Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 121. Conning people

"What’s going on, what’s going on?"

Someone who arrived later saw everyone gathering in one place and couldn’t help but join in, asking curiously.

"It seems like an ox cart hit someone," someone in the crowd replied.

"That’s really bad luck, how did they get hit by a cart?" Seeing the man sitting on the ground, crying out in pain, many people immediately assumed it was the driver’s fault, perhaps out of envy for those who owned carts.

"Yeah, just because they have a cart, they don’t look ahead to see if there’s anyone?" The speaker looked at the robust ox with eyes full of jealousy.

"It seems like the collision was serious?"

"Sigh! What a pitiful thing, it’s like disaster falls from the sky."

"Isn’t that the truth?"

"..."

People were chattering non-stop, and even those who arrived later understood what had happened.

Someone with good intentions stepped forward to help the man who had been hit sit up.

"Are you... okay?" an uncle asked with concern.

The only response he got was the man screaming even louder.

The uncle stared at the man he helped, who was holding the wrong leg and screaming in pain, and paused, as if he understood something. He gave a sympathetic look to the owner of the ox cart and backed away, fearing that the man might try to scam him instead.

Hua Chengtian’s face turned even worse as he listened to the spectators’ discussions.

Others didn’t know what was happening, but as the victim, Hua Chengtian knew clearly.

The ox cart hadn’t even hit him. The yellow ox, nurtured for years, was quite intelligent. At the last moment before collision, it adjusted its direction; otherwise, Hua couldn’t have been thrown off the cart due to inertia, and the cart wouldn’t have swerved to the side.

It’s really bad luck to run into a scammer early in the morning. Hua Chengtian looked at the man screaming on the ground with a menacing look in his eyes.

He wasn’t someone with a good temper; if he held back his temper now, he would definitely be scammed.

He shot a displeased look at the person on the ground, first calming the yellow ox and tying the rope to a nearby tree, then walked over to the crying young man with a dark face.

With a cold voice, he said, "Enough, quit the act, anymore and it won’t be believable. My yellow ox didn’t hit you at all. If you hadn’t suddenly dashed over, the ox wouldn’t have swerved to avoid you, almost crashing into a tree. Our cart almost overturned, and I got thrown off the cart. I haven’t even started to complain yet, and you’re already acting! Besides, if you’re going to scam someone, at least make it convincing. Where you’re lying down, do you think my ox could’ve possibly reached you?"

One in the middle of the road, the other under a tree on the roadside, anyone with a brain quickly understood.

If they really collided head-on, the ox cart wouldn’t have stopped under a roadside tree, nor would the cart be swerved so badly.

Upon hearing this, the perspective of some spectators who initially pitied the young man changed immediately.

After all, it turns out he was trying to scam someone.

No wonder something felt off; this person was too far from the ox. They were all misled by his loud screams of pain.

But there were also those who naturally loved to stir trouble and couldn’t stand to see others having a good time. As soon as Hua Chengtian finished speaking, someone in the crowd shouted: "That’s not the way to say it, you’re the owner of the cart, of course, you won’t admit it even if you hit someone."

"Exactly, who would run into an ox cart on purpose? They must think they live too long! I think he’s just trying to shirk responsibility and avoid compensating. The richer one gets, the worse their character is. Just because they drive an ox cart, they think they’re something, rushing around recklessly without watching the road."

An old lady with triangular eyes, full of jealousy, also shouted from the crowd.

The skinny monkey-like man who first spoke looked at the old lady who was backing him up with surprise, and his eyes involuntarily swept toward the tall man on the outskirts of the crowd, silently asking for his opinion.

Unfortunately, the tall man seemed to not notice at all, not even sparing a glance.

The well-meaning uncle who had previously helped someone up disdainfully looked at the sharp-featured old woman standing next to him, moving slightly to one side.

Some spectators, who had brains but didn’t know how to think, also nodded along, feeling the old lady made some sense.

After all, who wants to pay compensation? This guy must have that in mind, deliberately claiming he was scammed.

When Hua Chengtian was young, he was unbeaten in the village fights. Only after getting married and having kids did he mellow out a bit, but even so, most of the village folks still feared him.

Even though the darkness hadn’t yet lifted, Hua Chengtian’s tiger-like eyes zeroed in on those in the crowd who spoke for the young man and tried to mislead everyone.

One was a frail, skinny man with a face unclear of what he was growing; anyway, it made people not want to look at him twice, giving off an ugly vibe.

Another was an old lady whose looks screamed spitefulness, her jealous gaze indeed sickening.

With these people openly facing him, how could Hua Chengtian still hold back? He coldly glared at the two of them.

The cold gleam in his eyes involuntarily made the skinny monkey man and the old woman step back as if his gaze were sharp blades.

Noticing that the ox cart owner was someone not easy to mess with, the old woman quickly regretted speaking out of turn.

She thought a casual word in the crowd wouldn’t be noticed, but unexpectedly, the ox cart owner had such sharp eyes, discovering her at once, making her both embarrassed and a little scared.

Staring coldly at the two in the crowd, Hua Chengtian gave a faint smile: "I seemed to speak very clearly just now, the distance between my ox and this person makes it impossible for them to collide. Such an obvious fact, yet you two protect him so keenly, is there perhaps some connection between you, or are you all part of the same scam?" Hua Chengtian was no pushover when it came to argument, quickly putting such a heavy charge on them, making the old lady’s face turn red with urgency. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"No, how can you falsely accuse us like this? I’m not with him at all, I don’t know him, I... I just meant to kindly speak out."

"I’m just a bystander with no connection to him, definitely not accomplices, you cannot blame me for this," said the sharp-faced old woman, daring not to stay any longer. She snatched her basket and quickly slipped away into the crowd.

Fearing that if she were a step slower, she’d be labeled an accomplice. This guy seemed too tough to tackle, regardless of whether he hit someone or not, it had nothing to do with the sharp old lady who didn’t want any trouble, so she swiftly left.

The skinny monkey man, also feeling guilty from the intimidating gaze, avoided looking at the ox cart owner, who, despite simple attire showing him as an ordinary peasant, had a gaze that unnerved him somehow.

Nonetheless, remembering Brother Li’s task assigned to him, the skinny monkey man forced himself to respond.

"But you’re just too overbearing, accusing people of being accomplices just like that. Everyone here spoke up, does that mean they are all accomplices?"

Saying this, the skinny monkey man, seeking support, scanned the people around him, but as soon as he did, everyone hurriedly moved aside, leaving him standing alone in the blink of an eye.