No One Wants Anything

Su Sanyun lowered his head and thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons, then nodded: "Alright, I trust the village chief."

The village chief sighed in relief and patted Su Sanyun on the shoulder: "Good child, you understand the bigger picture."

Then the village chief walked over, glaring at Old Su, and said, "The official has already said that kidnapping Su Lanxiang is a serious crime, a violation of the law. Do you acknowledge your mistake!?"

Old Su, facing the officers, dared not act rashly, and nodded vigorously while holding Su Daqi's hand: "We know we were wrong, please spare us, we won't dare to do it again!"

The village chief turned to the villagers and said, "Our village has such scoundrels, as the village chief, I am very angry and heartbroken! Now our village is doing business with Ali, working hard selling vegetables everywhere! Everyone knows that business relies on sincerity, reputation, and trust, but the Su family scoundrels did this, tarnishing our village's name! If this spreads, people won't care that it was Old Su and Su Daqi of Haizi Village who did the bad deeds, they'll just say Haizi Village is a child-kidnapping village! Then when you go out to do business, customers will treat you like kidnappers, not daring to deal with you or let you in! Tell me, can business still be done!?"

When the village chief explained the stakes, the villagers suddenly realized that Old Su had endangered the entire village?!

Blocking people's livelihood is like killing one's own parents; the villagers looked at the Su family as if they were their father's murderers.

Seeing this, the village chief continued, "But Su Sanyun is a sensible child. Although he suffered many grievances, he is willing to swallow this bitter pill for the village's reputation and not report Old Su's responsibility to the officials."

Then the village chief cupped his hands to the captain and said, "Officer, our victim means this is a family matter, so there's no need for official trouble."

The captain looked at Su Sanyun and asked, "What do you think?"

Su Sanyun lowered his head and said, "Let's do as the village chief said..."

As soon as Su Sanyun finished speaking, Old Su jumped up from the ground: "I said, how can selling your own granddaughter be illegal?"

"Whether it's illegal or not, it's not up to you," Su Li suddenly spoke, blinking and staring at Old Su: "Grandpa, Third Uncle wants to sever ties with you. I think you should agree. If you don't, and Third Uncle regrets it, he might hand you over to the officers..."

"No, no going to the government office!" Old Su was most afraid of going to the government office and hurriedly waved his hands.

"So grandpa agrees!?" Su Li crossed his arms and tilted his head, looking at Old Su.

At this moment, holding strong bargaining chips in his hand, it was a good time to negotiate.

Old Su didn't want to agree at all, but seeing the stern officers beside him, if he didn't agree, he would have to go to the government office to be punished. How could he refuse?

Old Su instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, nodded, and said, "Fine, I agree, isn't that enough!"

Su Li immediately called the village chief to witness and drafted a contract on the spot to sever ties.

Old Su said, "When the family splits, Third Uncle's family took the fields, livestock, and tools. All of that must be returned to us!"

"Tsk, after doing such a shameful thing, you still want stuff?" Su Li clicked his tongue and shook his head, "No way, you don't get a single penny, or else... off to jail you go!"

The captain immediately cooperated and stepped forward as if to arrest Old Su, scaring him so much that his calves twitched uncontrollably. He hurriedly nodded, "Alright, alright, I don't want any of it, none of it!"

"Village chief, you heard that, please write it in the contract, in black and white, so no one can deny it later," Su Li said.