Chapter 19 The dust has settled; a telegram is sent to Gu Beichen.

Public Security Bureau, Temporary Detention Center.

A damp, musty smell mixed with the stench of sweat hit me.

Su Yue carried a small cloth bag containing several boxes of commonly used medicines. Her face showed just the right amount of worry and filial piety. Led by the police, she walked to the door of a private interrogation room.

She saw Su Guohua through the iron bars.

In just one day, this once well-dressed and pampered capitalist had become emaciated, with disheveled hair and sunken eyes, looking as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

"dad."

Su Yue spoke softly, her voice trembling slightly.

Su Guohua suddenly raised his head, and two flames instantly ignited in his cloudy eyes. Like a trapped beast, he lunged at the iron bars, gripping them tightly with both hands, making a loud "bang".

"What are you doing here?! Are you here to laugh at me? You wretched creature!" he roared, spitting everywhere.

"Dad, how could you say that to me?" Su Yue's eyes reddened, and she was on the verge of tears. "I heard you were arrested, and I was worried about your health, so I came to bring you medicine... I..."

Her words were rudely interrupted by Su Guohua.

"Get out! I don't have a daughter like you! I, Su Guohua, was blind to have raised such an ingrate!"

"Dad..." Su Yue's voice choked even more, "Is it because of what Lin Wan'er said? She...she told me everything..."

She lowered her head, her shoulders trembling slightly, like a frightened fawn.

"She said... I'm not your biological child... She said my mother... was with a soldier..."

She spoke deliberately in a halting manner, each word like a needle, precisely piercing Su Guohua's already fragile nerves.

"Dad, tell me, she's just making things up, right? I'm your daughter, and my mom isn't that kind of person, is she?"

Su Yue raised her tearful eyes and looked at him pleadingly, perfectly portraying the image of a daughter hurt by rumors and eager to prove her innocence to her father.

"Is that right?"

These three words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Su Guohua's ashen face instantly turned a deep liver color. He seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and let out a maniacal, ear-piercing laugh.

"Hahahaha! She's not that kind of person? I know her better than you do! That bitch! She's a promiscuous slut!"

Su Guohua's anger completely overwhelmed his reason.

"If she hadn't ruined my plans back then, sleeping around with that bastard surnamed Chu, how could I, Su Guohua, have missed the chance to hook up with a high-ranking official in Beijing?! How could I have been ridiculed for so many years?!"

"I want to skin her alive! And you! You bastard! You're proof of her shamelessness! Every time I see your face, I'm reminded of the green hat I'm wearing! I feel disgusted!"

"I've wanted to get rid of you for a long time! If it weren't for the reputation of the Su family, do you think you would have survived until today?!"

His voice echoed in the interrogation room, every word filled with resentment and bitterness.

In the interrogation room next door, several police officers responsible for wiretapping exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock.

This is truly a shocking revelation!

This not only confirmed Su Guohua's resentment towards his deceased wife, but also implicated a "wild man surnamed Chu," which is crucial for understanding the motives behind the entire case.

Su Yue listened quietly, her lowered eyelids concealing all her emotions.

It turns out that her biological father's surname was Chu.

It turns out that Su Guohua's hatred ran so deep.

When Su Guohua was cursing until his throat was dry and he pointed at her in a fit of emotion, Su Yue moved.

She took a step forward, reaching out as if to grasp her father's hand, her face filled with unbearable grief.

"Dad, please stop... please stop..."

Just as their fingers were about to touch, Su Yue's fingers swiftly plucked a strand of hair from Su Guohua's messy hair at an extremely tricky angle.

The movements were as fast as lightning, almost imperceptible.

She quietly tucked the hair with its follicle into her palm.

"Get out! I don't want to see you again!" Su Guohua flung her hand away and slumped back into his chair, exhausted.

Su Yue looked at him, the sadness in her eyes fading, leaving only a cold indifference.

She turned around and bowed deeply to the square-faced policeman who had been guarding the door.

"Comrades, thank you."

Stepping out of the interrogation room, Su Yue loosened her clenched fist, carefully wrapped the stray hair in a handkerchief, and put it into her inner pocket.

She walked up to the square-faced police officer, her expression having regained its composure, but her eyes were unusually firm.

"Comrades, you all heard what I just said."

The square-faced police officer nodded, his expression serious: "We will record this."

“I have another request.” Su Yue looked directly at him. “I am a military dependent, and my husband is Gu Beichen, the regimental commander of the Qiongzhou Military Region. Su Guohua is a traitor, and this crime will be a stain on my life and will also affect my husband’s future.”

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was firm and resonant.

“Since I am not his biological daughter, I request that the organization, after the case is thoroughly investigated, provide me with an official certificate to clear my mother’s name and restore my clean identity. I cannot allow a traitor to tarnish the glorious identity of a military family member.”

These words are well-founded and reasonable.

The square-faced police officer pondered for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "We will report your situation to our superiors. If the investigation confirms it, the organization will give you a fair explanation."

"Thanks."

Having received the promise she wanted, Su Yue turned and left, her back ramrod straight.

Meanwhile, at the Su family mansion.

Lin Wan'er was still reeling from the failed report and the exposure of her true identity when two uniformed, serious-looking cadres came to her door.

"Comrade Lin Wan'er, we have received a notice from higher authorities that as an educated youth sent to the countryside, you must assemble at the train station at 3 p.m. today to take a train together to the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in Northwest China. Please pack your bags immediately and come with us."

"What? This afternoon?" Lin Wan'er screamed. "No! I'm not going! I'm not going anywhere!"

However, her resistance was futile.

In an era when everything was done according to orders, individual will seemed so insignificant.

"This is the organization's decision, and we must obey!"

No matter how much she cried and threw a tantrum, she was eventually dragged out of the Su family mansion by two cadres, one on each side, like a dead dog.

Inside the post office.

Su Yue handed the prepared telegram to the staff.

[To: Regiment Commander Gu Beichen, Qiongzhou Military Region]

[My household registration has been transferred, and I'll be arriving on the island soon. Prepare the wedding candies; I'm ready for my wedding. Su Yue.]

His few words were concise and to the point, carrying an undeniable air of authority.

After sending the telegram, Su Yue felt completely relieved.

After leaving the post office, she didn't go directly to the train station, but instead turned into another alley and arrived at her maternal grandparents' house.

The two elderly people were so moved when they saw her that tears welled up in their eyes.

Su Yue took out the fresh vegetables and fruits from her space, still covered in dew, and piled them up on half a table.

"Grandpa, Grandma, you can keep these for yourselves."

While her grandmother was in the kitchen, she secretly poured a few drops of the spiritual spring water into the water vat in the yard.

Then she handed her grandfather a military water bottle filled with spring water.

"Grandpa, the water in here is a medicine I made myself. In a critical moment, a sip can save your life."

Although the grandfather didn't completely believe it, seeing his granddaughter's solemn expression, he carefully put it away.

After saying goodbye to her grandparents, Su Yue rode her bicycle to the textile factory's residential compound.

"Yueyue!"

A girl wearing a polyester shirt and with two long braids ran towards her like a little swallow.

It was Yang Yiyi, her only best friend in this era.

"You've finally arrived! I heard something happened to the Su family, I was so worried!" Yang Yiyi pulled her along, looking her up and down.

"I'm fine." Su Yue smiled and pinched her cheek. "I've wiped them all out, and then I'll have nothing to worry about."

"Well done!" Yang Yiyi pumped her fist, looking relieved. "We can't be soft on those scumbags!"

Su Yue also gave Yang Yiyi a serving of vegetables and a pot of spiritual spring water, and gave her the same instructions.

Yang Yiyi, holding the water bottle, looked at her with bright eyes: "Yueyue, are you really going to marry someone from Hainan Island? That's so far away!"

"It's a bit far," Su Yue winked at her and lowered her voice, "but the soldiers there are all incredibly handsome, and they're all from impeccable families. Once I've settled in, I'll introduce you to one, okay?"

"Really?!" Yang Yiyi's eyes lit up even more. She patted Su Yue's shoulder forcefully and said with great enthusiasm, "Okay! It's settled then! You wait, I'll go prepare your dowry right away! I guarantee you'll have a grand and glorious wedding!"

Seeing her best friend's bright smile, the last bit of gloom in Su Yue's heart dissipated.