Mother Cen was also panicked when she heard this.

But she quickly shouted back: "What rumor?! I don't know!"

"Your original words were, my son was deceived by that little hoof from the Song family."

Gu Chengze's usually gentle face was full of coldness. He took out a piece of paper and held it in front of everyone.

He recited each word, "She's not thinking about getting married at all. Think about it, what brother who's still unmarried at 30 would let his stepsister join the army? It's for his own sake! Who knows what shameful things they're doing behind her back?"

Gu Chengze clenched his hand holding the letter, shaking slightly.

As soon as these words were spoken, discussions broke out in the auditorium.

Gu Cheng ignored them and continued, looking at Mother Cen, whose face flushed red. "I've asked every one of you clearly about the time, the place, and what was said. The evidence is all here. Are you still going to deny it? Do you want me to call all those people over and confront them face to face?"

Mother Cen stiffened her neck and frantically defended herself, "I was just saying it casually, chatting with others. Gu Chengze, I watched you grow up when you were little, and I even held you in my arms. Why are you fussing over such trivial matters with an elder like me?!"

She didn't expect that Gu Chengze would be so petty and would investigate this matter so clearly.

He even went to ask everyone in the compound!

This is a disguised admission.

Everyone looked at each other, then at Gu Chengze, then turned to look at Cen's mother who was making unreasonable arguments, and Cen Bowen who was standing there dumbfounded.

Finally, his gaze fell on Chief Cen Anguo, whose face was gloomy.

Everyone realized later that Mother Cen was Cen Anguo’s daughter-in-law!

Gu Chengze was making such a fuss, completely disregarding the leader.

Someone became more active and began to speak to Mother Cen: "Yeah, maybe it was unintentional."

"Yes, sometimes I can't even remember what I said. It's just a joke."

"Deputy Captain Gu, today is a social gathering..."

"Heh." Cen Yue glanced at the man, who was suddenly stuck.

Cen Yue stared at the man and asked, "Do you think a soldier's reputation is a trivial matter? Which battalion are you from? Who is your political instructor? Your ideological work is so inadequate, I don't think there's any point in continuing your job. You should just go home and feed the pigs."

The man's face turned pale, and he lowered his head like a quail, wishing he could stuff his head into his stomach.

"No, no, I...I didn't mean that..."

He also didn't expect that although they both had the surname "Cen", Cen Yue would actually help outsiders.

It happened that the person’s instructor was right next to them. He immediately stood up to admit his mistake and took the other person to educate him.

The instructor bumped into the muzzle of Political Commissar Cen's gun and sweat broke out on his head.

The person who spoke was naturally not much better.

After today, it’s hard to say whether he can keep his clothes.

“Nonsense!”

Cen Anguo roared, frightening Mother Cen so much that she fell to her knees.

He threw his hands away, his eyes full of anger: "As a military family member, how could you do such a thing?!"

Cen Anguo seemed even angrier than Gu Chengze, the person involved.

In addition to anger, his eyes were full of shock and shame at Mother Cen's behavior.

Mother Cen paused, looked up at Cen Anguo in disbelief, her lips trembling: "Dad... Dad... I... I am also..."

"Mom!" Cen Bowen interrupted his mother harshly, his expression extremely grim. "You...you have to tell the difference between a joke and a joke. How can you say such a thing? You...you are really wrong this time!"

Cen Anguo and Cen Bowen are on the same side.

Before Gu Chengze could attack, he scolded Cen's mother to the point of spitting blood.

Mother Cen didn't react at first. She thought the old man treated her like this and just pushed her out.

Why doesn't her son support her?

She soon understood and cried as she pulled Gu Chengze's trouser legs.

"Nephew, I didn't mean it. I was just being mean. I saw Wenwen was so distracted after breaking off the engagement, and I felt bad too! I just said a few nonsense to vent my anger."

"Nephew, we've been neighbors for years. Will you please forgive me? I promise I'll keep my mouth shut from now on!"

When Cen's mother was about to pull Gu Chengze over, Song Yiyi kicked her knee without leaving a trace.

She wailed and doubled over, shrinking back.

Gu Cheng took the opportunity to take a few steps back.

"Just because you feel bad, you can hurt others?"

There were some things Gu Cheng couldn't say, but Song Yiyi didn't care. "Where were you when Deputy Battalion Commander Cen was acting inappropriately and playing both sides? You were hiding in the corner, secretly proud of your son? Your son has become like this because of you, and instead of reflecting on yourself, you're blaming others?"

Someone in the crowd immediately echoed: "Yes, people like this can't continue to stay in our compound."

"Yes! The atmosphere in the orphanage is not good. There are so many children."

"Let her go! Leave the compound!"

"Not enough." Song Yiyi said loudly: "If you harm someone, you just need to walk away. Then everyone will harm others. Anyway, there is no need to take any responsibility."

She looked at Cen Anguo and began to speak in a wronged tone: "Commander, rumors have been flying around the compound these days. I am in so much pain every day... Wuuuuu... Don't look at me standing here now, I am just holding on! If those rumors continue to spread and affect my brother's work and my reputation as a female comrade, then I... I will not live anymore!"

Song Yiyi started crying as she spoke.

She pretended to run out of the auditorium, shouting, "I can't live anymore! I'm going to jump into the river! I can't live anymore!"

Fortunately, many people cooperated with her performance.

Cen Yue was closest to her and was the first to pull her back.

Someone on the side also shouted: "Comrade Song, don't do this, the leader will seek justice for you."

"That's right, life is so precious. Don't commit suicide just because of this."

Some female comrades didn't like what they heard and immediately retorted, "Isn't that all? Reputation is so important to women. The old mother of the Cen family can't get it, so she wants to ruin the girl! How vicious!"

"Commander, she must be severely punished!"

"Yes! Punish Mother Cen severely! Return peace to the compound!"

As soon as someone below shouted, others began to respond. Suddenly, there was a chorus of shouting.

The social gathering turned into a crusade against Mother Cen.

The expression on Cen Anguo's face was so ugly that even the phrase "ten years of boiling water" was not enough to describe it.

Cen Bowen even wished he could be ten feet away from Cen's mother.

He had never thought that his mother would do such a thing! He almost thought that Song Yiyi and Gu Chengze had something going on, and he even got angry at her that day.

Cen Bowen felt a pang of regret.

He was still feeling sad when he heard a female voice that was out of place.

"She's right."

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound.

Chen Xier raised her chin, walked to the front, and smiled at Cen Anguo, "Commander, everything requires evidence. Deputy Commander Gu and his stepsister are not related by blood. Whether they have something to hide or not, only they themselves know."