Chapter 18 Several people discuss matters

The Zhou family home, living room.

After calming the two down, Jiang Feiyan turned to Uncle Zhou and asked:

"Uncle Zhou, what's the situation now? Has that person confessed?"

"He confessed." Uncle Zhou nodded: "He said that Lin Chunqin gave him a sum of money to abduct you."

Lin Chunqin is currently a criminal suspect. I will bring people to take her back to the police station for investigation later.

The main issue is your dad... does he know about this? If he does, that's protecting a criminal, and that's also a crime.

Jiang Feiyan's eyes turned cold: "Of course he knows. I heard his conversation with Lin Chunqin with my own ears."

Uncle Zhou: "That's good. You might need to go to the police station to give a statement later."

"Okay, sure." Jiang Feiyan continued, "Uncle Zhou, when you go to the steel mill to arrest people later, can I come with you?"

Uncle Zhou: "Yanzi, what do you mean?"

Jiang Feiyan's eyes were firm, and her voice was clear as she said, "I'm going to expose Lin Chunqin's crimes to her face, and I'm going to make sure the whole steel mill knows about it!"

Aunt Wu said indignantly, "Yes, we should make a scene! We should let everyone know what Lin Chunqin has done!"

That Jiang Guowei is no good either. We'll make him lose face completely, then we'll see how he'll still have the nerve to work at the steel mill!

Uncle Zhou added appropriately from the side: "If it is true that Jiang Guowei is protecting criminals, he will also go to jail, and he will lose his job."

"Yes!" Aunt Wu's eyes lit up, and she immediately became happy: "That's great!"

Seeing his wife change her expression so quickly from righteous indignation to anger, Uncle Zhou couldn't help but smile.

Jiang Feiyan and Zhou Linghui exchanged a glance: ...We unintentionally got a dose of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

"Oh, what's going to happen with Yanzi going to the countryside? It would be great if we could withdraw her from the list."

The Zhou family's house is quite far from the Jiang family's house; it takes half an hour by bus.

Living far away, I naturally don't know some news and rumors.

Aunt Wu only learned about this from Jiang Feiyan a couple of days ago.

Whenever this is mentioned, Aunt Wu becomes extremely depressed:

"There are only a few days left, and we don't know anyone in the neighborhood office. Even if we try to find someone through connections, we might not be able to."

Jiang Feiyan: "It's alright, Aunt Wu. I didn't want to stay in Beijing anyway, so going to the countryside is fine."

Hearing this, Aunt Wu felt quite uncomfortable.

If it weren't for Jiang Guowei's inaction as a father, Yanzi wouldn't have felt so disheartened and wanted to leave Beijing.

“I’ve heard that the environment in the countryside is very harsh, and I’m worried that you won’t be doing well there.”

She met a woman at the factory whose children had been sent to the countryside for three years and had only come back once.

She happened to be at the other party's house on that occasion and met the child there.

The girl who seemed so lively and cute has changed so much.

Not only did she become extremely thin, but she also became taciturn and stopped smiling.

The other party's mother had privately tearfully recounted to her the various misfortunes her daughter had suffered in the countryside, which was heartbreaking to hear.

Feiyan was someone she had watched grow up since she was a child, so they had a very deep bond.

The thought of such a delicate young girl being sent to the countryside to suffer makes my heart ache.

Aunt Wu's eyes were red and swollen, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"Now that you're going to the countryside, I don't know when you'll be back. I really miss you, sob sob..."

"Aunt Wu, don't worry," Jiang Feiyan comforted her. "I will write to you often, and I will come back to visit you when I have the chance."

"Mom, please don't cry." Zhou Linghui bit her lip, feeling conflicted.

Yanzi's mother was so heartbroken when she went to the countryside; if the other party knew, she would also sign up to go to the countryside.

The consequences... are simply unimaginable.

But she just couldn't bring herself to say it...

Aunt Wu wiped away her tears, grasped Jiang Feiyan's arms with both hands, and instructed her:

“I will send you some money and tickets every month. You can eat and drink as you please when you go to the countryside. If you need anything, just write to us.”

"No need, Aunt Wu, I have enough money." Jiang Feiyan continued, "Speaking of which, I need to ask you for two favors."

Aunt Wu: "Go ahead."

Jiang Feiyan said, "I'm going to the countryside. The job my mother left behind at the textile factory is no longer needed. Please help me sell it."

And then, could you please help me rent out my house after everything is settled?

Aunt Wu hesitated: "Then... what about Jiang Wanbao?"

She knew that the house was registered under Yanzi's name; she and her husband had forced Jiang Guowei to sign the papers.

If Jiang Guowei and Lin Chunqin go to jail and Yanzi goes to the countryside, only Jiang Wanbao will be left at home.

Jiang Feiyan said coldly, "He has nothing to do with me. He'll naturally be kicked out when the time comes."

“Okay!” Aunt Wu nodded readily. “It just so happens that a friend of mine’s son just graduated from high school and is looking for a job. I’ll talk to her about it later.”

As for your house, I'll look into it for you in the next couple of days. Your house is so big, it'll definitely be easy to rent out.

She supported Yanzi's actions.

Regardless of whether Jiang Wanbao and Jiang Guowei are related, he is still the son of the wicked woman Lin Chunqin.

Yanzi was almost ruined by Lin Chunqin. It's already a good thing that they didn't seek revenge on the other party's son; let her fend for herself.

After the conversation, Jiang Feiyan went to the Public Security Bureau with Uncle Zhou, and brought two police officers with her. The four of them set off for the steel rolling mill.

......

Meanwhile, in the steel rolling mill kitchen.

Lin Chunqin was squatting on the ground washing dishes with a distressed expression, sighing every now and then.

Seeing her like this, the middle-aged woman who was doing odd jobs nearby asked curiously:

"Chunqin, what's wrong with you? You've been looking worried every day these past few days. Is something on your mind?"

"Oh, you don't know," Lin Chunqin said with a bitter face, "My wife is causing trouble again. She even hit her dad the night before last..."

"What?" The woman's eyes widened in disbelief. "Your stepdaughter is so arrogant! She's completely lawless!"

“Who can argue with that?” Lin Chunqin shook her head. “Ever since she was abducted, her temper has become even more volatile.”

You can't scold or hit her, you can't even say a harsh word to her. Every time she finishes eating, she throws down her chopsticks and refuses to do any work.

These days, they go out very early every morning and don't come back until dark. I don't know what they've been doing.

"That's so inconsiderate." The middle-aged woman curled her lip, looking disdainful. "I wonder if she went out to do something bad!"

"Oh my god, it can't be!" Lin Chunqin exclaimed, then hesitated, as if thinking of something.

"But...I think I saw her arguing with a gay man on the street once before..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a clear, crisp voice:

"On what day, at what time, and on which street did you see it?"