"Banxia, ​​your Zhou Mingqian, he... he couldn't think straight and jumped into the river," Aunt Zhu said haltingly, her anxiety visibly palpable.

"What?" Shen Banxia stood up abruptly, feeling dizzy from the sudden movement.

Aunt Zhu quickly helped her up, saying, "Banxia, ​​you must be strong."

Shen Banxia had calmed down by now; there was no way Zhou Mingqian would jump into the river.

"Aunt Zhu, who said that? How could my Zhou Mingqian possibly jump into the river?"

"It was Zhang Baohua, the son of Accountant Zhang, who said it."

"I want to go to the river to take a look," Shen Banxia said, refusing to believe her no matter what.

Aunt Zhu accompanied them.

On the way, they ran into the Zhou family. Zhou's mother was already in tears. When she saw Shen Banxia, ​​she looked at her as if she were an enemy. "You damned bitch, it's all your fault. If it weren't for you, how could my perfectly good son have jumped into the river?"

Shen Banxia had no interest in paying attention to Zhou's mother at the moment; she just wanted to see for herself what was going on.

But Zhou's mother grabbed Chen Banxia and said, "You better explain yourself. If you don't explain yourself today, I won't let you leave."

With a slight movement, Shen Banxia broke free and said, "Get out of the way," her eyes filled with coldness.

Zhou's mother cried and shouted, "Heavens, is there no justice left? You killed my son! Do you have any conscience at all? You owe my son!"

"Instead of crying, you're thinking about finding the person as soon as possible. What are you really thinking?" Shen Banxia asked, puzzled.

A hint of guilt flashed in Zhou's mother's teary eyes as she said shamelessly, "I don't care about any of that. If you don't give me back my perfectly good son today, let me tell you, this isn't over. Unless you give me back my job." The last sentence was almost inaudible if Shen Banxia hadn't been listening carefully.

Shen Banxia felt sorry for Zhou Mingqian. In the face of such a life-or-death matter, how could a mother use her son's "death" to benefit herself?

Having read countless melodramatic novels in her past life, Shen Banxia couldn't help but let her imagination run wild: Could it be that Zhou Mingqian wasn't born to Zhou's mother?

But soon, Shen Banxia doubted herself again, realizing that Zhou Mingqian's eyes were very similar to her mother's.

Shen Banxia didn't argue with Zhou's mother and started running. If it weren't for the baby in her belly, she would have already run away.

When they arrived at the riverbank, the water was calm and there was no one around.

Shen Banxia couldn't help but ask Aunt Zhu, "Aunt Zhu, are you sure you didn't hear wrong?" She realized that she was indeed letting her concern cloud her judgment.

Aunt Zhu also realized something was wrong. "Could it be that it has already gone down to that section of the river?"

Shen Banxia pointed to the ditch, which was only up to her calves. "Could an adult drown in that?"

Aunt Zhu finally realized what had happened and scratched her head. "Oh dear, look at me, I've messed things up completely. Luckily, everyone's alright."

"Aunt Zhu, did you hear this from Zhang Accountant's son yourself?"

"No, it wasn't that. Zhang Chunhong told me. She said her younger brother, Zhang Baohua, told her."

As the two were reviewing their actions, Zhou's mother arrived, hurling insults at them. "Shen Banxia, ​​you shameless slut! You clung to your man, insisting he move out with you. Now look what happened!"

Aunt Zhu wouldn't tolerate it. "Wang Cuihua, you don't want to. Everyone knows that if it weren't for you, your son wouldn't have been so foolish. Don't you think about it? You kicked your pregnant daughter-in-law out, and she encountered a poisonous snake on her first day at the clinic. And you Zhou family members, you all pretended not to know anything, that nothing happened. When Zhou Mingqian came to you to get his and Banxia's work points and grain, you just refused to give them to him. I've never seen parents like you."

"You're talking nonsense. What does this have to do with us? They insisted on moving out, and now that something's happened, they have the nerve to blame us. They're shameless."

The villagers who rushed over upon hearing the news were all dumbfounded. Didn't they say Zhou Mingqian jumped into the river? Why were Aunt Zhu and the brigade leader's wife arguing?

What exactly happened?

But no one explained to them. Shen Banxia looked at Zhou's mother, who was all bark and no bite, and did not miss the guilty look in her eyes.

What is she feeling guilty about? Could it be...?

Shen Banxia dared not think about it; she believed that Zhou Mingqian was not such a fragile person.

Right now, she needs to find Zhang Chunhong. She won't feel at ease until she gets to the bottom of things. As the saying goes, there's no smoke without fire, and no smoke without fire.

Seeing that Shen Banxia was about to leave, Zhou's mother didn't even have time to argue with Zhu Dazui anymore.

"You're not allowed to leave. If you don't explain things clearly today, I won't let you off the hook."

Aunt Zhu stepped in front of her directly, saying, "I think you're just a dog trying to catch a mouse. You're not worried about whether your son is alright, all you do is block your daughter-in-law. Do you think everyone doesn't know what you're scheming about?"

Aunt Zhu curled her lip in disdain. Her ears were sharp; don't think she hadn't heard.

The rescuers were completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.

Shouldn't we be saving people?

In the end, it was accountant Zhang who took charge. There was no other way; all the other village leaders had gone to the county town, leaving him as the only accountant in the village.

"All of you calm down! Someone come and tell me what's going on. Didn't they say Zhou Mingqian jumped into the river? What are you all doing here causing trouble? Why aren't you rushing to save him?"

Aunt Zhu stepped forward and said that she heard from your daughter Zhang Chunhong that Zhou Mingqian jumped into the river, then went to find Shen Banxia, ​​and met Zhou's mother and the others on the way, and then they came.

Then Aunt Zhu added, "Your daughter is someone you heard about from your son, Zhang Baohua."

Accountant Zhang was dumbfounded.

He had originally thought he could strike a blow against Zhou Qianjin. He had always believed that with his abilities, he was more than qualified to be a battalion commander.

Unfortunately, this is Zhoujiazhuang, and most of the people here are surnamed Zhou.

Yes, he felt that the reason Zhou's father became the brigade leader was entirely because of his surname, Zhou.

So, they came here with the intention of finding something to use against you. After all, you almost drove your own son to his death, how can you still have the nerve to be the brigade leader? You can't even manage your own family affairs, yet you want to manage the entire brigade?

I never expected that it would involve my own children.

Accountant Zhang's face was a riot of colors.

"There must be some misunderstanding here. I'll go back and ask them about it."

Seeing that Accountant Zhang was about to make a quick getaway, Shen Banxia said, "I'll go see what's going on too."

Although Accountant Zhang was displeased, he was, after all, Shen Banxia's husband.

What about Zhou's mother? She regretted that her scheme had failed again, and she also harbored resentment towards the Zhang siblings.

Those who had time to watch the excitement were mostly people with free time at home; in the end, everyone followed Accountant Zhang without exception.

They also wanted to know how Zhou Mingqian's suicide attempt got involved.