The two police officers rode their bicycles very fast, and as soon as they entered the village, they ran into Xia Lei and Jiang Ci.
One of them was someone Jiang Ci had met before, Xiao Zhao.
When Xiao Zhao saw Jiang Ci, his eyes lit up. "Jiang, the educated youth!"
Xia Lei and Jiang Ci turned their heads at the same time.
Xia Lei looked at the two policemen with a deep gaze, and was a little puzzled. Why did the police come at this time?
Has something happened in the brigade?
This is a good opportunity to directly report Jiang Ci, who is right next to me, so that he won't have to make this trip again.
One problem is that if he does that, the villagers might have a different opinion of him.
Of course, he still has a decent reputation in the village. If he reports Jiang Ci, everyone will just applaud.
Xia Lei was torn between reporting Jiang Ci here or going to town in secret.
Xia Lei was still struggling with his decision, but Jiang Ci knew perfectly well why Xiao Zhao had come here.
She seemed not to understand anything, and said with a smile, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, what brings you to our Shanding Brigade?"
Xiao Zhao, being sensible, said, "I need to speak with your captain. Could you take me to him?"
"Oh dear, this is quite unfortunate." Jiang Ci glanced at the child she was with and said, "I still have work to do."
At this point, Jiang Ci's gaze shifted and landed on Xia Lei. "Comrade Xiao Zhao, the man next to me is also an educated youth. He has a good relationship with the brigade leader! Why don't we have him take you over?"
Xia Lei: ?
Jiang Cizhen dares to speak her mind.
Xia Lei stared coldly at Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci smiled, a smile that radiated undisguised pleasure, as if to say, 'As long as you're unhappy, I'm at ease.'
What a bitch.
Find an opportunity to make things difficult for him.
Xia Lei coldly withdrew his gaze. Since that's how it is, then don't blame him for being ruthless.
Xia Lei smiled and calmly said to the two policemen, "I'll take you to find the captain."
This time, he'll make Jiang Ci lose face in the entire production team!
Xiao Zhao seemed oblivious to the awkwardness between Xia Lei and Jiang Ci, and nodded with a smile, "Alright, Comrade Jiang, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go find the captain first."
Xia Lei turned around on his bicycle and took Xiao Zhao and another policeman to the captain's house.
Jiang Ci looked up at the sky.
It takes half an hour to deliver food to Mr. Cheng and back.
She weighed it up.
Xia Lei is such a shrewd person, he would definitely report her to Xiao Zhao on the way. The person from the archaeological team has been arrested, so Xiao Zhao must have come to Shanding Brigade to arrest Xia Lei.
Her and Zhou Mingli's reputations aren't as good as Xia Lei's. If they were to actually become whistleblowers, countless people would probably curse them to their faces.
Just imagine, a troublesome, opportunistic, and unlikable person reported someone who had received the titles of model worker, moral exemplar, and advanced model.
The report was successful.
Who believes it?
Nobody will believe you!
If you say that, people will think that you are a bad person who is up to no good and is deliberately trying to frame me!
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli's current accusation against Xia Lei is just like a bad person accusing three exemplary good people.
No one could believe that Xia Lei would do such a bad thing.
So Jiang Ci decisively rode her bicycle to get Cheng Yehan's breakfast, huffing and puffing as she went to the cowshed, her legs practically leaving afterimages along the way.
She had to go early and come back early; she had to see Xia Lei being arrested!
On the way to the cowshed, Jiang Ci was also taking Xiao Zhao and others to the brigade leader's house.
He casually inquired on the way, "I heard Jiang, the educated youth, call you Comrade Xiao Zhao. Do you know Jiang, the educated youth?"
"Of course I know her, I handled the case in her family."
“I know that. I visited Li Hu in the hospital a while ago. He’s a good friend of mine.” Xia Lei lowered his voice and sighed deeply. “I never thought he would do something like this.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhao's gaze towards Xia Lei finally held a hint of inquiry.
He went to see Li Hu...
Li Hu stayed in the hospital for quite a while, and there were comrades taking turns to guard him. Xiao Zhao wasn't always at the hospital either.
Li Hu was an educated youth who lived in the educated youth settlement. Occasionally, other educated youth would come and take his things. The guards would only check the things that were taken and would not ask who the person who brought them was.
I never imagined that this person had met him before!
Could this person be the Xia Lei that Li Hu mentioned?!
Xiao Zhao remained unfazed and smiled, "Everyone has bad luck with people sometimes, you just get used to it."
"What's your name? I've never seen you at the hospital before," Xiao Zhao asked casually.
Xia Lei had no idea that Li Hu had already revealed everything about them.
In his eyes, Li Hu had a long-standing feud with Jiang Ci. His revenge against Jiang Ci was partly due to his concern that Jiang Ci would witness their dealings with the archaeological team, but more so because of his dislike and disgust for Jiang Ci. The fight between him and Boss Zhou was entirely because they had both attacked Jiang Ci at the same time, and they started fighting each other first. But this was a completely different matter from the shady dealings they were doing behind the scenes.
Li Hu is a man of honor and would never reveal that matter, and Xia Lei certainly wouldn't give himself away in front of the police.
He said frankly, "My surname is Xia, and my given name is Lei, the Lei with three stones. I am also an educated youth, and I have been here for more than four years."
Xiao Zhao immediately exchanged a glance with his companion.
His eyes were filled with shock and excitement.
They thought they would have to search for a long time to catch the person, but they didn't expect Comrade Jiang to deliver the person directly to them!
Comrade Jiang and her husband were both great people, good people with a conscience!
Suppressing his excitement, Xiao Zhao signaled to his companion not to make any rash moves.
What if there are two people named Xia Lei in the village? We still need to confirm with the brigade leader.
Xiao Zhao, with considerable acting skill, said, "So you've been in the production team for quite a while now. How about it? Do you know the production team well?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Lei seemed to hesitate for a moment, glanced at Xiao Jiang, and said, "Actually, the reason I got up so early today is because there's something I want to tell the police station."
Xiao Zhao: "What's wrong? Did someone in your production team do something bad?"
Xiao Zhao: Or are you constantly worried and afraid, and planning to turn yourself in to the police station?
Xiao Zhao didn't say the next sentence aloud, but looked at Xia Lei curiously, waiting for him to speak.
Xia Lei gritted his teeth and said, "Officer, I saw Jiang Ci and her husband sneaking behind their house to hide something a while ago!"
“I vaguely saw that the thing looked like an antique. I shouldn’t be getting involved in this kind of thing, but Jiang Ci is currently working as a food delivery person to the cowshed. You all know what kind of people live in the cowshed. I just felt that maybe she overheard something and found something good to keep for herself.”
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