In the end, the squat, fat man was arrested for attempted assault but would only be detained after he could leave the hospital bed.
As for Chen Erniu, if he had been a normal person who had sent the squat, fat man to the hospital with a bleeding head, he would certainly have been held responsible.
However, considering he was mentally disabled, without the capacity for civil conduct,
and taking into account the squat, fat man's egregious behavior, Chen Erniu was ultimately deemed to be acting in self-defense, so he faced no consequences.
At He Hongjuan's earnest request, Zhang Ling helped them keep the incident a secret, so the villagers were unaware of the situation.
This was also thanks to no one else from the village working in the workshop aside from He Hongjuan and Zhang Ling.
Otherwise, the matter might have spread a long time ago.
A day later, Chen Erniu and He Hongjuan finished all the paperwork and returned to the village.
