What, if words fail, let fists do the talking? Is it really that simple?
For Cheng Xiaofan, resolving issues this way was the easiest and most preferred method.
He could have easily dealt with these punks, killing them all with a single slap.
This was at least much simpler than him producing evidence.
After all, he had only detected the problem from the fluctuations in their vital energy, which couldn't be presented as evidence. More importantly, no one would believe it.
"You wanted proof?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly and said leisurely, "Actually, you don't need me to produce any evidence; you'll confess it yourself."
"For instance, this 200,000 gift money, you arranged it, didn't you?"
Upon hearing this, Guo Huai was startled, thinking, how did this brat know I arranged it?
However, he was a seasoned individual. He gave a sinister smile and said, "Kid, don't try to bluff me. That 200,000 gift was demanded by Du Xiaojuan's brother's in-laws, what does it have to do with me?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, a hint of mockery in his tone, "Guo Huai, you're really good at shifting blame!"
"If I'm not mistaken, you set your sights on the father of Du Xiaojuan's brother's girlfriend to get Du Xiaojuan."
"Du Xiaojuan's brother's girlfriend's father is Guo Chengfu. He's your distant uncle and works for you. Last year, when his wife fell ill, he borrowed 8,000 yuan in usury from you, which he hasn't repaid yet."
"You found Guo Chengfu and asked him to demand 200,000 gift money from the Du family. If he complied with your instructions, you would waive his 8,000 yuan usury. If he refused, he would have to repay the money immediately, and you would revoke his employment."
"Guo Chengfu had no choice but to agree. He proposed to the Du family that they demand 200,000 gift money. You, Guo Huai, took this opportunity to go to the Du family and offered to provide the 200,000 on their behalf, with the condition that Du Xiaojuan must marry your simple-minded brother."
At this point, Cheng Xiaofan sneered, "Guo, you've devised a brilliant plan. The 200,000 was paid out, only to return to your own pocket, and you obtained Du Xiaojuan without lifting a finger!"
"You... you..."
Guo Huai was dumbfounded. How could an outsider like Cheng Xiaofan know such confidential matters? It was as if he had been involved in it himself.
Otherwise, how could he have known so clearly?
He stammered for a long time, then roared in shame and anger, "You're talking nonsense! You're trying to frame me. Hmph, that's like hanging a curtain on a door without a frame!"
"I know you won't admit it, Guo Huai,"
Cheng Xiaofan said with a cold laugh, "but people's actions are watched by the heavens. With so many people here, do you dare to swear to the heavens that you didn't do this?"
Swear to the heavens?
Guo Huai couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard this.
What era was this? Was there still such a fool who believed in oaths?
What was wrong with taking an oath? It was just like passing gas.
With this thought, he gave Cheng Xiaofan a sinister look and swore convincingly, "I, Guo Huai, am upright and fear no shadows. What is there to fear in swearing to the heavens?"
He immediately pointed to the sky and swore, "I, Guo Huai, sincerely helped my brother marry a wife. Throughout this entire process, I harbored no ill intentions."
"If I harbored any malice, may lightning strike me and may I die a horrible death!"
BOOM!
As soon as he finished speaking, the clear sky suddenly gathered a layer of dark clouds, and a bolt of lightning struck down.
This bolt of lightning landed not far from the crown of Guo Huai's head, making him somersault in mid-air. Not a single strand of hair on his head was left, its fiery remnants.
His bald head emitted a strange black smoke.
The henchmen who had been surrounding Guo Huai let out terrified screams. Fearing they would be struck by lightning, they all fled as fast as their legs could carry them, faster than dogs.
Everyone present was stunned and speechless at this scene.
"Guo Huai, retribution has arrived! You must be responsible for your oath!"
Cheng Xiaofan loudly addressed the crowd again, "Everyone saw it. Heaven has begun to strike the Guo fellow. If he doesn't admit what he's done, heaven will surely not let him off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, accompanied by rumbling thunder, another bolt of lightning struck near Guo Huai.
BOOM!
A deep crater was blasted into the ground, and Guo Huai tumbled headfirst into the pit.
"I don't want to die! Oh heavens, spare me! I've wronged the Du family! I shouldn't have done this just to covet Du Xiaoli!"
Guo Huai was so terrified that he lost his senses. He scrambled out of the pit in a panic, then knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly towards the sky, wailing with a runny nose and tears, "Heavens, please stop the lightning! I admit I was wrong! I was truly wrong!"
"Du Xiaojuan once returned to her mother's home, and I happened to pass by and see her. I was instantly captivated by her beauty, and I began to think of ways to get her."
"Thinking of my simple-minded brother at home, I set my sights on him. Since he doesn't understand human matters, whoever marries him would essentially be mine!"
"Today, I even prepared a sleeping drug. I planned to marry Du Xiaojuan and then sleep with her. I thought that after a few times, even if she resisted, she would eventually comply..."
"Truly, one can know a person's face but not their heart. I never thought this Guo fellow was such a beast!"
"Du Laoshuan was also momentarily confused, actually accepting Guo Huai's 200,000 gift money. If it weren't for Cheng Xiaofan's appearance, he would have thrown his daughter into a fiery pit!"
"Du Xiaojuan has a fiery temper. At that time, it might have led to a death!"
"Call the police! This Guo fellow is too wicked! He should be brought to justice!"
At once, the onlookers, upon hearing Guo Huai's confession, condemned him angrily. At the same time, they were also curious about how the lightning strike came so suddenly.
Little did they know that this so-called heavenly lightning was precisely what Cheng Xiaofan had summoned.
When dragons rise, clouds gather, and when clouds gather, rain follows. However, this time, there was no rain, but several bolts of lightning.
This was Cheng Xiaofan secretly borrowing dragon power to gather dark clouds in the sky, thus summoning the lightning.
If Cheng Xiaofan had wanted to strike Guo Huai to death, he could have done so directly with lightning, and no one would have dared to find fault with him.
A person killed by heavenly lightning could only be considered to have died in vain.
Even if anyone suspected Cheng Xiaofan, without evidence, no one could do anything to him.
However, scum like Guo Huai, who were no better than ants, didn't even register in Cheng Xiaofan's eyes. He disdained to take action against such people.
Cheng Xiaofan could see that Guo Huai, being a contractor, had committed more than just this one misdeed in his daily life. People like him should be handled by the police.
Someone on the scene had already subdued Guo Huai and called the police station.
"Young man, thank you for saving my daughter!"
At this moment, Du Laoshuan walked over and said gratefully to Cheng Xiaofan, "It was my momentary confusion that I accepted Guo Huai's 200,000 gift money. At that time, I never imagined I was digging a pit for my daughter!"
"The matter is resolved, let's not dwell on it!"
Cheng Xiaofan didn't want to waste more words with such a person.
Didn't he know that by accepting the money and pushing his daughter towards a simple-minded man, he had ruined her happiness, and he had no idea of the consequences?
"Xiaojuan, let's go back to Zhuxi Village together!" Cheng Xiaofan said as he approached Du Xiaojuan.
Du Xiaojuan nodded and said, "Xiaofan, thank you. I'll go back with you right away!"