"Forget it, I wasn't seriously injured, let's settle this privately."
In the end, Zhang Xiaowei decided to settle privately.
Hearing this, Hou Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
He hoped for a private settlement as well.
But it wasn't because he dreaded trouble.
As a police chief tasked with safeguarding local security, he naturally wanted to punish the wicked and promote the good.
However, the conflict between villages is a matter between groups of people.
Such disputes, some of which have been handed down for centuries, simply cannot be resolved overnight.
He could indeed arrest the people from Shunshui Village today.
But would that resolve the conflict between the two villages?
Not only would it not, it would likely exacerbate tensions.
Today, they did not escalate the situation, but who knows if next time they will go straight to weapons.
