their recklessness in fights.

"Cut the crap," Lin Chuan dismissed: "Li Minghua is now paralyzed in bed. The doctor's disability diagnosis is out; his spinal nerves are damaged, leading to paralysis of the lower body. According to the disability assessment, he has a second-degree disability under national standards. It's going to cost at least two million in compensation, right?"

The Liao family was terrified at the mention, their faces turning white.

Forget two million, even two hundred thousand would be a heavy blow to them. The crowd was petrified. In that instant, Liao Long furiously said, "Bullshit, if you two dare mistreat my sister-in-law, we need to settle this debt."

"Hmm, trying to intimidate me?" Lin Chuan sneered, baring his teeth.

"So what?" Liao Long, accustomed to bullying around in Zhouzhuang, habitually resorted to brute force to solve problems.

Lin Chuan immediately made a call to Zhao Zhonghai.

Zhou Kai had recently purchased two Jinbei vans for transporting people, because they often needed to go out for training, so buying the vans became a priority. This guy was always swift with his actions, getting the signature from Zhou Rui and immediately purchasing them. The two Jinbei vans cost just over a hundred thousand each.

Upon receiving the call, Zhao Zhonghai set out from Changlin Factory right away, cramming over thirty people into two Jinbei vans. They sped towards Western City District from Changlin Factory along Ring Road, which had no traffic lights. In less than half an hour, they arrived at Zhouzhuang.

Liao Long and his people never believed Lin Chuan could summon many reinforcements.

While Lin Chuan was calling for backup, Liao Long had also raised an alarm, and soon enough, a throng of young men from Liao family village turned up to show force. After all, Liao family village was the largest in Zhouzhuang, reportedly with over five hundred households and more than two thousand people.

With just a call from the Liao brothers, over a hundred people appeared wielding farming tools as weapons, ready for action.

They gathered in the open space just outside the Liao family's doorstep, with quite a few onlookers around.

"Where are they, the people you called?" Liao Long, with a cigarette in his mouth and confident with his numerical advantage, became even more unruly, mocking loudly: "Don't tell me you're just messing with us? Or can you not call anyone at all?"

"Just wait," Lin Chuan took a drag of his cigarette.

Lin Chuan was quite calm, but Luo Guoqing by his side was nervous and scared, apprehensive about triggering some incident.

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