Su Ti, her eyes red and swollen, glared fiercely at the family. The Wei family members were stunned. What did she mean? They couldn't understand what she was saying.

"Everyone knows about what happened to the old Party Secretary's family this morning. Wei Baide caused trouble and ruined someone's daughter's life. It's only right that they should compensate him."

“The Wei family verbally agreed, but when they came back, they asked me for money. When I had no money, they told me to sell my dowry. That was my dowry given to me by my parents. What kind of in-laws are always eyeing their daughter-in-law’s dowry?”

“From the moment I walked in, they kept demanding money. How could I possibly fight against their whole family by myself? They had already taken all the money, but they still wouldn’t let me go. They beat my husband and then I.”

“This time they even tried to kill us with knives. Go to your homes and see if there’s any room left to step in. They’re determined to take our lives!”

“My father-in-law even said that he was the brigade leader, so what if he killed me? He could just say I was an educated youth and he could easily find an excuse to get rid of me.”

“I wanted to rush outside to call for help, but they were afraid I would run away, so they picked up a stick and started hitting me. There were people at the door who saw it.”

"Luckily, they shouted 'Murder!' which interrupted their evil deeds, allowing us to escape."

"Comrades from the Public Security Bureau, comrades from the Women's Federation, comrades from the Youth Affairs Office, and members of the brigade, I know I am not as precious as the brigade's family, but does that mean I deserve to die?"

“Our family is dedicated to the country and its people. Every member of our family, every drop of blood, is willing to fight for the country. I am not afraid to die, but I cannot die such a cowardly death.”

“I can’t imagine how heartbroken my grandparents would be if they knew I was in trouble. I believe the organization will not let these evil people get away with it, and I believe you will give me justice.”

Suti spoke through tears, each word filled with sorrow so poignant it was unbearable to watch, and everyone present fell silent.

"That's not it, that's not it..." Su Nianyou was the first to react. She couldn't let her continue; Su Ti was trying to ruin them.

But she didn't know how to refute it. Everything Suti said seemed to have happened, yet it also seemed like it hadn't.

She seemed to have planned every step meticulously, and everything she said seemed to have witnesses, making it impossible for her to find a reason to refute it.

"This is outrageous! What do you think human life is? Do you think you can scheme against everything? I must report this to the commune. A person like this as the brigade leader is a menace."

People from the Women's Federation understand the hardships women face the most; even a woman with such a background almost lost her life in Yangliu Brigade.

This shows how the brigade leader usually bullies his members.

And then there are his sons. The eldest son almost killed someone at a young age, and the youngest son can also easily scheme against educated youth.

This family probably acts like they own the whole brigade; they're the parasites mentioned above. People like that don't deserve to be brigade leaders.

“That’s not true at all. We didn’t take her money, nor did we scheme to marry her into our family. At most, we didn’t give her any money because she was an educated youth sent to the countryside.”

"We knew nothing about the dowry; it was all her sister's doing. During her time with us, she turned our family upside down!"

“They’re always hitting and smashing things, and they even threaten us. How could we dare to do anything to them? This time, something happened at home, and we wanted them to help us.”

“We’re all family, shouldn’t we help each other out? I never expected her to go crazy and smash the whole house.”

“We just wanted to stop her, but we accidentally hit her instead. What she said was all wrong.”

Wei Changgen spoke very quickly. Su Ti really wanted to ruin their family. Now, looking back on everything she did, it seemed to have a different meaning. She had planned it all along.

"Even if you're going to make something up, at least come up with a plausible reason. She's a former educated youth, all alone and helpless here. She was even tricked into getting married. How could she possibly have the ability to cause such a huge uproar in your family?"

"She ransacked your house, and you were all dead. She just did whatever she wanted, and you just stood by and watched. In the end, the damage was done to her, and you got away scot-free?"

"Never mind the rest, where is this evidence you mentioned? Is anyone here to testify for you? Quite a few people stood up to testify to what Su Zhiqing said earlier."

The people in the educated youth office didn't expect this person to be so bold. Even in this situation, if they had begged for mercy, they could have managed to smooth things over and not handle the matter too badly.

But they were still trying to argue their way out of it, which shows how arrogant their family usually was in the brigade.

Wei Changgen looked at the team members, then at the cadres who had come to see him; not one of them believed what they were saying.

They all looked at Su Ti and the others with regret, and he stared wide-eyed, feeling as if he had been struck by lightning.

“I don’t care how the commune treats them. I just want to live. They won’t admit it even if you’re here. Once you’re gone, how can the two of us be a match for their whole family?”

"I'm afraid that by the time the commune really punishes these heinous people, we'll already be dead. All I want to do now is stay far away from them."

"Even if they send us out to beg for food, I will never go back to the Wei family."

Suti glanced at the Wei family members, seemingly frightened, and shrank into Wei Baichuan's arms.

Wei Baichuan only found out about his wife's plans now, but he didn't say anything.

They became his enemies the moment they dared to point their sticks at his wife; he could ignore them before.

He could ignore them, at most treat them like strangers, but he also understood that they would never let them off so easily.

Only by truly leaving the Wei family could he survive. For some reason, when Wei Baichuan looked at them again, they seemed like complete strangers.

Thinking of what Grandma said, that we don’t need to be too filial to them, that they don’t deserve it, maybe Grandma knew this day would come!

“Su, how can we let you go out begging for food? If word gets out, how can our brigade face anyone?”

Seeing the commotion at the brigade leader's house, the team members knew that the brigade leader's family was going to get away with it this time.

No matter what, Su Zhiqing can't go out begging for food. Otherwise, it won't just be the brigade leader's family that loses face, but their entire brigade will lose face too!

“That’s right, now that Su Zhiqing has married into our brigade, she’s one of us,” the team members chimed in.

The old Party Secretary, standing to the side, was too ashamed to speak. These events today, in a way, were related to his family.

He recognized the team members' speech; if Su Zhiqing hadn't gotten married, she would definitely have been transferred to another brigade this time.

Given the current situation, she definitely can't be transferred, but she clearly doesn't dare to live with the Wei family anymore. What should she do?

"How about we split up?"