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They looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd suggested, "Why don't we call the previous village secretary back?"

Everyone's eyes lit up instantly. This was indeed a good idea. Secretary Yu still be willing to come back?

They had broken his heart back then, and even sold his melons in the most drastic way, leaving the boss he had painstakingly found empty-handed. He was so angry that he said on the spot that he would sever all cooperation with them forever.

No one should be able to forgive their heinous acts.

But now, who can help them?

"Will Secretary Yu come back?" they asked somewhat anxiously.

One person said regretfully, "We Secretary Yu this way before, so we deserve this situation now."

"We deserve it. Let's not bother Secretary Yu anymore. At worst, we'll fight this guy to the death."

"Yes! At worst, we'll fight to the death. He cheated me out of my money, he has to pay me back, or I'll never forgive him!"

The villagers were all incredibly excited, but the next second they heard Song Shiwei's inner thoughts: [Good heavens, are these two gangsters?]

[No wonder the previous Secretary Yu took office so quickly; it turns out he was suddenly beaten on his way home one night, leaving him partially paralyzed and bedridden for six months. It was this Secretary Lin and Boss Zhang who sent people to beat him.]

[And the boss that Secretary Yu had finally managed to find was also beaten up by Secretary Lin's men.]

[No wonder I said he embezzled public funds and lied to his fellow villagers all these years without being discovered; it turns out those who were discovered had already been beaten to death or secretly disposed of.]

[I was truly stunned. It's unbelievable that such a heinous act of collusion between officials and businessmen, between officials and criminals, could occur in such a small town, harming the interests of ordinary people. Fortunately, the villagers remained unaware for so many years, foolishly being deceived—which, in a way, was a form of self-protection.]

[My God, isn't this a real-life version of "The Knockout"? And I actually ran into it! This Secretary Lin is a real cancer, and this Boss Zhang isn't any better. They're both scoundrels.]

[The two men initially came to Qingyuan Town Qingyuan Town Secretary Yu had finally established a good reputation for the town's melons. They had already taught the other melon buyers a lesson, so they dared not buy melons from Qingyuan Town anymore. That's why this whole drama unfolded, making the villagers wholeheartedly sell their melons to Boss Zhang.]

Hearing this long string of heartfelt words sent chills down the spines of the villagers. Was Secretary Lin some kind of traitor?

They're even more panicked now. What should they do? Do they really want to go against a gang leader for their own money?

Secretary Yu was beaten half to death; do they really think they can win?

They have always been honest and hardworking, working hard all their lives to earn a living. Although they have done some bad things, they have never done anything immoral or heinous.

Upon hearing that Secretary Lin was the leader of the gang, their already timid and fearful nature immediately became even more panicked.

[Wow! Secretary Yu's a real-life An Xin! For the past five years, he's not only been the secretary of another town, leading the villagers in making agricultural production a great success and helping them escape poverty, but he's also been constantly concerned about the safety of the people in Qingyuan Town. He's been secretly collecting evidence of Secretary Lin's crimes, and now he's almost finished!]

[Secretary Yu is really pitiful. He was constantly harassed by the henchmen sent by that Scumbag Lin, but he managed to turn them into his own brothers and even obtained a lot of intelligence from them.]

[Wow, Secretary Yu is truly wise! He actually saved all this evidence in his email beforehand and scheduled to send it out. That Scumbag Lin might not even know how he died.]

[Murder, embezzlement, bribery, immoral private life, and even betraying his wife— Scumbag Lin, you could be executed hundreds of times and it wouldn't be an exaggeration.]

On the other side, Song Shiwei was taken aside by Secretary Lin and Boss Zhang. She didn't listen to what Scumbag Lin and Beast Zhang had to say the whole time.

She was almost furious. The shocking words written on the Gossip Compendium were enough to make her gasp. Even as someone who had been involved in a serial murder case, she still gasped when she saw what Scumbag Lin had done.

[He's absolutely inhuman! God, you mustn't let this scum get away with this!]

[Please get all the crucial evidence into Secretary Yu Yu's hands! For example, the two bodies buried in the back mountain of Qingyuan Town, the bank statements of the company he registered, or even contact his wife!]

Song Shiwei really felt like she was going to die of anger if she kept getting any angrier! She even wanted to call Secretary Yu and tell him about the Scumbag Lin and the Beast Zhang had done.

Although Scumbag Lin was smiling, his tone was laced with sarcasm, "The four of you are complete strangers. You're just here to film a variety show for two days. You all want to leave peacefully, don't you?"

"Of course, aren't we just promoting you?" Xi Zining replied calmly, then silently turned on her phone to record.

He snorted coldly, but a malicious smile still lingered on his face as he leisurely said, "I don't want you to do publicity. Let me put it this way, I'll pay you 400,000 to be my spokespeople and get them to sell the melons to me at a low price, not to tell me how good these melons are."

"If you cooperate, then we'll all be happy; if you don't cooperate..."

Scumbag Lin, paused deliberately, then looked at them with a warning expression. Jiang Zhuxin, truly fearless, snorted coldly and said, "So what?"