"What kind of person is this? Someone who dares to publicly criticize others for being unfairly treated, how can the school still keep someone like that?" Zhang Yu couldn't understand.

“There is a shortage of teachers right now, and the school is even hiring substitute teachers. Although Liu Yuting has problems, there is no direct evidence to prove that she has made a mistake, so the school cannot dismiss her.”

Lin Xiazhu expressed her thoughts, "...I've only heard about this, and I don't know if it's true, so I need your help. See who's the most clever, and send them to investigate."

"Would the school expel her if it proved she was having an affair?" Zhang Yu said.

"Probably not, but her husband definitely won't agree. She's made a mess of our house, and I can't let her have her way. I'll let her experience what it's like to have a mess at home too." Cha Cha and Tao Zi won't be going back to school.

Lin Xiazhu had thought it over. This incident had been too unpleasant, and if she went back to school, people would point fingers at her, especially Chacha, who dared to hit a teacher and would definitely be gossiped about.

"So, Chacha will stop going to school and just hang out with me on the construction site?"

"No, she will definitely continue studying, but she can't stay in Changhe County anymore. I plan to transfer Chacha to another county." In this day and age, transferring schools is quite easy, after all, it's just transferring to a county.

"I think we should just forget about it. It's better to let Chacha go back to town to study; she'll be more used to it then." Zhang Yu gave her a dismissive look.

"What if she goes back to town and then runs off to the mountains to cause trouble again?" It was with this in mind that she decided to send Chacha to another county, since the teaching quality in the county would always be better than in the town.

"With Cha Cha's personality, she's likely to cause trouble wherever she goes. You'd be better off keeping an eye on her for safety." Having worked together for a long time, Zhang Yu understands Lin Cha Cha quite well.

Lin Xiazhu: "..." That seems to make sense.

If that's the case, then Taozi will also have to go back to town to study.

But it's good that the two sisters are in town, where their grandmother lives, so she can take care of them to some extent.

So Lin Chacha and Lin Taozi went back to school in town. Although it was a bit embarrassing to have slipped back to their hometown from the county town, Lin Chacha was thick-skinned and didn't care what others thought; she just wanted to be happy.

She really didn't like the county town. She had told her sister long ago that she didn't want to go there, but her sister insisted. Now, even the peaches had been sent back. But going back to the town suited her well. She could go into the mountains to buy local produce on weekends again. There were still plenty of fish in the river this season.

After school in the evening, if there's nothing to do, you can go down to the river to catch fish.

Lin Taozi didn't feel much. She had a mute girl in town to play with, as well as other old friends, all of whom she got along well with. She was quite happy and didn't feel uncomfortable about returning to town.

Because Lin Chacha and Lin Taozi lived in the town, Lin Xiazhu returned to Shanhe Town more often. She always felt that the county town held bad memories, so she didn't force Chacha and Taozi to go to the county town. Whenever she had free time, she would try to take the bus back to the town to see them.

Seeing that Chacha and Taozi's smiles were even brighter, she felt that town was pretty good too, at least it made her younger sister happier. It seemed that Lin Xiaoxue was the only one who could adapt to life in the county town, and she didn't want to go back to town at all.

Two months later, Zhang Yu brought Zhang Longfei to find Lin Xiazhu.

"We found out! We've uncovered everything about that woman." Zhang Yu was very excited.

"Liu Yuting hooked up with a coal mine owner. Coal mine owners are very rich. Liu Yuting's family was very poor. She was able to continue her studies at teachers' college because the coal mine owner paid her tuition."

"Didn't they already hook up a long time ago?" Lin Xiazhu was surprised. Liu Yuting was only a few years old at that time, and she already knew how to be a gold digger.

"That's right. I heard she had an abortion before. But the coal mine owner has a wife and children. The eldest child is already twenty years old. So after Liu Yu found a job, she married a teacher." Zhang Yu's face was full of gossip.

Zhang Longfei was the one who investigated this matter. He hadn't gone to the construction site to move bricks for the past two months; he had been specifically investigating Liu Yuting and Lin Xiazhu, who were paying his wages according to the usual daily wage on the construction site.

He quite liked the job; it was much easier than doing manual labor on a construction site. It's a pity it's over now.

Zhang Longfei made a bold guess: "I think Liu Yuting's son looks a lot like the coal mine owner, so he is very likely the coal mine owner's son, not her husband's son."

"...You can't just say things like that." Although Lin Xiazhu also had some doubts, she didn't want to delve into the matter. She wanted to let the couple have their little argument and let it go without making them break up.

"Don't worry about this, just leave it to me." Zhang Yu patted his chest, showing his loyalty.

"I think we should forget about it. Are you going to drag someone's son and the coal mine owner to the hospital for a paternity test?" Paternity tests couldn't be done a couple of years ago, and now you'd probably have to go to Beijing to get one.

"There's no need for all that trouble. I have a more direct and effective method," Zhang Yu said confidently.

Half a month later, Zhang Yu's method worked. He came up with a way to tell the coal mine owner and Liu Yu about their affair to the coal mine owner's wife. In fact, the coal mine owner's wife knew about the affair between the two for so many years, but she had always turned a blind eye.

Because Liu Yuting didn't affect her status, she didn't take her seriously. But when someone told her that Liu Yuting was married but still had a relationship with her husband, and that the son she had with him was her husband's, she was surprised.

This is terrible. If the illegitimate child grows up and tries to take away her son's property, this will be a huge problem. How can she tolerate this?

The coal mine owner's wife, along with several burly women, went to the school, beat Liu Yuting up, tore her face, and exposed all the bad things she had done, completely ruining Liu Yuting's reputation.

Liu Yuting had a fight with her husband, and they argued every few days after returning home. For some reason, her mother-in-law and father-in-law were furious when they heard that their grandson didn't belong to them but to a coal mine owner.

No wonder people outside say that their grandson doesn't look like their son. They used to think that it was normal for a child not to look like his son because he hadn't fully grown up yet, but now that they look closely, he really does look like that coal mine owner.

They were unaware of the truth before. Liu Yuting even invited the coal mine owner to their home for dinner, and their family treated him warmly. Just thinking about it makes them feel heartbroken. They were cheated on, yet they still fawned over the man. Who knows what the man was thinking about their family?

Not long after, Liu Yuting divorced her husband. She got custody of her son, couldn't stay at the school anymore, and didn't go back to her parents' home. I heard that she left the county and went to S City.

It's obvious that the coal mine owner took them to the city. After all, they were young and educated, and they had given birth to his son. No matter how much the shrew at home acted, the coal mine owner couldn't bear to abandon them.

Not long after, Liu Yu heard from her family that she had opened a hotel in the city, and business was quite good. She was now the boss's wife and living a very glamorous life.

However, I heard that the coal mine owner's wife would occasionally go over and cause trouble, even getting into fights, so life was quite stressful for her.

Lin Xiazhu: "..." It's none of her business, and she's not interested in Liu Yu's affairs.

As long as she stops causing trouble for her sister, it doesn't matter whether she lives a life of poverty or prosperity; that's someone else's business.